MONTOUR AMERICAN FRANK C. ANGLE. Proprietor. Danville, Pa.. August 15 190 1 CO MM ( N U'ATIO.V* All communications sent totlie \MI:I:I --CAN for publication must be signed I>\ the writer, and communications nut so signed will he rejected. REPUBLICAN TICKET FOK ASSOC] ATK .IUDGK. S. Y. Thompson. FOK PHOTIIoNOTAin J. C. Miller. FOK COUNTY TRKASFRI.K. C. VV. Cook. REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. To the Republican electors of Penn sylvania 1 am directed by I lit- Republi can State Commit tee to announce that the Republicans of Pennsylvania, by their duly chosen repsentntives. will meet in convention at the * >pern House, in the city of Harrisburg, on \\ ednes day. August -1. at 10.:>0 a. m for tlie purpose of nominating candidal! - i'>r the following offices One person for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court. One person for theofilce of State Treas urer. In occordance with the rules governing the organization, the representation in the State Convention will be based on the vote polled at the late presidential election. Under the rules each legis lative district is entitled to one delegate for every two thousand votes cast for the presidential electors in UMio, 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. FRANK RKKHKR. Chairman. W. R. ANDREWS. C E VOORHKKS, Secretaries. SALTED BUTTER. Wly It Kcopii Hetter Than That IM Fre«h. Why does salt butter keep better than fresh butter? We must first real lie 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, Beeond, 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 sail butter, this addition being made with the object of extending the keeping powers of the butter or, in other words, 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 not by any means regard salt as their elixir of life. In England boracic acid is said to be extensively used in butter as a preserv ative 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. Ilenoe in America salt can be used as a preservative instead of the boracic add employed for that purpose In England. The deusely 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 uh many as 1 000,000 of bacteria In a few drops.— Longman's Magazine. Chinese Roads. The Chinese road is private property, a strip taken from somebody's land. This is done much against the will of the owner, since be not oidy loses the use of It, but also still has to pay taxes on It. One consequence is that it is wide enough for only one vehicle, and carts can pass one another only by trespass ing on the cultivated land. To prevent this the farmers dig deep ditches by the roadside. As the surface wears away and the dust blows off it gradu ally grows lower, and after awhile it becomes a drain for the surrounding fields. A current forms in the rainy season, which still further hollows it out, ami thus has arisen the proverb that a road a thousand years olvl be comes a river. Develop Hi* Country. I am heartily In sympathy with the good roads movement. I do not know of anything that will more materially benefit the country. Good roads will create a base of supplies for the towns and cities. They will reduce the cost of marketing the produce of the farm and thus turn thousands of dollars Into the channels of trade every y • ar that are now spent for wear and tear of teams and vehicles, and the l<>.s of time in getting to and from market. By reducing the cost of marketing they will enable the farmers to diversify their crops, thus developing the coun try along all lines. No country can be thoroughly prosperous without good public highways. Rev, J B. Lawrence. The (Ten ll Clipped Work fforne. I have worked a clipped horse two summers and think I shall nev< r work him another summer without being clipped. He used to sweat profusely, and the lialr would twist up ami make him look bad. and e a man an hour to ch im ■ ' and i lake him look decent. A. r< ! ,'t ng he hardly ■weat at all, stood the work better, kept easier ami was always clean.— Michigan Farmer. A COUNTRY HOAOu A crafty, sttray vr»y, -rhoae ixjrd'ring tod Is thick with blackberries ana gt-.tkmreiS; Abrupt, bare hiUs on wiiis aide 10-ofcuif dewt^ And from tha other you > .in see the t"wn Follow the HV.T'S EMIR*' through meailotrt irra«n. O'er whi' li thick WOIKIS anil martilu hdif S l-niv. A little farther, where the road descends, A br. >k'B soft tinkle with some bird song bleoda, (Gone from its edgn the dear old dauie'a amall cot Ilalf hidden by quaint flowers;; lush bergainot Makes sweet Its banks, its depths the boys still swim Or watch the minnows from some willow limb. Fpon its bridge how often I have stood. Watching the west, whose glory seemed to flood With n ndcrest light the poorliouse and the gnrre# Btsiile it turn t. gold the brooklet's waves-- Till from the hill, oh, dearest sight of all, 1 saw mv father, and I heard him call I He came with sturdy stride aud swinging pail— >!■■ 1 ind In Ms—told my day's whole talt Of j n, that 'neatli his bright smile eeemed to grow. While h ssened was my every childish woe As Is sweet v rd» fell on my soul like balm While «•- walked homeward through tho fragrant calm. —Mary M. McCarthy in Boston Transcript. Some SturllliiK Figure*. Charles T. Harrison, United States special agent on road work, said re cently: As a result of 10,000 Inquiries sent out by our office in 1811"), figures have been compiled that are startling in their conclusions. The most conserva tive estimates based upon these tigures show that the total of the farm and for est products hauled over the country roads amounts to over 300,000,000 tons and that the average cost of transport ing it is $3 a ton. or a total annual cost for transportation of nearly $950,000,- 000. This enormous charge is paid principally by the farmers of the coun try annually, aud of this amount the tigures obtained from other coun tries where good roads are the rule in stead of the exception show that fully two thirds of tbis amount, or about $000,000,000, is due to the poor roads. In other words, the farmers are paying about .$000,000,000 mud tax each year, ♦uougli to cover this country with good roads and maintain them. How to Make Hliuliurb J«lly. Skin and cut one pound of rhubarb In small pieces. Put Into a saucepan with one cup of sugar and a small piece of fresh ginger root and cook slowly until soft, but not broken. Soak two table spoonfuls of granulated gelatin in one half cup of cold water until soft; then strain into the hot rhubarb, with two tablespoonfuls of lemon Juice. Mold, chill and serve with a garnish of whip ped cream. How to Make Eyelashes Oiow, Red vaseline, 2 ounces; tincture can tharides, one-eighth ounce; oil of lav ender, oil of rosemary, 15 drops each. Apply to the eyebrows with a tiny toothbrush once a day until the growth is sufficiently stimulated, then lees of ten. This ointment may be used for the eyelashes also. In this case it should lie very carefully applied. It will in 11ame the eyes, as any oil will if it gets into them. Advice From the Box. On one occasion in the fifties an ama teur dramatic performance was given in San Francisco for the benefit of some deserving charity. Among tht performers was the late Hugh Farrai 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 Fhall 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!"—Frauk When Sylvia Skates. When Sylvia skates, my huart leaps high, And s'en th« winds cease rushing by, liut seem to stop as it to see Her whirling, singing wild and free With biasing cheek and flashing aye I A hundred othsr maids may try, With merry laugh or soulful sigh, In vain to claim one glance fram me When Sylvia Ekatssl All. there is many, many a cry Of terror as her tootsies fly I'rom under her rsbelliously— Sue weighs two hundred poundsl "Oh, feel" The ice gioans out and that's no lie— When Sylvia skates. —Chicago rimes-Herald. The Difference. Lady—l see you advertise homemada bread ? Baker—Yes, ma'am. I.ady—Does it taste like homemade? Baker —Xo, indeed, ma'am. It's sweet and light!— New l'ork Weekly. Couldn't Shine In Fiction. Blobbs—Youngpop is altogether lacking in imagination. fclubbs—Why do you say that? Blobbs-I've never heard him get off any of the bright sayings of his children. —Philadelphia Record. A Matter ot Doubt. "Do you suppose we could take those people on the planet Mars into our best society?" "I am afraid not. They are not In out sphere, you know." Cleveland Plain Dealer. I n pardonable. He hold her In his arms awhile; She "truifgled to be free 1 At last he let her go and said, "1 pray you parden mt." He had not kissed her, had not m*4e Her struggle hard; she sighed I "Ah, no, I cannot pixdwa you," She bitterly replied. —Chicago Ttaies-Herald. Bnslneent Sayings. It's one thing to cut the price of a carried over, soiled or out of date gar ment. It's quite another thing to offer the newest of the new at prices like these. We make no apology for copying ex actly the shapes of the styleiuakers, nor for marking them at half or less than half their prices. The benefit is certainly yours. The best of every worthy grade la what we mean to provide. To serve you better, to make the st«*ie more helpful and welcome to yon la oar alia ■ II tie tllM. A widower with a number of small children married a widow who waa similarly blessed. Indue time the newly married couple added to the number. Hearing a voice in the yai'd one day, the father went out to see what was the matter. "Well, what was It?" asked his wife as he returned out of breath. "Your chifdrcn and my children were quarreling with our children," was the reply.—l/ondou Answers. It will surprise you—try it. It is the medicine above all others for catarrh and is worth its weight in gold. Ely's Cream Balm does all that is claimed for it. —B. W H{>erry, Hart ford, Conn. My son was afflicted with catarrh lie used Ely's Cream Balm and the dis agreeable catarrh all left him.- J. C. Olmstead. Areola, 111. The Balm does not Irritate or cause sneezing. Sold by druggists at TiU cts or mailed by Ely Brothers, 66 Warren St., New York. Over-Work. Weakens Your Kidneys. Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. All the blood in your body passes through your kidneys once every three minutes. fThe 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, r>nd rheu cess of uric v. 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 fr-y v ' | by all druggists in fifty cent and one-dollar siz- "iiuuSS es. You may have a ~" Sample bottle by mail Home of 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 & Co., Binghamton, N. Y.f Tree Plantlnw In Wanhlngtoii. The selection, planting aud care of all trees in the streets of Washington are under the direction of the District authorities. Individual preferences or private enterprises are not allowed to regulate this improvement, as is gen erally done in other cities. Moreover, the city has its own nursery, where seeds planted from its own trees prow and supply all the needed varieties. In 1871, during the era of great mu nicipal Improvements, Governor A. R. Shepherd appointed a commission to legulate tbis Important matter, and its efforts have brought about the beauty and uniformity of shade existing ID Washington today. Artificial Stone. Quarrymen and stone dressers will probably be gradually crowded out of their occupation by the use of artificial stone. In the manufacture of this stone the sand Is heated and the cement add ed to the amount of 12 per cent of the mixture. The steel molds are filled with the dry material and moved Into an Immense cylinder, which is closed and bolted. Boiling water is then turned in under pressure sufficient to force It all through the sand in the molds. The cement slacks, but the steel molds do not permit any expan sion to occur, and the stone Is formed and dried under an immense pressure. The result is a very hard stone, which can be supplied In shapes desired and much cheaper than the natural str-ne. SIOO REWARD, SIOO Tne readers of this paper will be pleas#'' to learn that there is at least one dread' dis ease that science has been able to cure in all tsstages and that is Catarrh. Hall's Ca tarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting directly up on the blood arul mucous surface of the sys tem, thereby Gestroying the foundation of the disease and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature In doing the work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Hollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of Testimonials. Sol<! hv llrnirirlstH. 7oe. Hall's family I'illn are the best. Russia has a large area of forest lands, but she has recently taken strin gent measures for their protection. Wherever trees are cut down they must be immediately replenished by young plants unless It can be shown that the area Is already so thickly covered with trees as to interfere with healthy forest growth. Each locality or district into which the forest lands are divided la placed under rigid supervision, and no violation of the forest laws la permit ted to escape punishment. Some such plan as this ought to be adopted in this country, where our forest lands are be ing rapidly denuded. Each year the necessity for stringent measures for protecting the forests Is becoming more and more apparent, and we would do well to Imitate the precautions of Rus sia. The officiary board of the First Meth odist church of Omaha directs that at all public services the woaieu must remove their hats Immediately upon entering the pews. The Omaha milli ners will be Inclined to look upon this as a rude and tyrannical Invasion of their Inalienable rights. Well Concealed. "What was the matter with Proud foot that he made such a fool of hlm- Belf last night?" "Oh, somebody had offended him un wittingly, and he was standing on hla dignity." "Oh, was he? I wondered what had become of It"—New York Commercial Advertiser. One W»7 of Looklnv at It. Mabel—Miss Small Is treating poor Johnstone shamefully! Ethel—Oh. really, I haven't heard anything. Mabel—Haven't you? They say she'a going to marry him.—London King, Hon to Broil Sliud Hoe. To broil It wash and dry the roe with care not to break the skin. Place it on a well greased broiler and rub it with butter once or twice during the time of trolling. Cook to a nice brown; place ft on the planked shad or a separate dish and serve with a butter sauce. How to Make Chocolate Filling. Add half a cupful of water or milk to two cupfuls of brown sugar, butter the size of an egg aud half a eake of choc olate grated. 801 l until thick enough to spread between the cak« layers. Chopped nuts and raisins may be used In this tilllug. A childless home is a cheerless home. The maternal instinct exists in every woman, and when it is unratified she is'deprived of much of the happiness of life. It often happens that childless ness is due to some cause which can be removed, and often is removed by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription The vigor and vitality which this reme dy imparts to the delicate womanly or gans, puts them in a condition of norm al health, the lack of which is often the sole obstruction to maternity. Every woman should read Dr. Pierce's Com mon Sense Medical Adviser, a lx>ok con taining 1008 pages and 700 illustrations. It is sent entirely free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send 21one-cent stamps for the paper volume or HI stamps for cloth covered. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, 068 Main Ht., Buffalo, N. Y.. «-«• S-?■ 5-5-S-f-g-f-f-f— --fimimii I W . ™ !f? It your vacation trip $ \\t »re those you take with a Kodak. The improved folding Kodak * \il ir- so simple to operate that ii child can make perfect pictures ff? *'/ with it (fr 1 * Before going on your vacation pat a Kodak in your pocket. M/ You will get more genuine pleasure with a Kodak than twice its »)/ ft l wist any other way. There is protit in it too. If you have a few ... W "• moments leisure come in my store. It will be a pleasure to show you the many points of excellence in construction and sim plicity of operation of the Eastman Kodak. /|\ \b HENR7 PtEIvIPE .IKWKI.EK ANI) SILVERSMITH. ■S^■ SAwt■ o*-^■•^■*■o*. r THE RAILROADSCARE ODD EFFECTS OF THE FIRST SIGHT OF A LOCOMOTIVE. Home of tfca People of the South Hid Behind Trees In 1833, When the Iron Home Went U}—The Country'* Karlieat lia.ilroad. America cannot lay claim to the first locomotive or the first railroad. That ,great honor lies with England. Yet Yankee genius was not very far behind her, for, when George Stephenson launched his ttrst real locomotive, the Rocket, on the Liverpool and Manches ter road in 1820, the first spike had been driven ou the Baltimore and Ohio rail road, July 4, 1828, by Charles Carroll of Carrolkon, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. This was the ttrst road started in the United States, and in 1830 it had reach ed Rlllcott Mills, 13 miles from Balti more. But the south can claim the honor of completing the longest railroad in the world at that date, being the old Charleston and Hamburg road, now a part of the South Carolina and Georgia system, which was begun in 1830, and by October, 1833, It had 137 miles of track in operation. In a letter from Mr. Samuel C. Clarke of Georgia, a kinsman of the writer, who attained the extreme age of 01 years and who had seen the beginning and the comple tion of this road, he thus gives his ex perience upon first sight of a locomo tive: "One day while going down to Charleston with a party of gentlemen to attend the races as we approached the city we saw in the distance the new railroad, finished some 10 or 12 miles out of Charleston. It was built upon piles, longer or short, according to the nature of the ground. Sometimes in crossing a ravine the rails were 20 feet from the surface. Our track ran near this elevated road, and soon a horrid shriek as from 20 panthers was heard In the woods. By this time we were nervous. Elephants and lions we had heard of, and some of us had seen them, but what monster was this whose screams we heard? Presently it came in sight, flying aloft through the air and breathing tire and smoke, and our frightened steeds became un manageable, and in fact I think that some of our party were as badly fright ened as their horses. If any of my readers are old enough to remember the introduction of locomotives and how they felt at nrst slglit or them, they will perhaps understand our sen sations that day in the pine woods. "A mile or two farther on we came to a broken wagon by the side of the road, and near it sat a Georgia cracker smoking his pipe. On being asked what was his trouble he replied, 'Well, stranger, I've often beam tell of nulli fication, and now 1 reckon I've saw it for true.'" It is somewhat amusing now to read of the superstitious dread with which the Inhabitants looked upon the build lug of these first railroads. Some thought the smoke of the continual passing trains would cause a pestilence or destroy all the crops along the road. Others were afraid to ride on the cars for fear of having their breath taken away, and the people In the cities ob jected to the railroad being built be cause they feared the smoke from tho engines would soil the clothes which were hung out to dry. Many are yet living who looked upon the terrible, screeching Iron monster with awe and trepidation. Mr. Nat Me- Gee of Ivy, Albemarle, tells a Joke upon himself that when he heard the train coming he Jumped from his horse and got behind a tree, where he viewed it for fear of being run over. Mr. W. T. I'rout, who was taking a wagon load of produce to Richmond, when he reached Gordonvllle heard the whistle and ter rible noise of the approaching train, and he and his companions were so scared that they sprang out, leaped the fence and ran across the field to a safe distance, leaving the wagon and team to its fate, but when the train appeared It was only an engine and one coach. The first roadbeds were formed, as has been stated, by driving piles in the ground, upon the top of which were placed wooden stringers, in which were cut a groove for the wheels to run. These were called "wooden railroads" and at a distance appeared like the ele vated railroads in the cities of the pres ent day. The honor of this invention was contested between John Hartman of Scottsville, Va., and John Williams, an engineer of Ohio, but it did not prove a bonanza to either, for the wheels were constantly bouncing out of the groove, and the piles soon after gave place to solid dirt embankments, and strap iron rails were substituted for the wooden groove. But the grad ing was very Imperfect and uneven, which made riding on one of these primitive railroads like going over a corduroy road in a sprlngless wagon, with the cars bouncing over these rough rails to the Jingling music of the windows.—Richmond Dispatch. Do Carpctn Shorten Llfet Just think what a horrible receptacle ut unclean things the carpet is in the rich English or French house! Where there are carpets, people should on en tering be given slippers, as in the Neth erlands, or the feotbath, as at a Turk ish mosque. Making servants sweep carpets is another proof that evil Is wrought for want of thought. Elou reus attributed the prevalence of lung and throat diseases in England to car peted rooms.—London Truth. Saroatlc. Art Dealer—Yes, that was painted by one of the old masters. But, I beg your pardon, sir, you must not touch it with your umbrella. Old Mr. llardplayer—What'a tb« mat ter? Isn't It dry yet? AN INDUSTRIAL ITTY ELABORATE PLANS PROPOSED FOR INDIANAPOUS. Forpwie 1m to Ilnihl a City TVhpr« Uorkmca >la> Have I'leiiNant Home* Sear Their t£mplo> ment. Model PaetorieM to lie Er«ett*d. The proposed industrial city for In dianapolis is on a much broader plan than is generally understood, and things other than dollars are considered in projecting it. The plan is one of indus trial improvement, applying to both em ployers and employed, says The Jour nal of that city. The purpose is to build a city where laboring men will find it pleasant and profitalje to lire and at the same time be close to their employ ment. In considering the proposed en terprise the directors have given labor the same consideration as capital, real izing that upon a harmonious adjust ment between employer and employee rests the success of the venture. So pronouncd is this sentiment that the directors have made provision relating to manufacturers and sites that will prevent any friction. A committee will be appointed to in vestigate eacli applicant for a site, the committee to consist of one representa tive of the board of trade, one of the Commercial club and two of the board of directors of the Industrial city. This committee will ascertain tlie atti tude of the company to its employees, the conditions imposed upon its work men, the compensation, and considera tion they receive, its position regard ing organized labor, tlie financial re sponsibility of the concern, the charac ter of work and product manufactured as well as the personality of officers of the company and the employees and the future stability and permanency of the enterprise. Having passed upon these points, the committee will recom mend or disapprove a site being grant ed to the applicant by the board of di rectors. Taking these precautions to select the most desirable class of manufac turers, the board believes the success of the industrial city will in a great measure have been accomplished. Erom 4 to 11! acres are to be granted free for factory sites, besides bonuses ranging as high as $5,000. All this being gratis, the directors feel that they cannot be too careful in choosing who their ten ants shall i»e in order to attain the ideal purpose of the plan. So far as tho actual construction of the factories is concerned the board will claim no directorship other than an understand ing that they will be well ventilated and lighted, roomy, substantial and safe buildings and not cramped into close quarters. The class of manufac turers they desire are those who are interested In industrial betterment and are willing to adopt modern plans of factory extension, such as dining rooms, baths, factory, laundry and oth er equipment found to be profitable in institutions where such arrangements have been made. These features are not compulsory, but it is the desire to interest meu disposed to recognize the hygienic conditions necessary for the health and comfort of their employees. In planing the residence part of the | suburb as much care has been taken as [in the business and industrial districts. Three main streets diverge from what Is to be the central and business part of | the city. These streets are to be beau tified with grass plots in the center. The other streets ruu at right angles. Allowing for the maximum growth of the city provision is made for three school buildings, and in connection with each is a large public recreation ground. This feature has especially commended itself to the architects and promoters, since it lias been so highly approved in the large eastern cities. There are also a number of small re serves in the residence district that i may be utilized for similar or other needed purposes. In addition to the provisions made for common schools and a high school, the board of direct ! ors also has in mind the establishment |0 112 a technical school for training in scientific and skilled trades. The paramount feature of the whole plan is the provision for homes for la borers. As much if not more attention has been paid to this phase of the sub urb than any other. It is the intention to make the homes in the industrial I city the most desirable, convenient and comfortable. The proposed plan is to furnish these homes with light, heat and water from the central power plant at a nominal cost. The board of directors named In the I prospectus are well known gentlemen of the highest business standing, and not a single one of them would lend his 1 name to a doubtful enterprise. The plat will contain 23 factory sites, all ly i lng along the north side of the grounds. South of the factory district will be the residence and business part of the city. "What inducement will your compa ny offer to factories to locate on your grounds?" one of the directors was asked. "To reputable, well capitalized and oubstantial manufacturing companies 1 we will offer free factory sites, the best of shipping facilities and cheap heat, light and power, with a cash bonus where It is deemed advisable. This will bring the factories to us with a rush. Some old established companies that have outgrown their present loca tions or are unfavorably situated are already making inclines, and new en terprises now being organized are also looking In this direction." John L. Griffiths, who is one of the most active of the citizens pushing the matter, states that they have received already numerous letters of Inquiry from large manufacturers »ln different parts of the country, some of them em ploying as many as 500 men each, ask lug for sites In the proposed suburb. THE TALE OF A DOG. A TRUTHFUL NARRATIVE OF CAWNE TENACITY AND SAGACITY. An (he Story of lh«- Fciil WH R»UU4 b> u l're»Olifr U 1m H'm > I'srtf (« Itar Inrldrul No Furltiri lratfuu»a 112 Is .Vvcttiaf). A certain Nashville statesman i» about one of the best story tellers In Tennessee, and his repertoire Includes a lot of good ones, fish and otherwise. On the truthfulness of some he will stake his reputation for veracity, but he tells one which he always prefixes with the statement that It was told hi® by a minister of the gospel, Dr. Bard well, who will be remembered here by the older Inhabitants as the assistant of Dr. Edgar of revered memory, who was pastor of the Eirst Presbyterian church during the latter years of Gen eral Andrew Jackson's life and attend ed the old hero In his last Illness. The story teller Buld: "Dr. Bardwell used to visit my fa ther's house when I was a boy, and the story I am about to tell you was relat ed to me on the occasion of one of these visits. We were out ou the veranda smoking one evening after supper. The doctor was fond of dogs and was a pretty good sportsman and naturally the conversation turned on this subject. " 'Speaking of dogs,' said Dr. Bard well, 'reminds me of a dog which be longed to a friend of mine in Mississip pi. I hail been invited to hold services at a church near this friend's house and wrote him to meet me at the sta tion, some six miles from his house, on the Saturday afternoon before Sunday, the day of the appointment. " 'lie was on time with horses, and we started to his home. I noticed that a very handsome bird dog followed us, and, having heard that some one In that neighborhood owned an especially well trained trick dog, I asked my friend about it. " ' "That's the dog," at the same time pointing at his dog, which had run ahead of us and was waiting at the forks of the road. " 'I asked him to make him perform a trick. He got down from his horse, called the dog and, taking out his pock etbook, held it to the dog's nose. He then took out a silver half dollar and, walking some distance Into the woods, raised up a large rock and put the mon ey under it. We then resumed our Jour ney, and when probably half a mile away my friend called his dog and told him togo back and get the money. " 'The dog, without the least hesita tion, started back on a run, and, my friend explained, as the rock was heavy the dog would be unable to turn it over, so would have to scratch under it to reach the piece of money, and he would not probably get home before we reached there, it then being about three miles farther onto his house. " 'However, when we reached home the dog was not there. We ate supper, and still the dog did not come, nor had he putin an appearance when we re tired at about 10 o'clock. " 'The next morning we got up about daylight, and, hearing a noise outside, my friend opened the door, and the dog rushed in dragging with him a pair of pantaloons, which he dropped on the floor. " 'Of course we were both mystified, but had not long to wait an explana tion, for shortly afterward a man who lived several miles from my friend's house rode up on a mule and Inquired if a dog with a pair of pantaloons In his mouth had come into the house. The dog at this moment came out on the porch, and the man said, "Why, there's the dog now." " 'My friend told his caller that the dop had really brought a pair of panta loons home with lilin, but he did not understand it himself. " 'The man said that late in the after noon the day before he found the dog scratching under a large rock near the road and, thinking he was after a rab bit, stopped and lifted the rock up, and, to his surprise, found a half dollar on the underside. " 'He put the money in his pocket, and the dog followed him home. The dog appeared to be friendly, and the man petted him and gave him his supper. At night when the family retired the dog was put on the outside, but he kept up such a racket that no one could sleep on the place, and when the man opened the door to drive the dog off he rushed into his bedroom and at once became very quiet, lying down near the foot of the bed, where he slept all night " 'Early in the morning, the man said, he got up and opened the window, and the instant he did so the dog seized his pantaloons in his mouth and, Jumping out of the window, tied. " 'The man followed as soon as he could get his mule. " 'Hearing this story, my friend got the pantaloons and on searching the pockets found the half dollar which he had hid under the rock the afternoon before.' "—Nashville Banner. Flga. After figs have been collected they are dipped In boiling brine and then dried on trays for from two to four days, according to the weather. The dipping is supposed to bring the sugar to the surface and hasten the drying. After being dried the figs are placed in "sweat boxes," holding 2,000 pounds each, where they remain for two weeks. Then they are washed in cold salt wa ter to remove all dirt and are packed by women and girls in half pound, one pound and ten pound boxes In layers, being split preliminarily with a short bladed knifo Lake Morat, in Switzerland, has the curious property of turning red every ten years owing to the presence of cer tain aquatic plants which are not known in any other lake in the world. UONVINCING PROOF. The Average Danville Citizen Mußt Accept the Following Proof. The great Sir Issac Newton, one of the most profound reasouers the world ever produced, once cut a large hole in a board fence to allow a favorite cat access to two gardens, and cut a small er hole to allow her kittens to follow her. The weakness manifested in Sir Isaac's action was due to want of thought. Any reader who mentally debates the proof offered here about Doan's Kidney l'ills and arrives at any other conclusion than stated in this citizen's statement, is as short of rea soiling powers as the philosopher when lie turned carpenter. Mr W. C. Richards, Grocer, living Cor. Iron and Third Sts.. Bloomburg, says 1 was taken suddenly with stich es in my back which were so excruciat ing, that 1 almost fell to the ground. I was confuted to my bed for over a week and the pain was so intense 1 could not rise without assitance. Doan's Kidney l'ills came to attention and I took a course of the my treatment. It cured me. For sale by all dealers. Price 50 eta. Foster Milbnrn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the U. S. Remember the name Doan's »ud take ito substitute. Atf rtcalt aral. Of eril suvLty i» tot r«»t, Ard yet mcakicd woe'; step. T it all lorn lanntri, ami we try To raise another crop. —Waahimgton Star. A Former Conquest. Re—But why do you want we to asl Binnleigh to the house? She —Why do you wear your medal V It represents that victorious cam p&igii I went through before we married. She—So does he.—Brooklyn Life. Took the Canadian Coarse. Ida—When the defaulting cashier firs' came out here, he went around telling people he was captain of a yacht club. ) didn't helieve a word of it from the first. May—Well, dear, he did turu out to b« a akipper.—Chicago News. Ha r blnir era. Whene'er the robin pipes hit lay. Cajoling fraud with vest of red. Go pa» k your flower aetds away And heap more covert on the bed. —Chicago KecofdL How to Milk* Spaalsk Omelet. Put a tablespoonful of butter into an omelet pan. VVUen melted, add one slic ed onion and cook until tlie onion is ■oft, but not browu. B«al four eggs un til they are well mixed, add four table spoonfuls of water and a dash of cay enne. Pour this Into the pan with the butter and onion; shake; lift one side, drain the soft portion underneath. Dust with salt. Fold and serve on a hot plate. Since the White House welcomes the ■hlrt waist cordially there is hope that the second class hotels and others will cease to oppose a seuaiU* rammer co&- tnzzc for num. Haw to Ytllsw Whit* Lac*. White lace may be changed to a creamy hue if powdered saffron la dis solved In water Into which the lace is dipped. More or less of the saffron should be used, according as the lac* Is to be cream colored or ecru. LAST OF THE SEASON. I REDUCED RATES TO THE SEA SHORE. Low-Rate Excursion to Atlantic Oity, etc., via Pennsylvania Railroad. The last Pennsylvania Railroad low rate ten-day excursion for the present season from North Bend, Troy Belle fonte, Williamsport and principal inter mediate stations (including stations on branch roads), to Atlantic City, Cape May, Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Avalon, Anglesea, Wildwood, or Holly Beach, will run on Thursday, August 22, 1901. Excursion ticket, 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 Del aware River Bridge Route, the only all rail line, or via Market Street Wharf, Philadelphia. Stop oyer can be had at Philadelphia, either going or returning, within limit of ticket. For information in regard to specific rates and time of trains consult hand bills, or apply to agents, or E. S. Har rar, Division Ticket Agent, William sport, Pa. Special Ten-Day Excursion to Occam Grove, A.oury Park, or Long Branch via Pennsylvania Bailrcad. For the benefit of those desiring to visit the great Ocean Grove Camp Meet ing, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany will, on August 28, sell excursion tickets to Ocean Grove, Asbury Park or Long Branch from South Danville for the very low rate of $4.50 for the round trip on train leaving South Danville at 9.14 a. m. These tickets will be good for passage to Philadelphia on train mentioned, thence on regular trains leaving Broad Street Station at 12.27, 3.30, and 4.17 p. m. that day to destination. Tickets will be good for return pas sage on regular trains, except' 'Pennsyl vania Limited," until September 1, in clusive, and will permit of stop-off at Philadelphia within limit returning. REDUCED RATES TO THE SE SHORE. Annual Low-Rate Excursions to Atlantic Oity, 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, Bellefonte, William sport, Mocanaqua, Suubury, Shen andoah. Dauphin, and principal inter mediate stations (including stations on branch roads), to Atlantic City, Cape May, Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Avalon, Anglesea, Wildweod, or Holly Beach, on Thursday, Augnst 8 and 22. lttOl. 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 to specific rates aud time of trains consult hand bills, or apply to agents, or E. S. Harr ar, Division Ticket Agent, William sport, Pa. Mil Hi AND THE nil 111 PRESS id I rn j) J m in Subscription to Montoui American SI.OO per year. ■I i. Too Much For Crimson Gulch. "Yea," said Broncho Bob, "he was right popular In Crimson Gulch, and we'd have sent him to the legislature sure if he hadn't been so keerless in eipressln his opinions." "He lacked diplomacy?" "Yes, sir. I don't know when the feelin's of Crimson Gulch have beeu Ho hurt. He come right out and said he was in favor of puttin au act ou the statute books that 'ud make lynch in ag'in the law."— Washington Star, A M KMI.MK.NT TO Hi K CONSTITUTION rt PROPOSED To TIIK riTIZENs OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR \K PROVAL OR REJECTION RV THE GEN KRAI, ASSEMHI.V <ip THE COMMON W EAKTH Of' PENNSYLVANIA. Pl'RI I<H ED BY ORDER-OK THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN I'L RSI ANCF Oh ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONHTITI'- A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to tin- Constitution oft lie Commonwealth. ««■' >t resolved by the Senate and l of «eP r wfni"ti v «' of the Common wealth in General Assembly met. That the following is proposed as amendments to the Constitution oftlie Commonwealth ofPenn sylvania in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof- Amendment One to Article Eight, Section One. Al'lat the end of the first paragraph of said ' "shall be entitled to vote at all elections, the words "subject how ever to such laws requiring and rStml hereglstration of electors as the < ien.-rui Ah - shall'reiXSi's:" 0 ~lat UK ' Sald mllfcujin • ,"? vvi ' lg . f l l 'allflcatlons, shall be en titled to vote at all elections, subject however to such laws requiring and regulating the MfS^r ,W - ,ors " tbC Suites 1 it M east'one mom?,' ° f lbt ' l '" ,N He shall have resided in the State one naVw ? P rt ' vl ' ,l 'sly been a qualified elec tor or native born citizen ofthe State,he shall and returned, then tion Immediately preceding the elec- H. He shall have resided in the election dis trict where he shall otter to vote at lean! two l T the^Uon° 'ahiii i^ earß a^e and upwards, he shall ha\e paid within two vears a State Hl,a " have '«» at leant two months and paid at least one month before the election Amendment Two to Article Eight, Section Seven. no !'!V H * d s , ectlon the words "but uo elector shall he deprived of the nriviletre of \oting by reason of hi« name not being regis wordi "wtion thefolfow&g reehttraUon nf tlng and Hairing the IH V l.w unlform for . J ' p ™y id, <t "'»t such law# be tic Mild h , e Baule c '»* s .' BO that i - r° £ haU rea<l liK follows: Section/. I niformity ol'Election Laws— the clti/emf or t fo?t»' tie u ® win tf°felections by slml i n n registration of electors shall be uniform throughout the State, but of efecOorslrial i""* 1 Quiring the registration or electors may be enacted to annlv to either clUeiSf°the sH^cla U S B! ,laWM uuiform "' r A true copy of the Joint ltesolutlon. W. W. (i HI EST, Secretary of the Commonwealth. AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OK THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP PROVAL OK REJECTION RY THE GENER AL ASSEMKLY OF THE ('OMMON W AELTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, PUBLISHED BY OR DER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COM MONWEALTH, IN PURSUANCE OF AR TICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Common wealth. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the tame, That the following is propos ed as an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac cordance with the provisions of the Eighteen th article thereof. Amendment. Strike out section four of article eight, and insert in place thereof, as follows: Section 4. All elections by the citizens shall be by ballot or by such other method as may be prescribed by law: Provided, That secrecy in voting be preserved. A true copy of the Joint Resolution. W. W. GRIEST, Secretary of the Commonwealth. NOTICE OF INQUISITION. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, OF MONTOUR COUNTY NO 2 JUNE TERM 1901.1N PARTITION. Theodore Doster aud Agues B. Doster his Wife, in Right of Said Wife. Harry Latimere and Elizabeth Lati mere his Wife, in Right of Said Wife, Sarah C. 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, aud William Cleveland, Defendants. To William Cleveland, One of The Defendants Above-Named. You are hereby duly notified that by Vir tue of the writ of partition in the above pro ceeding to me directed, an Inquisition will be held on the premises therein described situate in the Third Ward of the Borough of Danville In the County of Montour and £tate of Pennsylvania, on Friday, September 20th, 1901, at eleven o'clock in the fore noon of the said day, to ascertain and In quire. among other things whether the said premises can be parted 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. BRECKBILL. Sheriff. WM. J.BALDY. EDWAKDSAVKE GEARHAKT. Counsel. Sheriff's Office. Danville, Pa. July 19th, 1901. ANNUAL REPORT. J. H. Shultz, Treasurer, in account with the Valley Township School Board for the year eudiug June 30th. 1901. DR. To State appropriation $ 965 28 To Bal. from last year.. 458 41 Received from collectors S2ti 40 From other sources 2s 97 Total 12279 Oti OR. Teachers wages $1470 00 Amount paid teachers at Institute.. " 52 50 Text books 98 04 Supplies 54 97 Fuel, etc 93 #8 Fees of collector and treasurer t>B 48 Secretary's salary and postage 26 00 Other expenses I3tf 01 Total $1999 T7 Balance in hands of treasurer $ 279 29 N. E. S IDLER. Secretary. gXKC rTOH'S .\OTICK. ESTATE OF JACOB MOSER, DEC'I). Letters testamentary on the estate of Jacob Moser, 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 <>r demands will make known the same without delay to PETER K. MOSER. I .. JACOB B. MOSER. i utor*. June 27. 1901. .\ OTIC Is.. Estate of George W. Steiuman, Latt of Derry Township, Montour County Pennsylvania, deceased. Notice is hereby given that letter of Ad ministration upon the above State have granted to the undersigned. All persons in debted to the said Estate, are required t< make payment, and those having claims or demands against the said estate, will mak« known the same without delay to LEVI MOSER, Administrator. RALPH KISNER. Attorney. i KOTICK. 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 above estate have been granted to the undersigned. All |>ersous In debted to the said estate are required to make 1n x incut, and t;i»e having claims or de mauds Hirninst the >a!d < state will snake known the suime without delay to NAOMI V. HAHIMAN Administratrix ol Wellington Hartman, Deceased. P. O. Address, Grovania, Peun F.DWARII SAYKE GEAHHAUT, Ci unsel. a
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