MONTOUR AMERKSAN FRANK C. ANGLE. Proprietor. Danville. Pa., August 32 I 90 I COM >ll M< VI'IOX*. All commit 11 ica I ions sent to the A m 1:1:1- CAN for publication must be signed by the writer, and communications not so signed will be rejected. REPUBLICAN TICKET KOK AssOCIATK JUIXiK. S. Y. Thompson. FOR PROTHONOTAin J. C. Miller. FOB COCNTY TRKASIRER. C. W. Cook. AWAITING EXPLANATION BY BARRY PAIN. My doctor says I'm all right. Never theless strange things have happened. This for Instance: My cottage was about .1 quarter of a mile from any house. The nearest was a farmhouse. All old woman came over from there and looked after me In the daytime. At night I was alone. One night the old woman had gone, and I had settled myself down with a whisky and soda for purposes of refer ence and one of Maudsley's books. It was (I 6ball be forgetting my own name next)—never mind, the book does cot matter. I was reading when there came a sharp double rap at the door. I opened the door wide and saw no body. I stood for a minute or two looking up and down the road, and then I went back to the room. I said aloud, to reassure myself, which by this time had become necessary, that I had mistaken the sound and that there had been no rap at the door at all. I said this, but I did not believe It.l knew perfectly well that it had been a rap, and even while I was say ing it I got the idea that I was not alone. When I opened the door, I had let something in. I looked übout, but found nothing and settled down togo on with my reading, and at the sarue time I felt very distinctly a chilly feel ing all around my throat. It was like a band of Ice! I did what any sensible man would have doue. I told myself that I had been doing too much reading and that by day, after a good sleep, these silly ideas would disappear. I put down my book, lit my candle, blew out the lamp and went up stairs. That night I slept like a top. I felt fresh and good in the morning until the old woman brought in the breakfast. I had been In the habit of letting her talk. You must speak to somebody or other. The old woman said, "You had a vis itor last night, didn't you, sir?" "No," I said and wished that I could believe myself. "What makes you think that?" She was rather vague in her reply. She said that she had been a long time In service and that when she came into always seemed to know how many had 6at there the night before. It might be the way the furniture had been moved. She didn't know. I pressed her on this point, but could get no more satisfac tory reply. Nothing else of any importance to the stgry happened that day. Isut In the evening as I sat reading I became sud denly aware that some one was seated In the chair opposite to me and, which was worse, that if I raised my eyes from my book I should see him. I could not help it. I looked up and saw a hor rible thing. It was a man in evening dress, with a terribly white shirt front bulging out of his waistcoat. The hands hung down by the sides of the cbftlr, coarse and fat. What made the thing horrible was the stained cloth over the neck. There was no head. It was not only the horror of the pres ence—l knew what it was there for and what It wanted. I was so frightened that for some minutes it was physically impossible for me to do what I knew I ought to do, but at last I got up, crossed over and sat down in the chair which ap peared to be occupied. Rut It was a comforting feeling when I had assured myself that this was pure illusion. I could pull myself together sufficiently to get up stairs to bed. It is funny how Illogical one can be on these occasions. X locked my door and pulled some toeavy furniture before it. I had not been in bed two minutes before I heard sounds down stairs. I heard some one go from the room where I had been sitting to the kitchen at the back. The footsteps returned and began to ascend the stair. I could hear them creaking. Outside the door there was a clink of metal, as of some thing being put down on the floor. For a few moments everything was still. Then I was tapped lightly on theshoul (tfr onrf hotirri ;i hnskv whlsner "I want your head." I was out of bed in a moment and rot a light as soon as my shaking hands would let me. I was very badly ■cared. I dressed quickly, looking around every second. I pulled back the furniture, unlocked the door and went out. As I did so my foot struck against something. 1 looked down and ■aw a heavy meat chopper and a large knife lying there. Thej' were not there when I went to bed and were usually kept in the kitchen. I dashed down the stairs and out of the house. I do not mind owning that Iran for a long time. I left in the morning by the earliest train. But I shall go back as soon as possible If I can get any one togo with tte. It ought to be interesting. In the meantime It has the peculiarity that d 0 one of the ordinary explanations Will cover the whole story.—Black and k Whlte. | Han to Be IJ>*aiatifti!. If yott want to have a good com plexion, avoid greasy foods, cakes, pastry and sweets, as well as all lightly seasoned dishes- Don't eat between meals. Lat plehty of fruit, fresh and stewed, and green vegetuhjes, under done beef and mutto/i, white j|ph and mlllr puddings. (Jive up strong tea and coffee, and If you find that any special food disagrees with you give it up at once. The stomach quickly reacts on the skin and tak< - its revenge by giv ing it a muddy look. Ul'R TOWN ; SWEPT BY FLOOD (Continued from hirst i'age) I riK- Stove Work* were badlv Hooded, 1 there being several feet of water 111 the foundry, which will delay moulding for a week or more. The Shovel Factory was also flooded, which will n > doubt 'delay starting up. 1 here was no loss of life, although some very narrow escapes occurred. Among the latter were William Com mons and Charles Nuugesser, who came near drowning while trying to rescue I some pigs from the creek that Hows through the iiollow this side of Welsh Hill. If any additional evidence is needed to justify the statement that Sunday's flood was the greatest ever experienced by onr citizens it is to be found in the sum total of damage wrought, which is irreater than ever sustained by water at any one time in the history of our town Aside from the damage to the P. >k R. and D. I. & W. railroads, the loss sus tained about town amounts to many thousand dollars. The Danville Stove & Manufacturing Company, alone, is a loser to the extent of fit),ooo. Not a department of the works escaped, but the greatest damage occurred in the foundry. The large quantity of mould ing sand on the floors, which attains perfection only after prolonged use and careful manipulation was utterly de stroyed—washed awav or mixed w'th mud so as to be unlit for use. The care full v made moulding floors are washed and spoiled. Hut f«>r the loss of the sand things here might be got in good work ing order in a week or ten days. As it is Genera! Manager James Foster Mon day stated the loss in the foundry alone will amount to many hundred dollars. A large number of stoves neatly polish ed and ready for shipping with tons up on tons of plate or casting®, ready for "mounting" were deep under water ami are consequently plastered with mud and rusty. Much of the plate no attempt will he made to clean; it will have to be thrown on the scrap pile and remelted. The stoves ready for shipment will ha»e to be repolished and renickeled, entail ing an extra expenditure which will form no small part of the loss. The shovel factory, too, was under water. The plant is now fully equipped and Monday was the date set for start ing up. Everything about the works is under a deep deposit of mud. The flours are badly washed and will have to be re made. Much of the machinery may have to be reset, so that starting up now is indefinitely in the future. In the office of the Atlantic Refining Company in the rear of Ferry street, the water rose three feet. The contents of the safe, including office reports, &c., were damaged so as to be useless. There were no idle families in the flood ed districts Monday. There were flood ed cellars to pump dry, floors to clean and many repairs to make. A FRIEND'S ADVICE. Will Often Help You Greatly. Read What a Danville Citizen Says. Yon may hesitate to listen to the ad vice of strangers, but the testimony of friends or residents of Danville is worth )DUI UlOOt v aiCftil atltUtlUU. It 1.1 till easy matter to investigate the proof of this. Then the evidence must be con clusive. Read the following. Mrs. Edward Lungef of 11 Church street, says:"l suffered so much froui pain in my back that I could not sleep nights The pain over my hips was continuous and when 011 my feet it was one steady gnawing ache. It hurt me to do anything requiring bending over, and the sharp twinges would catch me so suddenly that I had to brace my back against something until they stopped. The kidney secretions annoyed me and headaches accompanied the back. 1 read about Doan's Kidney Pills and in the statements of those who have been cured the symptoms were so much like mine that my husband procured a box for me. They did me more good than any medicine I every tried. Ino longer had any backache and was free from any embrarrassment caesed from the secretions. I can honestly recommend Doan's Kidney Pills to others suffering as 1 did. For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cts. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the U. S. Remember the name Doan's and take no substitute. Little Folks at DeWitt's Park. Mrs. Daniel Heddens gave a picnic to a number of little folks at DeWitt's Park yesterday afternoon in honor of the sth birthday of her son, Warren. The chil dren were given a ride on the merry-go round and all enjoyed the afternoon. Those present were: Dorothy Welliver, Susie (jross, Harriet Schuinan, Harold Pnrsel, Ilammitt and Frances Barry, Edwin Jones, l'enn Amesbury, Lois Keifsiiyder, Eleanor Corman, Annie Ed mondson, James Geringer, Robert Am tnerman, James Scarlet, Lewis Williams, .Tames Rover, Will Mauger, Reber Moy er. Elsie Blocli, Wayland and Isabel Bowser, John Kemmer, Margaret and " r Voir.. c«. u i C"y, Isabel Wetzel, Dan Blecher, and Phoebe Curry. Beulah and Irma Hed dens, of llloomsburg, and Frances Hed dens, of Mt. Carmel. Announcement. To accommodate those who are par tial to the use of atomizers in applying liquids into the nasal passages for ra t irrhal trouble #, the proprietors prepare (.'ream Balm in liquid form, which will he known as Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Price including the spraying tube is 75 cts. Druggists or by mail. The liquid form embodies the medicinal properties of the solid preparation. Cream Balm is quickly absorbed by the membrane and does not dry up the the secretions hut changes them to a natural and healthy character. Ely Brothers, ">»> Warren St., N. Y. A lady who was a passenger on the 4:15 D. L. & W. train yesterday after noon dropped her purse, containing a sum of money and her ticket in the waiting room. She did not discover her loss until Mill street was reached. The conductor being in a good humor back ed the train to the station where the purse was recovered. A Great Improvement. One of the latest improvements made at the Danville National 15ank has been the laying of a new rubber tile floor. The backbone of summer requires frequent wetting to keep it in healthy condition. 1 he Cause of Many Sudden Deaths. There is a disease prevailing in this country most dangerous because so decep r ,| j I IJ» Ij YV\ tive. Many sudden ft (j j. Lr deaths are c aused by 't heart disease, injr pneumonia heart ylT\ failure or apoplexy I , "pA. qj i-are often the result hA *P °' k 'dney disease. If 'I 4 £|! kidney trouble is al i V ..\ Hk t-J lowed to advance the , kidney P olsot ' ca kidneys themselves break down ana »«iic away cell by cell. Bladder troubles most always result from a derangement of the kidneys and a cure is obtained quickest by a proper treatment of the kidneys. If you are feeling badly you can make no mistake by taking Dr. Kilmer':: Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver ai d bladder remedy. It corrects inability to hold urine and scald ing pain in passing it, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest (or its won derful cures of the most distressing cases. Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and sold by all druggists in fifty-cent and one-dollar sized bottles. You may f~~ V 7 "* have a sample bottle of this wonderful new dis covery and a book that tells all about it, both Home of Swamp-Root. sent free by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co. Binghamton, N. Y. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper. * P**r*d Bar DaltunlSHK Recently a bait old lady enfeapefl <*» of the Baliim et««et stores 906 Upoqbr Ing asked what she wished to se® tMw reply In what the clerk judgad &a unknown language A second proving no more satisfactory, tbe excused herself and went In search ot one* of her colleague wbo la of German descent. "Oh. Miss L.," she entreated, "won't you come over to my counter for a mln tm) There's a poor old German lady theiv, and 1 can't understand a word Bhe says." Miss L. followed and, pausing before the stool on which the would be cus tomer was seated. Inquired In her iweetest tones: "Are you a German?" The "poor old German lady" rai«d her handkerchief to bur Hps and evi dently extricated something from her mouth. Then, bending a look of the utmost scorn upon the clerk, she ex claimed In a rich and unmistakable brogue: "Qarman, Is It? Indade an I'm not- But I've got a new set of false tathe, bad scran to thlm! An now. If ye plane, will wan of yez wait on me?" — Syracuse Herald. How to lleuiove .\anal Obstruction. When a cliilii pushes a button or some other hard substance Into Its nos tril, put one linger on opposite nostril to close it and blow In the mouth, when the obstruction will be expelled. SIOO REWARD, SIOO Tne readers of this paper will Ih> please'' n> learn that there Is at least out- "The painting of blackened eyes, of which yuu hear little nowadays," said a man of experience, "Is so well estab lished a business now that It does not even need advertising. A sign which 1 Just passed aroused memories of earlier days within me. It was merely the name of m man who doea this kind of painting, with the brief announce ment, 'Hluck Eyes Tainted.' "Some years ago such a simple state ment was not enough to enable one In that business to live. The artist whose calling this sign declared Is the same man who some years back use«l to have a place on the avenue farther west, and lu front of that old office he used to have an expansive and gorgeous sign which told his accomplishment* In the phraseology which the only Tody Ham ilton after perfected In describing the chanus of the best that Baruuin of fered."—New York Sun. Monkey Cops. Iu Brazil there grows a tree which has hard urn shaped fruits known as monkey cups. They contain edible nuts, and the husks are very peculiar, being six Inches In diameter and hav ing regular lids which tit them closely and separate wlieu the seeds are ma ture, ~ -**esf' 112 * ~~ fffifoffnan'! . 7r jjj your vacation trip $ V|/ are those you take with a Kodak The improved folding Kodak ff? \|/ is so simple to operate that a child cau make perfect pictures t j/ with it (?\ ♦}/ Before going on your vacation put a Kodak in your pocket. You will more genuine pleasure with a Kodak than twice its 't. ti< w cost any other way. There is profit in it too. If von have a few jl; \| i "} m moments leisure come in my store. It will be a pleasure to show von the many points of excellence in construction and sini- plicitv of operation of the Eastman Kodak. »fc REMPE vV JEWELER AND SILVERSMITH. ,» V'l 2r 00- THE MOTIVE POWER. *<* he who hews the tree with well aimed a*. Not he who tunnel* through the stubborn Not he who boast* the mettle of Aj&x Nor, Ztualike, burls thunder from a throne. But he who stoop* to watch the daisy grow. Who seeks the sap within the sapling's -nsath. And he who leafns by force of mind to know Tha marvels of the universe beneath. Not he who rest* upon the glory won, Not he who sighs to have his life work through, But he who, in the midst of what Is done. Impatient stands for what ia still to do. Mentrose J. M *ea in Success. ioOoOoOoOoOoOOoOoOoOoOoOoo Martha Penny's 112 *GIIOSt | 0000000000000000000000000& "But surely there are more rooms?" The young widow who had come down to Garland to hire a little house for the summer had followed the agent into the two story cottage and was staring about her. | "Only four rooms?" she said. "Surely there were ten —I mean that the house looks larger on the outside." "Oh, there were ten originally, ma'am," the agent replied. "There were ten, but the rest are boarded up. This is simply the wing, but you have a parlor, a din ing room and two bedrooms, besides the little outside kitchen, which Is a building by itself, aud the rent is actually nomi nal." "But the folly of boarding up sir good rooms," said the lady. "The parlor with the wainscot and the black marble mun ' telpiece." "You know the house?" cried the agent. "Oh, iu houses of this sort you always find a black marble mantel and a wain scot," said the lady. "And on the other side of the hall the sitting room and spare bedroom and three bedrooms up stair* and the linen closet aud bathroom—the 1 long, dark linen closet." "The ghost always comes out of that," said the agent. "Oh, ho!" cried the lady. "The cat is out of the bag. The house is haunted?" "Yes, ma'am," replied the agent. "It has that reputation among ignorant peo ple, but since the main building has been boarded in the figure has never been seen by any one." "The figure?" asked the lady. "Ail ia white like an Ironing board?" "All In white, but like a pretty girl of 10," replied the agent. "I remember the murder myself. My father was In the real estate business, where I am now. I wan a schoolboy. I remember how the news ran through the village that Martha Penny had been killed by wild Jack Parker and how 1 rushed up with the tiuwu 10 see ner. les, ma am, l saw ii>, lying weltering in her blood across the threshold of tho linen closet." The lady shuddered and sat down In the large chintz covered armchair of the room they had entered. I "You can go and play In the garden." she suld to tho little boy whom she led by the hand. "Don't go out of sight. Now, tell me the story, Mr. Brick." "Very sensible to send the child away," the agent said. "Well, the facts were these: Martha Penny lived as seamstress with Mrs. Parker. They made her one of the family. Jack fell in love with her. The story goes that she refused him and that he suid thut she should never inarry any other man. Then she declared that she meant togo away, and she was get ting ready togo when she saw him with blazing eyes coming down the passage and run into the linen closet. A black servant watched it all. As he passed the door he shot her. They arrested him und took him off to prison. But while the body was wulting for the corouer it disappeared, no one ever knew how. Mrs. Purker had taken to her bed. Black Ann had been afraid to sit In the room with the murdered girl. In the night Martha Penny's corpse vanished. "The jury made up their minds that Jack was crazy, and he was locked up awhile, though he swore that the pistol went off by accident. When he was let out ugain, his mother was dead. He is quite a rich man, but ho never could bear to live on his property. He has a room at the hotel and has let all the land. At first he let the house also, but the ten ants were all scared away by tho ghost, they said, so five years ago he boarded up the main building and only lets the wing. Every summer people hire It. It Is prettily furnished, you see, with new things. The old stuff is all in the old rooms. They do say that they hear nolsea in tho big building, but probably rats muke them. And, Mrs. Smith, you don't look like u lady who would be afraid of"— "Martha Penny's ghost?" Interrupted the lady. "Indeed I am not. Poor little Martha wouldn't do no one uny harm. I should be much more afruld of wild Jack Parker, though he is alive." "He's an altered man, ma'am," said the agent, "quite broken, though he is rather young lu years." "I'll take the house, Mr. Brick," said the widow, rising and beckoning through the open window to her little boy, "aud my servant and I and little Tom will move in on Monday." They did so, and soon flowers bloomed in the garden and at the window. Some- j times at night—yes, at midnight—when little Tom and the maid were sound j asleep, the lady, wrapped in a double ; gown and with woolen slippers on her j feet, would glide out into the hall and there, with her eur to the light partition j that divided the wing from the main building, would listen to feet that went to und fro, to wails and mouns, to what seemed to her prayers and to many repe titious of tho nuine "Martha l'euny— Martha Penny," but oftenest "Martha" alone. She never spoke of this to uny wne, and it was plain that she felt no terror, but sometimes she wept bitterly, j as if she wus very sorry for the poor, wandering ghost. This went ou for months until one night Mrs. Smith did a strange thing. She j • rose In the middle of the night and let down the greut coil of her brown hair ' and braided it in one braid and tied it 1 with white ribbon. She dressed herself •11 In white and over her head threw a square of tulle. Then she left her house, taking a lantern with her, and stole to ward a side door of the main building and tried a key in tho lock and entered. The place was dry with ctost, and dust rolled beneath her feet as she climbed the stairs, und spiders crawled along tho balustrades und up the walls. She pass ed the big chamber and the little chamber and stopped at the linen closet. Openln* tho door, she saw piles of clothes and afeeets and towels und pillowcases, ouca white, but now powdered gray, as though a snow of that hue had fallen on them. She lowered her lantern and beheld across the sill a stain of blood and with in. on the floor, a deeper one, but she did not shudder. Indeed a smile crossed her face, a pitiful, tender smile. "Poor little Martha Penny," she said, and without a quiver or a cry she en tered in and shut the door behind her. A small, round window, high up in the wall, let in a little gleam of moonlight, a broken pane admitted a breath of air, but amid the woolen blankets at the far- I ther end moths burrowed. She could see I their tracks, and a curious smell that lin gers In moth eaten wool made the air ! heavy. Already her lantern's light at | tracted Insects that came through the ' broken pane above to flutter about it. She closed the slide and now looked like i a very ghost herself —all white in the I faint moonlight. She listened Intently. Soon she heard ! the sound of a door closed carefully, feet upon the stairs, feet in the passage with out the door. Some one began to pace slowly up and down. "Martha!" said a voice. "Martha."' Then there was silence; then again: "Martha I Martha!" It was a man's voice which spoke. Now It went on: "They say your ghost haunts this house.l have come here so often and ■ heard nothing, seen nothing. Martha, give me some sign that you hear me." The widow lifted her hand and tapped lightly on the door. There was a little cry without; then "Martha" came again, and now the wid ow spoke: ! "You call Martha. She is here. For once, and once only, she is permitted to 1 llsten'to you. Who are you?" "The man who loved you—Jack Par ker," replied the voice. "May I see you, Martha—angel Martha—may I see you?" "If you swear not to move—not to try to touch me," said the widow. "I swear," replied Jack in a choking voice. i The door of the linen closet moved •lowly. The man on his knees in the ' passage without saw a white draped fig ' ure with long braids of hair hanging be low its waist. "My God!" he panted. "Do I see you again, Martha?" "I am Martha Penny," replied the widow In a soft whisper. "Why have you called me?" "To ask your forgiveness," the man re plied. "Without it I am lost In this world | and the next. Speak to me, sweet angel; tell me that you know that I did not kill you with Intent to do so. Let the world think what it will. Tell me you know it was not so—that you knew it even when you fell there, where you staud now—tell me so and save my soul!" "When I fell," the faint voice whisper ed, "when the blood gushed from the wound yon gave me I believed that you had shot me purposely. In this belief I * l "«t mv Vi*-, , ed to die, I thought you had killed me." "But now?" asked Jack. "Oh, unhappy man," replied the spirit, "night after night I have heard your [ moans; night after night I have heard I you swear by all that is holy to your inno cence. I do not doubt you now. Be at 1 peace. We shall meet again, and I for give you." With a cry the man flung himself upon , the floor, and great sobs burst from his . bosom. I "At lust!" he gasped, "at last! Oh, I dear angel, at last. Oh, God be praised!" The white figure came nearer to the fullen man. It bent over him. "Jack," it said in more earthly tones, "I am so glad that you did not mean to kill me. Poor boy, you were always han- I dllug that revolver recklessly, but you know you threatened me. I loved you, Jack, but I could not marry you—your i mother was so proud, and yet she had 1 been so good to me, a poor little orphan. So I swore to myself that I would go ) away and never see you again unless she ) called me back. That is why I refused | you, Jack; that Is why." ) Thrilling and chilling, Jack lifted him self on his elbow and stared into the veil | ed face. "Certainly I am really mad at last," he j said. i But the voice, now even more distinct and full of earthly tenderness, went on: "No, Jack, no; you are Quite sane, quite sane. Remember how the body of poor Martha Penny was spirited away. Have you never thought that perhaps she was I not dead, though that stupid old doctor, In his dotage, declared her so? Jack, poor Jack, she was alive. But when she i came to herself the horror she felt that you should murder her was very great. And yet she did not wish to give any evi dence that would send you to prison. She resolved to fly. The old negress helped her uway and lied to cover the act. Jack, I am no ghost. I am alive. I am flesh and blood. Touch my hand. I give you i leave. Poor Jack, poor fellow, how you huve suffered all these years!" "As they suffer in hades," he said and humbly put his lips to the hem of her I robe. "I worked hard for awhile; then a good old man married me," she went on."He was kind as a futher, and I huve a little | boy. I um a widow now, and I camo back to see the old place. 1 live in the wing that the agent had to let, and night after night I heard you through the par j tition, weeping and praying forgiveness i of my ghost, swearing you did not mean ito harm me. And I meant that you i should only think my ghost forgave you. But I—l could not help telling the truth, dear Jack, once I saw you so near me ! and so broken hearted." Then Indeed Jack grew bolder and dared to touch her hands and to lift them to his lips. Ho was thankful and hum ble, as though heaven had vouchsafed him a vision of angels, and he left her ut her door us ho might have ported from one. But after all she was a living wom an, he a niHU who loved her, and ere the autumn leaves fell they were wed. i l"ne»i»ecte«l Praise. Dr. Guthrie, au authority on military surgery some 50 years ago, was a kindly man, although somewhat brusque in man ner. Sir Joseph Fayrer says: I was his house surgeon, and we got on very well together. One day when wa were going through the wards with • large following of distinguished visitors, foreign surgeons and others, we stopped by the bedside of an Interesting case, where Guthrie had found fault with the dresser for something he had done or left undone. The student ventured to reply, and Guthrie said: "I dare say you think you're a remark ably clever fellow, don't you?" "No, sir," said the youth earnestly, "I don't." "But you are, though," said GuthrU aatl passed ou. SUMMER PASTURE FOR HOGB When clover Gets Too Erf, Tm Them Into the Cowpeaa. Clover stands higher in analysis than almost any other grass for pasturage; besides. It is useful to the farmer, more so than most crops, as a fertilizer, for nothing enriches the land more than clover when plowed under In the fail after having been pastured all summer to the fullest extent, says a Kentuoky grower In Swine Advocate. Toward the last of the summer months all clover fields become somewhat rank and dry. From then on they are not ample for the thorough maintenance and growth of hogs, so other kinds of pasture must be provided. Search your books on feeding and see If you can find anything that compare* with cowpeas. A patch of them would be the very thing to finish out your summer pasture. The peas themselves stand ninth and the hay twelfth In feeding value of all mill products grain, green fodder and hay, which Is very high, considering 50 American feeding materials nre treated. Hogs love tbis pasture, and with the eating of the peas and the green pea vine# they come to the fall months sleek and almost fat enough for the market. In making a pasture of cowpeas do not try to get all of one kind or varl ] ety. Get for the first a variety that will make a large quantity of vines and fol low up with the variety that produce! a large quantity of peas, so when cold PRIZE TAMWOBTH SOW. weather comes the hogs will be pre pared to take readily to grain that will then be given them. The cowpea, like clover, Improves the land instead of taking from It. In oth er words. It both fattens the hogs and fattens the land. So It follows that the best summer posture for hogs would be to start them off early on a rye or wheat field as soon as clover Is well enough advanced to turn the hogs | on and keep them there until the latter part of the summer and then finish them for the summer on a good pasture of cowpeas. By this method you will | find yourself with a herd of fat, healthy porkers aud raised at a small expense, j Not losing sight of the water supply, j which should be plentiful and healthy, ! always remember that pastures for your pigs should contain grasses that are tender and Juicy If you wish them | to thrive. Pigs do not have all of their temporary set of teeth until they are 3 months old and of course cannot bite or masticate anything old or tough, and when they do cut their temporary set they only contain about one-half its many teeth as they have when they have a full permanent set. One of tha greatest causes of the death of so many pigs is because they are placed on food j they cannot masticate and thereby die ! of many disorders. "WW §WS | A practical and effective silo, cheap ; enough to be within the range of al i most any farmer, Is made as follows: Place It alongside the cow shed in such I position that the cutting machine and elevator can be put beside It conven iently for filling and so that the teams I can unload the corn easily without backing up, thus saving time. Build the silo of wood and round in shape, 12 feet in diameter and not less than 20 feet high. This size will hold 45 tons. The planks should be as long as possi ble so as to have few splices, all the same width, sound and free from knots, ? 2 inches thick and the edges square, not beveled. The material needed Is 57 l pieces of 2 by 8 20-foot pine, 6 Iron hoops three-fourths of an inch round, ! 1 inch at end and tapped for 1 foot; 2 pieces 4 by 4 20-foot oak, 4 pieces 2 by 8 112-foot cedar and 125 feet of hemlock. The bottom of the silo Is sunk three feet In the ground, with a cedar plank foundation such as Is used for the bot ; torn curbing of a well. Short 4-foot hemlock boards are put around outside I to keep the earth from touching the plank. The floor of the silo is clay beaten solid, banked up a little against the sides to keep out the air and hol lowed a little lu the center. Two pieces of oak are put on each side of the silo, j and the bottom and the fifth iron hoops | are put through them, drawn up tight aud screw tapped at both ends with nuts and washers. Then put the first plauk ou the foundation, raise it up I and hold it lu place by wire nails bent round the hoops. Do not drive the nails 1 through the plank. See that It Is plumb, 1 otherwise the silo will be crooked. Put I up all the other planks In succession, carefully adjusting the edges. Tighten I up the hoops already on and put on the j others. The square edges of the planks | will bind into one another. During the tightening up make the planks keep In their places with a wooden mallet Put the hemlock planks around outside, pack the earth down tight all around ind the silo Is complete. Farm Buildings, j One must own enough farm lmple ' merits and animals to do his work prop erly. A poor man cannot owu horses valued at SIOO each, but his poverty Is no excuse for poor, emaciated, half killed "stacks of bones," says M. Louis Mertens in Prairie Farmer. Make barns more for comfort than for style, but do not be afraid to fix up your out houses—barns, sheds and chicken houses—so as to have the appearance that indicates that a well to do farmer dwells there. A puny child is always an anxiety to the parents. There seems generally no reason why the little one should be weak when it is so well fed. But the fact is that it does not matter how much food the child takes if the stomach can not extract the nourishment from it. No benefit can be derived from just eat ing. That is the condition of many a sickly child. The stomach and organs of digestion and nutrition are not doing their work, and the body is really starv ing. It is little use to give fish food, like cod liver oil or emulsions, iu such a case, because these also have to be digested; they may lighten the stom ach's labor but they don 't strengthen it. Strength is what the stomach needs. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery strengthens the stomach, nourishes the nerves and increases the action of the blood making glands. It is superior to every other preparation for children's use, on account of its body building qualities, and also because it is pleasant to the taste and contains no alcohol, whiskey or other intoxicant. Dr. Pierce's Pleesant Pellets are a valuable aid when the bowels are irregular. They are small. Children take them readily. Kev. L. V. Dye who has been visiting relatives iu this city returned to his ■home in Clearfield county yesterday. REDUCED RATES TO LOUISVILLE Via Pennsylvania Raiiroad, Account Tri ennial Conclave, Knights Templar, On account of the Triennial Conclave of the Knights Templar, to be held in Louisville, Ky., August 27 to 81, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets from August 22 to 25, inclusive, to Louisville and return, at rate of one first-class fair for the round trip. These tickets will be good to return until September 2, inclusive but if ticket is deposited by the original purchaser with Joint Agent at Louis ville not earlier than August 2H. nor later than September 2, and a fee of fifty cents is paid at the time of deposit, an extension of the the return limit may be had until September 10. Jury List for September Term. GRAND JURORS. Anthony township--Daniel Albeck. Cooper township Peter Cashner. A J. Wintersteen: Danville Ist. Ward- George Hendricks, Wesley Holabaugh, Stephen A. Johnston, W. H. Latimere, William Reed, Thomas W. Reifsnyder. Danville, 2nd. Ward—William Camp, Frank, W. Fisher, David H. Reed, Ed ward Hitter. Danville, 4th Ward- Patrick Redding. Derry township—J. B. Pollock. Limestone township Sam uel Muffley Mahoning township- Jac ob Becker, Martin Bloom. John Owen, Fred Smedley. Washingtonville—H. E. Cotner, George Halaron. Valley township—William Lawrence. TRAVERSE JURORS. Anthony township -Jacob Conrad, Thomas Dennen, J. R. McVickers. Cooper township—Philip Boyer, Noah Kruin, Edward Rishel. Derry township - Isaac L. Acor, Jeremiah Diehl, W. H. Dye, M. L. Sheep, Jacob Umstead. Dan ville, Ist. Ward—William G. Bomboy, John H. Gernet, Charles Kehl, Wm. E. Limberger, Samuel Lunger. Leo. Metz ger. Colbert K Smith. Danville, 2nd. Ward—Jacob Berger, Theodore Hoff man, Jr., John A. Hartzell, Charles M. Johnson, Paul Lutz, M. D. L. Sechler, D. R Williams. Danville. Brd. Ward —John Eisenhart, George Gardner, George Hoffman, George Heimbach, John Kilgus, Wm. E. Lunger, Thomas Murray, George Tilson. Danville, 4th. Ward—Peter Dietrich, William Jenkins John Minglin, John Mortimer, William Miller, Thomas Nevill, John Quigg, Mahoning township—Lawrence Butler, James Hendrickson, Jacob H. Rudy, James E. Rishel, Jacob Reaser, Will iam Sunday. Mayberry township- Madison Vought. Limestone township —E. F. Balliet, William Durlin, Thom as Tuckenbill, Olney McGinnes. Liber ty township—Elmer E. Bogart, James B. Boudman, R. H Simington. West Hemlock township—W. B. Moore. Val ley township—James Pursel, Peter C. Rake. Abraham Hendrickson. Wash ingtonville—Thomas Kerswell. Notice. Notice is hereby given that the fol lowing accounts of Guardians and Com mittees have been filed in my office and will be presented to the next Court of Common Pleas for the County of Mon tour Sept. 28d. 1901. for confirmation nisi and if no exceptions are filed there to the same will be confirmed absolutely within four days thereafter. First and Final account of Peter B. Moser, Guardian of Jacob Moser.late of Liberty Township, Montour County, deceased. First and Partial account of Martin Kelly, Committee of William Saul, of Borough of Washingtonville, Montour County, J. C. MILLER, Prothonotary. Danville, Pa., Aug. 20th., 1901. Special Ten-Day Excursion to Oceam Grove, Asbury Park, or Long Branch via Pennsylvania Railrcad. For the benefit of those desiring to visit the great Ocean Grove Camp Meet ing, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany will, on August 23, sell excursion tickets to Ocean Grove, Asbury Park or Loug 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, 8.30, 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 Always In Style. "Here's a girl," remarked the query editor, "who writes to kuow 'what U the popular spoonholder this season.' " "Evidently," replied the snake ed itor, "she's never had any beaus." "Why V" "Because If she had she'd know that the most popular one Is the parlor ■ofa."—Philadelphia Press. How to Roast Clans. The New England style of roasting soft clams Is to remove them from the shells, rinse them from sand, wash the shells and, after dipping the clam In melted butter, return it to the deeper half of each shell. Sprinkle with salt, paprika and chopped bacon. Put the shells In a dripping pan and roast until golden brown. Serve with quarters of lemon. in in AND THE Willi HI! PRESS 112 rpni i J1 UK. Subscription to Montoui American SI.OO per year, ■ll. How to vake liAiin rnddlng. Put one pint of mi.lk in iron kettle over tie fire. Add good half pint of mo lasses, piece of butter size of an egg. one teaspoonful of salt, one heaping tvaspocnful of cinnamon, one-quarter teaspoonful of cloves kind one-half tea spoonful of allspice. Then stir in grad ually one-half pint of cornuieal. Cook slowly until It thickens. Beat an egg and stir it in a little cold milk. Take kettle off stove and add milk and eggs. Reut well, then pour in a buttered dish and bake slowly three? hours. AMENDMENT T< > TilE CONSTITUTION PROPOSED To THE CITIZFNS OK THIS COMMONWEALTH Jolt THEIR AP PROVAL OH REJECTION BY THE GEN ERAL AHKEMBLY OF THE COMMON WEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. PUBLISH ED HY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMON WEALTH, IN Pi Rsl ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII <'ea r«j of age and upwards, he shall have paid within two years a State or county tax,which shall have been assessed m. nn. ir" "'? n,, r : " ),J Paid at least one mouth hetore the election Amendment Two to Article Eight, Section no eliicuS U «i. rr n 1 » is *' ,ion 'he words "but V shall he deprived of Ihe pri\ ilegeof voting by reason of his name not beine reiiis words "hnt'iuu t0 Sai() ( f' ( ' ,ion ll 'e following rJ' it' , , w 8 r ®gulttting and requiring the ntv to cities on ?i ector ' s .s la y be enacted to ap mifor .rf.t?,?" ,>r . uv,, M that such laws be the said seeMon l n S V , " e ,h " t Si, - c " read >IH follows: '. I 1 of Election Laws. ;V u i"' g t,ie boldingofelections bv the citizens or for the registration of electors shall be unitorm throughout the State, but SSS I""' re ' |Ullrl "~ ' he re " ist ration ot eleitors niav lie enacted to apply to either citieif/f O,Ls that M " " uniform tor cities or the same class. A true copy of the Joint Resolution. W. W. (.HIEST, Secretary of the Commonwealth. AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR THE IR AP PROVAL OR REJECTION KY TIIEUENER- A I. ASSEMBLY OF T life COM MO N W A ELT H OF PENNSYLVANIA,(PUBLISHED BY OR DEROFTHE SECRETARY <>!■ THE CoM MON WEA LTH, IN Pl'ltsl'ANCE OF AR TICLE XVIII OF THE C< INSTITUTION. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Comnjon 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 enjacted by the authority of the same, That tli|- following is propos ed as an amendment to| the Constitution of the Commonwealth of i Pennsylvania, in ac cordance with the provisions of the Eighteen tb article thereof. A menijment. Strike out section four of article eight, and insert in place thereof, ks follows: Section I. All elections by the citl/ensshall 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. GRIEKT, 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 Agnes B. Doster his Wife, in Right of Said Wife, Harry Latimere and Elizabeth Lati mere his Wife, jin Right of Said Wife, SarahC. Johnston. Mary A. Johnston, and Samuel Johnston, Plaintiffs. VS. Isaiah Hilkert. William Hilkert. John Hilkert, Eleauoi] J. Hilkert, Mary M. Hilkert, Richard Moser and Eve line Moser, his Wife, in Right of Said Wife, and 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 an Inquisition will be held on the premises therein described situate in the Third Ward of the Borough of Danville iu the County of Montour and State of Pennsylvania, on I Friday, September 40th, lltOl, at eleven'o'clock in the fore noon of the said day, tjo ascertain and in quire, among other things whether the said premises can be parted aud 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. BRICK BILL, Sheriff. WM. J.BAI.DY. ; EDWARD SAYKE UEAKHART. (lounsei. Sheriff's Office. Danville, Pa. July 19th, 1901. j ANNUAL REPORT. i J. H. Slmltz, Treasurer, in account with the Valley Township School Board for the year ending June :10th. 1901. I>R. To State appropriation $ 965 28 To Hal. from last yeari. 45V 41 Received from collectors 826 40 From other sources 2s 97 Total .'. #2279 06 CK. Teachers wages J1470 00 Amount paid teachers at Institute.. 52 50 Text books 98 04 Supplies 54 97 Fuel, etc 93 s2 Fees of collector aud treasurer 6» 4S Secretary's salary and postage 26 00 Other expenses 136 01 Total 81999 77 Balance in hands of treasurer $ 279 29 N. E. SIDLER. Secretary. g*KC'l rOH'S NOTICE. ESTATE OF JACOB MOSER. DF.C'D. 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 or demands will make known the same without delay to PETER B. MOSER. < JACOB H. MOSER. I Kxecutors ' June 27.1901. Estate of George W. Steinman, Late 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 ti make payment, and those having claims or demands against the said estate, will make known the same without delay to LEVI MOSER, Administrator. RALPH KISNER, Attorney. A un IMS lit A I'ltlX'S BfOTICK. 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 persons in delited to I he said estate are required to make p»\ inciit, and those having claims or de nut t ids against the said < slate will make known the same without delay to NAOMI V. H am MAN Administratrix of Wellington Hartman, Deceased. P. o. Address, orovuniH, Penm* EDWARK SA VKfc ti tAKUAItT, Counsel.