MONTOUR AMERKSAN
FRANK C. ANGLE. Proprietor.
Danville. Pa., August 32 I 90 I
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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- <lrcad< dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
t s stages 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
Oure is taken Internally, acting directly up
on the hlood and mucous surface of the sys
tem, thereby destroying the foundation of
the disease .ind giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assist ing
nature In doing the work. The proprietors
have so much faith In its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list of
Testimonials,
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LONDON COSTERS
Itinerant Street Venders Who M:tk#
Fairly Uuud Incomes.
It Is difficult, if not impossible, to cal
culate with any degree of accuracy the
amount of money turned ov«r collectively
In the course of a year by the costers, but
interesting figures uiay be supplied by
placing on record the gross receipts of
some street traders.
Many will be surprised to learn that a
coster in the fruit or vegetable line will
muke a turnover of anything between £S
und £1- per week, a full third of this be
ing profit. The figures vary much, nat
urally, with the season of the year and
the state of the markets, but he is reck
oned n poor fruit coster who cannot
make an average of £2 Ids. to £.' l weekly
profit. Despite this income, which many
a clerk would envy, tales of distress uie
frequent among them, owing to their uni
versal improvidence. Fish is not so profit
able a line of business, partly owing to
the more perishable nature of the stock,
and a fish coster who Is a "£2 man"aft
er reckoning up on Saturday night has
no cause to grumble at his week's work.
The profits of venders of penny toys,
puzzles and other articles so familiar iu
the Strand and elsewhere vary according
to their coat, which ranges from 4d. to
7d. per dozen. A pound to 255. is reck
oned a good weekly earning, but during
the recent button craze energetic workers
had 110 difficulty In cleariug double this
amount in some instances.
The gutter oilcloth merchant calculates
upon a profit of Bd. to Is. a piece, accord
ing to size, and can dispose of 40 or T.O
pieces In the course of a Saturday even
ing alone, to say nothing of slacker busi
ness doue during the rest of the week. A
street bookseller recently admitted that
he had "never cleared less than £- a
week," and on further Inquiry that does
not appear to be much above the aver
age. The proprietors of those miscella
neous stands to be found chiefly in the
East End, where everything from a violin
how to a saucepan lid may be purchased,
have a difficulty iu telling their profile,
as owlnsr to the nature of their stock,
some things sell rapidly while other ar
tides lie on hand for months. That there
is money to be made at this trade is evi
dent from the fact that many of its fol
lowers are pointed out by their less fortu
nate brethren as being the owners of the
houses in which they live.—l/oudon Mail.
Palntlntf Black Gr*i>
"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
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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.
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w cost any other way. There is profit in it too. If von have a few jl;
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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. ,»
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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.
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"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 <<F THE CON ST IT C -
TION.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the Commonwealth.
Secti n 1. He it resolved by the Senate an
House of Representatives or the Common
wealth 111 Oeneral Assembly met. That the
following is proposed as amendments to the
Constitution of the Commonwealth ofPenn
syivania. in accordance' with the provisions
of the eighteenth article thereof:
Amendment One to Article Eight, Section
One r
Add at the end ofiiie tij-st paragraph of said
section, after the words Psball be entitled to
vote at all elections," the words -subject ho w
ever to such laws requiring and regulatin
the registration of electors as the Oeneral AsS
setublv niav enaot. so tiial the said section
shall read at* follows:
Section J. Qualifications of Klectors. Kverv
niale citizen twenty-one [years of age, possess
jng the following <jualif)< ations, shall be en
titled to \ ote at all elections, subject however
to such laws requiring • and regulating the
registration of electors as the <ieneral Assem
bly may enact: 1
L He shall have been i citizen of the United
States at least one mont h.
2. He shall have resided in the State one
year, having previouslyjbeeti a qualified elec
tor or native f,or,i citizeh of the state,he shall
ha\e removed therefrom and returned, then
six months, immediately preceding the elfec
tJti.t w'-TrlA:'! 1 '"| vt res idtd in the election dis
'*re le "''all oflef to vote at least two
months immediately preceding the election,
t.o o»,i ii V, C "'- V "'"1 >'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.