MONTOUR AMERICAN
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville. Pa.. Nov. 14.1901
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RAILWAY RUMBLES.
Ireland claims the honor of the first
electric railway in the United King
dom.
It is said that the cheapest railway
fares iu the world are to he found In
Hungary.
Denmark lias a government railroad
system of 1,167 miles and 323 miles of
private railroads.
The Servian, Roumanian and Bulga
rian railroads are owned exclusively
hy the respective government*.
Travelers on Prussian railways whose
baggage, through no fault of their
own, falls to arrive with them can now
have It sent on request free to their
bouses.
The difficulty of railway construction
in some parts of Africa is Illustrated
by the fact that on the Freetown Mat
tru line. In Sierra Leone, eleven steel
bridges had to be built In a distance of
only thirty kilometers.
A representative of the Paris Tempt
has been examining railway stations in
Germany, and he declares that those o!
Dresden. Cologne, Hanover, Frankfort,
Bremen, etc., are far superior to any
of the French except the Parisian.
A l.argr Cerfjr.
Two old hunters were swapping
yaroa and had got to quail.
"Why," said one. "I remember a year
when quail were so thick that you
could get eight or ten at a shot with a
rifle."
The other one sighed.
"What's the matter?" said the lirst.
"I was thinking of my quail hunts. I
had a fine black horse that I rode ev
erywhere, and one day out hunting
quail I saw a big covey on a low
branch of a tree. I threw the bridle
rein over the end of the Unit) and took
a shot.
"Several birds fell and the rest flew
away.
"Well, sir, there were so many quail
on that limb that when they flew off It
sprang back Into place and hanged my
horse!"— Los Angeles Times.
English Uttll Stew.
For four plump quails provide four
oysters, four tableßpoonfuls of butter,
three large cupfuls of ox tall soup or
rich stock, two small glasses of port or
madeira, two tablespoonfuls of onion
»tnegar, the same of India relish and
paushroom catchup, celery salt, white
|>epper and four slices of crisp, brown
toast. Leave the quails whole, simply
opening down the breast. Put the but
ter In a frying pan over a hot fire and
when brown lay the quails In the pan.
Cover and cook ten minutes. Turn and
cook ten minutes more. When browned
on both sides, add the soup or stock,
wine, catchup and relish. When It
boils again, add celery salt and pepper
to season and thicken with a table
spoonful of flour wet up In cold water.
Stir It gradually until It bolls. Turn
each quail on its back and insert an
oyster. Cook tive minutes and serve
on sllceß of toast with ibe liquid poured
over all.
Spldera Are Indaitrloaa.
No small Insect ever escapes froi*-
the web of a spider, a fact which Is
uot to be wondered at when It Is con
sidered that an ordinary sized snare
may contain as many as 120,000 viscid
globules. The spinner Is constantly
engaged in repairing injuries to the
web inflicted by wind, stray leaves or
captured Insects. Once a day the whols
snare is subjected to rigorous examina
tion, and any broken or loosened
threads are adjusted.—Cornhlll Maga
alns.
Farias a Creditor.
Like many another famous man both
before his time and since, Talleyrand
exhibited, at least In early life, a great
reluctance to settling with his credit
ors. When he was appointed bishop of
Autun by Louis XVI., he considered a
line new coach to be necessary to the
proper maintenance of the dignity of
(hat office. Accordingly a coach was
ordered and delivered, but not paid for.
Some time after, as the newly appoint
ed bishop was about to enter his coach,
he noticed a strange man standing near
who bowed continually until the coach
was driven away. This occurred for
Mveral days until at length Talley
rand. addressing the stranger, said:
"Well, my good man. who are you?"
**l am your coachmaker. my lord,"
replied the stranger.
"Ah." said Talleyrand, "you are my
coachmaker! And what do you want,
wf coachmaker?"
"I want to be paid, my lord."
"Ah. you are my coachmaker, and
you want to be paid? You shall be
yaid. my coachmaker."
"But when, my lord?"'
"Hum," said Talleyrand, settling
himself comfortably among the cush
ions of his new coach and eying his
coachmaker severely, "you aro very
Inquisitive!"
Mow Hl#k Birds Fir-
A Strassburg aeronaut says he has
•ten an eagle at the height of 3,000
yards, and again a pair of storks and a
buzzard 900 yards above the sea level.
On March 10. 1890, some aerouauts
observed a lark flying at a height of
1,000 yards On July 18, 1899, another
balloon met a couple of crows at an
altitude of 1,400 yards. These, how
ever. are exceptions. Birds are hardly
ever seen alwve a height of 1,000 yards;
even above 400 yards they are not fre
quent.
Jk. Itrllc of Feter the Great.
The cottage where Peter the (treat
dwelt when he was learning the trade
of shipbuilding In Zaarndam, Holland,
still exists, though somewhat dilapidat
ed. It contains the rude furnlturs
which the great Peter used—a bed
stead. table and two chairs. It is in
cased In a building erected for the pur
pose. and over the mantel Is a tablet
erected by Alexander of ICussia In 1814.
All who use Atomizers in treating nasal
catarrh will get the best results from
Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Price, in
cluding spr»ying tube, 75 cts Sold by
druggists or mailed by Ely Bros., V.
Warren St, N Y
New Orleans , Sept 1, 1901.
Messrs ELY BROS —I sold two bot
tles of your Liquid Cream Balm to a
cutosmer, Wm Larnberton. 141.5 De
lachaise St . New Orleans, he has used
the two bottles giving him wonderful
*nd most satisfactory remits
Gso W McDI'FF Pharmacist
DEATH OF
MRS. M. C. MGHTNEk
At Detroit. Mich—Daughter of the Late
Feter Baldv, Sr.
Late Saturday evening, November 9th,
in Detroit, Mich., occurred the death of
; .Mr". Martha H. Lightner, widow c»l the
| late Kev. Milton Clarkson Lightner,
former rector of Christ Episcopal church,
| this city. The funeral took place Tues
j day afternoon from Grace Episcopal
church, Detroit
Mrs. Light ner was 77 years of age.
■She was a daughter of the late Peter
Haldy, Sr.. and a sister to the late Ed
vvard U. Haldv. She i-~ survived by tive
sons and one daughter, aH of Detroit,
two brothers, Peter Uahly, Jr., of St.
Paid, Minn., Kev Hurley Haldy, of :
Philadelphia, and two sisters. Mrs.!
Char'es Mailhews, of Plaiidield, V J., i
and Mrs. W. I Greenough, of Ph ladel- i
phia. Hev. M. C. Lightner was rector,
of Ci)ii»l church froiu 1542 unt ; l ls-48.
He was an earnest worker and succeed
ed iu building up a large congregation.
In lovinc memory of llev. Mr. Liyhtner,
Christ church was several years ago pre
sented with an elaborate pair of altar
candlesticks.
Jumped on a Ten Penny Nail.
The little daughter of MR. J. X. Pow
ell jumped on an inverted rake made of
ten penny nails, and thrust one nail
entirely through her foot and a second
one half way through. Chamberlain's
Pain Balm was promptly applied and
five minutes later the pain had disap
peared and no more suffering was ex- !
perienoed. In three days the child was j
wearing her shoe as usual and with ab- j
solutely no discomfort. Mr. Powell is
a well known merchant of Forkland,
Ya. Pain Balm is an antiseptic and
heals such injuries without maturation
and in one-third the time required by
the usual treatment. For sale by Paules
& Co.
Abrams Repents His Act.
Miss Emma Maxwell,who was cruelly
deserted by B. F Abrams on the eve of
her wedding at Shamokin. Friday re
ceived a letter from the latter post
marked Philadelphia, asking hrr for
giveness and promising to marry her, as
soon as he was able to make enough sal
ary to sup[»ort her. No address nor date
was given and the police suspect it is
a rtise to throw the officers off the track.
—Mt. Carmel News.
"Last winter an infant child of mine
had croup in a violent form,* says Elder ,
John W. Rogers, a Christian Evange
list, Filley, Mo. "I gave her a few doses
of Chamberlain's Cough remedy and in
a short time all danger was past and
she recovered." This remedy not only
cures croup, but when given as soon as
the first symptoms appear, will prevent
the attack. It contains no opium or
other harmful substance and may be
given as confidently to a baby as to an
adult For sale by Paules <£: Co
Home Missionary Meeting.
The nineteenth annual meeting of the
Woman's Home Missionary society of
the Northumberland Presbytery con
vened in the First Presbyterian church
of Bloomsbnrg yesterday afternoon to
remain in session during today.
The devotional exercises of the open
ing session were conducted by Aire. W.
I. Steans, of this city. Ms.W. A. Alir-
Atce replied to the greeting. Mrs. I.(i
Barber also of this city as Secretary of
Freedmen, presented her report yester
day afternoon. The meeting was full ol
interest and was attended by quite a
few from Danville.
To the Public.
Allow me to say a few words in praise
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I had
a very severe cough and cold and fearei
I would get pneumonia,but after taking
the second dose of this medicine I felt
better, three bottles of it cured my cold
and the pains in my chest tisappeared
entirely. lam most respectfully yours
for health. RALPHS. MEYERS,F»4 Thirty
seventh St., Wheeling, W. Ya For
sale by Paules & Co.
New Scales.
A new fivc-tou scales has been install
ed at the coal yard of Franklin Boyer
near the D. L. & W. station by the P. &
R. railway company. The scales were
putin under supervision of W. L. I bach
who left for his home after completing
the work yesterday.
Cut this out and take it to Paules &
Co s .drug store and get a free sample
of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets, the best physic. They cleanse
and invigorate the stomach, improve
the appetite and regulate the bowels.
Regular size. 25c. per box.
Only Gallery Seats For Sale.
Every seat in the parquette and dress
circle will be reserved before to morrow
night s entertainment. The price for
gallery tickets will be .">0 cents or SI.OO
for the Course Don't miss Phinney's
band it is said to be one of the finest on
the road to-day.
A LIBERAL OFFER.
The undersigned will give a free sam
ple of Chamberlain 's Stomach and Liver
Tablets to any one wanting a reliable
remedy for disorders of the stomach,
biliousness or constipation. This is a
new remedy and a good one. For sale
by Paules & Co.
State-Lehigb, November 16.
Williamsport will be a point of special
interest on Nov. Ifi, when the State Le
high football teams will face each other
on the Athletic park grounds. All
aboard for the great game.
(Mr barbers will add relish to their
Thanksgiving dinners th s year with the
thought that that day ends the foot-ball
season and on the morrow they will
have "haircuts" by the score. Football
is growing in favor and as the sport
gains in popularity the length of the
hair of the player and rooter does like
wise.
"A Turkish Bath" will appear at the
Opera House on Saturday evening. The
company carries three complete acts of
fine scenery. Oriental furniture, tap
estry and Algerian rugs and the most
approved electrical appliances, includ
ing two Newell chandeliers.
Kev. Adoiph !;•*; * r was H Bloomsburg
j visitor yestervi-H",
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
o t cures made by Dr.
11. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
8 '! 'be great kidney, liver
Ci (UtVJr?; Ili an( * bladder remedy.
"I y k c" ltisthe great m'edi
■*i?Mk ' 112 cai triumph of the nine
!\V_L\ i j; ,1 teenth century; dis-
C'fi V- } j > covered after years of
.( 112 If" 112 J . J 1 scientific research by
r r ' Kilmer, the emi
(]. " nent ki <iney and blad-
specialist, and is
wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou
bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec
ommended for everything but if you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found
just the remedy you need. It has been tested
in so many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that a special arrangement has
been made by which all readers of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and fT-~)t 7V *
send your address to
Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing
regular fifty cent and Home of swaini>-Roo*,
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
RIVERSIDE'S
BUSY INDUSTRY
Big Orders Held t7 Hoover Bros. Will 1
Build Annex.
Riverside's busy little industry, Hoov
er Bros, planing mill, which never suff
ers for want of orders, just flow is ex- !
ceptionally busy. On the pay roll are ;
twenty-six men, all skilled and ex peri- ,
enced in their line of work, while the I
machinery installed is of a modern up- |
to-date type which gives the mill quite ,
a remarkable capacity.
Among the orders being tilled by the
firm is one for the Reading Iron Com
pany, comprising the sky lights ami
window frames needed for the iron work
in course of erection here and an-order
for F. Q. Hartman comprising the win- j
dow frames and woodwork in general
for his new silk mill at Berwick for
which ground has already been broken.
Hoover Bros, contemplate building (
an additon !o their plant and will break
ground in the near future. The new
portion will comprise a ware room and j
commodious office.
A FRIEND'S ADVIUE.
Will Often Help You Greatly. R»ad Wha
a Danville Citizen Says.
You may hesitate to listen to the ad- ;
vice of strangers, but the testimony of
friends or residents of Danville is worth
your most careful attention. It is an
easy matter to investigate such proof as
this. Then the evidence must be con j
elusive. Read the following.
Mrs. Edward H. Lunger of 11 Church
St., says:"l suffered so much from pain
in my back that I could uot sleep nights. |
The pain over my hips was continuous
and when on my feet it was one steady
gnawing ache. It hurt me to do any- j
thing requiring bending over, and tin
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 backache.
I read about Doan's Kidney Pills and in
the statements of those who had Ijeen
cured the symptons were so much like
mine that my husband procured a box
for me. They did me more good than
any medicine I ever tried. Ino longer
had any backache and was free from
any embarrassment caused from the se
cretions. I can honestly recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills to others suffering
as I did."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cts.
Foster-Mil burn Co., Buffalo. N. V., sole
agents for the U. S.
Remember the name Doan's and take
no substitute
Pennsylvania Railroad's Winter Excursion
Route Book.
In pursuance of its annual custom. the
Passenger Department of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company has just issued
an attractive and comprehensive book
descriptive of the leading Winter resorts
of the East and South, and giving the
rates and various routes and combina
tions of routes of travel. Like all the
publications of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, this ' Winter Excursion
Book" is a model of typographical and
clerical work. It is bound in a hand
some and artistic cover in colors, and
contains much valuable information
for Winter tourists and travelers in
general. It can be had free of charge
at the principal ticket offices of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, or
will be sent postpa d upon applications
to Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General
Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station,
Philadelphia.
This year the Elks' lodges of Sunbury,
Lock Haven and Renovo will join the
Williamsport Lodges in holding services
in memory of their departed brothers.
The Elks' memorial service, which is an
annual occurrence, will be held in the
Lycoming Opera House, Williamsport,
on Sunday afternoon, December 1. J
Harrison Walker, Esq., of Bellefonte, a
member of Lock Haven Lodge, will de
liver an oration, and Miss Sara Peck,
of Lock Haven, has been invited to sing
a solo. The services will be of a highly
impressive nature, and will no doubt be
largely attended. Several members of
the Sunbury lodge reside in Danville
When a horse picks up a nail in his
foot what does the driver do? Does he
whip the limping, lagging animal and
force him along? Not unless he wants
to ruin the horse. At first sign of lame
ness he jumps down, examines the foot
and carefully removes the cause of the
lameness What is called "weak stom
ach" is like the lameness of the horse,
only to be cured by removing the cause
of the trouble. If you stimulate the
stomach with "whiskey medicines' you
keep it going, but every day the coudi
tion is growing worse. A few doses
sometimes of Dr Pierce's Golden Medi
cal Discovery will put the disordered
stomach and its allied organs of diges
tion and nutrition in perfect health
Ninety eight tim?s in every hundred
"Golden Medical Discovery " will cure
! the worse ailments originating in dis
eases of the stomach. It always helps.
It almost always cures. To cure con
j stipation use Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pel
| lets. They're sure
Will Exchange Pulpits,
Iter I»r. Pennej.acker, of Mulberry
street, M. K. church, Williamsport, an 1
Kev. Harry Cunin Harman, pastor of
I St. Paul's VI. E. church, this city, will
! exchange pulpits. Snndav nent.
It is gratifying to note the interest a
majority of the property owners in this
auction have taken in the matter of
cleaning away the rubbish which ac
cumulated about their premises during
the fall
112 A Big Watch Sale 1
vt/ w
U/ Early this fall 1 was offered a large lot ot high
(|/ - rade watches at about one third below regular prices. \fj
W I wa.» obliged to take more than 1 needed for iuv regular vfc
trade. 1 will therefore hold a special watch sale for two
week-. The price 1 offer these watches for is in many jly
case?- le.-> than wholesale prices. If you intend pur- fK\
yll ehn-inira watch for Christmas: vou can make vour selec- tj\
11/ tion now, pay two dollars down and we will keep it for f*
v<>
vou until Christmas.
v |/ See Display in Window. ff\
t REMPE 'p
vV« JEWELER AND SILVERSMITH. ■
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AMUSEMENTS.
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A TURKISH BATH COMPANY. t
Before you have finished laughing tit j
one incident, you discover that you are .
roaring at a dozen others. Such has
been the experience of past seasons, and
is more true of this season's production i
of "A Turkish Bath which will be seen
at the Opera House on Saturday even
ing. '
A company of 2o artists, comprising all
that is best in musical farce, vaudeville
and light opera, and a wealth of scenic
equipment easily stamps A Turkish
Rath" as the leading fun show of the
season.
The Village Parson.
One of the most popular attractions
of the present day is that beautiful and
interesting drama entitled. The Village
Parson." The piece has scored an im
mense hit wherever produced, and its
success has been achieved long since.
There is an attractive ring in the title,
which calls the attention <»f all classes
of amusement goers to the theatre. Tin
play deals with the affect on of the
heart, an 1 i- one wherein human emo
tions and pathos are strongly depicted.
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!||fill /ifhs
Is my Mama here. Sir?
A very strong company has been en
gaged. each with reference to the part
assigned, and it is confidently believed
that this pretty play is rendered in much
better style than is usual with traveling
cotnp inies. Han Is mi • special scenery
has been painted expressly for this pro
duction by well known artists, and uni
que effects also assist in the finished per
formauce. Tne Village Parson op;ns at
the Opera House on Monday evening
next.
How's This ?
We offer One Hundred Hollars Keward for
any case of Catarrh that ean not tie cured by
Mall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
We the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the hist l."> years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transae
lotis and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
WEST & Turvx. Wholesale l irugjiistS.Toledo.
O. W'AI.DINO, KINNAN & MARVIN. Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo. Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood an,d mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price Ti 1 . per bottle. Sold by all drug
gists.
Hall's Family I'ills are the best.
!*io iicforri'il Payments.
"Is your daughter learning to play by
note?"
"Certainly not," answered Mrs. Cum
rox a little Indignantly. "We pay cash
for every lesson. The idea'"—Wash
ington Star.
Well Bred,
Gentleman—That looks a well bred
dog.
Owner —1 should think he was well
bred. Why, he won't have a bit of din
ner till he's got his collar on!— Punch.
He Had Grrat Kij»eetatlon».
"How do you account for the fact
that Mi.-s 1 'till ion, the wealthiest heir
ess of the season, Is going to marry
Nodo, who hasn't a cent to his name?"
"Oh, but he lias great expectations."
"Ho has? What are they?"
"He is going to marry Miss Bullion"
New York Times.
Harper* Ferry.
Harpers I'erry was named after
liobert Harper, an architect aud mill
bu'lder, born In 1703 in the town of
Oxford, England. He came to Amer
ica In 173." with his brother Joseph
and located in Philadelphia, where for
a time he prospered but, failing later,
concluded to join the Friends of Lou
doun county. Va. En route to his new
Lome he camu upon the gap In the
Blue Kidgo mountains, where bo made
fcls home.
AN OVERWORKED PHRASE.
fht Espreaalon "He Took Ilia I.ltr In
Ilia llamU."
"Tho expression 'lie took Ids life in
his hands' always struck me as being
very foolish," said a bright young gen
tleman, "and I have often wondered
why KO many persons persist in using
it when they want to speak of extraor
dinary dangers. Now, extraordinary
danger is one thing and the simple,
commonplace thing of taking one's own
life In one's hands Is an entirely differ
ent thing.
"I work In a big building. There are
a steam engine and a mammoth boiler
In the basement. Whenever 1 enter
that building, if they are running the
engine iu the basement, I take my life
iu my hands. I get on the elevator on
the fifth floor; 1 take my life In my
hands. 1 go out of town; the car
may tumble over a trestle somewhere.
I walk along the street; a sign may
fall on me. i make my way across tha
thoroughfare; who knows but what
a street car or a vehicle of some sort
may not run me down? 1 cross the riv
er; may I not suddenly find myself In
the swirling stream and slnkinn for
the last time? If 1 walk along the
street, may not a brick or a loosened
cornice come crashing down upon me?
There are a row and a shot or two on
the corner; may not a stray bullet wing
me? And so on.
"Pessimism? No. Logic. That's all.
It just shows the difference between
taking one's own life in one's hand
and the matter of confronting extraor
dinary danger. These risks are ordl
nary, plain, old, everyday risks. The
fireman who dashes into a burning
building to rescue a child, the fellow
who grabs the bridle of a runaway
horse, the hero who will plunge into
the river to save some person who Is
about to drown these are the persons
who confront what I would call ex
traordinary dangers, and the worn
platitude of saying of one of these 'he
took his life In Ills hands' would not
fit the case because there would be in
the act an element of heroism wldch
would place it much above the com
monplace."—New Orleans Times-Dem
ocrat.
HOYT'S JOKE ON M'KEE.
How the Playwright Ilotl a lilt of
tun Willi Hi* Mounter.
On one occasion Manager McKee
was watching a performance from a
box, where he was seated with some
friends.
During the first act an usher came
to him with the Information tiiat a
gentleman was waiting at the door to
see him on most important business.
"Tell him I can't come out—l'm very
busy," was the answer.
The usher returned in a moment to
say that the man insisted on seeing
Mr. McKee, who again sent out word
that It was impossible to see him.
The man outside then sent iu the
message that he was an author and
had a play that he wished McKee to
read immediately.
This incensed the manager, who said
to the usher:
"Tell that fool out there that this is
no time to bring a play to be read.
Get him out of the place—l won't see
him. I won't read his play."
A few minutes later the usher came
back and informed McKee that the
man utterly refused togo without see
ing him, and that he must be granted
an interview, also that he was quite
sure that the manager would not only
read his play, but he would also pro
duce it, and added that he would bet
SI,OOO that Hoyt & McKee would be
only too glad to get the play.
At that McKee became furiously
angry, and, excusing himself to his
party, left the box with the intention
of personally inviting the jiersisteiit
author to begone.
"Where's that idiot who insists on
seeing me?" he asked of the treasurer
at the box office. Then the treasurer
pointed to a man standing in the shad
ow with a roll of manuscript under
his arm.
It was Hoyt, with his newly finished
play, which he handed to McKee, who
said to those present:
"It's on me— what'll you have, boys?"
New York Clipper.
Odors That I'ermente FoodstnflTa.
A tisli dealer iu one of the most styl
ish parts of New York was deeply hurt
and badly worried one day by the com
plaint of one of his big customers that
a fine salmon which he had sent to the
house for a big dinner had proved to
be entirely uneatable when served ow
ing to a m.ist penetrating taste of creo
sote that pervaded it. The fish dealer
realized, although tlie charge was not
made directly, that he was more than
suspected of having sold a stale fish
that had been washed or brushed with
an antiseptic preparation to hide Its
1 condition, lie knew that the salmon
had been perfectly fresh when he sold
' it.and for days he puzzled in vain over
| the problem. Hut suddenly he reuiem
t bered that on the day the fish was sent
■ nit a tank wagon full of creosote had
stopped before his place and that his
■ cart, into which the fish was being
placed, was direeth alongside of the
powerful stuff. That appears to have
been enough to permeate the delicate
tlesh of the tisli.— New York Press.
Wooes !Hor plieii* Willi IMeture.
- "I have found a cure," snid a physl
i cian, "for a person who isn't chronical
i ly atlileted with insomnia, but who
temporarily cannot sleep. It is a curi
ous tiling that the picture of a person
yawning will almost invariably induce
sleep.
"Try It yourself some time if you
come across sticli a photograph. For
the life of you you can't help yawning,
after a moment, and persistent gazing
at the sleepy head will almost inevita
bly send you to the coucli for a nap."—
New York Times
SA I ! IMrs MISTAKES.
SOME THAT MEN CONSIDER TO BE OF
REMARKABLE VALUE.
Paradoxical a« It May Appear, the
Per/eolion of a Preclom Stoue In
J.nrisely flue to Some Finperfeetton
In It* MuUliit; l>y Nulnre
Paradoxical as it may appear, the
perfection of a gem is largely due to
some imperfection iu its make. Some
little mistake made iu the laboratory of
nature produces a defective stone
which is perfection itself from the lap
idary's point of view. Ninety-nine out
of every hundred emeralds dug from
the mine are almost white and of little
value, but the hundredth one is of a
rich velvety green and, if without oth
er llaws than its color, sells for S3OO a
carat or 240 times as much as its col
orless brother. The reason of the rich
color which gives the emerald its value
is that nature, in making the stone, put
in too much oxide of chromium, just as
the cook sometimes gets too much sal
eratus iu the biscuits. The standard of
perfection iu the laboratory of nature
is the colorless emerald, and her deep
green ones are some of her failures;
failures which, nevertheless, delight
mankind, however much they may dis
gust nature. You could buy a ton of
oxide of chromium for the price which
half a grain of it gives to a cheap and
common crystal.
When nature makes mistakes in man
ufacturing diamonds, the results aro
equally remarkable. Her standard for
a diamond is a pure white stone, but
sometimes a foreign substance gets into
the crucible, and the result is a red or
blue diamond. A flue white brilliant of
one carat can be bought for $125, but a
blue stone of that size would be cheap
at $3,500. A red diamond is of even
greater value, a red stone of fifteen
grains having been sold for $5,000. Vet
the little particle of foreign material
which nature carelessly let fall into the
mixture when she was making that
stone down in the heart of some prime
val volcano is of less value than a
grain of common salt and only got
there by mistake.
Nature manufactures in her laborato
ry a material called spinel. You can
buy a block of spinel as large as you
can carry for a few dollars. Sometimes
in making spinel small quantities of
chromic acid get into tlie material and
color it a deep red. The pieces so col
ored nature rejects as spoiled in the
making and throws them in the dust
bin, from which men dig them out and
call them rubies. A ruby of thirty-two
carats recently sold for $52,000. Yet
the material of the cheap spinel and
the valuable ruby are practically the
same, save for that small fraction of
chromic acid which g>«t into the ruby
by mistake.
When nature starts out to manufac
ture opals, she endeavors 10 make them
without any cracks iu them. In this
she seldom succeeds, coining nearest to
perfection in the Mexican opals, which
have few cracks in them and therefore
little luster. The fiery glow of the ori
ental opal and the play of light in the
depths of that exquisite stone are duo
entirely to the numberless cracks
which seam the surface of the gem. It
must give nature a poor opinion of
mankind when she sees him selling the
Mexican opals, which are nearly per
fect, for 12 cents a carat and paying
s'.!s a carat for her failures, tiie cracked
tire opal of the east.
Not only in gems, but in many other
things, does nature make mistakes and
failures, the results of which are high
ly valued by man. Tha cliank shell, a
shell much like tlie conch shell of these
shores, is one of the commonest shells
on the beaches of India, and millions
of them are gathered and burned for
the lime that is in them. Yet in a tem
ple near Kaudy, Ceylon, are two cliank
shells which hold the place of honor in
a. shrine covered with gold, anil no
amount of money could buy them from
their guardian priests. Their value
consists in the fact that nature was not
quite herself the morning she fabricat
ed these shells and gave a right hand
ed twist to them instead of a left hand
ed one, such as has been given to all
other chank shells, so far as man
knows, since the beginning.
Baron ltothschild once paid S3OO a
42-jzen for some Schloss Johannisberg
I vine, and it is admitted that, taking
Everything Into consideration, it was
not an exorbitant price. Vet the wine
of the same year from the vineyard di
rectly adjoining the Johannisberg vine
yard, on the same bank of the llblne,
ft vineyard whose soil is, to all appear
ances, the same, only brought $5 a
doz n. And there is no special secret
about the manufacture of Johannisberg
wine or about the variety of grape
uuii. Its great value comes from a
little joke of nature. In the soil of
the Johannisberg vineyard there is an
infinitesimal amount of a certain salt
which is found in the soil of no other
vineyard. The admixture is so slight
that no chemist has ever been able to
Imitate it, yet it is worth many thou
sands a year to the owner of the vine
yard.
When Gold Luutu Green.
Gold can be beaten out so thin that it
allows light to pass through It, in
which case, though it still appears
brilliant yellow by reflected light, it is
green as viewed by transmission—that
is, by the light that passes through It.
This curious effect can easily be ob
served by laying a piece of gold leaf
upon a plate of glass and holding it be
tween the eye and the light, when the
gold will appear semitransparent and
of a leek green color.
And There Are Of hers.
Waggs—Old man Blowitt has a re
markable memory, hasn't he?
Naggs— Wonderful. Why. lie actual
ly remembers a let of things that never
happened.—Chicago lteeord Herald.
EASILY UNDERSTOOD.
The Close Sympathetic Connection Between
the Nervous And Digestive System Ac-
Counts for Much Debility.
The great influence the nerves have
over digestion is noted in case of smlden
shock or fright. No matter how keen
the appetite it disappears. Nerve Force
practically controls digestion in tin- pro
dnction of gastric juice. When Nerve
Force is lacking digestion i s usually im
paired thats why Dr. A W. Chase's
Nerve Pills restore from so many stom
ach troubles they restore Nerve Force
Mrs. M. Fields of No. 128 Pine street,
Danville Pa., says "1 have been both
ered a good deal for some time with a
nervous indigestion and was feeling
poorly generally I did not rest well
and had frequent nervous headaches. I
got some of Dr. A. W Chase's Nerve
Pills at Gosh's Drug Store and used
them and felt that I received a very de
ciiled benefit. I rested better and felt
toned up and better generally
Dr. A. W. Chase s Nerve Pills are
sold at 50c. a lxix at dealers or Dr. A
W Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo N. Y.
See that portrait and signature of A.
W. Chase. M D. are on every package
F. M. Heniugton transacted business
in Sunbttrv yesterday
NO CHANCE TO KICK.
fimpklnii Fount! the l'larr Too Mach
Of H <aOOtl I hlllH.
"I thought you wen* going into the
country with your family, Simpkins?
Couldn't you Bud a place?"
"Oh, yes; I found a place—a farm
house on the edge of the lake."
"Any boating privileges?"
"New boat« and the lake stocked with
fish."
"But no bathing?"
' Yes, there was a place reserved for
bathers."
I suppose the accommodations were
poor?"
"Couldn't have been better."
"There must have been mosquitoes?"
"Not one in that region."
"Th.'ii it was malaria?"
"Malaria nothing. The air was per
fect.
"oh, it was the money consideration?
Prices too steep?"
"The prices were ridiculously low."
"Then in the name of goodness why
are you not there?"
"\V« would have all been miserable.
There wasn't a chance for a single
kick."—Chicago Record Herald.
Salad Hating Good Seas*.
Even men are progressing gastronom-
Ically. Scientific dietetics has at last
revealed to us the fact that the woman
who eats salad on a hot day In July,
August or September Is displaying
sound gastronomic sense, says What to
Eat. The long haired dreamer in the
restaurant may have been nineteen dif
ferent kinds of a fool upon every other
proposition in life, but he knew what
to eat on a hot day. The human ani
mal needs grass or Its equivalent In
summer. With their oil the salads sup
ply everything a man physically needs
In hot weather. All the civilized race#
of the world are salad eaters, but Amer- |
leans eat less than do any other people. |
It is not a sign of mental decay or mor
al degeneracy for a man to eat salad; it
is gastrouomlc sense.
Work For it.
Nothing that is of real worth can be
achieved without courageous working.
Man owes his growth chiefly to that {
active striving of 'he will, that en
counter with difficulty, which we call
effort; and it is astonishing to find how
often results apparently impracticable
are thus made possible.
( lean HI U Whimle.
The origin of the saying "as clean
as a whistle" Is ascribed to the "whis
tle tankard" of olden times, in which
the whistle came into play when the
tankard was emptied or "cleared out"
t«. announce to the waiter that more
liquor was required.
Under the mogul emperors extensive
systems of roads were constructed la
India connecting all leading points In
the peninsula.
Hli Ability.
"And how is my old school friend
Birnson getting on?" said the man who
had returned to his native city after a
long absence.
"Oh, he's doing first rate."
"But he was such a bright boy we al
ways expected he would display espe
cial ability."
"Well, I don't know that ha hasn't
displayed especial ability."
"I never hear him mentioned In con
nection with any of your elections."
"No; that's Just the point. lie haa
shown ability togo ahead quietly and
build up a business. He doesn't have
to run for office." —Washington Star.
Critical.
She—You don't love me as much as
you did or you would have stayed lon
ger last night.
He—But you Insisted on my going.
"And if you had loved me you would
not have gone."—Detroit Free Press.
Exception.
"Hit's gwine to rain," announced
Aunt Cliloe. "I kin feel It in my bones."
"People kin feel eve'yt'lng in dey
bones," said Uncle Eph'm, with crush
ing sarcasm, " 'ceptin de marrer wot
dey really got in dem."—Chicago Trib
une.
A Good Thins.
Gotham—Watts has got one of those
good thing automobiles.
Church—Why do you call it a good
thing?
"Oli, the power gave out, and 1 saw
him pushing it along."—Yonkers States
man.
The Hallway Instinct.
"How did that railway magnate's
daughter happen to accept Jim Boozle
by Buffer?"
"I think it's because he runs his name
In three sections." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Frlcndlca*.
Kind Lady—Poor fellow, have you
got no friends?
Hay Haeard—No, mum; 1 hain't got
nobody but relatlves.--Exchange.
1101 AMU
AND THE
Pill
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112 I Cp# M
I .lIH «H.
Subscription to Montoui
American SI.OO per year
ill II
Colds
" 1 had a terrible cold and could
hardly breathe. I then tried Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral, and it gave me im
mediate relief."
W?C. Lay ton, Sidell, 111.
* __
How Vill your cough
be tonight? Worse, prob
ably. Fqr it's first a cold,
then a cfough, then bron
chitis of pneumonia, and
at last; consumption.
always tend
downward. Stop this
downward tendency by
taking Ayer's Cherry Pec
toral.
Tlrec Ufl: 2Sc . Sic.,'Sl. All in ( (lsU
Consult your doctor. If he »»y» it.
thsn do «• It* »»r« It be tell* jou not
to take it. then don't take it. He knows.
Leave it with him We »re willing
J. C A¥ EK CO.. Lowell. Kau
NOTICE TO HEIRS.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
MONTOUR COUNTY NO 2 JUNE
TERM 1901. IN PARTITION.
THEODORE DOSTER ET AL
vs.
ISAIAH HILKERT ET AL,
RULE OF HEIRS.
To Theodore Doster and Apnea V. Dos
ter. bis wife, in right of said wife,
Harry Latimere and Elizabeth Lat
iinere. his wife, in right of said
wife, Sarah C Johnston, Mary A.
Johnston, and Samuel Johnston,
Isaiah Hilkert. William Hilkert.
John Hilkert, Eleanor Hilkert (now
Eleanor * raig) and Richard Craig,
her husband, in right of his wife,
Mary Hilkert, Richard Moser and
Eveline Moser, his wife, in right of
said wife, and William Cleveland.
Plaintiffs and Defendants, and all
of the parties in interest in the
above stated Proceedings, respect
ively:
You and each of you are hereby duly noti
fied that upon the petition of Samuel Johns
ton one of the above-named Plaintiffs,ln such
behalf presented before the aforesaid Court
setting forth. Inter alia, that the real estate
described in the Inqulsitirvheld lon the above
stated case, could not be dfvided without pre
judice to or spoiling the whole thereof and
that the Jury of Inquest did accordingly val
ue and appraise the said real estate at eight
hundred dol ars, and that upon the absolute
confirmation of said Inquest the aforesaid
Court made following decree and granted the
following Rule of which you ar.d each of >ou
are hereby further duly notified to take notice
and to govern yourselveß accordingly In the
premises, to wit
DECREE OF COURT.
"And now Sept. 2>th, 1901, the wiihln peti
tion read and considered and It further ap
pealing that the Return of Inquestln this case
has been confirmed absolutely the Court gran
a Rule on al> parties ii.Uf.-stedin this case to
appear in open Court on the twenty-third day
of December 1901, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon
ot the said uay to accept or refuse the real es
tate mentioned in the said writ at the apprals
ed value thereof, or make bldi-on the same or
show i ause why the same should not be sold
on their refusal to do so.
By the Court.
Certified from the records at Danville, Pa.,
this twenty-eighth day of Sept 1901.
J. C. MILLER, P othonotary.
M. BHECKBILL Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Dan\ llle, Pa., Oct 28,1901.
WM J. BALDY,
EDWARD S. GEABHART, Counsel.
DITOK'S NOTICK.
IN THE ORPHANS' COURT OF MON
TOUR COUNTY
| In Re-Partition of the Real Estate of
1 Jane R> bbins, late of the Township
of Liberty, County of Montour and
Stase of Pennsylvania, Deceased.
The undersigned, appointed by the afore
said Court Auditor to make distribution of
the sum in Court, remaining after paying the
costs and expenses, being the purchase-mon
ey of the real estate of the said decedent al
lotted to Clinton Rebbins, will sit tor the
purpose ot discharging the duties of his ap
pointment at his Law Offices, No. 106 Mill
Street, in the Borough of Danville. Pennsyl
vania, on FrMlwy, Jiuv 15, 1901, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon of the said day, where
and when ail persons having any claims
against the said fund are requested and re
quired to present and prove the same or be
debarred from thereafter coming in upon the
said fund.
EDWARD SAY RE GEARHART,
Danville, l a., Oct. 9, 190 i. Auditor
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE !
In partition in the Court of Common Pleas
of Montour Couny at the suit of William J.
Baldy, Alienee of ClarenceC. Huber, deceased
DeV\ .it L. Joues, Junior, and Car ie Jones,
his wife, in right of said wife. Roberts Har
lan, and Josephine Harlan, his wife, in right
of said wife, Plaintiffs, and DeWittC. Jones,
Junior, Administrator d b. n. of Samuel Hu
ber deceased, Jerr\ S. Hubtr, Administrator
of El.en Huber, de eased, Agnes V. Baker,
widow of William S. Kaker.d. ceased.W llliam
H. Huoer and Cordelia Huber, his wife, Jerry
Huber and Hannah Huber. his wife. Henry
J. Croßsley and Ella > rossley.hls wife,ln right
of said wife, Defendants,
No. 2, June T- rm, 1901.
In pursuance of an order ot the Court of
Common Pleas of Montour County, the un
dersigned will expos- to public sale, upon tne
premises, situate in the Kirst Ward of the Bor
ougn of Danville, in the county of Montour,
aud State of Pennsylvania, on
Saturday, Nov. 23rd, 1901.
at ten o'clock in the forenoon "112 the said day,
the following described premises, being the
real estate in said partition proceedings men
tioned and included, viz: all that certain mes
suaee, teneme t an . tract of land, siiuate in
the Kirst Ward of the Borough of Danville, In
the ounty of Montour, and state of Pennsyl
vania, bounded and described as follows, viz:
Beginning a*t a point in line of land of Head
ing Iron Company then e along the same
North fortv-three degrees East thirty-two and
four tenths feet to a point, thence along the
North thit ty five and three tourth degrees
East one hundred and thirty-five and five
ten Ihs feet to Ihe South bank of the Pennsyl
vania cana', thence along 'he said canal
No'th forty-eight degrees West ninety five
feet to a corner of the lot formerly belong'ng
to Peter Baldy, thencealong the said last men
tioned lot and alley south tnirty-twoand one
half degrees Wot sixty-eight feet to a corner
thence along said alley North fifty-seven de
grees West twenty-four feet to another alley,
thence along sai«l last me tioned a.ley south
thirty two and one half degrees West one nun
dred and tweutv-two and five tenths feet to a
point 111 said alley, thence ulon* said last
mentioned alley North fifty seven degrees
East ten and twentv-five one hundredths feet
j to a corner of lot of M L. Shindel, thence
i al >iig said last mentioned lot North eignt> •
4 four degrees forty minutes East thirty three
i feet to a point, thence along said last mention
I ed tot Sou 1 h flf.y three degrees Kast sixty-two
I and seven tenths feet to the place of
I ning, with f he appurtenances, and whereupon
I are erected a
' I'WJ-stURY FRAME IRON FOUNDRY
| lately known as
■'HUBEk'S FOUNDRY."
I TERMS OF SALE:—Twenty per cent, of
' the purchase monev shall be paid in cash at
the striking down ot the property, and the
balance thereof shall be paid on the confirma
tion absolute of the sale. Deed to be deliver
ed to the purchaser or purchasers thereof upon
such confirmation absolute and the costs of
writing the same shall be paid by the purchas
cr or purchasers.
MICHAEL BRECKBILL, Sheriff.
EDWARD SAY RE < I E ARHART. Counsel,
sheriff's Office, Danville. Pa., Oct. 22nd. 1901.
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