MONTOUR AMEJRIGANj
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville. Pa., Jan. 30, 1902
COMMUNICATIONS.
Al. communications sent to the AMERI
CAN for publication must be signed by
t lie writer, and communications not so
signed will be rejected.
REGISTER OF SALES.
For Which Sale Bills Have Been
Printed at this Office.
Feb y ''1 —James C. Bitler, sale of farm
stock, at his residence, 2 miles south
of White Hall
Feb'y 25 —Naomi V. Hartman, Admin
istratrix of Wellington Hartman, de
ceased. Sale of Farm Stock, at her
residence in Cooper township.
Reciprocal Trade With Other Nations.
The deliberations of the national
reciprocity convention in Washington
and the prospective congressional ac
tion on the subject of reciprocal trad#
awaken special interest in the reel
piocltv blntory of tho T T nltf»*l StfltPH.
The reciprocity treaties and agree
ments which this country has entered
Into or projected since 1850, when the
Idea of reciprocal trade was first en
tertained, are:
First. —An agreement made with Canada which
operated from 1865 to 1866. under which the Cnlt
ed States admitted free of duty from Canada
treads tuffs, provisions, live animals, fruits, poul
try, hides, skins and furs, ores and metals, timber
and lumber, cotton, flax and hemp and unmanu
factured tobacco, Canada also admitting the same
irticles from the United States free of duty.
Second.—An agreement with the Hawaiian Is
lands existed from 1576 to 1900 by which the Unlt-
Kl States admitted tree of duty sugar and molasses
and other tropical products of those islands, and
they admitted free of duty breadstuffs. provisiona
and general merchandise from the United States.
Third.—The treaties made In 1881-82 under the
act of ISOO with Brazil—Spain for Cuba and Porto
Rico, United Kingdom for the British West In
itios and British Guiana; Dominican Republic,
Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala in Central
America. Under these the United States agreed
to admit free of duty sugar, molasses, coffee and
hides from the countries mentioned, and in ex
change for that privilege those countries agreed
to certain concessions on goods from the United
States, admitting free of duty a considerable
number of articles and reducing the duty on a
larger number, these articles being mainly manu
factured goods—machinery, farm implements,
naval stores and railway supplies and in some in
stances cereals and provisions. Under the same
act reciprocal trade relations were entered into
with Germany, France and Austro-Hungary, which
covered the free admission of a limited numbef
of articles and the reduction of the tariff on ■
considerable number of others.
Fourth.—Agreement made in 189S under the act
of 1897 with France by which the United States
reduces the rate of duty on tartar, brandies, atill
wines and paintings, and France extend* lta mini
mum tariff rates to canned and prepared meats;
alio fruits, hops, timber and lumber in the United
States. Similar agreements were also made In
1900 with Germany, Portugal and Italy. AU of
the recent agreements with France, Germany,
Portugal and Italy are now In existence.
Fifth.—There are pending and unratified treaties
which provide for (1) the reduction of 12H per
cent duty on sugar, molasaes, fruits and asphalt
from the British West Indies and Guiana and the
removal or reduction of the duty on a large list
of agricultural products and manufactures enter
ing those colonies from the United 9tates; (2) a
reduction of 20 per cent In the duty on sugar,
hides and certain gTades of wool from Argentina
entering the United States and a reduction In the
Argentina duty on a large lUt of foodstuffs and
manufactures from the United States; (3) a re
duction of from 5 to 20 per cent on certain manu
factures entering the United States from France
and the application of the minimum tariff of
Fiance to most of the articles entering that coun
try from the United States. Tn addition to these
there are pending treaties with Nicaragua, Ecua
dor, the Danish West Indies and the Dominican
Republic, from which the Injunction of secrecy
las not as vet been removed.
The reciprocity convention embodied
its views in a resolution recommend
ing to congress "the maintenance of
the principle of protection for the home
market and to open up by reciprocity
opportunities for Increased foreign
trade by special modification of the
tartfT in special cases." It also recom
mended the creation of a new depart
ment to be called "the department of
commerce and industries," the Lead of
which shall be a member of the presi
dent's cabinet and one of Its divisions
or bureaus a permanent reciprocity
commission charged with the duty of
"Investigating the conditions of any
Industry and reporting the same to the
president and congress for guidance In
negotiating reciprocal trade agree
ments."
i
The fact that most of the Immigrants
coming to this country last year settled
In the populous states of the east In
stead of going to the newer sections of ]
the west, which most need Immigrants, i
Is a feature of the Immigration prob- j
lem likely to receive attention. In this ]
connection the commissioner of imml- \
gratlon suggests that congress make ■
laws "for the purpose of distributing j
the alien population with some refer
ence to the industrial law of supply
and demand." It is difficult to sec, how
ever, how congress can prevent the ,
newcomers from going wherever they ,
choose after they have once been ad- ]
rnitted. ,
The British embassador to Constan- J
tinople Is now energetically pressing
the outstanding Itritlsh claims against
Turkey. The moral effect of France's '
naval loop off Mltylene Is likely to be '
more farreaching than the sultan sup
posed when he agreed under duress to
settle the French claim.
Some of the first families of New
York are likely to get offended if Bish
op Potter does not stop twitting on
certain notorious facts In his vehement
denunciation of modern divorce. They
may consider his remarks as personal.
The British peeresses and the Amerl- j
can multimillionaires are now in a jew- j
el contest which promises to outshine t
anything of its kind that ever occurred 1
before. The glass factories are all run- ' f
ning on full time. i
A Word to Women,
Any sick woman is invited to consult 112
by letter with Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief j
■consulting physician of the Invalids 112
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N.
Y In an active practice of more than j
thirty years,assisted by a staff of nearly j;
a score of associate physicans.Dr Pieroe H
has treated and cured over half a mill- 112
ion women. All diseases peculiar to d
women are treated with success. This \
consultation by letter is absolutely free, g
Every letter is treated as strictly private H
and sacredly confidential. Answers n
are mailed promptly giving the best }
medical advice. All answers are sent in
plain envelopes bearing on them no a
printing of any kind Write without <
fear and without fee to Or R V Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y. V
WRECK NEAR
MOORESBURU
A Freight Train Breaks in Two and
Comes Together with a Crash,
A freight wreck occurred between
Mooresburg and Pottsgrove shortly af
ter noon yesterday, which resulted in
the derailment of five cars loaded with
soft coal. The freight, which was South
bound, broke in two at the middle just
as it was approaching a steep grade,the
two sections coming together with a
crash just as the first half was slowing
up. The wreck train was sent for,
which soon had the track cleared. No
one was injured.
There is more Catarrh In tins section of the
country than all other diseases put together
and uutll the last few years was supposed to
be ineurable.oFor a great many years doctors
pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly falling to
run- with local treatment, pronounced it in
curable. Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. .1. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure
on the market. It is taken internally in
doses frotn 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. The offerof one hundred dollars
for any case It fails tocure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address.
I'. J. CHENEY & CO , Props., Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
liall'H Family Pills are the beat.
Danville Suffers Defeat.
The game of basket ball between Dan
ville and Susquehanna University at
Selinsgrove resulted in defeat f< >r our
boys. The game wan played on a floor
24xMt feet with four coal oil lamps for
light. The cramped quarters made it
difficult to pass the ball. As a matter
of fact there was only one pass made
during the evening and that was by
Danville. Although probably over con
fident in the first part of the first half.
Danville never played better than in the
second half. The entire game was fast
and furious, with continual fouling by
Susquehanna University. Four fouls
were called on Danville and nine on
Selinsgrove. The line-up:
DANVILLE. SELINSGROVE
Bedea attack Benfer
Gaskins attack Battersby
Klase center Thompson
Oberdorf guard Ketterman
Sechler guard Sinclair
SUMMARY: Goals from field-Benf
er, 2: Battersby, fi: Thompson, 2; Sin
clair, 2: Bedea, 5; Gaskins, 2; Oberdorf.
2; Sechler. 2. Goalsfrom foul—Batter,
sir, - , 2; Gaskins, 1; Klase, 1. Score:-
Danville, 24; Susquehanna University.
20.
"Some time ago my daughter caught
a severe cold. She complained of pains
in her chest and had a bad cough. I
gave her Chamberlain 's Cough Remedy
according to directions and in two days
she was well and able togo to school.
I have used this remedy in my family
for the past seven years and have never
known it to fail," says James Prender
gast, merchant, Annato Bay, Jamaica,
West India Islands. The pains in the
chest indicated an approaching attack
of pneumonia, which in this instance
was undoubtedly warded of by Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. It counteracts
any tendency of a cold toward pneumo
nia. Sold by Patties & Co.
Annoying Habit.
The habit of some of our theatre-goers
are acquiring of bestirring themselves,
putting on their wraps, hunting up their
rubbers, and otherwise making an all
around nuisance of themselves during
the final moments in the closing scenes
of a play is not only ill bred, but posi
tively annoying to people who want to
hear the concluding words, and see the
last action before the curtain falls.
These people should remember that the
lights will not be turned off nor the
doors locked until every one is out of
the opera house. They can have all the
time they want to make confusion after
the curtain is down. There are not a
great many people who annoy in this
way, but the fewer we have the better.
A Good Recommedation.
"I have noticed that the sale on
Chamberlain 's Stomach & Liver Tablets
almost invariably to those who have
once need them, '' says Mr. J. H. Weber,
a prominent druggist of Cascade, lowa.
What better recommendation could any
medicine have than for people to trail
for it when again in need of snch a
remedy? Try them when yon feel dull
after eating, when you have a bad taste
in your month, feel bilious, have no ap
petite or when troubled with constipa
tion, and you are certain to be delighted
with the prompt relief which they af
ford. For sale by Paules & Co.
Mrs. Kaahner Surprised.
Mrs. Lloyd Kashner was tendered a
delightful surprise party on Tuesday
evening at her home on Bloom street,
East Danville. At a late hour refresh
ments were served, after which all left
in good cheer. Those present were:
Mrs. G. Goss, Mrs. W. C. Heller, Mrs.
Thomas Mills, Mrs. Beaver, Mrs. Andy
Krum, Miss Jnlia Krum, Mrs. C. Ming
len.Mrs. J. Mottern, Mrs. Peter Mottern
Mrs. William Wertman, Mrs. Oilslager,
Mrs. A. C. Angle, Mrs. John Fonst, Mrs.
Lynn, Mrs. Sweeny, Miss Florence
Mottern, Miss May Angle, Miss Ella
Mottern.
WHEN TROUBLE COMMENCES.
The Starting Point of Most Ills is Express
ed Inability to get Refreshing sleep.
Everything changes and among others
is the marked increase in the number of i
people who fail to get restful sleep, they
awake with a start twitch or jump and
cannot get to sleep again. Usually
other symptoms follow along and in
creased in proportion until restless sleep ;
is allayed. Then brain, heart, stomach
—every vital organ assumes its normal
condition, because their controlling
power—Nerve Force is restored. There
is no doubt in Danville now about Dr.
A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills great in- 1
finence in promoting Nerve Force.
Mr. C. II Stoes of No. 217 E. Mabon- <
ing Street. Danville, Pa., says:—"l had <
been troubled a great deal with a per
sistent nervous stomach trouble and
felt generally run down and at night 1
did not rest well. I got some of Dr. A. <
W. Chase's Nerve Pills at Gosh's Drug I
Store and have used two boxes of theni •
and fonnd great benefit They toned np 1
my digestive organs and I rested ninch >-
better." 1
Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills aresold
it .Vic a box at dealers or Dr A W.
Chase Medicine Co , Buffalo, N V. See (
that portaralta and singnature of A t
W. Chase M I). *rs* on every package
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.
Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor
„ and cheerfulness soon
i-O disappear when the kid
—- neys are out of order
-UrHIVA or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
k ecome so prevalent
* ' s not uncommon
/rt * or a ,0 he born
/ afflicted with weak kid
>l I*le neys. If the child urin
ates too often, if the
urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child
reaches an age when it should be able to
control the passage, it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon it.the cause of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis
erable with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold
by druggists, in fifty
cent and one dollar '*■-1:T
sizes. You may have a gjggwjWl!
sample bottle by mail
free, also pamphlet tell- Homo of swatnjvßoot.
ing all about it. including many of the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmet
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure antf
mention this paper.
JURORS FOR FEBRUARY TERM
OF COURT
GRAND JURORS.
Anthony township.—Patrick C. Den
nen, David Cox, Daniel Moser, B. C.
Stead.
Danville Ist ward. —Wm. E. Deutch,
Wendell Grausom.
Danville 2nd ward. Edward Albeck,
Peter Snyder, (iilbert Voris.
Danville 3rd ward. —Arthur Butler
Edward Ellenbogen. John Ickes Sr.,
Philip Roden, Samuel Rebnian, John
Schuster.
Danville 4th ward. —Owen Horan,
Benjamin Harris.
Limestone township.—E. A. Balliet,
D. L. Cooper.
Liberty township.—Peter Mintzer,
Wm. M. Robinson.
Valley township. Victor V. Vincent,
Washingtonville.—C. S. Moser,George
Keller.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
Anthony Township. —B. C. Deunen,
Amos Johnston.
Cooper township.—Jacob Shnltz.
Derry township.—G. J. Cotuer, Isaac
Moser.
Danville Ist ward. —William Fallon,
Wm. E. Lunger. James B. Murray, Eu
gene Moyer, George L. Rowe.
Danville 2nd ward. —Charles E. Gib
bons, John Kreamer, Robert Pnrsel,
David Rishel,Frank Rowe, W. H. Smith,
Thomas Welliver.
Danville 3rd ward.—Charles Murray,
Wm. McDonald, James McWilliams.
John O. Patton, David Ruckel, Charles
E. Ware, Charles White.
Danville 4th ward. Clarence Crom
ley, Eugene Doran, Charles H. Keefer.
John Mowrey, Daniel Nevins, John
McClure.
Liberty township. —C. H. Diehl, Jacob
Keefer.
Mahoning township.—Miles Farns
worth, Michael McGraw, George W.
Sandel.
Mayberry township.—lsaiah Vought.
Trial List for February Term'of Court 1902
Franklin Mans and Charles Mans vs
Mahoning township.
Elizabeth Herrick vs George I). Ed
mondson.
John Herrick,administrator of Charles
E. Clement, deceased, vs George D. Ed
mondson.
James O. Frazier vs Dr P. C. New
baker.
Penna. Railroad company vs William
Stetler.
Augusta M. Johnson vs Commercial
Mntual Accident company.
Certified from the records at Danville
Pa., this 11th day of January, 1902.
THOS. G. VINCENT, Proth'y
A Little Boy's Life Saved.
I have a few words to say regarding
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It saved '
my little boy's life and I feel that I can
not praise it enough. I bought a bottle
of it from A. E. Steere of Goodwin, S.
D,and when I got home with it the poor
baby could hardly breathe. I gave the
medicine as directed every ten minutes
nutil he "threw up" and then I thought
sure he was going to choke to death.
We had to pull the phlegm out of his
month in great long strings. I am
positive that if I had not got that bottle
of cough medicine, my boy would not
be no earth to-day.—JOEL DEMONT,
Inwood, lowa. For sale by Paules &
Co.
11l of Appendicitis.
The many friends of George Sonne
borne, Esq., who live in this vicinity
will be sorry to learn that he is suffer
ing with an attack of appendicitis at
his home in New York City. All will
unite in the hope that the genial George
may s<x»n recover.
A Cure for Lumbago.
W. C. Williamson, of Amherst, Ya.,
says:"For more than a year I suffered i
from Lumbago. I finally tried Chamber
lain's Pain Balm and it gave me entire
relief, which all other remedies had
failed to do." Sold by Paules & Co.
Mr. Zehnder Will Not Run.
Augustus Zehnder, the Democratic
nominee for High Constable, requests
THE MORNING NEWS to announce that
he will not under any circumstances be
a candidate for the office. He was nom
inated, he declares, without his con
sent.
All who use Atomizers in treating nasal
catarrh will get the best results from
Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Price in
eluding spraying tube, ?scts. Sold by
druggists or mailed by Ely Bros., .VI
Warren st N. Y,
New Orleans, Sept. 1 1900.
Messrs. Er.v BHOS. 1 sold two bottles
of your Liquid Cream Balm to a cus
todier, Wm. Lainbertou,l4lsDelachaise
St , New Orleans; he has used the two
bottles, giving him wonderful and most
satisfactory results GEO. W MCDI'FF,
Pharmacist.
Miss Boone Eckman, of Roaring
Creek, called on friends in this city yes
terday.
AMUSEMENTS.
See Little Trixie" and enjoy an even
ing of recreation and fun.
«! a»
r One likes a comedy, but one likes a
1 comedy with a plot. "Little Trixie" at
, the Opera House on Monday evening,
is a musical comedy of a refined order.
! It has the plot of a melo drama, to
' gether with the fun of a comedy and
| the specialties of a vaudeville farce,
i? * r
What is probably one of the most im-
I portant engagements of the season at
1 the Opera House is that of Mr. Robert
! B. Mantell and company. The modern
t drama has been so persistently present
f ed for the past few seasons that the ad
-1 vent of a Shakespearian production is
; looked forward to with more than or
dinary interest, and especially heralded
• are the elaborate productions of Mr.
• Mantell, who. today stands alone as the
j greatest Americ.n ixp nicnt uf Sh.ikea-
I peare. Mr. Mantell will be supported
by a very carefully selected company
I under the management of M. W.
I j Hanley.
K * *
j! "Little Trixie" which will appear at
i j the Opera House, Monday night, Feb
1, ruary : i. is one of that class of plays that
j have become popular of late years under
j the name of musical or operatic come-
I dies. In other countries they are called
musical melo-dranias. Unlike the gen
eral farce comedy it is free from the
usual vulgar songs and horse play that
'is introduced in these incongruities,
i "Little Trixie" is a play a man can take
j his entire family to see, and they will
1 all enjoy it, even to the "little ones."
"Little Trixie" is a magnetic little
lady who has a faculty of making friends
and admirers in every city she appears.
She is a sweet singer, a wonderful
dancer, and her power of mimicry is
I unsurpassed. She is supported by a
company of talented artists who produce
some clever and high class specialties.
V& Jt? We
At, the Opera House Thursday even
ing February Oth. the Huntley Harris
company will open a three night 's en
gagement. The organization is said to
be stronger than ever this season, but
special care has been taken in the
j specialty portion of the performance and
some of the cleverest artists in this line
i will be seen here. The company is
headed by Mr. Huntley,Miss Edna Mar
shall and Miss Maylielle Moore.
U? *St ttr
We take pleasure in announcing the
coming of Mr Robert B. Mantell. than
whom no more eminent actor is now on
the American stage, accompanied by a
company of unusual strength and merit,
in a repertoire of high class romantic
drama and Shakespearian plays which
J we understand are staged in a manner
never before attempted. Mr. Mantell
i who never fails to receive the support
which true merit deserves will lie seen
here at his best. His engagement here
will undoubtedly be one of the theatri
cal events of the season. Mr. Mantell
comes to us, Monday evening, February
, 10th.
CONVINCING PROOF.
The Average Danville Cit'zen Must Ac
cept the Following Proof.
The great Sir Isaac Newton,one of the
most profound reasoners the world ever
produced, once cut a large hole in a
board fence to allow a favorite cat ac
j cess to two gardens, and cut a smaller
; hole to allow her kitten to follow her.
The weakness manifested in Sir Isaac's
action was due to want of thought.
Any reader who mentally debates the
proof offered here about Doan's Kidney
| Pills and arrives at any other conclusion
| than that statedin this citizen's state
-1 nient, is as short of reasoning powers as
the philosopher when he turned carpen
j ter.
Mr. W. C. Richard, Grocer, living
I Cor. Iron and Third St., Bloomsburg,
says:"l was taken suddenly with stitch
es in my back which were so excruiat
iug, that I almost fell to the ground.
: I was confined to my bed for over a
week and the pain was so intense I could
; not rise without assistantance. Doan's
! Kidney Pills came to my attention and
I took a course of the treatment. It
I cured me.
i For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents,
j Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole
j agents for the U. S.
Remember the name-Doan's- and take
! on substitute
!
MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA.
, Forty-five Days' Tour via Pennsylvania
Railroad.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Personal
ly-Conducted Tour to Mexico and Cali-
I fornia which leaves New York and
! Philadelphia on February 11 by special
j Pullman train covering, a large and in
| tensely interesting portion of North
America, embracing a great part of
Mexico, the beautiful coast resort of
California, and on the return journey
from California, the Grand Canon of
Arizona, one of the great wonders of
the country. Fourteen days will be
spent in Mexico and nineteen in Califor
nia. The Mexico and California Special
to be used over the entire trip will l>e
composed of the highest grade Pullman
Parlor, Smoking, Dining, Drawing-room
Sleeping, Compartment, and Observation
cars heated by steam and lighted by
electricity. Round-trip rate covering
all necessary expenses during the entire
trip,ss7s from all points on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad system eastof Pittsburg,
and $570 from Pittsburg. For the tour
of Mexico only the rate will be ssso,and
for California only, which will leave Feb
ruary 25, $875. For itineary and full in
formation, apply to ticket agents, or ad
dress George \V. Boyd, Assistance Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Broad street Sta
tion, Philadelphia.
Mr. and M.S. Hoffman Entertain.
Mr. and Mrs. Simon Hoffman, Pine
street, entertained a "number of friends
at a game dinner last evening. Those
present were: Mr. and Mrs. William
G. Pursel, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peters,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ellenbogen, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred' Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
war'l Peters, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Vincent, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Ammer
niaii. Mr. and Mrs. John'M. Geise, Mrs.
Emma Mcllenry and Harry Lyon
Third Brigade Inspection.
The Third brigade will be inspected
as follows Thirteenth regiment. Feb.
1"; Fourth regiment, March 4: Twelfth
regiment, March 12; Eighth regiment,
March 15; Ninth Regiment, May 1 A
portion of tin Fourth regiment will bo
inspected prior to March 12 and a por
tion following that date.
Mrs. John Reppert, Mill street, re
turned home from Philadelphia last
evening -
Mr S »«•
Any one who is troubled $
jj? with Defective Eyesight jj
\sj cannot do better than to consult me as to the cause. A|
I will apply the remedy in the shape of suitable and m
\|/ perfect fitting glasses at moderate cost. EYES
TESTED FREE. ff\
ti, t<
»Jj HENRY SBMPS, *}
Jeweler and Scientific Optician.
THL ICONOCLAST
By Barry Pain.
"He Just talks-stands and talks as
If ho couldn't stop," said the small boy
when the Rev. James Dilwater had j
left. "And it's always the same kind !
of thing—a long story to show what a
little boy can do. And he doesn't know i
the difference between a boy and a ba- j
by. He doesn't know the difference be- j
tween Soccer and Rugger. He doesn't j
know a single blessed thing, excepti
Greek and rot of that kind. He said i
It was a fine thing to have a good
game in the open air with a ball or a
hoop or a skipping rope. Fact, he did.
It won't do, you know. What's he take
me for?"
"What else did he say?" inquired the
Interviewer.
"Oh, the log cabin to White House i
kind of thing. lie's hot on heroes. If
you ask me, I think heroes are a good
deal too much cracked up. If I got the
chance to be a hero tomorrow, I
wouldn't. I know chaps that would—
but not me."
"Why not?"
"Well, take instances. Know any
Roman history? No? Lucky beggar!
Wish I didn't have to know any my
self. In Roman history there Mas a
hero called Curtius—jumped down a j
bole and did for himself. There was
another called Declus that went and j
got himself killed by the enemy. That
would be all right if you could come to
life again, but you can't. And when
you're dead it doesn't seem to me to j
matter much whether people are cheer- j
lng you and praising you and crack
ing you up or whether they're not.
Besides, you can't goon with any
thing else. When you're dead, you
stop so. When I do anything good, j
I want something good for it and no !
rotten heroism. And I believe every
man of sense thinks the same. Some
time ago I swallowed a threepenny bit
because a boy said I daren't. You see,
I was a good deal more of a kid than I
am now. It was rather silly of me, and
it was silly of the other boy, too, be
cause it was his threepence. And it
wasn't properly his threepence, because
It had been given him for the offertory. |
The offertory had to do without It.
However, as 1 was saying. I swallowed
it. That got me a bit looked up to by
other chaps. If you aren't afraid of
swallowing a threepenny bit, then fel
lows are careful how they get trying
larks with you. One of the big chaps
came up to me and asked if I did it,
and when I said 'Yes' he said, 'Silly
young devil!' He's spoken to me again
since then, and he's n chap who practi
cally never speaks to kids."
The Interviewer suggested that he
roes did not always die In the act.
"No; I suppose they don't. I believe
It would be better if they did. They
can't keep it up to that level. They
can't do the heroic everv dav. They've
got to get into rows and go short of
money, Just like anybody else, then
they're disappointed. You don't hear
much about that in the books or from
the Rev. James Dilwater, but you can
see for yourself that's how it would be.
Heroism's like a lot of other things. If
you've not got It, you don't want It. If
you've ever had it. you can't do without
It. It's so with smoking. There was a
time when I'd never tried it and didn't
care to try it."
The interviewer felt it his duty to ex
press a pious hope that that time still
existed.
"Look here! I've had half an hour of |
Mr. Dilwater. Don't you begin too.
It's just occasionally when I feel the
need of it.l don't brag about it as
some boys do, boys that have never
smoked the whole of a cigarette all at
one time. Hut we weren't talking about
that."
"No, with regard to heroism"—
"Yes, there's another thing. If boys
got to be awfully good at anything and
are tremendously praised for it, they
generally get so cocky there's no do
ing anything with them. It must be
the same with heroes, though the books
take Jolly good care to keep that dark.
Nice sort of man Horatius must have
been after he'd kept the bridge In the
brave days of old! Of course lie put
on some. He couldn't help it. Nobody
could. If the truth wore known, I be
lieve there's lots of people owe their
ruin to an act of heroism. You'd nev
er guess that from the way Mr. Dil
water talks, but I keep my eyes open
and think out things for myself."
"Surely," said the interviewer, "this
Is principally hypothesis. As a matter
of fact" —
"What's hypothesis? And - there's
another thing. 1 shouldn't like my
pure minded and noble example to be
rammed down the throats of a lot of
other boys that had never done any
thing to me. When a thing gets rub
bod Into you too much, you hate It.
That's how It is with mo and heroism.
What with the books my aunts give me
on my birthday and at Christmas and
wtiat with Mr. Dihvater's Interesting
Illustrations of what a little boy can
do I've had too much heroism. You
won't catch iue standing on any burn
ing deck when all but me had fled.
Don't expect It. I've got 100 much re
gard for other boys. They don't want
to have me slung Into poetry for theui
to be made to learn by heart. No fear!
They don't want to have me preached
tit them either. Well, goodby."— Black
mid White.
The Perfect Buy.
"I never hoard of but one perfect
boy," said Johnnie pensively as lie sat
In the corner doing penance.
"And who was that?" asked mamma. |
"Papa when ho was little," was the I
(inswer.
And silence reigned for the space of
five minutes.
Hon to denii (.old I.nee.
To clean gold lace pound some rock
aqimonla finely and apply with a flan
nel to the lace, rubbing briskly. After
a good brushing the lace will look equal
to new, and the cloth of the trousers or
tunic will be uninjured. Or sew tlie
lace in a clean linen cloth, boil it in
one quart of soft water and a quarter
i/t a pound of soap and wash It In
cold water. If tarnished, apply a lit
tle warm spirits of wine to the tarnish
«iil spots.
COLOR OF SHIRE HORSES.
For Practical Pnrponen It Is of Small
Importance.
The question of color in horses has
for a long time past raised consider
! able discussion in the columns of the
London Live Stock Journal, and many
j interesting letters and notes respeet-
I ing it have appeared, writes a cor
respondent of that publication. In the
I majority of oases, however, the chief
| point considered has been how to get
| rid of chestnuts, grays and roans,
which appear to be the more generally
unfavorable colors.
Many of the best and weightiest stal
lions we have had (speaking of the
earlier days of breeding) have been of
these commonly unpopular colors, and
latterly such colts as those, weighty
and good, have been castrated solely
on account of their color, the owner
not realizing the folly of the thing un
! til he sees his discarded colt selling as
a gelding at 150 guineas or more. Then
! he exclaims, "I wish I had never cas
| tratod him!" And well he may.
It is no uncommon thing nowadays
j to see colts of the highest caliber be
ing shelved because they are chest
nuts. "They won't buy a chestnut
stallion," say those who are in the
| business. Surely with facts like those
herein stated, and which cannot be re
! fitted, staring them in the face breed
ers will never be so foolish as to con
tinue to discard these fine horses on
i account of the shade of color that per-
I vades the hair!
This point only goes skin deep, but a
well molded body, abundance of sub-
SH IKE STALLION.
stance and muscle, quality and correct
ly formed joints, bottomed by solid,
big feet, go right to the pocket and will
add hundreds to the value of shire
horses when proper discretion is exer
cised in keeping such colts as those
here described for stallions, whatever
their color may be. If we had not had
Lincolnshire Lad 11., we should not
have had Harold, and without Harold
where would the greatest heavy horse
the world knows today have been? It
is to be hoped that breeders will pon
der over this matter and not allow
such absurd whims and fancies as the
color of the hair to make them cas
trate colts that in other respects com
bine almost every property that is re
quired.
Color for the park and for fancy pur
poses may have its way, but in the
Sliire horse, an animal that is bred en
tirely for practical purposes to propel
heavy weights in our streets and on our
railways as well as on our farms, it
ought not to weigh one iota. My ad
vice is, discard the Idea at once and
breed from the best animal, whatever
may be his or her color. To do other
wise would be little better than run-
I ning a race with one leg tied up. You
lose half your abilities to perform the
task.
The menu served at the first annual
banquet of the American Angora Goat
Breeders' association at Kansas City Is
described in Wool Markets and Sheep
by a participant. He says:
The Angora broth was certainly very
smooth, tasty and full of zest. The An
gora kid "oysters" were something new
to me, as was also the Angora broth,
and I had some doubts whether or not
my stomach would agree with iue that
it would be what one would call really
good and appetizing. However, that
question, in my mind, Is settled forev
er. I want nothing better to oat when
hungry than fried Angora kid oysters
and tomato sauce. The venison 1 can
not compare to anything more than the
ordinary venison from the deer. Wheth
er it was the way in which the various
dishes of tlio flesh of the Angora goat
wore prepared or not 1 am not prepar
ed to say, but one thing is certain, that
what 1 partook of was good enough for
the most fastidious epicure.
An k orn h and Wool.
While the Angora, on account of its
great practical utility in clearing the
brush from off now lands and old and
abandoned I'aiins and as a producer of
one of the most valuable kinds of hair
known, is destined to play an impor
tant part in the animal husbandry of
this country, we do not believe that It
will ever injuriously or materially af
feet the wool industry of this country.
AiiKorn tioiitK Will Pay.
There are those who will ask, What is
there in an Angora goat to warrant
such fabulous prices being paid for
sires? says Shepherd Boy in Wool Mar
kets and Sheep. Will it pay? My an
swer is. Certainly it will pay. This Is
the quickest road to breeding to a high
standard. Colonel Laiidrum know this
when many years ago lie secured two
bucks from Asia Minor at the price of
a small fortune and trailed them 3,000
miles across the plains and mountains
at the rate of twenty miles a day and
with the risk of losing both his goats
and perhaps his own life. Those bucks
were the nucleus of a big fortune for
him. It was this gentleman who pur
chased the island of Guadaloupe and
stocked it with 70.000 goats.
HOW IO »lnl(P sliHHi|MM>
For an egg shampoo put Into u pint
of hot rainwater one ounce of spirit of
rosemary and the well beaten yolk of
one egg. Mix these ingredients thor
fiughly and rub into the scalp. If tb«:e
|$ dandruff ill the hair, tlii# aiittmpoo
*5)11 be very good to usv
j JINGLES AND JEST 6» A
Why He Does It.
Oh, what ia the uk of repining?
L«t the spirit of mortal be gay.
j Tht sun juat now may be shining.
Though raln't scheduled tor today.
Don't blame the weather forecaster
If hia prophecy doesn't pan out;
He's not In the business for glory;
He needs the money, no doubt.
How to Make Sla»onn«l«f l)ren«ini(.
Mix together one tea spoonful of mus
tard, one tea spoonful of powdered sug
ar, one-half teaspoonful of salt and
one-quarter of a saltspoonful of cay
enne; add the yolks of two raw eggs
and stir well with a wooden spoon.
Add about a pint of olive oil, stirring it
| in a few drops at a time until the inix
j ture thickens. About two tablespoon
fuls of lemon juice will be required for
this quantity of dressing, this to be
stirred in gradually to thin the mixture
I as it becomes too thick. Then lemon
I Juice and oil should be dropped in al
| ternately to give it the right consisten-
Icy. Add last two tablespoonfuls of vin
| egar and mix thoroughly. Sometimes,
I when the dressing is served, a half
' cupful of whipped cream is added to
j the mixture.
Sensitive Skins.
; Those who suffer from a sensitive
skin, subject to frequent irritation and
roughness, should never wash in hard
water. Boiled water will often prove
of benefit to delicate complexions.
A Cough
■ "1 have made a most thorough
trial of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and
am prepared to say that for all dis
eases of the lungs it never disap
points."
J. Early Finley, Ironton, O.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
won't cure rheumatism;
we never said it would.
It won't cure dyspepsia;
we never claimed it. But
it will cure coughs and
colds of all kinds. We
first said this sixty years
ago; we've been saying it
ever since.
Tkrte sites: 25c., 50c., tl. All Jrafffsts.
1 Consnlt your doctor. It he says take it,
than do as ha says. If he tells you not
to take it, then don't take it. He knows.
Leave it with him. We are willing.
J. C. ATKK CO.. Lowell, Mass.
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County of Montour and State of
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the bands of tbe said accountants to and
among the parties found to be legally entitled
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A almost entirely by farmers, ami has enjoy i! tin* con
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ROAD MONEY WASTED.
Working; Out Highway Tmes Pro
duces \o I.UMtingr Results.
Commenting on the highway law of
the Empire State, the New York Times
in a recent issue said:
The legislation heretofore enac ted for
I the improvement of the roads of the
' state is good as far as it goes, but it Is
: not likely togo very far in the lifetime
lof the youngest of our readers. It pro
vides for state aid to towns that are
willing to contribute their part to bet
ter roads built under the direction of
i the state. Up to the present time we
i believe that only 300 miles of the 5,000
in the state are benefited by this law.
I The highway alliance, whose purpose
i is to "increase the usefulness of high
ways," proposes that the plan now in
operation in towns generally shall be
HABD ItOAD TO TKAVF.L.
so changed that the resources avail
able, which are very considerable, shall
be applied under state direction.
At present each property owner is re
* quired to pay his share of the amount
voted for roads, but is at liberty to
| work out the tax at the rate of one
day's labor for each dollar due by him.
The work, whether voluntary or hired,
1s done when and where the path mas
ter and the highway commissioner may
direct. The change urged is that all
payment of road taxes in labor shall
be done away with, that all taxes shall
be paid in money and that the money
' shall be expended under the direction
| of the skilled and trained officials of
the state.
j There cau be no doubt that this ar
rangement would secure very much
better return for the money of the va
rious towns man is got. at present, ino
one need be a great traveler in the in
terior of our state to know that the
general condition of the roads is bad
and that the badness is tremendously
costly. It is quite common to see a
fairly good road passing from the area
of one town become a wretched road
i in the next, and the proportion of the
latter is many times greater than that
of the former.
< As a rule the actual cost of the de-
I cent roads is not appreciably larger
than that of the bad ones. The rnon
-1 ey is used in one case and wasted in
the other. The plan suggested would
j not increase, as Ave understand it, the
amount collected for roads. It would
simply secure an immensely better re-
S turn for it. And this return would be
in the definite shape of economy and
profit for the residents of the towns
i as well as for the community general
ly-
It has been estimated that improve
ment in roads steadily used, which
112 should snve only 10 por eont of the
j wear and tear of horses and wagons
; and of the time of men employed,
would save to the average fanner from
$"»0 to SIOO a year. It is not at all un
reasonable to Infer that the plan pro
posed would effect such an improve
ment. As it would not cost the coun
try residents a cent more in expendi
ture, it ought to be popuiar if It la
once understood.
Crude Petroleum Spray.
Crude petroleum seems to be effective
In controlling San Jose scale when
properly and intelligently used.
Either a green or amber colored oil
may be used provided it has a specific
gravity of not less than 43 degrees at
a temperature of 00 degrees F.
It can only be used when the trees are
dormant. In this respect crude petro
leum and kerosene act directly opposite.
This applies especially to peach trees.
It may be used either undiluted or lu
the 20 or 25 per cent mixture.
Jena and Notes.
So great is the confidence in the fu
ture of the goat industry that a large
amount of capital is being put into
goats by northern sheep growers.
Los Angeles, C'al., is said to have the
largest pigeon ranch in the world, cov
ering eight acres and sheltering in its
lofts 15,000 birds.
Manufacturers will advance the price
of plows 10 per cent.
The department of agriculture gives
a good character to the American sor
row, upon which is often unfairly visit
ed the sius of its English namesake.
The sugar crop of this year is report
ed as an increase of 1.177,842 tons over
hist year, of which 023.000 tons is of
cane sugar and f>i>4,ooo is beet sugar.
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