MONTOUR AMERICAN FRANK C. ANGLE. Proprietor. Danville. Pa.. Mar. 6. I 902 COJIJIIISICATIOSN. Al. communications sent to the AMERI PAS for publication must be signed by the writer, and communications not so signed will be rejected. REGISTER OF SALES. For Which Sale Bills Have Been Printed at this Office. March 12— W. E. Rishel, at his resident-, on Bloom road. Cooper Township. 1 miles east of Danville. Farm Stock, farm implements and household goods. AMUSEMENTS. The Dot Karroll Company at the Opera House tonight. Vfe* tt: Ms Fred Darcy's great western drama, "The Devil's Mine" at the Opera House tonight. H « Popular prices at the Opera House to night. « M i The Dot Karroll Company which comes to the Opera House tonight needs no introduction to Danville theatre goers. ■? n The Dot Karroll company will give three performances in this city this week beginning tonight. Popular prices. Mf Mf For the past three seasons the famous musical comedy "A Runaway Girl" has been the theatrical triumph of the prin cipal cities of the Union. It is duplicat ing its success this season in the same pronounced manner. After its remark able run of six hundred nights in Lon don at the Gaiety Theatre, it was pro duced at Daly's Theatre, in New York City and was an instantaneous success. It remained there three hundred nights and then made a tour of the larger cities of the country and met with an ovation everywhere. It will be pre sented in this city at the Opera House in the near future. Our theatre-goers never fail to fully appreciate and take advantage of the visit to this city of an attraction possessing the merit and repu tation of "A Runaway Girl," and with out doubt the result will be "standing room only" on the occasion of its ap pearance here. One can confidently look forward to an evening of pleasure in witnessing this production and the excellent company presenting it, and will not come away disappointed. The exceptionally clever comedian, Mr. Ar thur Dunn, in conjunction with some fifty other artists, comprising the Au gustin Daly Company will appear in this comedy. •t * « "Are You a Mason" a farce comedy from the German. Light in treatment, well constructed and teeming with many distinctively novel comedy situations. "Are You a Mason" is conceded by critics the best farce comedy produced by Rich & Harris. The statement to his wife by one Amos Bloodgood, a prominent citizen of Rockford, 111., that he has followed her wishes that he be come a Mason, (which he does not do) but persuades her that he has, starts the trouble and the fun. Later a pros pective son-in-law uses the same me dium to carry favor with Bloodgood's wife and daughter. The horse play, etc. indulged in by these fraudulent masons is grotesque. Being unaware of each other's duplicity they avoid one another fearing to betray their ignorance of things Masonic. •? « * Porter J. White will soon present his version of Faust at the Opera House re appearing in his favorite role of "Me phistopheles." Miss Olga Verne is the "Marguerite." The entire production is liberally staged by Mr. White with special «cenery, properties, electrical aparatus, etc., for each act. The story of Faust is the embodiment of a most remarkable system of belief which found its culmination in the Middle Ages. What the effect of such a production, hampered though it were by the in sufficient stage effects of those days, must have had on an audience which faithfully believed in witchcraft and actual demoniac possession and com pacts with the evil one, we are utterly unable to conceive. With tribunals all over England and Germany, nay even America, testifying to his evil compacts and combinations with various unfor tunate members of society, his Satantic Majesty might think himself a more active factor in human affairsthan he is to -day. SIOO REWARD, SIOO Trie readers of this paper will be please'* u> learn that there Is at least one dread' dis ease that selenoe has been aide to cure lu all ts 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 'Jure Is taken Internally, acting directly up on the blood and mucous surface of the sys tem. thereby destroying the foundation of the disease ;md giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature In doing the work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that It falls to cure. Send for list of Testimonials. Heps Hold a Smoker. Lotus Conclave, No. 127, of this city, gave a smoker to the members and friends at their hall on Mill street last evening < )ver one hundred persons en joyed the affair. The Penn Social or chestra furnished mnsic. Refreshments were served. George. Fox, Cherry street, has ac cepted a position with the Prudential Life Insurance Company. Mr Fox will enter the Susquehanna University at Selinsgrove iu the Fall to prepare for the Lutheran ministry SODDEN DEATH OF DON. RUFDS I. FOLK I Continued from fiirst page. | j was auiong the first to enlist. He serv ed dnring the conflict as first Lieutenant in Company F, 12th Regiment, Penn sylvania Volunteers. On September 14th, l*ys, Rufns K Polk was unanimously nominated as I Democratic candidate for Congress of ' the seventeenth district. lie was elect | ed to the Fifty sixth Congress, receiving • 14.792 votes to 12,487 for William H. 1 Woodin, Republican, and I.for .1. M. Caldwell, Prohibitionist. Mr. Polk's i majority was an attestation of personal j popularity especially flattering in view iof the fact that his immediate prede- J cessor in office, Hon. M. H. Kulp. was elected by a Republican majority of | 1400. i He was re-elected in 1900 by an in | creased majority of some 1">00. Al though strongly urged by his friends in various parts of the district to stand for renomination early in February he made the announcement that he would not be a candidate, assigning as a cause tho fact that the Structural Tubing works and other interests with which he was identified were beginning to make such heavy demands upon his time and energy as to interfere with the duties of his office. Mr. Polk was always keenlv interest ed in local affairs. He was a member of the board of Water Commissioners from September, 1894, until the first of January last, when he resigned. It was in no small measure due to his persever ing efforts that the splendid filtration plant which has made Danville the envy of all neighboring towns was in stalled. Mr. Polk was a member of the Epis copal church. He served as a vestry man of Christ church, this city, from 1895 uutil 1*99. He was a prominent Freemason, a member of Mahoning Lodge No. 51fi, F. &A. M., of Royal Arch Chapter No. 239, of Calvary Com manderv No. 37, K. T., of this city, and of Irem Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Wilkesbarre. He was one of the Honorary Allium i Trustees of Lehigh University. He was a member of the < >rder of Elks and held a membership in a number of social organizations, among them the Univer sity Club of Philadelphia and the Moneta and the Penn Social Club of this city. In the year 1892 Mr. Poik married Miss Isabella Montgomery Grier. the only daughter of I. X. Grier. Esq. Mrs. Polk survives along with live small chil dren as follows: Emma, Porter, Isa bella, Sarah and Rebecca. Mr. Polk is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Lucius E. Polk, of Columbia, Tennessee, who is at present sojourning in Elmira. N. Y. His father, General Polk, pre ceded him to the grave several years ago. WHAT DOES THIS LACK. Surely Danville Readers Cannot ask for Better Proof. The Danville reader may ask for more convincing proof than testimony pub lished from representative residents of neighboring cities, but as th»* proof we offer has been decidedly convincing in Bloomsburg, it should carry consider able weight in Danville. Mr. George Mifflin, dentist, of Main street, Bloomsburg, says."l procured Dean's Kidney Pills from Moyer Bros. Drug Store for my brother-in-law Peter Leisenring living at Bear Gap. He suf fered intensely from the kidneys and from pain in his back and loins. The usual accompaniments of inactive kid neys were present and added to his mis ery. Doan's Kidney Pills which I sent him gave positive relief. He has pret ty thoroughly made known the merits of this remedy in this section." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the U. S. Remember the name-Doan's- and take on substitute State Board of Health's Regulation. The State Board of Health has adopt ed resolutions requiring cuspidors in the trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad company and Philadelphia and Reading Railway, and is attempting to secure legislation inflicting a penalty for in fringement of the rule. The tentative provisions of the resolution require a cuspidor for each seat in the smokers' ears and one at either end of the day coaches. In addition rigid sanitary pre cautions will be required in the thorough cleansing receptacles at the end of each run. To accommodate those who are partial to the use of atomizers in applying liq uids into the nasal passages for catarrh al trouble », the proprietors prepare Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Price including the spraying tube is 75 cents Drug gists or by mail. The liquid embodies th»» medicinal properties of the solid preparation. Cream Balm is quickly absorbed by the membrane and does not dry np the secretions but changes them to a natural and healthy character. Fly j Brothers, 58 Warren St.. N. Y. Pension Board Meets. The Pension Board held its regular meeting yesterday afternoon in the office of Dr. I. G. Barber. All mem bers of the Board were present. This was the first meeting the Board held in many months when no appli cants for pension or increase of pension were received. Can't Keep it Secret. The splendid work of Dr. King's New Life Pills is daily coming to light No such grand remedy for Liver and Bowel | troubles was ever known before. Thous ands bless them for curing Constipa tion, Sick Headache, Biliousness, Jaun dice and Indigestion. Try them 25c at i Patilen A' fling indicates an £ vr~:< unhealthy ccndi gfey/t.on of the Kid- Wriil neys; ,f " sums J-A. j your linen it is evidence of kid ney trouble; too A Sequent desire to ; pass It or pain in back is also convincing proof that the kidneys and blad der are out of order. What to Do. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp- Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It corrects inability to hold water and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled togo often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extra ordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its won derful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists in 50c. andsl. sizes. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful discovery and a book that tells more about it, both sent HijiSE absolutely free by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer & Home of swamp-Root. Co., Binghamton. N. Y. When writing men tion reading this generous offer in this paper. WERE HELD UP= = NOT BY HIGHWAYMEN But ty the Big Flood That Covered the North Erar.oh District F. C. Angle and John Waite of the MONTOUR AMERICAN office left this city on Wednesday of last week on a business trip to New York City. They left New York on Friday evening ex pecting to reach home early Saturday morning. When they arrived in Scranton they found the rising waters had shut off the railroad below that point. In sever al hours, however, they reached Kings ton and were compelled to remain there until Tuesday morning. In the mean time the newspaper colony was increas ed by the addition of Major W. P. Clarke, Inspector of the Third brigade, N. n Monday a train was successfully sent toScranton and on Monday evening the Gazette and Bulle tin man started for home by the only Avenue open. He went to New York city over the Lackawanna and then came back to Williamsport over the Pennsylvania. The Wyoming district had two such floods within four months. The pre- nt flood is the highest in :i7 years. From thf Hotel Sterling, in Wilkes-Barre, to the hills on the west side of the river, was a raging torrent It is said that 2.5(H) families were homeless in Will:* s- Barre and that vicinity. All the church es and school buildings in Kingston and other places were thrown open to shelter the people. About a dozen people were drowned and the cries of them could be plainh heard as they were swept down the riv er past Kingston. On the flats between Kingston and Wilkes-Barre the water was up to the second story of the houses. Mr. Angle reached Catawissa early yesterday morning via the Pennsylvania railroad. Passengers from Catawissa were able to reach Danville byway of the Reading railway. Mr Waite re turned last evening Danger of Colds and La Grippe. The greatest danger from colds and la grippe is their resulting in pneumon ia. If reasonable care is used, however, and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy taken, all danger will be avoided. Among the tens of thousands who have used this remedy for these diseases, we have yet to learn of a single case having resulted in pneumonia, which shows conclusively that it is ;i certain preven tive of that dangerous malady. It will cure a cold or an attack of la grippe in less time than any other treatment It is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by Paules & Co. 342 Mill street. Danville may well consider herself fortunate in sustaining so little damage to property and no loss of life from the high water which is ruinous in a large degree in many sections of the country. This great flood is not without its uses. It will wash the channels of the river as they have not been washed before in years and when finally the water sub sides both river and creek will have been rendered much more wholesome than they were before. Of course the flood need not have been up to the mark of 'OS in order to accomplish all that sanita tion requires, but the real philosopher will console himself with the glad thought that the water didn't rise high enough to carry away buildings, under mine property, stop the water works and do great and serious damage to the in dustries of the town. How to Cure the Grippe. Remain quietly at home and take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as direct ed and a quick recovery is sure to follow. The remedy counteracts any tendency of the grip to result in pneumonia, which is really the only serious danger. Among the tens of thousands who have used it for the grip, not one case has ever been reported that did not recover. For sale by Paules & Co. 342 Mill street. A Narrow Escape. The refuse on an oil stove which John F. Tooley had burning in his grocery store caught tire yesterday and caused quite a little commotion a round the place. The stove was thrown onto the sidewalk where the flames were easily extinguished La Grippe Quickly Cured, ' In the winter of I*9* and 1899 I was taken down with a severe attack of what is called La Grippe, 'says F L Hewett. a prominent druggist of Wiutiehl, 111. "The only medicine I used was two bot tle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy It broke up the cold and st< ipped t he cough ing like magic and I have never been troubled with Grppe.Chamberlain s Cough Kemedy can always be depended upon to break np a severe cold and ward off any threatened attack of pueu monia It is pleasant to take,too which makes it the most desirable and one of the most popular preparations in use for these ailments. For sale by Paules & Co. 342 Mill street. It's a pleasure to observe from the statements .if tin local banking institu tions now being published that they are both in fine shape DANVILLE'S GREATFLOOD (Continued from first page.) Ward were urged to vacate on Saturday evening when the water first began to surround the place, but they refused to move. Sunday morning the entire tract was under water, which had risen in the first story higher than the cooking stove. Perry Mover and John Weir visited the house in a boat and fouud the old couple nearly perished with cold and hunger, the fires having been *ll extinguished and the food rendered unfit to eat by the flood. They were kindly cared for Sunday at the home of John McCall, West Mahoning street. The Etter family on the river road were obliged to abandon their home on Saturday night. The D. L. & W. station during the whole of Sunday was inaccessible, the water early in the day rising above the platform and flooding the office. The residents uii I). L. A: Y»". Avenue as usual came in for a bitter experience. No one could approach nor leave the houses without wading knee deep. As the water continued to rise last night the flood crept out 0%-er Lower Mulberry street as far as the residence of Samuel Bloch. The houses on the South side of Lower Mulberry street as well as on D. L. & W. Avenue fared badly enough, and it required but a slight rise at 10 o'clock to bring the flood up to the first story. All along Mill street up to nearly midnight the merchants were busy removing all goods that were stored in proximity to the floor. Tables and stands were im provised and upon these and on the higher shelves the wares were piled promiscuously. Thus it will be seen, if the water reached the limit of '<>•"> it will not find our farsighted merchants altogether unprepared. Traffic on all our railroads has been suspended since Saturday. The last train which passed through Danville, was on the P. & R. railway Saturday night a belated accommodation train from Tamaqua to West Milton, which passed through here at 8:0.> o'clock. No less than five trains are stranded at South Danville. In the number are No. 1"). W. H. Shaffer, conductor ami Thom as Attig, engineer, due here at 12:15 p. m.. unci train No. 1, Robert Kline, con ductor. and George Rose, engineer, due here at 1 :>1 ii.m. Both trains arrived at the station on Saturday at an hour long over due. The track below Kipp's Run is submerged, while the entire stretch of road between Little Roaring Creek and Catawissa is under deep wat er. The trainmen say it will be Tues day at furthest before they will be able to get away from South Danville. The ci'-ws. combined, number some thirty men and their presence makes tilings pretty lively about the station. On the P. & R railway traffic may be resumed between Rupert and West Milton to day, but this of course, is uncertain. On Saturday the river was full of fl >ating ice; Sunday little ice was to In- seen lmt in its stead the usual variety of intere-ting objects was in evidence gathered up by flood. Among the lot was the tank belonging to a coal oil car, a small house or barn, foot boats by the half a dozen and a big sign board be longing to a merchant tailoring estab lishment at "lo:{ Main Street." Who the lucky, or in this case the unlucky merchant was who was being so widely advertised or in what town he is locat ed could not be ascertained as the sign was swept along by the current. The water was strewn with railroad ties and the contents of lumber yards. Frank and George Ross, along with other ex perienced men of the river putin a big day Sunday. They caught a great deal of good lumber besides a large pile of railroad ties which came down the river intact. Shortly after 10 o'clock at night the water reached the height of -.1 feet and inches. At this point tie flood began to enter the warehouse of the Stove Works, in the rear of which is stored many thousand dollar's worth of stove plate, which would be ruined by con tact with the water. General Manager Foster, who with W. A. Sechler spent the whole of Sunday at the plant, sent out a call for employes and put as many a> responded to work removing the plate. In the foundry during the day platforms were constructed and upon them the sand used in moulding was carefully piled that it might be out of reach of the water which it was feared would flood the floor before morning. PLA.IN TALK. Straight Talk Aud to The Point—The Virt ues of Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills Told in a few Words by a Danville Citizen Who Knows. Mrs. Jacob Mills of Cor. Front & Church St.. Danville, Pa., says:— ' Last fall I was feeling very poorly and nervous. 1 had frequent spells of ner vous headache and a good deal of trouble with my stomach- Seeing Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills recommended 1 got a box at Gosh s Drug Store and used them with good results. I rested so mr.ch better aud felt stronger and brighter. They certainly did me good and I can highly recommend them. Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills are sold at "ioc a box at dealers or Dr. A W. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. V. See that portrait and signature of A. W. Chase, M. 1). are on every package. Masquerade Surprise Party. < !;i Saturday evening Mrs. Wesley liar : 11 tendered a masquerade surprise party at her home, corner Mowery and Grand -ti et>, to Miss Jennie Woodside. Those present were: Misses Ida Bnrgn cr, Ella Camp, Jennie Brent, Gertrude Bickel, Lueretia Burger, Grace Shepper - n Annie Springer, (trace Williams, Dora Jenkins, Maude Seidel, Hattie Adams. Annie Kellar,Gertrude Phillips, Ada Lunger, Lois Williams, Anna Woodside, Jennie Woodside, Crete Edgar, Edith Mitchell, Mary Walker, Sara Woodside. Bessie Mitchell and Florence Eplilin: Messrs. Ira Swank, Walter Swank, Roy Sluiltz, Earl Mitch ell. Edward Hurley, Jean Cruishank, Harry ('arodisky p. 12,Schuecker. Mr. Melville Clark. Aria. My Noble Knights from the Huguenots Meyerbeer. Miss Sibyl Sammis. Piano Solo. "Rhapsodie Hongroise, No. 2," Liszt. Mrs. Nellie Allen-Hessenbruch. "The Brigand." Baritone Solo, Spence. Mr. George H. Downing. "The Magic Song. " Soprano Solo. Harp and Piano Accompaniment,.. Meyer-Helumnd. Miss Siybl Sammis. Harp Solo. "Moise-Fantasie," Parish-Alvars. Mr. Melville Clark. "Repeat Again. Duet Baldia. Miss Sammis and Mr. Downing. "Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves. Large things are but an aggregation of small things. If we take care of the small things we are iu effect taking care of the large things which the small things combine to make. Take care of what yon eat. when you eat, and how you eat. and jour stomach will take care of itself. But who takes care of such trivial things? That is why. someday, the majority of people have to take care of the stomach. When that day comes, there is no aid so ef fective in undoing the results of past carelessness as Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discovery. It strengthens the stom ach.and restores the organs of digestion and nutrition to a condition of healthy activity. It cures biliousness, heart burn, flatulence, indigestion, palpita tion, dizziness, cold extremities and a score of other ailments which are but the symptoms of disorder in the stomach and its allied organs. FOR SALE—A desirable property lo cated on Hazleton avenue, South Dan" v-ilie. Everything in good condition. Good water, seven rooms and lots of fruit. Inquire at this office. PURE HONEY. As Found on the Market—Extracted and In tlx* Com I). The subject of honey making has a certain fascination for the uninitiated, j and in the purity of the article every consumer is concerned. The hive, the section and the extractor represent j stages of its manufacture and presen- | tatlon to the public. From recent in formation on this topic by Messrs. York, Miller and Dadant, well known bee men, as it occurs in the American Bee Journal, some points of interest i are reproduced: Honey is found upon the market In two forms, liquid and In the comb. The liquid is obtained by throwing it out of the comb by means of centrifugal force in a machine called a honey ex lIIVE. COMH HONEY. KXTBA.OTOB. tractor, in which the comb of honey is revolved so rapidly that the honey flies 1 out of the comb somewhat as the mud flies from a wagon wheel when the I wheel revolves rapidly. When thus ob- j tallied, it. is called extracted honey and may be found put up In tin or glass , I packages. It varies in color from wa | ter white to almost black, the color de | pending upon the flowers from which the honey was obtained. Nearly all honey granulates upon the approach of cold weather, having somewhat the ap pearance of lard, and in this form it is preferred by some. It is not a hard matter to mix glucose j with extracted honey, the mixture va- j rying in character according to the quality of glucose used. Respectable grocers, however, have no difficulty in offering you an article that they may warrant as pure, having on the label i the name of some reliable producer or dealer. Comb honey is that stored in waxen cells, the marvelous workmanship of i the honeybee. Iloney in the comb may vary in col or. It may vary in quality. All flowers ! do not yield the same honey. But it I was all stored by the bees. All honeycomb when tlrst made by j the bees is white as the whitest fouud I on the market. If it is left in the care • of the bees, it becomes dark, and if left j with them for several years it will be come almost black. The white is more beautiful to the eye, so it is taken from the hive generally before the bees have had time to darken it. Alfalfa In the Orehardf Alfalfa is not a good crop for any kind of orchard in any part of the eouutry. says a Rural New Yorker writer. I have never heard any one speak favorably of it who had tried it in his orchard. It seems to sap the ground of moisture and is very difficult to kill out. Oats or rye or a mixture of both would be far better If sown early in the fall, so they would grow up be fore cold weather. This crop will keep the loose soil and snow from blowing, although the oats will be killed by se vere freezing. The rye will need to be plowed under early in spring, so that it may not grow and injure the trees by taking up the moisture. Hogs are good to run in an orchard, especially if there is a crop of clover on the ground. Peaches are not suitable to the climate of South Dakota, and I would not advise trying them there. Temperature In C'nrlnK Cheene. The results of experiments at the New York state station show very con clusively that low temperatures for curing give a much better and more uniform cheese. In 1899 four curing rooms were used, with temperatures of f>s, 00, o', and 70 degrees, respectively. The rooms were arranged so that the temperatures eouhl be kept uniform au tomatically, while cloths kept continu ously wet were suspended in the rooms, so that the percentage of moisture would remain fairly constant. Without . exception the cheeses cured at the low er temperatures scored highest, there i being a difference between the average ' of the cheeses cured at GO degrees and below and 05 degrees and above of live ' points in flavor and two and a half points in texture. These experiments were repeated in 1900 with practically the same results. « minion niioki. In the cathedral of Hereford, Eng land, there are still about 1,500 books with the chains that used to be at tached to books iu the sixteenth cell fury in ecclesiastic and university li braries. Dreamed Hie l*hrn*e. The precise words of "Coining events , cast their shadows before" occurred to , Campbell in a dream. lie awoke and found himself repeating them aloud and afterward used them in "Lochiel s Warning." a minor poem of uiuch uwiit. When an old work horse is given a holiday, he spends it chiefly in looking lonesome.- Atchison Globe. Contentment is always perched on the round of the ladder just above you. i hi« Hgo News. JINGLES AND JESTS. Tlie Other Mian's Kind. Rosy, radiant, supple, «ay, With eyes that lure one's sense away; Much to love, a bit to hat<.\ The supreme artist made my mate. Fervid, anxious, graceful, clever, Sighing for great wealth forever; Jewels, lace, priceless fur. Only these appealed to her. Laughing, blushing, sweetheart, wife— When the money gave out strife; A richer one loomed up, and he Ifas what God first gave to me. —Chicago Reeord-Herali How to Keep Hiliboii* Fresh. lii the room of a college girl was dis covered a secret for an always perfect ribbon, stock or belt. She bad eight OP tell little toy rolling pins, such as chil dren use, in her ribbon drawer, and on each she wound smoothly as soon as she took it off a belt or ribbon, fasten ing it with a tiny piu. The crush van ished instantly from her neckwear. "Mill ne (iiitule" Fhllh. "Some years ago 1 visited an old friend of mine in Minneapolis," said a well known Milwaukee railroad man, "and he spent considerable time taking me about to show me the many inter esting places in that interesting city. One day he took me out to see the fa mous Minnehaha falls, and after 1 had feasted my eyes 011 this beautiful work of nature he invited me to accompany him down the gulch through which the little stream Hows—at least half a mile i —and there called my attention to a ! little cascade that is an exact minia i ture of Minnehaha falls. " 'What do you call this cascadeV I asked of my friend. '"We call this Minne Giggle.'"—Mil | waukee Sentinel. Ronenrenl. Bonemeal contains phosphate of lime and animal matter rich in nitrogen and hence is very valuable for ma nure where we desire a prolonged in fluence. It is well adapted to grass lands and lawns and is free from the bnd odor often given off by mixed fer tilizers. Moist meadows are benefited by a dressing of bonemeal. If the bones that now adorn the back yard and pasture lot should be ground into 1 a powder and scattered on a crop worn field, the results would surprise some farmers. The LonKeat Year. The year 47 B. C. was the longest year on record. By order of Julius C®- sar it contained 445 days. The addition al days were putin to make the sea sons conform as nearly as possible with the solar year. 1 1- : —•*"• jjs sEasjssssran I Coughs j I f.J P pw 1— ihite.. wi-sr apssw crawqS "My wife had a deep-seated .rough V\ for three years. I puichased two § bottles of Ayer's Ch*rr/ Pectoral, gj , large «ize, and it cured her c\ k!> mwspapt r The M itour American, one year fo: V i.»v Send your subs* rip' ions and monej to int. >n»rs- Tdl'R AM Kill" AN l>anville. Pa. mum awr B» Irt' >■).(iii » >ur mime nnd mldroiis t<» the M. w- * OHK ■ * t» n llt 1111 Vi: IVltMl.lt, « it.v. and n fre« unmple copy will lie mailed to j»o. improvement of Soil*. Any scheme of rotation should have the growing of at least one leguminous crop in its plan. By this means large gains of nitrogen may be made from the air. Potash and phosphoric acid, unless already in the soil, must be sup plied by commercial fertilizers. In the case of very poor soil it is not advisa ' Lie to remove the crops unless the ma nure is returned until a fair state of ; fertility has been reached. Stock rais ing, dairying and poultry raising are j profitable lines of agriculture to carry ( on in a scheme for improving the fer tility of poor soils. •fupaiiene Factories. In many Japanese factories no pro vision is made for suitable ventilation, and lung diseases are common among the employees, while the arrangements are mi<*li that in easo of lire escape would be almost impossible. ! Aiitliradte Coal. A Philadelphia firm has calculated that there slill remain umnined 5,073,- TTfi.OOO tons of coal in the anthracite regions. Emperor Honor* n I>r»Kon Ply. The oldest extant poem about a drag on 11 y is said to have been composed 1,440 years ago by the Emperor Yuria« ku of Japan. One day, while this em peror was hunting, say, the ancient rec ords, a gadtly came and bit his arm. Therewith a dragon fly pounced upon the gadfly and devoured it. Then the . emperor commanded his ministers to 1 make an ode in praise of the dragon fly. Rut as they hesitated how to begin be himself composed a poem in praise of the insect, ending with the words: Even a creeping: insect Waits upon the great Lord; Thy form it will bear, O Yamato, land of the dragon fly? And in honor of the dragon fly the place of 1 lie incident was called Akit siniu, or the moor of the dragon fly.— "A Japanese Miscellany." KK PORT OF THE CONDITION OF The Danville National Bank, AT lIt.VVIM.K In the State of Pennsylvania, at the close ofbusl j ness, Tuesday, Fell. !isth, 1 'JO * IHAKTKK NI'SBKK I«7K RESOURCES. , Lians and discounts. 827t;,95» 65 | < iverdrafts, secured and unsecured. 9 57 U.S. Bonds to secure circulation 20000000 Premiums on i '.s. Bonds 459658 Stocks, securities, etc 2c5,58i 19 Banking-house, furniture, and fixtures. 20,000 0(1 Hue bea National Banks{not Reserve Agents) 11,803(6 Due from State Banks and bankers.. 2,21001 : Hue from approved reserve agents 89,815 46 1 Inteinal-Kevenue Stamps ;j0 00 Checks and other cash items Ml 00 ( Notes of other National Hanks 5,95000 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents 975 51 I.iKfuLMONEY RESERVE IS BANK, viz: Specie i 2-1.250 Le ural-tender notes 9,500 Redemption Fund with U. S. Treasurer 5 per cent of circulation 10,000 00 Total 8841,637 44 LIABILITIES ! Capital Stock paid In $200.000 00 | Surplus fund 80.000 00 1 Undivided profits,less expenses and taxes I paid 22,714 2(J | National Banknotes outstanding 300.000 00 I Due to other National Banks 5,.140 23 Dividends unpaid 1,248 50 ! Individual deposits subject to check... 432,148 51 j Cashier's cheeks outstanding 180 00 I Total 1941,887 44 STATE OP PENNSYLVANIA, ) . County of Montour, \ ' I, M.(l. Youngnian, Casbierof theabove-nam j ed Bank, do solemnly swear that the above state ment is true to the best of my knowledge ami be j lief. M.U. YOl WOMAN, Cathier. ' Subscribed anil sworn to before me this 3rd day of Mnrcli. I'.tOi. i Correct—Attest: A.M. GRONE, Xotary Public C. P. HANCOCK ) l>. K. ECKMAN, Directors. JOSEPH HUNTER j KEPOKT OK THE tO.VDITIOX —OF— THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK AT DANVILLE In the State of Pennsylvania, at the close of business. Tuenduy, Feb. Sfttli, lUII'j, o (Ki Due to State Ranks and Bankers. 1,43348 Dividends unpaid 694 00 Individual deposits subject to cliecl 571,690 22 Cashier's checks outstanding 4.357 31 , Total ♦1.051,431 81 STATE OK PENNSYLVANIA, I „. County of Montour. t I, B. R. Gearhart. Pres. of the above-nam ed bank, do solemnly swear that the abovt statement istrue to the best of myknowledgt anil belief. It. R. GEARHART. President Subscribed and swum to liefore me this 4tli day of Mnrcli, 190£. JOHN \V. FAKNSWORTH, Notary Public. Correct—Attest: ISAAC X. GKIF.R, i JOHN 1". TOOLEV, -Directors. JAMES D. MAG ILL, » Si Sum Met To any one who will mention Tiir-: MONTOUR AMERICAN, and send its 25 cents we will forward immediately the pattern of an ad vance Paris style for a Spriug Jacket Address The riorse-Brouphton Co. Publishers of L'Art de la Mode, 3 East iyth Street.New York | single copies of I. All de la Mode, -15 c.