MONTOUR AMERICAN FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville. Pa.. Mar. 20. I 902 COM.>II'NIC AT IONS. AL. communications sent to the AMERI CAN 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 26—Eugene Morrison at his resi dence in Mahoning township, about one and one-half miles from Danville, Farm stock, farm implements and household goods. March 26—John Klingman at his resi dence on the road leading to Union Corner, about three miles from Dan ville. Farm stock, farm implements and household goods. March 27—At one o'clock p. m., J. J. Kline will sell his household goods, buggies, etc., at his residence East Market street. Danville, Pa. Announcement. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for County Commissioner, subject to the rules of the Republican party. Your support is earnestly solicited. J. C. MILLER. CONVENTION IN SECRET SESSION The Outcome cf the Mine Workers Con vention at Shamokin Still In Doubt. The Convention of the United Mine Workers of America resumed session at Shamokin yesterday morning with 630 delegates present. President Mitchell presided. Rules for governing the con vention were adopted, after whijh the various committees presented their re ports. A communication was received from President John Reese of the lowa organ ization of miners assuring them of sym pathy and wishing the anthracite min ers succeas. A communication was received from Lattimer miners, crippled in the riot at that place, asking for assistance. A collection was accordingly taken up for their benefit which amounted to $60.12. On motion the firemen of District No. 1 who are desirous of affiliating with the United Mine Workers, were admit ted to the convention. District No. 1 under President Thomas D. Nicholls, whose delegates are gener ally supposed to favor a strike, seem to hold the balance of power. It is the largest of the districts and lacks only 36 votes of having as many as the other two districts, 7 and 9, combined. Nicholls is very much disappointed over the refusal of the operators to meet the miners and has taken a radical stand for increased concessions, demand ing among other things that miners be jtaid by weight instead of by wagon as at present. During the forenoon the convention went into executive session and re mained behind closed doors during the day. President Mitchell is in posses sion of letters from the presidents of the coal mining and carrying companies written in reply to the request for a joint conference. These letters, it is understood, form the subject of discus sion in the secret session. Things have an ominous appearance and although peace is hoped for a strike is very much feared. SIOO EEWARD, SIOO Tne readers of this paper will be please'* to learn that there Is at least one dread* dis ease that science has been able to cure In 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 Cure is taken internally, acting directly up on the blood and mucous surface of the sys tem, thereby aestroylng the foundation of the disease and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature tn 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. The drummers are fighting shy of the coal regions at present. All are await ing the action of the miners' convention at Shamokin this week and are not de sirous of placing orders; neither are the prudent business men of the coal region seeking to stock their stores with any great amount of goods. If a strike is the outcome of the Shamokin conven tion, the merchants want to have as small amount of goods as possible on hand. It will be a relief to all when the tension of the present week is over. 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. Druggists or by mail. The liquids embodies the medicinal properties of the solid pre paration. Cream Balm is quickly ab sorbed by the membrane ami does not dry up the secretions but changes them to a natural and healthy character. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St., N. Y. Dropped Dead- Samuel Gottshall, of Shamokin, drop ped dead in the P. & R. depot at that place yesterday. He was a married man and a veteran of the Civil War. Danger of Golds 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 a certain preven tive of that dangerous malady. It will cure a cold or an attack of la grippe in less time than anv other treatment. It is pleasant and safe to take. For sal<> by Paules & Co. H42 Mill street. I A musement S I The :: Hickman Brothers, the jovial | comedians, who have been crowding ' the theatres nightly throughout the ■ country, come to the < )pera House Sat ; urday evening in "Down and Up," des cribed as an up-to-date musical comedy | written expressly for them The title ! expresses the entire plot, which consists of the adventures of "Mr. Dooley, i made famous in the sketches by Dunn. : which are now running in all the lead ing newspapers. « te The stage story of "David Harum" the Charles Frohtnan attraction at the Opera House on April 16th is said to be simply a dove tailing of the more dram atic incidents in the world famous novel that has run through more editions than any book in the last ten years. That the staging of the story has succeeded in sharing the success of the book is to put it mildly. Tin- comedy of well to-do tip country life was a decided novelty and caught the fancy of the Broadway theatre-goer as no other comedy has done in years. The charac ters were well-recognized types and the play itself was neither a burlesque of country life nor the mawkishly senti mental sop that is dished out at cheap theatres, the wit and humor, the truth and pathos were genuine and Mr. Froh man claims to put his best producing foot forward in this, his latest, and great est success. r K •» Tbe Augustin Daly Company is cer tainly a very pretentions organization if one may judge from its number and personnel, as well also as the great amount of scenery, wardrobe, etc., that is provided by the management for the proper production of the latest and best of the London and New York musical comedy successes, viz: "A Runaway Girl." The Company comprises some fifty artists, prominent among whom are seen the names of Mr- Arthur Dunn, Mr. Walter Clifford, Mr. Joseph Tre Denick, Mr. Geo. F. Beard, Mr. Henry Leone, Mr. Harry Dickson, Mr. Frank Regis. Miss Celeste Wynn. Miss Clara Belle Jerome and Miss Rose La Harte. There are many others of equal distinc tion. With this array of talent, in con junction with the pretty faces and train ed voices of the handsomely dressed chorus, one can readily see that the splendid reputation of this excellent company must be well deserved. The entire organization and complete pro duction of "A Runaway Girl" will be seen at the Opera House on the evening of April Ist. £ & VS An Elaborate Production of "Faust," Saturday, April sth. The beginning of the fifth act shows us Faust and Mephisto climbing the steep rocks and yawning chasms of the* peak of the Brocken in the Hartz Mountains, where, according to the Ger man legend, the Witches and Warlocks meet at Walpurgis night (the thirteenth of April) to hold their yearly festivities. The night grows darker and darker: the moon is in its last quarter and gives but little light. They climb higher and higher; the trees and rocks and distant cliffs take on wondrously fantastic shapes in the dim light of the dying moon; only the hooting of owls and the far away cry of the lonely night-hawk breaks the solemn stillness; strange shapes crawl to and fro, and wierd snake like forms seem to writhe and try to clasp the wonders in their horrible embrace. At midnight a mighty temp est rises and the witches gather from far an I near to their unholy festival. During the truly horrifying scene that follows Mephisto shows Faust the never failing "Punishment of Evil," and the curtain falls with terror stricken Faust writhing in the Evil One's grasp. A perfect storm of electric fire descends, amid which the imps and witches are seen revelling in their fiendish merri ment. A grain of sand in the eye can cause excruciating agong. A grain of pepper in place of the grain of sand intensifies the torment. The pain is not confined to the organs affected. The whole body feels the shock of that little irritating particle. It is so when there is any de rangement or disorder of the delicate womanly organs. The disorder may seem trivial but the whole body feels it. The nervous system is disordered. There are fretfulness, irritability, snllenness and depression of spiri's. The general health of woman depends on the local health )f the organs peculiarly feniiu ins. Remove the drains, u'cerations, bearing dowh pains, and other afflic tions of woman, and the whole body feelethe benefit. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescriptions is a specific for the disease es that undermine the strength of wo man. It is free from opium, cocaine and other narcotics, poisons which en ter into many other preparations for woman's use. It makes weak women strong and sick women well. A well known property owner intimat ed yesterday that there are not half a dozen desirable houses to rent in the en tire city. He added: "If at least twenty five new houses are not built in Danville within the coming year,the problem will become serious and rents will jump to abnormal figures. Recent events how ever do not tend to induce capitalists to invest their money in building houses, owing to the advance in building ma terials, etc. Where we spent a dollar a few years ago we now spend £l.lO. and altogether with the increased taxa tion, the situation is not one that is like ly to induce anyone to enter into any ! extensive building operations during the ' coming summer. La Grippe Quickly Oured. "In the winter of ls'js and 1899 I was taken down with a severe attack of what is called La Grippe, 'says F I. Hewett, a prominent druggist of Winfield, 111. "The only medicine I used was two bot tle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It broke up the cold and stopped the cough- I ing like magic, and I have never been troubled with Grppe. " Chamberlain's Cough Remedy can always be depended upon to break up a severe cold and ward off any threatened attack of pueu- I monia. It is pleasant to take,too which makes it the most desirable and one of j the most popular preparations in u*e fur these ailments. For sale by Panics & Co. 842 Mill street,. Destructive Fire in Shamokin. Fire which originated in the rear of John Condren's flour and feed store in j Shamokin Tuesday completely gutted 1 that structure, causing a loss of about f2OOO Prompt work of the Shamokin ' firemen saved the adjoining buildings DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK ? Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. Almost everybody who reads (he news papers is sure to know of the wonderful cures made by Dr. —ij. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, « J|| the great kidney, liver lu ! IIL an d bladder remedy. "I U fr\V/ ' It is the great medi- J J ca ' triumph of the nine l\Vi_\ ,1 teenth century; dis |\§==A, _____ • covered after years of .t vlr-" ' sc ' e ntifi c research by r) 1 sS r- Kilmer, 'he emi fl. _: * nent kidney and biad- 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 send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,Bing-P^^rtSH^^^^^ regular fifty cent and Home of H>»amj>-noot dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists. AN INTERESTING PROGRAM tendered at St. Paul's U. E Church this Evening by Sunday School. A musical will be given by the Sun day school of St. Paul's M. E. church tonight, which promises to bean event of more than ordinary interest. As will be revealed by a glance at the program below those participating without ex ception are persons of acknowledged talent in their respective lines. It is hoped that the event will be generously patronized by the public. An admis sion of ten cents will be charged, the proceeds to be applied to the missionary society of the Sunday school. Follow ing is the program: Selection Violin. Cornet and Piano, Nelson Woods, Walter Russell ami Mrs. Woods. Ladies' Quartet Misses Rank. <'nus art. Klase and Harman. Solo, Miss Mary Unger. Recitation Miss Olive Rank. Piano Duet.Mrs. Woods and Miss Woods Solo Charles Lyon. High School Boys' Quartet. Recitation W J. Rogers. Violin Solo, Nelson Woods. Duet .Misses Rank and Harman. Selection. Violin. Cornet and Piano. POSITIVE PROOF. Should Convince the Greatest Skeptic in Danville. Because it's evidence in Danville It's from a citizen, perhaps a neigh bor. Investigation will confirm it. Mr. Thos. Lewis, of sl;i Mill street, says:"For years I had a lameness over my kidneys and aching in the small of my back. 1 used many remedies, try ing first one thing and then another, but without being cured. I learned about Doan's Kidney Pills and read the statements made by people who had used them and took according to direc tions. The}' not only removed the lame ness and aching, but they banished the headaches and depressed feelings. 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 no substitute For sale in Danville by G. Shoop Hunt. An embassy came to Harrisburg yes terday on a mission of peace, but the in dications are that it was a failure. There are those among the good Methodist brethren who honestly believe that the Swallow-Hartzell affair should be amic" ably adjusted outside of conference and without the formality of an ecclesiastical trial. It is feared that the trial will be harmful to the Church and for that rea son the peace committee was chosen at an informal meeting held by clergymen of conference to consider the whole mat ter. But it looks now like a war to the finish with all the acrimony and bitter ness of such controversies. The Confer ence will meet at Beliefonte next week and no doors can be closed tightly enough to prevent the proceedings of the trial getting out. —Harrisburg Telegraph. 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. That 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 I'aules & Co., 342 Mill street. Masquerade Surprise Party. Mr. and Mrs. David Guest were tend ered a masquerade surprise party at their home on Nicholas Avenue Tuesday evening. Those present were; Mr. and Mrs. William Ritter, Mr. and Mrs Samuel Lormor, Mr. and Mrs. John Do- Lanty, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew ltoat, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Fetterman; Mesdanies Lloyd Foust,Edward Hofer,Peter Kellv. Patrick Martin, Michael Reilly. Patrick McVey, Curry Foust Webster Foust, Philip Foust, John Bates, Hamilton Smith. William Mottern, Thomas Lyon, Martin Curry, John Kilgus,Frank Reef er, Robert Paugh, Jr., Robert Paugh, Sr . Lamar Ilahn. Harry Saunders, Ben jaiuim Cook. Albert Kemmcr. Misses Katie Miller, Louise Miller, Man Smith, Sallie Hahn, Marie Fetterman; Messrs. Samuel Lyons and James Paugh Death of a Child- Irene, the little daughter of James Rudy, East Danville, died Tuesday evening of consumption, aged 1 years and S months. First Rehearsal Call. Those invited to take part in the ren dition of "Queen Esther'' are requested to meet at the Y. M. C. A. Hall tonight at 7:30 o'clock sharp RHcRM., ALFALFA HAY. fin n died ii nd l-Vd Kconomleally and So uv to l.cNseii l.iilior. Every time alfalfa hay is haiulltH] there is considerable loss from the breaking off of dry leaves. Where it has to be forked over several times be fore it reaches the manger little is left but unpalatable stems. I recently saw an alfalfa barn and feed lot construct ed with an idea of preventing this waste, says an American Agriculturist correspondent. The barn was surrounded with feed ing racks, the common Y shaped rack ALFALFA BARN AND SHOOT. made of one inch boards, just far enough from the barn so that a wagon can be driven between. The alfalfa hay is put into the barn through these doors, and when wanted for stock a wide shoot is used, reaching from the barn door to the rack. By these means the hay is conducted from the barn to the rack without loss. These shoots are removable and can be taken out when the barn is being filled or for any other reason. The work of feed ing the stock is also greatly lessened, as it consists simply in throwing the hay into the shoot and allowing it to slide down into the rack. SILO TALK. I'olntn About lluildinK Hc*t Corn ami lion to Grow It For Sllnuc. In answer to a correspondent John Gould says in Ohio Farmer: It is not imperative that the contents of a silo be lowered two Inches per day. It would be difficult in many instances to force a certain number of cattle to eat that much. We have never found any trouble where one inch daily is fed. To divide a ten by seventeen foot silo into two pits would make them very small, and the friction on the walls would make it difficult to get the silage very compact. You would only have 170 surface feet of silage, and 225 is not considered a very great surface to feed from. W'e would advise against parti tion. Plank with grooved edges set in "cleat runs" against the walls makes a very good partition. Better make your silo corners round ed by nailing narrow boards across the corners and round tlieui into a depth of four inches and cut up in the cor ners with the narrow lining or celling and have no joints or semicorners. If you do set up beveled plank in the cor ners, fill in behind them with thin ce ment mortar; otherwise you will have an air shaft in the corners to let air into your silage. Use narrow Georgia pine flooring to ceil up your silo, two and three-quarter inch widths. Nail well, and while painting the grooves might help some it will prove of little worth if the floor ing is well put on and draw nailed. The manhole doors, two by two feet, cut so as to have the jambs come on the girths, made snug fitting, opening on the inside, are as satisfactory as any. I think the small kerneled Virginia white corn is the best of all the varie ties grown in northern Ohio. It grows strongly and ears profusely, matures for the silo by Sept. 20 and carries a great amount of sugar, about four times as much as sweet couji. We much prefer planting corn for silage in drills three and a half feet apart and a kernel each six inches in the row. A grain drill can be used with success, but it does not come up so evenly, in as perfect rows, and does not cultivate as nicely as the straight planter rows. For silage corn prepare the ground two weeks or more before planting. Work it deep and make it mellow. Harrow every few days to kill weeds before planting. Plant two inches deep. Harrow or use the weeder until the corn is five or six inches high, and cultivate very shallow and allow the unbroken roots to grow as near the surface as possible. The drier the weather the oftener the shallow, tine, level culture should be given to the crop. Interest In Roadf*. In the past few years increasing in terest in the matter of good roads has caused such an agitation in congress that men who have their hand on the pulse of their constituents have begun to recognize that an intelligent and lib eral support of all efforts to give thor oughfares and highways to their people will be demanded of them by thoce whom they represent. People Are Growing Wiser, is a sufficient proof of that fact. It is not fashion; it is good sense life pre serving instinct. After the long confin ing winter, a day or more spent along the coast in the invigorating salt air, refreshes both mind and body, and pre pares them for the Spring demands of business or society. So strongly are educated persons imbued with this fact, that of later years the Easter Sunday Promenad'' on Atlantic City's famous boardwalk has far surpassed in style, beauty and numbers, the Easter show on Fifth Avenue. Rittenhouse Square and other noted fashion promenades of former years. While Atlantic City stands first in this respect, numerous persons prefer spending the Eastertide at Cape May and Ocean City. To accommodate its patrons the Phil adelphia & Reading Route has arranged to run in addition to its good regular service, the following fast express trains, with Pullman Parlor Cars at tached from and to Chestnut St.and South St. Ferries, Philadelphia. For Atlantic City, Sunday 30th. inst.. leave Philadelphia 8.00 a. in. Returning leave Atlantic City 9:30 P. M. For Cape May and < >cean City, leave Philadelphia March 29th, 1:30 P. M.. March 30th, 8:30 A. M. Returning leave C tpe May and Ocean City March 30tli, 5:30 P M. Leave New York for Atlantic City, March 29th. I 30 P. M..and returning leaves Atlantic ('itv March 30th. VBO P M. J Good Jewelry % will add an air of refinement ami elegance to any jjj? costume. It makes a man look prosperous and makes a woman look prettier. Money putin poor trashy jL T*f jewelry is money wasted. Jewelry from our store is jl; ■V- a trood investment, it is alwavs worth what vou pav ;I; Iml ' If| .7 tor it, can always he depended upon for quality. U/ W J{J HENRY BEMPE, $ J"eweler and. Silversmitli. nl % „ . -"9 ■ S>- ALABAMA HIGHWAYS GROWING SENTIMENT IN FAVOR OF i BETTER COUNTRY ROADS. Ilelitt ion of Good HOIMIN to I'nlilic School*-—"Accessibility a Factor In Kducatlon—A Stale In Measured by It* Itondn. The counties of southern Alabama met In convention at Mobile recently ; and organized a good roads associa tion, elected officers and adopted a series of resolutions demanding such legislation as will place the state in a position to plan and construct public roads in a more scientific manner than at present obtains. The Hon. J. W. Abercrombie, super- ! inteiulent of public instruction for the state of Alabama, discussed the sub ject of "Good Roads and Their Rela- : tion to Country Schools." He spoke in part as follows: "The enrollment in the white schools of Alabama is only (!4 per cent of the school population. In the colored schools it is only 48 per cent. Deduct ing 25 per cent for withdrawals and Irregularity in attendance, which is a very low estimate, we have a daily at tendance in the white schools of 48 per cent of school population and in the colored schools a daily attendance of 30 per cent. In those states where the roads are good the average dally at tendance is from 25 per cent to 50 per cent greater. It is reasonable to con clude then that something besides gen eral interest is necessary. "Though the interest be widespread and intense, the enrollment and attend ance will be regulated greatly by the cost of going. For several years our common schools have been practically free. Now they are entirely free for at least four months In the year. Yet the attendance is not as large or as regular as it should be—not as large or as regular as It is in many other states. Hence we conclude that something be sides general Interest and free tuition Is needed. "Somebody may suggest that the great necessity is a competent teach ing force. It is conceded, I believe, by those who are experienced in such matters that no school can be a suc cess, in the fullest sense of the term, without a thoroughly qualified teacher, one In whom the people have faith. It was for that reason that the lawmak ing power established recently a new system for the examination and certifi cation of teachers, by which the quali fications of the teachers in the public schools have been increased more than 100 per cent. The board created for that purpose has labored faithfully and impartially and fearlessly to elimi nate from the ranks of the educators those who are not qualified for the service. Great things have been ac complished in that direction. Our teachers are better fitted for efficient service than ever before. Yet the at tendance upoD the schools, the country schools especially, is too frequently small and irregular. Something is nec essary other than general interest or free tuition or qualified teachers. "A school may have all these things, may be perfectly equipped as to build ing, furnishings and trained teacher, and at the same time prove to be a fail ure on account of lack of accessibility. Accessibility depends upon the quality of the public roads. Our good public roads are on a par with our good schoolhouses. The one would be about as difficult to find as the other. What is the encouragement to erect good buildings along impassable highways? We do not build good residences even In such places. Business establish ments and industrial enterprises do not flourish there. Inaccessibility and high civilization seldom accompany each other. Senator John T. Morgan spoke truly when, in a recent letter to Mr. L. L. Gilbert, secretary of the Montgom ery Commercial and Industrial associa tion, he said: 'Not only are good roads pleasant and ornamental features of a country, but they are the wisest and most economical bestowal of money and labor. Every civilized country is measured by its roads as much as it is by its Industries in the estimate that men place upon its value.' It is pos sible to have good roads without good schools, but it is absolutely impossible to have the best of schools without good roads. As a rule, the efficiency of a country's common schools may be measured by the condition of its pub lic roads." President D. P. Bestor of the board of trustees of the Medical College of Alabama discussed good roads in their relation to the medical profession and the patient. He said the good roads movement had been making splendid progress. It must be remembered that it took nearly 100 years to get the central government interested in the question of rivers and harbors, Even Calhoun and King, who was an Ala bainian, had been opposed to making these appropriations, and other great statesmen had been slow about taking up the question of Internal improve ments. But the good roads movement bad met with a prompt public re sponse, and there was much to be thankful for. Coming down to the question of the physician's Interest In good roads, he said during a recent visit to another state lie was impressed by the fact that many of the physicians used til cycles. They could not do it in Ala bama. In the state to which he re ferred the physicians only charge SI for a visit. An Alabama they charge $3. They had to do it.and the bad condition of the public roads was responsible for It. Better roads would mean that the physician, whose lot is a hard one at best, would endure fewer hardships and lie would be able to reach the patient more quickly and would be able to do a better part by the put It'll t. What Won Her. "I thought she was going to marry Tom ?" "No; Jack." "Why, she told me Tom was willing to die for her and"— "Yes, but Jack offered to make a uood living for her." THE ROMANCE OF AGE They had loved in childhood, and now he was a widower and a grandfa ther, she a widow and a grandmother. "Would It not be pleasant for us to bring the little people out to the park tomorrow?" he suggested. "1 should like to see your grandson. Indeed I should." "And I should so love to see the little girl. It would be nice, wouldn't it?" "And we could show them the bears and other beasts and let them play up on the grass, and we ourselves might talk of those other days." There was moaning in his eyes as he looked into the sweet old face. She knew it, and, with a faint tlutter of the heart, like that of the girl who had given him the flower before quarreling with him, she acquiesced in the arrangement. She would bring a lunch for the children, and they could watch them at their play. lie saw her while she was yet a dis tance and walking across the flower marked lawn toward the fountain where they had arranged to meet. Somehow the vision of other days came to him, and he remembered that she had once looked like this when she had moved down the path and under the apple blossoms to meet him at the gate, only then there was no blue cap ped and white waisted grandchild run ning at her side. He remembered also that no little golden haired girl in a white frock had held his hand while he had waited at the gate or had looked up at him and asked him childish ques tions in the name of grandpapa. The children were shy and hung back when they were earnestly prompted to shake hands and kiss each other, and the little boy finally re fused flatly and was clild therefor. Then they all went to a green hillside, juid under the shade of a tree they gayly spread the little lunch. "Do they not," he asked, indicating the children, "make you think that we are beginning life all over again in stead of coming rapidly into its ending —and to a lonesome ending at that? Do they not—hold on, my little man, you mustn't smear jelly on your sweet heart's frock!" The admonition was called out by a fiercely hostile action on the part of her grandchild. Before they could check the youngster he had repeated his sweet and sticky assault, and the little girl burst into spasms of tears. They comforted her, and the sil ver haired grandmother warned Bobby that such disgraceful conduct, if re pented, would meet with swift and ter rible justice. "I have always kept that rose you gave me before our quarrel," he said, suddenly turning to her. "I did not think It disloyalty to my wife to treas ure it, and it was a great comfort to me. I" He was interrupted by a scream from her. "Your little girl is scratching his face! Oh, the poor little man!" He had his hand in his coat's inner pocket, and it was clasping a small box in which he knew there rested withered rose leaves, but he drew it out again and interfered between the two chil dren. "Stop, Mabel!" he said sharply. "There, there; don't mind. You mustn't cry about your dress. Grandpapa will get you a fine new one tomorrow, and a dolly." "And candy?" snuffled the weeping girl. "And candy," he promised. Somehow this episode seemed to have severely wrenched events. She comfort ed the scratched Bobby with promises of edible merchandise, occasionally speaking of the dreadful nature of his wounds. It was ten minutes before they had worked around to a normal condition, and then he said, "I have kept that rose for all these thirty years, and you had forgotten me." "Forgotten you? No, no. You must not say that. I pledged my faith to my husband and kept it —but —sometimes sometimes—see, here is the little ring you carved out of a peach stone for lue, and"— "Wali-h-h-h!" came from rearward. She turned the sweet old face just in time to see the little girl leap to her feet and butt the boy fiercely and vengefully in the stomach. Bobby roll ed down the hill and brought up against a sapling. "Oh, what do you mean? You wick ed little vixen!" she screamed. "At tacking a poor child like that. That Is your grandmother's spirit in you, I'll warrant!" "He put a choad down my back:" screamed little Mabel. "A nasty hop choad!" "A toad?" the old man called angri ly. "You outrageous little villain Just wait till I peel a switch off this tree, and"— A silver haired statue towered before him. With her right hand she thrust the sniveling Bobby behind her. "What will you do, Robert Harden':" she ask ed, with flashing eyes. "Assault my grandchild for being nearly killed by this scratching, lighting little spitfire: Never! Over my dead bod.. alone shall such an outrage be committed." And she looked at him like a heroin "Very well, madam!" he snapp< Kl»k." One of the picturesque English coro nation ceremonies which have been discontinued is that of lifting tin- king. In the old (lays the monarch always slept at the palace of Westminster on the night before the coronation. The regalia, which are still, technically speaking, in tin- dean and chapter of Westminster, were brought by them t<> Westminster hall in preparation for the ceremony. These were arranged on a long table, the crown, the scepter, the spurs, and so on. The king when he descended from the palace to West minster hall was lifted by his nobles onto a marble chair. The lifting of the king into this chair was a survival of the old Saxon custom of carrying the king on his shield. The custom survived up to the time of the coronation of George IV. When the monarch was seated in the chair, lie at once directed bv pointing his linger which of his nobles should carry tlie various parts of tlie regalia to the ab bey, and the procession began.—Lou don Tatler. Why HP Was llejectfd. The soul of a rajah who had been released from the cares of this world and an uncongenial wife presented himself at the gates of paradise. "nave you been in purgatory yet?" demanded Brahma. "No, but I have been married." "Enter then. It is the same thing." At this moment another soul arrived, who begged Brahma to allow hiin alsc to euter. "Softly, softly. Have you been in purgatory yet?" "No, but neither has that other fel low. He died the same day I did." "Very true, but he had been mar ried." "Married, indeed! Why, I have beer married three times." "Away, then, to the lower regions!' said Brahma sternly. "Paradise is nol made for imbeciles." How lo Make 151ce l ni.rs. Beat two eggs until light; add out pint of milk and two eupfuls of colt boiled rice, one tablespoonful of salt and one cupful of Hour in which is mixed two level teaspoonfuls of bak ing powder. Beat thoroughly and bake on a hot griddle. ii i ■ i ! ■ Mil 111 1 i^wn—i ' "or 25 years 1 have never missed taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla every spring. It cleanses my blood, makes me feci strong, and does me goad in every way." John P. Houne't:, Brooklyn, N.Y. Pure and rich blood carries new life to every part of the body. You are invigorated, refreshed. You feel anxious to be active. You become strong, steady,courageous. That's what Ayer's Sarsaparilla will do for you. SI SO a fanttle. A!! Jrwrjiitf. Aik your doctor what I c thinki of Ayer'c gartaparilla. He know» .11 about ttiUgrand old family medicine, follow hit advice and we will be » itiafled. ..... .1 C. 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T> Mnn'..ur American, one year for $1 ■«' S<'inl vour subscriptions and money to THK Sl' \- Tni li \MKHH\N Danville, r.i. £■# O!■ JL,' Sent) T jur nnnie and ndilres* t«» Hie >K%*-* Oltlv ■ ™ * ' Till 111 M' KAIOIER. N>w-Y«rt City, niitl « free nnuiple copy will be mailed to yon. fTnF^##^E I Bkeeu&RS .Nothing is more conducive to the health of a horse than a good light, airy stable. This should be built upon high and dry ground, says C. A. Noyes in Prairie Fawner. The horse is a clean animal and should have dean quarters, and to prevent disease arising from tilth and neglect careful attention should be given the stable. Because of its airyness in summer, a log stable Is much preferred. It can be made com fortable during the winter by chinking the cracks with straw. Opposite each stall should be a win dow, protected by a shutter, to let In the cheering breeze or bar out the storm. Fasten the rack high anil tirmly to the wall with the upright pieces four inches apart to prevent the wast ing of long food. To avoid injury to the horse the halter should be passed through a ring in the manger and nev er tied to the rack. The stall should be five feet wide. Tliis permits the horse to lie down in rt, 1!• partitions between the stalls being neatly planked and low enough to the floor to prevent the horse from getting his feet under and high enough to keep the horses from molesting each other. For a work horse a dirt floor is much the better, as the moisture received by the hoof coming in contact with the earth makes it tough. A bed of dry straw is as great a welcome to a tired horse as is his food and is :is necessary in a slable as a currycomb. Ksprcise Knrin Teams. The farm teams accustomed to hard work should not be driven rapidly on the roads, says Kansas Farmei\ As far as possible the horses on the farm should have daily exercise in order to ; keep their muscles hard and their wind i good. Rent For liUiue IlorneH. An error which is frequently com- I mitted is the turning out of lame horses Ito pasture. He is obliged to exercise as he picks his living, said Dr. W. U. Fair before the American Veterinary Medical association. Another mistake is the exercising of trotting and run ning hordes on race tracks, thus pre- I venting them from making satisfactory : progress toward recovery. By exercis ! ing a lame horse we retard his recov ; cry and frequently produce atrophy of i the healthy muscles in the same limb. i if bard pulling or fast driving cause ( lameness, why not remove the cause I and give him absolute rest? That is j the very reason why so many track I horses never fully recover. They are not allowed to rest after meeting with 1 an injury. True, exercise will develop 1 muscles, tendons and ligaments, pro vided the animal be not lame and weak i in any one quarter. I'roiit In Good Mnro#. j Here is where a good many people have made a mistake—they have let j their good mares go and kept the ordi j nary ones, to the detriment of their | future business—says National Stoek | man. All farmers need not and should | not lie breeders of horses. Some men j can make more by keeping cheap geld- I ings to do their work and raising no I colts than they can by keeping mares. I But those who keep mares to breed, i and they are in the majority, should | have nothing to do with the cheap : kind. If they keep mares and breed ! them, they should keep good ones. ' There is uo profit in any other kind. | Let the fellow own them that does ! not know enough to care what he breeds. Some uieu seem to think that the stallion is the whole thing, that j somehow they can raise good horses with common mares if they patronize good stallions. This is so frequently an error that it does not pay to take the chances. Don't let the good ones get away. They are ueeded more and more as the buyers become more crit ical. i'tincliou of the Horse's Krog. The larger and better developed the frog the better does it fulfill the func tions it is intended for. It is only nec essary to bear this in mind to see that it is a mistake to pare away the frog in any way. Besides thus negatively, * as it were, influencing the development j of the frog by not having it touched, when the horse is shod the develop ment may be influenced directly by al-j lowing the frog to eome into contact ' with the ground and to bear weight,' though it docs not do this to nearly same extent as do the wall and the outer part <>f the sole, which latter the chief parts of the hoof for bearing $ weight. In the cases of horses shod in usual way tlie frog necessarily is not. able to perform its functions nearly so! well as in the case of unshod horses, | and in this fact lies otic of the evils of* shoeing. If the frog in the shod foot| could perform its functions to the full est extent, more especially in the caseS of harness horses, there would be few-1 er diseases of the feet. A Killer. Maude —Gaskell thinks he Is a regu lar lady killer. Esther—l shouldn't wonder. 1 had to talk with him last evening, and I real ly thought I should die, he wearied me to.—Boston Transcript. I m Spring Mel I To any oue who will mention THE MONTOUR AMERICAN, and send us J.'i cents we will forward immediately the pattern of an ad vance Paris style for a Spring Jacket. Address The riorse-Broughton Co. Publishers of L'Art de la Mode, East igth Street, New York Single copii's of L'Art de la Mode, 35c.