MONTOUR AMERICAN FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville. Pa.. Mar. 27, 1902 COMMUNICATIONS. AL. communications sent to the Ameki- CAN for publication must be signed by the writer, and communications not so tinned will be rejected. 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, j THREE GREAT DAYS OF HOLY WEEK To-day is the first of the three great daysof Holy Week- Holy Thursday. To morrow will be Good Friday followed the next day by Holy Saturday. These days commemorated by the Catholic church will be devoutly observed in Danville as they will be the world over. Each of these days has a character of life and living action, which forms the very essence of dramatic represent ation and an attentive observer will not fail to notice the progressive and deepening tone of feeling which the successive days are calculated to pro duce with such contrasts and partial alleviations as are necessary to give it vigor and dreserve its poetical pow er. And this is owing to the fidelity with which the representation follows the original scene. During these days the oflice is all sorrowful, but with out any public demonstration of mom ent until the tenebrae of Wednesday afternoon removes the veil and shows the church in mourning in the solemn chant of the office, the " Lamentation es" and"The Miserere." Thursday checks for a moment the course of grief. It is dedicated to the commem oration of the institution of the Bless ed Eucharist and the sending of the covenant of love. The sacerdotal vestments are white; the "Gloria in Excelsis" is sung and everything in dicates some mitigation of growing sorrow; for still the vein of religious melancholy may be distinctly traced running through all the office. When this tribute of more joyful gratitude has been paid every barrier has been broken down to grief; the altars are j stripped not only of every ornament • but of the daily ordinary coverings and •with them every part of the church is bared and uncovered. The purple color worn on Sunday is changed to the deeper hue of black and then the church is left without her incense or tap* r, mourning and solitary as on the ; loss of an only-begotten son. Good , Friday is spent in this abandonment of unspeaking sorrow, without a service, without a chant. The first dawn of consolation is al lowed to appear on Holy Saturday when the tidings of the Resurrection are communicated. The alleluia is an nounced and in the Gloria of the mass the organ and bells mingle with hu man voices. Such are the principles that pervade this sacred office of Holy Week. SIOO REWARD, SIOO Tne readers of this paper will be pleas*" 1 to learn that there Is at least one dread' dis ease that science lias been able to cure In all ts stages and that Is Catarrh. HalVs 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 oestroylng the foundation of the disease dfld giving the patient strength by building up the constitution .md assisting nature in doing the work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curat ve powers that they offer One Hundred Doll irs for any case that It fails to cure. Send for list of Testimonials. An Important Appointment. Northumberland county has been honored by the recognition of one of her citizens when on Wednesday morn ing the news was received in Snnbury of the appointment of C. B. Witmer, Esq., to a most important position on the Spanish War Claims Commission at Washington. The Spanish War Claims Commission is composed of five members with Senator Chandler of New Hampshire, as chairman of the commission, nnder Attorney General Knox, and Mr. Witmer has received the appointment of first attorney to Mr. Fuller. The position offered to Mr. Witmer is a most important and responsible one and requires a most thorough knowledge of the law as the bulk of the work will fall upon His shoulders, owing to thu advanced age of Mr. Fuller. Mr. Witmer is one of Northumberland county's leading at torneys. His many friends will be pleased to learn of his appointment. Made a Hit. E. C. Ammerman, brother of our townsman, Charles V. Ammerman, E>q ,at present a student at Dickinson Coll"g<\ last w<v*k,carried off the hon ors as "John Knox" in the Scottish Reformation, a play given at Carlisle under thf direction of Mr>. H. E. Monroe. In its report of the play the "Carlisle Evening Sentinel" says: "E. C. Ammerman also won fresh lau rels as "John Knox". His w< 11 known oratorical ability and exceptional voice were never brought nto play more prominent than last night and tie captured the audience from the first of his utterances." A Large Olass Confirmed. An interesting service was held at the Lutheran Church, Wasliington ville Sunday morning The pastor, Rev. Reber baptized six persons and confirmed a class of thirty-five. The large church was crowded to the doors. The decorations of palms, carnations and roses arranged by tlie ladies were very beautiful. A few weeks of this pleasant spring weather will boost the ice cream and soda interests AMUSEMENTS "The very poetry of motion! "Rip pling music!" "Inspiring marches!" Ex quisite dances!" Beautiful costumes'" "l'retty forms and faces!" Magnificent finales!" "Bright an 1 witty dialogue' "Sprightly and vivacious chorus' "A superb cast!" "Magnificent scenery" such are some of the many phrases used in the press of New York City after see ing the production of "A Runaway Girl'" at Daly 's Theatre. That they have been well deserved has been evidenced by the continual success of the play and the constant application of the above phrases, or others similar, by the press and public wherever the comedy is pre sented. This international success will be produced in this city at the < )pera House on the evening of April Ist by the Augnstin Daly Company, which con tains some fifty members, including Mr. Arthur Dunn, the well known clever comedian. ARTHUR DUNN AS "FLIPPER." & « Don't fail to hear the celebrated church j choir, in the Great Cathedral Scene. ! with Porter J. White's "Faust. " Porter j J. White's favorite part in the prodnc- j tion of "Faust" is Mephisto. He has studied and played it for many years. A.s Mephistopheles he comes before us arrayed in the natural indelible deformi ty of Wickedness; Doubtless Mephisto pheles"has the manners of a gentleman "he knows the worldnothing can ex seed the easy tact with which he man ages himself: his wit and sarcasm are unlimited. 9> at a* Porter J. White carries a company of 23 peop e, and guarantees the finest per formance of that play ever in this city. "Faust" will be produced in Danville on Saturday evening. April sth. $5 S« Railroad to the Sky. Among the strange and novel railroads of the world is the one that has been built to the summit of Mt. Pilatus, in the Alps, near Lucerne, Switzerland. The peak is 7,000 feet high and very steep and up this incline a railroad lias been constructed. Some points along the line are so steep that the railroad seems to fairly stand on end. At one point in particular the grade is -1* de grees and the scene, as a car emerges from a tunnel and descends this steep section, is one long to be remembered. Mr. Lyman H. Howe has obtained at enormous expense an entire series of moving pictures of Alpine mountain scenes and the ascent of Mt. Pilatus is one of them. They will lie shown in all their thrilling grandeur at the Opera House on Tuesday evening, April Bth. * « «? Charles Frohman announces a night of "David Harum" at the Opera House, on Wednesday evening, April Kith. The novel of countless editions lent itself readily to expert dramatists and the character of the wily old horse trading banker is said to make one of the ' fat test" comedy parts ever written. Cer tain it is that no more successful comedy ever was exploited by Mr. Frohman Among the incidents utilized in the play is the famous horse trade with Deacon Perkins and the subsequent ex perience of the Deacon in the rain storm with the horse that was guaranteed to stand without hitchin'. Others are the transaction with Zeke Swinuev, the usurer, the little counterfeit money ileal, the circus story and the cancelling of the widow's mortgage. But the chief attraction in the play after all is the character of David himself. La Grippe Quickly Oured. "In the winter of 1898 and I was taken down with a severe attack of what is called La Grippe, "says F. L Hewett, H prominent drug<ist of Winfie'd. 111. "The only medicine I used was two bot tle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It broke up the cold and stopped t he cough ing like magic, and I have never l>een troubled with Orppe. " Chamberlain's Cough Remedy can always be depended upon to break up a severe cold and wa d off any threatened attack of pneu monia. It is pleasant to take,too which makes it the most desirable and one of th* most popular preparations in use for these ailments. For sale by Paules & Co. • J >4"2 Mill street. On Tuesday next is the first of April, an important and at times an eventful day in the business community. Throughout a large number of the states there is perhaps no busier day in all the year than this one. Thousands of dollars will exchange hands, debts be paid and discharged and a general winding up of the financial affairs of th» year take place. The first of April has been general settlement day. when the business af fairs of the year were squared up and a new start made for the future. In the large cities settlements are made more frequent, every quarter as a rule, but with us April Ist is the great day for exchanging money. Estates are settled up, property is paid for, and interest moneys are squared. As a moving day too, the first of April is an important epoch throughout the cities, towns and country districts of Pennsylvania All leases of properties date from April first, extending over a specified time Houses are changed by hundreds. And what a moving time there will be moving out and moving in. 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 t- y'V disappear when the kid neys are out of order ■ftfli|yX. Jtfjf—'' or diseased. Kidney trouble has Mil . J' become so prevalent \1 that it is not uncommon iLj for a child to be born // 1- vX Tu """l a^'*c ' ec ' w >th weak kid —Jp IMIL 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 I most people suppose. Women as well as men are made mis j erable with kidney and bladder trouble, I 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- 112 , cent and one dollar sizes. You may have a sample bottle by mail free, also pamphlet tell- Homo of swamp-Root, ing all about it. including many of the thousands of testimonial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton, N. Y., be sure an«! mention this paper. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS [Continued from First Page.] Raymond Ikeler of Harr ishurg, ar rived in tliis city yesterday for a visit with Ins family on East Front street. \V. H. Loose of Selinsgrove, spent yesterday in this city. Mrs. Hugh Curry of Brooklyn, who lias been spending a few days in this city, returned yesterday from a short visit in Shamokin. A. L. Delcamp, East Front street, I was in Sunhury yesterday. Harry Lyon and A. .T. Leniger en joyed a drive to Sunhury yesterday. Mrs. Samuel Martin and Mrs. E. S. Grosch and daughter. Miss Rose, of Hazleton,returned home Tuesday even ing after attending the funeral of Peter Geiss. Mrs. Lewis Crick of South Danville, j spent yesterday with friends at Boyd's ' Station. Mrs. Elliott R. Morgan of Kingston, | arrived in this city yesterday morning for a visit with the Misses Bassett on Mill street. Mrs. Paul Swentek left yesterday morning for a visit with friends in Nauticoke. Miss Katharine Ranck of Forest Hill, arrived in this city yesterday | morning, where she has accepted a posi \ tion at the State Hospital. Leopold Dreifuss, Mill street, spent yesterday with friends in Berwick. George Faux, Cherry street, spent yesterday in Cameron. Misses Anna and Maggie Dyer of Riverside, left yesterday morning, for a short visit in Bloomsburg. Mrs. Charles Welliver and daughter Charlotte, Vine street, spent yesterday with relatives in Bloomsburg. Mrs. F. Q. Hartman left yesterday for a visit in MilTlinhurg. Miss Bassett of this city and Miss Ruth Morgan of Kingston, spent yes terday afternoon with friends in Sun hury. Howard Clark returned to State Col lege yesterday, after a visit with his parents. Mr. and Mr-. W. R. Clark, South Danville. Mrs. 1. H. Jennings and son Edward, West Market street.returned last even ing from a visit with friends in Phila delphia. Miss Lulu Morgan of Kingston, ar rived in this city last evening for a visit with the Misses Bassett, Mill street. Jesse Girard of Rohrsburg. returned home last evening after spending a :-hort time with friends in this city. Mrs. Samuel Dichl of Northumber land, returned home last evening after spending several days at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. William Diehl on Bloom road. Eugene Kemp of Williamsport. re turned home yesterday after attending the Persing-Kemp wedding. Alvin Gulick returned to Philadel phia on the 4 ;:'<l Pennsylvania train yesterday afternoon. Walter Keiner left yesterday for a short stay in Philadelphia. Mrs. James Hoagland and son John of Creasy.spent yesterday with friends in this city. Mis> Martha Pitncr of Riverside, left on the I ::il Pennsylvania train yesterday for a visit in Washington. D. C. Miss Katharine McWilliams of Phila delphia, arrived in this city yesterday for a visit in Mahoning township. Mrs. John Deitrich of Espy, return ed home yesterday after a visit with her son, Landlord Harvey Deitrich, South Danville. Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Hartline of the Bloomsburg Normal School, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Sechler, Ferry street, last evening. Mrs. W. M. Gardner and sou Perry, of Scrantou, returned home yesterday after a visit with the former's mother. Mr-. Perry Deen, East Market street. Mrs. Alice Kashner of Boyd's Sta tion, spent several hours with friends in this city yesterday. Mrs. Andrew Geiss of Norristown, returned home yesterday after having attended the funeral of Peter Geiss. Mrs. John Eggcrt left yesterday afternoon for a short visit with rela tives in Berwick. James F. Ellis of Exchange, called on friends in this city ysterday. Jesse Bogart of Liberty township, circulated among friends in this city yesterday. Mrs. Musgrove of Washington, 1). C., arrived in this city yesterday to attend the funeral of Mrs. John R. Bennett. Mrs. T. ,1. Evans and daughter Kath arine, spent yesterday with friends in Bloomsburg. How to Cure the Grippe. Remain quietly at home and take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as direct ed and a qnick 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 bv Paules <Sr Co., 342 Mill street. A CITIZENS' MEETING | Continued from First Page. | honest in their intentions, when it once convinces those who oppose sew erage of its feasibility and all the ad vantages to be derived. The stum bling block heretofore, has been a dread of unsavory contracts and jobbery in one form or another in tlie construc tion of the sewer. One of the objects of the citizens' committee is to pre vent anything of the kind by closely scrutinizing the conduct of affairs and looking to the best interest of the borough. J. Murray Africa considers the sew ering of Blizzard's run to the exclus ion of the other part of the horough an ill-advised, if not an impractic able measure, ant) lie assigns reasons for his position. Many persons in fav or of sewerage think that Blizzard's run should be tlie limit of opera! ions at present, as it is only there that any nuisance is complained cf. Mr. Africa's view will likely prevail, however, and if the horough enters u]'on s> wcragc at all ii will be to take , in the whole of the borough, except ing probably Welsh Hill. $25,000.00 Given Away. In the past year Dr. R. V. Pierce has Kiven away copies of his great work, The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser, at an expense to him of $25,000.00 exclu sive of postage. The standard book tin medicine and hygiene, contains 1008 pages anil more than 700 illustrations. It treats of the greatest and gravest pro blem of human life in simple English, from a common sense point of view. It answers those questions of sex which linger unspoken upon the lips of youth and maiden. It is essentially a family book,and its advice in a moment of sutf deu illness or accident may be the means of saving a valuable life. This great work is sent al solntely free on receipt of stamps to defray the cost of mailing only. Send 21 one cent stamps for the book in paper binding, or 31 stamps for cloth covers. Addre.-s Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y. Every person who wishes to be kept informed on the happenings of his own community should go through at least one paper thoroughly each day. Some men are always "too busy to read their home papers." All they seem to care about is to devour the stock re ports or the proceedings of Congress or something entirely foreign to their own town. When they meet a friend who asks, "Did you see that Brown was married this week v" or "Have you heard that so-and-so is sick?"—some old ac quaintance, perhaps—they are totally in the dark. They neglected to read their paper and are continually running against shocks and surprises because of their disinterestedness in the news of their neighborhood. It pays to keep fairly well informed of what is going on about you. Every subscriber of a paper should j also keep track of the advertisements in j which money saving opportunities are offered by wide awake merchants. Woni- j en are the greatest advertisement j readers. They keep close watch of the j advertising columns and know just j where and when this and that sale will take place. This habit should lie culti- j vated more extensively by the men. j Many dollars can be saved in a year by j following up the advertisements. Mod- I ern business bas gotten down to such a I point that we never know what i* com- 1 ing next. The advertisements tell the j story. It doesn't require half a day togo j through a four page daily local paper, j Time spent in the perusal of its contents j is not wasted. It is far more advan tageous in the long run to devote half ' an hour to systematic reading of all the ! news in the home paper than to spend hours wading through columns of filth and sensation in a metropolitan publica ton. Stick to the home paper. 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 a 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 anil safe to take. For sale by Paules iS: Co. 842 Mill street. 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, anil 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 Promenade on Atlantic City's famous boardwalk has far surpassed in style, beauty and numbers, the Easter show on Fifth Avenue, Rittenhonse 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 it 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 :50th, inst., leave Philadelphia 8.00 a. m. Returning leave Atlantic City 9:30 P. M. For Cap ■ May and Ocean City, leave Philadelphia March 29th, 1:30 P. M., March 30th, *3O A M. Returning leave Ctpe May and Ocean City March 30tli, 5:30 P. M. Leave New York for Atlantic City, March 29th. 1 30 P. M., and returning leaves Atlantic City March 30th, 5:30 P. M 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 tht' 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 and does not dry up tiie secretions but changes them to a natural and healthy character. Ely Brothers 56 Warren St., N. Y. Big Fruit Yield Predicted. Tuesday, March 25, is known as frui day among fruit growers. As all condit ditions Tuesday were favorable, a great yield of fruit is predicted for next au tumn ,/jg'g g-g'g g-g-g g-g'g'C J{J Good Jewelry $ ij? will add ail air of refinement and elegance t'i any jjj? **' costume. It makes a man look prosperous and makes ij | l *. a woman look prettier. Money putin |>oor trashy fa jewelry is money waited. Jewelry from our store is jL a good investment, it is always worth what you pay jj; for i', can always he depended upon for quality. JJJ BSHRY SEMPS, $ Jeweler and. Silversmitli. yL M. E. CONFERENCE DOWN TO WORK The Central Pennsylvania Confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal : I church opened at Bellefonte yesterday i ! morning, with Bishop John M. Wald-1 j eu in the chair. After the sacramental service Dr. S. ' Swallow arose and after referring ; Ito the death of Rev. F. B. Kiddle, i ; whom, he said, had been recognized as j j the "noblest Roman of us all," read a i | letter from Mrs. Riddle notifying the ' 1 conference of the death of her hus band. Rev. Dr. Wilcox was elected secre- j tary. Rev. R. J. Allen of Riverside > i was appointed first assistant to Rev. I ! Conway Dickson,the Statistical Secre- j | tary. At 11:4() o'clock the Conference went i into executive session to consider mat- j ters relating to the Dr. Swallow con- ' troversy. The point at issue as far as could be learned seemed to lie whether j or not the accused minister sliopld be i tried behind closed doors. Dr. Swal- ! low. himself, prefers atrial in public, and insists upon such. The supposi- > tion is that the doctor has gained his : point. Dr. Swallow was accorded the warm- ] est kind of a reception by his bretli- : ren of the ministry when he arrived at Bellcfonte on Tuesday, which re- ; vealed the fact that lit- has many warm j sympathizers. He was met at the train 1 and kept pretty busy shaking hands ! <luring the remainder of the day. The , temperance anniversary was held 1 Tuesday evening. Among the speak ers were Rev. S. B. Evans of Milton, , Rev. Amos S. Baldwin of Lock Hav- j en. W. H. Swart/. Esq., of Altooua. and Rev. Dr. W. E. Stevens of Car lisle. The gist of the several address- i e> was that the time has come when ; it is useless to fur ther appeal to the individual—the traffic itself should j be dealt with. High license and other measures have failed. What now is 1 needed is "destruction, not restric- j tion." ONE OF THE SURVIVORS Water Commissioner Henry L. (Jross, aside from Benjamin Benzbach, is the j only survivor of the older group of j Hebrews who settled in Danville more i than fifty years ago. These facts yes- | terday were brought out in a very pleas- j ant conversation with the veteran gent leman in which he recounted his ex periences in getting a start in life. For 1 over three years he followed the voca tion of peddler. For six months with a pack upon his back lie tramped back- ' wards and forwards over the counties of ■ Center. Juniata, Jefferson, Clearfield and Elk. Then he purchased a horse 1 and wagon and on a larger scale he re tailed goods over the same route. In 1854 he opened a store in the Bas- 1 sett building, Mill street. Three years later he moved to the Moyer Lyons 1 building, where he dealt in peddlers supplies. In 1 NSM he bought the build ing occupied by Comer Thomas, Mill street, and four years later added to it by purchasing the building now occupi ed by Henry Reuipe. He then moved into the latter stand where for 25 years : he successfully conducted his business, retiring in 1887. Mr. Gross was born in Altdorf.Baden, : Germany, February 1-1. 1828. In 1851 he set sail for America. He and Ben jamin Benzbach came over in the same sailing vessel, the voyage occupying 33 days. Mr. Gross has always enjoyed the con fidence of his fellow townsmen. He served in council altogether 1 terms or twelve years, representing the First and Third Wards. For forty years he has been a member of the B'ne Zion con gregation. Have you noticed that the garden seeds in their little packages, decorated with beautiful fruits and vegetables, are in the stores to attract the eye of the aspiring gardener? The pictures on those seed packages look just as bright and just as fetching as they did last year and they will be just as sure to hypnotize the fellows who planted seeds last year and raised weeds and bugs as that the sun will rise in the morning. Hope springs eternal in the breast of the man who gets the garden making habit no matter what the outcome of his efforts may be. Alphonso Kinn s Good Luck. The fishing season is already open and lovers of the sport during the last couple of days have been out in con siderable numbers. Alphonso Kinn yesterday while fishing in the pond just East of Church street caught a nice string of fish including four carp ranging in length from is to 20inches. . Now that the marble game has touch ed the amusement nerve of the small boy, many mothers will have stockings to darn and mud to brush from cloth ing. When he knuckles down he is not particular whether it is in the mud or not. McOracken-Walleze. Robert McCracken of Pottsgrove and j Mi--- Bertha Walleze of Kxchangc were married Tuesday atteruoou. I lie nup tial knot was tied by Rev. Owen j Reber at the parsonage of the Lutheran | church at Washingtouville. Mrs. Jared N. Diehl. of Northumber land, is seriously ill at the home of her brother, Eugene Morrison, Mahoning Township. REV. F. B. RIDDLE PASSES AWAY Rev. Findley B. Riddle, whose ill - I ness was noted in these columns, died at 11 is home in Bloomsburg Monday j i morning at 8 o'clock. The deceased, ; who was one of the ablest" and best ! j known clergymen in the Central Peuu- j ! sylvania conference,was placed on the I i superanuated list about three years j ago, and has since lived in Blooms- j . Imrg. Tie was born at Howard, Centre ! ! county, December 3, 1829, and was I therefore 72 years of age. About a year ago he was stricken i with paralysis. He partially recovered i but last October he sustained a second \ | stroke since when he has been quite feeble. On Sunday last lie was again stricken,his death following as a direct i result. Rev. Riddle was twice married, his ; second wife surviving along with a son and daughter, Silas and Margaret, | who reside at the parental home. His ; first wife was Mary Packer, daughter of F. J. Packer of Sunbury. The three children of the first marriage who j survive are Jennie 8., Julia D. and : May. They live with an uncle in Sun- I bury. The funeral will be held on Friday : next at 9 :30 a. m.from the Methodist Episcopal church of that place, Rev. j Dr. William Frysinger,pastor, officiat | ing. Rev. Riddle's demise removes from I the Central Pennsylvania conference j one of its most striking and original characters, one who left a marked im pression in every community in which :he labored. lie filled two appoint ! menrs as pastor of St. Paul's Method - j i»t Episcopal church, this city. His tir.-t pastorate covered tht; years 1874-5. j His second appointment occurred in I 1889. Many of his sermons are distinctly j remembered. He had very radical ideas of religion and Christian conduct. Hi- views often ran counter to the pre vailing sentiment,but he was courage - ; ous and uncompromising and like a true "Soldier of the Cross" he assail- I< d sin in its own citadel. He was a man of education and well equipped for the work to which his life was dei voted. FIREMEN'S FAIR OPEN TO-NIGHT The firemen's fair will re-open to- ' night for the remainder of the week, j The door prize will be a handsome j cushion. The prizes in the bread contest will be awarded on Friday evening at 9:15 o'clock. The loaves must all be in by 3 o'clock in the afternoon, as it is at that hour that the judges will pass up on tlie exhibit. In awarding the prizes the firemen have adopted a plan that places the contest above the least suspicion of uufairues-. The names of the contest ants along with the number of the loaf are entered in a book kept concealed in the hands of the firemen. Each loaf , bears a number indicating the order in which it was placed on exhibition, but there is nothing to indicate the maker of the loaf. The judges in I awarding the prize, have nothing but the merits of the bread to govern them. Among the novelties on exhibition at tlie fair is a pearl spoon from the Philippines presented by Oscar Thorn ton ; also a lot of shovels made in Dan ville presented by James L. Barber. Concerning Company F. The inspections in the Twelfth regi ment were concluded during the past week. Company D was inspected Mon day, Company <T on Tuesday and Com pany II on Wednesday. The attendance throughout the regiment was good and the company commanders all express themselves as satisfied that their respec tive companies willinot be among those whose ratings at the inspection will mark them among the five companies in the brigade to be disbanded. The inspection'rolls show the follow ing attendance: Pres- Ab- To ent. sent. tal. Field and Staff 22 0 22 Company A 59 0 59 Company li 52 2 56 Company C 54 2 54 Company D 57 0 57 Company E 54 2 56 Company F 00 1 01 Company G 56 1 57 ! Company II 51 2 53 Company I 57 0 57 Company K 55 1 56 Totals 577 11 588 Among the reorganization rumors which are afloat is one to the effect that Company 1, of the Thirteenth, will be transferred to the Fourth. Companies II and M.of the Ninth, will be trans ferred to the Thirteenth, and that Com pany F, of the Twelfth, located at Dan ville, will be transferred to the Ninth regiment. This would still leave the Ninth one company short. The rifle practice season is next. It will open May 1. only a little more than a month from now. The front fishing season will open on April 15, and as the new law is now in effect the lovers of this sport will have fifteen days longer than last year. The last day of the season will be i August 1, instead of July 15, as here tofore, ami from all reiiorts it is going to be an exceptionally good one. Fish are said to be plentiful,and all streams —large and small—are expected to yield large catches. OLD FAMILIES OF VENICE. Their Fortunes Are Disnlpated iiml Their I'ulnees Sotil. Very few of the fine old palaces o'' Venice belong to the descendants of tli«* families who built and originally occu pied them. Very little of the enormous wealth for which Venire was celebrat ed in the fifteenth century remains. The most of it has been dissipated by the descendants of the men who made i it, the same as in England, France and other countries. The rich men of Veil lee today are an entirely new class of ( people, whose names do not appear in the (iolden Itook, which contained a list of the patrician families in Venice who were invited to festivities at the p.".lace. This book was instituted in 1315 and thenceforth until the Aus trian occupation was the index and standard of nobility by which ail claims to precedence were decided. Occasionally the grand council, by a vote, rewarded the gallantry or public ( services of some citizen of humble birth by directing that his name be in scribed upon its pages. None but those whose names were in tin Golden Kook could use the golden stairs when they entered a doge's palace, and when this right was conferred it was equivalent i to an order of nobility in another coun ! try. There is o:ic notable exception to i tin? decay of the ancient families, and i he is Count Crimani, who traces his lineage back to one of the most fa | mous of the doges, whose portrait, I painted by Titian, hangs In the council I i chamber of the doge's palace. The (Jrimani. palace is on the Grand canal, near the Ukilto bridge, and is cele brated for its finely sculptured capi tals. Many of the rich men in Venice to day are Jews. They practically control the banking business and manufactur ing. They own the tine houses of his torical interest and the best paying es tates on the mainland in the neigh borhood. The present wealth of Venice is invested not so much in real estate as in banking, manufacturing, flour mills, elevators, gas companies, cotton mills, the manufacture of glass and in steamships upon the Adriatic.—Chicago Herald. ■ A Qneer Fnd. "Above all things." says The Navy and Army of London, "Tommy's heart loves a sewing machine. Although he j must know that he can never succeed in getting it home to England, yet it' he finds one on a farm he will tow it along with him. overburdened as he al I ready is, upon the march. Wherein the exact fascination lies is a mystery, ; but grizzled reserrist and callow re- ; cruit alike cannot resist this house wife's help." I Coughed " I had u most stubborn cough for many years, it deprived me of sleep and I grew very thin. 1 fi then tried Aver's Cherry Pectoral, | and was quickly cured." R. N. Mann, Fall Mills, Tenn. Sixty years of cures and such testimony as the above have taught us what Ayer's Cherry Pectoral will do. 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There is not a thing from nose to tail but that is utilized for the use of man. We use her horns to comb our hair, her skins si re upon our feet, her hair keeps our piaster on our wails, her hoofs make i glue, her tail makes soup, she gives our milk, our cream, our cheese and ■ our butter, and her flesh is the great 5 meat of all nations; her blood is used to make our sugar white, her bones are ground to fertilize our soils, and even her paunch she herself has put through the first chemical process necessary for the production of the best white card board paper, and now they have dis covered that such paper can be made I into the linest quality of false teeth. No other animal works for man both ( day and night. By day she gathers food, and when we are asleep at night she brings it back to rechew and con vert into all the things of which I speak. She has gone with man from Plym outh rock to the setting sun. It was her MIIIS that turned the lirst sod in the settler's clearing; it v. ;\i her sons that drew the prairie schooner for the stur dy pioneers as. inch by inch, they fought to prove that "westward the star of empire takes its way," and the old cow grazed along behind, and when the day's march was done she came and gave the milk to till the mother's breast to feed the suckling babe that was. perchance, to become the future ruler of his country. Who says that much of what we are we do not owe to man's best friend, the cow? Treat her kindly, gently, for without her words fail me to describe. —Colonel F. M. Woods in Farm aud Ranch. How an On ion n Handle* Manure. 1 have obtained the best results by hauling out manure and making in piles in the fall when other work is not crowding. I clean out my stables thoroughly, adding all the loose chaff aud straw of the thrashing yard. It is I not at all necessary that the straw be rolled when put out. I put five loads in a pile. With a road scraper I go over my barnyard and with the scrap ings cover the piles to a depth of about six inches, leaving them flat on top that through the wiwer the water may soak in and rot thf manure, says an American Agriculturist correspondent. After plowing in the spring I run the harrow over to level the ground, then spread the manure and dirt from the ' piles. It gets well mixed in the han ' dling. I spread as evenly as possible, then go over with a cultivator and fol low this with a harrow. This leaves the ground in as tine condition as can be desired. This past season on land prepared this way I raised three acres of as tine tobacco as I have ever grown. The land was in corn the year before and was not very good land at that. I grew my tobacco one season by putting the manure in the hill. It did well, but the year following when sown to grain the latter grew in bunch | es and was not satisfactory simply be -1 cause the fertilizer was not evenly : spread. This trouble is obviated by the i method described. Protection Agnlnsl Wind and Cold. Many farm buildings permit the | wind to sweep under them because I they have no tight founda | tion. Such a "* ; condition causes . . i much suffering —- to the animals ' i confined inside. .. The Farm Jour strip of the slout. red build- KASV WAY TO BANK U ing paper that Brii.niNO. Is now sold so cheaply in the manner shown in the cut. Tack the upper edge or put on laths along the upper edge and lay a narrow strip of board along the edge upon the ground. It costs but a trifle togo all around a building in this way. A \ow Specialist. tlso Corn Breeder. Corn breeding has become a special ized industry. The field for this branch of farming is very great, as is shown by the fact that the corn growers of Il linois alone use over 1.000,000 bushels of seed every year. Of course it is not necessary that this seed be secured from the breeder fresh every year, but seed will not as a rule remain pure more than four or five years. It then becomes necessary to again secure well bred seed. As yet the demand has been but little developed. Farmers are just beginning to realize the importance and benefit of improved seed, but even now corn breeders are not able to sup ply the demand. That this demand will increase far beyond the capacity of cort breeders to supply there is no doubt.—A. 1). Shamel in Orange JudJ Farmer. Clarence Snyder, a Norfolk youth, was shot and instantly killed while bunting It is believed he was delib erately shot at for trespassing on a farm. Wlisl Spring Met To any one who will mention THK Moxroru AMERICAN, and send us 25 cents we will forward immediately the pattern of an ad vance Paris style for a Spring Jacket. Address The Tlorse-Broujjhton Co. 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