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."
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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.
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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."
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R. N. Mann, Fall Mills, Tenn.
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THE AMERICAN COW.
Ma»i'n Constant and I ntlrinic Friend.
Trent Her (jratl).
None other like the cow! 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.
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