MONTOUR AMERICAN
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., May 5, 1904.
TOGO FAILS TO
BOTTLE UP HARBOR
OF PORT ARTHUR
ST. PETERSBURG, May 3, 3:48 p.
in.—lt is reported that Vice Admiral
Togo made auother desperate attempt
to block the entrance to Poit Arthur
last uight Viceroy Alexieff
sent out a section of the fleet to meet
the attack and sank eight fire ships
aud two Japanese torpedo boats. The
channel is reported to be clear.
ST. PETERSBURG. May 3, 4 p. m.
Later the rpeort that Vice Admiral
Togo had made auother attempt to
olock Port Arthur was confirmed.
Vicerov AlexietT reported officially that
the Japanese sent eight fire ships last
night to block the entrance of the hai -
bor, but they were all sunk by the
Russian torpedo boats and the. lire
from the laud batteries, leaving the
channel clear. The Viaoroy also re
ported that the Russians sank two Jap
anese torpedo boats.
RUSSIANS RECEIVE
OFFICIAL REPORT
ST. PETERSBURG, May 3.—The
Emperor has received an official dis
patch from Geuer.tl Kuropatkin for
warding a dispatch from General Sas
sulitch, commanding the Russian
foices which have been engaged with
the Japanese advance from the Yalu.
It is dated noon Sunday,aud describes
how he ordered the Russian forces at
Autung aud Kulien-Cheng to fall back
along the main road toward J?eug-
Waug-Cheug.
This movement was protected from the
threatened flank attack by men and
guns stationed at Potientinsky.one mile
north of Kulien-Cheng, aud Cliiu-
Gow,villages on the Litzavena River.
Here the fighting was protracted and
severe. The Russians lost artillery and
horses, being obliged to abandon, ac
cording to the text, "a few guns.
General Sassulitch says:
"Although we were unable to hold
our positions here we inflicted luavy
losses ou the enemy."
RUSSIANS NOW
ADMIT LOSSES
ST. PETERSBURG, May 3.-2:25
p. in.—The silence of the authorities
here regarding the later details of the
fightiug on the Yalu River is inter
preted ominously and there is a con
sequent prevalence of all sorts of ir
responsible rumors regarding the
magnitude of the Russian losses, some
figu res going as high as 3,000. These
manifestly are gross exaggeration.
The abseuce of official information
is explained by the general staff by
the fact that a few Japanese have suc
ceeded iu getting in the rear of the
Russians position and cutting tiie
wires betweeu Tal-San-Oheng, and
Fen g-Waug-Cheng.
Heavy losses are admitted, but they
are not believed to exceed a few hun
dred men and some guns. The latter, |
while protecting the retreat of the
Russian forces from Antung to Kiu- :
lien-Cheng,had to be abandoned owing
to the loss of the horses. The breech- ,
locks, however, were carried away, so j
the guns will be of no service to the j
enemy.
According to the latest information !
General Zassalltch is retiring in good
order along the main road and the
Japanese are not following him. De
tails are expected as soon as General
Zassalitch is again iu communication.
There is no confirmation of the re
ports that General Zassalitch or Gen
eral Kastchlensky are wounded.
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FIANCEETRIED HARD
TO SAVE LOVER S LIFE
CHICAGO,May 3.—While his fiancee
aud another young woman vainly tried
to lift the heavy vehicle, H. S. Riugi,
of Chicago Heights, was crushed to
death in the mire of a ditch beneath
his overturned automobile.
The accident occurred in the North
Chicago road, nearly a mile from the
village of Chicago Heights. The oc
cupants of the automobile besides Mr.
Ringi were Miss Florence Bornholdt,
his fiancee and Miss Elizabeth Canedy.
On approaching the village Mr. Ringi
attempted to turn out to pass a farm
er's wagon. The heavy machine swerv
ed into a ditch at the roadside and the
ocoupants were thrown from their
Boats.
Miss Bornholdt was severely injured
by striking the further hank of the
ditch aud was made unconscious. Miss
Canedy was thrown into the water and
escaped uninjured. When Mi«s Born
holdt regained consciousness the young
women began a search 112 r their com
panion and saw him struggling in the
water and mire beneath the overturned
machine.
They attempted to move the automo
bile, but their efforts were unavailing
and Mr. Ringi's head sank beneath the
water. The farmer failed to stop when
the accident occurred and Miss Canedy
and her companion walked nearly a
mile to summon assistance. Mr. Riugi
was superintendent of the Ameriean
Foundry and Machine Co.. Chicago
Heights.
™ A lodge of Elks will soon ho organ
ized at Milton. i
PROHINENT GRANGER
GIVES HIS VIEWS
By this time most of the farmers have
planued out their Rammer's work. The
spring is late and this will make a
very busy summer. Help is scarce.
The wet of last year lias complicated
matters. There will be but few that
are not behind with their work. After
spring opens yon will often goto bed
very tired ; so tired that you will not
care to wake up in the morning. You
will do less thau your usual amount of
plowing. Three years is the utmost
limit that ground should be left sod
but many of you will have to leave
your laud longer. This is au injury
to your land but you cannot help your
solves. It is the greatest folly to break
up more land than you can properly
till. It is labor and seed wasted. Two
hundrjd bushels of potatoes from oue
acre cost you only one-half as much in
labor and seed as do the same quantity
from two acres. Plow less and cultiv
ate better. Use your manure to better
ad vantage. Plow uone of it under.
L'hat is a waste. I have tried it in all
ways and find that spreading it on my
sod after haying gives the best results.
The next best way is to manure iu the
hill or on the growing grain. This is
a'so the experience of the expeiimeut
al stations. It is strange that farmers
will persist iu the wasteful method of
plowiug manure under after all that
lias been written and told them by the
instructors at the Farmers' Institutes.
Don't aid to your already belated
spring work by hauling aud spreading
your manure on laud that you are to
plow this spring. If your corn aud
potato grouud need it put it on the
lull 011 days that you cannot do other
work ;on your oats wait until the
grain is an inch or two high then sow
your grass and clover seed and give a
light coating of it. If you have never
tried this plau you will be surprised at
the result. On your sod ground, that
should bo broken up this spring but
cannot be,for want of time, put about
ten loads to the acre later iu the sea
son when you have the time. It will
thicken the sod up for you. You will
have something to plow under that
will do your land much more good
than will raw stable manure. You
may ask why is not mauure plowed
under as valuable as that spread 011
top? The answer is this. In it there
are three valuable elements: Potash,
phosphoric acid and uitrogeu. The two
are perhaps as valuable under as on
top,but the nitrogen which is the most
expensive of the three is free. That is
what makes the smell. The free ni
trogen is absorbed by the surrounding
soil and comes to the surface and
I passes off iu the air before there are
crop roots to take it up. It is only free
when damp. Spread the mauure 011
the sod ground It is inert when dry
but with every ralu It is liberated aud
carried to the sod roots which take it
up at once. After beiug absorbed by
these roots is it not "free" until di
gestion or rotting takes place. The
rotting roots liberate it but slowly and
the roots of the succeeding crops take
it up again when damp, faster than it
can be gathered up again.
DREW COLLEGE WAS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
CARMEL, N. Y., May 8. Drew
College, one of the pioneer education
al institutions for women in the coun
try, was destroyed by fire today, en
tailing a financial loss of full SIOO,OOO
with only $'.35,000 insurance.
The big dormitory which housed
more than a hundred students, the
members of the faculty and a number
of servauts was the last building to
catch fire, but all the inmates escaped
without danger.
The fire started in Smith Memorial
Hall, aud when it was discovered had
gained such headway as to be practic
ally beyond control. From that poiut
the flames spread rapidly and one by
one the several building* were swept
away. The cause of the fire is un
known.
Drew College was conducted under
the guidance of the Now York Con
ferance of the M. E. church.
FORTY ACRES OF
SHEDS BURNED
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 3.
Fire at tlie Union Stock yards today
caused a loss of SjtfOO.OOO to the Bolt
Railroad and Union Stock Yards Com
pany. Tlie insurance is fIOO.OOO. Thirty
five head of cattle were burned and
forty acres of cattle sheds were total
ly destroyed, together with about 500
tons of bay and 10,000 bushels of coin.
When the fire was discovered about
500 bead of cattle were in tlie yards
and a large force of cattle men at once
began the work of rescuing them.
Twenty-five engine* from the Kelt
Railway were sent into the yards to
haul the 350 cattle cars to a place of
safety, which with the exception of
twenty-five that were partly burned,
they succeeded in doing.
The chirp of the frog now mingles
with tlie song of the robin.
STORY OF_ CflL-CHIM.
Discovered by Dr. David Kennedy Only
Kidney Remedy Sold Under Guarantee.
!>r. David Kennedy was born in New York
City, but at an early age bis family moved
to lioxbury, N. Y. He was graduated in 1860
from the New York College of Physicians
and Surgeons. He at one volunteered as
a surgeon and was assigned to the United
States Army General Hospital in West Phil
adelphia, and soon became President of the
Lxainining Board and Consulting Surgeon.
After the war, Dr. Kennedy settled in lion
dout. City of Kingston, N. Y., where for a
number of years he enjoyed a large prac
tice as an operative surgeon. He was one
of the Presidential Electors of New York
State, Mayor of Kingston for four years,
and held many other professional, business
and political offices.
The latest achievement of his life was the
discovery of Cal-cura Solveut, a positive
cure for all diseases of the kidneys anil blad
der. In speaking of this remarkable remedy,
he said: "Cal-cura Solvent is the crowning
achievement of my life. It will not dis
appoint."
Your druggist will return your money if
Cal-cura fails to cure, and The Cal-cura
Company, of Rondout, N. Y., will pay the
druggist. Cal-cura Solvent cures 98% of
all eases of Kidney, Bladder and Liver dis
orders. SI.OO a bottle, Only one size.
ALHOST A SEQUEL
TO BOLIG'S DEATH
Professor L. 11. Deuni«, supervising
principal of the Tievetton public
schools, had a thrilling esoape from
death on the Pennsylvania Railroad
bridge between Sunhury and Northum
berland. As he was walking across
the bridge Monday he saw a train ap
proach. Dennis almost dropped into
the Susquehanna river several times
as he ran. The train name so fast that
he was forced to give up the struggle.
Huddling close to the side of the
structure, the train grazed his body as
it swept by. Mr. Dennis fiually reach
ed the end of the bridge in safety, but
oes not care to repeat the experience.
When There is a Dull Heavy Feeling
in the head: bad taste in the mouth;
tongue furred and taste blunted; skin
dry and feverish; whites of eyes streak
ed with yellow; sonr risings in the thro
at; fugitive pains in the head, chest and
back, etc., take Cal-cura .Solvent. Dr.
David Kennedy's new medicine,
away and be well in a few days. Write
to the (.'al-cnra Company, Roiuloul, iN.
Y., for free book and sample bottle.
Examinations at Bloomsburg Normal
School.
We have just received a circular from
the State Normal School at Blooms
burg, Pa..giving dettiled information
in regard to the examinations to be
held at that school June 17—22.
VVe note that arrangements jcati now
be made by those whoVlesire to do so
to take the Faculty's preliminary ex
aminations at their own homes.
Young people who expect to enter a
Normal School, will find it greatly to
their advantage to write Principal J.
P. Welsh at Bloom-burg for one of
these circulars, and for other informa
tion in regard to the entrance examina
tions.
Blootnsbuig is having the greatest
year in her history, and calls for her
graduates are being received in num
bers greater than ever before from all
parts of.Peunsylvan a as woll_as from
other States.
~ School meu are discovering where
good teachers are trained ; aud bright
young"people are finding out where to
get the best training.
New Auditor General in Charge.
HARRISBURG, Pa.. May 3.—Will
iam P. Snyder, of Chester county, to
day succeeded Edmund R. Harden
bergh, of Wayne county, as Auditor
General. The change was made with
out formal ceremony. Mr. Snyder will
retain Sam Matt 1* ridy, of Mount
ville, as deputy, and John A. Glenn
of Philadelphia,as corporation deputy.
J. N. Langhau, of Indiana, takes the
place of N. E. Hause, of Hawley, as
chief clerk.
It iB Memorial Day
Don't call it "Decoration" Day. It
is Memorial Day. The decoration of
the graves of the hero dead is part of
the object of the day set apart for the
perpetuation of their memory. The
veterans themselves desire that the
30th of May should be denominated
Memorial Day, and all who revere
them for the sacrifices they endured
for the perpetuation of this Republic
should defer to their wishes in the
matter. Besides this, the day is legal
ly designated as "Memorial Day."
N.JW Gas Main.
The Standard Gas Company is lay
ing a new gas main on Cherry street.
At present it will extend no further
than Center street. This is sufficient,
however, to indicate the growing
popularity of gas. With each succeed
ing year the Standard Gas Compauy
extends its system, taking in one or
more additional streets.
Oldest Priuter is Dead,
MILFORD, Mass, May 3. —James
C. Cook, known as the oldest practical
printer iu the United States, if not in
the world, died here today of old age,
iu his 87th year. Mr. Cook was the
senior proprietor of the Milford Jour
nal.
Where to Spend the Summer.
The 1004 edition of "Pleasant Places
on the Philadelphia aud Reading Rail
way" is now ready for distribution.
It is a neat booklet with a brief de
scription of the summer resorts 011 the
line of the Railway from the Seashore
to the Mountains, within easy reach
of Philadelphia, with rates of fare,
etc., aud a concise list of the Hotels
and Boarding Honst s at each place,
prico of board and Post Office Address,
giving valuable information to those
seeking summer quarters. There is al
so a list of the Picnic Grounds suit
able for a day's outing.
It can be procured at the principal
ticket offices of the Company or will
be mailed to any address, upon receipt
of a two-cent stamp, by Edsou J.
Weeks, General Passenger Agent, Phil
adelphia.
Mt. Carmel's smallpox siege of two
years ago put the municipal treasury
into a hole that seemed impossible to
close. Then the hanks went to the res
cue aud cashed the old orders to the
exteut of more than fifteen thousand
dollars These orders are still held by
the banks and it has been decided now
that the banks will enter suit and se
cure judgment against the borough for
the amounts held.
The announcement that the Bard
Bros. Big New United Shows will ap
pear in our eitv on Thursday, will be '■
hailed with delight by both young and
old alike. The Bard Bros, have for the j
season of 1904, an entire new outfit,
new acts, new novilties, and in fact
have one of the best popular-priced
tented exhibitions ever offered to the
American people, and deserve the 1
patronage ot all.
The Far E.ist war has actually reach
ed a jxiiut w l eie somebody si t ins to Ie
getting killed.
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always restores color to gray hair.
MANNERS AT TABLE
A LESSON IN THE LAWS AND USAGES
OF POLITE SOCIETY.
lion- to Sit and What to Do With the
Ilau tin anil Ktrt-llalri For Inform
al and Ceremonial UooaHlon« —The
I *e of the Knife and the Cork.
To be well mannered Is to be u lady
or a gentleman, to observe punctili
ously all the laws and usages of BOCl
ety, which is important unless one
would be ostracized.
If the function-breakfast, luncheon
or dinner —ls one of ceremony and
gloves are worn to the table they are
rpinov* d as soon as one Is seated and
laid in the lap. The habit of tucking
them In the sleeves, at the wrists, is
most inelegant. The napkin is unfold
ed to halt" its amplitude and laid across
the lap. Gentlemen do not tuck their
napkins in their waistcoats, no matter
how convenient they may And such nn
arrangement. Nor is the napkin used
as If It were a big cloth. One end Is
all suflicient for touching the lips. The
napkins, at dinner placed upon the
plates, hold the dinner rolls or the
slices of bread, which must be cut
generously thick. The bread is placed
upon tho napkin, not within its folds.
Remove the bread as soon as seated
and place it at the left of the plate.
The napkin, at the end of the meal, Is
left unfolded at the left Bide.
Bread is always broken in small
pieces, never cut and never crumbled
Into soup or sauce. Oysters and clams
are eaten without bread. Butter, of
course, is not served at dinner. At
other meals don't butter an entire slice
of bread at once. Break it into small
pieces and put the butter upon each In
turn. Don't break the entire Blice at
once into bits. Let it lie by the plate
and butter a piece as wanted.
Soup Is taken from the side of the
spoon, which Is filled by drawing It up
from the edge of the soup plate oppo
site. It Is quite a breach of savoir
falre to fill it with the movement to
ward you. Soup, of course, must be
taken noiselessly. No one takes a sec
ond helping or tips the plate to secure
the last mouthful.
Fish In days past was taken from a
fork supplemented by a bit of bread.
Nowadays a silver knife is allowable,
forks and knives for fish being made
of a special pattern. All vegetables
are eaten with a fork, asparagus with
a knife and fork, although it may be
taken up with fingers if one prefers to
do so. A very safe rule at table, how
ever, is never to touch any bit of food
with the fingers, olives and hors
d'ceuvres generally excepted.
Ice cream Is eaten with a fork In
America. In England a spoon is used.
With all deference to English custom,
a very safe rule is eat nothing with a
Bpoon that can be taken with a fork.
Teaches and pears are peeled, cut in
half and then broken by the fork and
thus eaten. An orange may be cut In
half and then eaten with an orange
spoon or It may be peeled entire, then
divided into sections and eaten with a
fork. As already said, it is very safe
to make the knife and fork do their
share and never to touch eatables of
any kind with the fingers if possible.
All pies are eaten with a fork only,
and most puddings, except custards,
which require a spoon. Soft cakes, like
layer cake or eclairs, are taken with a
fork. Jellies, no matter how hard, are
eaten with a spoon. Cheese is eaten
with a fork.
There are dozens of people who
would be mortally offended by the sug
gestion that they "ate with the knife."
But they must be careful how they
thrust a knife Into a dish of sweets or
of any sauce and convey that knlfeful
to pieces of bread or cake. This is a
most unfortunate breach of table man
ners.
Don't use the knife In this connection
at all. Sweets and sauces are not to be
placed upon the bread in any case.
They are eaten when possible with a
fork; otherwise with a spoon.
Try to wield your knife, fork and
upoou with as much quietude as possi
ble. Don't let fork or spoon Jangle
upon the china. A half dozen Jangling
or scraping plates make a frightful
concert.
Although it Is generally supposed
that every one calling himself well
bred knows that In using the knife and
fork a movement of the wrist and not
of the elbow Is the proper thing, we oc
casionally see people using their el
bows vigorously. The handle of the
knife should repose In the center of the
hand, and no part of the hand should
touch the knife above the handle. In
using a fork only the half of the han
dle Is covered by the hand.
Upon leaving the table the chair is
placed far enough back out of the way
to enable the other guests to pass out
with ease.
One of the fundamental rules to ob
serve Is the manner of sitting down at
tho table. One Bhould not sit on the
edge of the chair nor sideways, nor
should the back rest continually on
the back of the chair. An easy, up
right position is the proper one. The
feet should rest 011 the floor, and one
should sit far enough away from the
plate to be able to use the knife and
fork without awkwardness.—New York
World.
Willing to Help.
Here Is a real Incident in the life of
Fanny Kemble. In her appearance as
Juliet at a Philadelphia theater she
had Just given the lines
What's her#? A cup closed In my true
love'a hand?
Poison, I see, haa been his timeless end
when a tall, lean, gaunt, sandy haired
medical student In the staye box deep
ly absorbed In the scene thrust down
his hat on bis head with a convulsive
effort, crying out in a voice of thunder
at the same time: "Keep him up, Ju
liet! I'll run and fetch the stomach
pump!"
If there is a scarcity of trout any
where in this section ol' Pennsylvania
next Spring, says the Berwick Enter
prise, it will not be the fault of the
State Department of Fisheries. All
tho streams in Luzerne, Schuylkill,
Columbia, Laekawitnna, Carb tn and
adjoining countie-t have born or art
being stocked with trout fry fr:>m the
state hat' hery at Corry, Pa., which
supplied the young fish for the Hazle
ton association lust week. The distri
bution is in charge of J H. Berhouse
one of the attaches of the hatchery at
Oorry, where the catuj containing from
a thousand to two thousand fry are
put up.
The countenance of Mother Nature
is beginning to turn green, but not
with envy.
FACTS IN FEW LINES
The 15,000 convicts in England coßt
$3,000,000 every year.
The average American marries at
the age <*' twenty-seven.
Great Britain uses up nearly eight
tons of cardboard yearly In the form
»112 post cards.
The United States now holds second
rank among the world's exporters of
boots and shoes.
An agitation has been commenced in
New York for a more uniform system
of tea inspection.
From 25,000 to 30,000 letters are
posted every year in Great Britain
without addresses.
Colombia has had seven constitutions,
and the title of the republic li;;s been
changed three times.
The tide of German immigration is
being directed to German steamship
lines as far as possible.
In America 30,000 automobiles will
be placed on the market this year, sup
plying but half the demand.
The production of beer Is now more
than half a barrel for every man, wo
man and child in the United States.
Over 500,000 passengers travel by
bus, train and tram from the suburbs
to London by 10:30 every business
morning.
The income of the British postofßce
from money in envelopes having no or
insufficient address is $30,000 or $35,-
000 a day.
The British board of agriculture esti
mates that there are 1,871,619 dogs In
the country—one for every score of
human beings.
According to a London publisher, the
society craze for the game of bridge
has caused a great falling off in the
demand for books.
It Is estimated that $275,000 is the
difference per annum of running the
twenty-five knot ship compared with
the twenty-two knot ship.
London has at present 115 miles of
street railways, and a high authority
says it would need 1,000 miles to meet
the needs of the community.
The Italian government lias adopted
nn American system enabling the si
multaneous transmission of ten tele
grams 011 one wire to be made.
Egyptian fishermen receive S2O per
thousand for eels caught in Lake Men
saleh. These are salted and packed in
Ice and sent to Hamburg via Trieste,
where the ice supply is renewed.
In order to reach the port of New
York with a shipment of cotton intend
ed for Liverpool spinners a freight
train 011 the New -York Central recent
ly covered a 435 mile run in 10 hours
and 20 minutes.
Henry Morris, an Englishman who
has given maeli attention to the sub
ject of cancer, recently called attention
to the pernicious influence of the clay
pipe and the decayed tooth in causing
cancerous growths.
Wages in the United States on the
average are more than twice those in
Belgium, three times*those of Den
mark, France, (iermany, Italy and
Spain and one and one-half those in
England and Scotland.
Tourists have in a decade converted
Switzerland from one of the poorest to
one of the richest countries, the money
per capita Mini: larger than that in the
United Stales. I'erhaps S.">O,(MX),OOO is
received eaeh summer by a population
of less than 11,000,000
! The Kickapoo Indians are leaving
Oklahoma at a rapid rate and settling
in old Mexico. The McLoud Standard
says it won't be long until the tribe
j will be forgotten in and around Mc
i Loud and that there will be some line
sections of land lor sale in the near
future.
Each man in the Russian cyclist
corps carries a certain amount of lug-
I gage on his bicycle, consisting of a cop
per drinking cup and cooking vessel, a
small canteen and the same amount of
ammunition as an ordinary infantry
man. The cavalry carry leather or skin
sacks, which, inflated, serve as floats
for both men and horse when crossing
rivers.
It is doubtful if there is a public man
in the United Stales who has a -better
memory than Senator Cockrell. He
never forgets a face, and he can go into
any neighborhood of Missouri today
nnd call by name dozens of men whom
he has not seen in many years and re
call little Incidents in their own lives
or those of their communities which
they themselves but dimly recollect or
have entirely forgotten.
Professor William 11. Brewer of Yale
predicts that the American trotting
horse will in time »!■> a mile in 1 minute
and r>o seconds, anil he thinks that will
be the limit of speed. The professor
calculates that it may take fifty years
to reach the 1:50 notch. Twenty-five
years ago he predicted that the two
minute trotter would appear in the first
decade of the twentieth century, and
the prediction was recently fulfilled.
In Castile, Spain, agriculturists, hav
ing made practical experiments, prefer
American to English implements,
though the latter have been most pro
fusely offered. The agriculturists, not
ing that American machinery is better
fitted for the uses for which it was in
tended, though not considered so strong
as the English, give it the preference,
as it requires less power to work it, a
most decisive reason in that country,
forced to rely on animal motive power.
The Hawaiian government employs
agents who travel all over the islands
looking for indications of leprosy in re
mote places. Banishment is so dreaded
that frequently the family of a leper
will keep him secreted for a year OP
two before discovery Is made. A per
son who is supposed to have the dis
ease is sent to the receiving station in
Honolulu, where he is examined by fix e
medical experts. If a "leper" be th«
verdict, money, position, influence, race
or color cannot change the decree which I
sends this patient to Molokai.
Animal* Knjoy Hnciiiff.
Little pigs are great at combined j
play, which generally takes the form J
of races. Emulation seems to form j
part of their amusement, for their races |
seem always to have the winning of j
first place for their object and are quite ;
different from tl;ese rumbined rushes i
for food or causeless stampedes in
which little are wont to indulge, i
Racing is an nt natural to j
some anim: 's and. being soon taught
by others, becomes one of their most
exciting pastin.es London Tit-Bits.
Why El«* I;i«l Not Tarry,
The importunub lover had just pro
posed.
"Let your answer be a vowel with a
consonant on either side of it,"he
gently begged l.er.
The charming girl smiled.
"Very well," he said. "Git."—Oleve
land Plain l»ealer.
"Advice to a r.ewl;. married couple is |
H> useless!"
"Yes all the harm is done then."
I
We may glean knowledge by reading, i
but the chaff must be separated from
the wlieatJiy thinking.
6CIENCE OF SWEEPING,
|Jo»» to IHe null Take Cart of m
House Broom.
When using a broom don't sweep
with your back—use your arms. Swaep
In one direction with long, light
ctrokea. Sweep tho carpwt with the
pile, not against It. Don't wait to
sweep a room until It Is dirty and
smelly.
To keep on using an old, stubby,
wornout broom is the poorest kind of
economy, says ths Louisville Courlar-
Journal. Not only does it wear ths
carpets, but it takss double the time
and strength to do the sweeping.
When buying brooms get good, firm
ones, but as light In weight as possi
ble. If one has a large house it saves
time to keep a broorn and dustpan on
each floor in order to obviate carrying
the outfit up and down stairs each
time it Is needed.
When not in use keep the broom
hung up. The callarway, where it la
cool and damp, is a good place. If
there Is no ring to feaag the broom by,
bore a hole through the handle or cut
a notch around the upper part of the
handle nnd tie a string around it.
Every broom should have an occasion
al bath in salt water not only to keep
the broom cora In good condition, but
to dispose of the accumulated dnst and
microbes. On this account new brooms
are to be specially commended, as they
can be taken apurt. The top of the
broom Is covered with tla, which
screws onto the handle. In the top
of the broom is a tube ef metal, into
which water or a disinfecting fluid
can be poured to moisten the broom.
A broom cover to slip over the broom
whoji brushing down tbe walls or
sweeping a dusty piazza will be found
a great convenience. Sew up, bag
shaped, canton flannel and matte a nar
row hem. Work two buttonholes an
inch nnd a half below, one on each
side of the seam. Stitch an inch wlda
casing on the underside, and run a
stout tape through the buttonholes.
When ready to use slip the bag over
the broom, draw up the tapes and tie
securely. A lightweight flannel is easi
ly washed. Keep several, unbleached
for the walls and colored for the porch,
and when soiled wash them.
How to WMII Black Satin.
Take the white of an egg. four ounces
of honey and a wiueglassful of gin.
Blend these ingredients thoroughly and
then wash the satin with the mixture,
using a rather hard little brush. Next
rinse it well in cold water, leave it to
drain and while still quite damp iron
ou the wrong side.
A View of Robespierre.
At the time of the destruction of the
Bastille the most remarkable of the un
fortunate wretches who had been con
fined within it.* walls was the Comte
de Jorge, and he was brought to Mine.
Tussaud that s!ie might take a cast of
his face. II; 1 hud been Incarcerated
for thirty y;- ••! 1 when liberated he
begged to b 1. '; •■ back to his prison.
The people t! i:i thousands to see
the dunge ins. :•.! Muie. Tussaud was
prevailed upon to accompany her uncle
and a few frleads for the same pur
pose. While descending the narrow
stairs her foot slipped, and she was on
the point of falling when she was
Baved by Robespierre, who held out his
protecting hand and just prevented
her from coming to the ground. "It
would Indeed huve been a great pity if
BO young and pretty a patriot should
have broken her neck In such a horrid
place," said Robespierre, in his own
peculiar complimentary style.—"Mem
oirs of Anna Maria Pickering."
Wild Anlmala In Capilvllr,
"Are wild animals happy in cnptlV"
ltyV" said the keeper of the zoological
gardens, In answer to a question asked
by a visitor. "Well, at first thought it
may sound strange, but they are hap
py, and some of them are very, very
happy.
"It Beeiii3 to be the general opinion
that when the liberty of an animal
used to a free life In the wild woods to
taken away the animal will pine a\+&y
and die. That's a pretty bit of senti
ment, but apparently It's all wrong.
You would naturally think that a wild
animal in captivity would become dan
gerous, but such is not the case.
"Take the monkeys, for Instance.
They look ve*y unhuppy, don't they?
Why. those little Imps play from morn
ing till night, and they're as cheerful
as larks, excepting when they are ill.
Go in the bird house ami listen to the
songs, the chirps and trills, then look
around for an unhappy bird. Watch
the bears play and the L-opards and
other members of the cat tribe roll
over each other like little children on
» nursery floor."—Philadelphia Press.
M. Dnnatun and the Devil.
One of the most famous smiths of
the Weald was St. Dunstan, archbish
op of Canterbury. Mayfleld, In Sussex.
Is the site of an ancient arvhlepiscopal
palace, and here, according to some,
took place the terrific encounter be
tween St. Dunstan and the devil. At
any rate, the anvil, hammer and tongs
which are alleged to have belonged to
the saint are still preserved at May
field palace.—Geutleman's Magazine.
A HeiiinrWahle River la Spain.
There is in Spain a river called the
Tinto, which has very extraordinary
qualities. Its waters, which are as
yellow as a topaz, harden the sand anil
petrify It In a most surprising manner.
If n stone falls into the river and rests
upon another they both become per
fectly united and conglutlnated In a
year. It withers all the plants on its
banks as well as tl:e roots of trees,
which It dyes of the same hue as its
waters. No flsh live In Its-stream
DeWitt
DsWltt If ths nam* to look for «hu
™ you eo to buy Witch Haial S*lt*. ™
DeWitt'* Witch Hutl Salva la the
original and only tenulna. Ia fact
DeWltt'ili the only Witch Haialialra
that I* mada from tha vnadultaratad
Witch-Hazel
All others ara counterfeit! —baa* Imi
tation*. cheap and worthies* area
danferous. D«Wltt'» Witch HaialSahr*
Is a specific for Piles: Blind, Bl**dln(.
Itchlncand Protruding Pile*. Also Cut*,
Bums. Bruises. Sprain*. Laceration*,
Contusions. Bolls, Carbuncle*. Ecxama,
Q Tetter, Sa/t Rheum, and all othar Ski*
I Disease*.
SALVE
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Soldhv (iiwli fk Co. Parties <s• Go
R-1P A-NS 7abules
Doctors find
A good prescription
For mankind
The 5 cent packet is enough for usual
occasions. The family bottle (HO cents)
contains n supply for a year. All drug
gists st 11 them.
JURORS FOR
MAY COURT
Tl'e following Grand Jurors have
been drawn for May term of court,
iyo4:
Anthouy township—John Coleman
and Joseph Kuhn.
Danville: 3rd Ward—Jacob Doster,
Alfred Yerrick and Thomas Lewis;
4th Ward—Edward Blee.Lewis Kessler
and Dallas Hummer.
Derry township—Hiram C. Shultz.
Cooper township—Charles Fry and
James Pursel.
Liberty township— William E. Beyer
and M. V. Madden.
Mahoning township—Lloyd Casliner,
William Foust and Hurley Baylor.
Mayberry township—John F. Pit
ner.
Valley township—J. W. Young.
Washingtonyille—E. W. Gibson,
William C. Runyan, John A. Cooper,
Frederick Butler and Alfred Sweitzer
West Hemlock township—M. E.
Crossley.
TRAVERSE JUR()RS.
Anthony township—John Dennen,
Sylvester Russell, Joseph Acor,Joseph
Mohr, David Smith and F. P. Carey.
Cooper township—A lonzo Mauser.
Danville: Ist Ward—Sam A. McCoy
and Harry Ellenbogen; 2nd Ward-
Harry Woodside, William Isles, Will
iam A. Shepperson and Charles Leig
how; 3rd Ward—Jacob Aten, John
Kern, Conrad Aten, John Schuster,
Herbert Droiluss, Johu Walleze, Will
iam E. Rishel; 4th Ward —William
Miller, Clarence Lunger, Martin Curry
and Nicholas Hill.
Derry township—William
and Martin Kelly.
Liberty township—Joseph W. Perry
C. C. Billnieyer, Thomas Robison aud
William A. Cornelisou.
Mahoning township—William Sun
day aud Alfred Diehl.
Valley township—Joseph Marr.
(West Hemlock township—William
Gething, Lloyd C. Schultz and Hi
ram C. Sandel.
Along wiili tliti perfume of the arbu
tus aud wood vioict comes that of the
Spring onicn.aptu aiiug to the nostrils,
the taste of the tender shoots more
grateful to the palate hungering for
Spring things than would be the elixir
of the gods. It is an assertion of some
historians that Methusaleh was enabl
ed to live nearly one thousand years
by a regular diet of leeks. They are
not celebrated by the Spring poets
simply because almost the only good
rhyme for onion is ounion, which is
another Spring product that is not so
wholesome.
It is likely that the Northumber
i land Water Co. will bo given the fran
i chise to supply the suburbs of Sun
-1 bury with water, the Sunbury com
pany being unable to do so with pres
ent facilities. The Northumberland
concern lately passed under the con
, trol of Shamokin capitalists.
Don't chauge from heavy to light
underwear too quickly. Suffer a little
heat first.
Over-Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Snhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
All the blood In your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
fThe kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fil
ter out 'the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, aches and rheu
matism come from ex
cess of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
It used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ning in kidney trouble.
If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy Is
soon realized. It stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits
by all druggists in fifty
cent and one-dollar alz
es. You may have a u
sample bottle by mail Homa or swiunj>u<>.*
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer
6c Co., Blnghamton, N. Y.
Don't make no mistake, but remem
ber the name, Swanp-Root. Dr. Kil
mer's Swamp-Root, and the addres
Binghamton, N.Y ~ on every bottles.
NOTICE IN DIVORCE.
Lrcrv J. FEATHERMAN BY HEK NEXT
FRIEND WILLIAM E. GARRETT VS.
ELWOOD J. FEATHERMAN.
In the Court of Common Pleas of Mon
tour County. No. 65 December
Term 1903.
To ELWOOD i FEATHERMAN:
RK.<£%I>ENT ABOVE NAMED:
You arc hereby duly notified and re
quired to be and appear in the Court of
Common Pleas of Montour County on
the first day of the next term of the
aforesaid Court (the same being Monday
May 23rd, A. D. 1904) then and there
to answer the complaint of Lucy J.
Featherman the above named Libelant
in the above stated case, and to shew
cause, if you have any, and why yon
should be divorced from the bonds of
matrimony entered into with the said
Libelant, aceor< ing to the prayer of the
petition or libel filed in the above stated
case.
GEORGE MAIERS, Sheriff.
| Sheriff's ( flice. Danville, Pa. April 5
1904.
ADMINISTIIATRIX NOTICE.
EST AT K OK JAMES L. BEACH
LATE OF MOORESBURU, MON
TOUR COUNTY, PA
Notic<' is hereby given thai letters
of administration on the above cstati
have been granted to the undersigned
All persons indebted to the said estate
are required to make payment, and
those having claims or demands against
the said estate will make known the
same without delay to
MAKGAHETj BEACH,
Administratrix, Mooreshurg, Pa.
A GOOD THING
GIVE ITA PUSH.
LIVONA CAMP, PA, APRIL 21, 1902-
MOYER BROS.
DEAR SIR:—
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team of horses or any stock, ought to
haveabottle of Moyer's White Liniment
in the stable or his house. I had a
horse that stepped in a hole with his
front foot, coming down the mountain
with a trail of props, and fell forwa
and strained his shoulder blade. Tha
it swelled so fast that we could hardly
get the collar off, and in two hours his
neck was swollen to all the skin would
hold. We used your White Liniment
freely, and in a few days he was to work
again, and does not show any signs of
lameness. It worked like magic.
Respectfully Yours,
J. A. BARTHAST.
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sale by all dealers.
J > KUIHTKK'H NOTICKH.
To ALI, CKKDITORB, LEOATKKS AND OTIIhH
HKKMONS INTKKKSTKD— Notice 1H hereby given,
that the following named persons did on th«
date affiled to their names, tile the accounts
of their administration to the estate of th<w«
|>ersons, deceased, and Guardian Accounts.A. .
whose names are hereinafter mentioned, In
the office of the Register for the probate of
Wills and granting of letters of Admlnlstru
tton, In and for the County of Montour, an.l
that tlie HHine will be presented to the Orphan*'
Court of said county, for confirmation and
allowance, on Monday, the tt3rd day of
Mmy A. D., 1904, at the meeting of the
t'ourt In the afternoon.
1904.
Mar. 7—First and Final acooant of
Margaret Foust, Administra
trix of the estate of Samuel
Foust, lato of Mahouint;
Township, Montour County
and State of Pennsylvania,
deceased.
Apr. s—First and Final acooant of
John H. Sandel and William
E. Kase, Administrators ot
the estate of Jacob Sandel,
late of West Hemlock Town
ship, Montuur County and
State of Pennsylvania, de
ceased.
Apr. 18—First and Final account of
John R. Derr, Exeootor tf
the last will and testament of
Daniel F. Derr, late of Lib
erty township.Montour Coun
ty and State of Pennsy lvauin,
deceased.
Apr. 18—First and Final acoonnt of
Edward D. Frazitr, Admin
istrator of the estate of Ellen
Frazier, late of the Borough
of Danville, Montour County
and State of Pennsylvania,
deceased.
Apr. 28—Fir t Pinal account of
Win. West, Executor of
the la t will and testament of
Mai thi J. Sine, late of West
Hemlock township, Montour
Canity and State of Pennsyl
vania. deceased.
WM. L. SIDLEK, Register.
Register's Office. Danville, Pa, Apr.
23, 1904.
J. A. MERRELL
in account with
VALLJSY TOWNSHIP,
as Snpervisor for the year 1908
1 DR.
Amount of duplicate 112 UlO 99
License Tax 57 00
Received from Jacob Roup .... 250
112 W0 49
Standing Work Tax 30 16
| 940 38
Due J. A. M. rr< II 12 78
# 958 OA
; Clt.
Work dune In citizens $ 538 28
Paid out for work 31 21
Water troughs 23 00
Hardware; 2 14
Repairs oil scraper « 57
Stone IK9 80
Railing: »')d Bridge Timber 25 8*
Supervisor's service, 80 days at
11.50 per day 120 00
Percentage on money collected
|337.9! 1U 74
Duplicate and swearing officer.l 50
Attorneys fees... 2 50
Auditors fees 4 50
Use of house, W. D. Wise 1 00
Printing Statements 3 00
Exonerations 4 6t
112 953 Of
Audited this 21st day of March. 1904.
James Curry. )
Gilbert N. Fenstermacher, \ Auditors
E. E. Renn. I
EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE.
ESTATE OF BONHAM R, GEAR
HART.LATE OF DANVILLE,PA.,
DECEASED.
Notice is hereby Kiven that letter*
Testamentary upon the estate *of saic
B. R. Gearhart have been granted to
the undersigned. All persons indebl
ed to said estate are requested to niakt
payment, and those having claims oi
demands against the same will makt
them known without delay to
MAHY LOUISA GEARHART,
Executrix, Danville Pa
or to Robert Y. Gearhart at First Na
tional Bank, Danville, Pa
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Soap-Making
with
BANNER LYE
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dissolve a can of Banner Lye in cold
water, melt 5# lbs. of grease, pour the
Lye water in the grease. Stir and put
aside to set
Pull Directions on Every Packip
Banner Lye is pulverized. The can
may be opened and closed at will, per
mitting the use of a small quantity at a
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