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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-13

Let me say have used Ely's Cream
Balm for catarrh and can thoroughly
recommend it for what it claims. Very
truly, Rev) II. w. Hathaway, Eliza
beth, n. j.
l tried Elys Cream Balm, and to all
appearances am cured of catarrh. The
terrible headaches from which / long
suffered are gone.-W. j. Hitchcock
late Major u. S. Vol. and A. A. Gen,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Balm does not irritate or cause
sneezing. Sold by druggists at 20 cts.
or mailed by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren
St, New York.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-13
Himmen-Kilgus.

Joseph A. Himmen and Mary NJ. Kilg-
us, both of this city, were married last
evening. The ceremony was performed
by Rev d. l.. Fogleman at bis resld-
ence, Bloom street, at o'clock. Mr..
and Mrs. Himmen will reside at 2l2 East
Mahoning street.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-13
ANNOUNCEMENT.

| hereby announce my name as
candidate for denomination for the office
of Prothonotary and Clerk of the Courts
of Montour County, subject to the ac-
ton of the Republican Convention
J. G.. MILLER.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-13

Esterhazy's latest affidavit that he
wrote the Dreyfus bordereau is likely
to command little attention. He seems
to have lied himself into hopeless OBJ
scurity.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-13

The Duke of Orleans has refused the
throne of Sicily, saying that he will sit
on the throne of France or on none. The
duke Is not likely 10 do any throne sit
ting for some time.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-13
COMMUNICATIONS.

All communications sent to the AMERI-
CAN for publication must be signed by
the writer, and communications not so
signed will be rejected.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-13
SOME JUNE GOWNS.
CHARMING NEW MODELS FROM A
FASHIONABLE TROUSSEAU.

Dainty Muslins Smart Shopping
Suits - Low Priced Corded Black
Silk For Summer.
The June trousseau, now in the proc
ess Of making, contains no more impor-
tant items than wedding and house
gowns. Some very charming designs,
selected from Vogue, are here given.
The wedding gown is described as
made of heavy panne Grape over cream
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-13
Death of Thomas Kennel,

Thomas Kennel, who resided with his
sister, Mary Kennel, near the Fair
Ground, died Saturday morning aged
45 years of heart disease.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-13
ship.

In a sermon preached at Asbury
Park, N. j.. Rev. Dwight e. Marvin,
d. D., spoke somewhat candldly Of the
relations of the church and the press.
"Churches do not advertise as they
should" said Dr. Marvin. Twenty
FIVE years ago simple announcement
IN the local paper was considered sufti-
Client by most business men. Today
the successful merchant feels II incum-
bent to take more space and advertise
more carefully and attractlyely, yet
the church has not changed, but still
retains the custom Of former years and
contents itself with brief statements of
services in the column Of church no.
tices found in the Saturday paper. The
newspaper is the church's handmade
to assist in advancing the divine king
dom, but it has no right to ask for all
kinds Of complimentary notices and re-
views of insignificant meetings and en-
tertainments as puffs. This, too, Is de-
grading. | have come in business con
tact with a large number Of publishers
In my life, and | have generally found
them businesslike, courteous and will
ing to act generously toward the
churches that have shown themselves
willing to advertise to any great eX
tent or speak good words for the daily
paDer. IT should be thoroughly un-
derstood that the publisher of a daily
paper is under no obligation to ad-
vertise the church without pay or
spread Its fame and receive therefor
only criticism. AS a yender Of news
and an educator of the people he is un-
der obligation to tell the news, speak
the truth and teach morality, but that
does not put him under bonds to print
paragraphs lauding the minor actiyi-
ties of the church"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-13

The stock market has become so Qul-
ct that public attention is now directed
to the fights over the umpires' deci-
siOns.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-13
Reduced Rates to San Francisco via the
Pennsylvania Railroad, account Epworth
Teague Convention,

On account of the Fifth international
Convention of the Epworth League, to
be held in San Francisco July Is to %,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will sell, July to II, from all stations
ON its line, excursion tickets to San
Francisco at greatly reduced rates. For
specific information regarding rates,
routes, and conditions of tickets apply
to ticket agents.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-13

Cmle insinuates that the warlike talk
OF her neighbor in the boundary line
dispute Is only another case of Peru
Wan bark.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-13
gramme of exercises:

/. Prayer.
2. Salute TO the flag.
g. National hymns.
T. Addresses by soldiers and citizens
s. Flag drills.
g. Quotations from eloquent orations and poems
the flag.
T. Ringing of bells.
This simple programme will serve
admirably where the school officers
have not had the time or forethought
to prepare more elaborate one. 1t is
surprising how much life and enthusi-
asm may be aroused in an assemblage
by the ceremony of saluting the flag
and in the flag drill where scores and
hundreds of children take part. School
trustees and teachers can make the
first Flag day of the twentieth century
a. notable one by the adoption of the
suggestions circulated by Colonel Bake
well through the posts of the Grand
Army.
The children love the flag of their
country and cannot be drawn too close
to 1t in veneratiOn of its history and
the sacrifices that have made 1t re-
spected the world over. Lessons in
patriotism should early be taught the
rising generation, and the fitting OBJ
servance Of Flag day is one Of the
most effective means of inculcating
these high lessons, the learning OF
which conduces to the highest citizen
ship
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-13
EIau Day LIN the Schools.

Colonel Allan C. Bakewell, the flag
commissioner of Lafayette post, G. A.
r. of New York, who distributed sew
eral hundred United States flags to the
schools Of Porto Rico Immediately aft
er the occupation of the island, has
since been an active worker in the in
culcation of patriotism in the schools
throughout the country. Holding rank
as aid-de-camp of the commander in
chief of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, he is able to use the influence OF
the vast organization in this commend
able work Recently he sent to the
aids of the several states and through
them to the local aids of the counties a
circular letter appealing for the gen
eral observance of June IA as Flag day
In the public schools. In the circular
to be distributed by the Grand Army
officers he suggests the following pro-
pramme of exercises:
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-13
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.

kidneys themselves break down and waste
away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles most always result from
a arrangement of the kidneys and a cure is
obtained quickest by proper treatment Of
the kidneys. If you are feeling badly you
can make no mistake by taking DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-ROOt, the great kidney, liver and
bladder remedy.
1t corrects inability to hold urine and scald-
ing pain in passing it, and overcomes that
unpleasant necessity of being compelled TO
60 often during the day. and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and the
extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon
realized. 1t stands the highest for its won
derful cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant TO take and sold
by all druggists in fifty-cent and one-dollar
sized bottles. You may Ek
have a sample bottle of G4IITsXE E 1s.."%ss:s =. %sss::sss
this wonderful new dis ID u ,st5
covery and book that sasslAl.:ssiAss4e s4@i
tells all about it, both Home OF swampR Root
sent free by mail. Address DR.. Kilmer & Co.
Binghamton, N. Y. When writing mention
reading this generous offer in this paper.
Evening journal., 1901-08-14

nous and as gentle and as considerate
las they had been determined and val
lam The more one reflects upon the
disposition and temper and character
of the really great actors on both sides,
Ithe more surely one fees that our
present Union and our fraternal rela-
lions We're cemented not by the post
lprandial speeches and flamboyant dec
larations of latter-day politicians, but
by the men in blue and the men in
gray who met face to face in the shock
of battle. From Grant and Lee all the
way down TO the private in the ranks.
There came at the close of the war
thoughts and words and acts that in
sured beyond shadow of doubt the
perpetuity OF the "indissoluble union
of indestructible States" On that roll
of honor luminous with Federal and
Confederate commanders. the name of
General Joshua l.. Chamberlain, Of
Maine shines in unfinished beauty.
Evening journal., 1901-08-14
Enforce the Kldnaplng Law

i rom the Iulldut4pnld fIt38.
Florida, It's governor and hs county
prosecuting officers have a very seri-
GUS responsibility to discharge in en-
forcing the law against the kidnapers
of fifteen men engaged in the work OF
labor a8itaion and organization at
Tampa.
These men We're committing no H.
legal act. II they had committed such
am act they could be indicted If they
were planning one they could be en-
Joined. II they were doing neither
they had a right to their personal lib
erty and their personal rights.
Their kidnapping was a crime. None
could be worse. For violence in labor
disputes there is no excuse or iustihca-
ton on either side. For min owners
or their friends among the citizens Of
Key West to resort in this way to vio-
lence and crime was to dig at the very
foundations Of law and order, and IL
Florida intends to preserve the ad-
vance It has made in manufactures it
must enforce the law against these
kidnapers.
Evening journal., 1901-08-14

Shamrock II is in New York harbor,
and her crew has bsen the recipient Of
a right royal welcome. Captain Syca-
more. in an interview, expressed the
opinion that the Columbia would be
her competitor instead OF the Constitu-
tion. He declares that the English
boat is faster than the cd challenger.
Should this prove true, no one can
safely predict the outcome, and it
will all depend on the proper hand
ling and such weather conditions as
may advantage one at the expense OF
the other. Barring accident, this
should be the closest race ever sailed
and Sir Thomas Upton has an excel
lent chance of carrying home with him
the trophy. Should this be the ous
come the American people can remem
Der a long period of yachting suprem
acy. and no enc could take it from u
with as little hurt TO our pride as tn
gallant owner OF the Shamrock.
Evening journal., 1901-08-14
Roosevelt and Yates-Perhaps
m the Providence journal.

tIohl iune flONldence journal.
It is unnecessary to go over the facts
which will make the vice-pres.
dent a striking figure in the
future of his party's politics.
Young, ambitious, POSSESSED of his
own notions of how difficulties in his
pathway are to be disposed of. he is
perhaps the most prominent man
whom popular imagination can see b.
fore the country as the career of the
president draws to n close.
The new reasons why he has become
conspicuous are connected with the
name OF Governor Yates, the young
and vigorous political power that has
arisen in Lincoln and Grants great
State. Known to be an aspiring and
yet cool-headed person when he was
nominated he has developed with amaz-
ing rapidly. He came to the head of
his party in Illinois through a fight
between two factions. The effect of his
lcourse in Office has been completely
to destroy the Old alignment in the
State. He is building up, indeed has
ALREADY finished building up, a united
organization, which commands the re-
spect OF the former faction leaders. He
has not been content with this per
formance. however but has worked on
until he has made it into a Yates Or
ganlzation. He uses patronage freely
a@accomplish his purposes, yet selects
good men for Office and puts the
Others out of the way. Somehow ne
makes very few enemies. Vice-Presi-
dent Roosevelt and he were closely to-
gether for some hours last week. and
when the wce-president eft to con-
tinue his trip he announced tbat he
should return to visit the governor in
the ran Thereupon the politicians
conclude that plan is being hatched
for the nomination of Roosevelt and
Yates in 1904 ''''N
Evening journal., 1901-08-14
rnrATnEs

Those who have abundant crops Of
corn and potatoes will be the plutoorats
among the farmers this year, if all
reports are true From all sections
comes the cry that there are few pota-
toes The shortage covers New Eng
land, the West and also the Southern
States Maryland and Delaware seem
TO be the only exceptions, and on the
Peninsula, at least, there will prob
ably be the usual yield. South Of
Pennsylvania there are two crops. an
early and later one, while In the
Northern and some Western States
there is but one.
Most of the early Delaware potatoes
have been marketed at good prices. but
there is yel steady advance.
From present indications late pota-
toes are making well. and dollar a
bushel Is not a high estimate for them.
Almost every farmer has a surplus
after keeping sufficient for home con-
sumption, and this will mean a great
deal of ready money for our farmers.
That the reports are pretty accurate
is evidenced by the present market
quotations, as dealers have way Of,
reaching the future yield pretty ac-
curately In the New England cities
they are now selling at from $3.50 to
Sl.75 per bushel.
Evening journal., 1901-08-14
HAT MAKER TELLS HOW
HEAD COVERINGS ARE MADE

dyeing room. where It remains until
the style of hat to be made is deter
mined, when it is taken to a hydraulic
press and the crown is pressed into
shape. The hat is steamed before
being pressed. The color being deter
mined, the hat Is boiled for forty-five
minutes in the steam dyer, after which
it is again shaped by the hydraulic
press. This press merely shapes the
crown and makes Nat brim. The
pOlisher next takes it in hand and
with a lathe, emery paper and a deli
cate touch its surface is finished The
curler next takes the hat, cuts the
brim to shape and puts a temporary
curl in it. 1t then goes to the trimmer,
who puts i'm the leather, puts on the
band and trims the edge of the brim.
After this work is done it goes back to
the curler who heats it and puts the
permanent curl in the brim. The hat
is made and is ready for the dealer.
THE hair used in making hats is
coon, hare, beaver, otter and belly
beaver.
"Belly-beaver is a strip of valuable
down found on the belly of the beaver
hide. 1t is the most valuable material
used in making hats A hat made en-
tirely of this down would sell for $40.
"Shellac is used in making the hat
stiff, because it is mixed with alcohol
and the mixture when applied to both
sides sinks into the felt, and, meeting
in the centre, forms a stiffening that
leaves a nap on each side of the goods.
In making soft hats the same process
is used, but the shellac is not used as
plentifully
Cheap hats, or seconds. are in many
instances hats that have been damaged
by the polisher going too deeply with
his emery paper striking the shellac.
which makes white mark that cannot
be obliterated."
Evening journal., 1901-08-14

While William Wells, general suFer-
intendentforG George b. Wells, the Phil
adephia hatter5 was visiting in Smyrna
last week, a reporter for the Evening
journal had an instructive conversa-
tion with him respecting the making
of hats.
Mr.. Wells is an experienced hat
maker and a good conversationalist
While talking with him it occurred to
the Wayfarrer's mind that he, the
Wayfarer, did not have the slightest
idea of how derby hats were made.
The more he thought of it the more he
was convinced that it would be an in
teresting piece of information, so he
remarked;
MIR. Wells, / confess my ignorance:
/ do not know how hats are made"
There are thousands of Others who
do not, said Mr.. Wells, smiling.
DO you press the crown out of wet
felt?" asked the Wayfarer.
mo. we do not" said Mr.. Wells.
but / will tell You how we make
them. We first take the hair OF hares
and of coons. This is put into a
blower. which separates the long hair
from the down We then take the
down and putting IL into a blower it
is blown into the shape of cone. The
force of the blower knits the hair
closely and the cone can be handled, al
though the shell is thin. It is then
thrown into a tub of boiling water and
rolled and worked until it shrinks to
half it's size, when it is taken from the
blower. This makes the felt the proper
thickness. 1t next goes to the shellac
room, where it is coated with white
shellac. both inside and out, after
which it is stretched either Ivy machin-
cry or by hand over a block until the
top is fiat and the point of the cone
shape disappears. II next is sent to the
Evening journal., 1901-08-14
An EPIDEMIC OF SCRATCHING
Many Persons Annoyed By a Peculiar
MaladY

Many persons in the city and vicin-
ity are suffering from a peculiar NAL
ady, generally known as the
scratches" and for which no account
able reason can be given.
The disease. If it may so be called,
attacks people first about the ankles
and wrists and gradually extends to
the entire body. The sensation is
somewhat similar to that produced by
someone drawing a feather across the
face or body. An itchy sensation is
produced, but there is no sign of any
eruption. 1t is a familiar sight to see
men going about the streets, stop and
rub their back against nearby avn
ing or electric pole to give them some
relief
Evening journal., 1901-08-14
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST "a. 1901
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT

The allied forces OF reform in phila-
delphia have named a ticket such as
can be supported by all good citizens
irrespective of past party affiliations
Opposed to them are the machines OF
the two great parties-or rather, the
Quay machine with its Democratic
connections. For many years Penn
sylvania has illustrated the full POS
. sibilities of corruption, and under the
present Philadelphia administration ii
has openely dehed public opinion.
Efforts to check its outrages have
been in vain; it is not amenable to
public opinion, but defies the laws of
God and man. Every paper in Philadel-
phia with pretensions Of respectability
has given its columns to exposure of
the gang, and by this time the people
are fully informed Of all the facts.
They are aware that they have been
robbed and dishonored; and they now
have the opportunity of registering
their decision.
The qualifications OF the criminal
gang extends to almost every branch
OF society, and even the courts are un-
der suspicion. The people are now
on trial. and are TO say whether they
like the system and whether It is 10
continue. They are to demonstrate
the possibilities Of the independent
vote in municipal affairs, and to de-
eide whether corrupt officials masquer-
aiding under party regularity shall be
supreme in municipal affairs. Should
they fail, Il will be another blow To
popular government.
The rottenness OF our municipal
governments suggests that there is a
crying need Of some change in Our
system of government of the great
centres Of population. European coun-
tries are far ahead Of us in this par
ticular. Perhaps the solution is to be
found in a disregard of party lines in
the settlement of purely local ques-
tions. or the conduct of campaigns
within party lines when the platforms
contain only local issues. Some solu-
ton should be found, as the present
intolerable conditions almost justify
revolutions.
Evening journal., 1901-08-14
NEWSPAPER OPINION
A Way in Sweden

From the Omaha World-Herald.
In one Of William T. Curtis letters
TO the Chicago Record-Herald he cites an
interesting fact concerning business
methods in Sweden. He notes that in
that country the saloons are closed ON
Saturday. which is the universal pay day,
while the savings banks remain open I'M
III midnight Saturday night. There is a
hint in this to those who would encour-
age thrift in this country The wage
worker who would be encouraged TO de
post his money in safe hands if the num-
Der of safe hands was as great as the
number Of saloons, often finds himself
penniless before he reaches home. The
savings banks close at 3 o'clock IN The
afternoon. but the saloons remain opeI
all the time.
The Swedish people seem TO act Will
common sense ON a great many propo
sitions, and this thing of closing the sa
looms on pay day and keeping the saving
banks open is very common sens
method Of encouraging thrift.
Evening journal., 1901-08-14

Democratic journals have had much
to say about change Of postmasters
at an obscure country village in Ken
lucky, Senator Deboe recommending a
man as the successor Of woman. But
we haven't heard a word as to the eff
ficiency of the woman or of the quail
fications Of the man. Perhaps a pub
Hcation Of al, the facts might reveal a
case OF misplaced sentiment, or Of par
tisan gnsh.
Evening journal., 1901-08-14

A boy hung in a cherry tree
because a jagged limb
had pierced the little trousers that
His ma had made for him.
strong,
,. Twas well she made them So
iIS ground then nearest to her son
was twenty feet below.
Inc FARMER sauntered down the lane
a sturdy man was he;
lie saw the child and stopped awhile
Beneath the cherry tree.
/ nat night boy went limping home
Depressed and bruised and sore.
And vowing he would never climb
A cherry tree no more"
lie wore those little trousers out.
Inc years went gliding past:
And, as a man, he stood beside
His mothers grave at last.
lhey cut the cherry tree away.
Because the town had spread.
And some one wished to clear a site
On which TO build a shed.
One day man who. as a boy,
Had made a vow that he
Would never, never, never climb
Another cherry tree.
Behold, with .watery lips. the rare.
Red cherries that grew high
Upon a tree that CHANGED TO be
Where he was passing by.
They found him lying where he fell,
The trousers that he wore
Were not as strong, alas, as those
His ma had labored Ger.
MORAL.
Though you should drain the spreadin
sea,
The luckless man who came
On earth to drown would find som
hole
To drown in just the same.
Evening journal., 1901-08-14
Incldsni nf Annnmattox

From New-Orleans Times-Democrat.
II is impossible for any American Of
the Southern States TO read these
words of General Chamberlain and not
feel peculiar sense of affection and
admiration for the great and good men
who directed the war from the Federal
side; who fought like tigers and were
ready 10 die without muTmur so long
as the conflict lasted. and who, when
the struggle ended, we're as magnani-
Evening journal., 1901-08-14
Rlr Corn Oron ror snaaer

Georgetown, Del, Aug. 10 1.-The corn
crop Of Sussex county gives excellent
promise. Fields are brimful of the
tallest corn ever seen here, owing to
favorable weather conditions and the
improved methods of cultivation. The
crop will, at advancing prices now
being quoted, pay of many mortgages.
Evening journal., 1901-08-14

execution. It is doubtful whether It
would be obeyed, as depositors who
have saved a sum by toll care more for
security than for yielding 10 a senti-
mental whim Of Shaffer. II the strike
continues much Of this viii be with
drawn. anyway. Even union men Will
regard this as an interfer-
snce with their personal rights.
Evening journal., 1901-08-14
New Nlembera Taken In

At a meeting Of Father NJ. X. Fallon
Assembly, held in st. Patrick's parc-
chial school Monday night several new
members were admitted and ten new
applications were received. The asso-
citation expects to give a trolley ride
to Delaware City this month.
Evening journal., 1901-08-14

There is either war or discomfort in
almost every South American country,
and Uncle Samuel is regarded as a sort
OF elder brother, responsible for keep
ing the peace. Some Of these days we
shall have to go down there and an
mex q few States just as an example.
1.-The United States of North and South
America" would sound rather swag-
ger.