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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
two KILLED IN
WRECK At MILTON

While running at full speed p. g. E.
Erie Express, north bound, ran into a
draft of freight cars just below the Mil
ton passenger station early Saturday
morning. Engineer James Wheeland,
of Harrisburg, who was running the
passenger train, and Conductor Ed
ward Stringer, of Northumberland, of
the freight crew, were instantly kill
ed Albert Schatfer, of Sunbury, the
passenger fireman, had his skull frac
tured, right arm crushed to the shoulder
and was otherwise injured. He is in
the Mary NJ. Packer hospital and his
condition last evening was without
improvement. If he survives the ter
rible shock it will be necessary to
amputate the arm at the shoulder
Isaac Phillips, of Harrisburg, the bag
gagemaster, fell down sixteen foot
culvert while running ahead to flag
trains and suffered severe bruises.
The freight, which was bound from
Sunbury to Remove, was doing some
shifting at the Milton freight station
and there was no warning to the pas
senger engineer of anything being on
the track. He did not see the freight
cars until almost upon them. Con-
ductor Stringer was seated on the top
of the rear freight car with his back
towards the passenger train. He was
unaware of its approach until he was
hurled to death beneath the wheels.
Two brakemen escaped injury by
jumping. None Of the passengers were
hurt and only the engine and two ex-
press cars were wrecked, although they
were completely smashed. The freight
cars were reduced TO kindling wood.
Engineer Wheeland formerly lived i'll
Sunbury and his father, the late Ben
jamin Wheeland, was at one time al
engineer Oh the Bloomsbury division
of the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western railroad.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
Lincoln Literary Society.

The Lincoln Literary Society of the
Danville High School held an inter
esting meeting Friday afternoon at
which the following program was
given: Piano duet, Misses Hooley; rec
itation 1.-The Southern Soldier" 4,
Miss Lyons; essay, Government, "
Mr.. Dreifuss; cornet solo, Mr. Latin
er; recitation, HAS Charity Begun, "
Miss Cromwell; selection, keystone
Male Quartette reading, The Cultur
ed Daughter of Plain Grocer" Miss
Furman; defamation, 'Sockery Set
ting a Hen," Mr.. Amesbury.
The question debated was: Resolv-
ed, that the demands of the miners are
just and their actions commendable. !"
The affirmative debaters were Mr..
Hooley, Mr.. Eugene Pegg and Miss
Price. The negative side was taken
by Mr. Harrington. Mr.. Welliver and
Miss Jenkins. The decision was in
favor of the affirmative.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
"VvVVVVvvV~V
j. j. I'd W Ow no,
Merry Birthday Party.

A merry birthday party was given
at the home of Miss Mabel Treas, in
South Danville, ON Friday evening,
which was attended by the following
guests: Misses Elizabeth Daniels,
Ruth Dimmick, Ella Landau, Miriam
Marks, Hattie Bent, May James, Mary
Pegg, Ada Ball, Anna McCloughan,
May Meyer, Ella Shultz, Jennie
Snyder, Mary Kimble, May Hummer,
Jessie Jordan, Elmira Foust, Mary
Heller, Alma Kimble, Margaret Evans,
Pearl Brent, of South Danville Bertha
Miller, of Harrisburg Mary Noes
chin, Kathryn Moeschlin, Edith
Reimert and Kathryn Leister, of Sun
bury; Messrs. Raymond Clayton,
Calvin Keefer, Eugene Pegg, Charles
Wilson, Hoyt Oleaver, John Ball,
David Pursell, Harry Startzel, Thomas
James, Arthur Campbell, Clyde Shultz
Benjamin Diesroad, Bradley McClain,
Harry Landau, Clyde Dyer, Amelis
Francis, of this city and South Dam
Vile; Samuel Roberts, of Shamokin /;
Edward Moeschlin and William Grubb
of Sunbury. The party was given in
honor of the twentieth birthday of
Miss Treas.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
GULF STREAM MARKS.
The Course of the Flow Through
the Ocean Plainly Indicated.

The Course of the Flow Through
the Ocean Plainly Indicated.
The color of the stream is percepti-
bly, deeper blue than that Of the neigh
boring sea, this blueness forming one
of the standard references of the nau-
tical novelists. The depth Of color Is
due to the high percentage Of salt con-
tanned as compared with the cold green
water of higher ATTITUDES, observation
having shown that the more salt held
In solution by sea water the more In
tensely blue is its color. Thus even In
extratropical ATTITUDES we sometimes
observe water of beautiful blue col
or, as for instance, In the Mediterra-
mean and In other nearly landlocked
basins, where the influx of fresher wa
ter, being more or less impeded, the
percentage of salt contained Is raised
by evaporation above the average, says
the National Geographic Magazine.
Another important fact in connection
with the stream Is its almost tropical
temperature, due to the fact that its
high velocity enables 1t to reach the
middle latitudes with very little loss
of heat. Upon entering its limits the
temperature of the sea water frequent
ly shows a rise of ten degrees and even
fifteen degrees 1t was this fact that
gave to the stream In the later years
of the eighteenth century and the ear
ller years of the nineteenth an impor-
tance In the minds of navigators that
1t no longer possesses. In those days
the chronometer, invented by Harri-
son in 1865, was still an experiment.
Instruments were crude and nautical
tables often at fault.
The result was that the determina-
ton Of the longitude was largely
matter of guesswork, n vessel after
voyage from the channel to America
often being out of her reckoning by de-
grees instead OF by minutes. The idea,
first suggested by Benjamin Franklin,
that the master of n vessel, by observ-
ing the temperature of the surface wa
ter, could tell the moment of his entry
into the gulf stream and could hence
fix his position to within a few miles
was hailed with delight.
The method was published in 1790
by Jonathan Williams in a work
lengthily entitled "Thermometrical
Navigation: Being n series of expert
ments and observations tending to
prove that by ascertaining the relative
heat of the sea water from time to
time the passage of a ship through the
gulf stream and from deep water into
soundings may be discovered in time
to avoid danger" In this work he
makes a patriotic comparison of the
gulf stream to streak of red, white
and blue, painted upon the surface Of
the sea for the guidance of American
nayigators
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
Convention of Endeayorers,

The Christian Endeavor societies of
Montour and Columbia counties will
hold a convention at Berwick on Octo-
Der 90 and "a. The opening services
will be held in the Evangelical church
ON Thursday evening, October %. The
sessions of Friday, October "a, will be
in the Lutheran church, with the clos
ing meeting in the Presbyterian church
on Friday night. An unusually strong
program is being arranged and many
Endeavorers will be in attendance
Rev. E. B. Dunn, of the United Evan
gelical church, this city, will conduct
the devotional service Thursday even
ing. On Friday morning Rev. G. d.
Lerch will respond to the address of
welcome, and on Friday evening II.
III. Furman will read paper on
How to get the best results from the
Christian Endeavor prayer meeting" "
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
Opened Metallic Circuit.

The United Telephone Co. have open
ed their copper metallic circuit to Har-
risburg and have also completed their
lines through to West Chester, Chest
er and as far south as Baltimore.
The company are selling coupon
books as follows: A book with 200
coupons good for SO. 90 worth of tolls
at 10 per cent. discount; books with
1000 coupons good for 500. 90 woIth of
tolls at 20 per cent. discount.
These coupons will be accepted from
customers at their face value in pay
met of local extra territorial and long
distance messages.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
More Trainmen Being Employed.

During the past few days twenty
seven brakemen have been hired for
the Shamokin division of the p. d r.
railroad Strike leaders claim that the
reason the company is hiring so many
men is in order to be prepared i'll case
some of their crews refuse to handle
hard coal. Officials claim that the
extra force of men is being shired be-
cause the company expects the coal
traffic to increase. All the old hands
on the division have been pressed in
to service, owing to the fact that the
freight traffic on this division was
never better and the extra men will
be needed in case the coal output is
increased.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
ORIGIN OF THE KISS.
The GrrCL story of the Way !
which IL Came Into being.

The GrrcL story of the Way In
which IL Came Into BeinE.
kissing is usually accepted as an
agreeable fact. and its theory and his
tory are ignored. but if kissing did not
begin with Adam and Eve il began
with the beautiful young Greek shep-
herdess who found au opal on one Of
the hills Of Greece aud. wishing TO
give it To II youthful shepherd whose
hands were busy with his tlock, let
him take ii from her lips with hiS own,
says Science S;ftiuGs. Thus the kiss
was invented. and perhaps the popular
superstition against the opal may be
traced back To the SINE Incident, for
osculation has wrought great tragedies
In the WORLDS history.
Kissing was once an act of religion.
The nearest friend Of a dying person
performed the right Of receiving his
soul by n Kiss, suppoSing that 1t es-
capped through his lips IT the moment
of expiration. Ii is said that kissing
was first introduced into England 10y
royalty. The British monarch NOrti-
germ gave Il banquet in honor Of his
Scandinavian allies, at which ROwCna,
the beautiful daughter of IIengist, was
present. During the proceedings, after
pressing n brimming beaker to her
lips, she saluted the astonishcd and de-
lighted monarch with kiss after the
manner of her people"
The most honorable royal kiss on rec
ord IS that which Queen Margaret Of
France In the presence of the whole
court one day imprinted on the lips Of
the ugliest man in the Kingdom, Alain
Charter, whom she found asleep. To
those around her she said, Il do not
kiss the man. but the mouth that has
uttered so many charming things
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
Public Library Warmed With Wood,

The Thomas Beaver Free Library
Saturday tried the experiment of burn
ing wood in the hot water furnaces in
the cellar by which the building Is
heated The results were most crafty
ing. Unsplit wood was used, the
pieces being four feet long. Filling
the furnace with these in the morning
it was unnecessary to replenish the fire
until noon, while the radiators gave
forth steady and sufficient heat. In
every respect the wood proved as
efficient as coal and causing very little
if any more trouble.
Wood is also being used III the Smead
& Wells furnaces of the public school
buildings with equally good results.
The intention of the school board was
to supplant the use of wood with soft
coal when winter approached, but
with the price of bituminous coal
soaring around the high water mark
attained at present the expediency of
trying the use of wood all winter, or
until hard coal can be obtained, will
no doubt receive serious consideration.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
|COAL COMING
FROM ALL SOURCES

Contrary to what is generally sup
posed there is in the aggregate great
deal of coal in the cellars of our town,
carried over from last year. The real
ly provident and long headed individu-
al when the strike was agitated last
spring toreseeing what was likely to
occur bought all the coal he could get
AS a result it is no secret that there
are a number of cellars about town
that are filled to the top notch. These
fellows may not be saying much about
their good luck, but their faces show
that some of the troubles that other
people have do not weigh upon them.
In these days of stringency coal is
apt to materialize from sources where
it was little dreamed of, For inst
ance, J. l.. Pursell, a farmer living
between this city and Grovania, has
discovered that he has n whole car load
of coal to dispose of. Mr.. Pursell, who
has lime kiln Oh his farm, one year
ago purchased car load of good sized
coal, which up to the present he has
had no occasion to use in burning
lime.
Several persons in town who badly
wanted coal learned of Mr.. Pursell's S
supply and they importuned him to
sell them portion with so much
urgency that he finally decided to get
rid of the whole car load. He was in
this city delivering load Tuesday,
The fact that some one had genuine
anthracite coal TO sell caused a big ex-
citement and the man was stopped at
nearly every square and deluged with
offers. To all it was the same story
the coal was all engaged. The price
received was thirty cents per cwt. but
| forty cents per cwt. was offered by
those very anxious to buy.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
PLAIN TALK.
Straight Talk and TO the Point-The Vir.
tues of DR.. A. W. Ohase's Nerve Pills
Told in Few Words by Danyille
Citizen Who Knows.
Citizen Who Knows.

Mrs. Jacob Mills. of corner Front
and Church streets, Danville, Pa,
says 80 Last fall l was feeling very
poorly and nervous. l had frequent
spells of nervous headache and good
Idea of trouble with my stomach. See
ing DR.. A. w. Chases Nerve Pills re-
commended | got box at Goshs Drug
store and used them with good results.
| rested so much better and felt strong
er and brighter. They certainly did me
good and l can highly recommend
them.
DR.. A. w. Chase's Nerve Pills are
sold at 80 cts box at dealers or DIR.
A W. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo,
N. Y. See that portrait and signature
of A. w. Chase, M. ID. are on every
package.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
Attending Firemen's Convention.

The Continental Hose Company left
yesterday afternoon, on the IL ;15 Penn
sylvania train for Bradford to attend
the convention of the State Firemen S
Association. They had a special car
which will be run through to the con-
vention city and will remain there un.
til their return home the latter part of
the week. The Continentals expect to
participate in the parade Thursday
afternoon. There were thirty-three
members who went on the trip and
each bore portion of the expense.
The special car was gaily decorated
with bunting and on its sides were
streamers, as follows: Continental
Hose Company, No. 3, Danville,
Penna." The special was attached to
the Buffalo Flyer at Sunbury.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09

Birth-marks which mark and mar
the outside of the body are grief to
every mother whose children may
bear them. But for every child who
beras a birth mark on the skin there
are many who bear an indelible birth
mark on the mind. Nervous mothers
have nervous children and many a man
and woman owes an irrratable and de-
spondent temperament to those days
of dread when the mother waited the
hour of her maternity. The use of
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
strengthens the mother for her trial.
With strength comes a buoyancy of
spirits and quietness of mind, which is
one of the happiest gifts mother can
bestow on her offspring. By giving
vigor and elasticity to the delicate
womanly organs Fayorite Prescrip
tion" practically does away with the
pain of maternity and makesthe baby's
advent as natural and as simple as the
blossoming of a flower. There is no
opium, cocaine or other narcotic con-
tained in "Favorite Prescription.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
Trouble for Farmers.

MONTGOMERY, Oct. THE farm
ers are in for their share of i'll luck in
this vicinity. The late potatoes are
rotting and the recent rain has ruined
the corn and buckwheat crops. There
will be no buckwheat in this vicinity
to thresh this fall. The recent rains
have caused it to sprout and spoiled it..
The corn fodder is turning black and
many acres will be unfit for use as
feed. The corn also is only partially
ripe, and the corn hereabouts will prob
ably be scarce.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
Heavy Fall Rains.
package.

The heavy rain of Sunday inter
ferred very much with attendance at
church, at both morning and evening
service. During brief interval in the
afternoon the sun shone, but on the
whole it was unsafe to venture upon
the streets without an umbrella.
The country roads under the fre-
quent rains are very soft and muddy.
the wheels at many places sinking in
to the depth of several inches. The
streams are full to overflowing. I'm
der the circumstances it is not probable
that the river will fall much below
the present point, which is still some
five feet above low water mark.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
APPRENTICE QUARRELS.
Young French workmen Travel Al
why's Ready For "a Fight.

JealOusies between the wOrkmoI's
corporations in France result in "ID-
mcric" comiats, bloody battles. 1T is
the one bad side Of an institution that
is otherwise so truly fraternal
They start out IN companies, rarely
alone. to make their tour of France
Before coming back to continue their
work in their own villages the young
apprentices 20 together from town to
town TO study on the ground the mas
terpieces of their trade and to see the
best that the genius of their ancestors
has produced IL is the knight crran-
try Of the workman.
He earns his living on route. pCrfects
himself III his profession. learns from
one master and another, sees. com
paFes, studies, admires. He gathers his
humble harvest of souvenirs and i'm
pressions, enjoys the full yigor Of his
early years and passes his youth along
the sunny highways.
Unfortunately there is disagreement
among the societies" In everything
there is found a preteXt for quarrels.
L 4lt Np'4tiN vi tAlf u ~ tF'AAtfA7f -
jealous Of that of Maiire Jacques. and
the Enfants du Solomon take part in
the quarrel whenever possible.
Two companies meet on the road.
The two leaders, the master COmpan-
ions" stop nt twenty PAGES from each
| other.
"Haltw says one.
"Haltr' says tie other.
What tradef"
| Carpenter. And your
"StODecutter. CompaniOnf'
Companion
Your sOciety-cOuntryF
And according to the reply they drinb
from the same gourd or fight. The
melee becomes general. They fight
| fist and stiy.,. until the road is Uttered
| with those who are wounded. some
| times even to the DEATH Harper
| Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
To Relieve the Situation.

A popular method for relieving
the necessities of the people for coal
is that the miners go to work at the
same pay as they were getting before
the strike and continue mining coal
until the more stringent demands are
supplied. This course on the part of
the miners would entitle them to wide
public sympathy, an important aid in
the struggle in which they are now
engaged. This would be an important
concession on the part of the miners
and might lead to similar ones on the
part of the operators.
READER.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
The Festive Candidate.

Here's the festive candidate. He
kissed the baby and rubbed the heads
of Sam and Sue. He swore the twins
were beautiful and wished he had two
but that doesn't count. He asked
about the corn bread, which he vainly
tried to chaw, and forthwith begged
or the recipe. of course that tickled
ma-but that doesn't count. But just
before he left he stopped and winked,
closed up his jaw, and slipping out be-
hind the barn, he took drink with
pa-and that's what counts.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
His Life in Peril.

II just seemed to have gone all to
piece" writes Alfred Bee, of Welfare,
Texas, "billiousness and lame back
had made life burden, couldn't eat
or sleep and felt almost too worn out
to work when began to use Electric
Bitters, but they worked wonders.
Now sleep like top, can eat any
thing, have gained in strength and
enjoy hard work" They give vigorous
health and new life to weak slckly,
run down people. Try them Only
SOC at Paules & 90, drug store.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
His ORhand Manner.

Dan" said contractor to one Of
his trusted employees. when you are
seeing about that lime this morning, l
wish you TO mention to Dempsey that
would like to have that bill paid. You
needn't press it, you know, but just
mention ii TO him in an offhand man
ner."
Yes, sorr."
81 got the money from Dempsey"
said Dan on his return.
I'm very glad. You merely alluded
to 1t in an offhand way, suppose"
Yes, sorr | handed him the bill and
told him if he didn't'paRit would let
OFF my hand and give him 4 black eye
that he wouldn't forget-for a month,
and he paid 1t mt wanst."-London An
swers.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
Recovered Speech and Hearing.

Messers ELY BROS. i commenced
using your Cream Balm about two years
ago for catarrh. My voice was some
what thick and my hearing was dull.
Ny hearing has been fully restored and
my speec1 has become quiet clear.
| am teacher in our town.
l.. G. Brown, Granger, o.
The Balm does not irritate or cause
sneezing. Sold by druggist at so cts or
mailed by Ely Brothers, Sc Warrea St,
New York
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
The Man and the Wave.

Once upon IL time a man was telling
a tale Of woe that unveiled his matri-
monial experience.
ut was all on account of a little
dainty handkerchief" he said. "The
first time that | saw the girl and be
fore we had been introduced she waved
that bit Of lace at me, and was car
ried away. 1t was n fall In love and
then matrimony. But, alas. that deli
cate handkerchief was no index to the
girls nature, and found myself
wrecked on the sea of matrimony."
Moral.-A man may be carried away
by wave and wrecked without going
near the water.-New York Herald.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
Germania Verein Officers.

The Germania Verein has elected the
following officers for the ensuing term ::
President, Anthony Schott, vicepresi
dent, Charles Haag; Secretary, Karl
Molter; Financial Secretary, Paul
Knoch; Treasurer, Andrew Schatz,
Trustees, Carl Litz, Chris Loeb and
Englebert Albert. The affairs of the
Verein are in fourishing condition.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
ALL WRONG.
The Mistake is Made by Many DanVille
Citizens.

Citizens.
Don't mistake the cause of back
ache.
To be cured you must know the
cause.
1t is wrong to imagine relief is cure.
Backache is kidney ache.
You must cure the kidneys.
A Danville resident tells you how
this can be done
Mr.. John Lewis, puddler of Mill
street, says; Il was not well for a
long time. When working my back
became so lame and panied me, so that
after getting home at night | could
hardly straighten. Headaces and
WEAKNESS disinclined me for anything
and in addition | was troubled with
indigestion. / read about Doan's
Kidney Pills and as my Doctors
medicine did me so little good, | got
them and found the most satisfactory
results from their use. They are the
only remedy which ever gave me
permanent relief.
For sale by all dealers Price 30
cents Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo,
N. Y, sole agents for the u. S.
Remember the name-Doan sand
take no substitute.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-10-09
Pavements Must Be Fixed in 80 Days.


Pursuant to the action of council
Frilay night Street Commissioner II.
B. Deem has already entered upon an
examination of the pavements about
town. He finds the job a pretty big
one. Complaints about poor pave
ments have been coming in from q
good many directions of late and
Council at it's last meeting decided to
take the initiative and make the repairs
necessary at the various crossings. 1t
then resolved that the property owners
throughout the borough should do
their part and in every instance where
the pavements are out of order fix
them up without delay.
The action of Council is quite specif-
ic, specifying as the kind of pavements
that must be repaired, those of brick
in which bricks are loose or missing
and tar pavements, old and worn-out,
or rendered uneven and hard to walk
upon by the growth of roots reaching
out from trees along the curb.
The resolution provides that the
necessary repairs must be made within
thirty days, otherwise the pavement
will be fixed by the borough at the
owners expense.