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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
MOVING IN PORTUGAL.
IL Takes About i'ifteen Women and
Five Men For One Job.

Moving day in Portugal IS a greater
tine of trouble than it is even In this
country. \ traveller tells about It:
"Vaus are Unknown. the only means Of
wheeled tr,u SPORT being rough carts
drawn by bgIocks. these in turn PROV
Ing 50 rG.uoys u furniture that only
kitchen utv.sils, iron stoves, bedsteads
aul 9th" uu potable articles are sent
by them. For the rest, the goods are
carried oftcu for many miles by wo-
men only the heaviest things being
taken by mon. Of whom four are en-
plOycd 10 take pianos, wardrobes and
other Ecav. furniture. They carry
these Oh p. - laid across their shOul-
GcrS. to which they are ted by scarfs
passing under tn" opposite arm All
li%htC" good are taken by the women
on their hea's. Six dining room chairs
form an ordinary load for one woman.
"fhc carries these by placing one on
h: head, T. which chair the remaining
five a. TEL forming a sort Of cage
aToJud l. =. Previous to starting the
woman gives herself a shake, the chairs
NIl!it' II. DHIll ll'l anu, w lJll ltI HdutlS
on her hips. -he starts off at a content
cI jog u,nr. covering six miles perhaps
In aG nour ;ui Il half and considering
herself fairly and sufficiently well paid
with - cents or Is cents for the return
Journey there ami back again for a
fresh lo& For long distances only
two Journeys are made in the day
IL" women ar" nearly always bare
footed. except on the coolest days in
winter, vixen they may perhaps wear
sabots. bot tarE often wear as many as
four,crn or fit, Ell much gathered petit
coats Of III cslDrs and materials tied
with 4 sash .oUnd the waist the bunch
thus ly,2a"! upon tie hips making
rcst fDr the hands. All the china and
glass are carried in big round baskets
on the head and ye.y rarely support
Cd hy III" hand. About fifteen or six
teen wom,n are generally employed In
an ordinary Love and four or FIVE
men Ch,cjgD News
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16

The word "cannibalism' is really The
name Of people 1t is identical With
Carib, many Of the Caribs, who for
merly flourishcd in the West Indies,
having been consumers of human flesh.
The letters a." n" and ~" are inter
changcablc in certain aboriginal Ameri-
can languages, 50 that Columbus found
one West Indian island saying CAM
ba" where another said "Carib," while
Shakcspeare's Caliban is another va
riety Of the same Columbus own con
lecture was that the name was con
nectcd with the great khan, and later
philologists Of the old slapdash type as
sociated with "canis," a dog. Ap-
parcntly, however, the meaning Of
'carib" was brave and daring
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
WILL PASS
THROUGH SUNBURY

The new trunk line from New York
To Chicago, to be built at a cost $3.50,
600, 600, the merger papers for which
will be filed at the State department
Philadelphia, but will go through the
northern part Of Pennsylvania. East OF
Pittsburg The road will touch at the
following towns in Pennsylvania
Freeport, Leechburg, South Bend,
Shelocta, Cherrytree, lrvona, Dix,
Loveville, Pine Grove Mills, Shingle-
ton, Tusseyville, Coburn, New Berlin,
Northumberland, Sunbury, Ashland,
Mahanoy City, Tamaqua, Allentown
and Easton
Preliminary work will be begun this
fall on the line to New York and actual
grading Will begin in the spring. The
line west will be started as soon rs
the Pittsburg New York line is com
pleted. The surveys west are not final,
and the promoters expect to lower the
grade further and to shorten the dist
ance before the road is laid out The
road to New York has been surveyed
three times.
The foreign syndicate will build the
road and turn it over complete to the
New York, Pittsburg and Chicago Air
Line, which will be capitalized at first
at 81 coo, 600 The route west of Penn
sylvania is to be kept secret, but it is
stated positively that the Lorain, Ash
tabula and Southern railroad, which
is now nearing completion, Will be one
of the many feeders in the west
James Ramsey, former president of
the Wabash, who is now in New York,
issued the following signed statement
relative to the new project;
We expect TO make "A start this fall
and begin work next spring, hoping to
complete the line between Pittsburg
and New York within three years.
THE line is not merely prelimin-
airy survey, but final location that
has been revised three times Three
corps Of engineers have been busy for
three years 1t is the best possible
short low grade line to be had through
Pennsylvania between PiUtsburg and
New York.
THE extension of the road to Chi
cago from Pittsburg will be taken up
when the line east to New York is
completed.
Sunbury and the country thereabouts
is much exercised over the announce
ment that the new line will pass
through that town, as it is considered
TO be a solution of the recent myster
ions large land purchases between
Sunbury and Selinsgroye
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

jealousy IS like some other things
III" iii should be kept on it,
when yoT sly no. say it in manner
that vii leave no Goubt Of your mean
ing
when giving adN ice to others here is
Il :nalI slice to serve yourself: Keep
still more.
How littl,. the best doctor knows.
AUl how helpless ha is in the presence
Of serious illness.
1t is said That disappointment is hard
to bear. but we all stand it pretty well
when we lo3& in the glass.
y man just starting into law suit
has more faith in courts than his at
torncy ever claims to have.
There are too many young men who
start out to make their mark in the
world and stop It soda fountain or
hammock oil the Way.-Atchison Globe
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
Administrative Notice.

Estate of Enoch w. Snyder, deceased
late Of Liberty township, in the Coun-
ty M,ntour aud State of Pennsylvania.
Letters f administration on the estate
of Enoch w. SNYDER, late of Liberty
township, Montorr County, Pa, deceas-
cl, have roCn granted TO Sarah E. Sny-
der, residing in said township, to whom
all persons irdebted to said estate are
requested to make payment, and those
having claims or demands will make
known the same without delay.
SARAH T. SNYDER
Administrative
Liberty Township, Montour Co, Pa,
May s 'GCG.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
COLONIAL CARELESSNESS.
Using "a school ns Storehouse For
Gunpovdcr.

Distressing accidents such as we find
chroniclcd in the newspapers of our
colonial era, bring home wildly to
/ posterity the fact that dangers to life
and limb existed before the day Of the
dynamite cracker and the automobile.
Children. rambling outdoors, and
grown persons besides says the author
of "Amcricans Of 17TG," would pick
and eat strange berries, roots and veg
1tablcs that turned out poisonous, and
IN vain did newspapers warn against
mushrooms, hcmlock. ivy and other
growing things
ClumsinoSS at work on the part of the
injured or iujurer did much mortal
mischief \ man dropped from his
ladder or scahoding while repairing a
house or was Scalded to death by an
overturned kettle Of potash or maple
sap. We read of a father and three
sons who were killed by suffocation,
one after another, while descending
into pit without first testing for car
bonic acid
People were careless, moreover in
the use of powder and firearms when
the Revolutionary era began. At Hart
ford the legislature voted jOyfully to
the townSfolk two barrels Of powder
for vollcys in honor Of the repeal of the
stamp act The powder was kept in
n schoolhouse, and the mllitiamen,
when filing their horns with it, left
some spilled on the floor
The school children, playing with
the black grains, set them on fire and
the train led to a powder barrel, which
exploded with tremendous conCussion.
The schoolhOuSc was blown up and
many children were killed.
A fire in Andovcr in 177O burned 10
the ground an old house next the meet
ing house. and its three lonely and
aged inmates pcrished in the flames.
But 'proyidentially, as one newspaper
remarked, the church escaped un-
harmed.
Two old maiden sisters, it seems,
We're in tn" habit of smoking their
pipes after they got into bed, whence,
probably, the disaster. Therefore,"
adds the chronicler, 1t may not be
amiss to caution people against such
practice
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
HAY FEVER VICTIMS.

Hay fever victims have begun to
complain, the season for that distress
ing malady having arrived. Science
has succeeded in finding a number of
efficient remedies for. the disease and
consequently the sufferers do not have
the annoyance that accompanies the
disease since using these remedies. 1t
is the custom of some of the victims
to spend the season in a cold climate.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
RAILWAY TRAINS.
AN ORDIN ANCE
To Regulate the Speed, and the
Giving of Signals of the APP
proaCh of Locomotive Engines
and Railroad Trains, Through,
and in the Borough of DanvilIe,
Montour County, Pennsylvania

Be it ordained and enacted by the
Town Council of the Borough OF
Danville, in the County of Montour
and State of Pennsylvania in Council
assembled, and it is hereby ordained
and enacted by the authority of the
same That it shall not be lawful for
any railroad locomotive engine OF
engines, car or cars train or trains,
to be run or propelled through any
portion of the said Borough of Darville
at a greater rate of speed than eight
miles an hour Any Railroad Company,
or any employee or employees thereof
who shall violate any of the provi sions
of this section of this ordinance shall
forfeit and pay fine of not less than
Ten Dollars, nor more than Twenty
Dollars for each and every such
offence.
SECTION 2.--It shall be the duty of
every Railroad Company, and of any
employee or employees thereof having
any locomotive engine in charge, to
ring the bell thereof at all times while
passing through or moving about any
portion of the said Borough of Danville,
and to properly sound or blow the
whistle thereof upon approaching any
street, alley, or other public CT ossing
within the limits of the Borough of
Danville. Any Railroad Company or
any emqlovee or employees who shall
violate any of the provisions of this
Section of this ordinance shall forfeit
and pay fine of not less than Ten
Dollars nor more than Twenty Dollars
for each and every such offence.
SECTION 3.-All fines and penalties,
imposed 10y any of the provisions Of
this ordinance may be sued for, col
lected and recovered before any Justice
Of the Peace of the Borough of Danville,
as debts of like amount and fines and
penalties imposed for the violation
Of Borough ordinances are now by
law collectible and recoverable, and
shall be paid over to the Treasurer
of the said Borough for the use Of
the said Borough.
SECTION All OF ordinance or parts of
ordinances inconsistent with or con-
trary to the provisions of this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
WILLIAM | ROGERS
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16

Guess that freckled daughter of
Thompson's must have a steady young
man"
What makes you think Sof"
THE old man was in here yesterday
to buy one of these newianglcd con
trivanccs that make n big saving in
the gas you burn"
Il don't Lelievc the young mans a
steady If he was they'd save all the
gas. Clcvehnd Plain Dealer
Mrs. Nu'ywei You don't love me
any more; know you don't. Nulywrd
But my dear. you're mistaken. |
adore YOU Mr.. Nuiywtl No; You
don't NJ mnn could love a woman so
badly dressed as ! am, Paris R.rc.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
ADMINISTRATORS Notice.

Estate Of Henry Bernheimer deceas-
ed, Late Of the Borough Of Danville,
Montour County, Penna.
Notice is hereby given that letters
of administration in the above named
estate have been granted to the under
signed and all persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make immedi-
ate payment and those having claims
or demands to present them without
clay to
ANNA NJ. BERNHEIMER,
Administrators.
Ralph Kisner, Attorney
Danville. Pa, Aug. 3, 1906.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16

- local applications, a. they cannot reach
thediseased portion Of the ear. There Is only
one way 60 cure deafness, and that II by con
stitutIpuBl remedies. Deafness Is caused by
al iutiamed condition Of the mucous lining
81 the Ensiachiau tube. When this tube gets
innamed you nave a rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing. and when it is entirely cl,,-
ed deafness r. the result, and unless the in
namnati0n can be- taken out and this tube
restored 10 IT, normal condition, hearing Will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out II ten are
caused by catarrh, which l. nothing but an in
named condition Of the mucous iervices
We viii give one Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness tcaused ty catarrhl that can
nol oe cured bv Halrs CatarrG CuIe send
or circulars, free
r. }. HfNHN s 60 .FICIs.. 1cI,dc. q
soid by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle
HANS Family Pins are the hest
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16

Mark Twain was once talking Of war
and of the hardships and priyations Of
Slegcs.
"a Trcnchman." he said "called one
day on woman who had two dogs.
They were ugly little brutes, and when
they ca4c u,ar him the man pushed
them ont of the way with his foot.
Il perceive. sir said the woman
coldly, that you are not very fond Of
dogs
The man started in surprise.
81 not fond of dogs" he exclaimed.
Why, madam, l ate more than twenty
Of them during the siege of Parisr"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
WLitn Ant. Of AfrIca.

Natives Of the east coast of Africa
do not object to the presence of the
great white ant colonies in their neigh
borhood. The ants exercise great fer
tilizing power on the crops \ resi-
dent of that couutry writes: Every
season | have seen the wonderful eff
fects the white ant hill produces on the
KalIirS' maize and corn. Whenever
there happens to be an ant hill in gar
den its Immediate vicinity can be at
once distinguished, as the maize and
corn are fully double the size Of the
surrounding crop. The bush country
n few miles from this place IS swarm
ing with white ants and has also a
large native population. The ants do
not attack green crops to any extent"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16

The robin hops along IN the furrow
and picks up worms as the farmer
plowS, which it eats itself or carries TO
its nest rs food for the young robins.
The robin prefers smooth coated
worms. such as the common earth
worm. but If such food is scarce 1t does
not disDlain the wy caterpillar 1t ls
an evil day for the caterpillar when a
robin strikes it. The robin picks it up
and shakes it and shakes 1t until It
shakes tie uincs our Of 1.-THE fur AZ
the children call the catcrpillar's fuzzy
coating leaving the caterpillar bare IN
patches auo 80 @rtimcs all over anl
shaken all out Of shape. Then the
robin eats IT or carries it off TO feed its
young
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
Oldest Body of Human Being

The Oldest body of any human be
Ing repo>cS In the Egyptian gallery Of
the British muscum. 1t IS the body Of
n man who was buried In n shallow
grave followed out of the sandstone on
the west bank of the Nile In upper
Egypt This man must have hunted
along the b.nl,s of the Nile before the
time Of the earliest mummied king
which The museum possesses, before
the time OF Menes, who was supposed
to have ruled Egypt at least 5000
b. c. There were previous to that
time two prehistoric races, one the
conquerorS ana the other the con
Quered, from which sprang the Egyp-
tlan race Of the earliest dynasties. 1t
Is with these remote stocks that this
man had 10 do Considering the coudi-
ton In which he was found, It IS evi-
dent that he was associated with
late period of the new stone age Of
Egypt He was buried In charac-
terlstic ncoHthic grave, with Is lnD-
lithIc pots and Instruments ~ G4i
about him. There Is OF cours' no III
scription o. any kind on IT, pets.
knives or grave, all having been ltaE
before the invention Of any 5rItlen
language American Antiquari.I
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
A Prolific Garden.

Cornelius MINER has a stalk of corn
and tobacco plant growing on his
lot at No. % Cooper street, which
well illustrates the extent to which
vegetation thrives this season. Both
the corn and the tobacco came up of
their own accord, the former attain
ing a height of l2l5 feet. while a leaf
of the tobacco plant measures , feet,
~ inches in length and is l5l2 inches
wide
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
VERY FEW TRAMPS-

According to the York Gazette, res
idents of the rural districts of York
county declare that they never see the
typical tramp any more. One promi-
nent farmer who lives along IA mann
highway upon which a dozen years
ago tramps were seen in swarms, de-
clares that he has seen but one tramp
i'll two years, that the lone wanderer
passed the house only a few days ago
and the children looked upon him as
veritable curiosity. Must be in ex-
traordinary luck those York county
es.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
JURY LIST FOR
SEPTEMBER COURT

Curtis Cook and w Boyd Moore yes
terday afternoon finished their work
of drawing jurors for the September
term. \ large venire was made neces.
Sary by the Dietrich homicide case
The following is the list
GRAND JURORS.
Anthony township-B. G. Donnan,
William j. Mohr.
Cooper township Wertman,
Jacob NJ Shultz
Danville, 1st Ward-Edward Bell,
John G. Waite, Ellis Reese. 2nd Ward
Ellis Rank, Samuel Sainsbury. Bird.
Ward Wellington Rote, John Walize,
John Eisenhart. William J. Rogers.
4th. Ward-George Gething.
Liberty township-Daniel f. Blue,
r :. Colder, J. F. Boudman, Victor
v Vincent.
Mahoning township - George w.
Rudy, Oscar Vastine, Jacob II. Rudy.
May berry township-A. NJ. Bird.
Valley township Homer b. Cross
ley.
West Hemlock township-S.B b. Flick
TRAVERS JURORS.
Anthony township-JacOb Holdren.
j. a. Whipple. Amos Johnston, Jacob
Kramer, b. f. Stead Daniel Moser
Peter 4. Rishel, w. O. Krumm.
Cooper township-Charles Rishel.
Danville, list Ward-John H. Hunt,
Geo. b. Wintersteen, Charles Timber
ger, Sam'l NJ. Waite, Richard b. HUI
linen, David G. Hunt, Walter Gas
kins, Oscar f. Shultz. 2nd Ward-John
n. Price, David l.. Guest, Harry +.
Seidel. Benjamin Cook, David II. Reed,
Thomas Welliver, John Mowrer, Hugh
G.. Pursell 3rd. Ward James Grimes,
Sr., John ID. Moser, George TilsOn,
Patrick Finley, Charles Steigawalt,
John c. Patterson, 5. j. Welliver,
Thomas j. Rogers, Alfred FOrney, Jo-
seph Longberger, Samuel Werkheiser,
Wesley Perry, Jacob II. Cole. 4th. Ward
Joseph Brietenbach, John Bruder,
George Bachinger. Samuel Mortimer,
Augustus Brandt, Thomas Welsh,
Daniel Deiffenbacher, Jasper Perry,
Adolph Boetinger, Nicholas Hill,
Thomas Kear, Sr., Thompson Jenkins,
Robert Farley.
Derry township-Charles +. Shires,
Sr., C. H. Springer, Norman f.
Bechtel, James f. Patterson, William
Lobach, Sr.
Liberty township-E. W. Snyder,
G. W. Moser, f. Bastian, b. f. Messer
smith, Thomas Perry, d. A. Clewell,
Samuel Wagner, James l.. Bittler,
John Nj. Robinson, NJ. V. Madden.
Jonathan Faust, William Curry.
Limestone township-Thomas Watts,
Charles Shultz Joseph w. Derr, Thorn
as Bailey, Charles Colder, John Zaner,
Ambrose Miller. Elmer Schnure, John
G. Foulk.
Mahoning township - Martin l..
Bloom, Frank Schram, G. 5. Edmon-
son, William H. Maust, W. r. Mad
den, Lloyd Cashner, William Sunday
Mayberry township - Joseph a.
Swank, J. w. Vastine.
Valley township-William S. Churm,
William X. Davis, Samuel W. Pursell,
James Robinson, j. III. ShultZ.
Waslingtonville - Charles Gibson,
William Robinson, George W. Miller,
Benjamin Deiffenbacher, a. b. Gault.
West Hemlock township-Hiram +.
Crumley, A. j. Balliett, L. NJ. Win
tersteen. Joseph H. Wintersteen.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
CAMPING SEASON

During this delightful summer
weather large number of Danville
people are enjoying out-of door life in
camp. At least half a dozen parties
from this city are comfortably q
housed under canvas in shady hooks.
frequently the campers are seen re-
turning to town for a few hours Cpre
sumably for the purpose of restocking
the larder) and i'll every instance thew
report having fine time
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
Administrative Notice.

Estate of Mrs. Sarah f. Hoffman, late
of the Borough of Danville, County
Of MOntOur and state of P,nnsyl-
vania, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters
Testamentary on the above estate have
been granted to the undersigned, in
whom all persons indebted to the
estate are requested to make payment
and those having claims or demands
Will make known the same without
delay.
ANNIE II. WILLIAMS,
Administrative
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
EXeCulriX Notice.

Estate of DR. Thomas b. Wintersteen,
late of the Borough of Danville,
Penn a., deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters
Testamentary on the above estate have
been granted to the undersigned, to
whom all persons indebted to said es
tate are requested to make payment,
and those having claims or demands
will make known the same without
delay.
MINNIE l.. WINTERSTEEN,
EXecutrix.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
A PRETTY GOOD SWAT,

The backbone of Summer, if not
broken, got a pretty good swat the last
few mornings with the temperature
hovering around 80 degrees at sunrise.
Warmer weather is on the way. though
no pronounced hot wave.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
honerInoon IN ro rurope.

money llOOu llilb 10 EuIpIc.
The Bohemian oats man who looked
like a poet and the widow dressmakcr
who really wrote rhymes were not eX-
actly frank with each other. He never
asked the name Of her brother or what
disease he died Of. He never asked II
That fortune had come or when it might
be expected
Ou her part, she didn't ask in what
part of the keystone State his oil well
was situated or what national bank he
honorcd with his deposits. They read
the Clarion and trusted in each other
There were more farmers waiting to
buy Bohemian oats and find q crop Of
weeds. but still Harold De Lisle In
gcr"d. There were dresses that Gus
toners were waiting for, but still the
widows sewing machine was silent.
The languidncs5 and lcthargy of look
Ing like a poet and being poet beat
sliding down hill all hollow. The fifth
pun' in the Clarion was a send-off.
The event Of the season occurred at
the Methodist church two days since"
1t read. AS We have all along pre-
dictcd, we have lost our fairest flower.
In other words, Mr. Harold De Lisle
prevailed upon the charming Widow
Bidwell to give him her hand and heart,
and the Rev. Mr.. Peters made them
man ana wife in very impressive GER
cmony The happy couple left for Chi
cago Immediately after, but may re-
turn next week - prepare for the jaunt
abroad"
Ten days later the bride returned and
at once notified all old customers that
business was to bc resumed at the old
stand.
Ten days later in distant state the
bridegroom was talking up Bohemian
oats. They had come to an understand
ing about money matters. They had
understood that each had played the
confidence game on the other and that
they hadn't $500 between them.
Editor Flint Of the Clarion and Fer
gus County Advertiser sat down and
wrote an auction bill for Farmer Jones
and told him what the price for 200
copies would be, and rs he found him
self setting it up he found himself say
inC to himself:
"Oh, | don't know. | don't seem to
have 50 much ache under my vest as 1
did. | shouldn't wonder If recovered
from the blow in time
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
ORPHANS Court Sale
OF VALUABLE
Real and Personal
Property !

Pursuant to an order of the Orphans
Court of Montour County the under.
signed, administrators of the estate OF
PHILIP S. MOSER, late of Valley
Township, Montour County, deceased,
will expose to public sale, on the pre-
misses. on