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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
WELL-kNOWN COUPLE
JOINED IN WEDLOCk

Miss Jennie Knarr. daughter of Jer-
emiah Knarr, formerly Of Riverside
borough yesterday became the bride
of John Thompson of this city. The
wedding, which was quiet affair,
took place at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs d. E. Haring, East Market
street, brother-in- law and sister of
the bride, the nuptial knot being tied
at 10 o'clock by the Rev. L. d. Ul-
rich. Only the immediate families
were present.
The newly welded couple left on
the - 10 Pennsylvania train for
trip. Returning they will take up
their residence in newly furnished
house, which awaits them on East
Market street.
Both bride and groom are we'll
known and esteemed residents OF this
city.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
What The 4TH
COSTS ANNUALLY

The fitting celebration of Independ-
ence day, is a question on which pat
riotic Americans are separated in two
widely divergent parties, one claim
ing that it ought to be observed as
noisily as possible, the other believing
that our national birthday is too glor-
ious an occasion to be marred by din
and disorder. OF course we know that
even among those who favor bolster
Gus observance there are many who
cannot tolerate it themselves, and es-
cane to the country in order to avoid
the tortures of the awful Fourth
Just as we know that large proper
ton of the noisemakers, including the
small boy, too, is needless, il not ig-
norant, of all that our holiday stands
for. and thinks of it only as time
when clamor may reign unrestrained.
The figures which indicate the price
that we pay for each OF our yearly
celebrations are so appalling that one
would suppose knowledge OF them
would be the most powerful deterrent
to our annual massacre. This, unfor-
tuuately, is not the case. For the past
five years the Journal of the American
Medical association has endevored to
collect statistics setting forth what
the celebration of the Fourth costs in
life and human usefulness; and al
though these are admittedly incom-
plete-compiled, as they are, almost
entirely from newspaper reports in
stead OF from records of hospitals, di s.
pensaIies and physicians-they form
the gravest possible arraignment of
the recklessness which is willing to
pay such a price for 'jolly day. ="
They show that during the celebration
of five national birthdays, from 1903
to 1907 inclusive, l, 1913 persons were
killed and %, $50 were injured. or the
injured eighty suffered total and 3S9
partial blindness; $50 persons lost
arms. legs or hands, and 1870 lost one
or more fingers. But these figures,
startling as they are, convey only a
faint idea of the suffering, both ply
sical and mental, which went to swell
the total cost of these FIVE holidays. In
this we must also include the weeks
and often months OF anguish Of the in
jured, the suspense of entire families
while the fate If some loved one hung
in the balance, the horror of future
of sightless years, the pinching pow.
erty now the lot Of many because Of
the death or manning Of the bread
winner.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
PRESENCE OF MIND.
A Madhouse Doctors Experience With
His Crazy Cooks.

his Crazy Cooks.
a celebrated Scotch physician tells a
story of a madhouse doctor whose
presence of mind alone saved his life:
"A great friend of mine was for
considerable time the medical superin-
tendent Of 4 lunatic asylum near Glas-
gov.
zone night in making his customary
rounds he had occasion to visit the pa
tients in the kitchen, who were pre-
pairing the dinner. There We're seven
Of them, all big, sturdy fellows, who
were believed to be harmless. The
keeper only looked in upon them now
and again, feeling that his constant
presence was unnecessary.
The doctor unlocked the iron barred
door of the kitchen and went in
among the lunatcs.
There were five large boilers con-
tanning scalding water ready for max
ing the days dinner for the patients.
"One of the lunatics pointed at the
boilers full of hot water and, laying
his hand upon the Doctors shoulder,
said Doctor you'll make a fine pot
of broth And the words had no soon
er been uttered than the other six mad
men shouted in voice of delight,
Just the thing and, seizing the doc
tor, were in the very act of putting
him into one of the large boilers of
scalding water when the doctor had
the presence of mind to say, but not
second too soon:
"'Capital broth! But it would taste
better If l took my clothes off
THE madmen, with yell oil delight,
said Yes and the doctor asked them
to wait Il moment while he went and
took his clothes off. But as soon as he
got out of the kitchen he turned the
key in the door and ordered the keep
er to see to the lunatics being put un-
der restraint.
THE doctors presence of mind saved
him, 1t is true, from a terrible death,
but he died shortly after raving mad.
The experience had destroyed his rea-
SON."
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
RIFLE MATCHES.

Colonel Clement.has issued the ord
er governing the rife matches of the
regiment, as follows:
The regimental rife matches will be
held on the range'at Sunbury on July
30th and 3lst, under the supervision
of the inspector.of rifle practice. The
junior and regimental teams to rep
resent this regiment at the state
matches will beEchosen from those
participating in these matches and
will remain at Sunbury for practice
until their respective times of depart
ure for Mt. Gretna.
The expenses of these matches will
be paid by the companies and head.
quarters without distinction as to rep.
resentation on the range.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
MOVING PICTURE WAS
RANDALL JACOBS

a pleasing incident, quite remark
able in its way, has just come to light
connected with the recent moving pic
ture exhibition in the nickeloid, which
showed the reception rendered the
great American feet ON it's arrival at
San Francisco.
Among the audience were Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Jacobs. father and mother
of Randall Jacobs, midshipman with
the feet That they should be able to
recognize their son among the multi
plicity Of rapidly moving objects prob
ably never entered their minds Never
theless in one of the scenes the father
and mother both felt sure they recog-
nized their boy. 1t was in the scene
known as the Battle of the Flow.
ers." The young officer that resembl-
ed Randall Jacobs was in the thick of
the conflict holding in his right hand
Japanese parssol which went to
pieces as the battle waa ed, while with
his left hand he threw flowers right
and left with uuerring aim. 1t was
this left-handed performance that
strengthened the belief of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacobs that the young man was
Randall, for it happens to be q fact,
well known to all his friends, that he
is left handed.
Other members OF the family who
were present at the moving pictures
came away fully convinced that they
had been face to face with Randall
as he stood there among the flowers,
full OF life, and animation.
So deeply impressed was the family
that Mr.. Jacobs wrote TO Randall ask
ing for his opinion of the matter. a
prompt reply came in which the young
officer explained that the Danvillt
friends were right the left handed
young officer with the tattered parasol
in his right haut WAS himself and nc
other. Prior to re- wing the letter
from his parents, ,. of curiosity, he
had dropped into one OF the moving
picture shows relating to the fleet an(
there had recognized himself in The
attitude above described
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
'lS 1T CUMMINS
or FAIRBANKS? "
CHICAGO. Inn

CHICAGO, June II.
Cummins or Fairbanks Such ii e
Cummins men were declaring at the
beginning of today's activities and
they were adding that Fairbanks
would not take the nomination if ten
dered and that if he would take it, the
administrat on would not accept him.
The supporters Of the Vice President
did not for a moment accept this an
alysis of the situation, but contended
that with the Presidency disposed Of,
the supporters OF the successful can
didate will be only too glad to well
come the denomination of the Vice
President They also charge that und-
er such pressure as is likely to be
brought to bear on him, Mr. Fairbanks
will not be able to refuse TO permit
the use of his name.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
ROUGH RIDERS REUNION.
President Roosevelt to Be Invited to
Regiments Tenth Anniversary.

Cntn NnnlNerS2Fy.
Arrangements for a reunion of the
rough riders TO be held in New York
city in June and to which President
Roosevelt will be invited began the
other day.
Charles L. Kuoblauch, at % Broad,
way, who was a member of the First
volunteer cavalry, is in charge of the
general plans for the reunion. All the
rough riders in New York city and
the eastern states will be invited, and
an invitation will be sent 10 every
member whose present whereabouts
are known. 1t is expected that some of
the cowboys and other western men
who went to Cuba with President
Roosevelt will go to New York for the
reunion.
The meeting will be held to cele-
brate the tenth anniversary of the for
nation of the rough riders, although
In order that the president may be
present it may be found necessary TO
hold the reunion upon a day that will
not be the tenth anniversary.
There have been other reunions of
the rough riders. but on these occa-
sions only a small portion of the men,
bers attended. AT this reunion it is
hoped that nearly all the men will be
present.
A special delegation composed of
men who have long been friends OF
President Roosevelt. will 90 to Wash
ington to ask him to visit New York
city to attend the reunion and make a
speech.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
GRIM STRUGGLES ARE NOW ON
At The REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
Injunction Plank Principal Bone Of C0nlOnA Compromise Is Likely
Vice Presidency Sill In DOHb-COnYeniOn
May Close Today

In view of these important matters
before the committees it was assumed
at the outset that today's session of
the convention would be comparative
ly perfur ctory, so far as the main pur-
pose of nomination is concerned. The
features OF the day were expected to
be parade of the visiting marching
clubs. the reports of the committees
and the speech of United States SEN
ator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Msssachu-
setts, as permanent chairman of the
convention.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
SHEFFIELD PLATE.
History of This Now Very Rare and
Valuable Ware.

Valuable Ware.
Sheffield plate differs from all other
plated ware in that the plating was
done on the sheet metal before the
article was shaped Before and since
then plating of various sorts has been
applied only TO the finished piece, as in
our electroplating process. Moreover
the plating was done on copper, while
modern base metal is usually com
posed of an amalgam of copper, nickel
and zinc.
Fur iermore, 1t is possible for the
cole r to secure examples of early
c.. ."c.-I and so called Queen Anne
worG IN Sheffield plate while the
rarity and high money value of silver
ware OF that period make its acquisi-
tion extremely difficult. Sheffield plate
historically and artistically is as worthy
of place beside old china and old
mahogany as is old silverware.
In 1742 one Thomas Bolsover of
Sheffield, England, described in the
histories as an ingenious mechanic"
accidentally fused some silver and cop
per while repairing a knife. He began
experimenting, seeking for a method OF
plating copper with silver for the man
ufacture of small articles. In l743, to-
gether with Joseph Wilson, he set up a
factory for the manufacture Of buc-
kles, snuffboxes and knife handles.
Joseph Hancock soon got hold of the
secret and, perfecting it, demonstrated
that ii was possible to initiate the
finest and most richly embossed silver
ware. Settling in Sheffield, he started
the manufacture of all sorts of domes-
tic pieces. Beginning modestly with
horsepower, he later added water DOW
er for the rolling process. Other man.
ufacturers followed his example, and
Sheffield plate soon began to replace
pewter on the tables of the English
middle classes. Altogether we know
of twenty-three important manufacture
ers of this ware.
The industry fourished until the
middle of the nineteenth century. and
so few pieces of copper rolled plate
We're made after that time that they
need not concern the collector. Electro
plating was discovered or invented by
a medical student of Rotterdam. near
Sheffield, and the new process was
patented ON March -, 1910. BY 1850
the new ware was on the market ev-
eryWhere. and the industry had been
revolutionizeI.-Counry Life In Amer.
tea.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
PERSONALS.

Rev. L. d Ulrich returned Tues
day evening from a weeks stay in
Allentown, were he attended the ses-
sions Of the synod and the Lutheran
ministerium of Pennsylvania.
". L. Slider, Esq, was a business
visitor in Harrisburg yesterday.
Mrs. Mayme Hoffman, OF Shamokin
is visiting her sons, Frank and Harry
Hoffman in this city.
Miss Elsie Wilson, of Bloomsburg,
spent Tuesday as the guest of Mrs. |.
Grier Barber, Ferry street.
Misses Mary Welsh and Grace Ware
spent yesterday with friends in Blooms
burg.
Tom Foltz returned to this city yes.
terday after an extended visit at the
home of his parents at Shamokin.
Miss Mary G. Woods, of Trenton,
New Jersey, is visiting at the home
of her mother, Mrs J. H. Fry. Low
er Mulberry street,
Miss Pansy Fisk returned to her
home in New YorktCity yesterday aft
er an extended visit with her sister,
MIS-. Victor Vincent, Mill street.
Miss Mae Mckinney will return to-
dav from visit with friends in Cata.
wissa.
Mrs. Thomas Marshall, OF Milton, is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs s. @, Phil
lips, Pine street.
Mrs. Catherine Rombach, Of Wat
sontown, arrived yesterday for a visit
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. II. @.
Kase, South Danville.
Miss Katherine Vastine spent Tues.
day with friends in Lewisburg.
Miss Daisy Lowenstein will spell
today with friends in Berwick.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
Pretty lively.

Miss Lamb, sister of Charles. was
fond of nifty cheese, and on one ocsa-
Sion her brother was commissioned to
procure piece. When he had selected
what he thought would do, the shop.
man said, Shall pack it up, sir?"
"N-no, IL th-thank y-you," stam-
mered Lamb. Tiff you-youll g.give
me IA string. Tll-I'll lead il h-home"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
With a satirical Streak.

French tact is proverbial A rather
tiresome marquis came up yawning to
the Prince de Ligne of the court OF
Louis XVI.
THAT was exactly what was going
to say to you" observed the prince
suavely.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
Shiraz, xeres and Sherry.

Sir Henry Drummond VOLTS knowl-
edge of Spain and of Persia is shown
in the following paragraph taken from
his Rambling Recollections"
In Persia no wine is manufactured
for sale except at Shiraz. When Persia
was invaded by the Arabs they took
back with them to Morocco the grapes
of the district. In Spain they wished
to naturalize the new fruit, and this
they did at a place called Here's, in
tended for Shiraz, there being no
sound equivalent 10 'sh' in Spanish
There they cultivated the grape and
made wine, which now returns to Eu-
rope as sherry that word being q
paraphrase of Shiraz. shiraz wine is
very similar In taste to sherry"
Dividing the Labor.
$50, Sam, l hear you've taken a part
ner for life"
Yes, sab; married yesterday, sab"
81 hope you believe in equal division
of labor and will not expect your part
ner to do all the work, Sam"
mo, sab! No indeed, sah | does
believe we bofe should do our share,
sab. Wife's gwine to do q washin',
and I'm gwine t. act as treasurer, sah!"
-YonkerS Statesman
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
What Do TheT Cure? ?

The above question Is often asked cen
eerning ~ Pierce Two leading Inedi.
cines "Gutlcn Medical Discovery" and
rFavorite Pr-s r.l-1n.'
The answer IS that Golden Medical
Discovery is most potent Alternative or
b.uuu-pur,icr and tonic or iuyigoTator
and acts especially fayoraaly IN a cura-
tive way upon all the mucous lining sur
faces aS OF the nasal passages, throat
bronchial tubes, stomach, bowels and
bla1deE~curing q large per cent. OF catar.
rh2i c2&eS whether Sle disease Affects the
nasai passassS,. the hxoat, larynx, bron-
ehla, Stomach%aS catafrA2l dyspepsiaG
bowels (as musols><AsaSSE EeTNl bladder
uterus or other Pelvic organ-S LIEH in
the chronic Qr-nlGeraIiXe- STAGES -Qf -IheSl
affections AGften- successful in affect
ln.SSr cures.
Ihes-E IIhe = EayQrIte -BE,essGri1tlQl advised
bsc4TaT IS7 i WestSesss - y ts EaI a5s
ilreglIafilleS ilcldent tQ woman oIIy. II
Is q powerful Yet gently acting inVigOTat
Ing tonic and nervine. For weak worn
out, over-worked women-no matter what
has caused the breakdown, "Favorite
Prescription will be found most effective
In building up the strength. regulating
the womanly functions, subduing pain
and bringing about healthy, vigorous
condition OF the whole system.
A book OF particulars wraps each bottle
giving the tOrmul@ OF both medicines ana
quoting what scores of eminent med
ical authors whose works are consulted
by physicians of all the schools Of practice
as guides in prescribing, say of each in
gredient entering into these medicines.
The words OF praise bestowed .on the
several ingredients entering nto'DoctoT
Pierces medicines by such writer's should
have more weight than any amount OF
non professional testimonials, because
such men are writing for the guidance OF
their medical brethren and know whereof
they speak.
Both medicines are non-alcoholic, non
secret and contain no harmful habit
forming drugs, being composed of glyceric
extracts Of the roots of native, American
medicinal forest plants They are both
sold by dealers in medicine. You can't
afford to accept as a substitute for one OF
these medicines of known composition,
any secret nOstrum.
DR.. Pierce's Pellets. small, sugar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and Ii
vigorate stomach. liver and bowels.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
THE RESULTS OF
SPRING INSPECTION

Tie spring inspection ratings have
been made public and will be studied
with much interest by the members of
the National Guard The First 1egi-
ment leads the state with the Eighth
close second.
Company X, First res imsut, is the
leading company, with a figure of
efficiency of 80 II Company NJ, Six
teenth regiment, has 92. ?. Third place
is tie between Company A, Twelfth
regiment, and Company D, Thir-
teenth regiment, both having a figure
OF efficiency of 99.12.
The figure of efficiency of each regi-
ment in the National Guard follows:
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18

By brigades the figure of efficiency
is: Third Brigade, %. pa; First bri-
gade, "a. 40; Second brigade, %.
The figure of efficiency of the Twelf-
tn infantry, by companies, is as fol-
lows:
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
HAVE ENOUGH VOTES.

All night the committee on credent-
ials ploughed through the long line of
contests and few were much surprised
to find that all Of the decisions con-
firmed those OF the national commit
tee.
The committee on rules and order Of
business also had troubles of its own.
and adjourned until this morning with
an unsettled controversy of Importance
on its hands. This was over the pro-
position to reduce the ratio of repre-
sentation in future national conven-
tions
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
A Natural Thermometer.

1t was a sapphire that led the late
DR.. Sorby to the discovery of the na.
ture of the liquid sometimes found in.
closed in the cavities of crystals. The
gem in question contained tube shaped
cavity quarter of an inch in diameter
which was so regular in Its bore that il
served by means of the liquid partially
filling it for a thermometer. The con.
tanned liquid half filled the bore at &C
degrees +. and completely filed it at
50 degrees. \ study of the rate of ex.
pansion of the liquid led DR.. Sorby to
the conclusion that it must be carhonic
acid.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
Freak Of a Maine Hurricane.

The most remarkable freak of
February hurricane happened recently
at Maholland's cove, at the entrance
to the Narraguagus river near Mill
bridge, Me A barn containing two
large cruising launches. two large gas
oline engines and about GOO pounds of
lead, intended for ballast, was picked
np from a wharf, blown over fence
of piling seven feet in height and de
posted on Il bank nearly 500 feet
away. The contents were not dam.
aged.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
A Practical View of II.

''Do you think that dreamers are also
doers?"
"They may be if they are also som
nambulists." Baltimore American.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
ExpIodinc a Mine In Granite

One Of the methods of quarrying
granite is to dislodge q huge sheet
from the surface of the formation
through the medium of powder mine.
A large perpendicular shaft is first
blasted to n depth of about thirty
feet. At the bottom of this and radiat-
ing in all directions horizontally, like
the Spokes of huge Wheel long holes
are drilled. The cXtremities of these
holes are then shot with light charges
of dynamite in order to create cham
bers large enough to receive large
quantities of black powder This takes
weeks of ever increasing charges.
Then the final charge is loaded. The
now huge chambers at the extremities
Of tho spokes are packed with hun
drels of pounds Of powder, numerous
electric wires attached and the whole
mine tamped with fine material. \
mighty roar and rumble in the bowels
Of the earth and the huge sheet i7 d.
tached from the ledge.-Popular Mo-
chanics.
A Boy on CIsrgymen.
Bishop Potter at an ecclesiastical
dinner in New York one time read
Cooperstown schoolboy's essay on
"Clergymen.' The essay, which Great
ed much amusement, was as follows:
There are three kinds of clergymen
bishups recters and curats the bishups
tells the recters to work and the curats
have to do it, a curat is a thin mar
ried man but when he is a recter he
gets fuller and can preach longer ser
mons and becums a good man."-Wash-
inRton Star
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
CHICAGO, June II.

Down to business at last, the four
teenth Republican National conven-
tion entered upon its second day with
several important factors unsettled.
and with trouble enough in sight to
make it practically certain that at
least two days more must be consum-
ed before nominations can be made
and the work of the convention COM
pleted.
There was striking contrast be-
tween the gaiety Of the crowds in the
hotels and cafes idly and nosily Will
ing away the time and the grim strug-
gle in which the two most important
standing COMMITTEES were engaged
that on credentials continuing through
out the night. The hotels were scene
of what might be called harmless riot /;
singing, cheering crowds in,ceaseless,
endless lines passed back and forth /;
campaign songs OF old times and new
were sung and the far corners of the
great buildings rang with cheers for
everybody from Roosevelt and the fav
orite sons down TO the most infinitesi-
NAL leaderRof a Republican forlorn
hope.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
COMPROMISE Is LIKELY.

Meanwhile the real questionss i'm
mediately at issue were being thresh-
ed out in the committees sot resolu-
tions and credentials. The proposed
plank in the platform relating to the
limitation Of the use of court 1njunc-
tions in labors controversies was of
course the principal bone of conten-
tion.
The committee referred the question
to a sub committee and the sub.com-
mittee late in the evening adjourned
until this morning. At that time sur
face indications pointed to.a long and
bitter struggle. kLate in the night,
however, it became known that a COM
promise was likely.