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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
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The London Daily Express has got
up an expedition to Patagonia to find
whether the mylodon, or giant sloth,
still exists in the mountains there.
The fact that scientists believe these
giants of prehistoric times still exist in
flesh and blood was brought to light in
Il lecture by ~rofcssor Ray Lancaster
in London, who said:
1T is quite possible. but l don't want
to say more than that. | believe the
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
What's Your Face Worth 2

Sometimes a fortune, but never, if
you have a sallow complexion, jaun-
diced look, moth patches and blotohes
on the skin, all signs of Liver Trouble
But DR.. Kings New Life Pills give
Clear Skin, Rosy Cheeks, Rich Complex
ion. Only % cents at Paules * Co.'S
Drag store.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
SNAP SHOTS
OF LIVE ISSUES
A Workingman's Camera Flashed
on the Political Situation.
A TERSE and TIMELY PRESENTATION.

ImperiaIism. Free Silver and the
Trusts Touched Upon in an Inter
esting Manner. With Few Para
graphs For Each For the Hurried
Reader.
Here are snapshot comments upon
some of the live issues of the present
presidential situation as given by an
intelligent mechanic employed in one
of the industrial establishments in
Philadelphia. He is a wage Garner
who reads and thinks. and who in a
clear and consise manner discusses
matters which are of vital interest to
every citizen concerned in the welfare
of the nation.
The toiler and student of Ameri-
can politics writes:
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18

ERN CITY.
giant ground sloth still exists in some
of the mountainous regions of Patago
MIA"
Professor Lancaster concluded his in
teresting lecture by showing colored
representation of a mylodOn as the best
authorities consider him to have ap.
peared or as perhaps he does today ap-
pear in the lower portion of the Andes.
These slothS attained an enormous
length. The skeleton Of one of the
same family found recently in Wyo-
ming measured l3J feet.
They had powerful hind legs and a
tail of enormous strength. much resem-
bling that of Il Kangaroo, but Of giant
proportions. They could stand upright,
and it is believed that they subsisted
mostly on the tender tops of trees.
Descendants Of the sloth are still
found in Central and South America,
but they are comparatively small
The modcrn sloths seldom if ever
stand upright. They cling to the low
er side of branches. and when one en-
tcrS tree he does not leave II until 1t
has been dcnuded of all its foliage. 1t
is called Sloth because of its slow
movements.
The Express expedition is fitted out
so that if at all possible one of the 81
ants will be taken alive.
Hesketh Prichard. who is at present
acting as The Express commissioner Of
the Haiti expedition. is to have charge
of this search for monster.
]. B. Scrivcnor l.. A.. who won the
Burdett-CouttS scholarship at oxford
in 1899, will accompany Prichard as
geologist.
They firmly believe they will find a
mylodon, but even if they should not
the uneXplorcd region to be traversed
will add much to the geological and ge-
illogical knowledge Of southern Patago-
nia
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
His Ambition In Life,

"That boy seems to have no ambi.
tion in life"
There's where you do him an In
justice. He wants to be the husband
Of an actress, and no one has worked
more industriously than he to acquire
the necessary liking for fur lined coats,
champagne and diamonds. ."-Chicago
Post.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18

The Farmers and Planters Guide
says: While fattcning young geese
they should be kept as quiet rs posi-
BILE. No excitement whatever should
disturb them. When feeding, approach
them quietly and do not irritate them
in the least. or they will not fatten,
but will throw OUT or grow another
crop of feathers.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18

Senator Tillman says the Pennsylva-
mia coal miners are "a lot of ignorant,
poor foreigners" and adds that he
would rather be a southern niger"
than one of them. The senator has
given the Pennsylvania miners rather
vivid insight of the Democratic opinion
of them.
This said the city man who had tax.
en- up farming, this is my herbarium."
"Your whatY asked the farmer born
TO the business.
MY herbarium-collection OF herbs,
you know"
oh! And amt you goin to build nc
hogarium tooF-Indialapolis Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18

Smythc-It WONT work.
Brown-What won't work?
Smy Hypnotism. Tried it on the
butcher. Looked at him fXedly until |
had his undivided attention. then | said
very slowly and with emphasis, That
hill-is-paid."
Brown-And what did the butcher doS
Smythe-IIe said, You're liarP'
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
For Female Complaints

and diseases arising from an impure
state Of the blood Lichty's Celery Nerve
Compound is an invaluable specific,
Sold 10y Rossmm q Son Pharmacy.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
At the Summer Resort.

Mattie-YeS. a man has come here,
but lie is only hired man.
Minnie-Of course. No man would
be likely to come here If he wasn't
hirtd-ROStOn Transcript
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
A Fnyorite With the Ladies'.

"The census man was so kind. He
didn't ask me how old was"
"He didn't?"
mo, he just asked me what year
was born in."-Chicago Record.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
Stepped Into Live Goals.

when child / burned my foot
frightfully. writes w H. Eads, of
Jlaasville, Va. which caused horrible
leg sores for 80 years but Bucklen's
Arnica Salve wholly cIred me after
everything else failed. Infallible for
Burns, Scalds Cuts, Sores, Bruises and
Piles. Sold by PauIes q Co Poe.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18

This fine Buff Cochin cock was bred
and is owned by E. G. Roberts, Fort
Atkinson, Wis. The bird was winner
of first at the Illinois state fair and at
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
A UNnnntic EniInre.

Lend man a quarter today and he's
apt to strike you for a dollar tomorrow
Thicoro News
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18

The scales used in weighing diamonds
are so dclicately poised that the weight
of a single eyelash will turn the balance.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
FREE SILVER

Let it be remembered that the cor
rect term is free coinage of silver"
There can be no such thing as free
silver"
Mr.. Bryan forced the free silver"
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The conclusion Of ex-Consul Ma
crum's testimony before the House
committee on foreign Affairs left the
public as much In the dark as before as
to Mr.. Macrum's real reason for leav-
ing Pretoria just as the war was be-
ginning Mr.. Macrum's statements be-
fore the committee only confirmed that
the reasons at first advanced by the
former consul were entirely inadequate.
Before settling down to the conclusion
that Mr.. .Macrum's actual purpose in
hurrying away was the desire to es-
cape the strenuous life and dangers Of
war time in a strange country the pub
lie Is entitled to listen to an explanation
set forth by w. Il. Curtis, the Washing
ton correspondent, as the one given by
Mr.. Macrum to his nearest friends. The
substance of this is that Mr.. Macrum
was very much worried as to the health
and safety of his wife and child in the
event of the siege OF Pretoria; that his
wife refused to leave him to seek safer
quarters, and that for her sake and
that of his child Mr.. Macrum felt it his
duty to leave Petoria. In view Of the
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Napoleon's Clean Linen.

1t is pleasant to learn, il one has
Napoleon l. on the hero list, that he
had very dainty habits in personal
matters, that he was fastidiously
clean in his person, according to IN ar
ticle in n French contemporary, and
poured eau de cologne into the water
he washed in, then sponged his head
with the perfume and finally poured
the remainder of the contents of the
flask over neck and shoulders. He
was also extravagantly fond of clean
linen, and during his campaign had
relays of it sent to different places. In
those days it did not cost a farm to
have '.starched things" laundered, for,
in account with a famous laundress In
Paris, the Emperor's linen for one
wash amounted to 1856 pieces, and cost
only trifie over 500! This strikes an
American as very reasonable. But His
Majesty never wore any article but
once, and as he always undressed him.
self without aid from his valet, his gar
ments were literally "cast' to the four
corners Of the room. Napoleon's bill
for eau de cologne, however, exceeded
the washerwoman's by large major
ity. Well, anyhow, I'm relieved to
learn that the Little Corporal was this
much dude. Some of his predeces-
sors in the Tuilleries were not blessed
with such excellent habits, If history
Is to be relied upon.-Boston Herald.
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The chief objection to free trade with
Porto Rico Is the Democratic intention
to use It as a precedent and an enter
ing wedge to influence like policy for
the Philippines. We know Of no proft
that can arise from such policy that
will offset the degradation of American
wage earners. The Republican party
should take immediate warning. II
should refuse to swerye hairs
breadth from the policy that has caused
Its return to power after the reverses
of 1890 and 1892.
Above all, 1t should refuse to accept
the advice or follow the policy Of an
enemy that is willing that Republican,
ism and the welfare of American labor
shall be whelmed In common ruin for
the sake of making Mr.. Bryan Presi-
dent, and turning the country over to
Tillman and Altgeld. All Republicans,
no matter what their views on expan-
sion, must see the need Of standing to-
gethcr against the success OF policy
which proposes to raise the gates and
let in upon our labor a food of coolie
slave labor or its products.
The theory Of unconstitutional gov
ernment of our new possessions is
strictly Democratic. 1t was originated
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Long Lived Whales.

Some light was thrown, few years
ago, upon the subject of the vitality OF
whales by finding one Of these animals
In Behring Sea, in 1890, with "tog
gle" harpoon head in its body bearing
the mark of the American whaleI
Montezuma. That vessel was engaged
In whaling in Behring Sea about ten
years, but not later that 1854. She
was afterward sold to the government
and was sunk in Charleston harbol
during the Civil War to serve as m
obstruction. Hence, 1t Is estimated the
whale must have carried the harpoor
not less than. thirty-six years.-Popu
lar Science Monthly.
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Low LIFE IN NAPLES.
Haunts of the Thieves Where Crime In
Rredl

Bred.i
The haunts of the beggars of Naples
are also usually the haunts of thieves
kept by some woman, who trades on
the vice and misery of her fellow-crea-
lures, says the Gentleman's Magazine.
There the miserable wretches sleep by
night and assemble by day, teaching
children to pick pockets and beg.
Thence every morning the blind, the
lame and the aged set forth on their
rounds in the city. A false monk sets
out to visit certain families and shops
on certain days giving numbers for the
lottery and receiving aims. An old
woman departs with her pocket full OF
sweetmeats, with which she decoys
little children into some deserted cor
ner and robs them Of earrings or arti-
cles Of clothing. Others rob the aims
boxes hung up in churches or In front
of shrines on the roads. These kneel
before the images I'm fictitious devotion,
beating their breasts with one hand,
while with the other they fish for the
money with thin stick smearcd with
birdlime, which they insert in the small
oval aperture of the box, drawing out
the coins one at time.
One member Of the criminal class,
got up as gentleman of fortune. used
to frequent the public billiard saloons,
where he soon made friendship with the
aristocratic players, attracting them
with his charming. ingenious smile,
bright blue eyes, and delightful tenor
voice, and was often even invited to
his friends houses and Introduced to
their families. He was no thief; his
business was to inform his criminal as
sociates OF. tho financial state Of the
families he visited, thus enabling them
to make plots Of robbery or gambling.
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Under a spreading maple tree
The sugarmaker stands.
A tired looking man Is he,
With large and grimy hands.
For he tends grove that covers
quite
Four acres of his lands.
His hair and beard are all untrimmed,
His face is like the tan,
His brow is wet with dew and sweat,
He eats WIENER he can;
And his pals he watches like hawk,
For he trusts not boy or man.
Day in, day out, the season through,
You can hear him puff and blow,
You can see him tote his heavy pals
With both hands, to and fro,
Like a boy who waters the elephant
When he wants to see show.
And children coming home from school
Look wistfully through the fence,
Aud hang around that sugar camp
Until they are driven thence,
For they thirst 10 swig the maple juice
With longing most intense.
T0iling, boiling, sugaring,
On through the week he goes.
Each evening sees a task begin
That morning doesn't close.
He grabs his buckets and prepares
M, ono ,,,o,o Iox,'s xynac
Thanks, thanks to thee, my old-time
friend!
The world cannot gainsay
That your big iron pot turns out
Straight goods, though, well-a-dayl
'I,is precious little from your pot
That ever comes our way.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-12

fact that the average American citizen
is not a coward in the mere matter Of
preserving his own skin intact this the
ory is not improbable. If Mr.. Macrum
had advanced it as the true cause Of his
homecoming he would have suffered in
the estimation of few. But the preten-
sions of an important mission; of the
interference of the British censors; OF
his disinclination to serve the British
citizens of the Transvaal and all the
other details of Mr.. Macrum's gauzy
fairy stories are all the more inexcusa-
BILE if it is assumed that the real reason
was such rational one. The judg-
ment of Secretary Gage will stand. Mr..
Macrum has written himself down an
ass, not in leaving Pretoria to insure
the safety of his family, but in trying
to cover up the fact in such mischiev-
GUS way. The most charitable way to
treat Mr.. Macrum in the future will be
to forget him-Sioux City Journal.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-12
Labor,s Golden Era.

This is to be a great railroad building
year, this fourth year OF Mckinley
and prosperity" according to the Rail-
way Age:
Although more miles of new railroad
were built in the United States last year
than in any year since 1890, there is ev-
cry indication that the present year will
witness even greater activity. In the
aggregate there are nearly $4,000 miles
of projected road, grouped by section as
follows:
New England States, 447 miles; Middle
States, 2,240; South Atlantic States, D.
752 miles, Gulf and Mississippi Valley
States. 6,79S miles; Central Northern
States, 5,623 miles; Northwestern States,
8,197 miles; Southwestern States, 21,2O1
miles; Pacific States, 6,377. Total, 5S,-
S41 miles.
In 1899 1858 miles of track were laid
in the United States on $40 lines, and
in Canada, 596 on 21 lines, and in Mex
leo, 254 on ten lines.
The grading, building and equip
ment of nearly 10000 miles of new rail-
road lines In single year will involve
an outlay Of capital amounting to
about two billions OF dollars. All Of
this great sum will go to swell the ag-
gregate Of money paid out for labor
and the products Of labor. Add to this
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The Duty of Republicans.

When the operation Of the Mckinley
tariff and other notable acts of Repub-
lican legislation during the Presidency
Of Benjamin Harrison had brought
about a high degree of prosperity
throughout the country, many Repub-
licans became so sanguine that the peo-
pie would support the administration in
the succeeding Presidential election
that they neglected their political du-
ties, took no active part in the cam
paign, and trusted to the common sense
of the voters to re-elect President Har-
rison. The result was sweeping
Democratic victory, the enactment of
the Wilson tariff and period Of indus
trial depression and financial disaster,
from the effects of which we have not
yet fully recovered.
The warning of that experience
should be enough to rouse Republicans
to acuon at this juncture Once more
we have had an administration of pro-
lection and sound money. Once more
the factories have been busy. work and
wages have been abundant, and a gen.
eral prosperity pervades all classes of
the population. Once more every pros
pect of the time promises a sure Re-
publican victory at the elections. Once
more there Is every temptation to Re
publicans to look upon the contest as a
foregone conclusion not worth while
for busy man to trouble himself
about Are the similarities between
this year and 1892 to be carried further
still? Are we to have another year of
Republican over-confidence, resulting
In Democratic victory?
At this time II Is the duty OF every
Republican who has sufficient vigor to
take an active part in the campaign to
unite himself with a Republican club
and assist In organizing 1t for effective
work. These club organizations ought
to be effected In every county, city,
ward and precinct. Since the results
of the over-confidence In 1892, there
ought not to be needed any great
amount of urging to rouse Republicans
to the performance of their duty this
year. There can be no incentive to
action more eloquent or more impress
sive than the warning remembrance of
those years Of hard times resulting
from Republican carelessness. This
year there should be activity, organiza-
ton and cooperation from the start
San Francisco Call.
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Highest Wage Rate Ever Known.


An advance of 10 per cent. in wages
to more than 10000 employees of the
National Tube Company Is to take
effect April /. This is the second in
crease of 10 per cent. granted by the
same company within six months and
makes the wages of common labor
higher than Mt any time within the his
tory of the works. The tendency all
over the country is to advance wages
to the highest point ever known. Not
only that, but to give steady employ
ment to by far the largest number of
wage-earners ever found at one time on
the pay-rolls of the Industrial institu-
tions of the United States. To do just
this thing was one among the pledges
made four years ago on behalf of the
party of protection and sound money.
The Bryanites said it could not be
done. and that cheap dollar was the
only thing that would put an end to
the awful paralysis inflicted upon the
industries Of the country as a result of
four years of Cleveland and tariff re-
form. Mr.. Mckinley said that the first
thing to do was to open the mills. The
country took this view of the matter.
Result, the highest rate of wages ever
paid and the largest amount of steady
employment ever known by wage
earners.
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Up Against 1t.

From all parts of Nebraska come re-
ports that prospects were never better
at this time of the year for good crops.
The recent SHOWS and rains have put
the ground in prime condition and win
ter grain up to the present is in fine
shape. The calamity cry is not likely
to get far this year when it bumps up
against well-filled granaries and grow
ing crops.-Omaha Bee.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-12
Who Pays the Tax

If the people of the United States pay
the tariff on all imported articles, as
the free-traders have contended for all
these years. it does not seem necessary
to shed any tears for the sugar and
tobacco growers of Puerto Rico over
any prospective failure to grant them
absolute free trade. If we pay the tax,
tressed islanders how big or how little
the impost is made?-Lincoln (Neb)
Journal.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-12

politics. The Chronicle has always IA
vored one uniform protective tariff law.
including the reciprocity" feature that
II any nation by special treaty or other
wise Disseminated against us we would
discriminate against that nation. But
IL we are to have any other kind Of
reciprocity" let 1t at least be that
promised by the Republican platform.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-12

He told her Of the battle
Where the rebel power fell;
How the Mauser bullets whistled.
How he bore the powders smell.
But when he thought to kiss her,
On the sofa at his ease,
He found he really couldn't.
For-the powder made him sneeze
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-12
He May Re Useful Yet.

A Swiss savant has invented a sys-
tenn of converting wind into heat. There
is some prospect, after all, that Col.
Bryan may be utilized advantageously.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-12

the increased demand for labor in
volved In the operation OF the 10000
miles Of new railroad. and the sum
total Of increased employment and In
creased wage payments amounts still
further up into the billions. 1t is the
golden era OF well-paid labor
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Violation of Com pact.

The reciprocity offered is not based
Dn reciprocal agreements of mutual
interests" and 1t is reciprocity which
does not reciprocate.. On the contrary,
1t Is a violation Of the compact ex-
pressed In the tariff act, whereby some
have been deprived Of what they
worked for and what was promised to
them, and the spoil has been given to
others, at the caprice Of the negotia-
lorR It y bad policy. bad faith and bad
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-12

to influence the country in favor of ex-
pansion. Let its authors be compelled
to abide by it, especially when the
American wage scale is at stake and
the American standard of life is threat
ened.-San Francisco Call.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-12

4 term OF imprisonment instead Of the
death penalty. which IL summarily
dealt out to criminals In tho newest OF
the Western towns. Columbus Dis
patch.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-12

A man knows only one occasion when
a business education is more preferable
for a woman than housekeeping abil-
lty: when she has husband to sup
port
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Right Sort of Goods.

The banner Of prosperity in the South
is a cotton one, but warranted to wear
and n-shrinkable. = Topeka (Kan.)
CAPITAL
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-12

The Transvaal was an unknown
land, SO far as European knowledge
or influence went, prior to the year