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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27
MUDDY FEED LOTS.
How Straw May BE Put to Profitable
Use.

During rainy, soft weather the mud
dy feed lots are a terror to many farm
ers, says John NJ. JamisOn in The
Prairie Farmer This condition of af-
fairs can be changed very much for
the better if the farmer will set him
self about It, we have much SYM
pathy for the farmer living in a coun-
try where there is no gravel to help
him overcome this unpleasant condi-
ton of affairs. Yet even he cannot be
excused entirely for allowing the mud
to become deep and miry in his feed
lots. We have no sympathy for tho
farmer who sells his straw for 3 cn-..,
a bale and complains Of muddy and
filthy feed lots 1t Is one Of the pro-
visions Of nature that what grows on
the soil should go back to it to retain
and increase it's productiveness. Farm
ers regard straw as an improbable
product to handle to get back to the
land, yet much more of it can be used
In making the stock comfortable by
keeping down the mud.
We have cut down our barn lot
size as possible. When empty of ma
nure, the water sheds away from the
gateways, but when the lot fills up
with manure 1t also accumulates in the
gateways. These gateways and part
Of the barn lot are well laid with fine
gravel. We aim to get a fine quality
of gravel, SO that small stones or bowl
IL INT ho
and be hauled to the cultivated fields.
The straw put over the gravel in the
gateways to prevent the gravel being
tramped up and mixed with the ma
nure soon becomes tramped to pieces
and filthy, and additional applications
fill up the gateways, so that the gates
will not open. Until recently it has
been our custom to pitch this broken
straw and manure to one side and fill
in with fresh straw. Now, instead of
throwing to one side, it Is loaded on the
sled and hauled directly to the field
and scattered. 1t Is what may be
termed raw manure, but we know If
taken to the field at once none Of it's
valuable properties will be lost, and,
besides, we are able in this way to
keep the gateways clean and unob-
structed. A deep bed of straw laid on
the lot and passways to 1t before the
ground gets soft will prevent the
tramping up of the soil and gravel and
is far preferable and much more clean
ly than allowing the lot to fill up grad
ually with refuse cornstalks and other
provender left by the stock. ears
ago, when the colts on this farm ran
out all winter, over the fields and in
muddy lots we nearly always had cases
of scratches and grease heel to contend
with before spring. Now, when the
lots are kept clean with straw, the
young horses escape these troubles.
This is not visionary project that we
advocate, for we have followed the
plan long enough to know that it pays.
OF course it requires more work than
to allow the straw to rot down in the
field or to sell it, but it is the kind of
work that pays us, because our stiff
clay soil needs this coarse manure to
add to It's fertility and improve its
chemical condition.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27

A ships log is an instrument for
measuring the rate at which the vessel
is going and consists of three parts
viz, the log chip. the log line and the
log glass. The principle is simply this:
A light substance thrown from the
vessel ceases to partake of the motion
of the vessel as soon as it strikes the
water and will be left behind on the
surface after a certain interval If the
distance Of the ship from this station
airy object be measured, the approx
mate rate Of sailing will be given.
The log chip is the float, the log line
is the measure of the distance, and the
log glass defines the interval of time.
In the old days the heaving Of the log
required skill and watchfulness, but
since the patent log has come into use
no skill Is required in finding the speed
of q vessel. 1t is regulated by clock
work. and the number Of knots the ves'
sci sails per hour is recorded on the
dial without any hand touching it.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27
The London bus.

A bus weighs 5000 pounds and costs
t145. 1t is made of ash and oak except
the paneling. which is mahogany, and
the windows are Of plate glass. Before
a bus is allowed to earn its f2 los.
day it has to be licensed, or, as they
say. you have to get number plate
for it." This number plate is the white
plate with black figures surmounted by
q crown seen at the tail Of the bus. 1t
is provided by the police and costs t..
Then there is wheel duty of los. per
annum to be paid to the inland reve-
nue..
After making these payments any
one can run a bus in London wherever
he likes, subject of course to the gen
eral rules and regulations bearing upon
all vehicular traffic. Attached to each
bus is stud of - horses, of which on
ly ten, or five pairs, are worked in any
one day. thus securing a complete days
rest for each pair every sixth day. AS
n bus runs 64 miles a day and five
pairs of horses are used it follows that
a bus horses days work is l3 miles,
which he does in less, considerably
less. than three hours, the rate at
which he travels being between five
and six miles an hour.
This does not seem a great deal to
exact from a horse, still the work is
hard often involving prolonged dead
pull at the trot, and the crowded cOndi-
tion of the London streets makes 1t
harder by neccssitating continual devi-
ations out Of the way of obstacles and
abrupt stoppagcs to avoid collisions
CaSsells Magazine
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27
Cobwebs and Cuts.

An old time remedy to stop blood
flowing from cut is to put cobwebs
over II, but from recent discovery it ap
pears a dangerous thing to do. Some
time ago a woman fell and cut her
head, and when her friends hurried to
her assistance they found the blood
flowing from a deep cash. Cobwebs
were applied. and the bleeding quickly
stopped, but In a few days the woman
was taken with lockjaw.
A scientist declared there were lock
Jaw germs in cobwebs, and that was
the way the woman contracted the dis
ease. He has made quite study of
the subject and says that in handful
of cobwebs he found 81 different dis
ease germs. That being true, it is very
easy to see how one could get not only
lockjaw, but many other dreadful dis
eases, as the cobweb Is placed right on
an open wound and the germs can en-
ter the blood. Cobwebs form In dark,
dirty places, and 1t is not to be won
dered that they gather germs. - Ex'
change.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27
The Unique Horn of the Unicorn.


The horn Of a unicorn was shown at
Windsor castle and in 1898 was valued
at over 10000. Lewis Vertomannus,
q gentleman of Rome, saw with his
own eyes two unicorns presented to the
sultan of Mecca by king of Ethiopia.
They were in a park of the temple Of
Mecca and were not much unlike q colt
of 80 months of age. This was in 1903.
The animal became extinct about the
end of the seventeenth century.
The unicorn is represented in the
ruins at Persepolis, and it was adopted
by the Persians as the emblem of speed
and strength. In the middle ages it
was the symbol of purity. The unicorn
hated the elephant, and it used to whet
its horn on q stone before it struck the
foe in the abdomen. No family, by the
way. should be without one Of these
horns, the average length of which is
four feet. They defend from witch
craft. Thus Torquemada had one al
ways on his writing table. Further
more, a drinking cup made from one
will be a safeguard against poison as
will the ground powder put in drink,
and indeed the wells of the palace Of
St Mark could not be poisoned in the
good old days Of adventure because
these beneficent horns had been
thrown into them. Unicorn's horn was
formerly sold by apothecaries at $12O
an ounce.-B Boston journal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27
Golf Before n Mirror.

One of the chief teachings In the reli-
gion Of style is that to attain to ortho-
doxy 1t is necessary or at least desira-
lle to practice daily in front Of look
ins glass so as to make sure that all the
motions of the true style are being cor
rectly carried out.
This always appeared to me very
"hard saying" until had consulted W..
G. Grace, John Roberts, G. B. Fry, X.
S. Ranjitsinjhi. III. X. Foster, Kraenz-
lein, E. c. Bredin and other champions
Of sport
All the above were unanimous In at
tributing the high degree Of skill to
which they have attained In various
games and sports to the fact Of their
having devoted many hours day from
a very early stage Of their careers to
attitudinizing In front Of looking glass
es In their bedrooms.-GolfI Illustrated.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27
The OldeHt Whiting Card.

The state archives Of Venice are said
to possess the oldest visiting card Of
which there Is any record, Of course
leaving aside the probable use Of such
articles for some thousands of years In
China. Giacomo Contarini, professor
at the University Of Padua, sent the
card in question as curiosity to We
netian friend, saying that the German
students who came to Italy had the ele-
CANT and laudable custom Of leaving
such little cards, with their name and
place Of origin, at the houses Of friends
when they called and found them alb
sent. The card referred to bears coat
of arms with the motto, "Espoir me
comfort" and beneath, "Joannes Wes-
terhof Westphalus scribebat Patavii 4
Martii 1560."-London Tablet.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27

Like most great soldiers, Lord Rob
erts is very chivalrous to women. An
artist recently returned from South
Africa tells how he vas sketching
"Bobs' portrait, when the great little
man asked who were the celebrities in
the Transvaal that he had painted
The artist replied that he had painted
every one of interest in South Africa
except one. and that was Mrs. Cronje.
who came to Kip Drift with the 1000
prisoners and her husband. Il couldn't
pluck up the courage to paint her" the
artist said. "she was so hopeless as a
bit of decoration" Lord Roberts smiled
and said. well, you know, you could
hardly expect any woman to look deco
rative after living for three months In
the trenches at Paardeberg."
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27
Forre., as a Negro Minstrel.

From almost the beginning of Ameri-
can stage history there were negroes Of
the minstrel variety impersonated on
the stage, though it was not until about
1910 that they were organized into
bands. Some of the greatest actors Of
later days had their experience as min
strels, among them Joe Jefferson and
Edwin Forrest.
Forrest was given negro "song and
dance" act to do when he was very
young, and after he had studied 1t up
he asked where was the 'old negro
lady" that was to act his assistant In
the piece. The management tried sew
eral of the women who were members
of the company, but none of them
would consent to blacken up, and, in
fact, they were very indignant over the
proposition. The actor, however, was
not easily discouraged, and on the
night of the first performance he black
ened up and went around the corner to
an old negro woman who did his wash
ing.
Hello, Dinah," he said on entering.
"How yo' be er feelin dis berry tine
ebeninf"
Hello, yo'," replied the African lady.
"Pears to me yo' am er berry fresh mig
GER
"I'ze no niger" answered Forrest,
and then time being rather short, he
assumed his natural voice and told Di-
nah, much to her surprise, that he was
| Forrest, the actor and that he wanted
her to go on the stage with him that
night and laugh loudly at frequent in
tervals. which was all the female part
called for. The two made great hit
and were kept on for some time. which
goes to show that Forrest might have
been n good minstrel had he been of an
ambitious nature.-Saturday Evening
| Post
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27
ARMOUR IN THE PANIC OF 1898.
How He Got Ready For n Storm
When the Sky Wns Clear.

In 1892 the old man was on one of his
annual trips to the German mineral wa
tiers. At Carlsbad he met the moneyed
men of Europe, and he put together all
the hints that he got from this one and
that one, and out Of these hints he evolv-
ed a theory He packed his grip and
started for home, and the day he landed
in New York he telegra phed for the
heads of his departments to meet him in
Chicago.
"How's business?" he asked cheerfully
as he sat down in the midst of the pow
WOW and within range of 20 telegraph
machines.
"Never better; making money hand
over fist" said the managers.
"Cut everything down to the very edge"
said the old man in a very busnesslike
way. "There's storm brewing. Haul
in sail. Stack UP every dollar in cash in
the vaults that you can get your hands
on. Go into the money streets and use
the name Of p. d. Armour for all it is
worth. Get every dollar to be had and
then come back and tell me about it."
They all believed in their hearts that
the old man was getting panicky, but
they did exactly as he said. They pro-
cured nearly 100000.
That's not nearly enough. Go out and
get more" he directed. Don't be afraid.
Get every dollar you can and get it just
as quickly as you can"
Finally they obtained $4,000,000 in
cash, and this, with securities ON hand,
footed up $S,000,00O.
"Now, maybe we can weather it," said
Mr.. Armour, and his preparations were
hardly completed before the crash of
1893 came.
One of the first things to happen in the
desperate financial straits was run on
the biggest banks in Chicago. One
morning a messenger brought word that
a mob was lined up in front of the Hi
nois Trust and Savings bank and that
the people were demanding their money.
Some of the most conservative business
men had lost their heads, and the rush
was enough to stagger any set of bank
officials. Ogden Armour, son of the old
man, was a director in the bank.
This must be stopped" said Z. D.
Armour.
"He waited a minute to arrange the
everyday bunch of roses in the horn vase
on his desk" said the man who told this
story, "and then he snatched up his hat
and started for the bank"
Mr.. Armour mingled with the crowd
on the sidewalk in front of the bank,
going first to one and then to another,
pledging his own credit for the deposits.
He never left the place until the closing
hour, and by that time the run had stop
ped. He went back to his office and
issued call for a meeting of Chicago
business men the next morning. Then
he cabled to London and bought half a
million dollars in gold on his own ac-
count. He ate a little luncheon and
drove out to Armour institute that after
noon as usual. He watched the classes
at drill and then he inquired placidly,
'Is anything wanted" On his way
home to dinner he stopped at the homes
of his two sons for a little visit. After
dinner be said that he felt bit tired
that evening and couldn't account for it.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27
RANGE Outlook.

OF all the industries of the state, the
Industries that have the assurance Of
being permanent, there is none that
figures out nicer on paper than sheep
raising. Assuming that the wool will
pay for the keep Of the sheep and that
the lamb will bring from S1.50 to 81
per head, this Is handsome profit on
an investment of So to $3.50, the price
of nice thrifty young eve. But pre-
suming that these figures are above
what we can count on as an average 1t
Is fair to presume that lambs will not
60 below $1.25, which were panic
prices. In assuming that the wool will
pay the cost Of keeping we are not fig
uring oil 10 cent wool. Now. assum-
ing that the wool paid the keep of the
sheep in the days Of the panic, 1t Is
fair to presume that 1t will overpay
now, but we assume that taken as an
average Of ten years In the business 1t
Is safe only to calculate on the wool
paying the sleeps way. And we are
willing to place the low ebb Of the
lamb crop at S1.25 per head. No one
can say that this Is overestimating the
value Of lambs, for as long as beef
keeps up to $3.50, which it will be re-
membered was the low water mark on
good merchantable beef in 1898. there
VIII be good money in buying lambs Mt
81 % per head and feeding them for
the spring market. Lambs will be
worth this figure even to feed on the
products of our own state. Now, when
the minimum figures Of an industry
promise a profit such as this. it certain
ly looks like good pursuit to bank on.
Stock Growers Journal (Montana).
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27

A talesman who was called in a muir
der trial in a certain state was asked
whether he had any prejudice against
an aIibi plea on the part Of man ac-
cused of crime. The talesman replied
that he had not.
DO you fully understand what Is
meant by the term alibiT he was
asked.
II think do; yes, sir"
What do you understand by itf"
The taIesman reflected moment and
then. with a hesitancy indicative OF
graveness. replied, IAN alibi Is when
the fellow who did it wasn't there"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27
NaD.en and Thirteen.

The superstition that Is is the harbin-
ger of misfortune met with q unique con-
tradiction in the case of Nansen. Ihlr-
teen was the number of his party on
board the Fran. But the lucky is of the
great explorer did not stop at the num-
Der Of his party. He left his ship for the
north pole on March 13. 1893; the Fran
broke from the ice on Aug. l3. 1896, and
Nansen himself arrived at Iromso on
the same day Of the month. Curlousiy
enough, these slices of good luck were
mentioned at the thirteenth anniversary
dinner of the Geographical society, held
on Feb. 13, 1897. At the same banquet
Nansen stated that on Dec. Is, IL pups
were born on board the Fran.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27

by hook and by crook" Is an aiiu-
sion to an ancient manorial custom
which permitted the neighboring poor
to take all the wood that they could
reach and pull down from the forest
trees, using only their shepherdT
crooks
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27
1n'ha RlmRmv

The origin Of the term "blues" has
been traced to the belief that persons
In indigo dyeing establishments are Pc
culiarly subject to melancholy. An
other belief is that the expression Is de-
rived from the German blau. or lead.
as lead by its heaviness has always
been held to typify gloom and depres-
rinn
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27
No Consolation There.

There, now, Clara, how would you
like to be these people who can't get
home from Paris because their funds
gave out"
"Well. dear me, Clarence, they are
better of than we are, whose funds
gave out before we got started."-In.
dianapolis Journal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27

Every WELL" exclaimed DR.. Quick
after his quarrel with the undertaken;
I'll make you sorry for this"
What are you going to do" retorted
the Observation-Disclosures from practicer p
philadelphia Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27

Connections at Rupert with Philadelphia s.
Reading Railroad for Tamanend, Tamaqua,
WiIiamsport, Sunbury, Pottsvile etc. At
Northumberland with p and +. Div. p X. K. for
Harrisburg. Lock Haven, Emporium, Warren
Cory, and Erie.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27

You can tell Just as well as physician
whether your kidneys are diseased or
healthy. The way to dois to takea bot
tie or glass tumbler and fill it with urine.
If there is a sediment "A powderllke
substance-at the bottom after standing
dav and night, there is something
wrong with the kidneys. Another sure
sign of diSeaseis desire to urinate often,
and still another sign is pain in the back.
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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27
Scratches on Class.

If slight run with rouge, wet, on a
piece of soft leather. If deep, grind
out with finest -four emery and then
polish with wet rouge on leather or
with buff wheel or rubber and fine
pumice stone TO grind out, and after
ward polish with felt buff and wet
-Ouge
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27
Extept of Florist Industry

The florist business in the United
States is by no means an unimportant
Industry. 1t is estimated that tie re-
tail value of flowers sold annually Is
S12,5OO.OO0 and of potted plants Slo'-
100000. There are no less than lO'oO'
establishments in the United States de-
voted to the growing of plants under
glass.-Chcago Chronicle.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27

Weekdays. Daily. Flag station.
Additional Train leaves HaZleton 5.l5 p. M,
Tomhicken 5.35 p. m, Fern Glen 5.43 p. m,
Rock Glen $50 p. m, arriving at Catawissa
6.25 p. m.
Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run on
through trains between Sunbury, Williamsport
and Erie. between Sunbury and Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrisburg, Pitts
burg and the West.
For further information apply to Ticket Agents
LB. HUTCHINSON, j. r. WOOD,
cent MGHager. Gent PasS'n'r Ag,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-12-27
RARE BETTING LICK.
1T WAS a RED LETTER DAY F. The
THEE PETERS.

Likewise For the Nan Vino Told
the Story OF Ho1Y, with a Cao.,aI OF
Only 10 Cents. Ec SVon $t3. 80 on n
Series of Horse Races.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-17
GEN. A. w. GREELY's REPORT.
Work of the Signal Corps I'm Alaska,
Cuba and the Philippines.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-Brig. Gen. a.
W. Greedy, chief signal officer Of the army,
in his annual report says that the signal
corps exceeded in amount of work and
variety of duties performed the record Of
any previous year. The important work of
signal corps in connection with the army
in all of the islands and territories has been
set forth from time to time I'm reports Of
the progress of the army. General Greedy.
however takes occasion to summarize this
work in an official manner and to COM
mend the officers and enlisted men of the
corps, as we'll as the officers OF the various
ceDartments who have rendered assistance
10 the signal corps. Referring 10 Alaska
and Canada, where he endeavored to make
arrangements for telegraphic communica-
ton with the military posts In Canada.
General Greedy says Sir Wilfrid Laurier,
the Canadian premier, showed marked in
terest in the matter, and an appropriation
was made by the Canadian Parliament for
extending the Canadian telegraph line
down the banks of the Yukon to the
Alaskan boundary.
General Greedy approves the recommen-
dation of the commanding general In Alas
ka for cable from Ekagway 10 Valdez
and from Skagway TO Seattle. passing out
side of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte
Islands 10 avoid international compiled
tons. This would be about /. 500 miles long
and cost about $4,000. He regards the
connections absolutely necessary for
use of the government In Alaska.
The report shows that the telegraph
service in Cuba Is more satisfactory than