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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Grapes are nearly always benefited
by thinning.
Fruit for jelly is better If picked be-
fore it is dead ripe.
Uncrowded trees are more prOduc-
tive than crowded ones.
Rotation of crops is as necessary in
gardening as Oh the farm.
Care must be taken not to cut the
asparagus plants too late.
A good tree or plant takes up no
more room than poor one.
With apples a moderate thinning will
cause the rest to hold on better.
With fruit maturity is one stage and
ripeness or mellowness another.
Deep stirring of the soil gives mois-
ture, and moisture makes thrifty
growth.
Oil straw, bagasse and swale hay are
good materials to use for mulching in
the orchard.
If the grapes are to be thinned, the
work should be done as soon as the
growth is advanced enough to show
the fruit.
Raspberry and blackberry plants set
out this spring should be allowed to
grow through the season without
check.
In transplanting small plants secure
all the roots possible and keep the
plants out of the ground as short a
time as possible.-St Louis Republic.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
what the Hen Accommodates

The food value of the eggs consumed
in a great city is nearly as great as
that of the beef eaten In the same city.
This is a startling statement, but it is
supported by the evidence of statistics
taken by the Paris city tax authorities.
Unless the Parisians are for some rea-
son unusually large consumers of eggs
the proportion will presumably hold
good elsewhere. These facts are from
a paper read to the Paris Academy Of
Sciences by NJ. Balland, who has en-
deavored by new and exhaustive anal
yses to correct the data given by previ-
Gus workers in this line The egg as a
whole is IS per cent water and there
fore furnishes % per cent Of nutri-
ment. Two eggs without shells weigh
on an average 100 grams Q,543 grains),
so that 20 eggs represent quite exactly
the food value of one kilogram CO.
pounds) of meat. A fowl In few days
thus furnishes her own weight of food
substance. She Is valuable manufac-
tory of edible products, and the breed
ing Of the best laying varieties Of fowls
cannot be too highly commended. In
1898 there were declared at the Paris
octroi (city tax oftices) 53S, ,299, ,120 eggs,
representing (allowing 90 grams to the
egg 26,914,Y ,Y56 Kilograms about 27,000
tons of food substance, equivalent to
the quantity Of beef without the
bones) furnished by 1920 oxen Of 400
Kilograms $50 pounds) each, or two
thirds of the number Of oxen entered
at Paris in Baltimore Sun.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
The LARGEST Egg Record.

In answer to a correspondent who
wants to know what breed of fowls
has the largest egg record" The Feath-
er says:
This is a rather difficult question to
answer correctly. The records for the
present year are going upward so fast
we hesitate to name the breed claim
Ing the record. Most any breed will
claim it. There are Brahmas with 235
eggs to their credit, White Wyandottes
with 250 or more and Plymouth Rocks,
Barred and White, with even higher
figures. Leghorns and Minorcas come
in for their share of the glory, and so
the story runs. We might name a
breed or rather a variety to you, but
you would not perhaps come to the rec,
ords. 1t would be best for you to Sc
lect variety and see how much Of a
record you could make. What might
do with Brahmas you could not per-
haps equal with Leghorns. Establish
your own record from the popular yari-
etieS.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
CONSUMPTION CAN
Be CURED.
T. A. Slocum, NJ. c., the Great Chem
Isl and Scientist, Will Send Free, to
the Afflicted, Three Bottles Of
his Newly Discovered Rene
dies to Cure Consumption
and All Lung Troubles.

Nothing could be taIrer, more phllan-
thropic or carry mole JOY to the afllict-
ed, than the offer of T. A. Slocum, NJ.
c., of New York City.
Confident that he has discovered a
reliable cure for consumption and all
bronchial, throat and lung diseases,
general decline and weakness, loss of
flesh and all conditions wasting, and to
make its great merits known, he will
the AMERICAN who may be suffering.
Already this "new scientific course of
medicine" mas permanently cured thou
sands of apparently hopeless cases.
The Doctor considers it his religious
duty-a duty which he owes to human
ity-to donate his infallible cure.
He has proved the dreaded consump-
ton to be a curable disease beyond any
doubt, and has on file in his American
and European laboratories testimonials
of experience from those benefited and
cured, in all parts of the world.
Don't delay until it is too late. Con
sumption, uninterrupted, means speedy
and certain death. Address T. A
Slocum, NJ. c., % Pine street, New
York, and when writing the Doctor, give
express and postoflice address, and
please mention reading this article in
the AMERICAN March 9
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
TOO MUCH SHADE.

We know of several prairie towns
now 40 or 80 years old which are to-
day literally buried in Il forest of
shade, the thrifty clms and naples
now touching tops across the streets.
No sunshine falls on the lawns or on
the roofs of the homes. This is too
much of good thing. One of the best
things the Creator gives to man is sun
shine, and it should be allowed to find
its way into bedroom, parlor and kitch-
en-. Trees for the birds to nest in and
sing from. trees tc g've some shady
corner on the lawn where the ham
mock may be hung, trees in public
park and by country roadside are all
right, but never so many as to shut out
all the blessed sunshine from the home
and cause the moss to grow green on
the shingles. Doctors well understand
that they may depend upon patronage
from these tree and shade buried
homes
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
THE TURF RECORD.

Anaconda holds the Cleveland track
record for the season, with a mile in
2064.
FOote has worked his Chamber of
Commerce candidate, The Private, a
half in 03lA.
1t is reported that Henry liter in
tends to try Arion, 2:07a4, and Peter
the Great, 2:O74, to pole next year.
Abbie y. 2:23I2, by HeXameter, dam
Abby, 2:26, 10y George Wilkes, has
been shipped to a prominent horseman
in Austria.
Coney, 2:07II, has not had the hop
pies on this year. He has been in
2:0S1a, the last quarter in 81 seconds,
in his work.
Frank Coyner of Delaware O., has
a filly by Lagonda Chimes, out of Lady
Ruth which is entered in $4,000
worth of stakes.
Four trainloads of horses, consisting
of 1900 head, were shipped from Bon
ham, Tex, to New Orleans for South
Africa few days ago.
For the five months ending May 81
the United States exported 1G,477
horses to England against 14062 for
the same period last year.
Bonnie Direct the green colt in
Keating's string at Cleveland, sired by
Direct. out of Bon Bon, by Simmons,
stepped mile the other day in 2:11.
Bay Star, 2:2315. by the PAGER Ken
lucky Star, 2:0S1a, Penn Valley farms
NJ. and NJ. candidate, is said to be
showing Jack Kinney free for all
speed.
The following nine horses obtained
new records at Point Breeze: PAGERS,
Montauk, 2161a; Paul Revere, 2:1114;
Jay Wilkes, 2:194; Allezeitt, 2:21; jim
my's Girl, 2:21M. Trotters, Winni-
fred NJ, 2:1SH; Santon, 2:19ia; Patrice,
2:26; Laddis, 2:27.
Critic, 4-year-old by Falmont,
2:144, has been half this year in
1:091a. This youngster was one of
the sensational 2-year-old trotters of
the spring of 1898 and gave Scott Nc
Coy quite scare when he raced away
from The Merchant, 2:20, at Omaha.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
Smo,Selesa Coal.

Experiments have for some time
been made in England with smokeless
coal. This peculiar fuel may lie burn
ed either in QY ordinary grGte OF in u
basin In the middle OF room without
developing any pe"cept!Dle odor OF
smoke at any time. The tire looks like
the finest coke ire, ard the tame is
white and blue. 1t throws out a con
siderable heat. The residue Of the
coal amounts to about 8 per cent. For
industrial purposes this new fuel is
formed into briquettes Of different
sizes for different purposes. In Lon
don smokelcss briquettes can already
be bought az about So per ton. The
smokeless coal is said to be composed
Of 95 per cent OF coal dust and per
cent of mixture Of wood, tar and un-
Stacked lime. These three ingredients
are mixed together and pressed into
molds in such q way that they do not
fall apart when being burned.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
HOW ONE WOMAN LIVES.

She is a widow aged 43 years, and
she has a daughter aged y. When
her husband died all there was left Of
the estate We're a small cottage and
three acres of land lying on the out
skirts of country town. The problem
of supporting herself and her little
daughter confronted her when the pro-
bate court got things settled up. She
could sew fairly well, was a good
nurse. could not take boarders very
well because her house was too small,
might get a place as hOuSekeeper per-
haps. but none of these things suited
her She decided to see what she could
do with poultry. So she started with
- pure bloodod Plymouth Rock fowls.
This number she increased to 125 lay
ing hens. Two acres of the lot have
been fenced in and proper houses built
for the birds. She operates an incuba-
tor with fair success and is able to
market from 200 to 500 broilers each
spring. BY keeping only pure bred
fowls she is able to sell quite lot of
eggs for sittings to her neighbors each
year at an average of 5G cents dozen.
She keeps Jersey COW, which she
hires pastured four months in the year.
From the COW and the hens she re-
ceives an income of $400 year, finds
the business does not take anywhere
near all of her time and thoroughly en-
joys her work. The other acre is de-
voted to a small garden and small
fruit, which brings her in quite little
spending money. She is doing lots bet.
ter than that other widow you know
who is putting in all her time trying to
catch another man.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
THE GLASS OF FASHION.

Crepe de chine is popular material
for wedding gowns.
Trim your dimity gowns with hem
med frillings of white point d'esprit
accordion plated.
Some very swell bathing suits are
made Of black satin, with a colored
linen collar and vest.
Mohair is the favorite material for
bathing suits in black, blue and gray,
trimmed with a band of white mohair
striped with braid.
4 pretty skirt for cycling is made
with a rather deep yoke pointing down
in front and at the back. the lower
part being box plated on to this.
Jeweled neckband brooches, pins for
the hair. which confine the short locks
at the back; neck chains and jeweled
or enameled belts are all very popular.
Serpentine insertions cut out of all
over lace and finished on the edge with
either black or white silk cord are used
gowns.
Two piece linen suits in white or
colors are all the rage. but their espe-
cial chic quality is in the fact that they
are tailor made, with exclusive smart
ness in the finish.
Very pretty fancy belts are made of
narrow bands of colored suede leather
joined at intervals with gold slides
over q satin lining Velvet ribbon iS
also used in this way.
One variety of sporting hat made Of
coarse but tight white straw has
slightly dropping brim, and Il scarf Of
cream canvas with large moons Of
some light color in silk scattered over
it is twisted around the cone shaped
crown.-New York Sun.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18

10 to I plank of 1896 on the Kansas
City convention.
In all his campaigning speeches he
remains silent on this question, except
occasionally, where he is forced to
speak out One of his most recent ut
teranceS on the subject was in Septem-
ber last. He then said on this ques-
ton: II stand today where | stood in
1886" We all know where that is
for 10 cent dollars.
One brief illustration of one of the
many possible wrongs of free coinage:
The deposits in this country last year
IN the savings banks alone amounted
to over two and a quarter billions.
This vast sum went into these banks
on the basis of 90 cents on the dollar
The value of the amount of silver in a
silver dollar is about 40 cents.
If Mr.. Bryan's free coinage at 16 to
| goes into effect every 100 cent dollar
will be reduced in value to about 40
cents. and every holder of merchandise
of all kinds purchased by him on the
100 cents basis would be compelled to
more than double his selling price to
protect himself, while the wage Garner,
who has no merchandise, but only his
labor to sell and his savings in the
panK, mas no escape Dur TO accept the
40 cent dollar for his pay.
This is but one of the iniquitous
workings of free coinage, a new form
of robbery which Mr.. Bryan proposes
to legaliZe.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
DlARRHEA IN FOWLS.
DIR. Woods Describes Two Kinds and
Prescribes Treatment

Simple Diarrhea.-A simple inflam-
nation Of the digestive organs causing
a whitish, yellowish or even greenish
diarrhea may result from variety Of
causes. Climatic changes, a long, tire
some journey, too much food or drink.
exposure, too much ''loosening" food,
such as meat, oat feed, bran, etc; over
dosing with pepper and condition pow
ders, foul water, becoming overheated
and exhausted from being chased
want of shade in hot weather, damp.
ness, uncleanliness, crOwding and YER
min may one or all cause diarrhea. The
only treatment necessary in most cases
is to remove the cause. Correct the
diet and provide pure water. In mild
cases the comb does not change color.
The feathers may be ruffled and the
fowl little dumpiSh. A little powder
ed charcoal in the mash food is an eff
fective remedy. 1t is a good plan to
keep cracked charcoal constantly be-
fore the fowls in a box like the grit
box. For obstinate cases of diarrhea
give the fowl tablespoonful of olive
oil to cleanse intestines. Feed sparing-
ly and avoid grains with coarse hulls,
like oats and barley. Decrease the
amount of meat food, use less oats and
bran in the mash and use more mid
diings or some low grade -four in the
mash.
Diarrhea From Poisons.-Paint skins,
coarse salt, salt meat, white lead, lye,
unslaked lime and fertilizers are the
more frequent poisons which cause
diarrhea in poultry. Sometimes arsenic,
paris green and spray mixtures also
cause trouble. Such cases of poisoning
should be prevented by keeping all
such substances out Of the reach Of
fowls. The cases of poisoning are sell
dom discovered in time to save the
bird. The most common symptoms of
poisoning with any of the above named
poisons are sleepiness, diarrhea, con-
vulsions or twitching of body, dump
ishness and sore mouth.
Treatment.-Givew whites of eggs free
ly and an abundance Of flaxseed tea
DR.. Woods in Poultry Monthly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
MANUFACTURING PLANTS.

A farmer friend wants us to tell why
it is that manufacturing interests so
largely center in the east and why il
is so difficult to secure any sort of man.
ufacturing plants for our smaller west
ern towns. There are several reasons
which cOnspire to bring about this con.
ditiOn. one, and not the least, that the
money necessary to carry on such en-
terpriSCs is more easily obtainable in
the east than in the west and always
at q lower rate of interest; another
that transportation facilities are bet
ter in the east than in the west; anoth-
er that in the matter of always being
able to secure skilled mechanical help
for repairs to machinery and men skill
ed in operating machinery the east al
ways has the advantage of the west.
In time the west will manufacture far
more things than it now does. The re-
duction of freight rates enables the
manufacturer to consider less the Ques-
tion of being near his supply Of raw
material and, more, that of being To-
Gated near what may be termed manu-
featuring centerS. CfeamerleS, cneeSe
factories, tow mills, canneries, agricul-
tural implement factories, those which
use wood as raw material, such as
wagon, buggy, butter tub, pump, sash
and door factories, locate naturally in
the west, while the workers in steel
and iron. art work of all kinds, leather,
textile fabrics rubber and the rarer
metals almost invariably locate in the
east 1t would seem as if it would be
greatly to the advantage of the work
ers in these factories could they live
in less crowded places, and it would be
greatly to the advantage of the west
ern farmer and producer could he have
this valuable class Of consumers close
to his doors.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18

In Il paper on Tile Evolution of
Goethe's Art" read before the Royal
Society of Literature, Mr.. Oscar
Browning traced he development OF
Goethe'S literary faculty, beginning
with the French influences which sur
rounded ii at Frankfurt and the return
to German influences at Leipsic pass
ing to the friendship with Herder,
which awakened a love Of early nat
ural poetry and the appreciation Of
English literature, especially Shakes
peare and Goldsmith. Court life at
Weimar furnished a stimulus toward
the drama. and the Italian journey en-
phasized the classical tendencies Of his
mind. Returning to Weimar he be-
came posseSsor of himself and the un-
disputed master of European litera-
ture. Mr. Browning dwelt on the gen
eraliZing tendencies of Goethe's later
art. Civilization creates the necessity
for new subjects in art and means Of
dealing with them adequately must be
found.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

From Richmond to Atlanta along
Che line of the principal railways, it
aeems as if it were impossible to get
out of sight of new cotton mills either
In operation or in course of construc-
ton.
Five hundred Mormons from Utah
recently settled in Chihuahua, Mexico
and these will be followed by another
party of 800 in q f.W weeks. A nOta-
bic fact in the history of these Nor
mon colonies in Mexico is that. though
established some 20 years ago, there
never has been the slightest trouble
between them and the MeXicans.
Some curious relIcs Of former supersu-
tions are preserved under the courthouse
in Edinburgh The little wax figures,
stuck all over with pins are the pieces de
conviction in the charges of witchcraft
which were so frequent in the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries. 1t was sup
posed that if a wax image Of an enemy
were made. proddcd with pins. and then
melted in the fire, the original would suf
fer similar tortures and dissolution. The
belief is at least as old as the days Of
Horace.
Indeed. the superstition has survived
to our own time. The late w. q. Wills,
the dramatist, when staying at a Kentsh
seaside place, was annoyed by a dramatic
critic. Half in jest he modelled his critic
in wax and melted him up A day or two
later he heard OF the death of his assail-
ant. Mr.. Wills, who was the kindliest
and most careless of Bohcmians. could
never rid himself of the suspicion that he
was an unwilling omicidc.-London
Chronicle.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
Longest Electric Sparks.

The celebrated Spottiswoode coil,
built under the auspices of the Royal
society, gave spark of A. inches. The
Queen coils are to give spark of 45
inches, expending an energy Of three
to four horsepower and having po'
Genital of 100000 volts.
In bulletin Of the United State@ de-
partment of agriculture DR.. Howard
gives a simple remedy for cocLroaches,
which will be interesting to housekeep-
ers in many parts Of the world. The
remedy is Of Australian origin ana
consists Of mixture of -four and plas-
ter of paris, which is greedily eaten by
these insect pests and rapidly "sets" III
their stomachs.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
FULL DINNER PAIL
NOT A SORDID EMBLEM

In the course of a recent interview
in favor of the reelection of President
Mckinley. former President Harrison,
among other things, said:
His (Bryan's) election would, J
think, throw governmental business
affairs into confusion. We should not
aid the election of a president who
would, admittedly, if he could, destroy
the gold standard and other things
that we value even more upon the de-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
GIANT TREES IN OREGON.
Said to BE 20 To 20 Feet In Diameter
and over 800 Feet High.

| would like to draw attention to a
lunch of immense trees in the mountains
- to ~ miles from my place, near La
toUrc!l, on the .. Il. 4 y. | used to
make every year Il trip to the mountains,
. lasting generally eight to ten days, and it
WAS on one Of my last trips about four
years ago that | discovered on the north
east side of the divide, between the wa
tcrs of the Bull Run and the Hood river,
, thiS bunch Of giant trees. The like | new
er saw before or since.
Before / saw these giants | had meas
ured from time to time some trees at
home which girdcd 20 to 80 feet around
about three feet above the base, but these
trees could not be compared at all with
the big trees | found in the mountains.
They would appear as mere sticks
against those giants. ! honestly believe
that those giants will girdle 60 to so feet
around near the base and that they are
$50 to 400 feet high. They stand on a
kind of fiat or bottom, and this fiat is
we'll protected from discovery, as far as |
could perceive, by steep and high bluffs
not only from the Hood river side up,
but from the main water divide down.
These big trees are, in my mind, some
where near the north line Of the National
park, but it is doubtful if they are in it.
There are two species of the giant
trees One species has u ycllowish and
not very rough bark, In straight and
round rs a candle, has no limbs to an i'm
mense height and has a nice, wonderful
crown. The father of this very aristo-
cratic species in our mountains is surely
the emperor of our forest. People must
not think that this tree is the so called
mobile fir" because | know not only the
noble fir but many other mountain
trees very well. Nor must they think that
| this species is one of the common trees in
the mountains. / cannot say how many
such giants there are. There may be hun
dreds, there may be thousands. On our
way home one Of my companions was
drowned in the Bull Hun and therefore I
| never went to the mountains again, but
have always had a desire to go and inves-
tigate further about those big trees.
Cedar is the second species of the big
trees. They rival in size and grandeur
the first species. But the most wonderful
thing about them seems to be that they
are, in spite of their immense diameter
and age, seemingly sound and hard
through and through.-Portland Orego-
nian.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18
Heller's Testimony.

Albert Heller, living at 1114 Farnham
St., Omaha, says: Il have tried most
every thing that is used as prevent
i've or cure for headache, but nothing
did me so much good as Krause's Head
ache Capsules. Others who have used
them say the same thing Price 25c
Sold by Rossman q Sons Pharmacy.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-18

ceptive suggestion that he has been
bound-that the Republican party will
after defeat still have strength enough
to save the temple. 1t will be much
better not to allow the men with de-
structive tendencies so much as to lean
against the pillars.
THE economic policies of the Repub
lican party have been vindicated by the
remarkable and general prosperity that
has developed during Mr.. McKinley's
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS period of
great depression A change of admin
istration would almost certainly renew
conditions from which we have so hap
pily escaped.
"The full dinner pail is not sordid
emblem. 1t has a spiritual significance
for the spiritually minded. 1t means
more comfort for the man and family,
more schooling and less work for the
children, and a margin and saving for
sickness and old age"