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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
Mr., Livermore,s First Speech

In an interview Mrs. Mary A. Liver
more gave graphic account of the first
time she spoke in public. She said:
"My first speech was made in 1861, al
Dubuque, Ia was scared to death ]
talked for fully 20 minutes without hear
Ing my voice or seeing the audience. The
way my knees knocked together would
have made the knocking of Belshazzar's
a piece of folly. Then the people became
clearer. / could pick out the faces of my
friends in the densely packed hall. Then,
as paused, there came startling burst
Of applause that made me jump and look
around, thinking something had given
way.
This effort was followed by a deluge
Of invitations. Come and make US the
same speech you did dt Dubuque was
echoed from all parts of the country. Al
that time | was very much averse to wo.
mems speaking in public. didn't believe
in it. / doubted the wisdom of it. But
my interest in 1t grew, because | felt that
the women must be started up to loob
after the needs of our soldiers, the mer
being so busy"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
Honey For the Toilet.

Apart from the medicinal uses to which
honey is and may be applied are those
connected with the toilet. A small jar
containing honey should be kept on ey-
cry washstand and In every nursery
Honey proves a panaoea for most OF the
ills that flesh, or, rather, skin, Is heir to In
the shape of cracked lips, roughness Of
the skin, blotchy patches around the
mouth, which are most disfguring to
even the most beautiful, chilblained or
chapped hands, sore and cracked heels,
wind caught ears, etc, which can al be
prevented by this simple remedy. The
application Is easy, and no one can OBJ
ject to 1t, as they do to so many other
remedies. After washing any part Of the
body suffering from any of the above
unpleRsantnesses, apply to the part af
fected, while still wet, very little honey
by dipping the finger into the jar and
smearing over. To those who suffer
habitually in winter from any Of these
distressing complaints the continued use
Of honey will prevent them from appear
ing. Begin to use as soon as the wealth
er gets cold or as soon as the wind begins
to nip.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
Have You Talent

Zone good way, think, to judge
whether we have a talent for anything
or not is to watch the motive that draws
us toward doing a thing" writes Helen
Watterson Moody in The Ladies' Home
Journal. "If we do 1t because it is the
fashion, or because other girls are doing
it, or because we have to do 1t for some
useful purpose, 1t Is not probable that we
have a real talent for it. But il we find
ourselves doing 1t just because we really
love 1t and would rather do it than not,
II it is doing the thing itself that attracts
us and not the eclat it is going to give
us in the eyes of others-why then l
think we may reasonably conclude that
God has given US a real talent for that
particular sort Of thing"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30

John Strange Winter has contributed
to the London Telegraph an interesting
account Of the Frenchwoman's dot.
Probably, she says, few English people
realize to the full extent how fixed an in
stitution the dot is in France. We in
England do sometimes speak of the dot,
often rather as a joke than otherwise,
but doubt whether the average English
man or woman fully understands that
Just across the channel the marriage por-
ton is universal and omnipotent.
With very few exceptions every French
girl has her dot. Indeed, from the day
of her birth a French girl is saved for,
and her dot is the object Of her parents
most self sacrificing endeavors. A girl
who has none is looked upon as an object
of pity. forsworn to st. Catherine, with
no better prospect in life than to enter a
sisterhood or to hang on to the outskirts
Of the family in the capacity Of useful
relative.
Not many women, be they young or
old, like this kind Of existence, and this is
the reason why so many women In France
enter the religious life. AS good sister,
no matter of what order, the portionless
girl acquires a position OF dignity and
usefulness.
Marriage in France Is quite a different
institution from marriagfe in England.
1t is entered into from different motives
and in very different fashion. lnclina-
tion scarcely affects the bargain at all.
In the first place, no young Frenchman
actually proposes to the girl he wants to
marry, perhaps, for one thing, because he
never gets the chance. Friendship be-
tween the sexes is sternly discouraged.
In fact, before marriage no girl Of re-
spectacle class is ever allowed to be
alone in young mans company for one
single moment. "My son lives his vie de
garcon, but my girl lives in my pocket,
is the motto of the prudent French moth
rr. So when young Frenchman wishes
10 settle in life he looks around for a
suitable partner. According to his own
position and his fortune, so does he de-
mand dot Of certain sum. Perhaps
two or three girls of his acquaintance
may have the desired sum. The approx,
mate amount is always known. So, fixing
on the one he admires most, he sends his
lawyer or his uncle to some trusted friend
to make inquiries and to open up pro.
ceedings.
If the proposal is not disagreeable to
the young lady, her family name on their
side a lawyer or trusty friend, and ar.
rangements are very soon made, money
is carefully tied up, and the engagement
is an accomplished thing. Then the wed
ding day is fixed, and preparations fol-
the wedding are hurried on as fast as
may be. Long engagements are almost
unknown In France.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
Association of Ideas.

The 3-year-old son Of fat dweller,
who had heard his father complain oc-
casionally because the janitor was
drunk and 'in no condition to attend
to his work." went to the fiat above
his own last week and rang the bell.
young man said:
please, Mrs. Blank, can't your little
girl come down and play with mef"
Not today" said Mrs. Blank; "she
Is in no condition to play"
whats the matter" asked the boy
anxiously. "Is she drunk New York
Sun
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30

Queen Alexandra has more independent
legal rights than any other wife in Eng
land. The Law Journal points out that
the queen consort's legal status differs
from that OF all other married women.
She is regarded by law as "feme sole. "
She may bring an action in the courts as
IL she were unmarried. She has her
separate court, her separate guards and
her own servants, distinct from those OF
the king. By an act dating from the
sixteenth century she is empowered to
write after her name the title. Queen of
England" and, although she is only a
subject, an attempt to assassinate her is
punishable as high treason.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
THE DRUMHEAD BUSINESS.
A Huge Long Island Industry Which
Prospers by War.

Huge Long Island Industry Which
Prospers by War.
Few people know that more than hair
the banjo and drum heads sold in the
United States are made on Long Is
land. Near the railroad station at
Cold Spring is little red building sur
rounded by frames, in which skins are
stretched for drying, while near by ls
an artificial pond, with wooden sides
and bottom, filled with chemical mix
ture. 1t is an unpretentious establish
ment, but in our two wars and in the
peace between 1t has fathered a great
deal Of noise. The business was eStab-
lished in 1860 and success was almost
immediate. Competition was strong
after the rush Of war orders was over,
but the business has advanced in i'm
portance until now there are but three
factories in this country whose opposi"
ton can be felt. Two of these are in
Brooklyn and the other at High View,
NY.
New York markets furnish the salt
ed raw skins from which the drum
heads are made. The hair is removed
from the skins by a chemical bath in
the artificial pond, and the skins are
then stretched on the racks and dried.
A thorough scraping removes any par
ticles Of fat or flesh that may have
adhered to the dried skin, which is
then the thickness Of parchment. The
skins are thoroughly bleached in the
drying process and are then ready for
cutting into heads. During the Span
ish-American war the factory was fair
ly swamped with orders for drum
heads, 500 dozen heads often being or
dered at one time. The principal de
mand was for the "tenOr" drum, on
which a loud accompaniment to the
fife or bass instrument can be pro
duced
Kangaroo skins make the costliest
drumheads. When dressed, they are
showy, but beyond their appearance
and name they are of no greater value
than heads made from calfskin. Sheep
skin is used for cheap toy drums.-New
York Post
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
THE seGGARs or MEXICO.
They Abound All over the Country
aud Are Wen Treated

All over the country beggars abound,
for the Mexican people are the most
carelessly good natured and charitable
on earth. They seemingly never refuse,
and have seen smartly dressed young
men on passing a beggar turn back re-
pentantly aud hand him money. Every
body gives; hence unlimited beggary.
Some time ago in Pueblo a surgeon
cured the deformity of beggar cripple,
and as his usefulness as money getter
was over his relatives sued the surgeon,
alleging that he had deprived them of
their means Of support. 1t appeared ON
trial that the lame man had been good
for $3.50 a day on the average" The
Judge threw the plaintiffs out of court
after listening to their curious exposition
of callousness and greed.
a friend Of mine here, a genuine Span
ish count and a most charitable man,
fills his pockets with pennies every morn
ing before leaving his house, and to eV-
cry one who asks aims he gives a cent.
He has also many pensioners, and he
even economies in legitimate personal
expenses to help deserving people, Wild
ows and orphans.
In the suburban towns every comfortA-
bly, off family has its train Of beggarH
who are given money or food.
Your beggars fairly adopt you and
ask affectionately on meeting you for
the health Of every member of your
family.
One poor chap who hobbies round on
crutches and wears on chilly mornings
an old red blanket greets me as his
"patron" and bestows blessings on me
to last a month for every aims.
The intimate relations of beggars and
their patrons are amusing. Wealthy men
and handsomely dressed women stop IN
the streets for bit of talk with some
favored beggar and never seem ashamed
to show a kindly interest in the humble
friends of the public thOrOughfares.
Beggars come to ones dining room
| windows, look in interestedly and &c
away satisfied with a small coin or biz
of bread. They ask aims in the name OF
| God, or ''por Dios;" hence the odd Span
ish word "pordioseros," or 'for God:
sakers," applied to beggars. 1t is par'
Of the strangely humane life of these
southern lands A Mexican firmly be
lieves that everybody has a right to hv'
and to help in time Of need. There Ii
| immense charity and mostly quite unor
ganized, although there are asylums, bu
for the most part the beggars are ou
and about and not housed up.-BostoI
| Herald
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
Fought For His Life.

MY father and sister both died of
Consumption, writes j. T. Weather
wax, of Wyandotte, Mich, and | was
saved from the same frightful fate only
by DIR. Kings New Discovery. An at
tack of Pneumonia left an obstinate
cough and very severe lung trouble,
which an excellent doctor could not
help, but few months use of this Won
derful medicine made me as well as
ever and | gained much in weight. In
fallible for Coughs, Colds and all Throat
and Lung trouble. Guaranteed bottles
soc and 81 90 at Paules & Cos drug
store. Trial bottles free.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
The Spring Fever

is malady which no one can escape
at this season Of the year. The vitality
is usually overtaxed during the winter
months, and spring finds the system all
run down The blood is thinned and
impure The kidneys and liver are in
active resulting in a loss of energy and
appetite, and a arrangement of the
nerves Lichtys Celery Nerve Com
pound will purify your blood, tone up
your nerves, and leave you feeling fresh
and energetic. Sold by Rossman &
Son s Pharmacy.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
He Is A Wonder,

OAll who see Mr.. c. F. Collier, of Cher
olree, Iowa, as he is now, cheerful erect
vigorous, without an ache, could hardly
believe he is the same man, who, short
time ago, had to sit in chair, propped
up by cushions, suffering intensely from
an aching back, in agony if he tried to
Foop-all caused by chronic kidney
trouble, that no medicine helped till he
1sed Electric Bitters and was wholly
cured by three bottles. Positively cures
Backache, Nervousness, Loss of Appe-
tita all Kidney troubles. Only soc at
Paules & Co.'S drug store.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
Not His DAY For Selling.

docs you want to see de president
of de roadF' queried the colored man
who sat in a chair at the head of the
stairs.
"Yes; he's the man l want to see"
replied the caller.
Bout pass or sunthin?"
about buying out the road for $780,
100000. Can you attend to the busi-
ness for me"
81 'spects l could, sah but, dis bein
my second day yere an bein amt feel
in powerful well, perhaps you'd better
see de president hiSself-right down de
hall an second doah to de left, sab. -
Chicago News.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
The Essentials OF beauty.

There is a distinctive something's
manner of dressing or a correct carriage
that makes the American girls head the
list by their natural right to precedence
They have their faults, to be sure, but
such faults as are easy to correct. Loud
voices are the commonest lapses into the
unbeautifu and simple. | never realized
this so much as | did on my last voyage
from the other side of the Atlantic. On
shipboard there was a crowd of girls who
had been finishing their educations
abroad. They sat on deck and chattered
like magples. their voices rising shrill and
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
Somebody's Birthday.

This is somebody's birthday,
just as sure as fate
Some little boy is six years old;
Some little girl is eight.
Some little boy is three today,
Some little girl thirteen;
Some little twins are exactly two
Two apiece, mean.
Some one is eating his birthday cake
And laughing over the plums;
Some one is counting her birthday dolls
On all her fingers and thumbs.
Some one is bouncing his birthday ball
Or winding her birthday watch;
Some one is not too wise or tall
For birthday butter scotch.
Think Of the beautiful birthday books,
Think Of the birthday cheer,
Think Of the birthday happiness
Every day in the year,
Every day in the year, my dear,
Every day were alive,
Some happy child is one OF two
Or three or four or five.
-Tth,lgyyU Wpthcrali in IuutL's C3uDanion
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
Pleasing Husband. and Wives.

The greatest secret of domestic happi-
ness lies in husband and wife pleasing
each other. 1t Is quite as easy to say
pleasant, graceful things as dlsagreeable
ones. 1t is far sweeter to a wife to
have tender words from her husband
than it was to have them from him be-
fore marriage-husband In the role Of
lover has a double value in a wifes esti-
nation.
1t pIeases a woman to know her hus.
band says pleasant things to her be-
cause he means them and not as fattery
Flattery never pleases her. 1t pleasss
her to be told by him that he needs her
that his happiness depends upon her COM
panionship. To feel that her efforts to
please are successful and are appre-
ciated accordingly will stimulate most
women to greater endeavor.-Woman' s
Life.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
THE COOKBOOK.

Prunes are greatly improved by being
cooked in a little cider.
Mix ginger cookies with cold coffee in
stead of water 1t will improve them.
When peeling apples, drop them into
cold water as they are done, and they will
not turn brown.
Joints Of meat should always be care
fully wiped and cleaned before they are
cooked. Meat is subject to so much dust
settling on it that this process Is impera-
tive.
Shirred eggs are easily prepared in the
chafng dish. Butter the blazer, turn in
the eggs and cook them over boiling wa
ter Sprinkle them with salt and pa
Drika.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
WOMAN AND HOME.
A PHASE OF SETTLEMENT WORK IN
A CHICAGO SUBURB.

A FrenchwOman's DOt-The Essen
tlaIs of Beauty-The Frivolous Ones
Cakes-SpoiIed ChiIdren-GirIs In
Business Life.
In NeighborhOod House, a social settle
ment at West Sixty-seventh and May
streets, Chicago has an example of a
new phase of settlement work. The first
condition which awoke efforts of this ma
ture was the congested state of districts
in the central parts of the great cities,
the second is the stage which anticipates
the need of such a social center in the fu-
ture. Social settlements are hereafter, If
the hopes of their promoters are realized,
not to wait the coming of such conditions
as prevail in the river wards of Chicago,
but are to take their place in advance of
dense populations and grow with the
neighbOrhood
Indirectly, Neighborhood House began
in 1895 as a day nursery. Professor Full
ton B. Ormsby of the Perkins Bass
school suggested to the young people of
the Stewart Avenue Universalist church
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30

Brown-Say, I've been trying the fin
est cure for insomnia that | ever heard
of. 1t is for one to count each breath
that he exhales while lying In bed
Smith-Ah! Then you go to sleep.
Brown-No. but after little while a
fellow gets rather interested In the
work, and the night passes away so
quickly that he doesn't mind lying still
SO lOnC.-BrOOklyn Life.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30

loosely into a shallow bake pan, and at
each end of the tin she had long handles
attached. When thoroughly CREASED, the
FISH baked on it to perfection, all the juice
being held by the pan. 1t was child's
play to slip a thin, long knife under the
fish when lifted from the pan and slip it
whole on a hot platter.-Good House
keeping.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30

Common, everyday earth is a cure for
many an ache or pain. In the case OF a
burn from an acid the chief thing is to
apply an alkali to neutralize the acid.
This may be done by gathering handful
Of earth and laying it on the injured
part, for the earth contains alkali enough
to render it very eficacious. Soda may
be used for an acid burn.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
The Use of Lime ON Soil.

Sorrel usually indicates a sour soil
and lime is the best medicine for that,
says The Rural New Yorker. 1t is al
SO about the worst thing for potatoes
In most cases where lime is used on
potatoes the scab is very bad. The
reason for this is that the scab is a
skin disease coming from germs or
bacteria and spreading" somewhat
like a sore on the skin Of the body.
When you put lime In the soil, you
sweeten or neutralize 1t and make the
conditions just right for the spread
of this scab disease. In sour soil 1t Il
not SO likely to spread. Do not put
lime on the potato crop, but on corn.
small grain, clover or grass.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
Sweet Things A-shoppinR.

Judy and | got into a terrible tangle
shopping today"
"HowW
81 owed her 10 cents and borrowed 3
cents and then 80 cents"
"WeH?'
"Then | paid 80 cents for something
she bought"
"YesF
And she paid 40 cents for something
l bought, and then we treated each other
to ice cream soda"
"WellY'
"She says l still owe her Nickel
Detroit Free Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30

II you will only have bare floors and
rugs in your house there need never be n
regular housecleaning period. The house
will be cleaned from week to week, and
carpet cleaning as an exceptional func-
ton will not be known.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
When You Get A Headache

don't waste a minute but go to your
druggist and get a box of Krause's
Headache Capsules. They will prevent
pain. even though your skull were
cracked. They are harmless, too.
Reed the guarantee Price 25c. Sold by
Rossman & Sons Pharmacy.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30

The prize consignment Of American
apples which won for the State Horti-
cultural Society OF Iowa the first prize
at the Paris exposition consisted Of one
bushel Of Wealthies, one peck each
Of Wallbridge, Plum Cider, Melinda,
Longfield, Tallman Sweet and Duchess
and one peck OF Soulard crabs. This
fruit was raised by Mr.. e. Reeves Of
Waverly, Ia
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
For Fnnnln 0omnlainta

and diseases arising from an impure
state of the blood Lichtys Celery Nerve
Compound is an invaluable specific Sold
by Rossman & Son 8 Pharmacy.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30

Miss Rebecca Stoneroad has been su-
Dervisor of physical training in the public
schools of Washington for years. Nine
assistants, carefully trained by her, help
to keep this work up to high standard
Of excellence.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30

Colored tissue paper is better than
white for wrapping up laces and ribbons
to be laid away. White papers so used
will cause white articles to turn yellow.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
j. j. III ROW nj i,

THE EYE A SPECIALITY.
Eyes tested, treated, fitted with-glass-
es and artificial eyes supplied.
81 Market Street, Bloomsbury, Pa.
Hours-10 a. IN. to p. m.
Telephone 1886
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
They Eat Themselves.

From various causes, such as anger
and fear, many animals eat their owl
flesh. Rats, when caught in trap by
the leg, will gnaw off the captured
member, and mice in captivity have
been known to bite off their tails. But
there are some creatures which go
much further and actually eat parts Of
themselves if left for too long a period
without food.
A hyena belonging to a menagerie
was kept by the proprietor without
food In order to tame it, One morning
he was Mortified to find that the fero-
cious creature had actually eaten part
of its own leg.
An eagle in the 700 a few years ago
was noted for the fact that it would
now and then pick pieces of flesh out
of its own legs and eat them.
Certain caterpillars and toads devour
their cast off skin. This may be due
to fear, but it looks like economy.
There is just a trace Of this charac-
teristic In human beings Children
when in rage sometimes bite their own
hands and arms, although 1t must be
admitted that they desist when it be
uipu IN burt
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
Porto Rioan PERCENTAGES.

OF the 953,243 population of Porto RI.
co only $4,000 live in cities. On this is.
land, but 100 miles long and 3G wide,
are 10000 district farms and one-fifth
OF the island under cultivation. The
average size Of farm in Porto Rico is
45 acres, of which u are cultivated.
Seventy-one per cent OF these Porto
Rican farms are owned by whites and
the rest by negroes. Ninety-three per
cent Of all the farms are cultivated by
their owners, higher rate Of owner
cultivation than the United States can
show, where the proportion is but y
per cent Thirty-eight per cent of the
Porto Ricans are colored. In Porto Ri.
co s3 per cent Of the colored people are
Of mixed blood. The percentage of IL
tteracy in Porto Rico is very high.
about "a. This is higher than in any
other country from which statistics are
obtainable except Guatemala.-W worlds
Work.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
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