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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1901-01-24

Extra Fancy 60c Ponce Molasses,
at 45c gallon.
Extra Fancy Soc Nolasses 35c q
gallon.
A full assortment constantly on
hand at reasonable prices.
Inc best Standard Oil at loo a
gallon.
Best Pratts Astral Oil 12c gallon,
5 gallons 5Sc.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1901-01-24

The goods few of
Fo- further particulars and details sample our goods
and get iuh prices Satisfaction particular or
refunded -
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20
THE REVIEWER.

The Jersey mosquito will have bill
for the people WHO would drain the
Hackensack meadows. - New York
World.
Prosperity has reached Missouri. A
Moberly man sold an old pair of trou-
serS with SlG5 in one of the pockets for
b. cents.-NIinneapoli Times.
The one weak spot in athletics in our
colleges and universities today is that
its work looks rather to competitive
contests than to physical Development
Philadelphia Press.
\ people that can build battleships
equally well on both sides of vast
continent must be credited with the
highest degree Of mechanical genius
st. Louis Globe-Democrat
1t is difficult to explain the policy of
Great Britain in South Africa, consid-
cring that Great Britain has one Ire
land on her hands already, on any 9th
er hypothesis than the old and pous
one of judicial blindness. New York
Times.
There is world of pathOS in the fate
of that S-ycar-old boy in New York
who drowned himself rather than go to
Sunday school in ragged clothes to re-
ceive the jeers of the other boys. Pride
and poverty too often go hand in hand.
Buffalo Courier
The sublime porte will just about do
as it pleases with the mail that comes
into the suItan's domain. An eXpe-
rience of 20 or 30 years with the great
powers of the world has demonstrated
to Abdul Hamid that they are a lot of
buffers Chicago News.
The claims filed before the Spanish
claims commission for the loss of life
by reason of the destruction of the
Maine put the United States in a queer
attitude Under the treaty with Spain
this country must pay all damages to
American citizens growing out of the
Spanish war If it is shown that the
Spaniards destroyed the vessel, the
United States will have to pay the
damages. Galveston Daily News.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

Maude Adams has sailed for Europe
TO spend the summer in rest in France
1t is said that Mary Anderson will
shortly appear in London in new
play.
There is no truth in the report that
Lotta contemplates returning to the
stage.
a letter written by John Wilkes
Booth was sold at auction in Boston
last week for So.
The Norfolk (Neb) Opera House is
being sold by lottery Fifteen thou
sand tickets at 81 each are being circu-
lated.
y theater for colored people exclu-
sively, at which only colored talent will
appear, is likely to be opened in Chica-
go soon.
Foxy Grandpa" a musical comedy
founded upon newspaper cartoons,
will be exploited in New York early
next season.
"The Queens Double" the Marie An
toinettc play just produced in London
by Miss Janette Steer, is described as
trash by almost every critic who has
written about it.
Clyde Fitch had an offer of $4,000
for his royalty interest in Lovers
Lane" the New York success, the night
Of its production. He is glad now he
refused the offer.
Pietro Mascagni, announcement Of
whose American tour was made some
time ago, will leave for this country on
Oct. 10, accompanied by an orchestra
of so. The tour will last eight weeks.
Daisy Leighton of the Alice Nielsen
Opera company, now in London, is
writing n novel called "a Child of RO-
NANCE" telling of the experiences of
an American chorus girl in the British
metropolis.
1t is among the possibilities that
James X. Hackett and his wife, Mary
Mannering; +. II. Sothern and Mrs.
Sothern, all playing at the head of diff
fercnt attractions, will be opposed to
each other at the opening Of next sea-
son in New York
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20

be used in any part of Il vessel, and
any one with normal hearing can soon
become proficient in its use.
1t consists of two acoustic receivers
or trumpets, pointing in opposite direc-
tions and supported on a vertical shaft.
From the lower ends of the trumpets
extend rubber tubes connected with the
ears by specially constructed earpieces,
The observer holds the shaft so that
the instrument is above his head. If a
sound is heard in either ear-the right
ear, for eXample-it shows at once that
the sound must be somewhere on his
right hand side. If he then turns to the
right until the sound is heard in his
left ear, it shows that he has passed
the direction of the sound. If he then
oscillates the trumpets so that the
sound is heard alternately in each ear,
the sound will be In the direction in
side the angle of oscillation. This an
gle generally is about one point of the
compass. The whole operation is sim.
pie, and the above operations take but
a few seconds.
As soon as the direction Of the sound
is ascertained, the observer can keep
the tOpOphOne pointed in its direction,
and, knowing the speed Of the vessel
and it's course, the location of the
sound can be quickly plotted accurate.
ly enough for all practical purposes.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20
AMONG THE TEXTILES.

A new field for our cotton cloths has
been found in Madagascar.
In silk ribboLs America now makes
80 per cent OF the annual consumption
in this country, the import being only
10 per cent.
A SO Is per cent reduction in the val
uatiOn of wool for export has been or
dcrcd in Argentina. The low price of
wool there has caused a paralysis in
that industry.
At the present time a safe estimate of
the relative supply of silk fabrics in
the American market is - per cent by
our domestic mills and % per cent by
our foreign rivals
Shipments of raw cotton from the
United States to the orient will be
of Bombay cotton recently made by the
Cotton SpinnerS union. embracing the
largest cotton manufacturers in Japan.
FOWLS AND THEIR FRUIT.
Always feed sound grain. 1t pays
III the end.
Lard rubbed freely on the legs W
remove scabs.
While chickens may be raised at all
seasons of the year, the system of man
agement should vary with the seasons.
\ well fed and well cared for fowl
is always in prime condition, and a lit
tie extra feeding at any time will tit it
for the table
If the guinea chicks are hatched by
hens in the poultry house, they will be
tanner. They are excellent foragers
and insect deStroyers.
When the fowls have all the char
coal they need, the results are readily
noticeable in the bright color of the
comb and wattles and activity dis
played by the fowls.
1t is certainly a wild claim to make
for any breed that they lay the largest,
richest, the most and best eggs. Each
breed has its merits, but none can
make and hold this claim.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20
"Cheap and Nasty"

There are a large number of house
keepers who have a horror of anything
cheap and who of two things precisely
the same would instinctively choose the
higher priced. Cheap and nasty" they
quote, and there, for them, ends the
matter. To be sure, some cheap foods
are nasty, and much food IS eaten by
the poor that is not only cheap and
nasty, but unwholesome. And much
food sold in the markets is sold too
cheaply-i. e., at price that cannot pay
the producers, whom it is nobodys in
terest to starve. The fact is that this
disagreement, like so many in the
world, depends upon the use of the
same word by different people with
different meaning. Cheap" by one
party Is taken to mean merely low
priced, and it Is truism to say that
low priced things are often not worth
buying even at their price, while
cheap is by other persons taken to in
dicate the worth of a thing rather than
its price. So the meaning attached to
the epithet begs the whole question.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20

A means for the extraction of differ
ent sugars by electrolysis has been re.
Gently tested on a commercial basis,
and it is believed the process will open
up a new department in sugar manu-.
facture, says a British scientist. The
method employed consists in the use of
metallic plates as electrodes in connec-
tion with wood vat divided into three
compartments. The sacChar.@c juice
is placed in the central division, those
at the two ends being li!l,d g, til pure
water. On the passage Of the electric
current the albuminoids and other sub.
stances in the juice coagulate and are
precipitatcd. The salts are decompos.
ed, and the juice becomes limpid and
coloress, the lime and magncsia set
tling at the bottom. The soda, potassa
and ammonia are drawn to the end
VatS
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20

detached structure set in the shadiest
place possible, standing upon four tall
legs, with fat shingle roof with bare
ly enough pitch to shed rain. The floor
is at least four feet from the ground
and the whole structure only big
enough to reach well across. There
are shelves all around and the weather
boarding up next the roof is full of tiny
auger holes. The door fits tight and
fastens with a lock. Around each of
the four legs IS commonly tar band
age applied six inches above the
ground. This traps yenturesome ants,
spiders and their kidney, thus keeping
the inside clear. The structure IS
whitewashed inside and out twice
year. In hot weather floor and shelves
are washed every morning and scour-
ed twice a week. Such a fixture should
not cost over SO or $4 even if one hires
1t built, and it is certainly among the
handiest things one can have about
the house or yard.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20

DERRICK WITH HAY FORK ATTACHED. :.
together by key which is inserted in
one of three recesSes formed in the sec
tions. In sockets at the ends of the
base sections side sections having ball
ends are received Thus universal
joints are produced.
The side sections are composed OF
sliding members, the upper of which
are raised by a ratchet drum and rope
Forked guy ropes support the side sec.
tiOns, corresponding members of the
forked portions of the guy ropes being
connected at the same side of the side
members and adjacent TO each other.
A pulley is suspended between the
upper portion Of the upper members OF
the side sections, and over the pulley
hoist rope IS carried. The end of the
hoist rope, if it be so desired, may be
connected with a sling, a platform OF
with any device necessary in hoisting
material Of different kinds.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20
A sumner.

One Of those drummers who do a
good deal Of driving about the country
delights in telling about an old time
boniface who runs a country hotel with
in days drive Of Detroit.
''Sharp as a tack" declares the drum
mer. always as smooth as oil until
some one tries to make a run on him, and
then he can get back harder, faster and
IN fewer words than any man | ever
heard talk.
Il saw a man come in there one day
from the city. He is all right at home,
but was feeling his oats that day and
opened up on the old landlord by saying:
Hello, grandad. Get your frame into
circulation. Don't set around here like
bump on a log. | want accommodation
for man and beast.
Where's the MANI asked the old
chap in a Ga>h."-DetrOit Free Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20

The New York university has been
directed by Justice Maddox Of Brook
lyn to show cause why a writ of man
damus should not issue commanding
its officers to permit I'ristram w. Met
calfe to be finally examined and, II
qualified, TO permit him to graduate
and receive the degree of bachelor Of
arts.
Mr.. Mctcalfe says he was suspended
for one year by DR.. II. NJ. McCrackcn,
chancellor OF the university aud barred
from taking any examination because
as editor of The Triangle he published
paragraph that gave offcnse to the
chancellor. DR.. McCrackon demanded
retraction, which was published, to.
gether with the original paragraph and
appended comments.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20

with the general trend of things in
fashion. Not only are the materials
more elegant, but the fit is point
which must be well considered this sea-
son if a distinguished appearance is de
sired. Just any old dress, with Il belt
around the waist, will not answer the
purpose at all, says the New York Sun.
Short linen cOrsctS are the first item
In the outfit and without them there
can be no fashionably approved out
line. The waists are in the usual
blouse form, with collars.
Black suits will be very much worn
In silk, satin and mOhair, but white is
more generally favored in any mate
rial.
japanese Grape cotton fabric is used
this season trimmed with white linen
or pique bands.
Mohair flannel is Il new material
which promises all the virtues of both
fabrics from which it derives its name.
The long Turkish travelling or flannel
wraps are considered n necessity in
these days. and these show fancy
stripes Of bright colors. The bright
silk macintosh caps add much to the
picturesque effect of the sea bathing
toilet
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20
IIinfa.

Baked apples are the best healthful
dessert that can be placed upon the
table
Good pastry can only be made when
the ingredients are absolutely cold.
The colder eggs are the quicker they
will froth.
a spoonful of vinegar added to the
water in which flesh is boiled Will
make it firm and tender.
Pickles should never be kept in glaz-
ed ware, as the vinegar forms a poison
Gus compound with the glazing.
Always well heat a gridiron before
broiling meat, fish, bread or anything
else.
Lemons will keep long time if Gov
cred with cold water - American
Queen.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20

Always read a letter to III" cad ard
hear a story to the end before you are
too much elated or depressed.
A popular physician was much pleased
with n certain aerated water and by his
assiduous recommendation procured for
it a celebrity it justly deserved. The
doctor acted solely in the interest of hu-
manity generally and expected no return.
To his surprise there came one morn
Ing an effusiye letter from the company
stating that his recommendations had
done them so much good that they sven
turcd to send him hundrcd'-
Here lhe page came to an end.
"Ths will never do" said the doctor.
at is very kind, but l could not think
Of accepting anything"
Here he turned the page and found the
sentence ran:
-"of our circulars for distribution"
London Tit-BitS.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20
The Paris Fountains.

The fountains Of Paris are among the
most interesting features Of the city,
and the authorities are careful to IN
crease their attractivcness whenever
an opportunity arises. An experiment
has been tried by which the waters viii
become luminous. A sort of golden yel-
low will alone be employed, but the
waters will assume the appearance Of
cascades Of diamonds and topazes. The
effect will be attained by means OF
electric lights and colored glasses plac-
ed around the basins in such Il way
that the beauty Of the fountains will
not be diminished when seen by day
light
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20

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IN" SUN aholhei sign Ia pam III ihe PACK,
II urine Sia,I@ men, lheie - no do"pt
thaj jhe hidneyS are aIlecie4' -,
d. Any ana All diseases "i the kidneys
lFer' bladder and oi ine urinary PaSNag-
Is an" G"lN' ,'al.@h HI ihe Po"elT are cur
tH oy III. H'N'l N'I'heil LaNof!le
hGine'. mere Is j" ''tSIIoI' ABOUT us
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anu people l0ui- "I on VINO Iah' l.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE


Mix is the latest and most approved
dietetic fad. The woman who is fair
and with 10 staring her in the face and
who is determined not to be fat makes
her breakfast and lunch Of milk and
fresh fruit She dimes on a quarter of
pound of lean roast meat, with
enough fresh green vegetables TO
'make bulk in her insides," as Tommy
Atkins would say.
The fresh, wholesome beauty of the
young queen Of Holland is attributed to
her frugal diet of the national milk and
cheese, and the extraordinary vitality
of the aged Roman pontiff is another
evidence of what a rigorous diet VIII do
for even so delicate man as Pope Leo
has always been.
The milk diet is of more value than
many complexion washes, and as a
means Of adding to or diminishing
ones weight it has no equal.
The popular superstition that milk is
fattening arises from the fact that
many misguided people, in addition to
a heavy meal, drink milk sufficient for
another meal and complain that it disa-
grees with them and increases their
weight. In order to derive benefit from
the milk diet one should get hold of
few fundamental facts.
In the first place, IL pints of pure
milk, or three glasses, contain besides
water enough food in concentrated form
and properly proportioned TO make a
meal for an adult human being. This
quantity Of milk, with the addition of
n little fruit, is the regulation break
fast and lunch of the dieter. For din
ner a quarter of a pound of lean roast
meat, with some green vegetable, is al
lowed. \ pint of milk is the limit
where loss of flesh is an object, and
one glass, with fruit, for breakfast and
the same for lunch may be regarded as
rather rigorous treatment.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20

Sick women are invited to consult DR..
Pierce by letter free, and SO avoid the
indelcate questionings, offensive ex-
aminations and obnoxious local treat
ments deemed necessary by some physi-
clans. All correspondence private. Ad-
dress Or. r. " Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
uI take great pleasure in recommending DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription for female weak
ness" writes Mrs. susannsh PermenteT Of
Pauls store, Shelby Co., Texas was trouted
with bearing down pains in my back and hips
for six years, aud wrote to Dr. Pierce for advice.
l tried his Favorite Prescription and six
bottles cured me. feel like new person and
/ thank DR.. Pierce for my health. Life Is
burden to any one without health. l Rave told
a great many Of my friends about the great
medicine l took"
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, in paper covers, is sent free on
receipt of 81 one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Address DR..
R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20

Thousands of
women who work
have written CRATE
full letters to DIR.
r. V. Pierce, whose
" Favorite Prescrip-
ton " has cured
their womanly ills
and established
their & General
health. Favorite
Prescription " es-
tablishes regular
ity, dries un-
healthy and often
sive drains, heals
inflammation and
liberation, and
cures female weak
ne S $. 1t makes
weak women
strong and sic k
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20
How to Cook CLAIMS a In BeehameI.

Put two level tablespoonfuls Of but
ter Ia Q frying pay; when hot, add one
tablespoonful of finely chopped onion
and cook to light brown; add two lev
ell tabespoonfuls OF -four; stir and add
one cup Of milk and one-half cup Of
clam juice that has been scalded out
and skinned Stir until thickcned and
add y finely chopped clans; cover the
pan and cook for ten minutes; add one
beaten egg, stir one minute, remove
end serve on buttered toast.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20
INSOMNIA.

is caused by arrangement of the
nerves Lichty's Celery Nerve Com
pound is an extract Of celery combined
with other efficacious medical iugredi-
ents resulting in a nerve medicine of
rare virtue, and wonderful in its
prompt and soothing curative effects
1t will make you sleep. Sold by Ross
man and Son S Pharmacy.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20
A Fast BiCVCle Rider

Win often receive painful cuts sprains
or bruises from accidents. Bucklen's
Arnica Salve, will kill the pain and heal
the injury. It's the cyclists friend
Cures Chatting. Chapped Hands, Sore
Lips, Burns, Ulcers and Piles. Cure
guaranteed. Only 25c. Try it. Sold
by Paulesand Co, Druggists
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20
How to Clean Embossed Leather.

Turpentine is recommended by a wo-
man who has tried 1t as satisfactory
cleaner for embossed leather. 1t
should be applied with a soft cloth.
This removes the stain, but slightly
stitfens the leather, which must be
made pllablo again by rubbing brisily
with crude oil. Use a very little oil
and 90 over the piece with a clean cloth
upon which there is no oil, as care must
be taken to get all the surface grease
off to prevent soiling the clothes.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20
STEEL COFFERDAMS.
Chicago Engineer Believes He VIII
ReVoIutiOniZe Submarine Work.

Chicago Engineer Believes He VIII
ReVoIutiOniZe Submarine Work.
Steel threatens to displace wood for
cOffcrdams and sheathing used in tun-
mel, dock and bridge construction, sew
er building and like work, says the Chi
cago Record Herald. Patents have been
secured by George w. Jackson, who be-
lieves that his invention will revolu-
tionize all tunnel and other forms of
submarine operations.
For many years one of the most trOu.
bleSOme features in marine foundation
work has been the construction of
substantial cOfferdam or sheathing at
reasonable expense. Mr.. Jackson has
had the problem in his mind for long
while and a few months ago evolved
the idea to use steel Il" beams and
channel irons for sheathing in place of
wood, the channel beams being riveted
together in pairs in such a way as to
allow of the Il" beams sliding down
between and joining them, thus max.
ing a water tight barrier of unlimited
length that could be driven into the
hardest clay.
While what is known as the Wake.
field system Of sheathings, built of lum
Der, can only be used once in the max,
ing. of cofferdams and necessitates as
much expense in pulling it up after its
purposes are completed as it does to
put it down, the new invention can be
removed without any trouble, the inter.
secting parts sliding out of their
grooves very easily.
The steel beams can also be driven
into bottom soil without any danger of
splitting or parting, and they can be Sc.
cured in any lengths from one foot to
50. Mr.. Jackson's invention of curved
plates enables the wall to be made at
any angle, and the hollow portions of
the channel bars can be left as they are
or filled with moss, clay or cement.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-06-20
WILL BENEFIT MARINERS.
The TOpophOne Designed to Get
Ones Bearings In n Fog.

An invention which should prove
very valuable to mariners is the topo-
phone, an instrument devised by Lieu
tenant d. L. Heap, engineer of the
Third lighthouse district, Tompkins-
vile, n. Y. 1t is meant to assist the
sailor to locate his position in n fog.
Concerning it The Scientific American
says:
With its use the mariner can deter
mine the direction of any sound be-
fore it can he heard without the instru-
ment. The topophone is simple in con-
struction, light in weight, portable, can