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The Conservative, 1901-12-26

The Conser-
MAYOR COLLINS vative rejoices in
OF BOSTON. the election Of
Patrick A. Collins
mayor of Boston. He is all able, con-
scientious citizen. His character for
honesty and efficiency as public
servant is established. And more than
all he is firm believer in paying
government debts upon the basis upon
which they were contracted.
The Conservative called on General
Collins in London, when he was consul
general, on October 18th, 1894, and
cherishes a memento Of the visit in a
copy Of Watts Hymns printed Decem-
ber 1st, 171e, which General Collins
presented. The book had-by subor-
dinate-been purchased, instead of
Bible, to administer oaths upon. And
without being detected had in several
cases been used and kissed as the book
Of books.
The Conservative, 1901-12-26
The editor of The
Conservative pub
1ished in the Chi
RECIPROCITY.

llSu0u Ill UIlo OIll-
cago Daily Chronicle of Saturday, Sep
tember 9Th, 1896, an article on reciproc-
ity, in which the following passage
occurs:
"Human necessities and human de-
mands will bring the trade of the coun-
tries with whom we entered into
reciprocal agreements to us, or take
that trade to other nations. The laws
of commerce are as inexorable and in
evitable in their operations as the laws
of nature. No legislation nor diplomacy
can subject human wants to arbitrary
control. American exports are paid for
by imports or by transfers of commerce
held by the importing country. All
legitimate commerce is irrestrainable.
every exchange of commodities,
legitimately made, is of small advantage
to the parties making it. Legislation
The Conservative, 1901-12-26
1ool.loo2.
THE KING is DEAD.

The King is dead, but then the King was old,
His eye was pale and dim his blood was cold,
His heart no longer beats fearless and bold.
The King is dead, his beard lay DER his breast,
White as the winter snows-and he loved best
To sit beside the hearth, and dream, and rest.
Well that the King is dead-'tis meet the
crown
Should cover curling locks of golden BROWN
'Tis well the King should lay the scepter down
The Conservative, 1901-12-26
TODAY AND TOMORROW.

lODA4 AND IOMORROW.
Withhold all eulogies when am dead,
All noisy sorrow;
Give me the tender word today, instead
Of tears tomorrow.
Come not with flowers to strew above my
breast,
And sigh for me there.
The hawk or crow may haunt the piny
crest;
I shall not be there
Speak not my name, when I have passed
from earth,
In tones of sadness;
At thought of me repress no note of mirth,
No burst Of gladness.
Regard me not as altered when removed
To the hereafter;
Think of me still as loving and as loved
With joy and laughter.
Delay not, thou whom I have wounded
sore,
Till thou outlive me
To grant the pardon that here implore,
But now forgive me.
Pretend not that merit sanity fame;
Let mercy save me;
Sufficient for my epitaph the name
My mother gave me.
Edward N Pomeroy.
The Conservative, 1901-12-26
In the December
number of Science
Prof. Chas. r..
THANKS.


Bessey-in an article on grasses and
forage plants in general-remarks
"Above forty bulletins have been is
sued by the division, ranging from quite
popular to technically scientific. No
one can look over the work done, as
indicated in this bulletin, and not feel
that Secretary Morton did good thing
when he established the Division of
Agrostology, and that it has fully justi-
fed it's existence
1t is agreeable and worth thanks to
have recognition for efficiency as
public officer from such source. Time
sets all things even. In years that are
coming other divisions, sections and
innovations, which were instituted, dur
ing the second administration of Grover
Cleveland, in the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, will be commend
ed by intelligent men. The work was
for permanent and useful things, and
not for mere popular acclaim. 1t will
live.
The Conservative, 1901-12-26
"We cannot con-
tinue to sell COM
modities abroad in
large quantities
MIR. ScOTT'S
ARGUMENT.

-. IdTB6 QudHCICIe5
unless we consenJ 10 teke commodities
from abroad in return is fact that
protection" cannot gainsay nor con-
troll. The people are fast realizing that
the country has outgrown protection,
that for infant industries to still cry for
protection at home when they are sue
cessfully competing in markets abroad
is a reductio ad absurduna, and that
under such circumstances protection
only serves to maintain the monopoly
and high prices of trusts within the
country, while it favors foreigners with
low prices at our expense. Mr.. Scott
we'll says of such protection that it will
ultimately strangle itself.
The Conservative, 1901-12-26
LONG LIVE THE KING!

Long live the King! so strong and fresh an
fair,
With eyes so darkly blue and golden hair,
And bold as some young lion in his lair.
Long live the King The down is on his lip,
His sword is in the scabbard on his hip;
The cup Of glory he is fain to sip.
Long live the Kingl A ruler just and true,
The best of all the Kings we ever knew,
Because the latest flowers his way bestrew!
ISABEL RICHEY.
Plattsmouth, Neb.
The Conservative, 1901-12-26

Even if free trade were in the in
tere 1T of foreign sellers, would it be
any worse than protective tariff in the
interest of foreign buyers?" pertinently
asks the Providence Journal Qnd.)
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-04
An Advertising scheme,

Several old acquaintanceS of the late
d. II. McAIpin, the tobacco manufac-
turer. were discussing his business sue
cess in an up town club, and one Of
them told the following story as Illus
trating the farreaching effect of COM
paratively insignificant things some
times.
ut was after Mr.. McAlpin was well
started in the tobacco business" he
said, that an enterpriSing rival began
to cut into his business by advertising
that he placed a dime in every tenth
package of tobacco put up in his fac
tory. One day a foreman of the pack
ing room went to Mr.. McAlpin and
said:
"1 have a suggestion to make that
promises to knock out this dime in ev.
cry tenth package scheme of your rival.
VIII you hear it?'
" Yes; 90 ahead
"'Well, then, just put dime in ev-
cry package Of tobacco put up in our
shop and don't advertise it. 1t win ad-
vertise itself quickly enough
"Mr. McAlpin saw that the sugges-
ton was good and he accepted it. 1t
cost him a good deal of money, but its
success warranted it. Within a few
weeks farmers were buying McAlpin
tobacco, knowing that they would find
money in each package. and If they
had found diamonds it would not have
surprised them."-New York Sun.
At the Michigan Agricultural college
the other day a freshman held a crowd
of hazers at bay with a revolver. one
does not need to go to the frontier to
see real life nowadays.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-04
Pan-American Mining Exhibit.

Mines and mining will be represented
at the Pan-American in manner in
tended to illustrate the Importance and
great progress OF this industry. Mod
ern Improvements in metallurgy and
the science Of mining have advanced 50
rapidly and have attained such propog-
tons that the task is not an easy one.
The Mines building is one of group
of three handsome buildings which
have been arranged in the general form
Of a horseshoe. The Mines building oc-
cupies a position Of heel calk in the
group. 1t is connected with the Horti-
culture building, which would CORE
spond to the toe calk, by means Of one
of the two handsome conservatories
that flank the Horticulture building
north and south. The Mines building is
$50 feet square, having four corner pa
vilions, each reaching to height Of 100
feet
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-04
Meet of American Wheclmen.

At the annual meeting of the Nation
nj Assembly of the League Of Ameri-
can Wheelmen held recently in Phila-
delphia the invitation of Mayor Diehl
to hold the annual summer meet of the
League in Buffalo was accepted unani-
mously.
This action on the part of the gov
erning body of the l.. A. w. meets
with the hearty approval of the entire
membership of that organization.
For this reason the biggest meet in
the history of the League will be that
held In Buffalo during the week COM
mencing Aug. II.
Aside from the attractions of the L..
A. w. meet there are many induce
ments which will cause cyclists to visit
Buffalo at that time, among others the
central location of the city, within easy
touring distance Of all the principal
cities of the Eastern and Middle
States and Canada, the cheap railroad
fares, the desire on the part of all
wheelmen to visit the Pan-American
Exposition and Niagara Falls and the
fact that week of International cycle
racing is to be given on the specially
constructed quarter mile track in the
magnificent Stadium on the Exposition
grounds.
1t Is believed that there will be not
less than 10000 visiting wheelmen in
Buffalo during the week of the meet.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-04
Chinese Boys Many Names.

Since the troubles between China and
the other nations began the boys and
girls of America have learned much
about the children of the great empire of
the yellow men of Asia. Few, however,
it is probable, have solved the question of
Chinese names-a puzzle that confrOntS
every city boy or girl every time he or
she goes by the Chinese laundry on the
way to school But to the Chinese boy
or girl it is doubtless all simple enough.
Take the name of Ii Hung Chang, for
instance-the best known Chinaman liv-
ing today. Any Chiuese boy or girl would
say it was easy enough. Ii is his family
name and means plum. The only differ
ence between Ii Hung Chang's name
and the name of Mr.. Plum, who may live
in your town. is that the great Chinese
diplomat puts his last name first and
Mr.. Plum of America puts it last
where you should say any mans last
name ought to be.
The American boy or girl does pretty
well these days if he or she is given more
than three names, as Mary Ellen Jones
or Charles William Brown. Some of
them are presented with only two, while
once in awhile some Of us are given
four But the Chinaman has any mum
Der before he grows up. As a baby he
receives his milk" name. Then when
he enters school his school name, and
when he is grown his title or life"
name.--Chcago Record.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-04
All druggists sell 1t for 81.
ger of breaking the harmony OF the


ger of breaking the harmony OF the
scheme.
The coloring of exposition buildings
has been undertaken Il number of
times, but in most cases has been
abandoned before taking real shape.
White has been most popular, though
it is severe on the eyesight. After the
numerous failures it required consider
able courage on the part Of the Pan
American Exposition builders to take
up the color scheme. Having started
out, however, they are determined not
to turn back. If the color scheme
proves successful, as l have every rea-
son to believe it will, it will be a novel
ty and mark new era of Improvement
in the treatment of architecture. The
advisability Of applying color to large
buildings has always been questioned.
The matter needs a great deal Of care
and thought. All coloring is the subject
of more or less criticism of an unfavor-
able character. We will do remarka-
bly, well if we escape it at this Expo
sition.
However, we have put our hands to
the plow, as it We're, and we must not
look behind. The time for the work is
limited, and all must be done during
the most unfavorable period of the
year. We must employ a large force
bring all our ingenuity into action and
push forward. After the painters have
done their work / shall go carefully
over it, and skilled artists will supply
tone if necessary. This will be equiva-
lent to the vanishing day" Of the
artist Then the result Of our efforts to
produce a harmonious and pleasing
color scheme will go before the public,
and it is to be hoped that our critics
will bear in mind the novelty Of the
undertaking and all the adverse cir
cumstances under which we have Ia
bored. G. Y. TURNER,
Director of Color.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-04
ByenkinE Up the Mess.

Lasting friendships are formed in the
officers mess abroad ship in our navy,
but no effort is made to keep track Of
a mate when he is transferred. This
strikes the landsman as queer freak
of nature, but the sailors accept it as
n matter of course never to be queS-
toned. Men get into pretty close COM
muniOn wirb each other when they
breakfast, dine and sup together for
three years. AS a rule, they learn each
others history to the minutest detail,
unless q man chooses to be disagree
able and distant. Close attachments
grow up, yet when the ineXorable or
der arrives from Washington, sending
the mess to the four winds of heaven.
breaking up, as it We're, the family, q
warm hand shake ends it all. Each of
iicer goes into a new mess, and the old
is forgotten.
1t was my good fortune to be intro
duced to as fine a mess as ever broke
bread together on a man-of-war. The
devotion of the officers to one another
was an inspiration. Finally the sepa
ration came. One went TO some navy
yard. another to the Philippines. an
other to China, another to Washing
ton, etc. They We're scattered all over
the world. One day, meeting the lieu
tenant commander, who had gone up
for promotion, l inquired when he had
heard from Lieutenant So-andsO.
"Why, not in several months" he re-
piled. ''In fact, not since he was or
dered to his new station. You know
we fellows don't follow each others
movements after mess is broken up.
We form new associations, new
friends, and the old drop out of sight.
We never think of writing to each 9th
er. 1t is more than likely we shall nev-
er see each other again as long as we
live, and we haven't the time or in
clination to worry over each other S
fate. New York Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-04
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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-04
NO MAN Is STRONGER
THAN HIS STOMACH.

The stomach is the vital center of the
BODY. 1t is the organ from which all
other organs are fed. \ weak stomach
means a weak man. There never was a
strong man with weak stomach. What
is called "weak stomach is in general
diseased condition of the stomach and
other organs of digestion and nutrition,
which prevents the proper digestion of
the food which is taken into the stom-
ach, and so reduces the nutrition of the
body. When all food is taken away the
body starves. When the food eaten is
only digested and assimilated in part it
only nourishes the body in part, and 50
the BODY is partly starved. And this
starvation is felt in every organ OF the
body dependent on the blood which Is
made from food.
The great variety of the cures per-
formed by DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery is due to its remarkable
power to heal diseases of the stomach
and allied organs. 1t cures through the
stomach diseases seemingly remote, but
which have their origin in diseased
condition of the stomach and the other
organs of digestion and nutrition.
WEAK" heart, lungs, kidneys and weak
ness of other organs is cured with the
cure of the weak stomach.
Mr Thomas A Swarts, Box Io5, Sub-Station
c. Columbus, Ohio, writes: UI was taken very
sick with severe headache, then cramps IN the
stomach and food would not digest, then kidney
and liver trouble, and my back got weak so !
could scarcely get around. The more doctored
the worse got until six years passed had be-
come so poorly could only walk IN the mouse
bv the aid of chair, and l got 50 thin / had
gi5en up TO die, thinking that l could not be
cured. Then one of my neighbors said, Take
DR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and make
new man out of yourself The first bottle
helped me so l thought would get another ana
after had taken eight bottles was weighed
and found had gained twenty-seven (27) lbs:
in about six weeks ! have done more hard
work in the past eleven months than did IN
two years before and l am as stout and healthy
to-day. think, as / ever was"
DR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure
constipation.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-04
THE INDIANS PAID.
What the white Men Charged Them
For Killing One Donkey.

For hIllInB One donkey.
In "Reminiscences of old Times In
Tennessee" a story is told Of the good
faith and honor of a party of Chicka-
saw Indians. While hunting one fail
they shot a donkey, mistaking the
creature for a wild animal. They sold
the hide, and it finally came to the
hands of John Barnes in Upton.
When the Chickasaws returned to
the region of Upton for their annual
hunt the next fall Barnes invited them
to a shooting match, the prize TO he
the skin of very rare animal.
Thirty braves appeared at the con
test, and one Of them won the prize.
When he saw the skin, he turned it
over and said: "Ha, la, me kill him!
Me shoot him! Seew And he pointed
to the fatal bullet hole.
Then Barnes told them that they had
killed q donkey, very useful animal,
but he was sure that they had done
It by mistake believing it to be wild
animal.
The Indians listened attentively to
the white mans words and then con-
suited together n few minutes. Finally
they separated, each brave going to his
pony, unhitching him and leading him
to the spot where u gang of white men
stood, Barnes in the midst of them.
Then one of the Indians spoke:
1--WE sorry we kill donkey. We think
he belong to the woods. We find him
in cane. We think him wild. We
sorry; now we pay. We take no white
mans boss, pony, nothing of white
man. We honest. We have ponies,
that's all. Take pay" And he mo-
toned to the long line of ponies, held
by their owners.
"How many" asked Barnes.
"White man say" returned the In
dian, take plenty
The honor of the red men was not
equaled by the white men. for, be il
recorded to their shame, they took
from the Chickasaws 30 ponies to pay
for the accidental killing of one don
Env
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-04
MELCHISEDEC.

All that we know of Melchisedec is
that be was "a priest of the most high
God" He is the only gentle king men
toned in the Bible who was not an idol
ater. This is strange as the only pco-
pie of whom we know as inhabiting Jeru-
salem, before the Israeltes captured it,
were Jebusites, tribe of Canaanites,
worshipers of idols, from whom the city
was called Jcbus. Those over whom Mel
chisedec ruled must have belonged to an
earlier race whose history is lost.
st. Paul writes in the epistle to the
Hebrews that Melchisedcc was without
father and without mother, and this led
some men of the old time to believe that
he was Il celestial being-Superior to the
angels and much more than mere ruler
of men in the ancient t'eaSt.-ChatterboX.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-04

the house for my camera, but when / re-
turned the hat was empty. Well, | had
a time to find those kittens-one had hid
den under the barn. another under the
wood pile and the one you see in the mid
die of the picture was under the piazza.
At last we caught them and put them in
the hat. But such time as we had to
make them stay there. First one would
90 out and then another; l suppose they
thought it was fun, but | did not. At
last, after working nearly all the morn
ing, / got them to behave like good little
kittens, and this picture shows you just
how they looked when | snapped the
camera-K. T. f. in Brooklyn Eagle.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-04
A Coffee Barometer.

A cup Of hot coffee is an unfailing
barometer If you allow lump of sugar
to drop to the bottom Of the cup and
watch the air bubbles arise without
disturbing the coffee. If the bubbles
collect in the middle, the weather will
be fine; If they adhere to the cup,
forming a ring, 1t will either rain or
snow, and If the bubbles separate with
out assuming any fixed position change
able weather may be expected.-Chica-
go Times Herald.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-04
CHILDREN'S~ COLUMN.
Kittens In Il Hat.

Where we were boarding in the country
there were II little kittens. Now | sup
pose those of You who have Kittens make
great pets of them, and they are very
tame. but the ones | am going to tell
you about were wild and would run
away the moment any one came near
them.
One day a little boy left his hat on the
chopping block near the barn and found
the three little kittens which you see in
the picture fast asleep in it. How they
got in there | do not know. | went to
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-04

TINTS OF PAN-AMERlCAN BUILDINGS
WILL BE SYMBOLlCAL.

Varying Tones WIFI Indicate the De-
velopment of Mans Color Sense
and Its Refiuemcnt-Direct Tur-
ner Writes OF His Plan.
The color scheme of the Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition follows the plan of
sculptural establishment conceived
and being executed by Mr.. Karl Bitter,
the Director of Sculpture of the Expo
sitiOn, and supplements his work. As
the sculpture will symbolic the prog
ress of the race 50 the color scheme
will represent i'll epitOme the growth of
the color sense of the race. The cOlOrs
at the main entrance to the grounds
and about the Triumphal Bridge will
be exceedingly warm, suggesting wei
come to visitors, and this part Of the
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-04
Job Couldn't Have Stood It

If he'd had itching Piles. They re ter
ribly annoying; but Bucklen's Arnica
salve will cure the worst case Of Piles
ON earth. 1t has cured thousands. For
Injuries, Pains or Bodily Eruptions it 5
the best salve in the world Price 25c "A
box. Cure guaranteed Sold by Paules
and Co. druggists.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-04
The Two PInnacIes.

Ine Two Tinnaciess
performance reaches the high
nacle Of dramatic wit" wrote
IS agent.
that rather a strong state
asked the dramatic editor.
10! We are getting s. for gen.
mission"
1t is sometimes true that we
the pinnacle Of price for the
, of art-BaItimore American.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-04
An Ancient RnIcr.

We read in the book Of Genesis that
when Abraham returned from the pur-
suit of Chedorlaomer, king of Elan. who
had taken prisoner his nephew Lot, he
was met by Melchisedec, king of Salem,
who offered him bread and wine. Salem
means peace" in Hebrew, and it was
the name of the city aftcrward called
Jerusalem. or 'the inheritance of peace
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-04

Countless thousands have found a
blessing to the body in Dr. Kings New
Life Pills, which positively cure Con
stipation, Sick Headache, Dizziness,
Jaundice Malaria, Fever and Ague and
all Liver and Stomach troubles. Purely
vegetable; never gripe or weaken Only
25c. at Paules and Cos. drug store.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-04

If man wishes to raise $40 horses
to sell, he had better dispense altoSeth-
er with barbed wire on his farm fences
where the horses and colts run. \
barbed wire cut which will in no man
ner iniure the horse for usefulness will
ALWAYS take SO off him when he is put
on thp market