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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-09
THE slLOTsQAT,

From cut ny window | can see
The great ships sailing, proud and free
As to and fTo they grandly 90.
Across the singing trackless main.
Their forms majestic bear a chain
Whose golden links will bind in one
All lands and peoples meath the sun.
Far out on the wide and open sea
They bound along 50 tearlessly
'Twould seem that when they shorewsrd com
Their compass true would guide them home,
But near the land they need hand
To lead them through the dangerous ways
At harbor gate they lie and wait
For trusty pilot to appear
And into port their course to steer. n
little boat that seems a mote ~
Glides swiftly down the narrow bay
The tiny thing on steam heeced wing a j
Flies gayly out with busy speed. -
II looks 50 wee it seems to me,
Too weak the vessel huge to lead. 1
With seeming pride it HES alongside
OF the giant that looms abaft,
Whose greatness now, with shore set PROV,
In meekness follows the little craft.
In the voyage OF life
Mid its strain and strife
The weak may aye help the strong,
And none so great or high in state
But he may need helping along.
Margaret May in Boston Transcript.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-09

You can tell just as well as physician
whether your kidneys are diseased or
healthy. The way to dols to takea Dot
tie or glass tumbler, and fill 1t with urine.
If there is sediment "a poWdefllke
substance-at the bottom after standing
dav and night, there IS something
wrong with the kidneys. Another sure
sign of diseaseis desire to urinate often,
and still another sign is pain in the back.
If urine stains linen, there Is no doubt
that the kidneys are affected,
ANY and all diseases of the kidneys,
liver. bladder and of the urinary paSSag-
es and constipation Of the bowels are cur
ed by DR.. David kennedy's FaVorlte
Remedy There is no question about It's
being the best and surest medicine in
the world for such troubles. 1t quickly
relieves and cures inability to hold urine
and people, Young or old, who take t
are not compelled to get up a number Of
times during the night. For putting an
end to that Scalding pain experienced in
passing urine, nothing is 50 good as DIR.
David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. 1t
corrects the bad effects Of whiskey and
beer: is pleasant to the taste, and does
not seam to be medicine at all. DiSeas-
eS OF the kidneys ana the DlauHtf often
require the use of instruments to push
back the sandy matter 50 the urine can
be vOided. In such cases kavOnte Rem
edv should be taken without further de-
lay or the disease may prove fatal. It's
sold for one dollar bottle ut all drug
stores. 1t is well worth many times its
price.
Samples Free
If YOU wish to test DR.. David kenne-
dy's Favorite Remedy before buying to
send your full post office address to the
DR.. David Kennedy Corporation, Rond-
out, \. y, and mention this paper. We
will then mail you a sample bottle free,
as well as circulars giving full directions
for its use. Every reader of the Mon
TOUR AMERICAN can depend upon the
genuineness of this liberal offer and all
sufferers from kidney troubles should
take advantage once of it at
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-09
SCRAPS OF SCIENCE.

Sugar is found in parsnips, mallows
and almost all vegetables.
1t has been estimated that if the rhizo-
pods, which secrete living shells in the
ocean, are as numerous down to a depth
of 600 feet as they are near the surface
there are over 1G tons of shells Of carbo-
nate of lime in the upper fathoms Of ey-
cry square mile of the ocean.
During the eclipse of the sun in May,
1900, an English observer Mr.. Evershed,
as reported at a recent meeting Of the
Royal Astronomical society, noticed a
point on the edge Of the moon where the
sun was shining through n very deep val
ley and where the lunar mountains seem
ed to be about $4,000 feet in altitude.
This exceeds by 5000 feet the estimated
height Of Mount Everest, the loftiest
mountain on earth.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-09
RIoauence and the Pea.

Our worthy forefathers were fond OF
rhetoric-particularf Of funereal rhet-
oric-and were not always quick to
perceive the dividing line between the
sublime and ridiculous. They seem,
moreover, to have regarded the extraor-
binary as contributing an added and
kindred element to the impressive.
Many Of their epitaphs show this, but
few more completely than that of an
estimable matron. who .perishednia1ll-
timely in Newburyport m the eight
eenth century.
Her tombstone on the crest OF the
burying hill is yet easily legible, with
no more trouble than scraping a bit OF
Iichen here and there and kneeling to
push away the long grass and intrud-
ing daisies. Thus it reads:
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-09

A pretty story is told in the San Fran.
isco Argonaut Of how John G. Fremont
Informed his wife (nee Jessie Benton,
Vho spent her girlhood days in St. Louis
Z the joyful news of his election as sen.
tor from California in 1850. The ballot.
ng Of the delegates took place in San
ose, and Mrs. Fremont was at Mon
Grey, and, as q season of heavy rains
ras on, there was but little prospect that
er keen desire TO know the result would
nd immediate gratihcation.
Before a blazing fire that night sat
remont's wife She heard nothing but
lie storm without till the door opened
ad a man, dripping with rain, stood on
le threshold and asked in consideration
his sorry plight IL he might enter. 1t
as Fremont. He had torn himself
way from his idolizing followers and
dden out into the darkness and storm
tell his wife, 70 miles away, that he
I'd been elected to the United States
nate.
Though it was late in the night when
rsached Monterey, he was in the sad
again before dawn and on his way
OK to San Jose, making In all ride Of
miles.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-09
It Saved His Leg,

P. A. Danforth, of LaGrange, Ga,
suffered for six months with frightful
running sore on his leg; but writes that
BuckIens Arnica Salve wholly cured
it in five days For Ulcers, Wounds,
Piles. it's the best salve in the world.
Cure guaranteed. Only 25c. Sold by
Paules 81 Co druggist
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-09
PIncInR the Blame.

"My dear" said the meek Mr.. New
lived, Il don't like to complain, but this
omelct you've made
Whats the matter with it?" she in
quired.
"Well-er-it's rather hard to cut it.,
and
Gracious, l was afraid that man
would send me tough eggs! I'll stop
dealing with him. m."-Philadelphia Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-09
Old Soldiers EXnerienCe.

NJ. NJ. Austin, civil war veteran, of
Winchester, Ind, writes My wife was
sick a long time in spite of good doc
tor 5 treatment, but was wholly cured
by Dr. Kings New Life Pills which
worked wonders for her health. They
always do Try them. Only 25c at
Paules * Co.'S drug store.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-09
THE ST. LOUIS FAIR.

The st. Louis Worlds fair bill passed
the senate all right, and we will have in
Missouri in 1903 the biggest Worlds
fair ever held nywhere.-Mexico (Mo)
IntelligenCer.
We will not only have great fair, but
we will make St. Louis the greatest in
land city in the world. Things are now
coming our way in Missouri.-Cass COun-
ty Leader, Harrisonville, Mo.
St Louis got the Worlds fair appro-
priation of $5,OOO,OO0 before congress ad-
journed She will now set the pace for
the next three years to the balance of
the country.-Holden MOI Enterprise.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-09

An ideal hostess once had Rudyard
Kipling as guest for several days and, be
ing of literary turn of mind, was nat
urally honD!cl by the event. Naturally,
also. she wished to exhibit him, but this
the gentleman frown,d upon. threatening
to leave the house if She 50 much as
mentioned his presence.
She swallowed her disappointment and
entertained her friends just as if the peal
of the doorbell did not send the dis
tingushed guest scurrying to his bed
room, to remain until the visitor had de
parted. At the termination Of his visit
her tongue was looscned-she talked to
her hearts content. But one-half of her
friends doubted the truth Of her state
ments, because they did not understand
the delicacy which compelled her to obey
the wishes OF guest. She was true
hostess, but he was Il surly guest, mas
much as it would not hurt him to appear
for an hour to meet her friends, and tn,
act would have given her an amount OF
pleasure.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-09
EnRlIah ROnls.

fter the abandonment Of Britain
the Romans the roads fell into dis
and bride paths formed the only
ans of communication. Not until
sixteenth year of Charles II-that
1616-was any systematic effort
de to improve the roads OF Eng
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-09
The nenI Thing.

Hotel Guest-CaD you get me an una
bridged dictionary anywhere in the housef
Bell Boy-I'm afraid not, sir, but
there's lady from Boston on the second
1oor.-Somerville Journal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-09
Strapped.

Watts-I remember yet how, when l
misbehaved, my mother used to strap
me to bedpost.
Potts-When | misbehaved, my father
used TO strap me to a fnish.-lndian-
apOlis Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-09
PHILADELPHIA &
READING RAILWAY
IN EFFECT MARCH 80 1901
TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE


weekdays only
For Philadelphia ll25 m.
For New York ll.25 a IN,
For Uatawissa l1.25 a. m, 6.04 p. m.
For Milton !.S2 a, m, 400 r In.
For Wiliamsport 80 a. M, 400 p m.
Trains for Baltimore, Washington and the
South leave Twenty-fourth and Chestnut
Streets, Philadelphia, weekdays-323, LA
10 % a. m, l2 l6, l33, 303 4.l2, sos, 1926, 826
m, l2.2l night. Sundays 3.23, IA a. M, IL. l6
l.33, 4l2, 5.03. 726, $40 p. N.
ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD,
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut Street Wharf
and South Street Wharf.
Observation-Disclosures 500, 800 a. m, tSatur-
DAYS only LOO 200 400, 5.0O 7.l5 p. M. A.
commodation 500 n. m, $50 p. III. Sunday
Express, 500. 900, 1000 IA. m, 7.l5 p. IN. Ac-
commodation 500 a. m, 5.O0 p. N.
Leave ATLANTIC CITY DEPOI-W eek
days-EXpress 735, 800, l0.l5 a. m, $50, $50,
600 D. m Accommodation sos a. m, 4.O6 pu
IN. Sundays Express-l0.l5 a. M, 40, $50,
sOOp IN. Accommodations "a. m, 4.05
p. IN.
ParIor cars on all express trains.
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA.
For CAPE MAY and OCEAN ClTY--Week-
days--9. Is a. m, Ais pm. sundays 9.l5 q. M
south St, 800 IA. m. Additional for Cape
May y-Weekdays-500p m.
For SEA ISLE CITY-W Weekdays--9.l5 a. m.
5.0Op. IN.
NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC CITY
EXPRESS.
Leave NEW YORK Liberty Streep $40 P. M
Leave ATLANTIC CITY, $50 A. Nj.
Detailed time tables at ticket offices.
VIC BESLER, EDISON ] WEEKS
Gen. Superintendent General Agent.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-09
All That,s Coming In Hi,

The Judge-Your husband is entitled
10 little respect, madam.
The Wife-Well, that's what he gets.
Detroit Free Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-09
Sacred to the Memory Of

The yirtuous and estimabe Consort OF Captain
William McHard OF Newbury Port who midst the
laudable exertions Of very useful and desirable
Life in which her Christian Profession was well
adorned and fair copy Of every social virtue
displayed, was, in a state OF health Suddenly
Summoned to the Skies & snatched from ye eager
embraces of her friends (and the throbbing hearts
Of her disconsolate family confess'd their tairest
prospects OF sublunary bliss were in one moment
dash'd) by Swallowing Pea at her own table,
whence in few hours she sweetly brcathed her
Soul away on the sth day Of March l77s, aged A.
This Mournful Stone faithful Monument
OF Virtue fed to Realms Above and solemn
Monitor to all below the Stars, is Erected by
her Husband.
Youths Companion.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-09
Sign of Spring.

"Have you heard robin yet?"
"No, but I've seen woman with her
head tied up in a towel beating carpet
In the back yard. d."-Chicago Record.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-09
An old New Jersey schooIhousc


The pupil of today would think his
opportunities very great II he could
see the school equipment Of a hundred
years ago. A Morris county (N. j.
school Of that period is thus described
in an old letter Of one of It's attendants:
The building was constructed of logs,
and instead of glass for windows.
sheepskins were stretched over the
apertures made by saving off an occa-
slonal log. The windows had one
merit-they prevented pupils from
being interrupted in their study by
what was going on outside. The time
was regulated by an hourgIass. and
the pupils drank water from a tum-
bier made Of a cows horn or from a
ground shell.
In spite Of these differences Of equip
ment, the schools of century ago re
sembled those Of today in one notable
respectfully had for the most part
the same great literary works that are
the standards Of our language now.
The greatest literature IS fortunately
the possession of many centuries.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-09

Connections at Rupert with Philadelphia &
Reading Railroad for Tamanend, Tamaqua
WilliamspOrt, Sunbury, Pottsville, etc. AT
Northumberland with and E. Div. z. X. K. for
Harrisburg, Lock Haven, Emporium, Warren
CORY, and Erie.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-09

z Weekdays. Daily. Flag station.
Additional Train leaves HaZleton :. Il p. M,
Tomhicken 5.35 p. m, Fern Glen 5.43 p. m,
Rock Glen $50 p. m, arriving at CatawisSa
6.23 p. IN.
Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run on
through trains between Sunbury, WilliamspOrt
and Erie. between Sunbury and Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrisburg, Pitts
burg and the West.
For further information apply to Ticket Agents
J. Il. HUTCHLNSON, D. r. WOOD,
CENT Manager. Gent PaSS'a'r Ag
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-08-17
CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK.
Freight Agents Daughter Posted
to the Value of kebatcs.

Freight Agents Daughter Posted ns
to the Value of kebatcs.
This incident Is recalled because of
the fact that the travelling freight
agents recently made flying visit to
the city and incidentally held their
fifth annual convention. says the De.
troit Free Press. a daughter of one
of this fraternity married a prosperous
young business man of Detroit.
Throughout the impressionablc period
of childhood she had heard much of re.
bates. The word was endlcssly repeat
cd In her fathers conversation and
was not to be detached from her mem.
DRY.
When the couple were about TO en-
gage In housekeeping her husband told
her to figure ont about what her house.
hold expenses would he. allow a mar.
gin in her favor. and fix the answer as
determining the amount of the weekly
allowance he would give her. She had
u long conference with the grocer, meat
market attached and all vegetables In
season. II was decided approximately
what the weekly bill would be for her
small family ana then she asked about
q rebate.
"Rclate." he echoed. "why bless your
heart, I've put everything down to the
lowest notch. Couldn't throw of q
cent. Couldn't think Of 1t. must put
everything higher II you insist ON a re-.
bate"
We'll. that's just what do. Every
smart business person gives and takes
rebates. Papa always thought more Of
them than he did of anything else in
the world except himself and ready
money. II cant get n rebate Ill go
II comes to business. Please under
stand that. What would trade and
commerce he without rebates? l leave
II to Yourself
So the grocer advanced his prices 20
per cent and allowed her II per cent
rebate an arrangement highly satlsfac'
tory to herself. She secured an equally
gratifying bargain with the dry goods
merchant. the milkman, the dressmak.
or. the coal dealer and the Ice man. Her
husband scrutnlzed the figures suspi.
ciously. but his chief aim was to have
certainty and system, so he made the
allowance.
During the recent cyclone In stocks
he participated. At the finish he was
a squeezed sponge ana ready to begin
life anew rs farm hand or n sewing
machine agent. She checrlly opened
up her rebate fund, counted out $1,000.
enabled him to cover so that he cleaned
up a competence and then took him
into the backyard to solemnly inform
him thar he would never prosper unless
he looked after the rebates.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-08-17
Not Ashamed of Him,

An Engllshman named Grove was a
fine classical scholar and dlstin.
gulshed orator. He made his own po-
sition in life, even ut time when
classes were far more seriously regard
ed In England than they are at present.
His father was a carpenter, working
in the town of Winchester, and on the
most loving terms with his son. One
day the son, then an eminent man, was
standing near the cathedral door, talk
ing to the dean and warden, when his
father passed by.
The old man was In his working
dress, with his rule sticking from his
pocket, and was evidently willing to
spare the salutatlon. But the younger
Grove called out in good Hampshire
dialect:
Here, fayther. If thee baint
ashamed of |, baint ashamed of thee."
Youths Companion.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-08-17
Fortunes Bottled Beer,

The Fortune Brewing Company has
added to its large plant a magnificent
bottling establishment. The new works
adjoin the brewery on Van Buren,
street, west of Desplaines, and are tit
ted up with the latest and most i'm
proved machinery. Tbelrcapacityi is very
great, and the quality OF. the goods turn
ed out OF the cry best one Of the
features OF the plant Is the arrange
ment for cooling the beer. Not only
has the latest cooling machinery been
introduced, but the building in which
the bottling Is done Is adjolned by an
other building In which freezing ap-
paratus Is placed. This keeps the tenn.
perature Of the very walls at freezing
point all the time. The Fortune Brew
ery produces beer which Is famous
the world over. Now that It's bottlng
works are completed, no residence
should be without It. Telephone Mon
roe 4O."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-08-17

The traction companies are Planning
to secure franchise extensions on new
Hues. according to report circulated in
the City Hall.
The story Is that the companies are
considering the ACCESSIBILITY of securing
frontage consents to back up an appli.
cation for franchises. The consents are
to he used as leverage toward securing
good terms.
Certain lawyers have held that front.
age consents will he necessary to fran.
ehise extensions. The Allen law pro.
vided for none. That law being r..
pealed. 1t is claimed that the frontage.
consent provision of the old Horse and
Dummy act Is in force.
The Chicago City and Union Trac.
ton companies" said citizen who
eftcn has inside information. "arc con.
sidcring the ACCESSIBILITY of coming into
che Council to ask for extensions
backed by majority of the property
owners In the streets now occupied by
their tracks. ON such petition the
Council Is bound TO grant u franchise.
u can place certain restrictions. CON.
pepsatlon being one of them. In such
franchise. II the compensation Is
deemed excessive by the traction com.
paules. however. the corporations.
backed by this majority petition. can
90 into the courts and mandamus the
city to grant an extension on terms
which are reasonable"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-08-17
STREET CAR SCHEMES,
Frontage Consent Is the Latest Device
Invented by the Companies to
Deceive the People.
In Their Calculations. However, They Must
Remember that Carter n. Harri.
son Is Mayor.
And He Insists that the Public Must Be Con.
suited in Any Legislation Presented
to the Council
Overhead Trolleys Must Leave Chicago as
They Have Gone from New
York.

Underground trolley as a substitute
for cable and overhead trolley.
Service. number of cars and equip.
ment.
Compensation in money paid to city
treasury and low fares.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-08-17

BesieS's Waukegan Brewing Com pany.
1t Is with pleasure that we call the
attention OF the trade, and private fam.
lilies, to the fact that owing to the In.
creasing demand for bottled ale and
porter Of undOubted purity and Of the
finest quality, we are now bottling the
same under-Our own supervision.
The frequent use of adulterants and
substitutes for malt and hops in the
manufacture Of malt liquors has re-
suited in an inquiry for an article Of
domestic manufacture, wholly free
from anything of u harmful or deleterl.
GUS nature, and at price that would
commend its use to all. The failure
hitherto to obtain such an article has
led consumers to purchase imported
goods mt high price.
Therefore we are prepared to place
ON the market bottled ale and porter
uneXcelled in quality, equal in every
respect to the imported, at much
lower price.
Our goods being manufactured from
the choicest barley malt and the best
hops in the market, no substitutes
whatever being used, and, being bottled
by ourselves ut Waukegan, enables us
10 offer to our customers an absolute
guaranty of their purity and quality.
Families can obtain these goods Of
all the leading fancy srOcers, the prln-
cipal hotels, restaurants and druggists.
BESLEY'S WAKEGAN BREWING
co.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-08-17

Special Attention Paid 10 Thesssr Parties.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-16
A Sailors PremonitiOn.

In his autobiography, "A Sailors
Log" Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans
relates a strange instance of Fremont
ton which a fellow sailor had the night
before the attack ON Fort Fisher, in
January, 1865. He says:
eve had on board the Powhatan a
fine young seaman named Fiannigan,
who came from Philadelphia. On the
night of the 14th of January he came to
my room with a small box in his hand
and said to me, MIR. Evans, will you be
kind enough to take charge of this box
for nett has some little trinkets in It
and give it to my sister in Philadel
phla? asked him why he did not de-
liver it himself. to which he replied. 4
am going ashore with you tomorrow
and will be killed. | told him how
many bullets it required to kill man
in action and in other ways tried to
shake his convictions, but it was no
use-he stuck to it. He showed no nerv-
BUSINESS over it. but seemed to regard
1t as a matter of course. | took the box
and, after making a proper memoran-
DUN. put it away among my things.
"On the afternoon of the next day
when we were charging the fort and
Just as we came under fire at about
800 yards l saw Flanagan reel out to
one side and drop, the first man hit
with a bullet through his heart. l step
! ped quickly to his side and asked If he
were badly hurt. The only reply was
smile as he looked up into my face
! and rolled over dead. The box was de-
livered as he requested"
Smyrna times., 1901-10-16
HEALTH
I'M SURANCE

The man who insures his life is
wise for his family.
The man who insures his health
is wise both for his family and
himself.
You may insure health by guard
ing it. 1t is worth guarding.
At the first attack of disease,
which generally approaches
through tile LIVER and mani-
tests itself in innumerabIe ways
TAKE
TUFTS Pills
And save your he eaIth.