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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08
VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT.
What n Woman's Society Has Ac-
compIished In n New York Town.

What r. Woman's Society Has Ac-
compIished In n New York Town.
IN a town in central New York the
Ladies' Village Improvement society
has purchased opera chairs for the vii
lage theater and Il street sprinkler
Five of the women have been desig-
mated the ''firemen's relief" and they
make coffee and provide refreshments
for the fremen at fires. The society
has exercised its influence against the
prevalent habit Of the male population
Of expectoratinE tobacco juice on the
sidewalks and has had a gratifying
measure of success. 1t also brought
about the enactment of a village or
dinance which provides for the arrest
Of tramps if found within the limits Of
the village, and notices to this effect
are posted along the highways near the
town and on the trees in town.
The society fosters town pride and
public spirit, and through its untiring
efforts the village stands out as q
model to be followed. Since its Or
ganization the society has completely
changed the aspect of the town, and
where neglect and carelessness We're
formerly the rule neatneSs and tidiness
now prevail Fences and sidewalks are
kept in repair, lawns laid out, the
streets cleared of rubbish, and flowers
and shrubbcry have taken the place Of
weeds The women's influence has ex-
tended to the neighboring farmers,
who, patterning after what they have
seen in the village, shave their lawns
and make their cottages and fences
neater The society, it should be add
ed, religiously abstains from politics.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08
TACKS DO NOT HURT HIM.
Anatomical Curiosity which Is PuE-
cling PhfIadeIphin Physicians.

The human pincushion walked into
the Hahnemann hospital few nights
ago and startled the doctors by asking
them to take two needles out Of his
heart. He is Hugh Gloster, about -
years old, who gave as his residence
1O1S Wood street and told the doctors
he makes a living by swallowing nails,
pushing pins and needles into his chest
and hammering tacks into his cheeks
at dime museum.
"YOu see, tonight, doc" said he when
the medical men had recovered their
breaths, Il was givin my regular show,
but / got careless when it came to the
pincushion act. | had just hammered
Il dozen tacks into my face and was
procecdin to jam a couple Of biz nee.
dies into my chest when they slipped in
too far and | couldn't get them out"
'Are they in there YETI" asked the
doctors seriously
"Ycs." replied the human pincushion.
II tried to jack them out with darn
in needle, but they're stuck in some
thin hard and won't come out. |
thought mebbe yOusc gents might like
to take a shy at the job and get them
out for me-"
Glostcr was then laid out on the op-
Grating table, but considered it a huge
joke when the doctor asked if he want
ed ether.
ME ethcrE' he reiterated in scorn.
"Why, say, doc, give me that big
butcher knife of yours there, and I'll
jab it into any part of me and laugh
at the same time"
The doctors set to work and in few
minutes found two good sized needles
sticking into the edge of the fourth
rib. They had slipped under the skin
and caught in the cartilaginOus matter
around the bone. The doctors took
them out with some little difficulty
Gloster laughing and directing their
movements.
When he had been served, the hu-
man pincuShiOn sat up and entertained
the doctors in return ''for their little
kindness" He drove tacks into his
face until his features looked like
those of Il man with smallpox. He
likewise ran long nails into the calves
OF his legs Then he said he had en-
joyed the evening immensely."-P
delphia Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08

The woman who won't use home
made -four does the town more harm
than half a dozen perpetual cases OF
smallpox, says the Emporia Gazette.
The woman who buys her dresses in
Kansas City has a hammer knocking
at the temples of her own town. The
woman who patronizes mail order"
house hurts her own town more than
saloon. She sends money out of
town that should keep home people at
work; she breeds illness, the mother of
crime. The woman for whom nothing
in this town is good enough IS a worse
enemy to Emporia than the plague. 1t
has always appeared to The Gazette
that the things sold by the merchants
and manufacturers who support Il wo-
mans husband ought to be good
enough for the woman's back and her
stomach and her parlor. If it isn't
good enough, she should take the old
man to a town where things suit her
better
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08
BLUNDERS IN FICTION.
The Queer Mistakes That Are Some
times Made by Authors.

We smile as we read and pass swiftly
by the stories of maidens that wander
in lonely woods" at unearthly hours
of night, always clad in "a soft, white
clinging gown" Now, every girl knows
that the average maiden is too much
afraid of tramps and snakes to wander
in lonely woods" The weather, too,
appears to pcrplex our novelists, for
not infrequcntly they begin a chap
ter at dawn, there are Il few mo-
ments' conversation, and then the "sun
sets in lurid banks behind the distant
empurplcd mountains"
| am reminded at the outset of an
English story written by an author of
repute where the heroine in one scene
was made on one page to stoop down
and tie her shoeString, while three
pages farther on, directly following, it
was said of the same girl that she had
remained barefooted the entire day. In
another story blind woman Is made
to view the hero through spectacles be-
fore the tale is ended.
In French novel-and we generally
consider French such literary masters
"A heroine is clearly made to go direct
from her bed TO the breakfast table,
out shopping, to an afternoon tea and
to dinner in her robe de mutt! Cousins
suddenly transformed into brothers
without n moments warning are nu-
merous in this detectives library. Thus
ono 10 amused tn find fbp most mar
velous mistakes in books which we
think we have carefully read.-Modern
Culture.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08
A MODEL VILLAGE.
Power of Example Made Town Z
Garden Spot of Beauty.

Power of Example Made Town a
Garden Spot of beauty.
How to establish n model village Is
illustrated in Leclaire located about IS
miles from St Louis and begun by a.
manufacturer ten years ago. 1t differs
from Pullman In that its residents en-
Joy the liberties permitted to dwellers
in any municipality, and therein is be-
lieved to lie the secret OF its success.
There is no boss in any form. No
resident has ever been asked to cut his
grass or to go to church or keep sober
The opportunity was created, and
then the people were allowed TO work
out their own material salvation. 1t Is
n park village, with winding roads, an
abundance of trees and about a third
of an acre Of ground with each cot
tage. These cottages are sold to those
Of the employees who care to buy, the
monthly payments being about eQuiva-
lent to city rents. Each house has run
ming water and electric lights, and with
each cottage the corporation furnishes
a lawn mower and plants from a green
house established for that purpose.
There are bowling alley and billiard
room, a clubhouse for unmarried men
and lecture and dance hall, schools, q
baseball field, tennis courts ana skat-
ing ponds.
AT the start scarcely any of our peo-
pie made any gardens; scarcely any
planted flowers" says the creator Of
this bit of earthly paradise. They did
not know how to do it or care for it.
BY infectious example they now all
have gardens and handsome yards.
For three years ! have lived in the CEN
ter of the village with my own family
and my daughters family"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08
HELPED THEMSELVES.
How the Citizens of an Illinois Town
Cot LihrnrN.

Got Library.
Grcenup, an Illinois village, merits n
library gift from Andrew Carnegie not
to awaken interest i'm library creation,
but as reward for what the citizens
have done in meeting the need Of such
an educational center. They haveshown
how village of 1000 population can
establish practical library without n
bequcst and without the aid Of public
funds.
The scheme originated with tho wo-
mans clubs, and soon C(... mt
was Interested 4 book shower at
one of the churches brought in 2S2 de
sirable books as a nucleus, and a call
for subscriptions in books or money
brought the total up to 1000 volumes.
A second call added 500 more, and con
tributions are still coming in, no one
person, however, giving more than $40.
An unused room in a new SchoOlhouse
was assigned for the library, the local
carpenters putting up the shelving as
their contribution, and the librarians
serve without compensation.
This IS only one illustration of the
way in which this village takes hold Of
an enterprise with popular accord. 1t
owns the waterworks plant and an
electric lighting system.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08
Swallowed Two Pounds Of Stone.

Stones do not form part of the rec
ognized diet Of the cormorant, but one
Of these birds in the National ZOOlog-
ical park in Washington had craving
which could be satisfied only by eat
Ing two pounds of stones. The keep
ers attention was attracted to the bird
because after having once sat down
1t couldn't get up. He was picked up,
and then the stones were heard rattling
inside of him. An official connected
with the park decided that something
must be done, ana he promptly cut the
cormorant open and relieved him of his
burden. One Of the stones, of irregular
shape, was 3l2 inches long. The in
cision was sewed up, and for FIVE days
the bird got along all right, the wound
healing finely, but at the end of that
time the cOrmorant grew restive and
pulled out the stitches with his hooked
bill. AS a consequence of open'"g up
re wound he died.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08
z FNEW YORK ROADS.
Suggestion TO Employ Convicts In
Preparing MnterinI.

The chief question concerning good
roads at the present time is the fnan-
cial one, says the New York Tribune
in n recent editorial. How much money
can be raised for them? There is no
longer a question as to the desirabiltty
of building them. No rational man
now opposes them. The farmer who
uses them in the laborious task OF max
ing n living from the soil the year
round IS as eager for them as is the
rich man from the city, who uses them
only for pleasure for few weeks or
months in the summer There Is no
difficulty either In getting enough
money locally. Towns and counties are
ready with their appropriations. The
only drawback is that the state is not
ready to do its full share In duplicating
the local appropriations, and 50 the
progress Of the work seems to depend
upon the rate at which the state can
follow the lead of the counties.
In connection with this phase of the
case suggestion made by Mr.. Bond,
the state engineer is of practical in
terest. He would have the state ac-
quire a trap rock quarry in Rockland
county and set the convictS of Sing
Sing prison TO working it. This would
provide roadmaking material at con
siderable lower price to the state than
that which Is now paid for 1t, and the
state could thus do its share toward
road building at n decided advantage,
for there seems TO be no good reason
why the states contribution to the fund
should not be in material at market
rates as well as In cash. The scheme
has of course these obvious elements
I'm its favor: That trap rock is one Of
the very best road metals in the world;
that the conyicts would thus be pro-
vidcd with one of the best kinds of
labor for their well being; that the
quarry would be close to the prison,
and that being on bluff directly above
the river the product of the quarry
could be transported TO many other
parts Of the state Mt n minimum of cost.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08
PERT PERSONALS.

Mr. Rockefeller now controls salt and
oil With a vinegar and a lettuce trust
he could get back to his salad days
Detroit Journal.
Mr. Schwab asserts that he objected
to being paid $1,000,OO0 a year. Mr.
Schwab is reaching his funny stage
Baltimore American.
IL the widows of the country con-
tinue to make googoo eyes In the di-
rection of Mr.. Depew, his only recourse
will be to wear blinders.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Emperor William resents compliment
tary reference to Bismarck because it
suggests that the Hohenzollerns did
not create the German empire unaided.
Detroit Tribune.
Sarah Bernhardt says the idea Of her
playing Romeo to Maude Adams Juliet
was joke. Only half a joke 1t is
admitted that Maude Adams can play
Juliet.-Louisyille Courier-JournaL.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08
The Coming City.

The time will come In the history of
civilized communities when the two
most important departments of a city's
government will be recognized as those
of health and education. believe that
the health of the community can be
materially improved by Il regular flush
ing of the surface of the streets by salt
water, by the consumption Of all refuse
by fire and by personal cleanliness, to
be secured by the working classes in
public baths, the number of which
should be largely incrcased.-RandOlph
Guggenhemcr, President of New York
City Council.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08

titHIE princess Il thF
When she was little girl, very
pretty story was told of Queen Will
hclmina of Holland. Her father was
presented by the city of Amsterdam
with a beautiful set of cups and sau-
GERS So highly did he prize them that
he at once issued orders that amy one
in the palace who shoUld be SO unfor-
mnatc as to break one should be dis
MISSED
Not long after this order little VIII
hclmina was surprised TO discover her
fayoritc foOtman weeping bitterly. 1t
seemed that he had been 50 unfortu-
nate as to break one of the cups in
carrying it from the room in which he
had been serving tea.
The princess was deeply grievcd at
the accident; but having discovered
that the pieces were quite large and
could easily be glued together, She said
to the footman:
If you will do exactly as l direct, l
will try to help you out Of your trouble.
You can easily glue these pieces togeth-
cr. This afternoon when you are SerV-
ing tea bring this cup to me filled with
cold tea. and | will see what can do
about it."
The footman obeyed his directions
exactly. \ moment after the princess
had received her tea she managed to
let it fall 50 that it broke into thou
sands Of pieces. The king was furious
ly angry.
"Goodby. fathcrr cried Wilhelmina,
her arms about his neck. I'm going.
You said whoever broke a cup should
be banishcd." OF course the father
forgavc her, and some little time after
ward she confessed the whole affair,
only she would never reveal which Of
the footmcn had been the guilty cul-
DTit
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08
The CnIISCIiOn

While lecturing his congregation
rather strongly on a recent Sunday
about slack attendance and small col
lections Il minister of a church In an
English city used the following elo-
quent and forcible sentence: "Yes,
brethren, our collection of little over
f3 last Sunday included no fewer than
500 halfpennies. We all know about
the widows mite, and l am sure we are
very glad to receive it; but | don't
think there are 900 widows in this con-
lregatinnw
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08
How TO Make Frozen Souffle e.

Soak one-half box of gelatin in one
half eupful OF cold water. To one pint
of any fruit juice allow about one pint
Of sugar Beat four egg yolks till
creamy, add half the sugar, then add
the fruit juice and remaining sugar.
Strain it into n pan set in water. Dis
solve the gelatin over the fire and
strain it into the mixture. Stir CON
stantly, and as it begins to thicken add
one pint of cream that has been whip
ped. Turn it into a mold and pack in
ice and salt for two hours.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08
TALK OF MARRIAGE.
Ii In Proper For the Man, but Not
For the Girl, Apparently.

Ii In Proper For the Man, but Not
For the Girl, Apparently.
4 man may remark on his intention
to marry at some Indefinite future time,
when prudence or other considerations
may make it possible or advisable,
without having, as n rule, to run the
gantlet Of a chorus of impertinent and
stupid would be witty remarks. But
should girl be bold enough, or, rather,
natural and simple enough, to say the
same thing what would be the result?
Why, every one knows that she would
be promptly sneered out of counte-
nance.
And why? Is 1t immodest for wom-
an to express a determination to enter
into state which we are being contin-
ually reminded Is a natural and honor
able state, while 1t IS modest and prop
er for a man to do so? Such distinc-
ton would never be drawn except for
the "cheapness" to which reference has
been made.
If IA man wants to marry, he can mar
ry. If the first woman he asks refuses
him, he has only to ask a second or per-
haps a third or fourth. 1t would be
safe to guarantee that within a month
any man of fairly respectable life and
position and appearance who cared to
make the experiment could marry in
his own class, could marry probably a
woman much superior to himself.
But what about the girl who intends
TO marry some day." Is she not in n
very different position from the manG
Here is girl of good character-much
better than the mans, probably-aver-
age intelligence, average good looks.
Theoretically she is free to marry
whom she viii, but is she" If she re-
ceives one distinct offer marriage,
she has had more than her share, ac-
cording to the probable average
The fact that by an unwritten law a
woman must not take, and, indeed, does
not want to take the initiative has very
little to do with the extremely limited
choice which modern conditions impose
upon English womcn.-Nineteenth Cen
tury.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08

Good roads pay from every possible
point of view. They save the farmer
money, both in the improved market
ing facilities of his products and in the
wear and tear of vehicles and teams.
He can draw bigger loads, get to mar
ket quicker, travel more miles daily
with less fatigue and put his products
On the market In a great deal better
condition.
The value OF land is also greatly en-
hanced by the improved conditions, as
are properties in the town. 1t would
be impossible to state in a brief inter
view the pecuniary benefits to be de-
ed from good roads, to say nothing
The comforts and pleasures depend
upon the same.
ood roads are absolutely essential
the prosperity Of any agricultural
- immunity.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08
Eating by Prescription.

Most people who are in good health
know in a general way what aiIs them.
Some of them know what kind of food
they ought to eat III order to overcome
their bodily infirmities and prevent a
recurrence of them, but people who
have good health usually consider only
their taste or their pocketbook when
they order a meal.
An experiment which one of the Bos-
ton hotels is making shows that others
besides invalids are beginning to un-
derstand that it is important to have
the right sort of food as well as to have
1t properly cooked.
The cafe Of this hotel provides not
only bill of fare, but diet list made
out by a physician and intended as a
guide to the patrons of the house. 1t
prescribes the food best suited to yari-
Gus physical conditions. To the fat
man it offers a variety of dishes that
tickle his palate and at the same time
check his tendency to grow fatter. The
thin and anRmic can procure the things
which make blood and tissue and build
up an enfeebled system.
The new way Of looking at the food
question puts health first and prefer
ence afterward. 1t considers the needs
of the individual and makes practical
application of the old saying that zone
mans meat is another mans poison"
1t tries TO make the diet like a well
stocked wardrobe, offering plenty of
variety, yet designed for and fitted TO
the person for whom it is intended.
How one can fit his diet to his own
needs is matter which the physician
can best decide. 1t IS certainly easier
10 preserve health by the use of proper
food than to regain it by taking medi-
cine, and the prescription filled in Il
restaurant is plcasanter to take than
one compounded by the druggist
Youths Companion.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08
Witness MY Hand.

In the early days only n few schoI-
ars, priests and clerks knew how to
write. 1t was then customary to sign
n document by smearing the hand with
ink and impresslng 1t upon the paper,
accompanied by the words, "Winess
my hand" Afterward the seal was in
troduced rs a substitute for the hand
mark and was used with the words
above quoted, the two forming the sig
nature. This is the origin of the ex-
preston as used i'm modern documents
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08
uoxx In Remove m Tight Ring.

To remove tight ring take needle,
fiat in the eye, and thread it with
strong but not too coarse thread. Then
very carefully pass the head of the
needle under the ring in the direction
of the wrist BY soaping the needle
beforehand you facilitate matters.
Having done this, you pull down few
inches of the thread and withdraw the
empty needle. Then wrap the long end
of the thread round the finger toward
the nail and take the short end and
unwind it. The thread, pressing
against the ring, gradually works it of,
no matter how tight it may be.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08
Astounded The Editor.

Editor s. A. Brown, of BennettsviIIe,
$. G., was once immensely surprised.
Through long suffering from Dys-
pepsia he writes my wife was great
iy run down She had no strength or
yigor and suffered great distress from
her stomach, but she tried Electric
Bitters which helped her at once, and,
after using four bottles, she is entirely
well, can eat anything It's grand
tonic and its gentle laxative qualities
are splendid for torpid liver. For In
digestion, Loss Of Appetite, Stomach
and Liver troubles it's positive guar
anteed cure. Only soc at PauIes 81 Co. 5
drug sOtre.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08
kdyertiSin= MuXfms,

We want the very tip toppcst dressed
man in town to see these neckwear
silks.
Not cheaply made. but of materials
and workmanship equal to the eXpen-
Sive kind.
Reasonable profits, reliable goods,
right treatment, are three RS OF this
house.
Good-or they wouldn't be here at
all; low priced-Or we wouldn't be tell
ing about them.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08
EmrIY nirdM.

The green finch is the earliest riser.
1t pipes as early as half past / ia the
morning. The blackcap begins at half
past 2. 1t is nearly o'clock before
the blackbird appears. 1t is heard half
an hour before the thrush, and the
chirp of the robin begins about the
same length of time before that of the
wren. The house sparrow and the tom
tit take the last stage of the list.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08
They Struck It Rich.

1t was grand thing for this com
mumty that such an cnterprising firm
as Paules & Co. secured the Agency
for DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con
the wonderful remedy that
has startled the world by its marvellous
cures. The furor of enthusiasm over it
has doomed their business, as the de
mand for it is immense. They give
free trial bottles to sufferers, and pos
itively guarantee to cure Coughs, Colds,
Bronchitis, Asthma, Group and all
Throat and Lung Troubles. A trial
proves its merit Price soc and S1,00
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08

Do not darn fine wooden undergar'
ments with wool 1t win shrink and
pull out a hole larger than the original
Use for darning winter underwear the
loosely twisted l.'- .,E| SILK. har"
loosely, and when washed the new tex
ture has almost the same thickness as
the knitted goods itseIf.-Good House
keeDing.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-08-08
What A Tale 1t Tells.

If that mirror Of yours shows a
wretched, sallow complexion, iaun-
diced look. moth patches and blotches
on the skin it is liver trouble; but DIR.
Kings New Life Pill regulate the liver,
purify the blood, give clear skin, rosy
cheeks, rich complexion. Only 25c at
Panles u 90. drug store