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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14
MRS. SARAH DERBY LIE CLFRE.

the comment which the likeness
causes. In fact, she was once per-
suaded to dress up as much as posi-
bic like the queen and have some pic
lures taken for her friends.
Mrs. lie Clerc is now 81 years Of age,
and she does not think that she looked
at all like the queen until II years ago.
Her features then began to alter, and
the resemblance has been growing
stronger every year. Her attention was
first called to the matter one day when
she went to Il studio to have n photo
graph taken. The photographer was
an Englishman, and he was struck by
her likeness to Victoria. When the
pictures were finished, he declared they
would pass for the queens anywhere.
1t is a fact of which Mrs. lie Clere is
proud that one Of her ancestors was
Sir Morris Abbott, lord mayor of Lon
don in 1868 She is herself descended
from Scotch and Irish stock, but was
born at Seneca Falls, \. Y. She has
lived in Chicago eight years and is a
member of the Political Equality
league Of the Woman's club.-Chicago
Times Herald.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14
A Peanut Party.

At an evening party given not long
ago games which were played with
peanuts furnished a source of amuse-
ment. The company was divided into
two parts by choosing sides, leaders
having been previously appointed. aft
er which the divisions formed into lines
facing each other. As many peanuts
as could be conveniently held in both
hands were given to each Of the lead
ers, who poured them into the open
palms of the person standing next
to him. In this way the peanuts were
passed down each of the lines and
back again, the side whose leader was
first to receive again his quota of pea
nuts being considered victorious.
Six peanuts were then placed in Il
row upon the floor and the members
of each division were in turn allowed
to attempt to place the peanuts in a
chair several yards distant without
dropping them. They were not to be
touched with the hand, but were to be
lifted and carried separately with a
caseknifc. The task was rendered
more difficult by remarks which were
made, encouraging on the one side and
such as were calculated TO produce fail
ure on the other
The lady and gentleman who proved
the most successful in this contest
were rewarded by being blindfolded
and seated in chairs facing each other
each one given Il saucer Of shelled pea
nuts and allowed to feed one another
by means of a spoon. When the merri-
ment which this produced had ceased,
peanuts were passed TO the entire com
pany. Other refreshments were served
later in the evcning.-Mary c. Farms
worth in Housckeeper.
Brown BETTY.
Put alternate layers Of sliced apples
and bread crumbs in a pudding dish,
spriuklng each layer Of bread crumbs
with sugar and cinnamon and putting
bits of butter here and there. Add one
half cupful Of cold water and bake till
brown.
The chief sten9graphcr Of the reichs-
tag says that the German emperor
talks very fast. The stenographer
might have added, if he dared to de
80, that be talks very much.
Anarchy stalks in Mrs. Nations
wake," cScitcdIy remarks a Kansas
newspaper. If anarchy doesn't look
out, it will get hit with a hatchet.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14
Best Hog For Farmers.

Ny opinion is that the most profitable
hog for the general farmer to raise is
hog that can be made to weigh go or
300 pounds as early as possible, say at
9 or 10 months of age, says corre-
spOndent of The Prairie Farmer. AS to
breeds, my choice is the Poland-China
The most favorable time for the young
pigs to arrive must be determined by
circumstances and the conveniences at
hand for caring for them. My expert
ence is the earlier the better, as | find
it difficult TO get the same growth on
May pig at months as one farrow.
ed in March. | am not prepared to say
Just why this is so, but one reason uD.
doubtedly is that they are just in time
to feed on the young and tender clover
and grasses. Where one has not
good warm place for the young pigs
and wishes to raise large number it is
probably best and much more cOnven-
lent to have them farrowed the last OF
April or May and turn them off at
lighter weight or else keep them
through the winter, which takes more
care and feed. Another advantage to
be gained by early farrow is that If
you are an advocate of fall pigs you
can wean your pigs at 6 weeks or
months old and breed your sows again
to farrow about September, or if you
do not wish to breed for fall litters
your sows may be fattened ready for
market at that time, when pork is usu.
ally a better price than later. This
takes them out of the way and gives a
better opportunity to care for the
young pigs. The young pigs should be
fed literally with bone and muscle
making foods. Oats either ground or
whole are an excellent feed for growth.
Do not feed corn or other fattening
feed till they have made considerable
growth, when it is an easy matter to
put on fat. If they are pushed too
fast in the first place, they will only
make a lot of fat little chunks. There
are several reasons for getting the pigs
to market as soon as practicable. 1t
saves feed. as every experienced feeder
knows that the first 200 pounds Is
much cheaper than the next 200
pounds, and the 100 pounds from 800 to
100 is usually quite expensive.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14
FEeDiNG BY ELECTRICITY.
An Up to Date Invention For Farm
ers Now on Trial In Michigan.


A man named McNair has devised a
system Of pasturins sheep by electrici-
ty, and experiments are being made
with it at the agricultural experiment
station of Michigan ut Lansing. In re-
cent years nearly every town of any
size has been provided with an electric
generating plant, and frequently the
wires are strung along country roads
from town to town. This fact led Mr.
McNair to attempt the use of eleCtrici-
ty on the farm. For sheep feeding he
devised a curious pen some II feet
square, built of wire and mounted IN
broad, fiat wheels. This pen is design
ed to run in any pasture, even though
it be hilly. Wires connect it with a
small motor stationed at one side Of
the pasture, this in turn being connect
ed with the electric wires from which
power is derived. \ turn of button,
and the pen slowly creeps across tn"
field. This is the essence of the inVen-
tion.
Two lambs and part of the time al
old eve have been pasturcd in the pen
during the summer at the station at
Lansing The field is planted with lu-
Germ, growing thick and heavy. The
pen is so arranged that it craWls tie
full length of the pasture in one month,
travelling about two feet an hour. At
the end of this time it is switched
around ana travels back again. As it
moves the sheep eat every bit of the
fodder. eagerly cropping next the for
ward side Of the pen rs it runs over
new ground \ bit Of canvas duck is
hung oyere enc corner Of the pen so than
the sheep may be well sheltered, and,
curious rs it may seem, they have be
come 50 accustomed TO the moving of
the pen that when they lie down to
sleep they snuggle up close to the for,
ward end Of the pen so that they may
lie as long as possible without being
disturbed by the rear end of the pen as
it creeps toward them.
When the pen has passed. the lucern
that has been cropped by the sheep
grows up again, and by the time the
pen has made its monthly circuit the
pasture is again in good condition. The
advantages of this electrical pen are
that the SHEEP are kept from running
over, half eating and trampling down a
large amount of pasture. and it keeps
the sheep quiet, so that they take on
flesh rapidly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14

lished in the 30 yard dash $50 yard run
and running high jump. The meet will
be held Saturday, March ., in Conven-
tion hail. which can accommodate 10,-
600 persons.
At least two worlds champions are
assured as entries. These are MaXey
Long, the New York Athletic clubs
quarter miller, and Arthur t. Duffy,
Georgetown uniyersity's short distance
sprinter. Georgetown has nearly 40
athletes in active training. The meet
will undoubtedly surpass Georgetown's
two preceding standard meets and go
down on record as one of the best in
door meets yet held.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14
Rich Prizes For Three-year-olds.

hlch IELEeA A. OF SAE-oioS.
The indications point to the coming
season as certain to be sensational in
one respect among the tTotters if in no
other, and that is in the number and
high quality of the 3-year-olds which
will be raced. There are at least five
big stakes for 3-year- -olds to be decided
this year, and the colt or filly that can
win either one of them will be very
profitable youngster to his or her breed
er. These five events are: The Ken
tucky Futurity, value $4,000; the
Louisville Prize, value $1,000; the Du
buque Preparation, value 5000; the
kentucky Stock Farm. value $1,000,
and the Horse Review, value $1,000.
Here is a total of SO. 900 for 3-year-old
trotters, and the youngster that can
win first in two Of the events will 90
into winter quarters one Of the biggest
money winning trotters Of the season.
Nearly every section Of the country is
represented in the list of youngsters
eligible to the big 3-year-old events.
Out Of the something like 500 that will
be trained with a view of starting in
one or more of the big stakes probably
not more than % of the best will final
ly face the starter in all five. No train
er will name a youngster on date Of
naming the starters that is not capable
of trotting around 2:15
Last season it took a mile in 2:10&i to
win one of the 3-year-old events. and in
order to get any part of a purse trotted
so fast a colt must be able to step right
close to 2:15. With the great number
of 3-year-olds that will be trained this
year the chances are that one or two
will be developed that will be even
faster than was last years crack of
that age, and if such proves to be the
case the 3-ycar-old division of trotters
will furnish about as much sensational
racing as any class that can be men
toned.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14

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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14
THE SPORTING WORLD.

In connection with the festivities at
tendant upon the second Inauguration
of President Mckinley a mammoth in
tercollcgiatc indoor athletic meet has
been arranged and VIII be an event Of
much Importance. Many collegians are
considering plans for attending the in
auguration to participate in the grand
parade as organized bodies. ana the en-
tries Of their leading athletic represent
atiyes in the games are assured
The games will be the third annual
indoor meet of the Georgetown Univer-
sity Athletic association, which pro-
NOTED with such notable success their
two preceding indoor meets at which
three new worlds records were estab-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14
The FIockmastcr's Inning.

The only thing to do for the inSatia-
BILE American taste for mutton is to
take something for it," a lamb chop
or a leg o mutton. says The Breeders
Gazette. Comment has been recently
made on the capital demand at this
market for sheep and lambs, inquiry
outStripping the supply and absorbing
the enormous receipts with scarcely a
ripple in the market. From Kansas
City comes a complaint that packers
are unable to get sufficient supplies of
fat sheep to keep their killing plants in
operation to full capacity. So keen has
been the demand for mutton that pack
ers have been obliged to enter into
competition with feeders for the range
bred sheep that should by rights go in
to feed lots rather than to the sham
bles. Now that the run from the range
is largely over, dependence must be
placed on the supplies from the feed
lots. and it does not seem that the de
mand at that market is likely to be
met. All this comes from the increase
in the appetite of our people for NUT.
ton. Packers at Kansas CITY nave
planned to increase their output Of
mutton if they can obtain the raw ma
terial. Observe the situation: Last fall
so many sheep were going on feed that
conservative heads feared for the fu-
ture of the industry. The enormous
numbers that came from the feed lots
during the winter and spring were lick
cd up at satisfactory prices, and now
killers are competing with feeders for
sheep. This certainly argues the cX-
pansi0n and the permanency Of the in
dustry. 1t is merely the taste of i'm
proved mutton that has wrought this
revolution. The public knows good
thing when it tastes it. The industry
is capable of considerable extension
yet, and the man who breeds and feeds
good sheep is very apt to come out win
ner
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14
SHE RESEMBLES VICTORIA.
A Chicago Woman Who IL Said to BE
the Late Queens DoubIe.

Mrs. Sarah Derby lie Clere, G926
Perry avenue, is said to bear a striking
resemblance to Queen Victoria. Per-
sons who have seen the queen declare
the likeness is hardly less than marvel
Gus. y comparison of the photographs
certainly does show strong resem-
blance in both features and figure.
AS a result of the fact that she ia
vors the late English sovereign Mrs.
LIE Clere has had some rather queer
experiences. She is frequently stared
at on the street by people familiar
with the queens picture, who will stop
and look at her. Englishmen whom she
has met have been astounded when
they came into her presence and have
declared that she was the queens dou-
BILE.
Mrs. lie Clere says she is glad to re-
semble so good a person as Victoria,
and she is not in the least annoyed by
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14

\ recent London dispatch says
'Bishop HartZcIl, who has been in Lon
don for ten days, sailed for South Atri-
ca to resume mission work for the
Methodist Episcopal church. He is
taking with him two students from an
Illinois agricultural college to teach the
natives how to use American ploWs
and reapcrs. The bishop is an ardent
supporter Of the British cause in South
Africa, which he Identifies with the in
tercsts Of higher civilization.' This
combination Of things spiritual and
things temporal ought to produce some
results in South Africa.
The young queen of Holland Is DIS
tinguishcd among European soyereigns
as a total ahstaincr and is an ardent
worker in the temperance cause. Queen
Wilhpimna is a patron of both the
Total Abstinence society of the Neither
lands and of the Womcn's Social Puri.
ty league.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14

black crepe de chine over black peau
de sole. Drapery at the back is in a
vatican plat.
4 large chou of black velvet and tulle
holds drapery at left Of corsage, with
pendent chains Of cut jet beads. Edg-
ing the neck above n narrow jetted
band is n wavy band of gold cloth shot
with pink. White crush rose and a
rope Of cut jet beads form shoulder
straps, and rose and jewelcd band
adoTn the coiffurc.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14
-Z-.d OCT cow Bouraers.

There are two varieties Of cows
the COW that gives more than she eats
and the COW that eats more than she
gives Which variety would you pre-
fer in making up a dairy herd? Which
variety do you actually have? Now
there is no difficulty about telling the
COW of one class from the COW Of the
other There used to be, but there
isn't now. The Babcock test does it.
The apparatus consists OF a small
scale, a Babcock test, and a little gump-
tion BY testing each COW separately
man can soon tell which ones are
paying n profit and which are merely
boardcrs.-American Agriculturist.
With the retirement of Mr.. Wolcott
of Colorado on March 4 the senate will
lose its only left handed member says
the New York World. This will de-
tract considerably from the pictur-
esqueness of that body. Many mem-
bers and spectators drop all other
business whenever Mr.. W0lcott begins
writing and watch him. He almost
turns his back TO the desk.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14
Penn's Crew May Go Abroad.

There is likelihood Of an American
crew from the University of Pennsyl-
, vania going to England to compete in
the Henley regatta this year. Coach
Ellis Ward of the red and blue says
that while there was little possibility
of an English university crew coming
to this country, the time is ripe for a
Pennsylvania crew to cross the ocean
and attempt the task which both Coz
nell and Yale essayed in vain. This is
the most promising year in PcnnSylva-
MAS rowing history. With five men of
last years boat and a splendid lot Of
material to work with, Ward says that
he can send a first class crew 10 Hen
ley and a second to POughkeepsie,
which if it does not win viii give n
good account of itself.
Most of the men in the crew are
strongly in favor of Henley trip. Cap
tain Fleckwin says that in his opinion
this is the year for Pennsylvania to
cross the water. Various members Of
the crew have expressed themselves in
similar manner, and it is generally be-
lievcd the rowing authorities easily can
be won over now that Pennsylvania
achievements abroad last year are still
fresh.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14
Nerves Like a Flat-Iron

A woman who suffered for three years
from nervous prostration says. two bot
ties of Lichty Celery Nerve Compound
effected Il complete cure. She hardly
knows to-day whether she has nerves or
not, as she never feels them. 1t is
certainly wonderful remedy. Sold by
Rossn An q Sons Pharmacy.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14

Agriculturist shows a handy arrange
ment where one must cross a wire
fence occasionally and does not wish to
lose the tension on the wires by cutting
a gateway. This double stepladder can
be put together in a few moments and
will prove a very convenient affair.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14
Kranse, S GoldOure

for colds IN the head, chest, throat or
any portion Of the body, breaks up a
cold in - hours without interruption to
work. VIII prevent cold if taken when
first symptoms appear Price 25c. Sold
by Rossman d Sons Pharmacy.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14

White Gloire de Lorraine Begonia.
Few plants ever bounded more sud-
lenly into certain favor than Begonia
Gloire de Lorraine, whose advent is
not more than five years past. This
charming begonia seems to be every
where, a wealth of pink bloom and q
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14

icture of loveliness. 1t has also yield
ed a number of color variations, and,
according to American Gardening,
which illustrates this sport, Of them
Ill none surpasses the pure white
form, Caledonia, which bids fair to lie
lmost as well liked as the older pink
,egonia.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14
THE REVIVAL OF HEATH.
This Old Favorite Is Now a Popular
Christmas and Easter Plant.

The erica or heath family has late
= copre into very general popularity
is interior decorative plants, being
widely grown for both the Christmas
and the Easter pot plant market.
The winter heath Erica hyemalis) Is
we'll known for its delicate beauty, its
Jink and white blossoms being very
abundant But it is not so easy to
manage as some other plants, and it is
to I've feared that many of the beautiful
specimens of this erica sold soon die
Or at least become too unhealthy to
blossom again.
Although heaths enjoy little
warmth in winter, it must be accom-
panied by moisture or it is fatal to
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14

Bishop Potter recommends that some
Of the population Of overcrowdcd New
York be transplantcd. There are spy
eral places which would be willing to
take sections of Fifth avenue or even
some chunks of Broadway.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14
GETTING Over Wire EsnceS,

A wire fence is an ugly affair to cross
either by climbing over or crawling un-
der or between the strands. The ac-
companying cut from The American
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14
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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14

You can tell Just as we'll as q physician
whether yOur Kidneys are diseased or
healthy. The way to dois to takea bot
tie or glass tmubIer, and fill 1t with urine.
If there is sediment IA pOWdcrhke
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sign of diSeascis desire to urluate often,
and stil another sign is pam IN the back.
II urine stains linen, there IS no doubt
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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-14

Connections at Rupert with Philadelphia
Reading Railroad for Tamanend Tamaqua,
WilIiamsport, Sunbury, Pottsville, etc. At
Northumberland with and E. Div. +. r. K. for
Harrisburg, Lock Haven, Emporium, Warren
Cory, and Erie.