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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-02
Care of Whooping Cough.

One complication Of whooping cough is
pneumonia, and it is this which makes
the disease so dangerous in infants. This
complication occurs most frequently dur
ing the winter months, while in summer
diarrhea Is the more serious complica-
ton. 1t is doubtful if medicine is Of
much value in whooping cough. There are
one or two drugs which are occasionally
given to control the spasm when it is un-
usually severe, but they must be given
only under the direction of the physician.
AS q rule, expectorants and medicine do
more harm than good. They upset the
stomach, especially that of an infant, and
the stomach, above all, should be kept
in good condition, as it is upon the
strength derived from it's nourishment
that the baby has to rely to carry 1t
through the siege. The thing which has
been found to give the most relief in
whooping cough is the inhalation Of plain
or medicated steam. This can be accom-
plished by an ordinary inhaler or kettle
which is kept boiling in the room at GER
tain intervals, the child thus inhaling the
moisture laden air. A piece of absorbent
cotton or sponge may be placed In the
spout of the kettle, on which has been
placed the medication. The steam pass
ing through the cotton or sponge per-
meates the room with medicated vapor.
Creosote and cresoline are considered the
best substances to use for this purpose,
a solution of either placed in dish and
vaporized over an alcohol lamp making a
good substitute for the Group kettle.
Cloths wrung out in one of these solu-
tions and hung up in the room are often
helpful.-Marianna Wheeler in Harper's
Bazaar
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-02
A HENS SUICIDE.
The story of IA Fowl Who Was Too
Conscientious

"Gas," declared new man on the
country court jury to his companions the
other noon, 81 maintain that hens has
souls jest as does human bein's. Mebbe
not all on 'em, but now an then We strike
a bird that has reasonin faculties an feel
in all motions jest as ye an me. They
has their joys an their sOrrers. So, | says,
they has souls. Now, here's a proof. |
had a fine Plymouth Rock what-w
master layer. When tn other hens was
takin vacation, she was 'tendin ter busi-
ness an layin aigs.
'Well, one day she come out a-cacklin,
an / went in ter git tn aig. 1t pears that
while she was tellin me about it my boy
Willum took tn aig an put a hard boiled
one in its place. Did it fer joke on me,
We know. ] noticed the aig looked kinder
queer an clacked her open. Well, if ever
ye see a hen look dumfounded! She
thought she'd laid it. l thought nothin
bout it till | looked down, an hanged if
she wasn't cryin. Big tears was rollin
down her furrered cheeks, an l tried ter
tell her that she was all right, that twas
come of Willums horseplay, but she jest
sighed kinder human like an walked slow
ly off.
III neat udg SHt ulull lay, DuL UlOpeu
round tn yard sad an homesick like
Well, it went on fer a week, an still nary
IN aig. Then l noticed she was quittin
tn feed | was givin her an tryin ter pick
up a livin. She had a conscience, we see,
an wouldn't eat boughten food less she
could repay me in the right kind of aigs.
She knowed she want looked to ter lay
hard boiled aigs as she thought she'd
done. Father says Willum one day. i
guess we're goin ter loose that hen. She's
thinkin up somethin desperate. l just
caught her 'xamin a scythe out back Of
tn barn. s.
"Well, we tried our best ter cheer her
up, but 'twan't no use. One day ! found
her in the Toulouse, dead She had drag
ged her neck across scythe, cuttin her
throat. Over in one corner was a aig jest
left ter show me that she intended ter
do what's right. But if ever | seed a
clear case of suicide, her death was one
yes, sir. Killed herself out of remorse.
So, says, some hens has feelin's jest as
does a human bein, an therefore low
they has souls. Rochester Post-Ex-
press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-02

Many women spoil their health by
cramping and crushing their poor, untor-
tunate feet into shoes too small for
them. This is really a most idotic thing
to do, as it not only causes the most in
tense pain, often ruins the gait entirely,
but frequently brings about, if not really
serious injury to the foot, at any rate
such painful, unpleasant and uncomfort-
able results as corns, bunions and other
pedal disigurements, says the Jackson
vile Times Union and Citizen.
A woman who persists in wearing
shoes too small for her cannot long re-
main in good health, for she learns to
dread exercise because Of the pain and
difficulty involved. A shoe that is either
too short or too narrow Is such an instru-
ment Of torture that one would think no
really sensible woman would ever have
recourse to it, but every shoemaker
knows that not a few fashionable women
habitually undergo this self imposed pen
ance, and, though they are invariably
wrinkled and aged before their time and
n panied, anxious and even disagreeable
expression becomes permanently fixed on
their once pleasant features, they still
persist in thinking the game worth the
candle and that the possession of "a
pretty little foot" atones for all the pain,
discomfort and misery which are their
constant portion.
A squeezed in foot, however, can gen.
orally be detected and, as a rule, Is any
thing but thing Of beauty. The whole
shape Is often altered until the foot is
almost deformed at length into the Chi
nese variety.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-02
PERT PERSONALS.

We are convinced that J. Pierpont
Morgan is not afraid Of dying rich
Washington Star.
II Mrs. Nation has any favorite poem, it
must be Tennyson's Break, Break,
Break. kansas City Times.
From the manner in which he keeps
quiet Alfred Austin may be little afraid
Of losing his job.-Chicago Record.
Minister WI is q prolific talker. He
would probably hesitate to say SO much
were he living in China.-Cincinnati En-
auirer.
Russell Sage predicts a squeeze in the
money market and we will also venture
the prediction that he will not imperson-
ate the lemon.-Memphis Commercial
Appeal.
Messrs. Jefries and Rubin are now
confronted with the adyisability Of en-
tering a profession which can be prac-
ticsd in the United States.-Syracuse
Post-Standard.
As harsh a thing as ever has been said
about Spain is that Weyler Is the stron-
gsst man in that country. 1t would seem
impossible for defamation to go any fur
ther.-Kansas City Star.
The Belgian parliament has passed q
law absolutely prohibiting games Of
chance. Leopold's visits to Paris incog-
nito are liable to be more frequent here
after than formerly.-San Francisco
Chronicle
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-02
The Informal Dinner.

Nothing is really informal nova
days, declares a fashionable woman.
That is, you need not expect an en-
tertalnment to be simpler and less
stately because the word Informal is
written on the invitation. If you are
asked to dine informally" you may
be sure that you will be expected to
dress as smartly and that you will
partake or quite as elaborate a menu
as IL it were a grand dinner party. II
simply gives you to understand that
your hostess IS giving small and ex.
elusive entertainment. Oddly enough,
It Is what are called the informal func-
tons that are the smartest. Miss X.
gives q large ball and asks every one
she knows; then, considering that her
duty to society at large is accomplish
ed, she gives small entertainments to
q select few, which she calls informal
For instance, the invitation to the gen
eral dance, which is not at all smart In
the sense that 1t includes society at
large, Is ON the stiffest and most impos-
ing "at home" card, while the really
exclusive affair Is often merely visit
Ing card with "very small dance"
written in the corner. With dinners 1t
is the same way. If you are hidden by
personal note to an ultra fashionable
house, then is the time to put on your
best and freshest gown and to feel that
you have really received a compliment,
for you will find to meet you only mem
bers of the ultra exclusive set. A form
al dinner card often includes duty"
people who are not particularly inter
esting.-New York Tribune.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-02
worL and Nervousness

A little woman who Is in the uphol-
stering business says there never was
work of any other kind as good for nerv-
ousness. She Is a delicate looking wom-
an, slender and not overstrong, and the
work is hard, but she Is in love with it
and says that in the fascination of work
she forgets all personal ills and that
this Is a world Of sin and woe. She ham,
mers away and strikes her nail on the
head every time. 1t is strange that the
part Of the work which takes her to the
sewing machine or gives her other kind
of work sewing is the most unpleasant,
and she is apt to get. as other women do.
to feeling as if she should hy." But
Nth the harder work her nerves take
wings.
Upholstery is a good work for women
she says, but they must have n talent for
it. She herself has always had more lik.
ing for a hammer and knife than for the
needle and scissors, and the knowledge OF
the work apparently came to her without
an effort. One great demand that there
Is in the way of workwomen, she be-
lieves, and for a work that does not re-
quire n special talent, is for slipmaking.
IT is delicate task and must be done
well. 1t takes common sense and judg.
ment in addition to a knowledge of the
work. 1t is almost impossible, she says,
when she needs help in her work to find
woman who can make slip covers in a
way that is at all satisfactory.-New
York Times.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-02
Ideals of womnnhood.

1t is the opinion Of a Chicago woman
who has given good deal of observa-
tion to women in fiction that the ideal Of
the novelist in regard to the eternal femi-
nine Is constantly and more or less rap
Idly growing. From a wide scope this
deliver has come to divide the considera-
ton of woman by the novelist into six
periods, covering the commonplace type,
the artificial type, the domestic type, the
growing type, the thinking type and the
living type.
Under the head of the Commonplace
type" are cited a number Of characters
of familiar fiction, among them Richard
sons Pamela and Clarissa Harlowe.
Then there is Fielding's Amelia. As still
other examples Of what is considered
the commonplace woman are mentioned
the wife and daughters Of the vicar Of
Wakefield and Fanny Burney's Eyelina.
Jane Austen's Emma and Mrs. Ben
nett and her daughters in Pride and
Prejudice" are spoken of as being arti-
6cial types. Others given are Elinor
and Marienne in Sense and Sensibility;"
Thackeray's Amelia in Vanity Fair
who Is referred to as "a good but silly
woman" also the clever but unscrupulous
Becky Sharp, Ethel Newcome, Laura
PeAdennis, and Lady Castleton.
Sir Walter Scott and Charles Dickens
are considered as experts in bringing out
the strength and weakness Of the domes-
fic type Of woman. Jeanne, Effe Deans,
Rowena, Rebecca, Amy Robsart, Agnes
and Dora of David Copper6eld" fame;
Lizzie Hexam, Little Dorrit, and Esther
Summerson are some Of the characters
brought forward in support Of this par
dculRr style of woman.
When IL comes to the growing type"
the idea of women attaining higher in
dividuality of their own, Charlotte
Brents's Jane Eyre. Shirley and Lucy
Snowe are mentioned in company with
Mrs. Browning's Aurora Leigh.
George Eliot's heroines are put for
ward as some of the best examples Of
the thinking type''-that Is. representa-
tivss Of women who have been and are
being Influenced by the era Of modern
culture. Dinah Norris Romola, Mag
Ris Tulliver, Dorothea Brooke, Gwen
dolln Harleth and Fedalma are sDeci-
mems of this class Of women who also
figure in fiction
The central figures Of present day au-
thors make up the 'living type" and
some of those mentioned are Mrs. Hum
phry Wards Katherine Elsmere. Mar
celia and Laura Fountain. Thomas Har-
dy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles, George
Meredith'B Diana Of the Crossways and
Hall Gaines Glory Quayle.
Whatever may be the general opinion
of the position of these women Of Action
there can be little doubt that they are
women Of interest
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-02
MEN AS THEY PASS.

Henry NJ. Stanley is just 90 and Ap-
parently strong enough to try the dark
continent again.
Elmer Dover, Senator Hanna's private
secretary, began his career as a newspR-
per writerat Is, when he was a reporter
on the McConnellSville (O) Herald.
Major General Macarthur was saved
from a fatal wound at Kenesaw by "a
package of letters in his breast pocket
neither q Bible nor pack of cards, just
letters.
Michael c. Murphy, New York. new
police commissioner, is proudc,i 60. lie
fact that he once was one of the fastt st
compositors in the city. He belongs to
big Six" still.
In j. r. Burton, the new senator from
Kansas, the long, lank figure Of the late
Senator Ingalls, is repeated. There is
also said to be striking similarity in the
face and in manner of speaking.
Marconi, the adapter Of wireless teleg-
raphy, is almost as much of an Irishman
as an Italian. He is a first cousin Of q
leading Wexford merchant, his mother
having been an Enniscorthy woman.
Senator Lindsay delights in a newly
oIbCONNTSu ulSlluSliOh I4C
greeted some of his friends the other day
with the remark, "a New York paper
says this morning that I'm the loudest
sneezer in the senate"
President Schwab's weekly wages will
exceed the entire years salary Of most
New York bank presidents. His colos-
sal annual income is greater than the
value of the whole output Of iron in the
early days Of the republic.
Ex-Governor William D. Bloxham Of
Florida, who has just retired, Is the only
man who has served his state in the exec
utive chair for two successive terms. 1t
Is related Of him that he never forgets q
face or the name that goes with il.
Cyrus Adams SullowRy, New Hamp-
shire's tall congressman from the First
district, who has served through three
terms and has been reelected TO the
Fifty y-seventh congress. has already given
formal public notice that he will be a
candidate for the Republican nomination
for the Fifty eighth congress.
Lord Salisbury has just celebrated his
seveAty-frst birthday. he has lived In
three reigns and just missed living In an
other by being born nine days too late.
George Nv had just died when he opened
his eyes on the splendor of Hatfield
House. He has seen seven prime minis
ters and, with one exception, Lord Rose
berry, he is the only man now living who
was premier under Queen Victoria.
Senator r. r. Butler of Washington
county, Tenn, is the Oldest member OF
the Tennessee legislature In point Of serv-
Ice He is now serving his eleventh ses-
sion in the senate, and before that he
had served six years in the house. Be
sides this experience In state legislation,
Senator Butler served ten years In the
national house Of representatives,. he
served in the Union army and was lieu
tenant colonel Of the Thirteenth cavalry.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-02
influence of Mannerism

Self consciousness is often a barrier to
popularity in social life, and it is a
malady from which some girls suffer.
Not every one can be graceful and easy,
but one can be self confident without be-
ing self assertive, serene and dignifed
without being dull. Morbid fears as to
what others are thinking and overanX-
iety as to ones appearance may be over
come. Little nervous mannerisms, lack
of repose, consciousness of ones clothes,
are all bad form and to be avoided, says
The Delineator. One of the most care
fully dressed as well as attractive women
/ ever met had been required in her girl
hood by her mother to attend scrupulous-
ly to every detail Of her toilet and then to
think no more about it after leaving her
room. No touches to hair and drawing
on Of gloves were permitted after she had
left her bedroom. If these apparently
trifing matters had been neglected. she
was obliged to return to her room to at
tend to them. For this early training,
which seemed irksome Mt the time, she
never ceased to be thankful when she
grew older. She acquired extreme neat
ness in her personal appearance and an
entire freedom from any fussy conscious
ness about it.
No one can make good impression
or talk agreeably if half absorbed in
putting on gloves, clasping a bangle or
a pin OF arranging stray locks of hair.
1t is a mark of good breeding to be
neatly dressed in every detail and never
to appear conscious of ones clothes.
Sometimes one sees a girl in street car
drawing on gloves or adjusting a veil.
Even at the opera one frequently sees an
occupant Of box buttoning gloves, rear
ranging jewel on a bodice or touching
the ornaments in the hair. These self
conscious manners in public are bad form
and detract from woman's charm.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-02
Her Fifty Dollar Purchase.

Goodness knows" said Detroit wo-
man who lived several years in New York
city, chow many mistakes are made here
every day in the sale and delivery or
goods, but it was just awful in New
York. In my own experience there
cannot number all of them, and sup
pose other people could tell stories OF
carelessness not much different or fewer
than mine.
"On one occasion | bought a $50 rug
from a big department store where l was
known, and the bill was to be sent in on
the lst of the month. 1t was not sent,
however. and | waited for another
month. Still no bill, and at the end Of
four months | called to see about 1t. 1t
had not even been charged, and the result
of nv call was that some one was dis
missed for negligence and l paid the 500.
l was told afterward by several persons
that | should never have said anything
about it. and l was sorry l had, because
nv $50 did not add greatly to the profits
of the store and lost some poor fellow his
place."-Detroit Free Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-02
THE WHlRL OF FASHION.

The new embroidered india mulls are
wrought in designs as fine and delicate as
zeal lace.
Grape de paris will form one Of the
very fashionable textiles for the making
OF empire and other picturesque evening
Soilets for the summer.
Handsome venetian cloths, silky Eng
ksh serges, Borneo and Saxony cheviots
and diagonals are among the stylish
woods used for spring tailor suits.
The tucked or plated skirts as now
worn and as designed for summer dresses
are a very satisfactory compromise be-
tween the killed styles Of other days and
the very fat habit effect SO extremely
trying to every figure.
Mercerized sateens, which very closely
resemble satin foulard, and soft silk and
linen mixtures in dainty colorings-strip-
cd, dotted and plain OF surface-are
among the favored materials for shirt
waists for morning wear this spring.
Finely tucked or shirred yokes, with
matching bodice yokes, are features Of
many Of the Paris gowns of batiste, in
dia muslin, French organdie, Belfast
dimity and china silk. The long sleeves
or portions OF the sleeve are similarly
arranged.
Gored OF circular skirts Of opal gray
or white wool will be more than ever the
vogue this summer, both with matching
Eton jackets or, during the extreme heat,
with only the shirt waist of silk, linen
lawn, the very pretty mercerized mulls
or Of satin foulard.
The smartest Of the new bolero jack
cts for dress" uses are formed Of gui-
pure lace cut low and rounding in the
neck, cuEving up slightly on the back,
above the corselet or girdle and also un
der the arms, enough to show little of
fhe silk or satin blouse beneath, and
reaching below the waist in a point on
the front.-New York Post.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-02
FOWLS AND THEIR FRUIT.

Il is Of NO advantage to sell the old
geese.
One drake and FIVE ducks make a good
breeding pen.
Feed cracked wheat to the little chicks
as soon ms they will eat It
Regularity In feeding Is Of more conse-
euence than quantity. Many poultry dis
orders are caused BY alternate gorGinS
and starving.
Never attempt too much. Keep only
as many fowls 40 you have ample room
for and only as many varieties as you
can do justice to.
The evening ration should be of whole
grain and generously fed. the object be.
lag TO keep the crop Of the fowls full
Curing the night
With proper care In selecting and mat.
Ing, the qualities Of strain Of fowls may
As improved and their egg production In
creased as well as their plumage.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-02
STAGE GllNTS.

Florence Kahn will be leading WON
son.
There Is an organization Of chorus
girls in New York called the White
Mice.
A play founded upon the life of Tom
Moore, the Irish poet, will be used by
Andrew Mack next season.
"Ben-Hur" will remain in Boston for
the remainder OF the season, as its hit
has been something remarkable.
Laurence Irving expects to be in
New York in the fall to see his play,
which Mr.. Sothern Is to produce.
There will probably be five versions
seen ON the American stage next sea-
son.
The story first published some months
ago to the effect that William Gillette
was to play Hamlet seems more than
likely to be true.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seymour Hicks ella
line Terriss), according to a London
announcement, will appear in "Alice In
Wonderland in New York in the au,
tumn.
Joe Murphy, the well known Irish
comedian, has closed his tour to &C
tarpon fishing. Mr.. Murphy is mil
honaire and appears on the stage fol
his own amusement.
Miss Marie Bates. the well known
character actress, will support Mr.. Da
yid Warfield next season in "The Only
Levi" She is to have the role Of al
eccentric old Irish woman.
Miss Minnie Ashley, who made a
hit in "San Toy" will be unable to re
turn to the stage this season. The
glare Of the limelight has SO affected
her eyes that she must remain in g
darkened room for long time to come
or run the risk of losing her sight alto
Rether.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-02
APHORiSMS.

Sorrows best antidote is employ.
ment.-Young.
All cruelty springs from hard heart
edness and weakness.-Seneca.
Delicacy is to the mind what fra
GRANGE is to the fruit.-Poincelot.
Contempt is the only way to triumph
over calumny.-Mme. de Maintenon.
The usual fortune of complaint is to
excite contempt more than pity.-John-
son.
Consideration is the soil in which
wisdom may be expected to grow and
strength be given to every upspringing
plant Of duty.-EmersoD.
All the while that thou livest i'll thou
hast the trouble, distraction and in
conveniences of life, but not the sweet
and true use of it.-Fuller.
Enjoy the blessings Of the day If
God sends them and the evils bear pa
tiently and sweetly, for this day only
is ours; we are dead to yesterday and
not born tomorrow.-Jeremy Taylor.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-02
TALES OF CITIES.

London has the poorest water service
Of any Of the large cities Of the world.
Boston pays 100000 year for its
schoolhouse janitors, and the schoolhouse
janitors' opinion is that the city gets on
cheap.
The oldest waterworks system in the
country is that of South Bethlehem, Pa.
The original mains laid were made out OF
cedar logs, some of which have been re-
Gently taken up in good state Of presers
vation.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-02
FLOWER AND TREE.

TIE highest trees In the world belong
to q species Of eucalypti found in Aus
tralia. Single specimens have grown to
a height exceeding 400 feet.
A new species Of nasturtium, whose
distinctive feature Ia Its profuse and con-
tinuous Towering, has been developed In
the greenhouses of the University Of
Nebraska, where experiments have long
been in progress.
Water in which mignonette has been
placed should be changed often, since 1t
quickly becomes foul Heliotropes should
not be mixed with other cut flowers in
water. They decay quickly and have a
harmful effect upon the other blossoms.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-02
Couldn't Keep Ii.

After hearing evidence In an assault
case between man and wife, in which
the wife had had a deal of provoca-
ton, the magistrate, turning to the hus-
band, remarked:
MY good maD, l really cannot do
bnything In this case"
But she has cut a piece Of my ear
off. sir"
"Well," said the magistrate, 81 will
bind her over to keep the peace"
You can't" shouted the husband;
"she's thrown 1t awayw - Pearson's
Weekly.