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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
The Care of Flowers.

A woman who knows all about flowers
and their care has compiled the following
rules for keeping cut flowers:
The ends of the stems of all flowers
should be cut off before they are placed
in water. 1t is better to strip tue leaves
from that part of the stem which will be
immersed.
Do not allow the ends of the stems to
rest on the bottom of the vase.
In cutting the ends, snip them off at
right angles to the stalk.
Change the water each day and at the
same time again cut the ends Of the
flower stems.
Do not place flowers near or under
lights-gas or lamp-when it can be
| avoided.
Maidenhair fern should be kept rolled
up in moistened paper and on the ice, or
with the stems in the water in coo!
place, until ready for use. In this way it
will last for some time.
Mignonette is generally grown in n cool
house and for this reason often droops
when first placed in a heated room. 1t is
well to put it in the iccboX, in water, for
time, when it will revive, harden, =
| and if properly cared for each day last
long time.
Many flowers do more satisfactorily if
placed in water with the chill off until
the stems have become filed and are
then allowed TO stand in an ice chest or
very cool place for time. Roses will oc-
casionally revive if placed in ice water
always with the ends of the stems pre-
viously cut.
Never place cut flowers in draft or in
sunlight
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
MEN AS THEY PASS.

Rear Admiral Melville holds degrees
from Columbia and Georgetown uni
tersities and the Stevens institute
Spencer Charrington has the honor of
being the only octogenaran member of
| the, house of commons. lie is 81 years
old.
Count Lamsdorff the new head of the
Russian foreign office, lodges social du-
ties by leaving his cards before his
| friends arise.
| General Fitz-Hu Lee is said to have
expressed his intention to make his home
in the west, now that he has been retired
| from the army.
! Colonel G. Morcland Hutton, who died
at the Carlton club in London a few
| days ago, was best man at the wedding
| of Lord Roberts in 1889.
Congressman Littlefeld of Maine, a
! stanch Prohibitionist, has lately won a
+ beer stein and a corkscrew as prizes at
| progressive euchre. There is nothing tee
| total about games of chance.
Alfred Dreyfus recently returned to
Switzerland after a stay in Paris in
! which he corrected the proofs of the book
he has just completed, entitled Five
Years of My Life" dealing with his i'm
prisonment on Devils island.
Senator Edward o. Wolcott has re-
signed as member of the Republican
national committee from Colorado, and
Archie NJ. Stephenson has been appoint
ed his successor Mr. Wolcotts resigna-
ton marks his retirement from politics.
James Beaudry, Minneapolis man,
bought from a Russian in Halifax five
years ago a curious rough stone of red
dish hue. Acting on u recent hint, he
sent the stone to New York, and cutters
there developed ten fine Siberian rubies
worth $40 per carat.
Those who were associated with Will
liam NJ Evarts in public life never heard
him laugh. Occasionally a slight smile
would tremble at the corners of his
mouth. Yet few men could tell a good
story better than Mr.. Evarts when he
chose.
Before retiring from congress 'Private"
John NJ. Allen, the famous w.t. dropped
number of bright things, and among them
was the following: Most statesmen like
to make fortune and settle down.
There is where / differ from them. l
want to make my pile and settle up"
Captain Edmund G. Murray of Spring
vale, Me-, has served as a deputy sheriff
of his county for 2S years, a longer term,
it is believed, than any other man in the
state ever served. Captain Murray is
also one of the strongest men in the
state At the age of II he was able to
shoulder a barrel Of -four.
Lord Roberts official name as it ap-
pears in The Gazette, is Niscount St
Pierre and Earl Roberts of Kandahar in
Afghanistan and Pretoria in the Trans
vaal Colony and Of the city of Waterford.
The king has specially provided that in
default of male issue the titles may be
used by his daughters in success on and
their male heirs.
DR.. Il. d. Anderson of Edinburgh, who
discovered the new star in Perseus, was
also the discoverer of a new star in Auri-
ga in 1892. The remarkable fact about
the latter find was that 1t was made by
an amateur. He sent the news to the
Royal observatory, Edinburgh, on an un-
signed postal card. Later he claimed
and was allowed the credit of the dis
coyery.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
INDIAN SIGNALS,
The Long Distance Code by Which
the Red Men Conversed.

The Long Distance Code by Whick
the Red Men Conversed.
The traveller on the plains in the early
days soon learned the significance OF
the spires of smoke that he sometimes
saw rising from n distant ridge or hill
and that in turn he might see answer
ed from a different direction. 1t was
the signal talk Of the Indians across
miles Of intervening ground, a signal
uscdtfh rallying the warriors for an at
tack or warning them for a retreat
when that seemed advisable.
The Indian had a way Of sending up
the smoke in rings or pul1s, knowing
that such. a smoke column would at
once be noticed and understood as a
signal and not taken for the smoke Of
some campfire. He made the rings by
covering the little fire with his blanket
for n moment and then suddenly re-
moving the blanket and allowing the
smoke to ascend, when he instantly
covered the fire again. The column Of
ascending smoke rings said to every
Indian within 80 miles: Look out
There is an enemy near" Three
smokes built close together meant dan
ger. One smoke merely meant atten-
ton. Two smokes meant Camp at
this place" Travel the plains, and the
usefulness of this long distance tele-
phone will quickly become apparent
Sometimes at night the settler or
traveller saw fiery lines. crossing the
sky, shooting up and falling, perhaps
taking a direction diagonal to the line
of vision. He might guess that these
were the signals of Indians but unless
he We're an old timer he might not be
able to interpret the signals. The old
timer and the Squaw man knew that
one fire arrow (an arrow prepared by
treating the head Of the Shaft with
gunpowder and fine bark meant the
same as the column of smoke putfS--
viz, 'An enemy is near" Two arrows
meant Danger Three arrows said
imperatively, "This danger is great"
Several arrows said, "The enemy are
too many for us" Two arrows shot up
into the air at once meant I'VE shall
attack" three at once said. 1--WE at
tack now" An arrow shot off in n
diagonal direction said as plainly as
pointing a finger, THAT way" Thus
the untutored savage could telephone
fairly we'll at night as well IS in day
time"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30

Many a brave soldier who has stood
nflinchingly at the cannOn's mouth
as not had the moral courage to stand
rm in the cause of right when laughed
t by his mates.
"We are told that when Coley Pate
on was boy at EtOn and captain OF
he cricket eleven he was present one
yening at a 'cricketing supper and
ne of the boys told a nasty, low story
eley stood up before all his school
cllows and said, If any more such
tories are told in my presence | re-
gn the captaincy and leave the
ChOOl.'
'His words took effect, and thus by
he influence of one boy the tone OF
ne great public school was purified
I'd raised. The brave schoOlboy be-
Ime a brave martyr bishop and laid
own his life on an island In the far
acific."
Covers Too Much Ground.
Binks-Jinks is continually telling me
that a lucky fellow you are.
Kinks Yes, but | don't like the way
: expresses it. Every time he meets
'e he says: Kinks, you're a lucky
IAN You don't seem to have any
hing on your mind at all."-Indianap-
lis Sun.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
Guarding Her Teeth.

1t is easy to misunderstood and easy
to be misunderstood, and sometimes,
happily, it is easy to give and to accept
an explanation.
Il did think l would never come to
see you again. said a cousin of the
come to the country TO visit her and
was about to start hOmeward. It's
kind of you to ask me, of course, but
remember that when | was at your
house in the city, two years ago, you
did not seem glad to see me. You We're
kind and hospitable, of course, but
remember you did not smile once dur
ing the entire two weeks Of my stay
TO her astonishment, her city cousin
burst into 4 fit of laughter.
Maria" she said. lust before you
came | had the misfortune to break the
porcelain crown from one Of my new
front teeth, and as my dentist was out
of town on his vacation | had to wait
for his return. | didn't dare to smile
when any one was looking at me- for
fear of showing the CHASTITY metallic
back to which the porcelain had been
attached. 1t was strain, Maria, but
l was equal to it, and did not want to
have to explain"
And her smile, now without a me-
chanical flaw, re-enforced the renewed
invitation.-YOuths Companion.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
THE ACT OF A HERO.
He snntched Life out of n Pool of
Molten Metal

Three men came up carrying a long
iron shaft, which had been cut in two,
so that an iron ring could be inserted
between the two halves. An empty
crucible n foot wide and deep hung in
the ring. The forward end of the pole
held crossbar, making it. as it were,
huge Il. Two men held the T part of
the pole; the third graspcd the rear
end. The crucible hung between. The
remainder of the molten metal from
the caldron was tipped into one cruci-
bic, and the men trottcd off with it, the
two in front with strained faces, the
man behind driving them cOmplacCnt-
ly, the oldest team in the world. He
steered them through a doorway, and
they emptied their crucible into a small
mold. AS they went they kept step in
an unusual manner. Instead of step
ping out right foot with right foot the
left mans right leg and the right mans
left leg went forward together, knee
with knee, foot with foot. We asked
why.
That" said our guide, ''is to prevent
them from tripping. If they should
fall, you know, that metal would pour
over them"
"Of course such a thing never hap
pened?"
Yes, it did once. One of the men
went down. The other jumped clear,
but the fellow on the floor swan in it."
Horrible! OF course he died instant
ly, poor man"
mo; the foreman of the carrying
gang taking in the situation, made
several terrific leaps for him, jumped
right into the middle Of it, picked him
up and threw him out of it bodily.
Then he jumped clear himself, with
the stuff dropping from his shoes.
They both went to the hospital. but
they are all right now. Heroic, wasn't
It? BY the way, that's him, the fore
man.. Jim H., over there now. He is
still looking after those fellows"
We looked over to where Il big mus
cular fellow was directing Il gang of
men manipulating molten metal. He
was not diSfigurcd, and he did not look
like a hero, but thereafter .he CRIME
that covered him seemed noble indeed.
and he would not say word of his
feat when we sought to talk with him
about it. But Jim II. will probably
never want for a job as long as Bald
wins is working.-Froma an Article on
the Baldwin Locomotive Works In
Frank Lcslie's Popular Monthly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
FOR THE CHILDREN
Games For Rainy DAYS,

printing by magic" Is great fun.
Take a mustard tin and half fill it with
boiling water. Add to this six thin
slices from a cake of soap and tea
spoonful of turpentine. When cold, it
will be jelly.
Now get some papers with pictures.
Paint very little of this jelly over the
picture, spread n clean sheet of paper
over it and then press 1t hard. Sepa-
rate the piece of paper from the pic
ture, and you will find you have two
pictures instead of one.
Then | wonder If you know that it is
possible to buy boxes Of modelling clay.
Red and gray are the incest. With
this clay you can built all kinds Of
things-ships, houses, animals, almost
anything you like, in fact.
The clay can be used again and
again, and as 1t is only just moist
enough to mold and not moist enough
TO be messy there Is no need to have n
special room in which to use it. The
simplest plan is to spread newspapers
over an ordinary dining table. This
clay can be got from toyshops either by
the pound or the box.
Another game is my house" For
this you want some advertisement
pages containing illustrations of chairs,
tables and any articles that would be
used in furnishing a house. Vases,
clocks and things of that kind all come
in.
Cut all these things out and then ell
ther arrange them on a table or the
floor or stick them into scrapbook till
all the house is furnished-the dining
room, with its tables and chairs; the
kitchen, with its pots and pans, and SO
on.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
JUDGING CUSTOMERS.
The China Salesman Tells Why He
Makes No More Mistakes.

Il don't make any more mistakes in
judging customers" said the china sales
man, because I've given up judging
them. I've had my lesson.
AN old gentleman came into the store
one day and asked to look at dinner sets.
He was one of the plain, old fashioned,
frock coat, white shirt, black bow tie
kind, and l sized him up as about a $50
man. i wasn't sure that he'd stand even
that much, but thought I'd risk it, and
SO | showed him one of the $50 sets.
"He looked it over politely for a minute
or two and then said, Yes, that is pleas
ing, but it isn't-er-just what | had in
mind
Il took him over to the $40 table then,
and he examined the things in the same
quiet, polite way, but l could see that
they were not what he wanted. This is
an attractive design he said, and | rath-
er like the color of that, but-er-my
thought was something a little different
from either
''Well, that brought us to the $50 and
$50 goods, and it was the same with
them. They were all very pretty and very
nice, and he was sorry to make me SO
much trouble, but would / mind showing
him something a little better?
Il had made up my mind by this time
that he was bluffing, that he wasn't going
to buy anything anyway, so l thought I'd
bluff too. took him down the store to
set marked $3.50. He looked it over more
carefully and didn't turn a hair when l
told him the price, but said in a hesitat-
ing way, as if he was afraid of hurting
my feelings: Perhaps you have some
special sets? Something-er-a little bet
ter even than thisP
There is one better one / said, but
1t is something quite out of the ordinary
and rather expensive. If you care to look
at it
eyes, he thought he would look at it, if
/ would be so kind, and | took him up
stairs and showed it to him. He took up
one or two of the pieces and examined
them. Then he said: Yes, that is good.
That pleases me. What is the priceY
"'Four hundred and fifty dollars /
told him.
"'You may send it to my house, he
said quietly and gave me his card. l
knew the name at once. He was a mil
ionaire several times over. He took out
his pocketbook and counted out $3.50 in
cash, thanked me for showing him the
goods and went out.
II think he knew how / had sized him
up, but he didn't get mad when l showed
him the cheap goods. He just led me
along in his own way till he got what he
wanted, and then he let me down as easy
as he could. No, sir, l don't judge Gus
toners by their looks or their clothes any
more."-Youth's Companion.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
When Fish Are Fresh,

In the first place, says Ella Morris
Kretschmar in Good Housekeeping, the
fish itself-is it fresh? Madam, if you
can tell silk from calico you should be
able to determine that point, such knowl-
edge being part of an intelligent equip
ment for life. But your education is de-
fcient? Then know that a fresh fish is
firm of flesh $50 firm that pressure will
not leave an indentation) and full eyed
that 1t has bright scales, stiff fins, red
gills (never pale nor liver colored), and
finally that its odor Is neither marked nor
unpleasant. Fulfilling these conditions a
fish is both fresh and in its right sea
son" for use; lacking such indications il
is not worth a moments consideration,
for a stale fish is not merely disappoint-
ing to the palate, but is ain unwholesome
abomination.
"From the water to the pot" alone full
fills the epicure's ideal; but since these
conditions cannot often be commanded
these tests are safe guide.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
Was Ready to COMPROMISE.

A very small pile of coal lay on the
sidewalk In front of house on A street
southeast A correspondingly small
son Of Ham was sauntering along and,
seeing it, scented job. He rang the
doorbell.
"Am dat yo' alrs coal? he asked
the lady at the door.
"Yes"
want it toted .in?"
"Yes"
"Kain't git de jobF
"Why, you're pretty small, and then
you might charge too much. You might
ask more than | could pay"
How much Is yo' gotY' asked the
small man of business. kin yo' raise
q dollah"
"Oh, my goodness, no"
"Seventyfive cents|
"No; run along and don't bother me-"
And she started to close the door.
"Mebbe so yo'll glib 30 cents"
''No, no; run along"
81 reckons yo' all amt got er qua
tah:"
"No."
"Ner a dime?'
mo. not even dime" replied the
woman, beginning to laugh.
'Well, how much is yo' got" ques-
toned Ham, showing his worries. Il
sut'nly does wanter git de job"
'I'ye got just nickel"
'Well, I'm JUS a-lookin fer nickel
Jobs" And he straightway began
Washington Star.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
Russell and the Solicitor.

1t is said that once when the late Lord
Russell, then Sir Charles, was ON cir
cult, he became so indignant with
every one in general and his solicitor
client in particular that he seized his
large and heavy brief and smote the
solicitor on the head with it. The
solicitor Indignantly collected his pa
pers and hurried out Of court mur-
muring that he would never brief Sir
Charles again.
Some time afterward a shipping
magnate came to the same solicitor
with big case. Brief Russell" he
said. The solicitor said he was sorry,
but 1t was impossible, as Russell had
never apologized. Then give me my
papers," said the shipowncr, "and III
go to some one who will"
Eventually the unhappy man of law,
not wishing to lose his best client, had
to apologize to Sir Charles Russell for
leaving the court when assaulted
Pearson's Weekly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
NEW CENTURY PROVERBS.

'Twere better to see clearly with one
eye than mistily with two.
1t were better to be kicked by your
friend than kissed by your enemy.
1t were safer to place your mouth on
the muzzle of n gun than on the lips of
deceitful woman.
The idler that Greameth of gold suf-
fereth hunger, but he who hath dug for
it liyeth in a palace.
Sometimes we envy the prosperity of
wicked man, little knowing how the
wicked man envies us.
Our tears are brine to the worlds
palate, but our merriment reverberates
through the worlds heart.
The friends that wealth makes are as
the quicksands, but the frieD0s Of pow
erty are like the fixed stars IN heaven.
A wife's wise counseling entereth her
husbands mind and after many days re-
turneth to her in jewels and precious
raiment.
The heart of q woman is as a driven
well, and he who would sound its depths
must be blessed in patience, even like
one who dives for pearls.-Walter Pulit-
yer
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
DINInInn Rods.

The only trustworthy dlyining rod
that has ever been made is fortunately
cheap. 1t has a Steel head and wood
en- handle and is shaped something like
an anchor. Any man who wants one
should 90 to a hardware store and ask
for a pickax.-YOuth's Companion.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
POLITICAL POINTERS.

One thing is certain with regard to
electing senators by the people. The
public would then know whom to blame
when the wrong man was elected.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
Condemn as we may dishonest or inef-
fcient public officials, the fact remains
that ultimately the blame Gad LEO ~
sponsibility lie at the door Of the people.
Denver Republican.
The proposition in New Jersey to abol-
ish spring elections is not really a bad
one. Our elections are too frequent.
People cannot give time to them without
making a business of it.-Philadelphia
Times
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
Awav From Home Girl.

"Write your home letters regularly and
keep in touch with your parents and old
friends by weekly correspondence" writes
Margaret K. Sangster i'll The Ladies'
Home Journal, addressing girls who have
gone from home into the world to seek
their livelihood. "Never let a Sunday
afternoon drift out without your hour
spent in an intimate and loving letter to
the dear mother. This is a good occupa-
ton for Sunday, and l can hardly tell
you how minute and confidential and af-
fectionate this writing should be. But
there is no need You know what you
like to hear from home and what mother
and father most long for when your let
ters come l follow those letters. Moth
er is in the kitchen, washing the dishes.
She wipes her hands and sits down in the
low rocking chair by the window where
the lilac is beginning to bud. Father
stands between the table and the door,
waiting to hear what you have said
and aware that he must wait until moth
er has satisfied her heart with the first
reading. Then it will be his turn. To
them both you are, and you will always
be, just their own little girl, and you can
never send them a line which they will
not scan with eagerness. SO never put
off your family at home with a scrappy,
hurried scrawl. Take time and tell them
everything"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
Loans without SecurIfx

One Of the most remarkable loan as
ociations in the world is that founded
y Nine. Jeanne Robin in the suburbs
+ Paris. It's object is to assist needy
rtists and writers by small loans of
rom to 20 francs. Neither security
or interest is required, nor Is any time
4 payment specified In this paradise
f the impecunious author the borrow
simply signs the following paper:
| pledge my honor that l will pay
ack the sum of - francs" 1t is
aid that they who do not finally pay
ack are very few.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30
LYNCH LAW.

If the hanging of negroes does not cease
in the north and west, it may become the
painful duty Of the people Of the south
to hold indignation meetings to denounce
their northern brethren.-Louisville Post.
The Illinois officers plan of calling out
the militia before the mob has a chance
to lynch its victim is big improvement
over the Colorado and Kansas custom Of
expressing regret after the lynching is
over.-Sioux City Journal.
A negro miner of Camden, Mo-, who
killed white miner In self defense, he
said, was lynched by a mob. The negro
then, if his statement be true, had the
alternative of being killed by one white
man or a hundred. There is little choice
between such Observation-Disclosures
News
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-30

soon as the sufferer begins to take it.
For several years." says Mr..
Richard B. Brown, a commission
merchant of 900 Washington street.
New York, a suffered from inham-
nation and liberation of the blad-
der. My family physician was un-
able to relieve me. Specialists failed
to do me any good. kept growing
worse. had been confined to my
bed five weeks, and | didn't think
there was much chance of getting
out of it. Well, l tried DIR. David
Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. In
a week | was able to get out of bed,
and in a short time | recovered COM
pleteiy. l can work 16 hours a day
now, and to DR.. David Kennedy's
FavOrite Remedy all credit is due. "
At all drug stores, 81 a bottle.