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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17
THE FIRST GERMAN PAPER.
Ben Franklin In 1892 Printed the
First Zeitung In America.

IN AmeT1C@-
The first newspaper printed In the
German language III America was the
Philadelphische Zeitung, published by
Benjamin Franklin in the year 1872.
The Pennsylvania Gazette for June
S-15, 1892, contains the following an
nouncement:
THE Gazette will come out on Mon
day next and continue to be published
on Mondays.
"And on the Saturday following will
be published Philadelphische Zeitung,
or Newspaper in High Dutch, which
will continue to be published on Satur-
days once fortnight, ready to be de-
livered at Ten Clock, to Country Sub
scribers. Advertisements are taken in
by the Printer hereof, or by Mr.. Louis
Timothee, Language Master, who trans
lates them"
In undertaking this new enterprise
Franklin expected to secure a liberal
support from the German population of
the province, for whom he had been
doing considerable printing, but In this
he was disappointed, and the publica-
ton Of the Zeitung was discontinued
after few numbers had been issued.
The Zeitung was small sheet of
four pages, 61a by 8 inches, the text
printed in double columns with Roman
type, and at the bottom Of the fourth
page bore the imprint: philadelphia:
Gedruckt bey B. Francklin In der
Marck-strasse, wo diese Zeitungen vor
Shillings des Jahrs zu bekommen.
und Advertisements zu bestellen sind"
The first number was issued June 10,
1882, and the second "Sonnabend den
"A. Juni, 1892" The publication of the
Zeitung, therefore, antedates by seven
years the Hoch-Deutsch 'Pennsylva-
nische Geschicht-Schreiber, published
by Christopher Saur.-Chicago Times
Herald
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17
FREQUENT Vaccination.

Although almost absolute immunity
is secured for a period of six months
by vaccination, there is no certainty
that it's effects will continue beyond
that time. In the majority of cases it
does, but the interval for which this
additional benefit is enjoyed is variable.
Hence those who have studied the
matter most carefully recommend a
fresh operation If more than six
months have elapsed since the last one,
If a person is liable to be subjected
to peril, as in time of an epidemic
New York Tribune
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17
PHILADELPHIA &
READING RAILWAY
IN EFFECT OCT. Is, 1900.

TRAINS LEAVE DANvILLE
weekdays only
Fer Philadelphia ll.25 a m.
For New York H. rs m,
For Oatawissa LIS a. m, 6.04 o. m.
For Milton !.S2 q, m, 400 p m.
For Willamsport 80 q. M, 100 p. m.
Trains for Baltimore, Washington and the
South leave Twenty-fourth and Chestnut
Streets, Philadelphia, weekdays-32S, ia
1922 a. M, l2.l6, l.33, 303 4l2, sos Z26, 8.26 D.
M, 1921 night. Sundays 3.23, ia q. M, L. .1e,
l.33, 4.l2, 500, 728, 8.28 p. N.
ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD,
Leave Philadelphia. Chestnut Street whar
and South Street Wharf.
WEEKDAYs--Express 800 A. NJ, 200, 100, SEQ,
7.l5 p. NJ. Accommodations 200 A M, $50
p. M. Sundays--Express 800, 1000 A. M.
leave ATLANTIC Y-Weekdays-Expres
.7.3l, 900, 1015 A. NJ. $50, $50, P. NJ. Accom-.
modations sos, A. NJ, 4.06 p. M. Sundays
--Express--4.30.7 7.30 P NJ. Accommodation
Ills A. NJ, 405 p. NJ.
Parlor cars on all express trains.
For CAPE MAY-Weekdays-9.l5a a. m. 4. Is,
5.00p m. Sundays--915 m.
For OCEAN TY--Weekdays--9.l5a Is q. m., AIS
m. Sundays--9.l l5 a. m.
For SEA ISLE CITY--Weekdays--9.l5 q. m.
5.00p. m.
NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC CITY
EXPRESS.
Leave NEW YORK Liberty Street) $40 P. M
Leave ATLANTIC CITY, $50 AN.
Detailed time tables at ticket offices.
w. G. BESLER, EDISON WEEKS
Gen. superintendent General Agen
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17
PASSING OF THE BELL.
No Longer Used to Record the Joys
and sorrows of Humanity.

The solemn and impressive custom of
announcing death by the tOlling of the
church bell will soon be but vague
and distant memory. The passing
belP' has itself passed away, and its
slow measured accents no longer tell
the story of the departure of one more
soul. The brief notice in the daily pa
per, while it conveys explicit informa-
ton, fails to give something that the
bells tolling carried with it. The sol
emn rhythmic tones awakened mo-
mentary vibration in the breast of each
listener and bade each pause for SYM
pathy and meditation. The bell ad-
monished the sinner to repent and
warned the thoughtless that time was
flying while it spoke clearly and COM
prehensively and bade all scattered
and preoccupied inhabitants attend its
story.
The bells voice is identified with all
the deepest and most sacred human
emotions. 1t has bespoken the joys and
sorrows Of all mankind for centuries.
Is its voice to die away and have no
part in the life of the future? The
wedding bells ring out no more save
in some song or story. The Christmas
chimes are seldom waited to our ears.
The church bells ring but family now
and under constant protest. 'The cur
few tolls the knell of parting day. only
in verse. \ sunset gun today gives
greater satisfaction. The angelus
sounds merely in pictorial form, the
fire bells give place to still alarms, the
dinner bell is silenced in polite society,
and sleigh bells are discarded.
What is the future Of the bell-that
happy silver tongue that has sung out
the joys Of all the world, that solemn
tone that has mourned for the nations
dead and voiced the nations woes and
summoned to their knees the nations
worshipers ?-Atlantic Monthly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17

Unmarried women are called spin
sters, or spinning women, because it
was a maxim among our forefathers
that young woman should not marry
until she had spun enough linen to fur
nish her house All unmarried, old or
young, were then called spinsters, n
name still retained in all legal docu.
1nantc
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17
Old Fashioned Gold Cures

are going ont of date. The busy man
of today can not afford TO lie abed a
a whole day and undergo the martyrdom
Of the sweating process. Krause $ Cold
Cure are capsules of convenient size,
and can be taken without danger while
performing your usual duties. They
cure in "a hours. Price 25c. Sold by
Rossman x Sons Pharmacy.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17
A Harmh Fate.

"Yis, poor chap" said Michael "he
had a hard tonne av It He ought to
be glad he's dead. He niver had none
av the blessings av the rich. The only
tolme he liver rode In carriage In his
ioife was phwin he wint to his funer-
al."-Chicago es-Herald.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17

A physician says one should never do
any work before breakfast Some day
science will recognize the great truth
that working between meals Is what
is killing off the race.-Minneapolls
Times.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17

A story first heard at mothers knee
is seldom forgotten, and the same may
be said of other things received at a
mothers knee, which will readily recur
to the reader.-Chicago News.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17

The Widow-Yes, Henry's death Is
great loss to me, but am thankful for
one thing-he died before he could get
his patent perfected.
Sympathizing Friend-Pardon me.
The Widow-You don't understand!
Why, in that case, you know, all the
money he had would have gone sooner
or later.-Boston Transcript.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17
The Right Word.

"Why do you speak Of him as fin-
ished artist"
Because he told me he was utterly
discouraged and was going to quit the
profession. If that doesn't show that
he's finished, don't know what does"
Chicago Post.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17
irving 1t on the Building.

Markleigh-You office seems badly
mussed up. Have you no janitor?
Barkleigh-We have one, but since
he became a faith curist he has been
giving the office absent treatment. -
Baltimore American.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17
Rosy Cheeks!

Do you want them? Do you simply
want ID glow with health? Do you
want to eat we'll, sleep well and work
we'll? Try Lichty's Celery Nerve Com
pound. Sold by Rossman d Son $
Pharmacy
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17
Fate of Old overcoats.

"Where do the old overcoats go" is a
query that is a natural successor to the
old riddle, Where do the flies go In
winterP The old overcoats seem
somehow to fade away, no one knows
Just how. The overcoat starts its ca
reer on the back of its owner, who paid
$45 for It. 1t keeps him warm and
shelters him from cold winds and from
storms until it commences to get fray
ed at the edges and the pockets are
torn down the sides. Then the owner
uses the coat for rainy days only, and
no more does he take 1t to call on his
fancee or to recline on the back of a
chair while he Is reading at the club.
He keeps 1t another summer, and the
moths get into it. and when he takes 1t
out In the fall it has holes here and
there. So the owner gives it to the
ianitor. II the janitOr Is not cold,
naughty man. and the janitor wears ii
awhile until his wife gives it to the
tramp who wheeled out the three bar
rels of ashes. The tramp wears 1t until
the old coat commences to fall apart.
Then he gives it to another tramp, and
it falls apart still more. And then
some day the coat has entirely disap-
peared. No one knows how or when.
The coat just simply faded away.
That's all anybody knows about it
Chicago Tribune.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17
Lucky BinRles.

"Bingles Is a lucky man. his time
woes right on whether he IN waking or
sleeping. sick or well"
What Is Bingles businessT
"Watchmaker."-Oh State Journal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17

A federal union Of vegetarian socie-
ties exists In London. London has a
vegetarian hospital with 20 beds in
connection with It
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17

English women are not supposed to
read the daily newspapers They take
to the weeklies. and that is why Lon
don has a great number Of that class
of high order.
In every home there Is some one who
walks off with things that belong to
the others.-Atchison Globe.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17

The Bengal cavalry, which consti-
tutes the bodyguard of the governor
general of India. was raised as far
hack as 17T5
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17

"Come easy, go easy" 10 an ancient
saying and good resolutions don't cost
anything. Chicago News.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17

Connections at Rupert with Philadelphia
Reading Railroad for Tamanend, Tamaqua,
Williamsport, Sunbury, Pottsville, etc. Al
Northumberland with and +. Div. p. X. X. for
Harrisburg. Lock Haven, Emporium, Warren
CORY, and Erie.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17
Took His Last Cent For "A Drink

The old soak, in his tattered, patched
coat, shuf1led up to the bar, where he
had drained off so many drinks, and
looked wistfully at the bottles of red
liquor in row about two arms length
away.
Say, Jim, old boy" he said to the
bartender in the most winning tones
he could muster, you wouldn't take a
mans last cent fer a drink, would YEP
You bet your life | would' snapped
Jim, with the viciOusness of steei
trap. Jim suspected an effort to get a
drink on tick and proposed to forestall
it.
"Well, l s'pose l got to have her, so
set her out" and the soak heayed up a
great sigh that shook his frame with
emotion.
Jim heaved a much lighter weight
sigh on discovering that the drink was
to be paid for. He set out the bottle of
the toughest goods he had in the house.
The unwelcome customer poured out
four fingers and drank 1t down with
evident relish. Wiping his mouth on
his coat sleeve, he reached into his
pocket, and, pulling out one old, tar
nished cent that he had found on the
sidewalk. he slapped it on the counter.
"There you are, JIM" he gurgled.
whats this?" yelled Jim in loud,
strident tones.
"You said you'd take me last cent for
a drink, and there it is
Jim reached under the bar for base
ball bat which he always had on tap
but before he could get it out the artful
soak had disappeared through the
front door.-Chicago Chronicle.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17
BEAUTIES OF A GLACIER.
Scenes That Are Likened to Vision
of a GlOrihed City.

of a Glorihed City.
The fascinations of a glacier are as
witching as they are dangerous. Apos-
tolic. vision of a crystal city glorified
by light "that never was on land or
sea" was not more beautiful than
these vast ice rivers, whose onward
course is chronicled, not by years and
. centuries, but by geological ages, says
a British Columbia correspondent OF
the New York Post. With white DOM
ed show cornices wreathed fantastic
as arabesque and with the CLASSY
walls Of emerald grotto rejecting a
million sparkling jewels, one might be
in some cavernous dream world or
among the tottering grandeur Of an an
Client city. The Ice pillars and silvered
pinnacles, which scientists call seracs
stand like the sculptured marble of
temples crumbling to ruin. Glittering
pendants hang from the rim Of blush
chasm. Tints too brilliant for artists
brush CLEAN from the turquoise Of
crystal walls. Rivers that flow through
valleys Of Ice and lakes, hemmed in by
hills of ice, shine with an azure depth
that is very infinity's self.
In the morning, when all thaw has
been stopped by the nights cold, there
is deathly silence over the glacial fields,
even the mountain cataracts fall noise
lessly from the precipice to ledge in
tenuous, wind blown threads. But with
the rising Of the sun the whole glacial
world bursts to life in noisy tumult.
Surface rivulets brawl over the ice
with a glee that is vocal and almost
human. The gurgle Of rivers flowing
through subterranean tunnels becomes
a roar, as Of rushing, angry sea, ice
grip no longer holds back rock scree
loosened by the nights frost, and
there is the reverberating thunder Of
the falling avalanche
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17
A SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY.

Dr. Augustus Ruggles. Treasurer or tne
Greater New York Medical Association,
saws, There ie Just one scientific compound
known as DIAMOND DIGEST TABLETS which
can be relied upon to cure dyspepsia ana
constipation so they wiilstay cured. POST
lively the only advertised dyspepsia remedy
ever endorsed by prominent physicians.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17
DINING CAR KITCHENS.
They Are Conducted by Rule, and All
Portions Are the Same.

"The kitchen departments on railroad
dining cars are run according to fixed
rates." said an old Pullman conductor,
"and nothing is left to chance or caprice.
The cook is furnished with a manual CIV
ing explicit directions for the prepara
ton of every thing on the bill of fare, and
he is held strictly accountable for any
waste. He is even told how thick to
cut the bread and how much butter to
put on in case he is making sandwiches.
Sometimes hungry traveller, who nat
urally wants big portions, thinks the
man in the kitchen is trying to economize
ON him, but he may rest assured he is
getting exactly what the law allows-no
more and no less.
Il remember a picture in one of the
satirical papers few years ago of fat
gentleman looking scornfully at several
small sections of bread and butter.
What do you call those? he asks. Pull
man sandwiches replies the waiter.
Huh grunts the tourist, MIR. Pullman
must cut 'em out with conductors
punchp We haven't got it down quite
as fine as that, but we come pretty near
it. The kitchens are stocked at regular
intervals, and Il careful calculation is
made Of the exact number of portions in
every article furnished. At the end of
the run an inspection is made, and the
cook must account for everything, either
in supplies or meal checks. Under that
system petty pilfering is absolutely i'm
possible. The purchasing agents who lay
in the stock at important points from
which travel is heavy are exceedingly
important members of the company's
staff.
"They can easily render the dining
service over any route profitable or the
reverse, and something more than mere
experience and intelligence is required to
make a success of the job. The men who
have done the best at it seem to be guild
ed by sort of instinct, but as a matter
of fact they are continually studying the
conditions of travel. They learn what
the general run of their patrons like at
certain seasons of the year and compile a
curious sort of table of averages that
they use as a basis in purchasing perish
able stock, such as meats, fruits and
fresh vegetables. There is line IN the
northwest that is known among the din
ing car men as the beefsteak route ON
account of the extraordinary call for
that particular article of diet, and l
know of another that is nicknamed the
oatmeal express for similar reasons.
The oatmeal express carries a good many
ladies and children, and the beefsteak
route is 4 favorite highway for drum
mers, so, after, all the explanation is
simple enough. An expert stock pur
chaser can command a good salary, and
not long ago a man who had been sta
toned for some years in New York was
offered a very handsome position as su
perintendent of the refreshment service
for big railroad in England. 1t had
been run at a loss ever since it was in
stalled, but within 60 days after he took
hold it began to return a profit. At the
same time it was greatly improved. Din
ing cars are a comparatively new thing
abroad, and they are far behind the
American, both in system and luxury
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-17

"Theres no time like the present,
said the young college man as he turn
cd over to his uncle" the watch his
grandfather had given him last birth
day-Syracuse Herald.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-07

ston, Texas, February s.-Mr. Al
Icis Of the Greenwall theatrical
has about completed plans for the
Of a play house, work on which
pe begun. In April. Mr.. Weis is
(tnt in New York, but will be in
pa the latter part of this month.
secured all the plans and speci-
for the intended theater, ana
arrives here will submit them
pond and stockholders of the cor
owning the play house property.
Seamen's Bethel, located in the
ortlon OF the scandinavian Meth
Episcopal church, corner Mechanic
venteenth streets, is being en-
and will be formally opened next
morning with services by j. s.
enaplain of the Galveston Sea-
Frend society.
e George E. Horst, the retiring
tor Of the fremont hotel. lef,
ernoon for the City of Mexico
Of needed recreation. His COIN
% the trip was Alderman Pat
the Fourth ward.
ork OF paving Market street. be-
nineteenth and Twentieth. is
salr headway and should. with
weather, be completed within
TWO weeks. The paving is OF
q OF Vitrlfled brick on a sand
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-07
BIDS AND PROPOSALS.

BIDS ARE INVITED for The construction
Of pile wood trestle bridge at the ex-
tension of the Harrisburg shell road over
Plum gally.- IN. accordance with plans on
file with the county surveyor BIDS Will
be opened by the commissioners court al
II m. O'Clock on Thursday, February IL,
1901, and the right is reserved TO reject
any and all bids. Bids must be accom-
panied with certified check for $50 as EVIL
dence OF good faith, and The successful
bidder will be required TO furnish , per-
Torrance bond in the sum OF S2o0. Il. IL
Vasmer County Judge. Harris COUNTY. Y
BIDS ARE INVITED for the construction OF
steel bridge over White Oak bayou, on
the Houston Heights boulevard; said bridge
win be bnin In accordance with plans and
specifoatlons now on file In the office OF
the county surveyor OF Harris county. BIDS
should be addressed 10 the commissioners
court and must be accompanied ~ GER
tilted check in the sum OF $3.50 as an EVIL
denre OF good faith Bids viii be opened
az IL M o'clock on Thursday February ID,
1901, and the right is reserved 70 reject
any and all bids. The successful bidder
will be required to furnish performances
bond in the sum OF $1,000. Z, 4. vasmer.
County Judge. Harris County. Texas. y
NOTICE. coNTRAcToRs-Rils WI be re-
ceiyed up 10 II o'clock noon Thursday.
Fcbruary IS 1861. for the construction OF
the cuero cotton mill bulldog at Chero.
Texas; plans and speaihcatiols On lie at
the Office offfhe SECRETARY, Cuoro fexas.
Ths cuero cotton mill rese-yas fpe right
10 reject any or all bids, J. B. Ashvorth,
secretary, cuero. Texas, anuary ~, '''i' '
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-07
CURES BLOOD POISON.
Trial Treatment sent Free IN AZ,
VINO suher From any stage
of the Disease.
lures Eases That Hot Springs ana
All other Treatments Failed 20 :,
Even Help.

n dnere mas been discovered by the state
W MSuiesi Institute. III Elektron Bldg. III.
$500 ~ anu the most remarkable blood
svss cure ever heard Of II has cured an
suoa indications as mucous patches In Inc
,, sore throat, copper colored spots
,SSnassctes' alterations on the body aud in nun.
nad fallen out and the whole skin was i ,,sss
o. Dolls pimples and ulcers, this wonderfui
speSc.ne mas completely changed the whole
uo1y INTO clean, perfect condition OF phys
t wi neaith. Every railroad running into FIT
wayne brings scores of sufferers seeking 4! !
new ana marvellous cure and to enable those
VINO can not travel to realize what truly
marvellous work the Institute is accomplish.
ing they Will send flee to every sufferer free
tilal treatment. so that everyone cnn cure
themselves in the privacy of their own home.
IN MS Is the only known cure for blood poison
DO not hesitate 10 write at once and thc frs a
'trial viii be sent sealed in plain package.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-07
Pr Rows for Cotton Pests.

Vi me Post.
'ssille' Iowa, February 2-In your
'ne 18th ultimo l note, under
VEINS From Navasota, that the
1a IN states that the cotton
are going to plant trap rows
y their cotton. It is written
won with the report of the boil
aseIing and leaves the impress
.nese are to be planted to tran
weeyii. This is, of course. err
y the trap rows OF corn are
me boil Worm later on. The
Tor boil weevil are cotton
~ extra early fruiting varieties
..,ag seed grown as far north
,iflt- These trap rows of cot
y 0e planted at the earliest pos
me Post reports about straw
sselables and farming opera
y, ssy refreshing UP here in snow
:. io"s. Fred w. NaIly