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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-07-04

Benevolent Party-My man, don't YOU
think fishing is cruel sport?
Angler-Cruel2 Well, l should say SO
l have sat here six hours, have not hat
bite and am nearly frozen to death
Tit-Bits.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-07-04
IF YOU Have Headaches

don't experiment with alleged cures.
Buy Krauses Headache Capsules which
will cure any headache in half an hour,
no matter what causes it. Price 25c.
Sold by Rossman &, Son $ Pharmacy.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-07-04
To Utilize Mexican Peat.

A party of Philadelphia capitalists
will start a system in Mexico for the
employment of peat in the generation
of heat and power William a. Stern
of Philadelphia, who has been conduct
ing for year or more experiments
looking to the utilization of this prod
uct, has demonstrated that peat is
adaptable for the generation of power
with a commercial efficiency Of over
GO per cent of that of the best bitumi-
nous coal.
Evening journal., 1901-08-24
The Worker and the Millionaire

From the New York World.
In a refernce to the labor troubles
in this country the London Spectator
says;
"Unionism has never been as strong
In America as it is here, and probably
never win be. ambition being at once
more keenly felt and more likely to be
gratitied. All the best .workingmen
hope to rise, and are studying the way
up to the eminences rather than life
on the plain. Americans are not ieal-
Gus OF milionaires, because every
American with brains thinks he may
be one"
This has long been true OF our ia
vored country. Is IT less true to-day
than formerly? The examples of Car
negie and the Rockefellers, and the
more recent cases of Schwab. Vree-
land, Galloway and scores Of other
Americans who have within compare
lively a short time worked their way
up from the bottom to the top of their
different occupations and from penury
to aflluence, have frequently been
cited. What Napoleon said OF his
soldiers-that every one carried in
his knapsack a marshal's baton"-has
been quite as true of the American
of brains. ambition and industry; he
has had a chance to become. If not
la millionaire. at least Independent.
And no community, is without its ex-
amples of success in this line
To-day when the contrast between
great fortunes and the average accu-
mutations of industry and thrift is
greater than would have been deemed
possible a genration ago, it is doubt
full II much jealousy or bitterness is
felt toward the rich simply because
they have been more successful than
their fellows IL is only when rich
men combine to secure control of the
government in their own selfish inter
est-to form an oligarchy Of wealth
n very real plutocracy-tha feeling is
aroused, and justly. But "the hope to
rise. the belief that still the re-
public is opportunity" remains the
most prevalent and conservative force
In this country
Evening journal., 1901-08-24
WILD THISTLE'S COMPETITION
WITH COTTON BECOMES SER

A crowd of youngsters was pass
ing over a broad, open field in Fair
mount Park the other day evidently
making its way toward one of the
swimming resorts not far from Bel
mont Mansion. says Philadelphia
paper. One Of the lads. with the ex-
clamation; Il wonder if my mother
wants me-" stopped and plucked a
thlstle-one of the common kind. with
a small. white, silky ball on a rubber
Ike stem. His action was initiated by
uhe other members of the crowd and
soon all were blowing the cotton-like
hDre from the stem, completely. but
others, including the aforementioned
youngster, being deficient in lung
power or owing to the tenacity of the
hDre on their particular stems. were
not so successful. The ringleader for
SO ne seemed to be, with the semblanea
OF frown upon his brow. exclaimed
as he continued upon his wav. "Sba
does. but I'm not going" The vonng-
stefs whose mothers did not want
linen. according to the prophecy of the
thistle. were evidently much relieved
by the knowledge that had come IN
lhem. while the others for a moment
knew not whether to turn back or Keen
on their way. The temptation of a
p.unge into the COOL flowing waters
was evidently too much for them. as
they all ran down the hill in the diree-
ton OF the pool. All seemed to thor
loughly believe what the prophecy of
the thistle told them.
Nearly everybody at one time or an
other in passing through meadows or
nelds has had his or her attention
drawn to this thistle but few persons
Know what it is and the purposes To
which 1t is put. 1t is a weed. but like
many other small and seemingly fnsig-
nhcant things, it emphasizes the saw
ing that there is some valuable use
for everything that grows" The real
name OF this weed is said to he
'kapok." It's original home is in the
Eastern countries. particularly Asia.
There fences are built in the open
fields where the thistle grows wild, so
that the wind can blow the cottony or
lsilky-like fibre against them. from
which it is gathered and sent to mar
ket. In this country, it is curious to
note. there is a law in some States
Evening journal., 1901-08-24
Triggs on Longfellow

From the New York Sun.
When Professor Oscar Lowell
Triggs, formerly editor Of the Gopher
and now one Of Dr. Harper's cele-
brated collection, went from his sim
pie hometohis struggles and triumphs
in Chicago, his quick-coming great
ness was not forseen by his little
mates at the University of Minnesota.
He had smashed no idols. He had
shown no itching to tear down the
Hall of Fame. Nothing in his life or
conversation indicated the future
smasher. He is said to have read the
hymn-book and the school speaker
meekly. To his elders he may have
seemed only a chicken or a goose.
They little knew that grand raptorial
beak that was to be-
In an hour that Literature cannot
think Of without a quickening of the
heart, Mr.. Triggs went to Chicago.
He heard OF Walt Whitman. That
was a bad day for other poets:
Fly, spawn OF jingles and of jigs,
Before the mouth of Oscar Triggs.'
Will nN0NANA lllt lCuQdl lOtlns
will be full Of hustle and elan; l will
thump and throttle all the poets ex.
cept my Wait, the yawper, the univer-
sal, cried Triggs, the Terrible, ant
we'll is he keeping his word. He eat;
poet every day. He began with
Shakespeare. He swallowed tn,
hymn writers at a gulp. Dr. Holme.
was hardly a bite. Lonfellow':
poetry is "drivel" and stuff" L
does very we'll for boys and girls, bur
but the adult mind" the full-grown
full-orbed majestic mind OF a Trigg
must seek new and higher fields o
thought" Meat for strong men an,
milk for babes.
10 was Tame, wasn't It, who decides
that Tennyson couldn't be a grea
poet because Tennyson was respecta
bic Professor Triggs is positiv
! that on account Of the "environmen
, Of Puritanism Longfellow could nc
be a great poet" So lOngfellow
pitched out of the Poets Corner an
sent after that wretched Puritan. Mi
ton. Ethics cannot produce poetry
= Professor 1riggs tells his classes, "b,
l. cause ethics is barren; IL bears Il
y fruit; it is a system which destro,
t, itself. So the Sermon on u
Mount, Job. Isaiah Ecclesiastes car
not be poetry Finally, LOngfello
'e was too cultured. too refined to
e truly American 1t is not for us
y question the assertions of a gift,
s. being like Professor Triggs. but
Al seems little sad, if true, that M
!, must be uncultivated and unrefned
be truly American. Is there not
danger, too, that the children
Evening journal., 1901-08-24
WALK YOUR HORSES

Some weeks since we called atten-
ticn TO the notices posted on bridges
within the citylimits requiring drivers
10 keep their horses in a walk while
passing over these structures. We
claimed then that the restriction was
absurd, and a relic of a former period
when bodybuilding was in its in
fancy.
There have been numerous protests
and in many instances no attention
is given TO the notice. To-day We
print in another column two letters
which should carry weight to all per
sons not obstinate; one is from th'
designers and builders Of the Wash
ington street bridge. and the othe
from the engineer of the Marke
street structure. These show tina
bridges are not injured by horse
going at a more rapid gait than
walk. and that there is always yibrs
Evening journal., 1901-08-24
NIckeIs CHARGED Wlth EIectrIcity

During this season of electrical
storms. the Wayfarer has noticed upon
several occasions during rains that
there is sometimes a mutual exclama-
ton from both passengers and con-
ductors on trolley cars. The Wayfarer
watched his opportunity and asked the
conductor to explain.
I'VE get some pretty severe shocks
some times when people hand us their
nickels. for they are pretty highly
charged. and especially in wet wealth
err" said the conductor do the pas
Isengers experience the same shock?'
inquired the Wayfarer.
Indeed they do" said the conduc-
tor, laughing, and then they jump
too Why several days ago one of the
Wilmington City Railway conductors
was put on the Darby run and he had
a terrible experience with the electric
lily. The nickeis were so heavily
Evening journal., 1901-08-24

against the cultivation of this
Authorities on the subject sayl
this were not the case, and ifl
started to cultivate it to any
the time would soon arrive whe|
ers would be compelled to taki
measures TO get rid of it. I'D
carries the seeds for miles. del
them on the way. and within
palatlVely short time they talJ
ana spring up, spreading ovci
ne.ds. The spread of the weed
watched. is said to be so rapid
Daffle all attempts to rid the pr
IT. 1t Is of a hardy family of
and smothers to death weak
perhaps more valuable plants I,
near 1t.
Some of the uses of the sill.
terlaIl secured from this sonrc.
which is now coming into this
from the Eastern countriee
european ports, are hid.or rath,
secret by manufacturers
known. however.that much of II
In mixing silk goods. 1t makes
strong yarn when rolled. II
used as a sthffing for pillows. "a
etc. A considerable ouantitv
ported into the United S+oto.
in tight, iron-bound bales Of ?,
TO 800 pounds. It's competitior
cotton is now being felt bv the
ern growers. Most of it comes
free or under a very small tav
Another thistle of the hemn .
family which is coming info
competition with cotton is KIN.
ramie'' called also rhea. rhea
CHINA grass and grass cloth
Hundreds of tons are now in
annually, most OF it under lizbt
us competition with fax is sal
becoming almost as serious a,
cotton. Its home is in China
bast Indies. It is a perennial
pery or the nettle family. hav
merous rodlike stems from fon,
ieet high. 1t has a large heart
leaves OF silvery white beneath
now being cultivated quite exte
IN the West Indies. and even +
parts OF the southern section
United States. The fibre Wei
the stem of the plant is comii
use Tor almost every purpose
fore served by cotton
Evening journal., 1901-08-24
NEWSPAPER OPINION
Here Is Another Strike
From the Morning News.


The proprietor OF newspaper in
columbus. Ohio, had the assurance to
believe that he had the right to man
age the affairs of his own property. He
edited some telegraphic "copyl' and
thus aflronted the members of his odi-
Itorial and reportorlal STATS, who were
members of union. Then they struck.
1t was certainly the height of impu-
,dence for a newspaper owner to take
upon himself the privilege Of doing
amy work IN his own establishment. In
the Columbus case the trouble was that
the proprietor Of the paper was a nom
union man. hence he was presumed TO
be barred from any participation in
the direction of his own property. The
wonder is that the union writers who
struck were 50 disloyal TO their union
las to work for a non-union man.
If the Columbus incident was carried
TO It's logical conclusion no man who
had his capital invested, and who gave
to other men, would have
la right to say a word respecting the
administration of his own affairs. That
rs why there are strikes and lockOuts
$50 frequently. The man who has his
money invested makes the mistake of
believing that he has some rights in
the premises. Employers should be-
ware of such an assumption of au-
thority.
Evening journal., 1901-08-24
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE



To the Editor Of the Evening Journal.
Sir: The New Castle Actives baseball
team won its second game ties season
from the Albion team. Of this city. by the
most unfair decisions of the umpire and
the dirtiest playing of the men that has
occurred this season. Not only were all
the close decisions given in favor of the
New Castle team by the umpire, Roy
Bacon, who demonstrated very poor abil-
ity. but they used all the infeld of the
regular New Castle team with the ex-
.ception of the battery. That was nothing
more than was expected, however, as
every time the second team has game
and the regular team has not, they ring
the regular players in on the opposing
team. Also kindly state that the New
Castle team absolutely refuses to play
any other place than at New Castle
Thanking you for your valuable space,
remain,
A Friend OF the Albion.
Evening journal., 1901-08-24
WAYFARER'S NOTEBOOK

Sunny ltalYs Two Daughters As Models
In speaking recently of the manner
in which American girls fiirt, promi-
nent Italian said:
In Italy there is plenty of love-
making but not between the young
people OF the higher social class.
Among the lower classes the youths
are free to please themselves, and
there is no lack of furious love-making.
seasoned with jealousy, estrange-
ments, peace-makings tears. and
smiles, as Mother Nature intended it
TO be. But there is no flirting. Love
lis taken very seriously, and on the
girls side. at least, is INDUCED in with
marriage as the end in view.
Flirting for the sake of amusement,
simply to while away the Summer day
or as a mild stimulant at balls and
parties with no idea of matrimony in
the background, is a kind of sport
which has not yet reached us from be-
yond the Alps. We are so far behind
the times that to grant the slightest
privilege to a man who has not avow-
eddy shown that he means marriage
would be considered downright dis.
honest by a respectable Italian girl.
cir. who is not married at 80 will re-
main in the same dependent state as al
20. She would no more think of walk
ing the streets alone, paying a visii
or travelling from the city to the coun
try without a companion or a chaperor
than she would think of choosing hel
own clothes and dressing as she Liked
best Not even at that mature ag'
would she choose a husband for her
self without the approval of her fam
| lily"
Evening journal., 1901-08-24

The Quay machine at Its late con-
vention denounced yellow journalism
attributing TO that agency the discon-
tent prevalent in Pennsylvania at the
present time. The illumination is rath-
er peculiar since every paper in the
city Of Philadelphia of sound and con-
sorvative tendencies, is denouncing the
while the single journal
which may be denominated yellow, is
supporting everything with the Quay
stahfp.
Evening journal., 1901-08-24

=, aCu uiial When ne went I'll
them from the passengers il was
we're the passengers screamed
hnally to take up the fares in hi|
Human Ears Less Ape Like
After hearing so many thipr|
Wayfarer has been prompted TO u
the popularity in construction Of
gan Of hearing from an externd
point. The following data ON
was gwen to the Wayfarer by
wise contributor TO the column:
The systematic examination i
IMAM 10000 pairs OF human ears i
land and France has resulted in 81
teresting conclusions. For one II
Is ascertained that the ear contiI
grow in the later decades OF life.
It appears never TO stop growinI
death. If one W.. take the trouble
around in any assemblage OF peopll
Church. he will discover thar the pI
nave ears considerably larger tina
of the middle aged. A woman w
small. shell-like ears at 20 years
VIII be very apt TO possess mediu
ears at 40 years and large ears at 6
Why ears should go on grow
ones life, ans more than noses. is
terry. There are "a good many othel
about them that are instructiv,
shapes being markedly persistent I
heredity. An ear will be handed
so to speak, from father to son fol
alton after generation with comp.
~ little modification. Some aut
on criminology assert that Grimm
very apt to possess a peculiar kind
, which is recognized by an expert
matters.
There is probably nobody in tn
who has a pair Of ears perfectly m
in most people the two differ per-
not only in shape, but also in size
quently they are not placed p
alike ON the head. The age of a
may be judged with great accul
the ears, which after youth is I
sumo an increasing harshness Of ,
A pretty woman whose first yol
departed may not show the fact
ways. but these telltale featu
surely tell the story of the flight
Then there is the little wrinkl
comes just in front of each ear du
thirties-a fatal and ineradicable
Near the top of each ear, just
the down turned edge and slightly
the back, will be found, if one feel
a small lump of cartilage. This is
nant Of what was originally the ii
ear. when. ever so long ago, tha
in our remote ancestors had a poi
Most Of the apes to-day have
ears. but in human beings the up
of the organ has. in the course
been folded over so as to cover
tip.
Evening journal., 1901-08-24
UNANsWERABLE

The statement OF certain members
Of the Amalgamated Association from
South Chicago, who refused the com
mand of President Shaffer that they
strike, is manly and unanswerable
They had signed a certain contract
and refused to break It at the behest of
anybody For their refusal their char
ter was taken away. but they have
something better. Their statement in
cludes this clause:
'"rhe principles Of union labor are as
dear TO us as to any men in the coun-
try who earn their living by honest
toll, bud We do not think we should be
expected to violate every rude OF bust
ness integrity and personal honor for
IA matter Of sentiment: for this is q
time when we must not let our sympa-
thy get away with our better judg-
ment."
That is unanswerable by Shaffer OF
anyone Else, and to punish them fol
following the ordinary dictates OF hon
iesty, places Shaffer in an unenviabl,
light He regards the duty OF tn,
members Of the association to the offi
,cials thereof as paramount TO any OBJ.
legation they may have entered into
this is a species of tyranny. and soph-
listry utterly un-American
Evening journal., 1901-08-24

whom Professor Iriggs says that
Longfellow's writings are excellent
may grow up too cultivated, refined,
and un-AmericanW May not Long
fellows mere Jingle. unworthy the
consideration Of any man." let alone a
professor in the University OF Chica-
go becomes a positive evil?
II is clear from the insistence with
which Professor Triggs dwclls upon
Longfellow's baldest and tritest poems
that he is unfamiliar with the wide
and various range of subjects treated
by Longfellow and ignorant or scorn-
full of the essential charm which
iow-spirited creatures continue TO find
in the Portland poet II is best for a
critic who Is looking for doggerel to
be able to skip judiciOusly, and, above
all, not to be tempted into being lust
LOngfellOw isn't the greatest poet in
the world; Walt Whitman is the man
for me, therefore Longfellow wrote
doggerel and drivel. Hearing a man
denounce Bryant's poetry as the
worst balderdash in the world. we
ventured TO ask him-we were
younger then-if he had read Bryant's
so-and-sO and so-and-so. Never read
line of him in my life" yelled that
sublime and delightful dogmatist.
wouldn't degrade my mind by read
ing him. That is the proper attitude
Of the militant and unyielding critic
It is curious that Mr. w. e. Henley
who is all for vigor and action. puts
Longfellow very high among the sea
poets. II we remember right, he puts
him next to Byron in that regard
Mr. f. T. Bullen, a practical sea dog
and sea rover, is also a great admirer
of the marine Longfellow. end we
have heard that many other sailors
are. We should not think OF defend
ing the man after Professor Triggs
has attacked him, but children like
Longfellow, and it is permissible for
sailors to do so.
We suppose that it is the transla-
ton Of the Divine Comedy that is so
attractive TO the children. Professor
Iriggs was advertised to demolish
Whittier last Saturday When all the
American or un-American poets have
been executed. will NOT Professor
1riggs make short work of Dantey
He was a cultured cuss," a natural
enemy, therefore, Of Professor Triggs.
Evening journal., 1901-08-24

Mr.. Bryan makes no claim to lead
ership He only claims the right to his
his convictions and to express them.
II other people have like convictions
he will have company; II not, he will
be alone says the Commoner. There
is something half pathetic in the re-
mark IL has been only a short time
since the lightest word of the Demo
cratic leader was taken as the highest
law, and these who were his mos
unreasoning supporters. are now hi,
worst detractors. The protest has a
ring Of manliness which must com
mand respect Mr.. Bryan is now sim
ply a private citizen, and is entitle,
to express his opinions without hav
ing his motives attacked.
Evening journal., 1901-08-24
He Should Be Checked

To the Editor of the Evening journal
Sir A man with a foreign accent,
representing the Gravure Company O
America. with offices in New York, is
canvassing this State with a book
containing the pictures OF the Presi-
dents, with some reading matter lie
sells the book for $50 with the under
standing that only a thousand copies
are to be issued and that only fifty
people are to have them this State
of Delaware; that only two person.
in this city were entitled to them
lie had a small order card with tn,
names of the persons on it. statins
the conditions, etc. This slick youn,
man saw six of our townsmen an,
took orders for more than the allottei
number of books that cur city wa
listed for The best way to Chez
this kind of misrepresentation is Z
show this gentleman up through tn
press. Think he is working his wa
down through the State.
Yours respectfully.
c. w. PANCOAST.
Delaware City. Aug. "a. 1901.
Evening journal., 1901-08-24

state of Ohio. city of Toledo, Lucas
County, S.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that ne Is
senior partner of the firm of +. ).
Cheney < Co. doing business in the CITY
of Toledo. Comfy and State aforesaid,
and that said firm will pay the sum OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every ca Sc of Catarrh that cannot DC
cured by tho use of Halls Catarrh cure
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed N
my presenc e, this 9th day of December, A
ID. 1856 A. w GLEASON,
| (SEAIO Notary Public.
Halls Cltarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mu'
cous surfaces Of the system. Send FOL
testimop'ials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
| Sold by Druggists, 55c.
Halls Family Pills are the best l..
Evening journal., 1901-08-24

In another race the Columbia has
beaten the Constitution. and this is
only one of long series. The old
boat Is undoubtedly the faster craft.
unless, indeed the Constitution has
been purposely kept in the rear in all
these trials. The new Shamrock Is
regarded by Sir Thomas Upton as
being several minutes faster than the
old. and II this is true It looks as
though we should prepare to part with
the cup.