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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27

failure and the cars were normally
patronized before Edith felt inclined tC
depose herself as bodyguard. Tomor-
row, she said to herself, she would let
him 20 alone She managed to get
through a good deal of reading while
riding up and down town in Il rather
aimless fashion. She was reading a
newspaper with apparent absorption
when her father plucked at her sleeve
eXcitedly.
Edith. daughter, here is the very
chap"
With rush of gratitude to her eyes
and lips. Edith glanced up. Jack Heuly
the quarter Of dollar her father had
banded him.
"Oh" she said with absolute COM
posure, and dropped her eyes once
more upon her paper.
''Yes. by George. it is, and thi&& you
might have found decent word Of
thanks for the man who saved your
fathers life. | say. young fellow, |
uOn propose 10 lONt SlSlIl VI ' Ou d. iILi'
Here" He drew a card out of his pock-
ct. You be at that number sharp 2
o'clock
The new conductor said, Yes, sir;
thank you" and went about his busi-
ness. one item of which was to stop the
ear at the next corner for Edith to
alight. she having basely concluded to
desert her father there and then.
Father and daughter met again at
the lunch table.
I'D rather see you married to a man
of that stripe" said the president,
''even if he does wear a conductor 5
uniform, than to all the polo playing,
german leading Jack Henlys in the
world"
would you, papa?' Edith asked de-
murely. You see, you've only seen
Mr. Henly in evening dress
81 woulQ for fact. But. no, you
could not give the poor fellow Il decent
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27

examining the walnut he was about to
drop into his wincglass.
NO. sir. think it has a horrid
sound"
How does presidents private secre,
tary sound"
Better much better"
At which stage of the proceedings
the manScryant reappeared with tele,
gram on his silver card tray. 1t was
addressed 10 Edith
I've found job. The new leaf was
turned over on New Years day. For
particulars refer you to the president" ."
With a utilitarianism becoming to a
young lady who had learned so many
useful things. Edith wired back:
Also a wife. For particulars refer
you to the president"
This duty off her hands, she turned
to her father:
81 am 50 glad, papa, that my dear
Jack was strong enough and big
EDITH, DAUGHTER, HERE IS THE VERY
CHAP"
enough to throw you and sit on you.
He says he owes his strength to polo
and other useless accomplishments"
Quits" said the president, with a
jolly laugh and on the following New
Years day, one year from the day
when Jack Henly sat on his sweet
hearts father and earned his first dol,
lar. the cX-conductOr claimed his bride.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27

the California bushel box In packing
he graded to three sizes and packed the
sizes to fit the box, tiering the different
sizes to fit the boxes. AS they were red
apples he used white paper and put il
only in the bottom of the box, letting
it come about half way up on the sides
of the box. After the box was filed the
bottom was nailed on, the box turned
over and marked for the best apples
XXX, those next smaller XX, and the
smallest ones Y. In shipping three
boxes were counted TO the barrel, and
in figuring the price per barrel three
bushels were counted per barrel.
In boxing white apples this shipper
would use some bright colored paper,
as a red, blue or green. 1t may be we'll
in boxing a red apple to use a clear
white OF bright yellow.
Many times people living in the
crowded city have not the room for a
barrel Of apples, but they could put
box in the corner or some out of the
way place, or if they could not afford
to buy a whole barrel they could buy a
box, and there are many people thus
situated financially, enough of them to
consume many hundreds of barrels in a
season, and thus almost open up new
market for US. 1t is more work, be-
cause they have to be graded carefully
In order to pack nicely, but not as much
trouble as one would suppose. After
you get used to it it can be done quite
rapidly. The cost of the box is about
the same as barrel
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27
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Although the coronation OF King Ed
ward will not occur until next June,
the coming event is the one absorbing
topic in England today, and all are
eager to witness what win be the
most gorgeous and elaborate ceremony
of our time Everywhere in Great
Britain preparations are being made
for it. The makers of fashionable
robes, the court cOstumers and the
jewelers. are working overtime. A
great deal of hustle and excitement is
going on among the peers and peer
esses who will be prominent in the
spectacle, and new robes and coronets
are being purchased. The question my
lady is asking most just now is not,
'Is my hat on straight?" but, 'Is my
crown on straightY For them it will
be the chance of a lifetime to appear
in corOnet. for only at coronation
are they worn.
Rules and regulations governing
what is to be worn by the nobility at
lue hluS y NOI OtdllOil 1tl Nt btSh AoSNNt
by the earl marshal. The peers have
been notified that their robes must be
of crimson velvet, edged with mini
YER the cape furred with miniver pure,
and powdered. with bars or rows Of
ermine, according to their degree"
8arOnS will wear two rows, viScounts
TWO rows and a half, earIs three rows,
marquises three and a half and dukes
four rows. These mantles will be worn
over full court dress, uniforms or reg
imentals."
Only the king and queen and the
Duke and Duchess Of Cornwall will
wear jeweled coronets. The earl mar
shars order banishes counterfeit pearls
and all jewels from other coronets,
which are to be "silver gilt. the caps Of
crimson velvet. turned with ermine,
with gold tassels on top. No jewels or
precious stones are to be set or used in
coronets, nor counterfeits of pearls in
stead of silver balls" The number Of
the latter permitted reVives q nice
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27

committed to their charge all such
rights and privileges as by law do or
shall appertain unto them or any Of
them?
King Edward-An this 1 promise to
do.
After this his imperial majesty will
lay his hand upon the holy gospel, say
ing, 1.-THE things which have herebe-
fore promised win perform and keep,
so help me Cod" whereupon he will
kiss the Bible.
There will be q famous display Of
Jewels at the coronation, and the beau
tifuI peereSses VIII 90 their best to out
shine one another in the Drilliancy Of
their gems. II they cannot wear jew
els on their heads they evidently plan
to do so on their bodies. and all Lon
don jewelers. are now busy making over
and reScttinG heirlooms. Pearls, sap
phires and emeraids are TO be the ia
vorite stones. Ropes Of pearls are to
be worn froi1 the shoulders, as though
fastening tie velvet ruby robes, some
what the same way in which Queen
Alexandra wore them at the opening
of parliament.
Undoubtedly the coronation Of
George ". tra1s.e ended almost any
othe. cu.emcpi.l g, I this kind that has
ever taken D;arc. 1T O'Clock on the
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in spite of Jacks effacement until one
day life suddenly became a very vivid
affair again.
1t was New Years day-the day on
which they brought her father to her
more dead than alive. He had oSten-
tatiouSly persisted in riding on his own
line after the strike had reached peril,
Gus proportions Missiles had been
flung at him when he was riding in
solitary state. with only new con
ductor and a new motOrman for com.
pany.
1t was many days before his interest
in life extended beyond DandageS and
lotions. Then he gave Edith n dcscrip.
tion Of his adventure. She had been a
minStcring angel to him all those suf-
fering days
Il tell you. child, if it had not been
for that conductor Il giant of a fellow,
you would not have been troubled with
me much longer. He showed the pluck
of forty devils. When those tiendS be.
gan throwing Il variety of unpleasant
things into the car, recognizing me as
the special object of their attentions
and bawling 'Scab, scabr at the motor
man and conductor, that young fellow
just flung me bodily down on the fool
and sat upon me, yelling to the motor
man to make her humn And he did
make her hum until we met body Of
mounted police. | got this hole in my
head before that boy flung me. I'd like
to find him again. He'd be a made
man"
Il shouldn't think that would be diff
ficult," said Edith, applying a fresh
bandage to the hole in his head.
1T ought not to be if | had only
thought to take his number before
was knocked out of my senses. You
see l was playing a little game of bluff
that day and had been riding up and
down on every car that the new men
went to work New Years morning,
they tell me at the offices, but he will
have to be produced at the trial of
those ringleaders. I'm going to patron
iZe the line again as soon as the doc
tors will let me leave off these rags.
I'll be double jumped up if it shall ever
be said that Gwenith Dickerson is
afraid to ride on his own cars"
I'm going with you, papa, every
time you go in car until this horrid
strike is over"
And she did. The strike had simmer
ed down to the proportions of a dismal
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27
THE OBSTRUCTIVE TEREDo.
A Curious and Fragile Worm That
Digs Tunnels In Timber.

Digs Tunnels In Timber.
It was in 1871 that Holland narrow
ly escaped inundation along its coast
because the timbers Of the sea dikes
IN many parts were discovered to be
quite unsound The timely discovery
Of the real condition OF the dikes saved
the country from an awful catastrophe
the full extent OF which was COM
pretended by only few Dutchmen.
The timbers had been honeycombed
by the teredo, or shipworm. This
creature burrows into any wood i'm
mersed In sea water. 1t makes an en-
trance when young and digs channels
along the grain of the wood, living
and often dying in the timber. The
worm grows In some localities to a
length Of twelve inches, its girth be-
ing one and a half inches, and the
curious thing about its whiplike body
is its exceeding tenderness. 1t cannot
bear It's own weight. 1t will break If
subjected to any strain.
1t will burrow straight along the
grain Of the wood unless turned aside
by knot or nail, and, no matter how
many or these worms may be burrow-
Ing in the same piece Of wood, they
never run their channels into one an
other. By some marvellous instinct
they keep clear Of each others pre-
serves. We have recently seen n Cross
section OF log eighteen inches in
diameter, and we counted no fewer
than 800 distinct burrows.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27

hope that some simple, effective and
yet inexpensive apparatus would be
found which any poultryman could
make or have made. Director Brigham
says that, curiously enough, some of
the most ingenious and interesting in
ventions for outwitting the laying hen
were evolved by persons who evidently
had never kept hens" The Cheap
john nest, which was made by the
college carpenter out Of an orange box,
has proved one Of the best contriv
ances. The interested poultryman is
at liberty to use the same and to i'm
prove upon it to the fullest extent.
There is no danger Of infringement Of
a patent or of injury to any ones
rights by so doing. The value of the
trap nest in following a course Of line
breeding Of fowls is certainly unques-
tionable.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27
TRAP NESTS FOR HENS.
Coming Into Notice - Valuable In
Breeding Special Strains.

Coming Into Notice - Valuable In
Breeding Special Strains.
The trap nest has been in use to a
limited extent for at least thirty years,
but it is only within the last three
years that it has come into general
notice through the claims of several
inventors of devices to determine the
number Of eggs laid by individual
fowls
Some of the objects have been to
save the eggs of individuals from spe-
cial mating pens, to select the best lay
ers, to detect the nonlaying fowls and
those that lay but few eggs and to as
certain the characteristics of the eggs
from certain fowls.
1t Is favorite device with the man
who has a desire to build up a strain
of phenomenal layers, even if by so
doing he weakens the stock.
Experiments We're undertaken at the
Rhode Island station last year with a
view to testing the numerous, and in
some cases rather expensive, Contriv-
ances offered to poultrymen in the
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27
SMALL FARMING PAYS.
Experience of N City Man With On
Ions and Some other Things.

Experience of N City Man With On
Ions and Some other Things.
The experience of a man who leaves
business to get back to the land and
make living possesses a peculiar in
terest, especially if he is successful.
The following narrative of a New
Hampshire mRn given in the Clare
mont Eagle is n. case of bringing up the
production OF O email farm to profit
able basis:
was a city man, but five years ago
my business was so dull l thought l
would try farming. l had very little
money, but have been successful. |
have paid for my farm and own all my
stock and tools and think if all farm
ers did as l have done they would not
be preaching that farming doesn't pay.
began the first year to work out for
my farmer neighbors, but soon found
this would not pay. l and all the
men | worked for were no better off
than when we started. l thought: II
have a farm as well as they. Why
can't get a living at work for myself
If they do and can afford to hire help"
After the first year l began to work
for myself and found better results. |
have small farm OF fifty-seven acres,
which cuts double the hay it did five
years ago. | tARk mar can do better
on a small farm than he can on a big
farm, for he cannot cultivate the whole
OF a big farm, and one acre Of good
land is better than five acres of poor.
II farmers would work as hard for
themselves as they have to when work
ing for others, they would get rich. l
do all of my own work and hire man
only few days in haying. have kept
a dairy Of six cows, young stock, and
poultry and raise between 400 and 500
bushels Of onions year besides va
riety OF other vegetables. l find the
onions are the most profitable.
think il unwise for a man when he
starts on a farm to begin fixing the
buildings He should do it gradually
as he can afford; then he will be more
apt to hold his own.
There are good many ways Of tell
ing a good farmer from a shiftless one
by the buildings, the bushes on the
walls and line fences, the apple trees
untrimmed, making 1t impossible to
NOW within fifteen or twenty feet Of
them.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27
MARRIAGE IN ARABIA.
The Wedding Procession an Elnbo-
rate and Noisy Affair.

rate and Noisy Affair.
A marriage procession among the
Arabs is a very elaborate affair. The
camel which bears the bride is deco
rated with bright henna dye on his
neck and shoulders, while there are
verses from the Koran inscribed on the
hangings. His uncouth legs are often
swathed with bright cloths his head
bedecked with plumes and small mir
rOrs, while his back is resplendent
with bright colOred bits of tinsel,
which gliSten against n patchwork of
many huCd cloths. 4 hood or cage
conceals the bride, and no doubt adds
to the discomfort of the cramped ride
on the beast. There are attendants,
and last of all the musicians, chiefly
drummers. who attract the crowds by
their incesSant pounding on small but
high keyed instruments.
If the journey to the grOom's home
is Il short one, it is heightened by stops
at frequent intervals. and all the while
the lover must not show any eagerneSS
to welcome her, no matter what his
feelings may be- The Arab may be af-
fectiOnate, but he cannot with dignity
betray emotion. Among the lower
classes buffoons accompany the pro
cession with performing bears or other
wild animals, and when the bride is
wealthy largess is distributed along
the route in the form of clothes or coin.
When the groom's tent or fixed home
has been reached, the bride is expected
to show great reluctance about enter
ing it, and in some cases she has to be
lifted by the husband over the blood
of Il sheep he has just slain,-Woman's
Home Companion.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27
Would Smash the Clubs.

II members of the Hay Fever As
sociation would use DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, the club
would go to pieces, for it always cures
this malady, and Asthma, the kind that
battles the doctors it wholly drives from
the system. Thousands of once-hope-
less sufferers from Consumption, Pneu-
monia, Bronchitis owe their lives and
health to it, 1t conquers Grip, saves
little ones from Group aid Whooping
Cough and is positively guaranteed for
all Throat and Lung troubles. SOC. ST.
Trial bottles free at Paules 81 Co.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27
THIS rs A FACT.
There is no Question About it. It's Plain
Statement of Facts, Made by a Dan
vile Citizen.

Mrs. NJ. Fields of No. 1873 Pine street,
Danville, Pa, says;-'I have been both
cred good deal for some time with a
nervous Indigestion and was feeling
poorly generally. did not rest well
and had frequent nervous headaches.
/ got some of DR.. A. w Chases Nerve
Pills at Goshs drug store and used
them and felt that I received a very de
oided benefit. rested better and felt
toned up and better generally"
DR.. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills are
sold at SOC box at dealers or DR.. A.
w. Chase Medicine Co, Buffalo n. Y.
See that portrait and signature OF A. w.
Chase. NJ. D. are on every package.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27
A HOTBED.
A Few Cold Facts About Recent
Methods of Constructi0n.

A Few Cold Facts About Recent
Methods of Construction.
Commenting upon an article about
hotbeds which he finds not altogether
up to recent methods used in some sec
tions, Rural New Yorker correspond
ent says:
We use by 6 sash holding three
rows of = by II inch glass, using one
sash bar less than where s by 10 glass
is used, and the breakage is no greater.
/ supposed the old method of putty
ing in glass had been practically aban-
doned. Instead, after priming the sash,
we use n mixture about half each Of
whltelead and putty and mixed with
oil thinner than putty is usually used.
A light layer of this is put along the
edge of the sash bar and the glass
pressed or bedded into it, leaving none
on the upper side except what little
may work up along the edge.
| think the glass should not lap to ex-
ceed One-fourth of an inch, as 1t soon
causes u dark strip to shut out the
light. Indeed about half the sash we
are now using is not Tapped at all, but
butted end to end These are fully as
tight and can be set faster. When put
In in this manner, the end of each light
should be dipped into a thin layer Of
thick white paint, then placed solidly
against the light above in the sash.
The only objection to this method Is
that it is more work to repair a break
perfectly. We have sashes set in this
manner which have been in use seven
years and are tight and satisfactory.
When glass is bedded and partly
dried, then paint along the edge on the
upper side with rather thick white
paint and allow the sash to lie fiat till
dry Sash set in this manner will long
outlast any set with putty, and think
no one would putty in glass after one
trial
While l fully agree with the writer
of the article mentioned as to the val
ue of cloth in place of glass and use it
n good deal, l would not advise any
enc at present to attempt to prepare IT.
The cloth already prepared can be pur-
chased cheaper. We use a great deal
upon frames that are just the size of
our sash and interchangeable and of
ten used with the glass for shade. The
cloth can be procured through most
seedSmen either by the yard or bolt
We use In" medium grade, and on Il
cold frame it will protect from mt least
| 3 degrees of frost.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27

tachment detached from the plow,
and if it is to be used for harrow or
other implement where there is no fur
row a larger wheel is substituted for
the small wheel, which would make 1t
run in q leaning position. This wheel
is attached by set screw and can be
removed easily, and the shaft is long
enough so the large wheel may be put
less liable to tip over.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27
TOMATO PLANTS.
Twice TranspIanted and Hardened
on In Cold Frames.

Discussing the growing of tomato
plants in hOtbeds, Texas Farm and
Ranch advises: As soon as the little
Dantlets are beginning to show the
second or third leaves they are ready
for transplanting into the cold frames.
These frames are made the same as
the hotbed, except that no artificial
heat is given. Lighter lumber may also
be used. Boards one inch thick will
answer as well as two inch plank.
Such plants as the tomato and cab
bage are usually transplanted twice.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27

Convenient PIOw Attachment.
The device figured is riding attach
ment for plow, which an Iowa Home
stead correspondent says he devised
and patented a number of years ago,
but has concluded to grant the public
the free use of.
Fig. l shows the attachment attach
ed to a walking plow and shows how
it is attached. Fig. shows the at
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27

Robert Lowe. afterward Lord Sher-
brook. once saw deaf member Of par
Lament trying his best to catch with
his ear trumpet the words Of an eI-
tremely dull speech. Just look at that
foolish man." said Lowe. throwing
away his natural advantages"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27

BOXED APPLES.

The New Method of MarketInR-ItemM
From One of Its Advocates.
The boxing of apples for market finds
numerous advocates nowadays. Fol
lowing are some items CLEANED from q
lengthy communication on the subject
to Rural New Yorker by a successful
apple shipper. He has packed apples
as illustrated. The dimensions Of the
box are 11Ih by u by %. what is called
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27
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~ HE looked more adorably pret-
- ty that evening than even her
~ adorer had ever found her
more adorable and less acces-
sible, the usual way. New Years day
was approaching, and she had decided
that in one respect at least he should
turn over new leaf
As a rule, one sofa had furnished
ample accommodation for both. To-
night it required a sofa and an arm
chair. He had pushed the armchair
as close as practicable to the sofa after
seeing her spread her diaphanous dra-
peries with meaningful care all over
the sofa.
She looked over and beyond him to
ask a question in tones of iced sweet
ness:
You think, then, Jack, dear, you
really could not show papa 500 honest
money Of your own earning?"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27

QUEEN ALEXANDRA IN CORONATION ROBES.
morning of his coronation ten miles Of
carriages were already vending their
way toward Westminster. In public
and private expenditure the ceremo-
NAL cost close upon two and half
millions. james II. did not aspire to
such colossal display.
AS near as can be estimated just
now the coronation of King Edward
will lift about 100000 out of the
pockets of government and peerage
and high society generally and trans
fer it to London tradesfolk.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27
A Diafincfinn

Lady--You are about the tenth tramp
that has asked me for money.
Tramp-Well, loidy, I'm not er tramp;
I'm er hobo.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27
A Habit.

Habit.
"Why don't you swear of smoking
Ehis New Years, WillieT
Sure! l alters does"
No Change Desired.
The Mother-My daughter has been
used to the tenderest care, to the ut
most sympathy and to uniagging
guardianship trust this will be con
tinued
The Suitor-I hope so, I'm sure.-De-
trnit Praa prasa
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-03-27
BnttIeneId mortality.

Only per cent Of the soldiers actu-
ally engaged in war are killed on the
Gpld Of battle.