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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-09-29
A Fortunate and Grateful Woman

Mrs. J. II. Giles, of Everett. Pa.
says: suffered for many years from
Kidney and Gravel trouble. The pains
from the gravel WAS simply awful.
No physicians or medicines at home
did me any good. finally began u.s.
ing DR.. David Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy, of Rondout, N. Y. A few
words tell the result am a happy
and perfectly we'll woman once more.
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AnthOny--Campbell.

Miss Ostharlne Anthony, daughter
of Trainmaster A. r. Anthony, of Oats-
wisss, and Nathan G. Campbell, of
Plainfield, N. j., were married at the
brides home last evening, the Rev.
U. Myers performing the ceremony.
Miss Anthony is leader in social
circles at Catawissa and is we'll known
in this city.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-09-29
Yours
Hospital Defeats Merchants
H. L. DEWITT.

The Hospital base ball team defeat
ed the Merchants on the Nail Mill
grounds yesterday by score of II tc
II. Heavy hitting on both sides prov.
ed feature but the many errors OF
the Merchants caused their downfall.
Riley and Robinson were the bat,
terry for the Hospital nine, Gearhart
and zimmerman officiating for the
Merchants.
If the weather proves favorable the
same teams will play another game in
the near future.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-09-29
A Power For Good,

The pills that are potent in their
action and pleasant in effect are De-
Wits Little Early Risers. W. S.
Philpot. Of Albany. Ga, says: Dur
ing a bilious attack l took one. Small
as it was it did me more good than
oalomel. blue mass or any other pill |
ever took and at the same time the
effect was pleasant. Little Early Ris-
ers are certainly an ideal pill. " Sold
by Paules & Co.. j. ID. Gosh 81 Go.
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REST MADE EASY.
There Will Be Less Sleeplessness When
Danyille PEOPLE Learn This.

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DanVille People Learn This.
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A lame, weak or an aching one.
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They cure every form of kidney ills,
From common backache to diabetes.
Mrs. K. foreman, of l6l West 9th
St, Bloomsbury, says: Il think
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stopped my back from aching and re-
moved the lameness from my loins.
Before | used them / could not sleep
at night but tossed about with dull
aching pain in my back and in my
head. My stomach also troubled me
apd Ig.as in Ia had bad way generally, |
commended and obtained a box. be-
gan using them as directed and in a
short time commenced to improve.
The backache left me, | had no more
headaches, my strength did not bother
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morning refreshed. | made a state
ment for publication eight years ago
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nor any other medicine for my old
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cents per box Foster Milburn %. +.
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Remember the name-Doan s. and
AXE no other.
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Bucklen's Arnica Salye.

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Ulcers, letter, Salt Rheum, Fever
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anteed. Only 25c at Paules & Co.,
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Longenberger=-PriCe.

On Saturday evening, September
18th, at Trinity NJ. L. parsonage, Mr..
William ]. Longenberger and Miss
Carrie M. Price were united in the
bonds of holy matrimony by Rev. N.
L. Cleaver
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-07
ROYAL COLLECTORS.

King Edward is very proud OF his
walking sticks, which number nearly
200 and range from specimens in ex-
quisitely carved ivory brought from In
dia to a stick made from one of the
piles of old London bridge and an elab-
crate bit of carving on which Sir
George Dibbs the Australian states
man, lavished many months of loyal
and loving work.
Queen Alexandra is said to have ac-
cumulated the largest private collec-
ton in England of photographs. thou
sands of which are the product of her
own skill.
The Prince of Wales was for many
years one of the keenest collectors of
stamps in the world, and this fascinat-
ing hobby divided his spare time with
that of filling countless scrapbooks
with press cuttings recording his do
ings, and the late Duke of Edinburgh
was deservedly proud of his collection
of old violins and of his fleet of silver
vessels.
OF collectors of whips the name is
legion. The Earl of Lonsdale has a
room full of them, many worth consid-
erably more than their weight in gold.
and the Duke of Beaufort has a large
number of the whips used by riders OF
Derby winners for nearly a century
past. The Princess of Wales. is also a
great whip lover, and the gem of her
collection is a beautiful production in
ivory and holly.
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A QUEEN BELOVED BY PRINTERS.

Carmen Sylvia, the literary queen of
Roumania, has in the matter of words
and columns written more than sny
living author. though not all of her
works by any means have seen the
light.
The critics say, indeed, that she
writes too much and too fast. She Of
ten gets up at or o'clock in the
morning and goes Immediately to her
study, so that she may have got
through a full days work before being
called upon to exercise any of the other
duties which devolve upon her royal
status.
Once she has written a sentence
nothing will persuade her to alter 1t or
to attempt any improvement, because
she holds that the original thought Of
the brain should be regarded in a man.
ner as sacred.
1t is the romance of the country
which SO particularly appeals to her,
for she is of a romantic nature, a cir
cumstance in a great measure due to
the rural life of her early days, which
were spent on a farm. Her simple but
aesthetic tastes betray themselves in a
hundred ways and not the least con-
spicuously in the crown that she wears
whenever it is necessary for her to
wear one.
Probably it is the most simple and
inexpensive crown that adorns a mon
archs head in these days, for 1t is of
plain beaten gold, and there is not
single jewel in it.
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PIPE FILLING AS A PROFESSION

There are few ways of earning an
honest penny more strange than that
in which an old couple in the north OF
England exc out a scanty income.
Their little cottage is situated near
large mine, and every morning the col
liers before descending to their work
leave their pipes and tobacco boxes in
the hands of the old folk. The pipes
are cleaned and filled, ready for light
ing, and the miners can come up at
the dinner hour and enjoy a good
smoke without having to expend time
in charging their pipes. They are
again left to be in readiness for the
evening The small weekly charge per
pipe mounts into a respectable sum at
the weeks end.
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Ike had done nothing for so many years
but prepare for the war with France,
so Yamagata devoted his mature life
to the coming struggle with China.
When the war came the world was
startled at the idea of little Japan
placed in line of battle before China
with her unlimited resources. But one
man at least knew that the Chinese
were at his mercy; that man was va
magata, confident and self reliant. In
1894 Marshal Yama gaia had $4,000 men
we'll trained and disciplined and ready
to assume the offensive. He took the
command, and at the first hostile meet
ing with the enemy the world was
made wise concerning the ability of
the genius who had so quietly and SO
unostentatiously produced such mar
velous results. Yamagata's tactics and
strategy won the admiration of the
European military experts who had
gathered to witness what they had i'm
agined would be a diverting traVesty.
Like most of the worlds great men,
the marquis is a person of simple
tastes. He was one of the first men in
Japan to adopt European dress and is
always clad in dark clothes of a fash
ionable cat. He is very particular
about the set of his trousers and used
to have them sent from London. OF
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WSfS S4 road left Cape Town
dSsg: ~ short time ago.
f5SSAA/d%I The event took the
form of a great popu-
lar demonstration in the South African
metropolis. Although the formal open
ing of the route will occur somewhat
later in the season. the present condi-
ton of the enterprise warrants the be-
lief that the road will be ready for
traffic within a very short time. The
roadbed has been subjected to the most
severe tests. and in most instances the
result has been gratifying. Every
known means of bringing the construc-
ton up to modern requirement has
been employed. and the new route will
begin its career as one of the most
thoroughly equipped railroads in the
world.
The late Cecil Rhodes, who was the
prime mover in the Cape to Cairo en-
terprise, used to meet skepticism as to
the final success of the undertaking
with reference to the great transcon-
tinental systems of America. The ear
lest Of these, the Union Pacific, in the
number of difficulties to be overcome
and the speculative nature of it's i'm
mediate future, presented a reasonable
analogy to the African scheme. AS
matter of fact, the mechanical prob
lens to be solved before the 5,S75 miles
between the Cape and Cairo can be
bridged, viewed in the light of modern
progress in engineering. are less intri-
cate than were those encountered by
the projectors of the Union Pacific
with 2.7S5 miles of the great African
road already completed. the following
words written by the South African
hnancier and statesman in 1900 will be
interesting:
Every one supposes that the railway is
being built with the only object that a
human being may be able to get in at
Cairo and get out at Cape Town. This is
of course. ridiculous. The object is to cut
Africa through the center. and the rail-
way will pick up trade all along the
route. The functions to the east and west
coast which will occur in the future will
be outlets for the traffic obtained along
the route as it passes through the center
Of Africa At any rate, up to Bul3wayo
L has been a paying undertaking. and 1
think II will continue to be so as we ad-
vance into the interior. We propose now
20 go and cross the Zambezi just below
he Victoria falls 1 should like to have
he spray of the water over the carriages
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THE MOST VALUABLE KNIFE.

The collection of a famous firm OF
cutters in Sheffield, England, includes
what is by some considered to be the
most valuable knife in the world. 1t is
large enough to fit in the pocket of none
but a giant, and it contains seventy
five blades. which close up like those
of an ordinary knife Each of the lar
ger blades is deliberately engraved, and
among the subjects of these strange
pictures are views of Sheffield college.
the city of York, Windsor castle, Arun-
del castle and a score of other famous
scenes. The hats are of mother of
pearl carved with great skill. On one
side the artist has depicted a stag hunt
and on the other boar hunt.
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multaneous assignment of Field Mar
shall Yamagata to the general staff al
Tokyo. with Major General Nagoaka
as assistant. necessitate a further con-
sideration of the personalities of these
distinguished oriental military men,
1t was Field Marshal Oyama who
wrested Port Arthur from China in the
war of 1S9495, when he was in COM
mand of the famous Second army. This
same army. among other notable ex-
ploits, captured Talienwan and Wei
haiwei. Oyama and Yamagata are the
only field marshals of Japan. Oyama has
always been regarded as Yamagata' S
right hand man. BY birth a samurai
of the Kagoshima clan, he has been a
fighter from his earliest youth Like
the other elder statesmen. he was
prominent in the Satsuma rebellion.
He was also a leader in the great war
of the restoration, to the successful is
sue of which the mihado owes his pres
ent power. These three wars, which all
occurred within the most active period
of Oyama's life, have furnished him
with more experience than usually falls
to the lot of one man, even though he
be born a soldier
of age. He is a tall, stout man, very
quiet in manner, gentle and amiable in
disposition and processing a distaste
for war, as so many great warriors
have DONE Socially the marshal is a
model of refined affability. His home in
Tokyo is one of the most charming in
that city of delightful homes. His wife
is one of the most popular women in
the empire. She was nobIy born or
i'll
to America to be educated She lived
for several years in the family of Dr.
Leonard Bacon, pastor of the First
church at New Haven, Conn. After
ward she went to Vassar and soon be-
came one of the most successful stu
dents in her class. After graduation,
at the close of a sojourn of eleven years
in America. she returned to Japan and
was almost Immediately married, her
matrimonial future having been ar
ranged by her elder brother, who was
supposed to do business for the entire
family. Owing to the influence of his
Americanized wife, the marshal is
generous admirer of all things occi-
dental, and it is due in part to his lik-
ing for the United States that so many
of its ways of doing have become cur
rent in Japan.
When the mikado selected Marquis
Tamagata as chief of the general staff
he chose the leading soldier of Japa-
nese modern history. First he was ia
pans Won MOltke and afterward her
Bismarck. To this little. frail looking
man more than to any other is due the
new and advanced position which ia
pan has taken among the nations of the
world. When Yamagata came upon
the scene the army was more antiquat-
ed and behind the times than that of
China now is Its organization had
been unchanged since the fifteenth cen
fury. With such an army the war with
China would have had a vastly differ
ent ending. The island would have
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and it will be completed by the end of
the year. This bridge will be the high
est in the world. the rail level being
42O feet above the river. This is fifty
five feet higher than the dome of st.
PauIs cathedral, London. While the
bridge is building the rails for the ex-
tension northward will be taken across
the river by an aerial construction es-
pecially devised Between Bulawayo
and the present terminus lies a mann
moth coal deposit known as the, Wan
kie coal fields. 1t is estimated that
enough coal can be taken from this re-
gion within the next ten years to pay
the entire cost of the railroad. This
coal field was not on the original line
but as soon as its possibilities were
made apparent the route was resur-
veyed- The original survey did not in
clude the Victoria falls. but it is now
claimed that the scenic attractions of
the district are one of the company's
most valuable assets. 1t is believed
that the time is not far distant when
the tourist feature alone will pay the
running expenses of the road.
The line north from Bulawayo was
begun in 1901 Last year it reached
Wankie, distance of 200 miles. The
additional seventy-five miles to the
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admiring F'renchman. Yamagata is a
man of notably regular habits even for
Japan, that land of regular living He
has always been an early riser and for
many years has taken his cold water
tub a habit acquired during a long
residence in England. In spite of his
abstemious regimen and constant
watchfulness, the marquis is in feeble
health. For years he has required the
constant services of a physician and
never travels without making ample
provision for illness. He is about six
ty-seven years of age and a widower.
His wife, who was an American, died
several years ago. and he is devoted to
her memory with all the fervor of
strict Confucianist.
OF all the japanese officers who have
acquired the greater part of their ed
ucation in the United States Lieuten-
ant General Baron Kodama is perhaps
the man who has most distinguished
himself. About thirty years ago he
was a student at Rutgers college and
is no doubt remembered by some of the
older residents of New Brunswick. In
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| ward lake is another sixty miles with
no engineering problem to solve.
Albert Edward lake is a noble stretch
| of water seventy-five miles in length.
1t will not be necessary, however, to
use it as a roadway. It's shores are
try for many miles 1t is proposed to
make a detour at this point, a run of
| ESQ miles up the Semliki valley. This
| is very rich agricultural section, and
it is also densely populated. 1t is in
Kongo territory and, of course, out of
British jurisdiction. Once the Albert
Edward lake is reached there is nav
| igable waterway to the Mediterranean
save for a stretch of about a hundred
miles of rapids in the White Nile.
which would have to be spanned by
railway.
There is still an alternative route.
The emperor of Abyssinia has mani
tested Willingness to permit line to
run through his territory from the
Sudan to Uganda. Until recently a
dense mass of vegetation known as
'sudd" has INSTRUCTED the Nile from
Fashoda to Lake Albert. This tangled
growth has been removed, and the riv
er is now free from every obstruction
except rapids. For this reason it is
probable that the Abyssinian overtures
will be declined. 1t is not difficult to
comprehend the motive for avoiding
the building of any considerable por-
ton of the line outside of British juris-
diction. In case of hostilities the man
agement and control of the railroad
would become complicated.
Since the commencement of the year
regular line of steamers is in opera
ton between Rejaf and Khartum,
distance of 1000 miles. Khartum is
now connected with Cairo by railway
except for a short stretch between
Wady Ha1fa and Assuan. This break
must still be Travelled by steamer or
the more Ieisurely dahabeah. 1t will
thus be apparent that when the rail-
road reaches Lake Tanganyika there
will remain only a break of 40 miles
between the Cape and Cairo. over
thousand miles of the route will be wa
terway. Where speed is not an essen
tia1 this break in the continuity of the
rail will add to the pleasure and COM
fort of the journey. Recent improve
ments in locomotion by water indicate
that the time for making the trip will
not be materially heightened
When these 40 miles are completed
Cecil Rhodes dream will be realized.
Time was when he was the only person
living who looked upon the project as
within the realm of possibility. Even
then he did not so much consider it as
a through line as for feeder to nu-
merous branch roads running east and
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at which most boys are beginning to
think of entering college. He was an
excellent student. 1t is a matter of rec
ord at the college that he never came
to a recitation unprepared. Whether
he fully understood the subject or not,
he was always willing to discuss it.
He was really very bright and exceed
ingly interested in his work. AT the
time he was rather short in stature,
though we'll built.
After he went home he rose rapidly.
His American training gave him a
marked advantage. He entered public
life and came promptly to the front.
His tastes led him to choose military
science as a proper field for the ex-
ploitation of his energy. His oppor-
tunity was excellent. In the reorgan-
ization of the army which was going on
he proved invaluable. Both Yamagata
and Oyama recognized his ability and
helped him forward with unself1sh gem
crosby. About four years ago Kodama
was made second chief of the general
staff. He is regarded as one of the best
tacticians in the empire.
Major General Nagoaka, who is ac-
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cENTENARIANs OF DIFFERENT
NATIONS

More people over 100 years old are
found in mild climates than in the
higher attitudes. According to the
last census of the German empire, of
a population of 55.000.O0 only rs have
passed the. hundredth year. France
centenarians. In England there are
146, in Ireland SIS and in Scotland 46.
Sweden has 10 and Norway %, Bel
GUM 5. Denmark 2, Switzerland none.
Spain, with population of 100000.
has 401 persons over 100 years of age.
OF the 2,250.o00 inhabitants of Servia
SIS have passed the century mark.
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falls were built in less than twelve
months. Northward from the falls the
road is being extended to Broken Hill
mine, a distance of $50 miles, By the
terms of the contract this addition
must be completed by March L, 1905
There will then remain only $50 miles
before Lake Tanganyika is reached.
Recent exploration beyond this has
shown that it will be necessary to
make many changes from Rhodes
original plan. At the time the South
African magnate made his map the re-
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Assignments Of Japans Most Efficient Commanders;
Men Who Are Directing the Campaign Against Russi

Kamirnura has been regarded as an
able officer He was sent to England
to supervise the construction of Japa-
nese warships at the Elswick works,
but was recalled to be given active
service in the fleet. 1t is affirmed by
those who have observed the resem-
blance that if Rear Admiral Robley D.
Evans were to make up as a Japanese
he might easily be mistaken for KAN
imura even in Japan.
JAMES r. JACKSON.
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not to be considered. Fortunately this
magnificent waterway is SO exactly on
the line as projected that it may be
utilized. A fast steamer service will
add to the attractiveness of the long
route, and since the lake will be open
to navigation at all seasons of the year
the break in the continuity of the rail-
way will be more than offset by the adj
vantages of the water route. From the
north shore of this great inland sea to
Lake Kivu, a distance of ninety miles,
there is an ascent of 1000 feet, but it
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been converted into a province of its
more powerful neighbor. Yamagata
had the prescience to see this and the
will and the power to remedy it. With
a zeal and tirelessneSs which have
never been excelled he set about to re-
model this unwieldy agent For more
than a dozen years he continued his
rebuilding process. Even as Won Molt-
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late years, however. he has been served
to his great satisfaction by a Tokyo
tailor. He has a gentleman's distaste for
display and is averse to wearing or
ders, of which he possesses SUFFICIENT
to conceal his small person. The sole
decoration he prizes and sometimes
wears is one worn by Napoleon in his
first campaign. This, was the gift of an
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seemed to have a tremendous struggle
to acquire the language, and no one
was so ready to find merriment in his
ludicrous mistakes as himself. Before
he was ready to be graduated, however,
he could speak English f1uently, almost
without an accent.
At the time of his graduation he was
about seventeen years of age, the age
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le Realization Of the Ambition Of Cecil Rhodes

If Rhodes had lived until now he
might have had the spray from this
marvellous cataract-which is twice as
high as Niagara and more than double
it in width-come in at his car win
dow.4 The railroad has been carried
north from Bulawayo to the very edge
of the Victoria falls. A bridge of
single span of 500 feet is being con-
structed over the gorge below the falls,