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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18

Chilblains are induced by cold acting
upon an enfecbled system and a weak
circulation. The weakness of the sys-
TEN is a more considerable factor than
the degree of cold for some people suf-
fer from chilblains all the year round.
Sufferers from Raynaud's disease,
curious complaint associated with cold
ness of one or more of the eXtremities,
are very subject to chllblains, and
with them local defects of blood sup
ply, due to irregular contraction Of the
blood vessels, are the chief causes Of
the discomfort.
Anything that interferes with the
blood supply may in cold weather
cause chilblain. Badly fitting boots.
which press irregularly and keep the
blood out OF small areas of the skin,
are a common cause. Tight kid gloves
act IN the same way The circulation
In the ears is always limited, and thus
chilblains are common in these organs
Chilblains do not form SO long as the
subject is conscious of the chill, but
only after prolonged cold has para
lyzed the feeling of the part The itch
ing and burning are natures efforts to
restore the circulation ~ efforts that
may be successful or may end in ul-
cerouS destruction of the skin.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
Savage and Civilized Dress.

Writing Of Savage ana Civilized
Dress" Edwin Swift Balch says that,
while it might be assumed that the su-
perior development Of the brain of civi-
lizcd man would result in some form of
dress far better and more tasteful than
anything found among SavagcS, it may
be doubted whether this is the case.
One marked error of civilized dress is
its interference with the proper vonti-
lation of the skin. The human animal
breathes with his entire skin. Refuse
matter is thrown off as perspiration
through every pore. The fact is well
known, but in the garments of civiliZa-
ton 1t is almost universally unrccog-
niZed. Savagcs readily discern that the
most curious deformity achieved 10y
civilized people is produced in their
feet by means Of the civilized shoe A
medical officer asserts that large pro
portion of the volunteers for the Unit
cd States army have to be rejected on
account of imperfect feet. Savage peO-
pies do not diStOrt their feet. They
wear sandals or moccasins or fur
boots, but their footgcar always con
forms to ana does not have to be bro
ken in by the foot
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18

They were talking Of catboats, when
the host said. Until | began the thing
myself | never knew how many men
who affect to dcspise small economies
get mp early or stay out late TO get
shaved in the 10 cent barber shops
They never 20 near them in the middle
of the day. because they are afraid
Of having the fact known. | have met
acquaintanccs in Second avenue, Third
avenue. Eighth and Ninth avenues and
all the way from Harlem to Grand
street who patroniZc these cheap bar
bcrs. sometimes one shop and some
times another The majority of these
places are clean They are open from
+ la g'c morning until 10 at night, and
ua t.r. s,em TO bo expected I have
l.u.r t9 tur same shop "a dozen times,
guf. a.Iuaah / never gave Il tip. | nj
ways was we'll treated For 2o or -
cents yau can get as much work done
MS would cost - or 20 cents in a first
nIass .l.-. exclusive Of tie tip. OF
.anr.r fntur feels foolish to be seen
uuu.... uu. of one. but he must take
'W'y H' you interrupt a talk about
v... .rtv ..tr.as to tell me thatT'
a-,,. ..s E.ruI
"r. ..-." vaa the reply, 1T is the
way sawed money to buy the boat
New Yprl, Press
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
Things ynpan mns Not.

In book on Japan Douglas Staden
recounts the things that the Japanese
have not. They have no bread, no
beds, no boots and shoes, no trousers
for the men, no petticoats for the wo-
men. This sounds alarming but both
sexes wear instead several dressing
gowns, one over the other the kimo-
nos OF commerce. In their houses they
have no windows, no doors, no walls,
no ceilings, no chests OF drawers, not
even Il washing stand, and the ward
robe Is only Il lot OF boxes piled one
on top of another. In the kitchens they
have no range, no pots, no pans, no
-four bins, no -four, no kitchen tables.
But, then, they have no tables or
chairs I'm the drawing room, and in the
real native house the drawing room It
self is only a lot Of bedrooms with
their walls taken down. There is no
reason why you should find anything
in a japanese house except mats and
a charcoal stove for warming your fin
gers and the teapot and committing
suicide. Japan Is full Of cherry trees
and plum trees, but they do without
fruit. The cherries are used for the
blossoms and the plums for hanging
nnomG an
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
He Took Hruoms,

Two old fellows in New Hampshire
were the sharpest things in the way Of
bargaining. Cy Pettlngill made brooms
for living and Ezra Hoskins kept n
store. One day Cy came in with load
Of brooms and the dickering began.
Cy was a man who could see a bar
gain through six inch plank on a
dark night, and Ezra could hear a dol
lar bill rattle in a bag of feathers a
mile off. Well, they began, and their
conversation was something like this:
Ezra, | want to sell you these
brooms."
"All right Cy; I'll take them"
Cy said: Il don't want any store bar
gains. I'll want cash for them"
They talked and gadded awhile, and
then Ezra said; "Iu tell you what III
do, Cy. I'll give you half cash and
half trade"
Cy took a fresh chew of tobacco,
pulled a straw out of one Of the brooms
and said:
"ThatIl be all right, Ezra
After he had put the brooms in the
store Ezra said: Here's your money,
Cy. Now, what do you want in trader
Cy looked around for spell, cooked
his eye up to the ceiling, stuck his cud
in his cheek and said:
well, If it is all the same for you,
Ezra, I'll take brooms" - Columbia
Record.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
Elusive SyIlabIeH.

A crowning specimen Of ludicrous
helplcssness in the face of elusive syl-
tables IS that of the unfortunate speak
er who, at pathetic point Of his adj
dress. when his hero was about to un-
dergo hcartrending parting from
home and friends, uttered in his most
melting voice:
"Biddy dlddy"-
He stopped confused, flushed, set his
mouth and tried again. with a difficult
resumption of the interrupted pathos:
"Diddy, diddy"-
Something was still wrong. He grew
scarlet. perspired and gasped forth n
third attempt not more Ineligible.
His hearers could none of them inter
pret It, 1t might be high German or it
might be a Mother Goose" refrain:
"Diddy, hiddy, biddy door
The situation was desperate, but the
persistent orator rallied, paused until
he had fully recovered his self control,
and trying once more, with slow utter
ance and distinctive enunCiatiOn, con
quered at length the simple phrase
which had oyerthrown him. He said:
Did he bid adieuW
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
A Substitute For Images.

Members Of the Greek church Of
Russia, where images are forbidden,
have resortcd to what an unfriendly
critic has described as an ingenious
evasion of an ecclesiastical prohibi-
ton. They do not carve "A figure out
Of marble or shape it in bronze, but
they paint the face, hands and perhaps
the feet of a saint ON wood and form
the robes 10y means Of metal work in
relief. The nimbus Of the saint Is not
infrcquentIy cnamcled and in some
cases the drapcry is studded with
precious stones, but beieweled icons
of any real value are not, as a rule, to
be found IN churches, though some
times images are covered with glass
to protect them from the kisses Of
those who come to pray before them.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18

One can easily imagine that the judge
smiled, the lawyers laughed and the
spectators burst into applause when a
courtroom bore was subdued in the fol
lowing effectual way, told in the Chris
tian Endeavor World
George b. Smith and I. S. Sloan, two
Of the greatest lawyers Of their day,
were once trying case as opponents.
Mr.. Sloan had a habit of puncturinG
his address to the court with the ex-
preston, Your honor, have an idea" "
The case had been dragging its weary
length through the hours of a warm
summer day, when Mr. Sloan, who was
making what appeared to be an in
tormlnable argument, said:
Your honor, have mn idea
Mr. Smith sprang to his feet, assum-
ed dignifed position, and with all the
solemnity imaginable said:
MAY it please the court, | move that
a writ OF habeas corpus be issued by
this court Immediately to take the
learned gcntlcman's idea out of soil
tarV confinement"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18

While me merry p3rty awaited her -
turn Mabel walked slowly through the
moonit garden to the spring She
was thinliug of them both Jimmy
Crawford. who. though the life of the
party had seemed somehow to be
watching her all the evening, and
Barndt. with his polished manners and
his sulky eyes. Then She bent over
the sprlng and smiled. She had felt
II all along that his face would look
over her shoulder and their reflections
would be side by side.
.Tt was draadrul}v silly. Jimmy" She
said softly rs they walked slowly back
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
What an "oId Man Kangaroo Mile" Is

What is an "old man kangaroo mile"
The expression was used by the pre-
mier of Victoria in a recent speech,
and one of the reporters subsequently
asked him what it meant. 'Well, you
see" he replied. "an ordinary English
mile is / 1,7GO yards; an old man kanga-
roo mile would be about 800 yards cx-
ira" The old man kangaroo is the big
gest and most powerful of the mar
supials, and It can cover a mile very
rapidly with tremendous jumps. \
race between an old man kangaroo and
motor car would be worth seeing IL
It were possible to arrange and carry
out such contest.-London Chronicle.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18

Wen de airthquake swallers de lam
dar's one consolation lef' yo'-yo' wont
have ter pay taxes on 1t.
Yo' kin git a reputation for wisdom
by des loollin' wise en- shakln' 20 head
at de right time.
No use ter howl wen de harrlcane
blows de house down. It'll do all de
howlin' en- save yo' lots er trouble by
splittln' yo' kindlin' wood fer yo'.
Satan has done quit gwine bout lax
q roarin lion Folks is got so keen
desc days he has ter creep up on 'em
mighty cautious. - Atlanta Constitu-
tion.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
Why He SnOrted.

"What are you snorting atY demand
ed the first seal
"Oh. these doctors are so ridiculous" !"
replied the second seal, glancing over
an Old newspaper he had found on the
lee. Heres one I'm an interview in
this paper who says it's 'foolhsrdy to
70 into the water after hearty meal
How else does he suppose we'd get itY'
Philadelphia Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
4 Daily.

Weekdays. Daily. Flag station
Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run or
through trains between SUSbury, Williamsport
and Erie between Sunbury ans Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrisburg, Pitts
burg and the West.
FOR further information apply to Ticket Agents
". W. ATTERBURY, J. r. WOOD
Gen'I Manager. Pass. IraihcMg
GRO, WlBON-e, Gen'l Passenger Agent,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18

The fifteen century pilgrim, Felix
rFabri, gave the following quaint de-
scription of the camel:
"A camel has a small head and is
without horns 1t has big and terrible
eyes and always seems a sorrowful and
troubled animal. Its eyes are like
fire beacons, ana big reflections shine
an them, for whatever a camel looks ut
seems great and huge to it, wherefore
Il seems to view everything with won
der and alarm. When, therefore, n
man goes up to it the beast begins to
tremble, so that the man pcrccives that
the beast tremblcs because the man
coming toward II seems to it to be Four
times bigger than he really is. Ihd
not God so ordered it this animal WoaH
not be so tame and orderly ms II u.s..
When it screams, boin" in trouble, II
opens its mouth, shakes It's head ANA
raises up its long neck WagginG IT TO
and fro, so that n man who is not nc
customed to it is disturbed ana fright
ened"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
OLA Time Carving Terms.

In an old number Of a magazine IA,
sued more than century ago we light
ed upon a list of different terms used
at tables Of elegance in the DAYS
when Queen Charlotte came as the
bride Of the youuS and handsome king
From this list it would appear that
nothing in the way of game was to he
carved The correct phrase was to
'cut up" turkey, to rear goose
to "unlacc" hare or rabbit, to wing
partridge or a quail. to 'ai!ay" a
pheasant, to "dismomb.r" a heron, to
thigh woodcock % display Il
crane and to "lift' swan. Beef and
mutton We're "car. d." ~ course. and
the sporting men p iaed themselves by
using appropriate spnrtii.- terms when
the spoil of their mornings work made
its final appearance on the table-Mod-
ern Society.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18

NE" 1OTk .bT \ oU . W. 81
'Daily, tDaily except Sunday.
fStops on signal OF on notice TO conductor
stops on signal to take on passengers ic
New York, BinghamtOn and oints west.
Il. Il. CLARKE 4. w. LEI
Gen. Superintendent. Gen.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18

A. Mia. M. p. NJ.
tontplSHllv 5 gss e q 1888 g..
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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-18
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
TIME TABLE

In Effect Nov. 29th, 1903.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-08
HORSE JUDGING BEGUN.
Special Attention Given to Draft
Horses - Noted Prize Winners

OSGQs
Special to Times Republican.
Ames. Jan. Sat the short course In
stock Judging at thu Iowa State Coz
,age yesterday the study of horses was
saken up. A large number of new stu
dents were in attendance. arriving yes
terday. when bring the total up to
over the GOO mark. 1t IS Thought tina
fully 200 more will arrive before the
weak Is out to be on hand next week
for the work on cattle and hogs.
In the Judging pavi!ions yesterday
the Judging of horses was taken ,up,
principally draft horses. An unusual
opportuaity is offered this year for the
study of fine draft horses. Durham.
Fletcher & Coleman. OF Wayne. H..
have loaned TO the college twelve OF
their noted prize winners to be used
in the judging course. These consis,
of four Percheron stations, two Per-
cheron mares, two Began stations
and two French coach maa,as. Aside
from these. s. b. Frey, residing near
Ames, furnishes two fine Percherons.
also a splendid Kentucky saddle horsss
from Dakota City. the owner being Mr..
C. j. Hawley. Two of the draft horses
that were scored yesterday won cham
pionships at the international recently
held in Chicago. One Is black stall
Ion. low and blocky. and a typical Per-
.eheron draft animal. He Is 3 years ols:
and weighs 1850 pounds. The Other
was the grand champion mare She is
IL. gray Percheron, M.tsa,ing 2,165
pounds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-08
cHoArE COURTEOUS TO BRYAN
Ambassadors Influence Will Get Hin
Thru Custom. House Easily

iAvnpdS6dQOfS snUu0NCe VIII 0ee MIN.
Thru Custom House Easily.
Washington, Jan. s.--When William
Jennings Bryan reaches New York to-
day. from Europe. he may thank JOS
eph Fl. Choate, United States amhass-
ador in London, for the special courte-
sy and politeness which will be shown
him by the customs officers. who have
been directed by the treasury depart
ment to facilitate the examination of
Mr.. Bryans baggage and his disem-
barkation.
The other day Mr.. choate sent tel
egram to the state department. In
which he said that Mr.. Bryan had sail
I'D on the Celtic from Liverpool on Dec
80 and would reach New York on Jan
S. state department officials did not
know what it meant until the chic.
of the diplomatic bureau suggested
that MIR. Choate was probably intimat-
ing tina; 1t would be gracious thing
to see that Mr.. Bryan got past the
customs officers without unnecessary
delay and injury to his feelings. Sc
!, the instructions to the collector OF Gus
toms at New York We're the conse-
quence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-08
Offerings Were Mostly Common
to Medium In Quality and
Moved Off Slowly
GENERAL DEMAND QUITE STRONG
Dressed Beef Concerns Are Short of
Beef and Prices Have Been Well
Maintained During the Week-FairIy
Active Demand for Hogs at Some
what Reduced Prices.

Chicago, Jan. S.-Oferangs wer'
jlargely common 10 medium in qualit,
and moved OFF slowly at unchanged L
ten lower prices. Cattle have beei
marketed with greatly increased free
| dom this week, but general demand la:
been strong, dressed beef concerns be
| ing short OF beef and prices we'll main
tanned. ruling on an average higher
| than last week. with an occasional re-
action. Exporters have been liberia
buyers, and plenty of cattle are needle
for canning.
| Cat,len,en have had little difficult,
in clsposing of steers OF good quality
this week, the demand tor such bsing
quite active from all buyers. but some
common and medium, steers have
dragged rather slowly, the alasvals OF
such having be.n too heavy for the
demand and values in many cases are
lodl5 cents lower than early In the
week. Too heavy marketing OF THIS
class will soon swamp trade again, say
dealers, and country slippers should
bear this fact in mind and show more
confidence in future values for those
classes. instead of forcing lowe.
range on them now. after fairy up
ward start has hesr made.
The cas- tern war scare has OF late
created some rather urgent orders 70.
stock of the butcher and Gamer
classes and packers are liberal buyers,
,J., " -
age heavy shipping of butcher stock.
and in fac. prices today should tend to
check the rather liberal supplies which
OF late have been arriving, as the pres
an. demand hardly calls for very ex-
cess!ve run, and such should not be
had.
Orders FOR stockers and feeders arc
fully up 10 the supply on hand and
trade in that class OF stock is at pres
ent very good, With many sales show
ing a 50M 75-cant advance over prices
current at the low poin. of the season.
There nave been only moderate offer
ings here of late and outside buying,
together with local dealers operations.
has given trade good lively tone al
very satisfactory prices.
Hogs.
With receipts OF $4,000 and abou.
six thousand left over last night there
was fairly active general demand. but
prices, OH an average. were. 10 lows"
than at yesterdays best time.
Sheep.
Supplies show large Increase this
week. but prices have advanced sharp
ly all along the line, general demand
having been extremely large. Today's
market was active at firm prices. sheer
selling at best price thus far this sea
son. while traders held lambs 10@15
above Thursdays prices.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-08
wor,,ed Over Business Reverses.

Sioux Falls, S. D.. Jan. s.-M. w
Miles. who shot himself In this city
died al q o'clock Wednesday night. FL
nancial losses. connected with the ac-
ton of the stockholders of the Mutual
Lumber company in removing him
from the board of directors and man
ager OF the company. preyed on his
mind. The Mutual company was a
child of his creation. aud he keenly felt
the removal.
onicers of both the Mutual Lumber
company and Peoples bank. of which
he was Vice president. claim that his
AFFAIRS with them are straight. 1t Is
known he sank considerable money in
attempting TO organize the National
Timber company
The funeral takes place this morn
ing under the auspices of the Masons'
and the body will be shipped to Lake
city, Iowa, for burial He leaves
s12, 900 life insurance to his wife.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-08
THE Day BEFORE.
Cor COnparison.)

Cattie-Estimated receipts for today.
10. 600; market slow; good to prime
steers, 5.1OH5.65; poor IL medium. 3.75
$500: stockers and feeders. 2.25@4.25:
cows, 175@4.35 heifers, 2.00@475:
Gamers. 1.75@ $50; bulls, 2.25@4.50;
calves. 3.50Q7.26.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for today
10000; market 5@1O cents higher:
mixed and butchers, 465G 800; good to
choice heavy, 4.95M5.10; rough heavy,
465a4so: light. 450G4.75; bulk of
sales. 4.T0@4.90.
Sheep Estimated receipts for today
5000: sheep and lambs steady; good
10 choice wethers, 4.00Mp4.50: fair to
choice we.hers. $3.50 100; western
sheep. 3.5OI4.4O; nativs lambs, 1000
CTS; western lambs, 5.o0@6.25-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-08
Good Thina for Feeders

Chicago, Jan s-Thefe are rumoss
OF a fight on freight rates between
the Rock Island and the Great West
ern by which the Iowa stoekmen aTe
likely to profit. The Rock Island. i
| is affirmed. vii. announce reduction
of about 80 per cent on corn from ali
points in Nebraska and Kansas TO all
points in Iowa.
The officials of the road announce
that the rate will be what is known as
an emergency rate" and is for tbs
purpose of encouraging Iowa stockmeti
to ship in corn from those states to
fatten the stuff they have on hand in
stead of carrying it over. as they would
have 10 do in consequence of the short
tive tariff in comparison with the
price of corn and fat stock.
AS has been announced. large guam
titles of corn have already been shipped
into the state from Kansas and Nebras-
ka to sections where hail and We:
weather destroyed the crop. The reg
ular freight rate of about 10 cents pei
bushel added to the high price OF corn
made 1t almost prohibitive. except lis
to what shipments We're absolutely
necessary.
1t Is expected that other lines will
follow the example of the Rock Island
and make a comparative cut In rates
Great Western officials yesterday
claimed that the reduction of rates was
not for the purpose of benefiting the
Iowa farmers. as alleged by the Rock
Island. but plan to thwart the efforts
OF President Stickney to make Omahs
a grain center. Mr.. Sttckney recently
made big slash in rates with view
TO making Omaha the grain marker
for northern Missouri, Kansas, Ne
braska and southwestern Iowa. This
Will mean cut In the long haul. which
the other lines have been enjoying
ON the bulk of the grain of those
states.
The Great Western thinks this is i,
plan to eliminate the Missouri river
tariff on grain. which will be damaging
TO the effort to establish grain mar
ket in Omaha.
What the scrap will develop into Is
difficult to forecast. but the Iowa
stockmen will be greatly benefited b.
It,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-08
E. II. Princes Grain Letter.

Chicago. Jan. s.-Whent-T>here was
ancaher n.:.rvous wheat market today
with early weakness and late strength.
Aside from the serious war situation
there were no strengthening influences
at work. Otherwise tlla market would
have shown greater weakness than II
did at the opening. An advance in con-
soils and lower foreign markets caused
a rush of selling orders. which carried
the price down q of can't for May
and cent for July. but the decline
Stopped and there was no further
" eakness noticeable except reaction
which occurred on later advances, due
largely to profit taking by early buy
e.s. Around 81 cents there was heavy
buying by Armour. and late consols
coming IN lover with a report of az,
engagement between japan and Rus
sian war vessels advanced May to SaA
and July to saJ5. Some selling by the
local crowd caused reaction. But the
market closed Arm near the top.
Corn-There was a little weakness
in corn at the opening, but the markei
advanced easily under the influence oil
sood general buying and continued
strong thruosm tine balance of the ses-
SION. There was selling by commission
houses ON the advance but this was
supposed to be In the way of NQuida-
ton. and there were only temporary
declines.