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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-12-07
A SILVER BRIDGE.
Quaint Ceremony That Goes With
Roumanian Wedding.

At Roumanian weddings it is the Gus
tom at the wedding feast for the
groom to receive his bride over
bridge Of silver.
Coins are placed in a double row
across the table, and over this the
bride daintily steps to her husbands
waiting arms
The ceremony of laying the bridge is
one of the interesting events Of the
wedding feast following the religious
ceremony When the guests are
brought to proper spirit of festivity
by the good cheer at the board a space
at the head of the table IS cleared and
from bag are drawn silver coins pro
cured for the purpose, the proper pro-
vision being the production OF coins
fresh from the mint
These are laid in a double row across
the table, and when all is ready the
father Of the groom makes a speech to
bis son. admonishing him to see that
his brides way through life Is always
paved with silver
a proper response Is made, and,
mounting a chair, the elder man swings
the bride lightly to the table Carefully
avoiding the displacing Of a coin (for
that would mean bad luck) the girl
makes her way across the short silver
pathway and leaps into the arms Of her
spouse.
At wedding feasts where Ostentation
is desired the bridge Is built lengthwise
Of the table.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-12-07

The proprietor of the dry goods store
had proposed to the milliner who
owned the establishment across the
way.
But. Mr.. Wrappemup," she said,
I'm not sure that | like you well
enough to marry you. Let US be mere.
ly friends, as heretofore"
I've cant, Miss Wribbens," he an
swered through his set teeth. There
Is no friendship in trade You will like
me well enough to marry me or I'll add
q millinery department to my stock!"-
Chicago Tribune.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-12-07

In October, 1856, religiously mind
ed Bucklnghamshire farmer named
Jenkins brought his firstborn to the
parish church to be chriStened, and
this was TO be the name: Abel Benja-
min Caleb Daniel Ezra Felix Gabriel
Haggai Isaac Jacob kish Levi Ma
noah Nehemiah Obdiah Peter Quartus
Rechab Samuel Tobiah UZZiel Vaniah
Word XyStus Zechariah. 1t will be
observed that the n1wes are all ar
ranged in alphabetical order and are
as far as possible selected from Scrip
ture. 1t was only with the very great
est difficulty that the clergyman dis
suaded Mr.. jenkins from doing the
lasting wrong to his child that he had
unwittingly devised, but eventually 1t
was decided to chriSten the boy simply
Abcl-Chambcrs Journal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-12-07
Early Bargain SrIes.

There We're bargain sales even when
this country was in its early youth
but most of the bargains offered We're
choice lots of slaves to be disposed of
at the old slave mart that stood at the
foot of Wall street In the New York
Gazette of Dec. "a, 1867, one of the
large slave holders makes this an
nOunCement:
German Slaves For Sale.-To be dis
posed of. three German servants. one a
baker by trade, one a butcher and the
other a laborer. They are Industrious
good men, whose honesty has been tried,
and ,hcy may be had on reasonable
terms. Inquire of the printer hereof.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-12-07
PANTS AND VESTS.
The Difference Hetween Them and
Trousrr- nnd WuistcuatS.

lFOufrT- 1'd " ui$tcBItS.
Why do TIE trade Journals ignore the
word pants" and what is the differ
ence between "trowsprs" and .trou-
serS" and between west" and waist
coat" asks a correspondent of the
Clothior ana Euruishcr
Pants" is an abbreviatlon of pan
falcons" a word foisted upon us by
the French, though possibly derived
from the lta!-n ''pantaleon," which,
according - th" poet Byron, has an i'll
defined connection with the lion of st.
Marks, in Venice "Trowsers" is old
English moderniZed into trousers"
which is the proper spelling. Vest"
is an abbreviatiOn of "vestment." An
other poet. Oliver Wendell Holmes,
traces it to Londoners in his line which
says:
The dangerous waistcoat, called by cock
neys vest"
Genteel usage declares ''pants" to be
vulgar, though it and ''pantaloons" and
west have their place in trade and so
receive recognition. We end'the matter
with another quotation from Holmes:
The thing named pants in certain docu-
mentS,
A word not made for gentlemen, but
gents"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-12-07
WAUL 10 ORDER BEAUTY.
Artificial Noses. Mouth Formers and
DimpIe Denters.


The best artificial noses nowadays
are made of papier mache, enameled.
Such nose is fastened to a spectacle
frame sometimes for the sake of con-
venicnce and thus may be put on or re-
moved at brief notice.
There is Il patented contrivance,
somewhat resembling a clOthespin, for
attachment To the nose to give to the
organ proper taper Another device
is supposed to improve the lines of
the mouth.
Not a few people have no roofs to
their mouths. having been born with
out any. or in other cases having lost
them by disease. For such unfortu-
mates artificial mouth roofs made Of
galvanized rubber are Furnished.
There is a patented device for clean
ing the tongue, consisting of knife
with Il Concave edge to which a sort OF
sponge brush is attached. When one
is not well ones tongue is liable to be
disagreeably coated, but the annoy
ance may be removed by means of the
instrument described.
If you desire dimples you may wear
certain kind of wire mask at night
to- which are attached blunt wooden
points that may be caused by the help
Of screws to press upon the points
where the dimples are wanted. Thus
after awhile the dimples are made to
appear
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-12-07
Reason Enough.

what! Marry my daughter" snort
ed old Gotrox. why, you must be
destitute OF all reason
YES" interrupted young Poorley'
with refreshing candor; Il admit am
destitute, but that very fact is my rea-
son."-Philadelphi Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-12-07
TACKAWANNA RAILROAD
A -BLOOMSBURG DIVIS' ON
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad
lin Effect Jan. /, 1905.
TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE.
EASTWARD.


7.O7 a m daily for Bloomsbury, Kingston,
Wilkes-Barre AID Scranton. Arriving Scran-
ton at 8 ~ a. m. and connecting at Scranton
with trains arriving at Philadelphia at S.IS Il.
m and New York City at $50 p. IN.
1919 a. III. weekly for Bloomsbury, Kingston,
Wilkes Barre, Scranton and intermediate sta
tions, arriving nj scranton at l2.S5 p m and
connecting th1re with trains for New York
City, Philadelphia and Buffalo.
2ll weekly for rBloomsburg, Kingston, Wilkes
Barre. Scranton and intermediate stations,
arriving AT Scranton at 40 p. m.
SAB D. m daily for Bloomsbury, Espy Ply
mouth. Kingston, Wilkes Barre, PittstOn,
Scranton and intermediate stations, arriving
at Scranton at s25 p. IN. and connecting there
a m, Philadelphia 10 "A. m. and Buffalo a. IN.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT DANVILLE.
9I5a a. m. weekly from Scranton, Pittston,
Kingston, Bloomsbury and intermediate sta
tiOns, leaving Scranton at 6.S5 "A. m, where IL
connects with trains leaving New YorS City
at $50 p. m, Philadelphia at 7.02 p m. and
Buffalo at 1880 a. m.
1914 p. m. daily from Scranton, Pittston,
Kingston, Berwick Bloomsbury and interme-
diate stations, leaving Scranton at 1910 a M.
and connecting there with train leaving Buff
alO at2.25 "A. m.
433 p. m. weekly from Scranton, Kingston,
Berwick. Bloomsbury and intermediate sta
tons, leaving Scranton at l55 p. m, where II
connects with train leaving New York City
at 1000 a. m, and Philadelphia at 300 a. m.
9O5 D. m. daily from Scranton. Kingston,
Pittston. Berwick. Bloomsbury and interme-
diate stations, leaving Scranton at 6.35 p. m,
where IL connects with trains leaving New
York City at ! 90 p. m, Philadelphia at l20
p. m. and Bufiolo at $50 n. m.
E CLARKE. Genl Supt.
Il. w. LEE. Gen. Pass. Agt.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-10
To Make the Dairy Pay.

1t behooves every dairyman to be
alert and not permit any diseased ami
NAL to become part of his herd. When
such a one is found he should dispose
Of it as soon as possible to protect his
herd from infection. Keep the barns
clean and use some disinfectant occa-
sionally. Groom your cows regularly
and use fly preventive in the fly
season. and it will pay In more ways
than one Cows will gradually i'm
prove in producing qualities up to the
age of from eight to ten years, if the
eatment has been good, and. with
keeping the proper strain in breed and
giving right food and treatment. will
realize a yearly profit of from $40 to
SEQ, which. with !: good number and
the manure Of the herd on the farm. is
small gold mine and will improve the
producing capacity of the farm.-Rob-
ert H. Petherbridge. St Louis City
Milk Inspector.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-10

It would almost seem as if nature re-
sents any departure from the original
mode of progression. When men rode
much they developed bow legs and a
jockey walk. When they took to the
bicycle they put on the cycling hump
and grew elongated feet. When the mo-
tor came in it modified the bicycle
hump and gave us a lesser stoop, a
craned neck and the motor glare.
If you will have a man well set up,
normally developed and erect, as Prov
idence intended him to be, you must
bring him up ON walking exercise, not,
Of course, the dawdling SLOUGH of the
lazy loafer, but the spirited walk of the
healthy human who treads the earth as
if he owned it. Here you have at hand
one means of avoiding some of the
penalties Of progress.-London Taller.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-10
Something In Addition.

A German grocer. newly arrived in
New Orleans, opened up downtown
establishment He got along fairly
well for awhile, but soon all his Gus
toners ceased coming.
Meeting one of them on the street one
day he inquired the cause.
Because you don't give lagniappe."
was the curt reply
But what is dot lagniappe?" he per-
sisted
''Oh, simply a custom here. When
one buys anything at a grocery store
the clerk or proprietor usually gives
lagniappe-that is, little something In
addition
''Och. dot is it. eh?' replied the grocer
redectively and went his way.
The next customer who came in was
served by him in person.
After the package was tied and hand
ed over the counter the grocer said
suddenly:
What is der sum of sixteen hundert
unit forty seven unit eighteen hundert
unit nine?"
why, whatever Go you mean:" cried
the astonished purchaser.
"Why, dots your lagniappe-a leetle
something in addition, aindt id?''
The grocer shop closed the following
week.-New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-10
Louis NapOIe0n's Title.

1t has been said that Louis Napoleon,
who assumed the imperial dignity in
1852, a year after his famous coup
d'etat, was Influenced in the choice of
his title by a curious misconception.
An enthusiastic project closed an Off
cial document with the words give
Napoleon!!v' and these three notes of
exclamation were mistaken for the Ro-
imam mineral Ill
Another and very similar story is to
the effect that official posters appeared
upon the walls of Paris headed Napo-
leon III. by a printers error for NapO-
leon II. THAT is to say, Napoleon H.,
Imperator, OF emperor.
The less romantic reason is that had
the son of the great Napoleon lived to
succeed his father he would have been
Napoleon Ii. and that on this ground
Louis Napoleon figures as the third of
that name
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-10
Served Its Purpose.

"A certain cadi of Bagdad had been
i'll his youth fisherman, and, to keep
himself in mind of his humble origin,
there was always spread upon his din
ner table huge fishing net.
"PeOple admired the cadi for this
exhibition OF humility. He was rich,
and his house was sumptuous. But,
amid all that elegance, the net, the
sign of the mans lowly birth, was al
ways prominently displayed.
1.-THE story of the net spread through
the city and finally reached the ears of
the caliph. He, in due time, sent for
the cadi, took him into his favor and
made him his grand viZier.
Thus said Haroun al Raschid, we
reward humility
From the day of his appointment
the grand viZier ceased to exhibit his
fishing net. 1t disappeared, and it was
never spoken of.
"Once, though, a visitor, man of con.
siderable impudence, said to the vizier
"'Why is it, my lord, that your net
is no longer spread upon your table?'
"The ,-izier smiled and quietly re-
piled:
"'It has caught the fish,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-10
METHODS OF MILKING.
Best Results Are Obtained by Keep
ing the Flow Steady,

For some reason the paragraphs
which used to go the rounds of the ag-
ricultural papers claiming that rapid
milking was the best method of milk
ing seem to have been dropped out
of sight, says American Cultivator
Possibly those who used to copy them
have learned how to milk a COW or
have given place to others who have
learned that doing a thing we'll is bet
ter than doing it quickly.
Keeping up steady flow of milk
from the beginning to the end of the
process helps to keep up the supply,
but the strong grasp that tries to force
out a stream of milk larger than the
Orifice in the teat will allow to run
easily is painful to the COW and may
produce an Inflammation of the udder
that will result in an attack of garget.
Then also the rapid mixer in his haste
will fail to get all the milk from the
udder, and that last milk, or stripping,
as it is called, has a much larger per-
centage of butter fat than the milk
that is first drawn.
The last pint taken by a careful
mixer has often tested from IA to 20
per cent of butter fat, or about half as
much as good cream, and this when the
average of the entire milking has not
exceeded 4 per cent or may have fall
en- below that. To lose this excep-
toionally rich product is not only to re-
duce the butter value of the entire
milking, but it has tendency to cause
the COW to dry off earlier than she
should, as that milk, or almost cream,
much be absorbed again into the sys-
tenn.
The mixer should not stop to talk
while milking, but should not hurry
by eXerting too much strength at his
work or by stopping as soon as he
does not get as large a stream as he
did when he first began. In this re-
spect the European custom Of having
the milking done by women is better
than ours, as they exert less strength
and have more patience.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-10
Test the Dairy Herd.

The benefit that a dairyman derives
from testing his herd is much greater
than one would at first suppose, and
it Is the only way to bring up the
butter record that will bring good
investment, says an Indiana dairyman
in Farmers Guide. We found by the
use of the tester in our herd that
some of our cows were getting in debt
to us and would eat up the profit of
the cows that made higher tests. There
are thousands of such instances in the
dairy work Of our country.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-10
LarKe and Small Cows,

Several interesting facts were pre-
sented during recent experiments with
dairy cattle. 1t was found TO be the
rule that the animals of medium size
gave more milk than the large ones;
that the large ones varied most in
yield and also required more food to
keep up their milk than the smaller
ones. The percentage of fat also
proved to be less in the milk of the
large cows than In that of either the
medium or small ones. - Farm and
Ranch
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-10

Many persons consider that calf
raised on skim milk cannot be other
than a poor miserable creature which
will never be of any use to the owner
or to any one else owing to the check
to it's development during it's first
few months of life, says correspond
ent of American CultivatOr 1t is
quite true that there are plenty Of
puny, understood calves to be found
that have been raised on skim milk,
but their unsatisfactory condition is
not the result of the skim milk, but Of
the careless and ignorant methods in
which it is led.
The poor results which have SO often
followed the feeding of skim milk
have, according to a bulletin issued by
the Missouri station, been due to
faulty methods, and not because the
fat CREAM which has been taken out
is absolutely indispensable to the nor
NAL development of the calf. In truth,
the butter fat or cream of the milk is
by no means the most valuable part
of the milk for the calf. The fat does
not go to form growth in young
animal, but to keep up the heat of the
body and to supply fat for body It's
sues The parts of milk which furnish
the growth making material are the
casein and albumen which are seen as
curd when the milk sours. From this
material are made the muscles and
hot, ND nd
remains in the skim milk.
The calf fed on skim milk is not
generally SO fat during the first six
months of it's life as the one nursed by
the cow. It often has, however, rather
a better development of bone and mus
Gle, and the difference between the
two cannot be seen two weeks after
weaving 1t true the calf requires
in addition > the skim milk some
food which will furnish reasonable
amount of fat. COrnmeal has been
found to be very satisfactory and is
used extensively for this purpose. BY
giving the calf something to properly
balance the skim milk, by feeding
the milk warm and sweet and not in
too large quantities excellent results
can be depended upon.
The Danish Red Cow.
In Denmark, at least in the two is
lands which form the best part Of the
kingdom, the Red Danish cow is the
principal breed. These animals are a
brownish red with black points. They
are larger than the Ayrshire, not so
heavy as the Holstein and are shorter
In the legs than the latter. They are
good dairy cattle At an agricultural
school which l visited, where thirty
cows are kept, they have a record of
an average yield of $500 pounds Of
milk and $40 pounds Of butter per cow
Prize Winning Jersey Bull.
Merry Maiden's Third Son. 6O516,
first prize Jersey bull at the st. Louis
fair. is a four-year-old and won over
the pick of recent importations from
the island of Jersey, says Hoard's Dali
ryman. from which the picture is re-
produced
His dam, Merry Maiden, 64949, was
winner of the Grand sweepstakes
award as the best individual COW of
any breed. all three tests combined, at
the Columbian exposition at Chicago
in 1893 His SIRE Brown Bessie's Son,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-10
Advantages of the Silo

DR.. e. III. Jenkins says in American
Agricuiturist: | do not assert that in
all cases it will pay to put the corn
crop into the slO. [ believe in most
cases it will and that common expert
ence comedies with the results of a
very careful comparison made on the
farm of the New Jersey station which
showed that for milk and butter pro-
duction the feeding value of the dry
matter of slage was greater than that
Of dried fodder corn. The yield Of
milk was over II per cent greater and
of fat 10 per cent greater. At cent
per pound for milk produced the value
Of the corn crop was nearly $40 an
acre greater when fed as slage rather
than as dried fodder
Substitute For Grass.
Silage can be utilized to advantage
in every section of the country on ac-
count Of the variety Of crops from
which it can be made and because it is
an excellent substitute for grass in
the winter or summer feeding of farm
stock.-Report of Tennessee Expert
ment Station.
The .SiIO and Land Values.
Silage increases the carrying capaci-
ty of the land. Ordinarily from two to
three acres of blue grass are required
to carry a 1000 pound steer for six
months when gaining from 800 to 400
pounds. -Four 800 pound steers were
fed for $50 days on the product Of less
than an acre of land in the form of
silage and gained $50 pounds during
that period.
Cause of SfiO Failures.
Farmers who experience difficulty in
making good silage either cut the crops
too green or else have improperly con-
structed silos.
Size of Sflo.
A silo for thirteen cows would re-
quire about forty tons of silage. says Il
Maine farmer in American Cultivator.
A round silo ten feet in diameter and
twenty feet high or thirteen feet
in diametel. and twenty feet high or
twelve feet in diameter and twenty
two feet high would contain the
amount required. The corn from four
acres would probably be sufficient to
fill it if the larger varieties Of corn
are grown Beginners with silOs usu-
ally underrate the amount of corn
which should be planted. In this lati-
tude the tallest kinds of ensilage CORE
often fail TO mature the grain. The
rule is &c grow the tallest corn that
will ripen good ears.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-10
eye" For <&The."

Eye" for 1.-The" is not now and never
was a proper form of expression. The
word we as it appears in all old
books and legal documents, should al.
ways be pronounced as the the ''y'
being only corruption of the thorn
letter, symbol which stood in place
of 9Th" and which was formerly used
by printers when difficulties were ex-
perienced in spacing OUT
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-10
Sour
Stomach

No appetite, loss of strength nervous
ness, headache, constipation, bad breath,
general debility. sour risings. and catarrh of
the stomach are all due to Indigestion. Kodol
cures indigestion. This new discovery repre-
sents the natural juices of digestion as they
exist in healthy stomach, combined with
the greatest known tonic and reconstructive
properties. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does moi
only cure indigestion and dyspepsia, but this
famous remedy cures all stomach troubles
by cleansing. purifying, sweetening and
strengthening the mucous membranes lining
the stomach.
MIR. S. S. Ball. Of Ravenswood w. Va. says
" was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years
kodol cured and we are now using it in mill
for baby
kodol Digests What You Eat.
Bottles only. 500 Size holding III times the tris
size. which sells for SO cents
Prepared by {. c. Dewitt & CO.. CHICAGO
For Sale by H. ]. Stangl.ss
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-10
A Mark Twain Anecdote.

A friend of the humorist tells a
story of the days when Mark Twain
was a pilot on the Mississippi which
has never before been published.
One day Mr.. Clemens missed his
boat. Instead of inventing an excuse,
he reported to his superior officer as
follows:
my boat left at T:20. | arrived at
the wharf at 80 and could not catch
t.''-Harper's Weekly.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-10
MERRY MAIDEN's THIRD SON, 6o5l6.

3455O, was a son of Brown Bessie.
1897, champion butter COW at the
same fair, winner of the ninety days
and thirty days tests against all
breeds. No two cows obtained greater
honors in these dairy tests. open to the
world on all breeds. than the two that
are the nearest in the ancestry of Mer-
ry Maiden's Third Son, 6O516. This
bull is the property of I'll. C. Taylor of
Wisconsin and is valued at $1,000.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-10


wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou-
bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp-R0ot is not rec
commended for everything but if you have kid
ney. liver or bladder trouble it will be found
just the remedy you need. lthas been tested
in so many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that special arrangement has
been made by which all readers of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mail, also book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out fyou have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and Eclt
send your address to a4l;;issHk 1sl:::$s:h
Dr.. Kmer & Co., Bng- Gss
hamton. N. Y. The s<slslsA EMs ks
regular fifty cent and Home Of swamp-Root
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.