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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-24

1t Is said that even the most gentle
manly Of our burglars have much to
learn from Japan in the way of polite
ness if one may judge by description
of the manners Of robbers In that coun-
try. Three men broke into a dyer's
house while he was away, and one Of
them gently asked the wife how much
money there was In the place. She an
swcrcd that there was just little in
the house. The robber laughed and
said:
You are good old woman, and we
believe you. If you were poor we
would not rob you at all. Now, we only
want some money and this" placing
his hand on a fine silk dress.
The old woman replied: IAN my hus-
bands money | can give you. but | beg
you Will not take that, for 1t does not
belong to my husband and was con-
fided to us only for dyeinG What is
ours | can give, but cannot give what
belongs TO another"
That is quito right" approved the
robbcr, and he Immediately withdrew
with his confedcratcs.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-24

Nine. Myriam Harry, the Partisan
novelist, who Travelled about the world
a good deal, described what evidences
Of affection are priced by men and
women in different countries. In Je-
rusalem she once met young Arab
woman who had not tooth left IN her
head. Nine. Harrys native servant
said: Lucky woman! Her husband
knocked all her teeth out. He does
love her" In Cochin China Nine. Har-
ry was told that there a husband. was
not believed to love his wife properly
until he had made a present to her of
coffin. In Galicia, among the sect Of
Masochists, man values his wifes af-
fectiOn by the degree of suffering which
she causes him to endure. Nine. Harry
there once heard u betrothed youth say
to his afiianced bride, IF you really
loved me YOU would consent to bind
me and flop me with this whip" At
Stockholm woman sued her husband
for divorce on the ground that he did
cot love her soulfully.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-24
DUST OF THE DESERT.
IL 1" an Addiction, but IL Is Not I'm.
pure, Like City Dust.

IL Is an Addiction, but IL Is Not I'm
pure, Like City Dust
A traveller In Egypt writes; with oil
its heat and dust the desert has its
charms. True the desert dust Is an
affection, for when certain evil winds
blow the desert is shrouded In dust
vast swirling clouds through which no
eye can see. But when the dust storms
have blown over and the desert is
calm again you forget the dust for
the desert dust is dusty dust, but not
dirty dust Compared with the aw-
ful organic dust OF New York, Lon
don or Paris IT Is inorganic and pure.
"On those strips OF tho Libyan and
Arabian desrrts which lie along the
Nile the desert dust is largely made
up OF shredded royalty, Of wtthered
Ptolemies, Of faded Pharaohs, for the
tombs Of queens and kings are count
ed here by the hundreds and Of their
royal progeny and their royal retain
erS by the thousands. These desiccat-
ed dynasties have been drying so long
that they nre now quite nntiscptic
Dust Of these dead and gone kings
makes extraordinarily fertile soil for
vegetable gardens when irrigated with
the rich waters of the Nile Their
mummies are also said TO make excel
lent pigments for the bush Rameses
and Setos, Cleopatra and Hatasu-
these great ones dead and turned TO
clay when properly ground make
rich umber paint highly popular with
artists"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-24
A WOMAN S WIT.
Ii Served Her We'll When the Stage
conct H"Idup Game.

W NJ 20 NnA UA
coach IIoIdup Came.
\ good Illustration of tbo oI,fcl yrit
OF IL 4vomau appears In the following
Incident of thr old roocbiua dave az tho
far west The man of the t9Ic docs NOT
show of in the best of Hrhts ANA did
not deserve his reward Tho coach
was on It's way over n lonely road and
carried among its passcnrnrs lady
going to ioin her husband and mon
travelling by himself
Il have S1O 600 IN my nocl,otbooIy"
coufdcd tho lone traveller 10 the lady
and feel very uneasy. Would YOU
mind concraling il in your drrss2 If
We are hrId m, tl,o,. oro loss Iir,,Ir to
search YOU"
The lady consented ana hid the roll
OF bills. To,Ard evening tho shout OF
Throw up your huud~w brought thp
coach to a Standstfll. and four men
masked ana on horseback. demnudeJ
at the point Of the pistol that all money
should be Immediately given M The
lone traveller passed over all his re-
manning cash, consisting of few dol
lars, and was congratulating himself
on his escape when, to his horror. he
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-24
DESPERATE FIGHTING.
sTbe Men Threw ThemseIves on th
Buynncts of the Enemy"

/ sThc Men Threw Themselves on the
3uynncts of the Enemy"
I 1t IS phrase merely TO those of us
/ who do not know war at first hand,
! Then the men threw themselves on
hc bayonets of the enemy" 1t sounds
/ desperate and dramatic, but this ac-
count In BIackwood's Magazine by n
naval sublieutenant at Port Arthur
shows what # really means:
For thirty long minutes hand to
hand struggle had continued Men
threw grenades IN each others faces
Half dcmcntcd samurai flung them.
selves upon the bayOnets of the dozen
Muscovites That hold the travorso In
the trench. Who shall say that the day
Of the bayouet IS pasti Although there
was not n brccch that had not its car
fridge IN the chamber, yet men reused
to the limit of their animal fury over
look the mechanical appliances that
makc war easy. They thirsted to come
to grips, and to grips they came.
But 1t had to cnd The old colonel
had fought his way through his own
men To TIE very point of the struggle.
lie stood on the parapet. and his rich
voice for a second curbcd the fury OF
The wild creatures struggling beside
him.
Throw yourselves on their bayoncts
honorable comrades" he shouted
Those who come behind will do the
restr
His men heard him; his officers heard
him Eight stalwarts dropped their
rifles, held their hands above their
heads and flung themselves against the
traverse Before the Russian defend
ers could cXtricatc the bayonets from
their bodies the whole pack of the war
dogs had surged over them. The trench
was won.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-24

permitted them TO crawl over the rail
and promise all sorts Of good beha-
vior Ia future.
The brig had lost valuable time, but
TO make up for it Providence gave her
gale from the right quarter and she
moved along quickly. She ovcrrun her
time by day. both going and coming,
and never, after having their hurts at
tended To, was there more willing
mate or crew. Occasionally Captain
Hannah had something to say about
mutiny and piracy and broken heads,
but she made no note of 1t In the log
book, and perhaps she never told Cap
tain Jabez. At least, when she had
finished the return voyage, and he
asked her how things had gone, she re-
piled:
Il can't find the least mite of fault
and If you don't git around purity soon
men the Ole brig and them Boston
shippers Will have no use for you"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-24
Spare Moments.

Chancellor D'AguesScau, observing
that his wife always delayed ten or
twelve minutes before she came down
to dinner and reluctant To lose 80 much
time daily, began the composition of a
work which he prosecuted only while
thus kept waiting At the end of fif
teen years a book In three quarto vol
umes was completed, which ran
through three editions and was held I'm
high repute
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-24
MUSE AND
MATRIMONY
BY ]. SHERWOOD BOYD
Copyright. 1905, by T. c, Mcclure

DO you know" remarked Gerald
Goodsell, Il think l shall take to writ
ing pocrty."
Ncttic Ainsworth gave a little laugh
s. she settled herself more comfortably
IN the big chair. "Who ever heard Of
n poet with a waist line larger than his
chest measurement" she tcased.
Il say" he cried, Pm not 10 blame
because Tm-er-plump-am IP
You're not TO blame, Gerry" che
laughed, "hut you cannot have indiges-
tion and the fires of genius within you
at the same time"
"But have splendid Digestion" he
persisted. -Four meals a day never
feaZe me"
Poets" counseled Nettie, never
have regular meals. When they lead
regular lives they cease 10 become gen
fuses"
But that's all tommyrot," he de
clared lOftily Il can be a genius and
have the comforts of life, can't II"
IF you are very great genius, Ger
ry, you may be able TO live those handi-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-24
STRANGE ACCIDENTS.
A Broken Neck as the Result of the
Turn of n Foot.

Turn OF n Foot.
'"The man who fell out of bed and
broke his neck will scarcely attract
more than passing notice." said q
thoughtful man, for there have been
many cases equally remarkable. | re-
call one case where mans neck was
broken by very slight turn of his
foot. He attempted to catch himself
that Is, to preserve his balance-and
the effort was OF such violence that he
broke his neck. Many men have bro
ken their necks by a sudden stumble
and fall on the sidewalk or by being
knocked down by some hurrying pedes-
trian. or by street car or vehicle Of
some sort.
1T is not at all uncommon for po-
liceman, with no intention OF doing
more than subdue an unruly member,
TO break an offenders neck by rapping
him over the head with his club. Some
times the fall which follows and some
times the blow breaks the neck Of the
offender. Sometimes a sudden, violent
motion Of the head, quick Jerking
motion, the kind we make when dodg-
ing, will break the neck.
Il recall a case where man threw
his neck out of joint without breaking
II by throwing his head TO one side In
an effort TO dodge bullet fred at
him at short range. The bullet passed
through the rim of his hat Even after
that he carried his head tilted over the
right shoulder and was never able 10
straighten IT," = New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-24
The Giants Chair.

In Dolgelly, in the north Of Wales,
there is a mountain celebrated in folk
lore, poetry and song as Cader Idris,
or Idris' Chair. The hollow, couchlike
excavation on the top of the mountain
has given the peak its name. According
to the Welsh bards, the depression was
caused by the giant Idris long using IL
rs a chair. There is local tradition
In north Wales that whoever passes the
night in the Giants Chair will be found
In the morning either dead, crazy or
endowed with the highest pOetical as
pirations. Idris is variously represent
ed In Welsh tradition as prince, magi-
clan, sorcerer and astronomer, the only
thing on which all authorities agree be
ing his immense stature. The Lake
Of the Three Pebbles" which lies at
the foot of the Giants Chair, contains
three large blocks Of stone, which Idris
is said 10 have once poured out Of his
boots. The smallest Of these stones
will weigh a ton and a half
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-24
A DIFFERENCE IN NAMES.
some Orders That Puzzled the Ncv,
Anrl. l-ian nrnIt.r.


York EisH DcnIrr.
The fish market man glanced at the
rctrclting figure of lean. Iank Gus
toner and remarked. u wish that fcl-
low would learn In talk United States.
He comes i'm here aud says. Have you
any squitnaguc| and after awhile 1
find out me wants Ucalnsh Then one
day ne ordered horse mackercl, and /
had % send for dictionary before |
found out that he wanted bluefsh.
Whore did be come from2 New Eng
land, h" says and calls things by the
names they do down there.
Strange that a few miles should
mako such difference in fish names
Why, when he wants a blackfish he
calls for tautaug ana orders quuhuags
when he wants CLAIMS. He Is almost
rs bad as an EngIishman who came
into a meat market where | worked
once and asked us if we had any sn-
worry duck. This Is no poultry shop
said |. I know it, replied he. Then
why do you ask for duckT said I.
What do you suppose he wanted?
Nothing in the world but hogs pluck.
or pigs liver, rs the ovcrrcfned call
it."-Ncw York Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-24

The difficulty Of avoiding ''how lers"
when one Is translating from English
into such a language as that Of the
MiCmac Indians Of Nova Scotia must
be very great, says the London News.
We hear from the Bible society of
curious case. In the first edition Of
ST Matthew in Micmac the translator
found when lac came to revise it that
III chapter XXiv, I, instead Of Nation
shall rise against nation" he had writ
ten, "A pair Of snowshoes shall rise
up against a pair of snowshocS" And
yet there was only one letter misprint-
ing been displaced by naooktalumiksi-
1ill Ca SnoWShoci
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-24
ler side Of the paper she read

the other side of the paper she read:
Her hair may be blond, black or red,
Her name may be- Hette or Lefty.
But tho girl l am anxious 10 we'd
Is a brunette, ana her name is Nettie.
That's what I've been trying to say
to You for most two years" he went on
earnestly 1t may be bad verse, but L
think I'll make better husband than
l VIII n poet Say Yes dear" he
urged
And Nettie said, Yes, dear" so softly
that he had to kneel beside her. with
his arms about her, to catch the whis-
pered words
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-24

George"
''Yes, dcarT"
Before we Were married you once
asked me If l enjoyed n brass band"
Yves, perhaps l did"
You did. And I said yes. But IT
seems l misunderstood you, George.
My wedding ring is making & black
mark on my finger"
6! .'-Cleycland Leader.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-24
j j. q ROW NJ

THE EYE SPECIALITY
Eyes tested, treated, fitted with lass
tnd Artificial eyes supplied
Market Street, BloomSburg, Pa
Hours-10 a IN. to p. m
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-24

7. M. ?. NJ PM A n
New YORK $50 500 7S5 50
'DPiy, fDaIly except sunday.
stops cu SienRi or on notice TO conducto. ,
stops on signal To- take on passengers for
New York, Binghamton and points west
T. r. CLAkEh r. W. LL.E
Zen. ~ ;'ertntapdRut Gpu
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-24
PittstonD6H) ar' NJ p M p M = NJ
scranton az 10 Y S9z tO| o..
10 Os I G5 25' \ u

w IENUNNN. UNIIy. I Flag statiOn.
Pullman Parlor ard Sleeping Cars run on
through trains between SGcbury, Wiliamsporr
ana Lrie. between Sunbury an5 Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrisburg Pitts
burg and the West
For further information apply to Ticket Agent
W. ". ATTERBURY J. X WOOD
General Manager Pass Traffic Mgr
GEO ", BOYD, Gen Passenger Agent
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-24
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
TIME TABLE
In Effect May 2Sth, 1905

"A. VI. T. II.
Scranton( (D&H).v So u 20 % 40 Is l5I -.
Pittston " - 653. 3.fiCIfS 2 OF. 5 50
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-28
TWO cHARreas ISSUED.
Farmers Elevator Company Of Tonkawa
Incorporates

Territorial secretary Grimes today is
sued charters to the following
The American Financial and Industrial
company Of Oklahoma City and Chicago.
with a capital stock Of $4,000 The in-
corporatora are; W. j. Iiogue OF Chi
cago; r W. Mccormick Of Washington,
and NJ. l.. Splitter Of Oklahoma city
The Farmers Elevator company OF
ronkawa with "a capital stock Of So
600 The lncorpontors are: Thomps
Grabef, Douglas Bills n r. MoDnniels.
W y. Brown. h 4 Brook. W. Bolicl,
and T y Burk
A notarid commission was issued "a
Earl r Suits OF Darlington.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-28
ALmosi PERSUADED
Secretary crimes Believes There Is a
Chance for statthood

Territorial Secretary William Grimes
said that be now believes stronger than
ever before that oklahoma and Indian
territory win get statehood He says
that IL matters not TO him TO whom The
credit Is due. but Senator Bailey fn his
estimation. Is man who comes 10 the
battle when one side or the other is on
the verge Of defeat and does things which
are often miracles.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-28
NICELY furnished rooms with bath,
at No. 800 f. Nol'e ave.
THREE FALl ~ saOr Gun FloHr
iowans IN sanaulnary Battle Are Wound
Cd and Under Arrest.

Burlington, Ia, Feb. 2s.--In a sanguin-
ary battle with shot guns south Of here
William Higgins, Charles Love and
Myron Welliver were wounded. Higgins
seriously The three fought over the pos
session OF some Timber into yesterday
and the hght continued until sher.h
Williams aud posse interviewed The
sheriff reached here with his prisoners
today and The three are being guarded in
the hospital
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-28
MRS. FRANK Lsux.
Has Been Taken TO Excelsior Springs FOR
Her Health.

Frank Laux returned yesterday from
Excelsior Springs. Kas., where he took
his wife and family. Mrs. Laux was
very sick when she left Guthrie several
days ago and she was taken from here
TO hospital at Kansas City, Mr. LuuV
thinks that she y rapidly improving and
after several we : recreation she w'n
be recuperated anu able to return in
good health
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-28
HELo N pEoNAoE sY NATION.
Negro Postmaster Would Resign the
Place, but OFFICIALS Forbid

Jackson, Miss, Feb 2S--A A. Horton.
"a negro postmaster at Way Station. Mad
lson county thirty-hve miles north OF
here, makes the charge that he IS being
held in peonage by the postonice depart
ment Horton bats frequently attempted
20 resign but the postonlce department
refused 20 accept the resignation for tho
reason that no other person can be found
willing TO take che office. The negro ass
scrts that The postmaster general Is hold
iug him M involuntary serl1tude ana
that he o. losing money by serving as
poafmaafor
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-28
ssrusss 70 weo A rosrlonEe.
Boston Girl Breaks Engagement on Eve
Of the Wedding.

Boston, Mass. Feb 2s-Thc guests
hidden 10 the wedding of Miss Minna
Twombly Jones ana Baron Arthur Kamler
Edler Won saarberg OF Austria. set for
Thursday, viii receive tomorrow cards
Withdrawing the invitations. Laat night
Miss Jones, who is relative of the
Yanderbilts and prominent socially
changed her mind, her only reason being
that she VIII not wed a foreigner.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-28
POLICEMAN JOHN Gates.
Declares He win Not Run on Republican
Ticket.

Policeman John Gates declares that he
viii not be a candidate for chief OF ro-
lice on the Republican ticket In the city
election this spriay. He says that be
has practically promised to stay with the
"Citizens and Taxpayers" moge and that 2
II they desire to bring him out. an good
and well, but otherwise he refuses to run.
Mr. Gates takes an optimistic view OF
the coming election. In his opinion the
Citizens and Taxpayers move VIII win
out
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-28
sHoRT sHRlFT FoR RoaseR.
Caught BY Pursuing Mob and Quickly
Strung UP.

Reno, New, Feb. 2s-A ynchlng took
place last night "a Hazen, Churchill coun-
~ the victim being one of two men nee
cused Of robbery at "a railroad station.
The alleged robbers ran into the nee
brush where one of them was oyertaieen
and hanged by a mob
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-28
PERKINS Man HERe.
Is in Favor Of Senator Hiokan's Bridge
Bill.

y G Mcmillan OF Perkins was IN the
city yesterday on business. While here
he said that he favors Senator Hickam's
Council Bin No lis which provides for
the building Of bridges lie said. how
ever, that he had always opposed the bill
that Senator 1Iickam had enacted into
law two years ago. The present bridge
Law provides that the township Shall pay
oae-third and the county two thirds Of
the expenses in building bridges. Coun-
eli Bn No. lis, which Senator Hickam
has Introduced, provides that the town
ship shall pay one-fourth and the county
three-fourths OF the expenses in con-
atructing bridges This lightens the
burden on the township and will be IA
vered, doubtless, by farmers everywhere,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-28
1oM MoaaIs, aEooMMENoATIoNs.
Thus Far Apparently Overlooked by
Eighth legislative Assembly.

Tom Morris secretary Of the Oklahoma
Live stock commission, says that the
legislature seems 70 be dormant on the
question Of some recommendations he
made IN regard 10 chnnges in the live
stock laws. For instance, there is an
amendment needed IN the law pertaining
20 diseased stock with very little danger
Of trouble. Glanderod horses are being
traded and sold an over the country Cen
orally ii turns out that the territorial IN
spector discovers that the animals has
glanders Just after he has been sold or
trudcd Tor. The animal Is killed and "a
loss a cntaied Secretary Morris claims
that 81 the statutes We're amended only
slightly this inegitimate business could
be checked.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-28
esod Government Club.

There win be a meeting OF the Good
Government club az the city hall Friday
night An are cordially invited 70 be
present
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-28
SCHOONER sunk AT SEA.


San Franeisco. Cal, Feb 2s.-The
schooner reported pn on Tomaies bay
Yesterday has been Identified as me Jesse
Natson. Twelve men were aboard her
and ail were lost
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-28
umHolrz IN WANT
says Central Normal School Needs Two
Departments.

f. H. umholtz, president Of the Gene
iral Normal school al Edmond. was IA
ine city last night Speaking OF the
needs Of the Central Normal, PresidcrI
umhcitz snid chat there are only two
additions that hia school desir IS rciy
much at present ana those are kindergar-
ten and manual training departments.
with these two departments, he says, the
school would be wen equipped TO rrn
cut teachers up 20 cate IN every wa y. AZ
this time the Central Normal has over
500 students and the enrolment contin-
ues % grow Every year the list m-
creases President Umholtz returned u
Edmond this morning
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-28

Clean your alleys and streets Of al
trash. severl have paid fines recently;
you viii be next No other notice win
be given. o. G.. BROWN,
Health officer.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-28
CRY IN BRIEFS.

Elmer Peterson Of Navlna age gS
years, died last Sunday Of consumption
Albert Clark and Miss Bertha snastoen
were married last Sunday by REV w
C. Miles IN this city
Governor Ferguson has signed the Fort
supply bin; also Beckcr's bill, authorlz-
Ing water works az Wakifn.
A special car Of twenty-five negroes
left yesterday, Via the Frisco, for Dem
yer tc attend the Methodist conference.
The civic league committee appointed
az the last regular meeting 10 select "a
ticket met last night at the residence Of
Rev w. G Miles, Possible candidates
were discussed.
Tonight the Eagles win entertain the
members OF The Eighth legislative ns-
genbly royal good time is expected
The Eagles are noted Tor thoir Hospitality
and whoever attends their festivities viii
certainly be highly and satisfactorily en-
tertaiued