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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-20
QUEER ALMANACS.
Australian Shepherds Have Odd
W., Of Ma..kinE Time.

The boundary ri4.rs Of the great
Australian sheep ranches have each
district 10 look after, in which one
must keep Tie wire fences in repair
ana see Cat the sheep come to no
harm. 1t is 4 hard and lonely life liv-
lrg. as c"ch boundary rider does, quite
alone in tie wilderness. A writer tells
If some f tie curious ways in which
t.cse solitary men keep count of the
TayS.
one old man who had lived in the
back country for thirty years used two
jam tins and seven pebbles. One tin
WAS mmkeG. This week." and the 9th
er Last week" on Monday morning
he would take pebble from Last
week" ana drop it into This week."
and each Subsequent morning till This
week" had swallowed the seven. They
were returned to Last week." and the
Old fellow knew that another Sunday
had passed.
Another man had tried and failed
with several plans. At last he hit on q
new idea. He made big damper (caks
Of flour ana water) on Sunday night
and marked 1t into seven sections,
each section being a days allowance,
50 that every time he picked up the
damUcr the grocer would remind him
of the day. Unfortunately one Tues
day there came a visitor with a raven
GUS appetite. The host stinted him
self that the hungry one might be sat
isfieI with the days section. But he
wasn't With anxious eyes the host
saw the knife clearing the boundary
line and the hungry man ruthlessly
carving into his almanac. At last he
could stand it no longer.
"Stop, stop" he cried as he grabbed
the damper and glared at it.
There" he said, you've eaten Toos-
Jay and We'n'day, and now yer wanter
slice the best O. the morntn' O. Thurs
day, an | won't know the day O. the
week"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-20

where ne had heard the confessions of
half the village.
81 don't like to speak Of 1t, William"
she was saying nervously. Il don't
suppose | had any right in the first
place to ask you to get that woman out
of the house, but you see you're ike
one of the family, and | thought you
might help me"
"Amanda's mighty fine woman,
Susan" he answered, nervously pick
ing at a loose button on the chair arm,
"a mighty fine woman; but you see,
she's never had any husband to domf-
neer. You can't blame her when you
realize that, you know. Now, think
the best way will be to get husband
for her"
Susan shifted You don't happen to
know of any one who wants her for
wife, do your she asked scornfully.
Manning blushed.
mo one" he said slowly-"that Is, no
one except myself. You see, I've been
like one Of the family to the whole
town so long that never before real
ized that it would be nice to have
family of my own"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-20
KEEP UP YOUR ENERGY.
Stand Erect and Walk Though
You Were Somebody.

Never allow your physical standard
to drop. Keep up your energy. Walk
as if you were somebody and were go
ing to do something worth while in the
world, so that even a stranger will note
your bearing and mark your superior
ity. If you have fallen into a habit of
walking in Il listless, indolent way,
turn right about face at once and make
a change You don't want to shuttle
along like the failures we often see sit
ting around on park benches or lolling
about the streets, with their hands i'll
their pockets, or haunting intelligence
offices and wondering why fate has
been SO hard with them. You don't
want to give people the impression that
you are discouraged or that you are al
ready FALLING to the rear. Straighten
up, thenl Stand erecti Be a man.
You are child of the Infinite King
You have royal blood In your veins
Emphasize it by your bearing. A man
who is conscious of his kinship with
God and of his power and who believes
thoroughly In himself walks with
firm, vigorous step, with his head erect,
his chin in, his shoulders thrown back
and down, and his chest well projected
in order to give a large lung capacity.
He Is the man who does things.
You cannot aspire or accomplish great
or noble things SO long as you assume
the attitude and bearing of a coward
or weakling. If you would be noble
and do noble things you must look up.
You were made to look upward and to
walk upright, not to look down or to
shamble along in semihorizontal posi-
tion. Put character, dignity, nobility,
into your walk-Success.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-20
A WOMAN'S PHILOSOPHY.

There amt NO possible good % en-
come o Iendin' money to them 8 aint
able to pay II back.
3 far 8 my observation . extended.
it's always folks a long ways Oh .
it's wisest to lay all faults to.
No woman as . goin' to fall In love
ever ought to begin by marrytn' an
other man first. 1t mixes things all up.
= far g my observation . extended.
no one don't ask for advice Mess
they've pretty well made up their mind
not TO take IT,
It's better for you to learn the les-
son 3 all Is vanity now than to wRit
n have it fall on your head like q un-
expected pickle jar.
l didn't get my trunk down cause
I'll have Friday to pack anyhow, n
any one en- slide a trunk down N lad
der any time, but nobody can't never
slide nothin' up nowhere.-"Susan
Clegg and Her Friend, Mrs. LAthrop."
by Anne Warner.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-20
THEBES GLASS WORKERS.
The High Art That Flourished Over
Forty Centuries Ago.

Forty Centuries Ago.
The glassblowers of ancient Thebes
are known to have been equally as pro-
ficient in that particular art as is the
most scientific craftsman Of the same
trade of the present day, after a lapse
of over forty centuries of so called
progress" They were well acquaint-
ed with the art of staining glass and
are known to have produced that COM
modify in great profusion and perfec-
ton. Rossellini gives an illustration
of piece of stained glass known to
be 1000 years old which displayed ar
tistic taste Of high order, both in tint
and design.
In thiA case the color Is struck
through the vitrified structure, and he
mentions designs struck entirely In
pieces from a half to three-quarters of
an inch thick, the color being perfectly
Incorporated with the structure Of the
piece and exactly the same on both the
diverse and reverse sides.
The priests of P'tah at Memphis
were adopts in the glassmakers art,
and not only dld they nave Iactorles
for manufacturing the common crystal
variety, but they had learned the vitri-
flying of the different colors and of i'm
itating precious stones to perfection.
Their limitations of the amethyst and
Of the various other colored gems were
50 true to nature that even now, after
they have lain in the desert sands from
1000 to 1000 years it takes an expert
to distinguish the genuine articles from
the spurious. 1t has been shown that,
besides being experts in glassmaking
and coloring, they also used the dia-
mond in cutting and engraving. In
the British museum there is a beauti-
full piece Of stained glass with an en-
graved emblazonment of the monarch
Thothmes Ill, who lived 3,4OO years
ago.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-20
vfvfmectfoM.

There is knowledge which In heav-
emily, knowledge which IN human and
a knowledge which is dtaboltc; there I'm
a knowledge which In blessed and
knowledge which I'm accursed. The frSt
is ennobling and elevattng and Lifts
man toward God. The second Am do
basing, degrading, and drags men to
ward the pit The knowledge gained
by roofing amid the groans and ago
MES Of living creatures. whom their
Maker and ours put into our power. to
teach US mercy. rs he gives mercy to
us, IN such an accursed knowledge that
only demons could seek for II. and II
can turn to no human good. 'Sctenee"
so gained is not for men. but for dev
is.-Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson In
Success
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-20
No Paupers In Japan.

With all our high wages and boasted
civilization the fact remains that you
will see more wretchedly poor in any
Of our great cities in a day than you
will see in Japan in lifetime. In
other words. you will see no destitu-
ton in Japan. Though some are very
poor, yet all seem to be well fed, cloth
ed and housed and are invariably
cheerful and. what is more surprising,
invariably clean. There are no paupers
In Japan and therefore no warehouses
or poorhouses, though there are many
hospitals where the sick are healed
gratuitously. Practically every one can
earn living. Would that we could say
the same!-Pall Mall Gazette
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-20
THE PERFECT NUMBER.
From Time Immemorial Three HaA
Had Unusual Significance.

Had Unusual S1Kn1uCAhC&
The perfect number of the Pythago-
rean system, expressive Of beginning,
middle and end, was the number three.
From time immemorial greater promi-
uence has been given to ii than to any
other except seven. And as the symbol
Of the Trinity its influence has waxed
more potent N recent times. 1t appears
over and over again in both the New
and Old Testaments. AT the creation
Of the world we find land, water and
sky, sun, moon and stars. Jonah was
three days and nights In the whales
belly, Christ three days in the tomb.
There were three patriarchs, Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob. Abraham entertained
three angels. Job had three friends.
Samuel was called three times. Sam
son deceived Delilah three times.
Three times Saul tried to kill David
with a javein. Jonathan shot three ar
rows on David's behalf. Daniel was
thrown into a den of three lions be-
cause he prayed three times a day.
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were
rescued from a fiery furnace. The
commandments of the Lord were de-
llvered on the third day. St Paul
speaks of faith, hope and charity.
Three wise men came to worship
Christ with presents three. Christ
spoke three times to Satan when he
was tempted. He prayed three times
before he was betrayed. Peter denied
him three times. He suffered three
hours OF agony on the Cross. The SUI
prescription was in three languages,
and three men were crucified- Christ
appeared three times TO his disciples
and rose the third day.-New York
Hera Id
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-20


life an unbearable to Susan as is posi-
BILE only to q woman. In q short while
Miss Amanda had driven Susan to re-
volt
She sought out Manning and found
In him a ready sympathizer. He was
already beginning TO feel that this as
sertive spinster threatened his domain.
She had subdued the family OF Pen
n@, and from certain little indications
it seemed to him that she sought to
dominate the domestic affairs of the
rest Of theiYillage.
"I wouldn't complain" said the
weeping Mrs. Penneli but, you see,
william, you're like one of the family,
and feel that must tell some one"
That's all right. Susan" he said
cheer1ly. "Pll look In In the morning
and ZEE what can be done"
She took her departure, still shifting,
bot visibly comforted- Manning sat
down to look over the situation. Here
hs met with a foeman worthy his steel
From ell accounts she was energetic.
but for all Of that well balanced and
ALERT. 1t appealed to Manning as
case for strategy.
he decided that it would be wise to
nrst ascertain the position of the enc
my, observing the probable force he
would have to encounter. He put on
hAa hat and strolled over to GRANDPA
ther Pennels for dinner He was used
60 dropping In anywhere for dinner.
Susan had not returned. She was
somewhat flushed, for she had been
arguing with Grandfather Pennel, who
inatshed that the war of 1912 did not
happen. since he did not remember 1t.
He had figured that he must have
been ten o" eleven years old at the
time and could not understand how
such a war had been fought without
his finding ii out. Ordinarily Miss
Amanda was discreet and waived dis
puted points, but her ancestors had
fought In the war of 1912, and she
would not admit even to Grandfather
Pennei that 1t had not occurred.
She was rather fustered at finding
Manning on the doorstep. She had
heard much about him and in way
feared hts control OF public opinion.
Manning had not regarded her very
closely heretofore Now he scrutinized
her very carefully as he handed her his
hat and prepared to enter the sitting
room. She was a more attractive wo-
man than be had supposed. he admit
ted TO himself The heat Of the argu-
ment had left a pretty flush upon the
withered cheeks. and even Susan would
have admitted that she had good eyes.
Manning soothed Grandfather Pen
mel by assuring him that he remem-
bered the old gentleman telling about
the war Of 1912 years ago and suggest
ing that be had probably forgotten all
about IL. This was an adjustment sat
isfactory to both sides and gave Miss
Amanda a respect for his skill as an
arbitrator. Having settled the old man,
Manning turned his attention to his
prospective foe.
She had been a schooIteacher In her
younger days and was better read than
the average She was a fluent talker
as well Manning was almost sorry
when dinner was announced, even
though Susan Pennel's dumplings were
supposed TO improve any chicken stew
ever made
After that he found that an opponent
required more study than he had sup
posed. He was regularly at the Pen
neis, 30 regularly that at length Susan
took him 20 task. II was over at his
Snne. and he sat In the cozy armchair
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-20
ASIATiC TIGER PROVERBS.

A tigers meal-a RluttoEous repast
To face the tiger in his lair great
bravery.
A winged nge-cunning added to
power and ability.
After the Chinese the hgers-total
devastation OF a country.
A tiger Of wood-a harmless being
with a dangerous exterior.
To bring up a tiger and have him
turn upon yoU-nRradtude
''Maingoho." a man eatnr-e person
with an ungo~ernable tnmper.
A tiger with a broken back-raes
and fury which are pOweThna@.
To let go the tail Of tger-to avoid
one danger and encounter another
To turn from a deer and meet
ttger-the danger Of too much caution.
Devoured by riger-seH Of a man
who wishes to bs concealed from his
creditors.
You must enter the tigeS's den II you
would secure cub-whaf m worth
having 10 not procured without risk
and trouble.-Wa Post.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-20
Have You Got ThemH

Do you feel anxious and preoccupied
when the gas man goes by?
Do you sleep badly?
Do you go to bed hungry?
Does your heart palpitate when you
see a steak2
Is there an all gone feeling In your
pocket?
Do you have nightmares?
Do you do mental arithmetic every
time you contemplate the purchase Of
coffee and"
Have you a hunted look2
Do you walk down dark alleys when
you 60 downtown?
Beware. Those are the symptoms
You're busted-San Francisco Bulletin
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-20
French COnceif,

Etienne Dumont, writing in the early
part of the last century, said: The
prevailing character of the French Is
that Of conceit Every member Of the
assembly considered himself capable
Of undertaking everything. l often
said that If you proposed to the first
hundred men you met in the streets of
Paris and TO the same number in the
streets of London to undertake the
charge of the government ninety nine
Of them would accept In Paris and
ninety nine would refuse in London"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-20
ELTON'S
WEATHER
REPORT
BY
LESLIE
W..
QUIRk
Copyright, 1904, by Leslie ". Qllirk

When the managing editor of the
Clayville News opened his paper at
breakfast one morning and looked for
the weather report he found in its
place a modest notice stating that the
circulation Of the News was the largest
OF any paper in the city. Now. this
fact was interesting to the managing
editor, but it was not what he wanted
TO read. He was looking for the proph-
ecy Of the weather bureau, which was
telegraphed each night from neigh
boring city.
The managing editor allowed his
steak to grow cold while he searched
the paper. But nowhere in it, from the
top of the first column on the front
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-20

The Tibetans offer daily prayers for
the minute insects which they have
swallowed inadvertently in their meat
and drink, and the formula insures the
rebirth of these microbes in heaven.
Yet they eat meat freely and square
their conscience with their appetite by
the preteNt that the sin rests with the
outrast assassin, the public butcher,
who will be born in the next incarna-
ton as some tantalized spirit or agon-
lied demon That however, is his owD
affair
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-20
Reason Enough.

what Marry my daughter snort
cd old Gotrox why. you must be
destitute OF all reason
"Ycs." interrupted young Poorley'
with refreshing candor; Il admit am
destitute. but that very fact Is my rea-
sop. Philadelphia Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-20

The Daughter No, mother. dear, |
could not marry Mr.. Smith He
squints The Mother-My dear girl,
man who has 10000 a year may be
affected with a slight optical indeci-
sion, but a squint, never-London Tat
tier
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-20
POOR TROMBETTi!
The Sad Tale of the Professor and
the Journalist.

The Sad Tale of the Professor and
the Journalist.
Professor Trombetti, whose praises
were so much sung in the foreign press
as knowing the greatest number or
languages Of any one ever born, relates
an anecdote Of himself which occurred
Just after he was discovered" In
Rome he was so pestered by journal
lists that his patience at last gave way,
and when cornered by the gentlemen
of the press his language became dis
tinctly lurid.
One day as he was coming out Of the
central postoffice a frank looking
young man stepped up to him, and,
holding out his hand, said: II am so
glad to make your acquaintance; l
have been trying to find you for days"
"And may | inquire with whom | am
speakingY' why, l am X! Not a
near relation to be sure, but near
enough to offer you congratulations"
etc. Professor Trombetti, reassured,
and glad to get hold Of some one to
unburden himself to, took the stran-
gers arm, and, as they went down the
street, gave in emphatic terms,
description of his sufferings, his opin-
ion of journalists. and, incidentally.
much information about himself which
the papers had been vainly signing for.
Finally they parted with an engage
ment for dinner the next evening.
That night the professor was sitting
TRANQUILITY in a restaurant, the observed
of all observers, when suddenly he was
seen to spring to his feet with smoth-
cred exclamation. His friends crowded
about for an explanation, but he could
only sit down weakly and point to his
newspaper, the Giornale fltalia.
There, in large print. were his impru-
dent revelations of the afternoon. He
had been done by a journalist.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-20
"a panese swords.

Unlike the famous blades of Toledo
and Damascus, japanese swords are
not flexible or elastic. They are un-
equaled for strength and hardness and
hold a very keen edge. japanese stee!
IS said to excel even Swedish steel in
purity. The manufacture of the
swords is Il very elaborate process.
Some ceremonials and supersttious
practices are intermiXCd with the scien.
titic operations. The sword hardener
IS regarded as the most important pen
s0nage connected with the manufac-
ture II is his name that is inscribed
on the hilt and his reputation that en-.
hanCes tie value of Il sword Those
who shape the blade, sharpen and
acorn it are OF minor Importance
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-20

Many great battles have been fought
being familiar examples. Austerlits
was fought In intensely cold weather,
and the Russian losses were increased
by Napoleon turning the Ere OF his
artillery on the frozen lakes over
which the Russians sought to retreat.
In our civil war Fort Donelson was
captured in February, Fredericksburg
was fought In December. Stone River
Dec. 81, 1862. Jan. 2. 1853, and Thomas
defeated and ruined Hoods army at
Nashville on the 18th and 10th Of De
cember, 1884.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-20
EST.

weekdays. Daily. Flag station.
Pullman Parlor ard Sleeping Cars run on
through trains between Sudbury, Williamsport
and Erie between Sunbury ah5 Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrisburg, Pitts
burg and the West.
For further information apply to Ticket Agent
W. w. ATTERBURY, j. X. WOOD
General Manager, Pass. Traffic Me
EO. ". BOY d, Gen Passenger Agent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-05
SEVERAL WITNESSES HEARD.
Views on Railway Rate Control Pre-
scented to Senate COMMITTEES

Before the Senate committee on interstate
commerce, which Is taking testimony on
the subject of railroad rates. Prof. H. G.
Meyer Of Chicago continued his statement
today. He criticised the interstate COM
merce commission for taking up many mat
ters unnecessarily in the way of regulating
rates.
George s. Gardner, lumber manufac-
turer of Laurel, Miss, spoke on the advance
Of lumber rates east of the Mississippi
river over the southern states, and detail
ed the proceedings that had been Instituted
10 secure reduction of such rates He
said that an order of the interstate com
MERGE commission reducing rates had been
issued. but that the railroads had refused
to comply with it. He claimed that a sys-
tenn OF rebates was In operation on lumber
carried from points west of the Mississippi
river.
Frank H. Blodgett, flour manufa cturer
of GAINESVILLE, Wis, was emphatic in his
declaration that no change should be-made
in present conditions and that the inter-
state commerce commission should not be
given authority to fix rates.
John F. Harris, who is interested in
grain shipments from various points in the
United States was opposed to giving the
interstate commerce commission the rate
making power on the ground that the rates
are changing constantly and that differen-
tails in favor of different ports must vary
with changing conditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-05
BIDS FOR SUPPLIES
BEING COMPILED AT TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL BIDDERS

Various committees of the Treasury De-
partment are hard at work compiling the
hundreds of bids that have been submitted
for supplying the department with every
thing 1t needs for the next fiscal year. The
bids were opened late yesterday afternoon,
and committees will be at work for some
time upon them.
For supplying ice there are just two bid
ders. They were the Home Ice Company,
with a bid Of IA cents per 100 pounds. half
to be natural and half manufactured, and
the American Ice Company, with a bid for
20 cents per 100 pounds of natural ice and
Is cents per 100 pounds for manufactured
ice The Home Ice Company will probably
get the contract
For supplying the department with btu
minous coal for the year the lowest bid was
from the Beury Davis Coal Company of
West Virginia, at So 10 per ton. For anthra-
cite the Allegheny Coal Company furnished
the lowest bid, the figures being $5.28 for
furnace. 1851 for egg and So % for stove
The various bidders for supplies and sta
tionery for the Treasury from District
houses for the next fiscal year were as fol-
lows: r. Carter Valentine, r. p. Andrews
Paper Company, E. Morrison Paper Com
pany. P. p. Clarke Company, Fred A.
Smith w. L. Swayze, D. Frank Parker,
Geo. F. Muth Co.. Rudolph West & Co.,
Herman Baumgarten, Il. d. Gilman, F.
Sharp & Son, District of Columbia Paper
Manufacturing Company l.. c. Witkowski
Remington Typewriter Company, Densmore
Typewriter Company, the Stockett & Fisk
Company. Typewriter Office Supply Com
pany, Louis D. Wine & Co. Woodward &
Lothrop and Thomas w. Smith