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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26
PRESIDENT WILL
ATTEND DEDICATION

The initial step toward the dedica
tion of the new capitol was taken yes
terday when the dedicatory commits
sion met with Governor Pennypacker.
Governor Pennypacker presented let
ter from President Roosevelt's secre-
tary, Mr.. Loeb, 10 the effect that Octo-
or i. will suit him to attend the ded-
icatiOn, and the commission decided
70 hold the ceremonies ON October /.
Ii will be purely a military spec
tacle, as the commission has decided
that it will be more in keeping with
the dignity of the occasion, and it
would not comport well to have all
kinds of organizations in the line of
parade There will be no civic org
anizations whatever in the line, and it
is thought that two provisional bri-
gades of tho national guard will be
sufficient The president and Governor
Pennypacker Will be in the line.
Just what part the president will
take-in the ceremony will be left en-
tirely 10 himself He may hold a re-
ception, deliver an oration or do ex-
actly a. he nominates and the COVER
nor will write to tell him so, and ask
what he prefers.
There will be ceremonies on a grand
stand 10 be erected in front of the cap
itol on which Will be seated 3, coo peo-
pie, and Speaker Walton, Senator Fox
and Auditor General Sndyer will
locate and see that the stand Is erect
ell. Speaker Walton was also author
lied 10 take up the matter of trans
portatiOn with the railroad companies,
and il is expected that the crowd there
will be the greatest in the history of
Harrisburg State Treasurer Mathues
and Auditor General Snyder will look
after the matter of music, and it is
said have designs on securing the ser
vices of the marine band, of Washing
ton After the ceremonies and parade
in the day time there will be a ban
quet in the evening either in the hall
of the new house of representatives or
in large hall TO be selected if it is
not convenient to use the hall of the
house
Ii is expected that at least thou
sand persons will attend the banquet.
The wife of president Roosevelt and
the ladies of the cabinet will be invit-
ed to attend and will be entertained
at the residences of prominent citi-
zens Others expected to be present
are the United States senators and and
congressman from this State. the sup
RENE and superior courts, senate and
house, prominent scientists, men of
affairs in many walks of life, and
State administration attaches.
Another meeting will be held soon
TO arrange for sending out invitations.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26

The salts of the sea have fed through
out all time countless living things
which have thronged its water and
whose remains now form the rocks Of
continents or lie spread In beds of un-
known thickness over G6,000,O 600 square
miles of tie 1l3, 100000 square miles OF
the oceans floor. They have lent the
substance to build the fringing reefs
Of the land and all the coral islands Of
the sea. and there are at present on
the basis of an average salinity of 315
per cent In the 300, 100000 cubic miles
Of water which make up the oceans
9O,OO0.Oo0, 100000 tons, or 10,173,-
0OO cubic miles of salt. This is suffi-
cient to cover the areas Of all the
lands Of the earth with a uniform layer
of salt to a depth Of 1000 feet.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26
Fully Armed.

A good story is told of a young re-
cruit who enlisted in a regiment sta
toned at Aldershot. One day he was
on guard duty and was slowly stepping
up and down when an officer approach
ed. After the usual salute the officer
said:
Let me see your rife"
The raw recruit handed over his rife,
and pleased expression stole over his
face AS the officer received the weap-
on he said in tone Of deepest disgust:
You're a fine soldier! You've given
up your rifle, and now what are you
going to do?"
The young fellow turned pale and
putting his hand in his pocket drew
out big knife and, preparing for busi-
ness, said in voice that could not be
misunderstood:
"Gi' me that rife or I'll bore hole
through you in a minute"
The officer instantly decided not to
play any further with the raw recruit,
and the rifle was promptly surrender
ed.-Pearson's Weekly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26
Charter Notice.

Notice is hereby given that an apph
cation will be made to the Governor CT
Pennsylvania on the 4th day of May,
1906, by w. l. Demaree, n. NJ. Smith
and W. f. Gosh under the act of As
sembly entitled, An Act to provide for
the Incorporation and regulation of GER
tain operations approved April 29th
1774, and the supplements thereto, for
charter of an intended corporation to be
called Keystone Concrete Machinery
Companr, the character and object of
which IS the manufacture and sale of
patent machines for the erection of con-
crete walls and the erection of build
ings from concrete and the transaction
of such business as may be incidental
thereto, and for these purposes to have,
possess and eDjoy all the rights, bene
fits and privileges of said act of Assem-
bly, and supplements thereto.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26
WHEN BETTY
SULKED
By DONALD ALLEN
Copyright, 1908, by p. C.. Eastment

Look a-here, Betty Spooner l should
like to know what on earth has allied
YOU for the last two weeks. You've
gone around actin as sulky as "a coon
with a sore foot, and you've got men
father so upset we don't know what's
goin' 10 happen"
1t was the wife of Farmer Spooner
and the mother of the eighteen-year-ol
Betty who spoke as above one morning
while she was washing the dishes and
Betty stood with her back to her in the
open kitchen door.
Two weeks ago" continued the
mother, as she wiped a yellow platter
you was singin' around and walkin'
on your toes and plannin' what was
goin to happen when you and Reuben
got married Then all to once you be-
gin to sull, and from that time on no.
bodyS been able to say whether you
had the toOthache or the heartache.
It's my opinion that that barbed wire
fence man who stayed here overnight
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26
Found the Saints Day.

An Italian newspaper gives an ac,
count Of an amusing lawsuit which has
taken place lately in Russian city in
which German is the prevailing Ian
guage One man sued another to re
cover the sum of % rubIes, the debtor
having faithfully promised to return
the money on st Henry's day But
having failed to DO SO for a long time
the lender discovered that the Russian
Orthodox church includes no such saint
ms ST. Henry and the Judge before
whom the case was tried was much
puzzled as TO what verdict he should
give. Happily the Idea occurred to him
that, saint or no saint, All Saints day
included even The most doubtful. so he
gave judgment that the 80 rubles
should be returned next All Saints day.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26
The HeIufuI Word

Give the young ana struggling a
word of encouragement when you can.
You would not leave those plants In
your window boxes without water nor
refuse TO open the shutters that the
sunlight might fail upon them. hut you
would leave some human flower 10 suf-
fer from want of appreciation or the
sunlight of encouragement. There are
few hardy souls that can struggle
along on stony soil shrubs that can
wait for the dewS and sunbeams, vines
that climb without kindly training
but OnlX q few. Utter the kind word
when You eau see that il is deserved.
The though; thar no one cares and no
one knows Iiigh;~ many a bud Of
promise y. il the young artist q, his
easel tHc stvug preacher ia his ppi-
pit, thn workman n his bench, the boy
at - mn hr'atjcal problems or your
little girI ;t the piano, give what
praise you can.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26
THIRTEEN IN
AMERICAN HISTORY

Queen Victoria onoo asked Ambas-
sador Choate if Americans believed l3
10 be an unlucky number, says the
Boston Brown Book -
No, your Majesty. he replied,
we do not, for the eternal found
ations of our Republic were built up
on the number l3. -
Let us see what Mr. Choate referred
10. In the first place, America was
discovered on the eve of the 18th day
of the month, and the original repub-
lie consisted of l3 colonies. The first
official Stars and Stripes adopted June
IA, l777, had l3 stripes and IL stars.
Our national emblem-the American
eagle-requires - letters to spell it,
IA does the motto on our seal-E Plur-
ibus Unum-and Of the great seal OF
the United States, Annuit COeptis.
The first word TO pass over the At
lantic cable was sent on the 18th day
of the month, and on Friday at that.
The silver quarter in your purse is not
considered "hoodoo yet - is writ
ten all over it. Above the head of Lib
erty are IS stars, the eagle bears an
olive branch with l3 leaves in one claw
and I3 thunderbolts in the other On
his breast is a shield bearing 13 bars,
and from his beak streams a ribbon
with our motto containing l3 letters
Each wing had l3 feathers, while as
you know il takes 13 letters to spell
quarter dollar
The war of l776 was called revolu-
tionary, and was not unsuccessful be-
cause spelled with l3 letters Our flag
was saluted by - guns when Wash
ington raised it-yes, and by l3 cheers.
The American Navy had just - yes
sells at the outset-no more-and the
founder of it, John Paul Jones, was
not unluckly because Of the letters of
his name. He was exactly l3 years old
when he first came TO America, and
was the first TO carry the l3-starred
flag TO victory, and TO have it saluted
by a foreign power on the 18th day of
the month Perry great victory on
Lake Erie was won on the 18th day of
the month. and the Stars and Stripes
raised over Sumter on the 18th
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26

out that u gang Of four or five tramps
had slipped into the barn and was plot
ting robbery.
Her heart began to beat in a way to
choke her. and she couldn't have cried
out to save her life She heard Reu-
ben shut the kitchen door after him and
whistle as lac came down the path, and
she heard the tramps getting ready to
attack him as he opened the door. 1t
was only when the door swung open
and match was struck to light a Ian
tern that Betty rolled over and over on
the hay ana managed to Shrek out:
"Oh, Reuben, look out, There are
robbers here
There was a rush for the hired man.
There were shouts and oathS and blows
from below ana screams and shrieks
and calls for help from above, but the
battle was over before Farmer Spoon
er ana his wife got there. Reuben had
found neck yoke at hand and gone
in to break heads. and five tramps who
had thought to find him an easy prey
had gone down under his rain of blows
and Were doing a good deal of groaning
and begging.
Land o maS>y, what was it," asked
the farmer and his wife in chorus.
II guess Betty's up there" replied
Reuben rs he looked upward.
yves, I'm here" humbly replied the
girl.
And what have you been dOin' up
there?' asked the mother
Getting over the sulkS."
and have you gJt over 'em?"
Il guess so"
Then you come down here and quit
actin like Il gosin That fence man
may have captured fifteen cannons in
the last war, a. h" Dragged about, but
Reuben has licked five monstrous big
tramps without Cpin' away from home
or ruffiin' up his hair. If that don't
make him one o them shevaliers you
are always tallm' about then l don't
know pumpkin pie from gooseberry
bushes" "
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26
A MUSICAL LEGEND.
The Chinese story of the Eight Prim-
itiXe Hidden Snnnds

The Chinese have some extraordinary
saperSUtions relating to music. Ac-
cording 10 their queer notions, the Gre
ator of the universe hid eight sounds In
the earth for the express purpose Of
compelling man TO find them out On
the same principle it is presumed, Ju-
piter, according to Virgil, hides fire In
flint and honey in trees in order to
whet the ardor of mans industry to
pcrsevere in his efforts to rediscover
tue hidden treasures.
According to the Celestial idea, the
eight primitive sounds are hidden In
stones, silks. woods of various kinds,
the bamboo plant, pumpkins, in the
skins of animals, in certain earths and
in the air itself. Any one who has ever
had the pleasure @ of seeing and lis
tening TO Chinese orchestra will re-
member that their musical instruments
were made of all these materials ex-
Cept the last and that the combined ef-
forts Of the other seven seemed better
calculated to drive the ethereal sound
away than to coax it from the air,
which is really the object of all Chit
neSe musical efforts When the bands
play, the naive credulity of the people,
both old and young, hears in the thuds
OF the gOngs and the whistling of the
pipes the tones of the eternal sounds
Of nature that We're originally deposit
ed in the various animate and inani-
mate objects by the all wise Father
Exchange
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26

1T has been $40 wet for the last three
or four years" remarked Truthful
James. that good many people have
forgot how o"y II used to be. | remem.
Der one year N Hen The Missouri river
was dusty a.l t." way down from Kan
Sas City to the Mississippi. OF course
the river Was running all the while,
but the water IN il got so dry that it
turned t. test ana blew away l took
4 boat down the river at that time, but
it was 50 dusty on the boat that you
couldn't srr .Ho III end of it when
YOU WA; standing OF the front end. 1t
was a little the We | ever see Ny
mouth got 80 mu"u grit and dust in it
that | could "' .e a match on the roof
o. il ;,Dy ,..... one day the boat got
stuck In fifteen feet OF Missouri river
water 1t was 50 dry and dusty that
the wheel couldn't turn. What did we
do? Well sir. we went out and hired
Il farmer to hdu, fresh well water for
fifteen miles IL mix with the river wa
ter unlI il was thin enough to run the
boat through. Kansas city Journal
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26
A STORM IN THE JUNGLE.
u Comes with a Roar Like That of u
Ginnf MaIerfnII

People who have never been in q
jungle talk of the sky as a painter
talks of the horizon or Il seafaring man
Of the Oilng-as if when you wanted
to see it YOU only need use your eyes.
But in the jungle you don't see the
sky-at least you only see few sCrag-
gy patches of it overhead through the
openings in the twigs and leaves. Nei.
ther DO you feel the wind bOlWing, nor
get burned or dazZled by the sun, nor
even see that luminary except by mo-
mcntary glimpseS about midday, from
which it follows that jungle man does
not usually pretend to be weatherwise
If lie does he is even greater hum
bug than the rest of the weather proph.
cts ON the afternoon about which we
are speaking | remember setting forth
on my walk IN the still glow Of the
tropical calm and wondering rather at
the intense stiffness of the surrounding
forest. Then the air grew cooler and
the green of the foliage in front seemed
to deepen, and presently there was a
sound as Of a giant waterfall in the
distance. Waterfalls do not, however,
grow louder every second, whereas the
noise in front did so. Then there was
a loud. angry growl, as Of a dozen
lions. A minute more and the whole
Jungle began to roar as If fifty squad
rOnS of heavy cavalry were coming up
at a gallOp. Then came a drop Of rain
and a peal of thunder which seemed 10
make the world stop.
Then the storm began. The sky
above darkened; the trees clattered;
the brushwood beneath hissed and bow.
ed itself. A deluge of raindrops blot,
ted out the narrow view. Down II
came, soaking through the densest
leaves under which one fed for refuge
striking the grass and sand with mil
lions Of dull thuds dashing furiously
against the leaves as If they were SO
many hostile shields, streaking the air
with innumerable perpendicular lines
and hurting itself down with the force
of bullets.
In such a downpour one may as well
walk and get wet as stand still and get
wet Unfortunately one did not know
where to walk to. The "circumbendi-
bus system" presupposes the fact that
the wagon wheels and bullock tracks
can be seen and noted, but when the
cart track Is no longer a cart track, but
"all turned to rushing waters" such
tracks cannot be seen, and hnless you
have a pocket compass you may as
well try to fly as to get back to where
you came from. When one reads Of
travellers lost in the backwoods, they
always steer by the sun-and probably
very badly-but when there is no sun
what are you to do?-Siam Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26

Or. Alfred Russel Wallace told Her
bert SpenCors reason for living in
London boarding house with rather a
commonplace SET of people-retired In
dian officers and others" He said that
he had purpoSely chosen such home
in order to avoid the mental excitement
of too much interesting conversation,
that he suffered greatly from insomnia
and that he found that when his even
ings were spent in commonplace con-
versation, learning the news Of the day
or taking part in little music, he had
a better chance of sleeping"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26
monderTuI nIniature Book.

The smallest bound book in the great
collection of miniature books owned by
the New York Library society is a cam
paign document issued in 1852. 1t
bears not only the distinction of being
the smallest volume in the great col
lection referred to, but has been pro-
nounced by experts in booklore to be
one of the tiniest books In existence.
1t contains but fourteen leaves, each
Of which is closely printed on both
sides in microscopic type. Each leaf
is one and one-half inches In length
and seven-e -eighths Of an inch in width.
The title page bears the following In
scription: Life and Public Services of
General Pierce. Respectfully Dedicat-
ed to General Lewis Cass. Concord
Press, 1857"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26

When the sponge is In the sea alive
the inside Of the pores i covered with
soft sub.taHce like the white OF an
egg. This appears to be the flesh Of the
animal, an currents OF water may be
seen running into the sponge through
the small pores and out Of it through
the large ones. ana il is supposed that
while the water Is passing through the
spOuye the uUurishment for the support
of the animal is extracted from it.
The word Nugget"
Nugget was formerly used to sig
Nifty 4 Lit or lump Of anything, as a
nugget Of tobacco" Nowadays. how
ever, II Is used principally Of gold as 1t
comes f ON the mine. This use Is Aus
tralian Governor Sir William Deni-
son OF Australia wrote In 1862, I'm
many instances the gold is brought to
market in humps or nuggets, as they
are called" In Queensland there Is
a peculiar use of the word unknown in
the rest Of Australia. There, when a
man appryp.iat,s unbranded calves, he
IS said , bg lUggeri@S
= Great Idea.
"My new play ~ sure TO make hit"
said the great actress. 1t gives me an
opportunity to display twenty new
gowns"
"Gracious" exclaimed her friend
How many acts"
only four, but in one of them the
Scene'a at a dreScmakpr'g '-philadel-
phia Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26
Curious Chinese Playing Cards


A pack of Chinese playing cards is
genuine curiosity. Th9y are generally
printed in black on thin cardboard, the
average width and breadth being about
that of the finger of Il human being In
some cases they are only half ain inch
broad and about three and half inch
es in length. The length. no odds what
the size. is always at least six times
that of the width Some of the packs
have queer representations Of our
kings. queens" and "knaves" stamp
ed upon them in black. Others are dec
GRATED with the figures Of animals,
birds and fishes. Those used by man
darins and high officials bear only fig
ures OF NEUROLOGICAL creatures.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26
Auditors 8 Notice.

In the Court of Common Pleas of Mon
tour County, No. 2 May Term, 1906.
Horace 3 Bennett and Mary E Bennett,
his wife ct al vs.. X. Olive Thompson,
Committee of David Wands, Lunatic,
ct al
The undersigned Auditor, appointed
by the Court of Common Pleas to make
distribution of the money paid into
court in the above stated proceedings to
and among the parties legally entitled
thereto according to their respective in
terests in the said fund; will meet all
parties interested for the purposes of his
appointment at his Office on Mill Street
in the Borough of Danville, Pennsylva-
MIA on Saturday May ,, 1906 at 10
o'clock A. NJ when and where all parties
interested are required to be present or
be barred from coming in upon said
fund.
H. NJ Hinckley.
Auditor.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26
Express Free to Frisco.

u. 5. Express Agent Fornwald has
received a wire from c. Il. Topping,
general superintendent, that reads as
follows: You are authorized to ac-
cept free all goods and money for re-
lief of San Francisco sufferers. "
Similar instructions have been re-
ceived by William NJ Sechler. Adams
express agent
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26
500 REWARD. 500

The readers OF this paper will be please Go
earn that there is at least one dread dis
ease that science mas been able 10 cure in all
the stages and that is Catarrh. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
kno Vn to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being "A constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly up
on the blood and mucous surface OF the sys-
m. thereby destroying the foundation OF
the disease and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assisting
nature ia doing the work. The prOprietors
have so much faith in its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that II fails TO cure. Send for list .
Testimonials.
Sold by Druggists
Halls FR mily Pills are tine osr.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26
FREIGHT TRAIN
WAS DYNAMITED

WILKES BARRE, April "a Lee
high Valley freight train was blown
up with dynamite on the cutoff, above
Pittston, at midnight last night The
engine and several cars were derailed
and wrecked. Engineer John r. Thorn
as, of this city, and Fireman H. Brown
of Pittston, were injured in the wreck
age. 1t is believed that some malic-
ious persons placed a box of dynamite
on the rack, which exploded when the
locomotive struck it.
The explosion was terrific, throwing
the engine from the tracks and tearing
off the tender Three freight cars were
thrown over a steep embankment. a
corps of railroad detectives and the
county officials are making q searching
investigation.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26

Prepare package OF D-ZeIta Chocolate
Pudding according to directions on package,
adding one-half cup Of sugar. Put In crust
which has been baked. Cover with meringue
made with the whites Of two eggs. This makes
two large pies or three small ones.
All the FIVE flavOrs-LemOn-T -Tapioca Van
lila, Orange-MacarOOu, Chocolate and Staw-
berry, can be used in the same way. and ban
anas. cOcOanut, etc, as de- -red D-Zertd
Quick Pudding Is also used as cake filing
and for pudding dessert. Simply add a
quart OF milk 9 contents Of one package,
bring to q boil. cool and serve with cream
and sugar. Order from your grocer. 10 cents
per package.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26
EXeCutriX Notice.

Estate of DR. Thomas B. Wintersteen.
late of the Borough of Danville,
Penn'a, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters
Testamentary on the above estate have
been granted to the undersigned, to
whom all persons indebted to said es-
tate are requested to make payment,
and those having claims or demands
will make known the same without
delay.
MINNIE L. WINTERSTEEN,
Excutrix