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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-03-31
TYRANNY
OF BRIDGE
WHIST

It seems 20 be agreed on all side
! that the comparatively new game o.
bridge has already achieved a suprem
acy and vogue far beyond that o.
any other game Of cards. and thougl
the mania has not yet reached in thi
c9rntry-ssve in certain fashionabl,
circles-sucb a pitch az in England
whence distressing reports have beer
emanating for some years past. it would
be most rash to set any limit to th,
possible intensity and range Of the
contagion. II the American reputa.
tion for carrying good amusements ia
a banoful extreme Is carried out in this
case the country will, In a few seasons.
be- turned into ono great Monte Carlo.
For it is to be noted that the gambling
habit which has. ne q rule, been dis.
countenBncei Ia American society. and
was not a characteristic feature Of the
whist epidemic. is so strongly asso.
s.sted with bridge that it seems to be
forcing its way into circles where play.
iBg cards Cor money has always hither.
O. been frownci upon. Probably no
great harm has bocn done as yet. No
reports have been made Of reckless play
such as have been made public 10 Eng.
land. whore people who had no desire
90 gamble and could not afford % lose
have been socially obliged 90 play for
high stakes. sometimes With disastrous
results In England there has not been
the general disappfoyal Of playing
cards for money that has characterized
those parts of the United States where
che Puritan influence IL strong A
small wager on a rubber Of whist has
been che conventional aad respectable
ihing, and that sedate game caused lit,
ilo trouble. But bridge Is a different
matter, and lends Itself readily 20 the
foyefish gambling spirit which acute
observers have noted as characteristics
1f tho English temper during tho ora
'f imperialism aud speculation. Il can,
iot plausih.y be- maintained that Amer.
eaus are more sober and discreet is /
urh matters. and II tho practice OF |
.ambling once secures a hold upon the
'efy section OF society that has always
esisiei it it Is hard 20 say what the
hd will De.
The special and insilious danger OF
ridge lies Ia its tendency, under the
auetion Of social custom. % force gam,
ling upon those who would otherwise
ever be tempted 10 play Tor money
But gambling aside, there are some
rounds for disquieiude in the monopoly
hieh bridge seems 20 exercise. From
ties So separate as Boston and Pitts
arg comes 20 the complaint that peo,
10 have ceased 10 attend concerts be-
.use they are too engFossed iu bridge
Is, as a matter of fact, a bad season
20 concerts everywhere. and perhaps
e same reason holds. Possibly those
ho Ike bridge and dislike music are
t,er employed al the card table, but
at is NOT quite the point. In the abb
Faet il is readily admitted that any
untry or any age which has 50 run
I'd over an amusement that the arts
e neglected has deterioFated. A so
al group can as easily as an individual
We too much OF its time aud energy
cards, and the current Of Intellectual
e must run eorrespondingly low
Republican.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-03-31

1nvfe Is o remedy over sixty years old
Ayers Cherry Pectoral. OF course
you have heard Of Il, probably have
used IL. Once in the family, il stays;
the one household remedy for coughs
and colds. Ask your own doctor about II.
We haFs ~ scertfsi We pubift 80. Ayerco.
~ israsiss q sn 81 e,tlelsss. LewelI, Msss.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-12-05
d. & co.

We have a large number of residen-
for sale at very reasonable prices;
OTIS suitable for reidences and public
uIldings; hotels, saloons, ETC., and
usiness opportunities. Buy now while
operty is cheap. If you want to sell
u property you will make money
y putting it in our hands.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-12-05

All kinds of job printing at the
Jeb Prsntsng at the 6ikver State.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-12-05

JOB PRINTTNG-The Silver State
Office is prepared for high-class COM
mcrcial printing at reasonable rates.
Give Us y trial.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-12-05
Always wasi Sick

When a man says he always was sick
troubled with a cough that tasted
i winter--what would you think il
e should say-he never was sick since
sing Ba'iard's Horehound Syrup. Such
mar e..ists. Mr.. J. G. Clarke, Denver,
To-, writes: "or years | was troub-
4 W h a severe cough that would last
! winter This cough left me in a mis-
bile condition. / tried Ballard s.
iorehound Syrup and have not had a
ok day since. That s what it did for
e." Tor sale by Eagle Drug and jew
ry Co.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-12-05

DO YOU EAT pure or adulterated
oodsi Are you enjoying good health,
r always ailingf Nothing will improve
u health more than giving up cheap,
lulterated exports and using Gillett g.
). Reinhart & Co., agents. o8m1
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-27
PEST ENDANGfRS
PUMPKIN PIES

There is grave danger to the pump
kin pies of Pennsylvania and indica-
tions are not wanting that there will
be damage done to the crop which fur
nishes so essential a part of Thanksgiy
ing day dinner. 1t is due to the pres
ence of a southern born parasite which
is boring into pumkins and eating their
seeds.
This discovery was made few days
ago by State Economic LoOlogist Sur
face at New Cumberland. lie found
that the pumpkin borer had gotten in
to a number of fields and at once took
steps to check its ravages ana to kill
it.
Speaking of the matter, Prof.
Surface said: "This pumpkin borer Is
another of the Southern insects which
are gradually working their way North
and which unless checked will do
great damage to our crops. | have not
ell from time to time the advance OF
some of these Southern insects, this
one. having worked its way up to
Maryland which has heretofore been
its Northern limit.
"This insect is a first cousin to the
harlequin cabbage bug, formerly ma
tive of the South and terror to cab
bage, turnips, squash and the like. 1t
is work ing into this State, too. Other
insects which we must check before
they get foothold in our State are
the cotton ball worm or as it is also
known, the corn ear worm. These are
noted in this State for the first time.
| have not the slightest doubt now but
that the tobacco worm which was re-
ported eating tobacco seed pods al
Kinzer's, Lancaster county, is anoth'
er Southern pest. We traced that to-
bacco fiend from its larvae stage, il
which we received it at our labora
| tory, to the moth and it is another in
dication of the migration to Pennsyl
vania.
"These insects winter underground
and the remedies are either to pick of
the seed capsules, where they live anC
feed, then burning them or to Guilty.
ate the ground late in the fall or early
spring. The insects in the stage il
which they winter will then be expos
ed to freezing and will quickly die
It's a good thing to pick them OF
where they are seen and to deStro.
plants which they have attacked TO an,
extent. -
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-27
"The Great Secret

September -, 1906.
One of the most remarkable stories
written in recent times and which will
create n big sensation. will begin in
THE PHILADELPHIA SUNDAY
PRESS on September 81 The Great
Secret, by Z. Phillips Oppenheim, is
one of the best stories that has ever been
published in any newspaper. and as
THE SUNDAY PBESS" has set a stan
darl of excellence in this respect this
new story will be looked for with great
interest.
During the past year THE PHILA-
DELPHIA SUNDAY PRESS has
printed a great serial story by Conan
DOYLE, which was received with tre-
mendous interest, and "Sophy of Kra-
vonia, " by Anthony Hope, also attained
tremendous popularity. Immense sums
Of money are paid for these stories, and
they are secured exclusively for "THE
PHILADELPHIA SUNDAY PRESS. ''
You cannot read them in any other way;
they are not published in book form.
BE sure and get THE PHILADEL-
PHIA SUNDAY PRESS" on September
80. and begin reading The Great Sc
cret. THE PHILADELPHIA SUN
DAY PRESS" Is also filled full of very
interesting features and the tremendous
gains made 10y it are the result of its
excellence in every department. Tell
your newsdealer to serve THE PHIL
ADELPHIA SUNDAY PRESS to your
home
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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-27
To Ask Aid From Governor.

A number of the more prominent
foreigners and residents at West Ber-
wick are determined to have the law
lessness and murderOus reign III that
section at least mitigated. and now
demand that lights be put up at all
street crossings, and that there be en-
ploved additional police officers who
will not be afraid to deal with the
lawless and and murderous element.
They assert that if their demands are
not Immediately complied with, they
will take the matter to the governor
of the State, and ask him to institute
military government i'll place of the
civil government now existing III the
borough of West Berwick. In view OF
past records, prompt action, they say
is necessary to prevent the probable
further sp:lling of human blood.
There is no development i'll the muir
der of Dominick Caluso. In explain
ing why he was outdoors Mt O'Clock
in the morning, when he was killed,
some say that lac went too work at the
car shops at O'Clock and that the
murderers knew this and lay IN wait
This, however, does not explain why
he was in his backyard with only his
night shirt on so long ahead of work
time
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-27

correct them solely for the benefit
and in the best interests of the people
of this state. (ApplauseD
viii Guard the Peoples interests.
q have had in years gone by, If
YOU will pardon the personal allusion,
some experience in treating with a
LEGISLATION wanted by corporations.
That record has been made, and it Is
a part of the history of my native
CITY. and can be inquired into by any
man or set of men who desire to do
so and YOU will find that in my pub
lie record in dealing with corpora
tions nv first and only desire and my
ultimate purpose has always been to
see that the interests of the people
| represented. and whom | was elect
ed to represent. We're properly, legally
and honestly taken care of and pro-
tected. Without attempting to de-
strov or to tear down | have prom
ised that if elected governor of Penn
svlvania the interests of the people
will be safeguarded and taken care OF
in every legal and proper way that
lies in my power"
Chairman Andrews, Of the Republ1-
can state committee has planned to
have the gubernatorial candidate and
his colleagues speak today, Tuesday
at Lewisburg in the evening; tomor-
row. Wednesday, they will be in
Smethport in the afternoon, and in
Bradford in the evening; on Friday
they will visit Tionesta, Forest coun-
ty. in the afternoon and Warren In
the evening. Saturday September 29,
will be spent in Titusville in the after
noon. and Erie in the evening
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-27
GRAND JURY
PRESENTS REPORT

To the Honorable Judge of the Court
of Quarter Sessions of Montour Coun-
ty:
The grand jury having performed its
duty rs promptly as circumstances
would permit desires to report as fol
lows:
After having acted on bills present
ed We inspected the court house, pris-
on aud county bridge and we recon-
mend the following repairs:
At the court house we find that one
of the heaters needs repairing The
steps at the rear of said building
should be- camented and a new railing
should be placed there We also rec
ommcnd a new slate roof and tim val
leys on said building We recommend
that the county commissioners at once
purchase new deed and mortgage in
diccs for the register and recorders
Office.
At the prison We find every thing to
be in firSt-cIa condition.
AT the county britEe spanning the
Susquehama river we fnd on the
South side of abLtnent plot Of
ground owned Jointly by Montour and
Northumberland counties and we rec
Ommcnd tine purch ,sing at a nominal
price Of that part belonging to said
Northumberland county.
| tsigucdJ WELLINGTON ROTE,
Foreman
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-27
ARRAIGNED FOR
LARCENY on SCRAP

Frank Lynn, Joseph Reed, Charles
Ashton and William Mccain, who
pleaded guilty to the larceny of iron,
were arraigned before court yesterday,
but in the case of each sentence was
suspended.
Joseph Fahey, detective OF the ID.
l.. d w. railroad company, who caus-
ed the arrest of the men. was present
and explained to the court all the cir
cumstances of the case. hn the night
of June Bird. last, he said, the defen-
dants entered a car of the ID. l.. q W.
company on a siding here and relieved
it of large quantity of scrap CON
signed to Curry q company. The men
he said had pleaded guilty and the
goods had been recovered.
Some of the men had large families,
while others previously bore good rep
utations, in view Of which it had
been prearranged to ask that sentence
be suspended. The district attorney
offered no objection to TINS but stated
that he believed that the ends of JUS
tice would be fully subseryed by sus-
pending sentence.
Judge Evans told the men that he
could send each of them to the pen.
itentiary for three years, but that he
had decided to act upon suggestion and
suspend sentence. He reminded each,
however, that the matter was not set
tied finally, but if either of then
should be guilty of misconduct the
district attorney could bring him int
court on a bench warrant, when the
penalty for the present offense woulC
be imposed on them.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-27
RAILWAY TRAINS.
AN ORDINANCE !
70 Regulate the Speed, and the
Giving of Signals of the APP
proaCh of Locomotive Engines
and Railroad Trains, Through,
and i'm the Borough of Danville,
Montour County, Pennsylvania

Be it ordained aud enacted by the
Town Council of the Borough of
Danville, in the County Of Montour
and State of Pennsylvania i'll Council
assembled. and it is hereby ordained
and enacted by the authority of the
same That it shall not be lawful for
any railroad locomotive engine or
engines. car or cars, train Or trains,
to be run or propelled through any
portion of the said Borough of Danville
at greater rate Of speed than eight
miles an hour. Any Railroad Company
or any employee or employees thereof
who shall violate any of the provi sions
of this section of this ordinance shall
forfeit and pay fine of not less than
Ten Dollars, nor more than Twenty
Dollars for each and every such
offence.
SECTION at shall be the duty of
every Railroad Company, and of any
employee or employees thereof having
any locomotive engine i'll charge, to
ring the bell thereof at all times while
passing through or moving about, any
portion of the said Borough of Danville,
and to properly sound or blow the
whistle thereof upon approaching any
street, alley, or other public CT ossing
within the limits of the Borough of
Danville Any Railroad Company or
any emqlovee or employees who >haIl
violate any of the provisions of this
Section of this ordinance shall forfeit
and pay fine of not less than Ten
Dollars nor more than Twenty Dollars
for each and every such offence.
SECTION All fines and penalties,
imposed by any of the provisions of
this ordinance may be sued for, col
lected and recovered before any Justice
of the Peace of the Borough of Danyllle,
as debts of like amount and fines and
penalties imposed for the violation
of Borough ordinances are now by
law collectible and recoverable, and
shall he paid over t. the Treasurer
of the said Borough far the use of
the said Borough.
SECTION All ordinances or parts OF
ordinances inconsistent with or con
trary to the provisions of this ordinance
are here Y repealed.
WI LIAM ROGERS
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-27
RENDERED HIS RESIGNATION.

\ Lock Haven janitOr handed i'll his
resi- ,i5diJiuh thu otIgr "ay, says an up
river exchange. When asked what was
the trouble, he said" I'm honest and
won't stand being slurred. If | find a
pencil or handkerchief bout the school
L hang it up. Every little while the
teacher or some one that is too coward
ly to face me, gives me slur" In
what way" asked the officer. "Why,
little while ago | saw written on the
board, fad the common multiple. "
Well, | looked from the cellar to gar
ret, and | wouldn't know the thing if
| met it on the street. What made me
quit my job? Last night in big writ
ing on the black board, it said, find
the greatest common divisOr. Well, |
says to myself, both of them darn
things are lost, now III be blamed for
swipin' 'em, so I'll quit.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-27
Administrator Notice.

Estate of Enoch w. Snyder, deceased
late of Liberty township, in the Conn
ty M"ntour and State of Pennsylvania.
Letters of administration on the estate
of Enoch w. Snyder late of Liberty
township, Montour County, Pa, deceas-
ed, have been granted to Sarah E. Sny
der, residing in said township, to whom
all persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make payment, and those
having claims or demands will make
known the same without delay.
SARAH L. SNYDER
Adminstra trix
Liberty Township, Montour Co, Pa,
Nav \ 1906
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-27
WAYS OF THE ARAB.
when sick, Men Get Medicine and
Women Get Prayers.

There is one peculiar distinction be
tween Arab men and women in AL
geria," writes a traveller, "and 1t may
be considered as some proof Of the do.
graded position of the latter. When an
Arab is i'll he goes to his doctor, and
Arab doctors, whether deservedly OF
not, have high reputation. But when
an Arab woman IS i'll she may not con
SUIT a mcdico. She must go to the
marabout, who is half saint and half
magician. lie does not retail medi
ciucS, but he utters anumbcr Of prayers,
and then he writes one or more of them
on a bit Of paper, giving it to the pa.
tlent with iniunctions to chew 1t and
swallow it, lie also supplies a little
holy water out of a bottle and the
woman goes away fully believing that
she will recover.
1t has been said that the Arabs dc
nOtrespcct their dead because they have
no inclOScd cemeteries and because
they select for the graves of their near
est ana dearest solitary spots removed
from their places of cncampment. But
this practice may be explained by other
couscs than absence of respect or af
fcct!on for their dead The task Of
preparing the body for the grave IS al
ways performed by the members Of
the family themselves ana in accord
ancc with tine Koran, it is most care
fully washed in pure water before
being consigned to the ground Then
the potter. of the household is broken
over t.. nG In the desert or on the
stcpgc d.. leaving of the body in an
isolated place seems to typify naturally
It's presence before the infinite ana the
eternal.
In joy rs Ia grief the Arab gen
orally conccals his feelings behind 0
proud reserve but on the occasions Of
the periodical fautasias he throws aside
the mask ana reveals the true man
The dancing, gcSticulating and shout.
Ing 20 on for hours until the delirium
ends with the exhaustion Of the PARTED.
pants 4 fantasia in the desert leaves
a curious Impression Of scmlunreallty
on the Minl hut it Is the one occasion
on which thc stern, sad looking Arab,
casting aside his hautcur comes forth
as the true son Of nature"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-27
VITALITY THE MAIN THING.
lie Who Has Ii Pulls Through, hut
the other Fellow Dies.

Tie Who Has IL Pulls through, nut
the other Fellow Dies.
Two men undergo operations of the
same character in hospital. The same
surgeon does the work. The conditions
are Identical. Equal care Is exercised
In each operation, and each Is success
fully performed. Yet one man recoy-
ers: the other dies. Or there is tre-
mendOus business pressure which does
not let up for months. 1t puts the men
under a terrible strain. One man goes
to pieces, and his business is wrecked
lie cannot keep the pace; he loses con,
troll Of himself His rival has no bet
ter brains than he, perhaps not so
good, yet he pulls through successfully.
We say that there is a difference In
vitality; that one man has more of 1t
than the other.
once saw a man in Il hospital who
was suffering from five fatal diseases,
and yet he would not die. He had
kept on living year after year in spite
of everything. He refused to succumb
We find the same thing illustrated ev-
cry day. In a shipwreck there are men
who seem to give up their lives with
out a struggle without any power to re-
sist; others cling to an open raft for
days without food, almost frozen, con
stantly whipped by the waves, but for
some reason or other they survive. The
vitality in them Is strong.
Notice how rapidly and surely one
man RECEIVERS himself after a nervous
breakdown while another drags along
through years of scmi-invalidism. No
tice the results upon two men of long
cold drcnch Of rain. One of them
comes down with pneumonia; the other
suffers no i'll effects. How Is 1t to be
explained?
He has reserve somewhere-an in
ner power Of resistance, an aggressive
something that will not be downed
We call il vitality. \ man can't have
more valuable asset than that. II
means joy instead of dumps, success
instead of failure life perhaps instead
of death.-Luther II. Gulick, NJ. D., In
Worlds Work.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-27
The Modern Dinner.

A medical journal complains that the
modern dinner has become an ex-
tremeIy depressing affair and that, SO
far from being a feast of reason and a
flow of soul, the conversation is mere
interchange of symptoms, details or
operations or the advantages of this or
that cure. Such topics evidently are
not provocative of remarks that set
the table in a roar, nor do they tend
TO promote the good digestion which
should wait on appetite. Indeed, there
is little appetite for digestion to walt
upon. The dantiest of menus is disre-
garded when the diners are under q
regime. and courses pass untouched,
while powders are openly stirred into
wineGlaSses.