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Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-04-07
Mattresses OF Moss.

Mattresses OF Moss.
This Florida moss, by the way, Is
not moss at all, but a kind of minute
pineapple, and it. seems that both it
and the pineapple are true air plants.
There is no underbrush in these Flori-
da pine woods except now and then
patches of scrub palmetto, which looks
like the ordinary ornamental fan palm
that we cultivate for ornament in the
north, except that it never grows high
nor has any trunk.
Coming over a little rise we would
perhaps look down on a pretty lake, its
banks lined with orange groves. Every
drive we took showed us several new
lakes so that this seems well named
the Lake Region of the state.
Colonel t has a beautiful home
among the pines, and there I plucked
my first orange and grape fruit, my
first lime and lemon. There, also, | saw
the fragrant blossom, the green orange
and the ripe, yellow fruit, all growing
on one tree. One of the finest groves
we visited contained 1000 trees, cover
ed with oranges, while many of he
trees were full of bloom. These brides
flowers look like white wax stars
among the rich, dark, vanished leaves,
and the trees met overhead. forming
arches under which we droye-one of
the most attractive sights imaginable.
We pulled all the fruit and blossoms
we wanted. It is a fascinating expert
ence to stand under a large orange or
grapefruit tree, and look up through
the branches, the leaves so rich and
green. with golden globes hanging
from them. their weight sometimes
bending the branches to the ground,
and all this wealth of vendure grow
ing out of white sand.
Picnicing Among The Oranges.
On the first day of March we drove
to the young grove in which my hus-
band and son were interested, there
picnicing in the pine woods along
side and sucking oranges by the dozen.
This reminds me that when oranges
are ripe-and the season is six months
long-you never take a water bottle
with you when you go driving through
Florida.
The mornings and evenings have
been cool enough for a little fire, but
the days are like those of our northern
June. We saw bananas growing, and
the long purplish blossom is very odd.
The fruit grows exactly upside down.
Eustis Park is a pretty place; just
a drive through pine woods almost
clothed in Spanish moss. They bury
this moss in the sand to rot off the out
side, the inside fiber making a good
substitute for hair which is used in the
manufacture of mattresses. There are
several factories, l am told, in the
State which make fine mattresses out
of this moss. In the Park the gray
squirrels chase each other up and
down the branches, and we counted
IA in less than two minutes. The blue
herons fly continually back and forth,
and the little ponds through the park
are full of white water lilies. Next
week l will tell you about a real south
ern darby baptism. c. G. G.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-04-07

Gold coins usually remain in circu.
lation twice as long as copper ones.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-04-07
FROM ANASTASA IsLAND.-oLD FORT MARION

are naturally against any settling and
development of their regions). is on
stantly ~encroaching upon their graz
ing domain and finding new localities,
here and there, of a very great aggre-
gate extent, where he can acquire a
successful foothold to carry ON agri-
cultural operations.
The Lacey Leasing Bill.
One bill in particular has been intro
duced by Chairman Lacey of the Public
Lands Committee of the House, and is
apparently intended to protect small
stockmen as well as to prevent any re-
strictions against the settler. In the
first place it provides that no corpora
ton can lease government land. A
mar who had a homestead or owns
a piece of land, may lease as much as
$500 acres, which in most grazing To-
calities would not be al excessive
amount. The measure provides hal
such leases shall moi be transferred,
and that where they include watering
places there shall be left open a right
of way" for other stockmen to pass
through the land and to use the water
for their stock. 1t also leaves the
leased land open at all times to home
stead entry by actual settlers.
On the face of it this looks equitable,
and as though it might be administered
so as not to work to the detriment of
settlement and of the small stock
holder. On the other hand it seems
apparent that it would be exceedingly
difficult to prevent a big cattle corpor-
alton from hiring a dozen cowboys to
take up homesteads in their own names
erecting thereupon shanty residences,
as has been done in thousands of cases
in the West, and simply to hold their
claims and their 1920 acres each. of
leased land, for the benefit of their
employers; so that a single cattle bar
might easily acquire the use of 80
40 thousand acres.
Hard for the Homesteader.
1t is also not at all certain hat once
holding a lease to the land and with a
fence around it, the cowboy might not
bulldoze intending settlers into passing
to some less hostile region. No
homebuilder, unless he be made of eX-
ceedingly stern stuff, cares to attempt
making a home in the face of a Win
chester or of threats that if he at
tempts a settlement, his fence wires
will be cut, his grass all eaten off and
the place be made so hot for him that
he will wish that he had never gone
into the COW country. This course has
been pursued by the stockmen with
great success in many western sections,
even where the settler was trying to
make a home upon free public land,
where the cattlemen had no shadow of
legal right to fence or hold it. That
the legal lease-right to fence the land
and keep other stockmen off would be
invoked to repel settlement goes with
out saying.
Whether it will be possible to frame
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-31
Foreign Bodies In the Flesh.

1t is not an uncommon thing for peo-
pie to carry needles, pins, bullets and
bits of steel around with them for half
a lifetime, but no one can be found
who would be willing voluntarily 10
undertake such burden. And yet
there are instances where articles
which might seem to be Of a most dan
gerous character have been carried in
the body for years. \ man, in repair
ing a building, fell through q window,
breaking the glass and severely cutting
one of his arms. The wound was care
fully and antiseptically dressed, and
the man went about his business.
Three years later he called upon the
doctor who had attended him and com
planned of a boil Oh his wrist. The
physician casually mentioned the in
Jury which he had sustained and asked
him if he suffered any Inconvenience
from it. He answered, NO, not much,
but said that at times there was Pc
culiar sensation between the elbow
and shoulder Upon examination the
doctor found long splinter of glass
just ready to prick through the skin at
a point several inches above the place
where it had originally entered. The
glass was drawn out, the wound prop
erly dressed, and the man recovered,
thereafter being entirely free from the
annoying sharp pains to which he had
for wears been subject
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-31
Electric Railroads.

II is estimated that 500, OOO0. 90 have
been appropriated by the various rail
road companies throughout this coun-
try 90 d. used in the purchase of cleo
trical machinery, which. il is believed
VIII eventually replace the steam loco
motives. Railroad companies have in
tereSted themselves in the operation of
electric locomotives, and while there
ha, been no change in the motive
power in this district, it is believed
that the electric motors viii be used
here before long The Pennsylvania
next month viii test two electric eng
iues GA the steep grades between Gal
lirzin and Altoona, and if they are
successful there, il is believed that "A
change IN motive power viii be made
90 the Pittsburg division, especially
n the mountain district. Every year
since SIS has witnessed new develop
meEts n and new triumphs for cleo
frieity. and a. every new electrical
triumph meant another encroachment
upon the steam locomotive at last the
railroad companies have been forced
o. take notice The number of electric
roads has been greatly increased, and
practically every trunk line railroad
company ha> already begun the install
latiou ~ electricity on its lines or is
making paratious 10 take this step
iu tLa immediate future.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-31
Hived Il Swarm of Bees.

Charles SeiderwaIt, the Western
Union lincman, SATURDAY. afternoon
showed the employees at the Reading
iron works how to hive a swarm of
bees In the process he showed quite
as much nerve as when scaling fifty
foot telegraph pole and escaped with
out "A single sting.
Toward evening very large swarm
of bees settled on one of the trees
along the creek just east of the mill.
The bees clustering together formed
an immense pear shaped mass, which
hung suspended from one of the lower
limbs.
Everyone gave the bees a wide berth
until Mr.. Seiderwalt heard of the
swarm and went down to the mill to
look them over He said he could cap
true them and he Immediately set
about carrying his plans into eXecu-
tion. Procuring an ordinary store box
he placed it under the bees and coolly
shook the whole mass of honey makers
down into the receptacle. after which
he covered up the box and carried it
away with him.
1t was a great object lesson for the
mill men and they have not yet ceased
to wonder what secret art the man en-
ployed that enabled him to capture the
bees without any resistance.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-31
Fortunate r1iSsourianS.

When ! was druggist, at Livonia,
No. writes I. J. Dwyer, now O. Grays-
vile, No. three of my customers were
permanently cured of consumption 10y
Dr. Kings New Discovery, and are well
and strong 10 day. one was trying to
sell hi- property and move to Arizona
but after using New Discovery short
time he found it unnecessary to do SO.
! regard TT. Kings New discovery as
the most wonderful medicine in exist
euce Surest Cough and Cold cure
and Throat and lung healer Guarante-
Il by Paules & Co. Druggists 50c and
a. uO Trial bottle free
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-31
Trolley Conductors Odd Injury.

j. S. Rayer, conductor on the Dan
vile a Bloomsbury street railway, met
with most unusual accident Satur-
day afternoon. He had charge of the
car, that leaves Danville at 20 and
was collecting fare when he happened
to slip on the step outside the car and
struck his left leg against the iron
edge in such a way as to sever an
artery.
The injury was painful, but Mr..
Raver did not think it was serious un-
til he became aware that he was bleed
ing most profusely. Fortunately Gen
eral Manager W. r. Miller was on
board the car, and he having knowl-
edge of quick relief methods, made a
bandage of a handkerchief and bound
the conductors leg in such manner
as to stop the flow of blood. The gem
eral manager then took the motorman' ;
place, the latter acting as conductor
during the rest of the trip.
Mr. Raycr was hurried to Blooms
burg where he was taken to the office
of DR.. John, who found it necessary
TO insert several stitches to enclose the
wound. Although suffering somewhat
from the effects of the injury Mr.. Raw
er was able to resume his place as con-
ductor Sunday.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-31

Pelham nervously paced the plat
form. In twenty minutes the train
would come and take him away from
llotan and his brief dream of paradise
It would take him back to town, and
he would try 10 forget that he had ever
been engaged to Alice Carver.
1t was funny, he thought, that they
never should have had disputes until
they had become engaged, but since
Christmas eve, when he had slipped the
ring upon her finger and had assured
her that it bound her to him for life.
there had been nothing but misunder-
standings, eliminating in the dispute
Of last night, when she had given back
the ring and had left him with head
ercct-to break down when she reach
ed her own room.
The Carver house party had lasted
well into the new year. and there
We're still half a dozen guests at the
big house. He wondered bitterly if Al
ice would be engaged to Jordan before
the party broke up. Jordan had kissed
her under the mistletoe Christmas eve,
and Jordan had been the bone of con
tention ever since. He was 50 occupied
over Jordan's shortcomings that he
never noticed Fay Gressits approach
until she tapped him lightly upon the
arm.
I'm In the most awful fix" she
laughed. Il came TO the station and
never realized that | was a pauper
Can you let me have $50? There is no
time to send back to Carver castle"
Pelham performed lightning calcu-
lation. His ticket had cost him $40.
That from $50 left SLIGO. 1t would
never do to confess that he did not
have it. Fay would gloat over the fact
that she had caught Bob Pelham pen
nileSS. He raised his hat.
"Certainly." he said. Wait here and
| will purchase your ticket and look
after your trunk"
He stepped into the waiting room
and stayed there long enough to pur-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-31
Letter From Honolulu.

Miss Clara Smith has received a
very interesting letter from her sister,
Mrs. Bruce Hartman, at Honolulu.
One of the items of news which will
interest the DanyilIe public is that
Mrs. Elizabeth Brinton, enroute to the
Philippine islands, on the steamship
China, on Friday, May llth., arrived
at Honolulu and spent the day there
as the guest of Mr. and Mrs Hartman
by whom she was driven about the
beautiful city and entertained very
pleasantly. Mrs. Brinton was i'll eX
cellent spirits and after her days rest
and recreation resumed her long jour
ney much refreshed.
The letter states that following the
earthquake at San Francisco, due to
damage wrought to the cable, Honolu
lu was completely cut off from the
world and the people were in a dread
ful state of suspense. All vessels re-
turning from the Orient were detained
at Honolulu until news was received
explaining the condition of affairs.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-31
BRIGADIER GENERAL
JOHN ". BUBB

Danville, it seems, is soon to have
distinguished visitor in the person of
Brigadier General John w Bubb. of
the United States army and while
here. it is safe to say, that he will
visit the Reading Iron works, where
with George W. Tillson and others he
used to drag out" iron in the days
of his boyhood or early manhood, be-
fore the civil war.
Brigadier General Bubb spent his.
early life in Danville enlisting here IN
1861 1t will be recalled that at the
time of his promotion last winter this
paper contained several artic les relat-
ing to General Bulbs early life, his
long military record and well-earned
promotion. These articles all reflected
a keen interest and a pride felt by
citizens in the career and the success
of one who is still looked upon here as
a Danville boy.
Our townsman, George S. Tillson,
has received a letter from General
Bubb, which reveals that he has not
forgotten Danville and the old friends
of his boyhOod. General Bulbs let
ter states in part
4 had been away from Danville for
so many years that | almost thought
that / was forgotten. [ have been busy
all these years attending to my duties.
determined to win and to get as high
as my poor efforts might carry me- IL
have tried ever since the day | enlist
ed i'll Danville to give my best service
and to be deserving of any promotion
that might come to me.
4 have somewhere among my pap
ers a complete list of all my Danville
comrades and of those who were my
schoolmates and associates. l have not
been in Danville since President Lin
coin was assassinated. My family left
there during the war. | still have some
relatives about Danville whom | shall
look up. | contemplate a visit to Dan
Vile at an early date to renew my
acquaintance with you and all my old
friends and comrades
Il presume | would hardly know
Danville now. but all the same | am
going to look up some of my old trails
at the first opportunity. | wonder if
the small boys would try to frighten
an old warrior as we used to do in the
mill when visitors and sightseers were
doing the great iron works. "
Brigadier General Bubb is very
pleasantly located at the headquart-
ers of the department of Dakota, St.
Paul, MINI. He has quite family
four sons and three daughters. His
youngest son graduated from the mil
itary academy last year and is now
lieutenant in the army at Manila.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-31
SCHOOL YEAR
NEAR A CLOSE

But one week remains Of the present
school year When the school board
adjourned Monday it was with the
purpose of reconvening next Monday
night when after the usual routine OF
business incidental to winding up af-
fairs for the year the new members
Will be sworn in. Terms this spring
expire as follows: First ward, Robert
Adams second ward, j. n. Pursel
Third ward, Sam ! Werkheiser; Fourth
ward, Jacob VonBlohn. Mr.. Adams
Will be succeeded by j. W. Swartz
Mr.. Werkheiser by Jacob Fish; Mr..
NonBlom by d. Aust Lutz. Mr.. Pur-
sci was reelected and therefore sue
ceds himself.
On motion of Mr. Pursel it was
ordered that the officers of the board
sign the application of J. w. Taylor,
principal of the high school, for a
State normal diploma, certifying, as
required, that he has taught one year
successfully and is a person of good
moral character.
On motion the school board granted
a leave of absence to Borough Super
intendent Gordy for next week to en-
able him to act as member of the
board Of examiners at the West Chest
er normal school, position to which
he has been appointed by the State
superintendent.
Borough Superintendent Gordy on
behalf of the corps of teachers present
ed a petition TO the board asking that
the school term next fail commence on
Tuesday, September 4th Immediately
after Labor day. instead of on August
21th. On motion the matter was laid
over until after the organization of
the new school board
On motion of Mr.. PuseI it was de-
cided to tender vote of thanks to
Rev. J.. ID. Ulrich for preaching the
baccalaureate sermon and to Hon. Fred
keller for his able address to the
graduating class on commencement
Borough Superintendent Gordy pre-
sented his report of the last month of
school, which showed an attendance
of 1891, during the term to date. The
number of boys registered during the
last month was 541; Of girls, 59l.
Total, 113S. Number of pupils not alb
sent during term to date, 1863 number
of pupils not tardy, 627. Number of
pupils absent during month, 400; num-
Der of pupils tardy during month, 159
Cases of tardiness by pupils, $50
Number of pupils who have not at
tended - per cent. of time belonged,
Il number of pupils reported by tru-
ant officer, 24; cases of corporal pun
ishment, >.
+ The borough superintendent report
ed that the three members of the senior
class conditioned had passed the ex-
animation with the following result
Mr.. kOstenbauder, 81; Miss Payton,
81 Miss Jenkins. So Fifteen stud
ents, or ten per cent. of the whole mum
Der attending the high school were OBJ
liged to take examinations. OF this
number seven failed.
The following members were pres
ent: Adams, Orth, Burns, Pursel,
Haring, Werkheiser, Fischer, Trum-
bower and Heiss.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-31
We'll balanced Cats.

did you know that if you cut cats
tail off she can't catch mice any
more" asked Il young woman of an
other.
Il don't see why" replied the other,
land, further, | can't imagine what
occasion you have had for cutting off
cats tails to sec"
Il haven't cut off any cats tails, but
an accident deprived our cat of its
caudal appendage. The feline became
as helpless as ship without a rudder.
When it tried to spring upon an OBJ
ject it would alight far to one side.
The look of panied surprise on the
eats features was pathetic. After
awhile it learned to jump straight
again, but it was Il long and painful
experience for the poor eat. The bali
ance of power and the power TO bal
ance seem 10 lie in the tail Of the cat"
Kansas CITY Times
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-31
Fourth Ward Program

The following is the program of the
Fourth ward grammar school rendered
at commencement exercises on Friday
afternoon
Glass Song-''We' II Row and Drift. -
Salutatory and Recltation-' Asleep
at the Switch, " Bertha Kessler
Glass History, Mary Paugh.
Recitation-'M Mary, Queen of Scots"
Margaret Crossley.
Essay Lincoln, Paul Knoch.
Song Sing Sweet Bird, " Glass.
Recitation - Angels of Buena
Vista, Katherine Fry.
Recitation-'' Which Shall it Be-"
Song-''In Woods is Peace" Glass.
Recitation-'' How Salvador Won, +"
Bessie Garner
Story and Recitation - "Curfew
Shall not Ring, Mary Paugh.
Song Where the Rippling Waters
Flow. -
Recitation - Launching of the
Ship, " Dorothy Thomas
Essay Patriotism, " George Boyer.
Glass Prophecy and Recitation
How Jennie McNeal Saved the Col
onel, ;" Florence Henrie.
Song-''The Future Glass.
Presentation of Diplomas, Prof.
Gordy.
Vaiedictory, Bessie Garner.
Closing Song America. -
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-31
Crowds Going to the Circus.

Intense interest has been aroused in
this community by the announcement
that Ringing Brothers immense cir
Gus is 10 exhibit in Sunbury on Fri
day, June lst Several big excursions
Will 20 from this vicinity and local
people will be well Represented at the
big show. Those who go from here
should make every effort to arrive in
time TO see the magnificent new free
street parade, which is given in the
morning preceding the opening perfor
nance. Three miles OF parade glories
are divided into thirty sections and
each section is a show in itself-a
parade such as the world has never
seen before. In this wonderful display
are shown 100 beautiful dens, lairs and
cages of rare wild animals, herd of
forty big and little elephants, $50
horses, and 1880 people. One section
of the procession is devoted to mag
nificeut and costly floats, representing
Germany. Russia, England France,
India, Persia, Scotland, the United
States, and other countries. The per
formance that follows, and which in
cludes the superb spectacular produc-
tion of The Field Of the Cloth of
Gold, is the most magnificent display
of arcnic wonders ever presented by
any amusement enterprise in America.
The menagerie is filled to overfiowing
with rare beasts and birds, including
the only baby elephant bred and sue
cessfully raised in the United States,
the only rhinoceros in captivity and
the last living pair of giraffes.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-31
A CURIOUS PROBLEM.
The Trembling Pillar at Heims %
Puzzle TO Architects.


The famous trembling pillar at Reims
presents a curious problem to archi-
tects. The Church of st. Nicaise is sur
rounded with pillars constructed to
prevent the walls from straining. At
the entrance of the church is bell
tower On one Of the bells In this tow
er the phenomenon Of the trembling
pillar depends When this bell is rung
or even touched the top Of this pillar
sways.
1t goes and returns about seven
inches on each side, although the base
of the pillar is immovable, and the
stones are 50 firmly cemented that it
seems like solid piece of stone.
An authority who states that no
satisfactory solution of this popularity
has been gives writes: What is very
singular is that although the four bells
are about the same distance from the
trembling pillar only one of them has
any effect on it, The others may be
rung singly or all together without
moving it,
. In no Il little window was made in
the roof of the church opposite the pill
lar. \ board was placed on top OF the
pillar, and on it were put two glasses
of water Then the bell was rung. I'm
mcdiately the pillar began to sway, and
at the fitjh stroke of the bell the two
glasses were thrown off.
The ringing Of this bell has no effect
on the pillars between the phenomenal
one and th' tower nor on any Of the
others but formerly it was the first pill
lar which swaycI. then it became i'm
movable ana some years ago the one
next to it hccumo the eccentric one.