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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-20

of town she expects TO be away
wees longer I can put you in there
10 gua PROMISE not 20 let on"
~IU promise anything for nights
rest, aresd Nat mindful Of a
r.amE couch Ia the coy corner of
Mar-arers den. A hul changed hands
and presently be- was following a hall
h.g ALSO sworn 20 secrecy, up the
stair.
It seemed rather mean trick To play
oa Margaret, 10 Invade her apart
m-ut- without permission, but he
promised himself 10 pry into none of
Der secrets and confronted himself
with the reflection that she would
probably have said yes. hut Margaret
was queer Almost from childhood she
LaI besl self suppor1.un and she had
-r.aIfa-flv refused fY REGARD men as
vaaea'- natural protectors and sup
rs-ers Twice since dee had known
Ler. men had asked her hand. and she
ha1 uot only said uo. but they had
heeu quietly dropped from her friend
ship.
Leroy valued this friendship too
h.lhly te risk 81 ou "a proposal, and he
had warshipe5. 'f not from afar. at
least De- had concealed his worship and
had beeu rewarded with the privilege
of being her chosen friend
Rapidly D. divrztel himself OF his
outer clothing Hut when he came to
..
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-20
Why lie Game.

A man rushed into the barber shop
and Jumped into the first waiting chair,
explaining, shave in hurry" The
barber was about to apply the lather
when he noticed the customers face.
1t had been shaved In spots and looked
like a wornout hair rug. Il beg your
pardon" said the barber, but who
ever shaved you did not understand
his business or must have been near
sighted" That's all right" replied
the customer rather sharply. Every
man to his trade you are II barber
WELL | am not that's why came
here"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-20
Hadrian's Wall.

Hadrian In A ID. 100 built a stone
wall from BOwness, near Carlisle, on
Solway firth, to the river Tyne, near
Newcastle. 1t was eighty miles long
and garrisoned by 10000 troops. 1t
was twelve 10 twenty feet high at va
rious points, eight feet thick at the top
and provided with gallery in the rear
which enabled its defenders to take
their stand with only head and shoul-
ders visible to the enemy. At every
quarter of a mile there was n castle
with a garrison of troops. Beacon
lights and signals were used, and on
an attack, whether by day or by night,
the news was AT once flashed up and
down the wall from sea to sea.-Lon-
don Sphere.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-20
Irnn RnnX 10 MhIstIc.

IL ls said the art of whistllng will
sJlRn be counted among the lost unless
there is a revival of the CHEEKY spirit
that seems to be fOrsakng men. No
body whistles rs he works in these
strenuous days He has too much on
his mind to pucker his lips In whis-
tie. Nor does he hum or sing to him
self for that matter Life Is. if not
downright sad, too busy for that joy
GUS and unconscious expression of CON
tentmcnt- Boston Herald
Champion Divers.
Larry Donovan" said q profession
al swimmer made the highest dive
on record 1t was 90 feet a dive from
the Brooklyn bridge. Donovan also
took dive from Niagara bridge, n
good 200 feet There are no other div
ers In the same class with Larry. Jack
Burns made n dive of $50 feet from
the topmost yardarm of the Three
Brothers, the largest sailing ship of its
time, and Jim O'ROurke and Julius
Gautier have done some good diving,
toO-1OO feet, 125 feet, and so on-but
it is doubtful If Donovan's record viii
ever be broken"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-20
Ennh Inr RcnectInn Only

am m a hidcous pickle. Here I've
got nothing 20 eat, and the only thing
I've got TO pawn are my false teeth, and
II / pawn them and buy something to
eat, then | can't eat it. never was In
such an awful fix In all my lIfe.-BOs-
-. I,I.l.n
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-20
CGHrtinE Worry.

"My VIE "as rather worried when
/ left her th morning"
"Whlt was the matterF
"Wcu, .hc lad been worrying about
something or other yesterday evening,
and this mcrniug she couldn't remem-
bcr what II was"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-20
The Opinion She Sought

well, what do you think Of my new
hatf" she asked.
do you want candid opinion" he
questioned.
Heavens, no" she replied. Say
something nice New York Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-20
Fitness.

Author invited to very poor din
ncr. to himselfJ-A miserable dinner!
I'll have TO take care that | don't let
anything witty slip out. - Fliegends
Batter.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-20

/ don't want to brag, but I've got
my health and my friends, so what ON
earth more do / want? t?-Deland.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-20
me IuuIDIeSve-u.

Tumblewceds spread themselves in
a wholesale fashion. Instead of send
ing the separate seeds out into the
world with wings or hairs TO carry
them, the whole plant breaks off near
the root, when these are ripe, and
goes rolling along the ground before
the wind The bare, sun scorched des-
crts Of the great west produce several
tumblcwcods, and there are some in
the prairie region. 1t is natural that
they should be most abundant where
there are 10 hills or trees 10 stop
them iu their course. But we have one
tumblewecd .u the cast-thc old witch
grass. SO called, maybe, because It rides
the wind like an old beldame. In Sep
tcmbcr this grass spreads its head or
panicic, with hairlike, purple branches,
in every sandy field. When the seeds
are ripe the plants are blown across
the field, often pil!ng up in masses
along fences and hcdgerows. AS might
be expected, the hair grass, which has
so effective Il way Of spreading itself
IS found throughout the United States
from ocean to ocean.
IGoIHpICK IONn.
Only one characteristic distinguishes
the little village Of Strong. Me, from
the thou luds Of others that are scat
tered AID over New England That is
the peculiar industry which serves tC
support tie entire community. Strong
is famous for nothing but tOOthpicks
but il is known in the trade as the
place from which come the majority OF
tho tootlpicE4 that are used In the
United StltcE
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-20
Selfish Clock.

Want me To take the clock back,
You say" exclaimed the dealer why,
what's the matter with 1t? It's war
ranted to keep good time"
Perhaps that's the trouble" replied
the customer, for it certainly doesn't
give Philadelphia Press.
The Lexington advertiser., 1906-06-28
FIRST SCIENCE CHURCH,
Followers of Mrs. Eddy in oconto,
Wis, Pioneers in Movement
Built Church in 1885,.

Green Bay, Wis.-Perhaps there is
no more rmarkable fact in connection
with the Christian science movement
than that the first church of this de.
nomination should have been built in
the comparatively unknown city OF
Oconto, in Wisconsin. It was In 1865
while Mrs. Mary Baker B. Eddy was
a resident of Lynn, Mass, that the
discovery on which Is based the
Christian Science religion came to
her. 1t seems remarkable that It was
20 years before the now wor divide
movement had gained sufficient head.
way to warrant the erection of a
church building, and that the first
church should have beea built In a
small and obscure town, thousands Of
miles from the section where tbe
movement had its inception.
1t was in 1886 that a little group ot
men and women residing in Oconto.
who had been students of the teach.
ings of Mrs. Eddy, undertook to build
a church to be used by the followers
of Christian Science. A lot was given
The Lexington advertiser., 1906-06-28
ON PORCH FURNITURE.
If Porch Is Small Use Shelf for a
Table and Chairs Without
Rockers,

Few porches have room for a good
sized table, but this can be managed
by having an oblong strip of wood
fastened on the wall, between the win
dows, with hinges at the bottom. When
this Is not in use. it takes up no room,
as it is firmly attached to the wall.
One or more legs must be added for
the end, and need not of necessity be
unsightly.
Another way of doing would be to
keep an ironing table with folding legs
laid against the wall, all ready to be
brought out when IT. was needed. The
legs would have to be cut down to a
convenient height for using while sit
ting, and it could be stained or paint
ed TO match the best of the furniture.
Where there is plenty Of wall space
the width of the table could be placed
against the wall, and two firm iron
brackets could support the leaf when
a table is required. 1t is often useful
to have some place TO stow away mag
azines and little articles, and a couple
of shelves placed on the wall above
the table would add much to the ap-
pearance of the porch, and be a very
useful article of furniture These
boards should be Just the length of
the table, and placed on the wall at
the right height, SO that when the table
is fastened up, the outside just reaches
beneath the shelves. With the bench
below, and the underneath part of the
table forming back, over-topped by
some cunning little book shelves, what
an attractive piece of furniture we
should have. Some little curtains on
rings would add note Of color, and
the whole thing COLD be made by
member of the family Sometimes an
old church pew can be picked up in
country places for dollar, and in that
case the table might hang down, and
the pew go against the wall, beneath
the book shelves.
Bamboo screens which roll up and
down are often useful If the porch Is
very sunny. A more delightful screen
Is formed by vines running over wire
across the sunny end, or where a
neighbor's porch overlooks ones own.
IT the house stands alone, a porch is
cooler If all the sides are left open for
the air to blow through, and vines are
only allowed to grow above the height
OF seven feet. So many small porches
are too much overgcOwn, and not only
keep the air out in summer, but for the
rest OF the year darken the rooms that
overlook the porch.
II is best not to have too many rock
ers on small porch, as they take up
TOO much room. Windsor chairs,
stained or painted, are always liked,
especially by men, and they can be
used with chairs of other varieties.
A pretty Indian cotton held in place
by drawing pin, which can readily be
taken out when the cloth is shaken,
makes an admirable cover for the ta-
Bile. If mating or basket tables are
used, it is best to have them uncov-
cred. A whisk brush can be kept near
by to brush off the tops daily.-Chica-
go Inter Ocean.
The Lexington advertiser., 1906-06-28
HAS A CLEAN RECORD
no TAINT ATTACHED TO NAME
OF LEVI P. MORTON.
Former Vice President Still Hale and
Hearty at Age of S2-Has Given
Much to Charity - Comes
from Yankee Stock.

New York.-During the SO years
which Mr., Levi Parsons Morton had
just completed as his span of active
life the United States and the world
in general have undergone develop
ment and change which are even
surprising to Mr.. Morton and himself.
The progress of science, art and civ
ilizatiOn has been so great within the
limit Of his memory that few of the
present younger generation can real
ize what has happened.
While Mr., Morton has seen this tre-
mendous advancement in all lines of
endeayor, he has accomplished the
proud distinction of being young at
81. He Is not by any means an old
man except as figures go.
Mr.. Morton's name Is associated
with success. During all his long
public career as congressman, gov
ernor, minister of France and vice
president, and his private career as a
financier and a distinguished person
of affairs, there has been no smirch
on his record. In these days when
Undertaking" is so prevalent and so
pronounced Mr.. Morton's name has in
no way been defled.
His modesty is perhaps as well
shown in recent benefaction to the
hamlet Of Rhinecliff, near which his
country estate lies. RhineCiff Is only
The Lexington advertiser., 1906-06-28
HINTS TO HoUsEKEEPERs.

An old-fashioned remedy for sore
throat that is said to be effective is a
nutmeg worn on a silk thread around
the neck. The hole through the nut.
meg is made with a red-hot awl.
A bottle of camphor or oil of cedar
with the cork left out, if hung on a
hook in the closet, will keep away
moths without imparting disagree
able odor to the clothing.
To clean velvet, first brush or shake
out all of the dust and remove any
grease stains with benzine. II It needs
freshening pass the wrong side over
bowl of boiling water and then over
a hot iron. If it is badly crushed
brush carefully with a soft brush.
Now that Strawberries are in the
market, try a strawberry salad, some
thing which has the merit of novelty
and something beside. Make cups of
blanched lettuce leaves and put in each
a few ripe berries. Dust with powder
ed sugar, and place on top spoonful
OF mayonnaise into which whipped
cream has been stirred.
If the carpets in summer are left
down and covered with linen they are
saved from moth ravages by brushing
the edges with hot solution of alum
and water and sprinkling them over
with powdered borax. If they are TAX
and hnr
serve them as effectually and be far
less Objectionable than the dreadful
carbolic acid balls, whose perfume
cannot be mitigated nor overcome the
next season by any number of pot
pourri jars whatsoever.
In case of earache do not put any.
thing into the ear except by direction
of a physician. The best way to re-
lieve earache is to heat an iron or a
brick, wrap 1t In two or three thick
nesses of flannel, pour warm water on
the top, when steam will rise at once
If the ear is placed close to the flannel
the steam will permeate every part of
it.
A shoe that is uncomfortable from
pinching may be eased by laying a
cloth wet in hot water across the
place where it pinches, changing it as
1t grows coler number of times.
This will cause the leather to shape
itself to the foot.
Stains on white flannel are hard to
remove. The best way is to mix equal
parts of the yolks of eggs and glycer-
in, apply it to the stains, and allow
1t to soak for half an hour or so be-
fore the article is washed.-Boston
Budget and Beacon.
The Lexington advertiser., 1906-06-28
A Tasty Chop for Invalid,

Trim away every particle of fat from
a neck or loin chop, melt piece of
butter on plate, sprinkle the chop
with pepper and salt; dip both sides
in the butter, and sprinkle a little
lemon juice over the top, leaving it in
the butter for at least two hours. Put
the yolk of an egg on plate, with a
teaspoonful of grated cheese. Mix it
together, and mask the chop freely
with the mixture. Have ready some
boiling dripping in frying-pan, lay in
the chop, and let l. cook thoroughly.
first on one side, and then on the
other; it will take quite six minutes
to cook, the fat being kept boiling the
whole of the time Drain it on a piece
Of clean paper, and serve on a little
mound of nicely mashed potato, as hot
as possible
The Lexington advertiser., 1906-06-28
BUILDING FOOD
To Bring the Babies Around,

AZ t1lS DdDIGS EaIUuuu.
When little human machine (or a
large one) goes wrong, nothing is so
important as the selection of food to
bring it around again.
my little baby boy fifteen months
odd had pneumonia, then came brain
fever, and no sooner had he got over
these than he began to cut teeth and.
being SO weak, he was frequently
thrown into convulsions," says a Col
orado mother.
Il decided a change might help, so
took him to Kansas City for a visit
When We got there he was so very
weak when he would cry he would
sink away and seemed like he would
die.
when I reached my sisters homa
she said Immediately that we must
feed him Grape-Nuts and, although ]
had never used the food, we got some
and for few days gave him just the
Juice of Grape-Nuts and milk. He
got stronger so quickly we were soon
feeding him the Grape-Nuts itself and
in a wonderfully short time he fat
tened right up aud became strong and
well.
"That showed me something worth
knowing and, when later on my girl
came, raised her on Grape-Nuts and
she is a strong healthy baby and has
been. You will see from the little
photograph l send you what strong.
chubby youngster the boy is now, but
he didn't look anything like that be-
fore we found this nourishing food.
Grape-Nuts nourished him back to
strength when he was so weak he
couldn't keep any other food on his
stomach" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
All children can be built to more
sturdy and healthy condition upon
Grane-Nuts and cream. The food con-
tains the elements nature demands,
from which to make the soft gray
filing in the nerve centers and brain.
A well.fed brain and strong, sturdy
nerves absolutely insure a healthy
body.
Look in pkgs for the famous little
book, THE Road to Wellyille."
The Lexington advertiser., 1906-06-28
TURBINE A SAVER OF COAL
Economy Effected by the New Ma
rine Engines Has Been
Amply Shown,

Though the owners and builders OF
steamships have only recently come to
realize that the turbine requires less
steam and hence less fuel than the
reclprocating engine, 1t Is now evi-
dent, says the New York Tribune, that
indications of this fact were discover
able five or six years ago. In the ex-
per1ence of the torpedo boat destroy
ers Cobra and Viper, on which the
Parsons engine had its first real trial,
there was probably no sign of econ
omy' Then came in successive years
TWO river boats for service on the
clyde, the King Edward and the
queen Alexandra, and ferry boat de-
signed to cross the English channel.
FROM paper read before a Liver.
pool engineering society a few days
ago 1t appears that the King Edward
demonstrated its ability to travel
farther with the same allowance Of
coal than a boat of the same size
which had paddle wheels and recipro-
eating engines. The sidewheel craft
now gets 7.7S miles out of a ton of
coal, the King Edward S.9 and the
Queen Alexandra fully miles. What
Is more, the two turbine steamers
travel faster than their rival. The
difference in fuel consumption be-
tween the first channel boat having
turbines and the best paddle-wheel
steamer running on the same route
was extraordinary and it looks now
as If it was exceptional also. The
old vessel travelled more slowly than
the new one, yet it required seven per
cent. more fuel per mile.
At least two reasons can be sug.
gested for the tardiness with which
the economy of the turbine was rec.
ognized In measure, no doubt this
quality was overwhelmed by the in.
crease in speed which the Parsons en-.
gine made feasible. Again. there
might have been a doubt about the
justice of assigning all of the gain
effected to the engine and not credit.
ing the screw propeller, which was
substituted for paddle wheels. with
any share Of it. A much more sig.
nificant comparison was possible when
the British admiralty tried the two
styles Of engine on cruisers having
not only the same model. displacement.
and boiler capacity but also the same
mechanism for utilizing the power
generated.
The Lexington advertiser., 1906-06-28

BODY"
Impelled by some unknown and unseen
power, | left the hoase and soon felt
myself rising in the air. After awhile
We stopped. 1t was place something
like this world of ours, only much
more beautiful But there was no sun
there.
I'VE moved on and finally reached
the most beautiful spot that eyes have
ever seen. There were flowers and long
vistas of beautiful trees. heard music
and sweet voices. 1t seemed as If all
the grand music | had ever heard was
joined into one. Away in the distance
saw a great crowd. And there
saw Lizzie
From that time my brother became
more morbid than ever on the subject.
He was sure that the vision was real
and that he had been taken to an
other life, Finally, from his vision, he
became convinced that a person can
live forever in this world, provided
only he can renew his body, and that
1t was possible to leave it temporarily
and wander to the next world. He de-
veloped a theory that starvation was
necessary to get rid of the old body
and before a new one could take its
place.
HE began the great experiment. OF
course. we knew he was just starving
himself TO death. We tried in every
way to persuade nim to eat. But he
was man of inflex;ble will. He kept
getting weaker, thinner and thinner,
until everybody saw that he could not
live much longer, out still he would
not eat.
He recognized his mistake a few
days before the end. He felt he was
going. He said then that he would
take nourishment, but he had been q
The Lexington advertiser., 1906-06-28
DIES IN ATTEMPT
TO PROVE THEORY
COLORADO MAN sTARVEs AS
RESULT OF STRANGE VISION.
HOPE is IMMORTAL LIFE.
Convinced That Mortal Being Can Ex-
ist Forever on This Earth, He Tries
to Find Solut! t!on-Succumbs
After 60-Day Fast.

Denver, Colin & vain attempt to
win immortal life on earth by meth
cd revealed to him in a vision and
from a morbid study of the philos-
ophy of the life hereafter, Charles La
Mountain, of Aryada, died Of starva-
ton after a self-rmposed fast OF 60
days.
The story is a most wonderful one
OF the striving OF human soul TO
reach immortality and knowledge Of
the after life; groping around, study
ing, thinking, in vain effort to ar
rive at solution.
He died in an effort to prove that
upon the human frame new body
could be built repeatedly, after the
old one had been wasted away by
starvation. More than two months
ago he began the process of starya-
ton, and such was his iron will that
for two months he kept alive, never
tasting food, but finally nature got the
better Of him. When he started he
weighed $50 pounds, and was giant
in strength and ruggedness He
weighed lis pounds the day before his
end.
According to Mrs. NJ. L. Martin, the
sister, LaMountain was born 81 years
ago. At the age OF II he enlisted and
served throughout the civil war. At
the end OF the civil war he went to
Mexico, serving under Diaz and the
patriots against the invasion of the
French and Macmillan, who were
there trying to establish an empire.
He never returned cast, but came to
Colorado and became railroad en-
gineer. He served as engineer until
the boiler Of his engine exploded, near
Leadville, in the early days Of the
great camp, and since that time he
has been engaged in various enter
prises. mining, sheep raising and in
venting. He retired several years ago
with money enough to keep himself,
sister and crippled brother, whom
he has been supporting all his life.
III Hlo VNNi quay pEudNlbl uS hdS al
ways normal, clear to the end, and
there seemed no trace of insanity.
His peculiar interest in the unknown
problems Of life and his striving after
immortality began at the death OF a
niece and her two children many years
ago, upon whom his affections were
centered. He had been an intidel not
believing in any religion and in the
answers they give in regard to the fu-
ture life.
He began the study of everything
that promised to throw light on the
mystery" said his brother He read
everything, strange books on mesmer-
ism, psychology, science, weird phil
osophies Of the Hindus, Egyptians, and
| OF all the people on earth you can
think OF. 1t became a passion with
| him.
Some years ago he came to us in
| the morning with the remark: 1t is
| all right Don't worry about Lizzie.
She is better off than we are Then
he told us story of remarkable vision.
i was lying on the bed in my
ROOM he said, when suddenly | be-
came conscious that THE real had
left the mortal body. | turned and saw
my body lying on the bed. was a
spirit, or something | know not what