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The Washington times., 1906-04-22

School property in Worcester,
Mass, in 1898, and founded the
Dread Institute of Domestic
Science" He put quarter of a
million dollars into this school.
trained his teachers, sold through
them his food. finally disposed of
his food industry. but continued to
train teachers of domestic science.
till the growth of the school re
quired more ROOM
Further. the Worcester school
was for girls and young women
only; boys and young men needed
training along lines equally practi-
cal. Mr.. Perky looked about him
for a new location. In 1903 ne
found it. In the heart of Balti-
more county, Md, eighteen miles
northwest of Baltimore city, near
Glencoe, he purchased Pilston farm
i 700 acres of fine land. This land.
enlarged to 1900 or 5000 acres. COM
The Washington times., 1906-04-22
A Poem You Ought to Know

On. Paddy. dear. and did you hear the
news that's going round.
The Shamrock is forbid by law TO grow
on irish ground;
St Patric<-s day no more 10 keep. his
color cant he seen.
For there's a bloody law agin the wear
in of the green.
met with Nepper Tsndy. and he tux
me by the hand.
And he said how'S poor ould Ireland.
anc how does she stand2
She's the most distressful country, that
ever you have seen;
They're hanging men and women there
for wearin' of the green
Then since the color we must wear IS
Fngland-s cruel red.
Sure ireiand's sons Will ne'er forget the
blood that they have shed
You ma take the shamrock from your
hat. and cast II on the sod,
But twill take root and flourish still
tho under foot It's trod-
When the law can stop the blades OF
grass from growing as they grow.
And when the leaves IN summer time
their verdUre dare not show.
Then ] viii change the color 1 wear IN
my caubeen.
But till that day. please God. II stick
TO vearin of the green
But n a.. last our color should be torn
fror.t Ireland's heart,
Her sons with shame and sorrow from
.he dear Ould soil VIII part,
I've heard whispers OF a country. that
lies far beyaut the say,
Where rich and poor stand equal IN the
light OF freedoms day
Oh Erin must We leave your driven By
the tvrsnts hand.
Must We ask . mothers welcome from
a strange but happier land;
Where the cruel cross OF England ,
thfaldom ne er shall be seen:
And where. thank God. weE live and
die still wearin' of the green
The Washington times., 1906-04-22

The Filston Farm corporation is
developing an extensive business IN
the manufacture and sale of pure
food prOduts. There are ffty-nine
different brands under the general
trademark 'Filston Farm Products
Are Good" This necessitates an ex-
tensive plant. While awaiting its con-
struction. Mr.. Perky has leased the
entire village Of Phoenix, near by; it
contains large vacant factory build
ings closed by a trust, and in these
the manufacturing work is to be con-
Quoted for one year
The obstacle which keeps many
bright and worthy young people out
Of school Is poverty This is over
come at Dread Two scholarships
are offered for each State or Terri
tory of the United States. The
holder is entitled to the fun two
years course. tuition and lodsin ;.
uniform and all supplies. without
any cash expense on his part The
scholarships do not represent char
ity. The student will be charged
the full price of his tuition, board,
and lodging. and will then be cred
tied with all the labor he performs
in the institution. Each holder Of a
scholarship is guaranteed enough
work each year TO enable him 10
pay ali his Apenses-these being
put at $500. Those who graduate
with honors are assured lucrative po-
sitiOns. With such inducements.
there should be no difficulty in dis
posing of the fun quota of scholar
ships-I0e
The school opens May I, 1906, and
continues the year round. The
course is two years in length Va
cations are provided. but not for all
simultaneously Students Will take
their leave" individually and ia
squads. after the manner Of Gov
eminent clerks.
Such is Dread institution fact
and prospect If it succeeds it viii
stand as something of a new de-
parture in education.
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"We Learn to Do by Doing. -

Along with knowing how 10 live.
which comes from a rational dOmes-
tic science, man requires a training
and experience that will develop
within him both knowledge and the
capacity TO use it. This is best ac-
complished for most young men by
uniting mental wo.-l with manual
effort, by combining science (know-
ing) with art (doing). by transform
ing thought into action. We should
blend experience with theory. prac-
tice with science, progress with pru-
dence. work with study. Discover the
natural bent. then develop along
the lines OF special capacity Oread's
motto is, We learn To do by doing. -
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At Dread. Nd, Less Than SKY MieSF From
Washington. Is Situated dn Educational
Institution Where All the StudeRs Are
Guaranteed Enough Work to Defray Their
Every Expense, and a Good Paying Posi-
ton If They Graduate With Fion0TS

bined with Nh Perky's personal
funds and credit. constitute the ma
terial foundation OF Dread Institute.
And wherein" one asks, does
the education which Mr. Perky
proposes to give differ from that
given in other schools?" Our con-
ventional education. he claims. is
artificial, arbitrary, and impractical.
1t fails to fit young people for
actual life. For it he would substi-
tute a natural education. This he
defines as follows:
THE natural education should
equip men and women for good
health and good work, for long life.
happiness. and prosperity for real
service to their fellows.
Dread seeks TO graduate men and
women of such physical. mental.
moral. and spiritual development
that they may do well their part
in the regeneration OF our civiliza-
ton. and the uplifting of our be-
loved country"
The Washington times., 1906-04-22
issues It's 0wn Currency.

TO be specific. in the study, e. z,
Of soil, students will study from
books the principles OF soil physics.
the different kinds of soils. what
soils are best adapted to the different
crops. the treatment and preparation
Of different kinds of land for various
crops. the effect of manures, fertil-
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Leased an Entire Village.

The chief college buildings are
comprised in the auditorium group,
built by Mr.. Perky. The total length
of the structure is 1S6 feet. and the
width 123 feet The auditorium
proper is 60 feet wide and 81 feet
long. The building contains execu-
tive Office, laboratories. class rooms.
library. reading room, lockers, gym
nasium, kitchens, refrigerators, clos
cts, etc
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ZzE <AOD Ea2SUETV LZZZS W ORE4OY
NST0Sy MzL4GE

supplemented by practical work in
factory, laboratory. bank. store or
the various departments of agricuI-
tural industry. the constant aim be-
ing TO learn to do by doing" This
union of practice with science. of
work with study, united to wisdom
in diet and proper attention to the
general health. enables the student.
it is claimed. to accomplish in two
years more than is usually done in
a four years course. IN addition
it is believed. from experience gain
ed in the Worcester School. that
Dread students viii be graduated in
the finest condition. physically and
mentally. and endowed with such
knowledge and experience that they
can at once proceed to render a
good account Of themselves in a
practica! way.
The time OF the student In Dread
will be about equally divided be-
tween study and theory on the one
hand, and practical work and actual
experience on the other.
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The school to do this work he
calls d school of agriculture, manu-
factures and commerce. Its theory
he thus states:
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Invested Quarter of a Million.

Henry d. Perky, president of the
Dread Institute. was in responsible
railway work His health failed
him. From time to time, precious
weeks and months had to be devot-
ed TO rest and Tecuperation. He
asked himself the cause of this. He
employed experts and started in
vestigations, with the result that
he came to the conclusion that his
physical system was not being
properly nourished. Then he set
himself TO devise a food that would
nourish man properly. The result
was one of the first. If not the first,
OF our breakfast foods He deter
mined to manufacture IT, Then he
found he must teach the public the
Importance OF using il. But to do
this he must have teachers, and
none of the kind he needed were in
the market So he went into the
school business.
Mr. Perky bought the Dread
The Washington times., 1906-04-22

The course of study includes agri-
culture. soils and crops. horticul-
ture and forestry, animal industry
and stock breeding. dairying. poul-
try and bees. veterinary science and
practice. drainage and irrigation,
marketing and accounts. farm build
ings and machinery, various indus
trial arts, manufacturing industries,
business training and commercial
law, rural economics and sociology.
diet and health, sanitation and hy-
giene. self-goyernment and legisla-
ton. military drill and cavalry ex-
ercises.
The method involves scientific in
struction from books and lectures
followed by discussion. Books are
The Washington times., 1906-04-22

America in the twentieth century
Could he be transported TO this
cline and time. and take7 to Dread.
Md. he might desire to modify his
sweeping assertion.
The new thing" at Dread is
school in which the student is to be
naturally educated. fitted for prac-
teal life, given opportunity to pay
all his expenses while at school by
his labor. and guaranteed a good.
paying position on graduating with
honors.
The school is Dread Institute II
is the dream of a man whose train
ing has not been in dreamy lines;
a lawyer. railroad man, inventor,
capitalist, and manufacturer
The Washington times., 1906-04-22

>" HERE'S nothing new
under the sun" was
the dlytum of the
- wise man; but he
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-05
Firemen's Picnic Fine Success.

The firemen's picnic held in De-
Wits park Wednesday under the au-
spices of the Continental fire company
proved a fine success. There was a
very large crowd present and the day
passed off without any disorder or
serious accident to mar the pleasure.
The hacks were kept busy during the
day and until late at night carrying
the picnickers backward and forward
between the picnic grounds and town
Dancing was the principal diversion
for the grown-up people, while the
merry -go-round afforded amusement
for the little folks.
The Continental boys are we'll pleas
ed with the patronage accorded them
and the degree of success achieved. 1t
was stated by some of the members
yesterday that the company had reali2
ed four hundred dollars by the picnic.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-05
Distressing Accident.

\ distressing accident befell Robert
Darrah, aged thirty years, resident
of Nescopeck, on Wednesday morning
about mile and a half below his
home when he was struck 10y Penn
sylvania freight train.
Darrah was asleep on the tracks and
was thrown to one side by the COW
catcher but not sufficient distance
for him to escape entirely. His left
leg was cut off above the ankle and
his head and body were badly bruised
He was taken to the Office of DR. j.
J. Meyers and then Immediately re
moved to the Berwick hospital where
the limb was amputated.
Darrah is resident of Nescopeck
and is employed in the works at Ber-
wick He is a single man and it is
thought that he had been drinking and
fell asleep upon the tracks
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-05
Five Killed in Celebration.

WILKES BARRE, July 5.-Five
boys were killed and two others fatal
ly injured at a Fourth Of July celebra-
tion at Wanamie,a a small mining town
ten miles south of this city last night.
The boys intended to give the resi-
dents a celebration which they would
never forget, by causing an explosion
which would startle the the whole
neighborhood. They procured a sec
tion of iron pipe five feet long and
four inches in diameter They filled
the pipe to the mouth with dynamite.
giant powder and stones. While one
of the boys was ramming the pipe the
powder ignited and an explosion that
shock the whole town followed. The
boys were hurled in oil directions and
the dead were found lying on the
ground some distance away, all the
bodies being badly mangled AleXand-
er Supka, one of the injured, had n
leg blown OF and will die, his broth
er, Frank, is in a critical condition
and can hardly live All the victims
were Lithuauians and were employed
in the mines rs breaker or driver boys
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-05
Bank Directors First rleeting.

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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-05
HOW DANVIbLE
Celebrated

Although Danville INDUCED in no
special demonstration on Wednesday
it would hardly be proper to say that
our town had quiet Fourth of July.
There was the usual noise and lots of
it produced by the explosion of all
kinds of fire works Indeed it is doubt
full whether the town was ever nOiSier
considering the number Of people on
the streets.
Danyille had not what is distinc
lively known as big time, " but the
question might be asked whether there
was ever a time when our citizens got
more real pleasure out of Fourth of
July. Those who had no love for the
din and racket of exploding fire works
spent the day resting in the seclusion
of their homes and were delighted to
find how much real pleasure even the
Fourth of July may bring in this way.
Large numbers attended the big picnic
at DeWitt's park while others went to
WillimSport to participate IN the big
celebration there Two hundred and
ten joined the big special p. q r.
train that passed through Danville in
the morning of the Fourth One hun
dred and forty tickets were sold here
for Williamsport during day or so
previously on the p. & Il. railway, to
say nothing of the Danville people
carried to WiIliamsport by the Pennsy
on the Fourth Of July.
Fortunately very few accidents oc-
CURED from the use of fireworks and
none of these were at all serious. The
usual aftermath of distigured faces and
mangled fingers is only slightly in
evidence this year and afford very lit
tie work for the doctors.
1t is remarkable that no arrests were
necessary. While it is probable that a
few things were tolerated that on any
other day than the Fourth of July
would not have been permitted, yet it
is doubtful whether at any time any
thing was witnessed on the streets that
bordered on actual disorder.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-05
Changes i'm II. +. Pastors.

Bishop Berry, of the Methodist church
presiding bishop of the Central Penn
sylvania conference, was in Williams
port Wednesday relative to the ap-
pointment of "A successor to the late
George w. Stevens, presiding elder of
the Harrisburg district. Conferences
on the matter were held with the Rev
Emory NJ Stevens, pastor of the Pine
Street church, Williamsport, and with
prominent members of that congrega-
tion, the evident purpose being to ar
range for the appointment OF the Rev.
Mr.. Stevens to the vacant presiding
eldership. 1t is reported, however,
that nothing definite has come of the
conferences.
The death of the Rev. Mr.. Rue, at
Waynesboro, recently, made necessary
by Bishop Berry several changes III
pastorates to adjust the situation, and
in these changes the Rev W. A. Lep-
ley, pastor of Market street Methodist
church, Willlamsport, has been chang
ed to Coalport, Cleartield county. The
Market street appointment has not as
yet been filled The Rev. Vaughn I.
Rue, of Mifflinburg, brother of the
late John Rue, has been assigned to
Waynesboro to take his brothers pas
torate the Rev. Charles Karnes, of
Coalport, goes to Mitflinburg.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-05
THE LUrlACY OF LOVE.
AuI,,er LyttuE's Letters to His own
..k.I ,..! InaIIn

Huluer Ly:tuH's Letters to His Own
"Adar"i Poodle"
70 Mi Loui;e Dewey, the former
friend and tn. r.ecutriX of Lady Lyt-
tp4, LlI icru coaiIed packet of 29S
letters, T,nge 'cnting the correspond
Yucr OF BGl.,er Lytton with Miss
Wheeler ia the days Of their early
4Jurtship. Miss Dewey published these
with IL preface. stating that she took
dis action in order to vindicate the
memory OF her dead friend. In what
manner the letters could be regarded
as vindiCLtion it is difficult TO see,
though they serve as il remarkable con-
tribluion to the literature of epistolary
loyci.Iiing The cXtraVagant absurd
tv Of some of them is almost beyond
bc.irI, and two passages may be quot
ed rs illustrative of many others. In
the letters Bulwer Lytton addresses
Miss Wheeler as Poodle" and signs
himself Puppy" or "Puppo."
MY Adored Poodle: Many, many
thanks for 90 darling letter. Me Is so
happy. me is wagglng my tail and put
ting my ears down Ne Is to meet 90
tomorrow. O day of days! / cannot
tell you how very, very happy you
have made me. No, my OWL love. don't
come before II: but really l shall meet
you, Oh, darling of darlings o
700 love of loves, me is ready to leap
out of my skin for joy. Adieu. Twen-
ty million kisses.
And so they dressed my poodle in
white and black? o 700 darling! How
like a poodle! And had 90 oos bootiful
ears curled nicely, and did 90 not look
too pretty, and did not all the puppy
dogs run after 90 and tell 90 what
darling 90 was? All, Me sends 90
100000 kisses to be distributed as
100000 to 90 right eye, 2JO,OOO to 90
left eve. 100000 to 90 dear neck and
the rest to hc equally divided between
% arms and hands.
Ten million more kisses my own
darling. for your letter which Is just
arrived 1t is read, and now before IT
: answered take the following (marks
of kiSsesl Pray, darling shall we
not kiss prettily tomorrow, darling
III ca (r) O Ch m (g)?
"A3iru my own Rose, my life of life,
gery poodle OF very poodles, adieu.
"AGicu, 90 own idolatrous puppy.
Ever my dearest, dearest, dearest,
:ondest. kindest, bootifulest, darling
est. angelest poodle. 90 own puppy. =
Lyndon Orr in B0oEman.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-05
JOHN posrER's EXPERIENCE.

The experiences of John Doster be-
tween / 80 and 12 O'Clock Monday
night leads to the belief that for
while the men who committed the rob-
berry at Spades and the attempted
burglary at Snyder's were in the Gus
tody of the police, but were afterward
set free.
Mr.. Doster about II 80 o clock Mon
day night saw two men acting very
queerly in front of the residence OF
Fred Held, on Bloom street. He kept
watch OH their actions as they made
their way up by the old cemetery ON
Bloom street. He then notified the
police. The officers arriving on the
scene took the men into custody and
had brought them down to Mill street,
when they were allowed to go free, as
the plausible stories they told sutficl-
emily accounted for their actions to
satisfy the officers
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-05
Business Men Defeated.

The base ball game between Wash
ingtonville aud the Business Men of
Danville played at DeWitts park ON
Wednes lay for the amateur champion
ship of Montour county, was most
interesting, and with several eNcep-
tions, we'll played game.
The scoring happened only in three
spots Washingtonville got , in the first
and ? in the fifth, while the Business
Men got men home in the fourth.
Heddens' twirling for the visitors
was the gilt edged article aud kept
the Danville tossers on the anxious
bench. Only hits were made off his
delivery. Washingtonville had 8 hits.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-05
TO EXTRACT DUST
FROM Atmosphere

The stove works will be shut down
for week to enable the company to
install a new system of cleaning room
machinery. From the establishment of
the plant to the present, tine old fash
ioned type of machinery was in use,
which, while very etficacious in clean
ing the castings, permitted the dust to
mix with the atmosphere making it
almost impossible to see from one end
OF the room to the other and rendering
it very disagreeable aud unhealthful
for the employees in that department.
1t is claimed for the new system that
it will not only clean the castings
more expeditiously and with less men,
but that it will also arrest the dust,
preventing it from mixing with the
atmosphere of the room; more that
this, that it will return the air from
Xhich the dust is extracted clean and
pure into the room to be used over
again. In the summer season the lat
ltl hOb DC VI q
tion, but during winter when heating
is an item it is feature to take into
account.
Yesterday the old cleaning room ma
chinery consisting of fourteen cast
iron tumbling mills was torn out and
removed from the works. The new ma
chinery known as the exhaust tumbl-
ing system and consisting of ten steel
mills, five round and five square, were
unloaded from the cars along with one
of Glassford s dust arresters.
The new system will be installed in
the cleaning room today, when Mr..
Glassford, the inventor of the dust ar
rester,Swill be present and superin-
tendend its installation. The Glass
ford dust arrester consists of case
and a battery of one screens, at
tached to a hollow square shaft mount
ed on trunions, each end trunion clos
ed the other open. The air laden with
dust can enter the case at any given
point The fan exhausts the case
through the rotary screens, through
which the dust can not follow but is
forced to remain in the case and can
be emptied at convenient intervals.
The dust arrester traps the dust with
out passing through the fan, leaving
the air purified, which adds to the life
of the fan. as it has only pure air tc
handle.
A brick cement floor is also being
installed in large part of this foun'
dry during the shut down. The annex
to the moulding room was provided
with brick cement floor when built
year or so ago.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-05
BOLD BURGLAR
ROBS RESIDENCE

A daring robbery was perpetrated in
Danville early Tuesday morning,
when the home of Emerson Spade, at
the corner of Church and Front streets,
was entered, and $50 taken from the
house.
The robbers were bold and worked
with skill and cunning and that there
were more gangs than one, or that the
one party operated in different parts
of the town is shown by the stories
that came from several sections of hap.
penings of the early hours of Tuesday
morning.
1t was about 3 O'Clock when Mrs.
Spade was awakened by her husband.
who was walking about the room. In
reply to her questions, Mr. Spade said
he had heard noise as if some one
had been on the steps leading down
stairs, but that he had investigated
and had found no further cause for
alarm. Both retired and again went
to sleep.
Mrs Spade arose at an early hour
Tuesday morning, and as she was 60
ing down stairs she found her hus-
bands trousers at the head Of the
steps She at once knew that some
thing was wrong and Fastening back
into their room, she informed Mr..
Spade of her find. In the trousers
pocket the robber had found about $50.
Mr.. Spade always disrobes before
retiring in a small room adjoining the
sleeping apartment In this room also
Margaret, the little daughter, sleeps.
1t was in this room that Mr.. Spades
trousers were hanging on chair. To
gain access to this room it is neces-
sary to pass through the room in which
Mr. and Mrs. Spade sleep and pass
very near to the side of the bed. The
robber had evidently gone through in
to the small adjoining room, obtained
the trousers and with these i'll his pos
session safely made the return trip.
Before going downstairs lie ransack
ed another room but got no more loot
He also missed the little daughters
bank in the dining room and Mrs.
Spades purse.
The man made an entrance to the
house through the outside cellar door
and thence up the cellar steps to the
first floor. His exit was made through
| the out kitchen.
Neighbors of the Spades state that
lately on several occasions they have
seen a stranger with satchel lurking
near the house, and recently one morn
ing Mrs. Spade was startled by seeing
foot prints of ashes in the back yard.
The man had evidently been getting
data for his coup.