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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
ABYSSINlAN APES.
They Have Chiefs, Guards and SEN
tries when on the March.

Very similar reports are made from
different parts of north Africa in re
gard to the monkey tribes that occupy
that continent from Morocco to Abys-
sina Just how far tribal relations
may have tended to vary the species is
. question quite as important as that
Of lanaua@o. Some points of interest
are found in an English book, "A Visit
10 Abyssinia." Says our author:
Il have mentioned that large num-
bcrs of monkeys frequent these hills.
They move about IN organized bands,
and their proceedings are arranged in
the most orderly and tactical manner.
They are difficult to approach unless 1T
f. gradually and cautiously done, but
mounted on a camel | have succeeded
in getting within a few yards of them
when they were crossing the path
ahead of me, about fifty in single file
following their leader and looking with
their names like small lions.
Their movements are full of inter
est and well repay observation. They
IINt tiIitlS, StuliltS anu dllN dllCtu dlih
rear guards on the march. The moth
crS carry their children on their backs
exactly like the larger human creatures
In these countries. They talk and chat
ter, the females being especially To-
quacious, quarrelsome and combative.
These are clearly under the command
of the elder males. whose gesture alone
is sufiicicn to reduce them to Obedi-
encc. They live in small caverns
among the hills, but will most certain
ly avoid direct return to their haunts
ii followed
They are less tinid Of men when
these are mounted on camels than
when on foot experience having doubt
less taught them that the former is
usually travelling TO n destination and
that his steady. jogging pace is rarely
Interrupted by his curiosity. On one
occasion. seeing Il whole family tribe
on the road home after fOraging eX-
cur&ion. successfully tempted some
OF the younger ones to leave their
ranks hy quietly rolling pieces of bread
aud ~ rar ut them, but the older mem
i:rra were above such weakness and
wrlt Cl in Il stately way UP the hill,
| Disappointing over the ledge and re
lrnvmE the youngsters as they retired
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
SAID ABOUT WOMEN.

4 flattered woman Is always indul-
gent.-Chenier.
The test of civilization Is the esti-
mate of women.-Curtis.
Provided n woman be well principled
she has dowry enough.-Plautus.
Beauty is the eyes food and the
souls sorrow-German PrOverb.
Dlvlnation seems heightened to its
highest power in woman.-Bronson Al
colt.
The more women have risked, the
more they are willing TO sacrifice
DuClos.
Women are supernumerary when
present and missed when absent.-Por-
tuguese Proverb.
A termagant wife may IN some re-
spects be considered a tolerable bless
ing Washington Irving.
Some cunning men choose fools for
their wives. thinking to manage then
but they always fail.-Johnson.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
CHILDREN'S GAMES.

The game of hare and hounds Origi-
mated in England about 1910.
Leapfrog Is mentioned in the works
Of both Shakespeare ana Johnson.
The game Of hide ana seek came
from Europe about the beginning OF
the seventeenth century,
Blind mans buff found its origin
with the Greeks, among whom it was
often INDUCED in 10y adults.
Skipping rope is childish pastime
of ancient origin In place Of rope a
vine stripped Of leaves was originally
used.
The spinning of tops came from, the
Greeks. Records show that this kind
of fun was in vogue at the time Of
Virgil.
Kite flying is about two centuries old
in Europe Probably it originated in
China. where the practice of flying
kites IS very ancient.
The game of seeing who can hop the
longest on one foot came from the
ancient Greeks, among whom it was
practiced by the youths for wagers.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
ENGRAVED PICTURES.
Their Romantic Origin Dates Back TO
the Fifteenth Century.

The art Of engraved pictures dates its
romantic origin to the chamber of q
Tlorentine goldsmith Maso Flniguerra,
In the fifteenth century, about the time
that Gutenberg was struggling with
his printing from movable types. Be
fore that day pictures were drawn or
painted by hand. Finiguerra was a
celebrated worker in metals, and, being
commissioned to make Il pax of gold
engraved with coronation Of the Nir-
gin he sought to test his design by
filling In the lines with preparation
of oil and lampblack which threw the
picture into relief by chance the face
was laid face downward on piece Of
damp linen, ana when taken up it was
discovered that the picture was printed
Sheet after sheet of damp paper was
impressed by the same plate and the
good news that the art Of printing pie
lures was born spread like wilIfre
throughout Europe. The collection Of
old prints introduces Albrecht Durer
the father of line engraving" G47D
In four brilliant Impressions Of adam
and Eve" Little Horse" "Melancho-
liza" and st Gerome" "Mclancholia"
is a strange composition Of eXtraordi-
nary originality, and has been a mys-
terry for over four centuries. This bit
OF yellowed paper. possibly pulled from
the plate by Durer's own hands, has
lost none Of its fascination Chicago
Post
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
A FORTUNATE MISTAKE.
The Result Of Putting II Couple of
Wires In Wrong Terminals.


A large number of the worlds great
est inventions have been the result Of
some accidental union of forces the
nature of which the person who start
ed them neither understood nor sus-
pected The working Of dynamos at
long distances apart when properly
connected was discovered by accident.
A scientific journal says: soon after
the opening of the Vienna exposition
in 1873 careless workman picked up
the ends Of Il couple of wires which he
found trailing along the ground. He
fastened them In the terminals Of
dynamo, To which he thought they be
longed while they were really attach
ed to another dynamo that was run
ming in another part Of the grounds.
The dynamo to which he fastened the
wires was not running. but as soon as
the wires We're placed in its terminals
ii revolved as If steam engine was
driving it, The workman was amazed.
The engineers and electricians were
astonished by the discovery that a dy-
namo electric machine turned by
steam power would turn another sim
ilar machine Il long distance away II
properly connected To it 10y electric
wires Thus originated one of the
most revolutionary applications Of cleo
trlcity"
The fact that power can be transmit
ted for miles by electric wires is one
of the most important factors in mod
ern civil engineering achievements.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
The Hymn That Fitted.

On the evening of the first Sunday
after their removal from their house
in the suburbs, which was the only
home the children had ever known,
to the top floor of Il seventh
story apartment house, the fam
lily gathered around the piano for the
usual hour Of song, each member in
turn according to time honored custom
requesting hymn of his choice. Wher
ten-year-old Mariorys turn came she
said, Il think the most appropriate
hymn is:
I'm nearer my heavenly home today
Than ever I've been before
Il think Of it every time come up in
the elevatOr"-Ncw York Press
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
STATE WILL
INSPECT MILK

L. ID. Miller, of lockwood, and
James McGregor, of Indiana, repre-
senting the State dairy and food com
missiOny are in this part of the State
holding up milk wagons and getting
samples of milk to be forwarded to the
commissioners chemists. The inspect
ors were in Williamsport recently and
are headed this way. 50 it is probable
that the local milkmen will be called
on soon. Concerning these inspections,
an exchange says:
Local milk men are exercised over
the expected coming here of State
milk inspectors " The investigation
made by this commission two years
ago was somewhat unsatisfactory and
1t Is alleged unjust fines were exact
ed. Dissatisfaction was caused before
through the fact that, as alleged, the
inspecting commission did not use
sufficient precautions in the perform
anCe of their duties. As result many
Of the dairymen were accused of put
ting formaldehyde in their milk, thus
making it chemically impure and open
ing it to condemnation by the State
health authorities. Fines were levied
upon several dealers. The milkmen,
being unoTganiZed, had no means Of
protection against the alleged imposi-
tiOns. Individul suit would have been
an expensive proceeding, and co-opera-
tive action could not be effected In
dignant at the treatment received at
the hands Of the commission on their
last visit the milkmen have been on
their guard and have decided that now
| they shall be dealt with squarely. To
I this end it may be possible that the
dealers will combine to be able to cope
more easily with this question, should
the inspectors carry on their business
on a similar basis
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
LOVE OF HOME.
An Instinct That l. Remarkably
strong In the Horse.

Tue strongest instinct in the horse IS
that of home-all his thoughts and in
tercSts lie thore-and the most wearing
pain he suffers is that of nostalgia the
longing for the familiar stall and the
well loved surroundings. What wonder
that our pets almost invariably return
10 Us from such unhappy experiences
mere shadows Of their former selves
ana in such wrctChed bodily condition
that il is months before they regain
their usual health and spirits. We
blame the man in charge, poor feed.
bad stabling, insufficient pasturage,
etc, ana overlook entirely the fact that
It is our own fault and the direct result
Of heart hunger which no grass, grain
or rooftree could entirely assuage. OF
course the little used muscles have,
from lack Of exercise shrunk and lost
their trmncss and plumpness; the crest
has fallen from the same cause; ''pov-
erty lines" appear in the quarters and
shoulders; the tail and name are all
out of shape or all worn away; the feet
stubbcd Off; the coat dingy and sun.
burnt; the skin full of all manner of
scars, cuts and abrasions; all these are
the effect. not the cause, of the lack of
bodily condition which is two-thirds
due Sheerly and solely, in the high
bred, nervous, sensitive horse, to sim
pie homeSiCkness.- Exchange
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
A NEEDED
IMPROVEMENT

street Commissioner Miller is en-
gagged in laying twenty-inch terra
Gotta pipe along the east side of Ferry
street between Lower Mulberry street
and the ID. L. & W. track This is a
much needed though long deferred inn
provement. rendered indispensable by
the deep gutter existing at that point.
The condition Of the street there has
been the cause of much complaint.
Tie pipe which will connect with
the large drain under the ID. l.. d W.
track, viii make it possible to fill up
the gutter and level the spot over. The
drain takes in the fronts of the prop
critics of Wellington Rote and Mrs.
Conner Thomas
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
Appointed Presiding Elder.

Goodrich Post No. p, g. \. r., at
It's meeting Monday night appointed
". VI Heddens and Jacob G. Miller
a. delegates to the meeting of the Sus-
quehanna association, which will be
held at Edgewood park on Thursday,
August 2th. 1t will develop upon the
committee TO make the selection of a
place for holding the next picnic aud
70 transact some other business.
George W Roat and John H. Hunt
members of Goodrich Post along with
Edward Roat and Edwin Roberts, rep
resentiug the Sons of Veterans, were
appointed a committee on railroad and
tickets
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
.'No PIscc of Ruins In the World More
Beautiful Than This"

Every one has heard of Glrgenti, as
Of Syracuse. before coming to Sicily
The most beautiful city of antiquity
has left an cndearing name, and if the
Girgcnt Of today be far from the Agri
gcntum Of Roman splendor and still
further from the Acragas of Greek
beauty and magnlfcence II Is still no
bly, worth seeing Even the least re
yponSive Imagination can hardly fail to
apprchend some idea of what this town
must have been Of old, when Acragas
with It's vast extent and over 2OO,OUG
inhabitants. looked out across the dark
blue waters of the Greek sea or Mare
Africano from n lOrdly wilderness OF
superb temples and magnificent build
iugS of all kinds. Today ii IS worth q
pilgrimage from the ends OF the earth
There is perhaps no place of ruin In
the whole world more beautiful than
this To see it, as the present writer
Iast saw it, in n golden sunset glow,
with the great temples cleaning like
yellow ivory and the town Itself OF a
dusky gold and the sea beyond and up
lands and mountains behind irradiated
with serene glory of light, Is to see
what will bc for life an unforgettable
impression, an ever deeply moving re,
mombraucc
TO localiZe the three lOveliest views
in Sicily Cand | fancy that most travel
crs would agree with me- l should
specify that from the terrace of the
Hotel Timeo at Taormina, that from
the monastery -hostelry of Madonna de.
Tindaro over Tyndaris and the Aeollan
isles and that from the terrace of the
Hotel Bclvedcre on the south wall OF
Girgcnti. looking out on the lovely
temples, he beautiful uplands and
slopes ami the blue sea washing Porto
Empcdocln below Century.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26

1t is common error for dealers to
put too many shoes in their window
In fact, some windows would lend the
impression that The stock was In the
window and the samples on the shelves
Said shoe manufacturer who has
Travelled extensively: zone of the most
impressive windows | ever saw CON
tanned but one shoe in each window.
Each was fine shoe, mounted on a
standard in the center of the window.
From this shoe red and white ribbons
were drapcd in various directions,
much like sunburst. \ small, neat
sign told the story. Everybody stop
ped to look S Shoe Retailer
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
POOR LITTLE PENGUINS.
Many Are Nurscd to Death by the
Adult Birds.


An antarctic explorer writes: Il think
the penguin chicks hate their parents,
and when one watches the proceedings
in a rooEcry it strikes one as not sur.
priSiug In the first place, there Is
about one chick to ten or twelve
adults, ANA each adult has an over
poWcring desire to sit on something.
Both males and females want to nurse,
and the result is that when chicken
finds himself alone there is rush on
the part of a dozen unemployed to
seize him.
"Naturally he runs away and lodges
here and there till a huge emperor
falls on Inn. and then begins n regu-
lar football Scrimmage, in which each
tries To hustle the other off, and the
end is TOO nftcn disastrous to the chick.
Sometimes he falls in a crack In the
ice and stays there. to be frozen, while
the parents squnbbIc at the top.
"Spmctime.. rather than be nursed,
| have seen him crawl in under an ice
ledge and remain there, where the old
ones could not reach him. | think it IS
not an cNaggeration to say that of the
- per cent that die no less than half
are killed by kindness
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
IMMUNE TO POISON.
Practical Methods of the Snake
Charmers of the Orient.

Practical Methods OF the snake
Charmers of the Orient.
For many years 1t was regarded as
one of the East Indian miracles that
the snake charmers OF the orient could
encounter the cobra In an arena, allow
the serpent to bite them time and
again and survive the deadly poison
This dangerous feat puzzled the doc
tors of the British army and was never
quite understood by scientists general
ly until within recent years, when the
secret of these jugglers with fate leak
ed out The East Indian snake charm
er begins at an early age to make him
self immune from the venom of the
cobra He takes the infant serpent
and allows It to bite him. This intects
into his system very mild dose or
the poison. He repeats the operation
many times, and then ventures to al
low cobra somewhat older TO bite
him. Gradually he permits himself TO
become lnoculated with the venom or
younger serpents until he has become
so accustomed to the poison that DIS
system Is immune. By the time he
grows up he has become so thoroughly
accustomed to the spell that 1t has
practically no effect upon him. 1t is
like the drug habit-one can work
oneself to a pitch Of enduring dose
that would be sufficient to Kill several
persons unaccustomed to the influence
of the drug Thus the seemingly au-
dacious trick was exposed as very
practical thing, after all
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
ORIGINAL NEW ENGLAND.
IL Is Said Tint Ii Was Located ON the
Pacific COast.

II Is Said Tint Ii Was Located ON the
Pacific Coast.
There Is a common saying that II the
pilgrim fathers had only landed on the
Pacific coast IA large portion or the
Atlantic seaboard would never have
been settled. Californians, Oregonians
and Washingtonians believe this I'm
plicitly. In other words, the charms or
the Pacific coast In the way of climate
are 50 appreciated that, having once
experienced them, men are unwilling
TO live elsewhere contentedly Now, not
one man IN a thousand living on the
Pacific coast knows that as matter
of fact the accents of our mother
tongue were heard on the beach not
far from San Francisco forty one years
before English was spoken on Plym-
outh rock.
More amusing still Is the fact that
the original New England was on the
Pacific coast. for Sir Francis Drake In
1879 at the close OF a months stay,
took possession of the country for his
sovereign. Elizabeth, and named the
new ACQUISITION Nouva Albion (New
EuclandD because he thought the white
cliff near what is now Point Reyes re
sembled the chalk cliffs near Dover
Alexander McAdle IN Outing Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
Administrative Notice.

Estate of Enoch w. Snyder, deceased
late of Liberty township, in the Coun-
ty Montour and State of Pennsylvania.
Letters of administration on the estate
of Enoch w. Snyder, late of Liberty
township, Montonr County, Pa, deceas-
ed. have been granted to Sarah +, 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 f. SNYDER
Administrative
Liberty Township, Montour Co, Pa,
May = 1906
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
Arabian SNUFF.

Snuff in Arabia IS not used as it Is
with us. although one occasionally sees
n snuffcr, but the snuff Is ordinarily
made into pin Of about the size of a
robins egg and is placed between the
lower front lip and the teeth. This
manner Of using snuff is common
among the laboring class, aud almp~t
every cody that is me- in .I' s."cst
has his lower lip puffed ont hy - hall
Of snuff behind it, Arabian saG. Is
prepared out Of the ordinary powdered
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
Daup-S p-Sensenbaugh.

G. NJ. Doup and Miss Emma M.
Sensenbaugh, both of Hagerstown,
Mary land, were married yesterday
morning at 80 O'Clock at that place.
Mr. Doup is a brother of the man
ager of the Danville exchange of the
L. 4. q Z. company, and has been
located in Danyille for some time.
The young couple arrived in this city
yesterday afternoon and will reside for
the present at the Heddens house.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
Post Appoints Two Committees.

The Dauville friends of Rev. b. II.
Mosser ID. ID, will be pleased to learn
of his appointment as presiding elder
of the Harrisburg district of the Cen
trail Pennsylvania conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal church, to succeed
the late Rev G.. w. Stevens. Rev.
Mosser was notified Friday of his ap-
pointment, by Bishop J. f. Berry. He
will remove to Harrisburg and enter
upon his new duties at once
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
IN the InIory.

The picturesque, bat most painful.
punishment known rs the ''pillory" has
long been thing of the past in Eng
land \ man was made to stand in a
frame on platform, probably with
his head and hands fastened through
holes in pieces of wood that were then
padIockcd 10 keep them firm, and tnus
- remain at stated periods while the
crowd garcd at or even uclicd him
The last time known that a man was
pilloricl was when Peter James BoSSy
was punished for perjury, June o,
1890 London Mail
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
WORK FOR THE BOYS.

The boys Of Shamokin have high
ideals for their town. We are told that
they have organized a % Home Proteo-
tive League, the design Of which is
to keep the towns street clean. That
is a much better occupation than max
ing trouble for other persons. The
News wishes the boys Of Danville
would get up society like that and
make it the most useful thing in the
community.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
VISITED DANNILLE.

For the first time in several months
Charles Chalfant, the stricken attor-
ney, paid Danville a visit on Monday
and was joyously received by his old
friends and associates. He came over
from his home on the southslde in one
of the busses and had no difficulty eth
er in getting in or alighting from the
vehicle. lie is steadily improving.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
"Iscd ns u Sapphire" ;"

To say that a young girls eyes are
as blue as sapphires is as absurd as 1t
would hc 10 say that her mouth is as
red as velvet Sapphires, no more
than velvet, are exclusively one color.
The sapphIrcs Of Ccylon run from
soft blue to a peacock blue, which last
IS practically a green. There IS also
red sapphire. sometimes called Cey-
lonesc ruby, stone as precious as a
Burma ruby. Besides blue, green and
red sapphircs, many fine ones are yel-
low and white.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
GOOD FISHING.

The river is getting down to level
favorable TO the very best Of bass fish
ing Bass are plentiful and as long as
the river remains low the fishermen
viii be happy. At any hour of the day
a glance up or down the stream from
the bridge reveals half "A dozen boats
at anchor. where patient anglers lie
awaiting a bitp
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
ExeCutrix Notice.

Estate Of DR. Thomas b. Wintersteen,
late of the Borough of Danville,
Penn'a., deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters
Testamentary on the above estate have
been granted to the undersigned, to
whom all persons indebted to said es
tate are requested to make payment,
and those having claims or demands
will make known the same without
DELAY.
MINNIE L. WINTERSTEEN,
Executrix.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
Haa s. Robinson.

Miss Dora Robinson and Charles Haas
We're quietly married in the presence
OF few friends Tuesday morning at
the home Of Mrs. Peter Fisher, Welsh
hill The ceremony was performed by
Rev. L. Dow OFT at 10 300 clock. The
bride was attired in white mercerized
abtiste.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-07-26
COUNCIL WILL PAVE
NORTH MILL STREET
Continued from first page.

Mr.. Vastine said that in view of the
ID. L. q VS.. demand relating to
water pipe he would move that the in
formation sought be furnished the
railroad company on the payment of
ten dollars. " His motion was sec
onded and unanimously carried.
\ petition was received from James
Welsh. :. G. Mortimer Mrs. Elmer
Mowrey asking that the sewer on Cen
ter street be extended as far eastward
as Ash street. On motion the matter
was referred to the committee on
sewers
On motion it was ordered that the
stone crossing leading over Mahoning
street at Church street be replaced by
a brick crossing.
The following members were in
their places Gibson, Finnigan, Bedea,
Dietz, Boyer, Vastine, Sweisfort, Rus
sell, Angle, Jacobs and Hughes.
The following bills were approved
for payment: