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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
THE MORNING WAKING.
Getting Up Exercises That VIII Put the
Brain In Order.

BRAIN w 0T0oTs
The difficulty most people experience
In getting up In the morning can be
easily overcome by simple operation,
according to a medical authority. Aft
er the nights long rest the brain Is
laden with somewhat impure blood, and
the lymph vessels which remove waste
matter are overfull and sluggish. This
is why we all crave another ten min
utes in bed and why most people are
so morose at breakfast. Very slowly
the brain gets rid of the matters which
interfere with its vigorous action, but
the process can be expedited.
If the finger tips are placed against
the neck just under the ear and moved
swiftly down to the front of the shoul-
der along the course of the jugular
vein. the used up blood is drawn away
and room left for fresh supply. This
should be done twice at each side of
the neck. Then the hands should be
placed on the back of the neck just
under the skull and moved downward
as far as possible. This clears out
the lymph vessels and effectually pre-
vents swollen glands, from which so
many people suffer.
After two brisk rubs of the lymph
vessels return to the jugular veins and
then back to the glands, half a dozen
or eight times, until the operation will
be found far better than a cup of cof-
fee, and whenever the brain is dull
through congestion this massage will
be equally ffective.-Pearson's.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
THE BUSY BEAVERS.
These TireIess Workers Have Altered
Americas Landscape.

These TireIess Workers Have Altered
Americas Landscape.
Because it's operations are chiefly
nocturnal, so that it is seldom or never
seen, and because of its skill In con-
trolling water and in house building,
something Of mystery has grown up
about the beaver. 1t is said that 1t
Its dams and can lay a tree where 1t
wishes to with the accuracy Of the most
skilled axman. 1t is said also that 1t
uses its tail as a trowel, plastering the
mud on its houses and dams with this
appendage as n mason spreads his
mortar.
Myths like these will probably have
n long life. The latter belief Is no
oubt encouraged by the beavers fire.
quent habit of slapping the water or
earth with its tail as an alarm signal
whenever 1t Is startled. There are
many unexplained things about the
beavers life.
Long before the white man came to
America the beaver was hard at work
building his dams all over the country
and in narrow and sometimes in wide
stream valleys, arresting the water
and so collecting in its ponds the de-
tritus swept down from the hills and
from the upper reaches Of the stream.
AS this sediment gradually flled up
the shallow ponds the beaver moved
to other places and when In time the
dam broke down and the waters drain
ed off a wide level meadow was left
the bottom of the old pond.
All over the continent In suitable To-
calities. from Mexico north to the tree
limit and from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific, this was going on century after
century, and In this way no doubt were
made vast areas of level meadow,
whose origin is now unsuspected by
the people who occupy them.-Forest
and Stream.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
A PRIVILEGE RESERVED.
Ceremonies Witnessed at Jeweisr'
Rina Counter.

Ceremonies Witnessed at . jewelers.
Ring Counter.
Il want plain gold ring for lady.
Best you've got In the store"
"For this ladyY'
Sure! Who else would 1t be for?
Pull off your glove, Katie, and let the
gentleman measure your finger"
The girl withdrew her wooden glove
and bashfully extended her small
hand, red and toll worn, toward the
clerk.
There, that's about the size," said
the jeweler to the girl.
do you wish him to put it ont"
"No-not yet" said the blushing girl.
when he puts that ring on. it's on to
stay"
Size. quality and price at last were
settled satisfactorily, and the young
man pulled from his pocket a shining
coin.
Here you are gold for goldr he ex-
claimed proudly. "Nothin' but gold III
pay for that ring"
Haven't you anything smaller p
asked the sordd clerk.
PLENTY, but nothin' good enough to
pay for that ring"
"Bit of sentiment, eh" queried an
Interested bystander.
"Oh. yes, sir" said the girl, with evil
dent pride. Hes been saving that
twenty dollar gold piece for nearly
four months, waiting to buy this ring"
New York Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
PUZZLES In NATURE.

Some of the Seeming Contributions
That Science Encounters.
The man Of science, like the man Of
law, has brought before him many an
anomaly; but, unlike the Judge or the
advocate, he knows that the eontradic-
tons he studies are only such in SEEM
ing. He feels confident that nature at
the core is In agreement with herself
Any day, he believes, these apparent
contradictions may be resolved into
cases of detected law, not simple
enough to disclose itself to aught but
the most rigorous analysis.
In the realm of heat 1t seems that
certain rules of radiation, conduction,
boiling points and the like are general,
not universal. In most cases they act
as If alone; in a few cases their effect
is masked by causes as yet not under
stood. Let few cases as perplexing
as that of the alloys under refrigera-
ii be briefly recomted.
Common solder has lower melting
point than any of its ingredients. Sui
phur fuses at 100 G. and thickens again
at 200 c. When steel is heated and
dipped into cold water It is hardened;
the same treatment softens copper.
While almost every substance expands
with heat, rubber shrinks. In most
cases electrical conductivity is impair
ed by increase of temperature, yet
carbon pencil rises to an almost three
fold augmentation of conductivity
when brought to incandescence in an
electric lamp.
We may be well assured that when
these anomalies are resolved the ex-
plantations will bear in their train 9TH
er difficulties for research yet more
subtle. Science never does worthier
work than where, as here, she points
to her own unfinished walls and bids
the student as a privilege and duty
to supply their gaps as best he may
George lies.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
THE WORST CLIMATES.
Three Places Where Weather Condi-
tions Are Undesirable.


speaking of rank climates" said a
globe trotter, Il have experienced the
three worst
"Of these three unspeakable climates
give the palm to the strait of Ma
gellan. There is rain on an aver
age 25o days in the year. The wind
blows a hurricane from January to
December. The thermometer never
rises much above the freezing point
a year round Of raw, bitter days Of
rain and snow.
'Next comes Sierra Leone, on the
African west coast. That low lying
marshy region has an average temper
ature of 81 degrees, and the annual
rainfall is 1S9 inches-enormous
There are, too, the Smokes These
are mists, smelling like oyster mud,
that rise continually from the marshes,
giving marsh fever to nine out of ten
of the white men that breathe them
a year round of hot and sticky days,
with vile smelling clouds Of mist and
whirring clouds of mosquitoes.
Last come the high tablelands of
central Asia, where the lack of mois-
ture in the air makes the days Saba.
ran and the nights arctic-days like q
redhot furnace, nights like January
blizzard. Before this range of tenn.
perature no human constitution can
stand p."-Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
THE THIRD HOUSE.
Legislative Annex of the Special In.
terests In Congress.


The third house, as the lobby Is some
times called, is the legislative annex
of the special interests. 1t is the
house of special representatives. and
its membership is a curious study I'm
the widely different.
Its meeting place Is the lobby and
committee rooms of the nations capt.
tol the hotel rotunda. the lawyers
office, the street, the banquet room,
the little back room, the bar, the road
house, the home, the brothel-any-
where the legislator may be found and
personally approached. That is the
object of lobby-personal contact
with the peoples representatives and
the influence upon legislation worked
thereby.
If legislators were perfect, there
would be no lobby. If they were per-
fectly wise, there would be no occa-
sion for the lobbyist who desires "to
inform" them; If perfectly honest,
there would be no occasion for the
lobbyist who desires to "make 1t worth
while;" If perfectly patriotic. there
would be no occasion for the lobbyist
who desires for himself "a little per-
sonal favor''-at the peoples expense.
The existence of lobby is promised
on human frailty. 1t is present to
prey on human weakness, to warp the
action of the legislative body by ap-
peal to vanity, ignorance, cupidity or
fear.-Gilson Gardner in Success Mag
aZine
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
GRATING FISH TAILS.
An Interesting Art In Which the Jap
ansse Are Experts.


anese Are Experts.
Among the many interesting arts in
which the japanese excel is that of the
making of fish tails. Almost every one
has seen the bush tailed goldfish, with
It's four. five and sometimes more long,
wavy tails, but 1t is not generally
known that most of them are not Its
own.
When the little goldfish are very,
very young their flesh is as clear as
glass, so that one can see every bone In
their tiny bodies. At this time the few
that are born with two or more tails
are put by themselves, and then a
queer looking old Jap, with a great
magnifying glass fastened in front of
his eye and wee sharp tools handy,
reaches down under the water and
cuts off the tails of the plain little fish,
and then three or four of these tails
are Joined on to the backbone where
the one was cut off and fastened there
with tiny bandages until they grow
fast.
The Japanese, who are very skillful
in queer things of this kind grow the
finest goldfish in the world, and IL is q
very good business, for very fine fish
of this kind often bring as much as
$500 to $500, and one sold not long ago
for 81 600
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
CARE OF cHAMELEoNs.
How These Little Creatures Can Be
Kent Alive For Years.

FNOPt FttN0 FOt tCatos
Chameleons can be kept alive for
years by making a frame to fit over q
plant in a fiowerpot and covering 1t
with mosquito netting which must be
long enough to tie with string about
the pot Keep the pot in the sunniest
window and water the, plant every
day through the netting. You will be
surprised to see how eagerly the little
creatures will drink the running wa
ter after they get over their fear.
Set wire fly trap for flies, which you
can liberate under the netting. The
chameleons will not be backward
about helping themselves.
In winter they do not require much
food. but will relish n meal worm oc-
casionally on sunny days. Meal worms
can sometimes be got at the grain
stores for the asking or can be pur-
chased at the bird stores, or small
spiders can be found In cracks and
crannies asleep for the winter. They
may be frozen stiff IL found out of
doors, but they revive in warm room.
Chameleons enjoy place to sleep in
nights and winters. Take a piece of
red flannel four inches wide and eight
inches long; roll it over a stick as
large round as your finger and sew 1t
while on the stick so that 1t will not
come unwound; then slip off and run
q wire through 1t long enough to sus-
pend 1t from one of the branches on
the plant. The chameleon will crawl
into this cozy bed and go to sleep,-St
Nicholas.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
REFLECTED GLORY.
Il Is Just as Much Fun and Less Trou-
Bile Than Real Glory.

u is Just as Mueh run ana Less u rou-
Bile Than Real Glory.
1t is a profound truth that reflected
glory is far better worth having than
real glory, as far as the actual fun of
the thing Is concerned. The man who
after much struggling has won through
to fame knows all the drawbacks TO it
and realizes that the game is hardly
worth the candle. But the man whose
only claim to glory lies in the fact that
he is an acquaintance of the famous
man has a splendid time, getting most
of the kudos with none Of the disad-
vantages. We see a great, good man,
let us say Algernon Ashton. and we
envy him. But we feel that his posi-
ton must have its disadvantages. The
strain Of being universal letter pro-
wider to the papers of London must be
enormous. Far better the lot Of the
man who merely knows Mr.. Ashton
and can call him Algy. Mr.. Murphy.
the orator, supports this view. at is
we'll" he says, sometimes in speaking
TO treat great mems names Familiarity.
In bracketing yourself thus with the
great men of the world reminds one OF
an eastern saying that there are only
two creatures th6s can surmount the
pyramids. the eagle and the snail"
We know of scores of men who have
acquired regulations through their
friends. 1t is the simplest thing in the
world. The wonder is that everybody
does not do it, for 1t needs but little
labor.-London Globe.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
ANIMAL SkGAClTY.
The Instinct That Leads the Ostrich
to Protect Its Eggs.

10 TTotSCl iIS Eggs,
The nature students-everybod is a
nature student nowadays-were trying
to outdo one another.
Eagles when the sun is overhot
shade their young with outspread
wings" said the first. "On August aft
stand patiently two full hours, her left
wing spread like an umbrella. while in
its cool shade her nestlings slept"
Squirrels" said the second. "can
tell whether a nut Is good or bad with
out opening 1t. A chestnut, a walnut
a shellbark, they lift 1t in their little
paws, hold it to their faces a moment,
then If it is bad cast it aside. How do
they tell? BY the weight by the
sound? l incline to think they do it
by the smell"
"Ostriches never Sit" said the third
"They lay their eggs on the pale Sa-
haran sands, and the sun does the rest
But before the ostriches depart from
their eggs they place on the top of
each pinch of sand. for they know
that the germ will mount to the top
and that the suns heat would kill the
germ were it not protected"
"a trained elephant" said the fourth
student, danced very badly at a matt
nee performance and was accordingly
beaten cruelty by its master. That
night, hearing shuffllng noise out
side, the master crept forth, and there
In the moonlight he found the eIenhant
carefully practicing its dance steps"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
CATARACT OF THE EYE.
How the One 1t Attacks May Watch
the Obstruction Grow.

How the One 1t Attacks May Watch
the Obstruction Grow.
Cataract is said to be due to the
gradual deposition of oxalate of lime
In the substance of the crystalline
lens, at first in small spots or streaks
sometimes in one part and sometimes
In another. The deposit gradually In
creases until 1t penetrates the whole
of the lens, causing blindness. The
remedy, then, is 30 remove the lens,
and after its removal the patient needs
a substitute in the form Of highly mag
nifying spectacles.
All that is necessary to enable a
patient to see his own cataract for
himself is a piece Of card and a nee
die. A visiting card viii do very we'll
Pierce clean round hole near the
middle OF the card and hold the card
up to the light close to the eye, look
ing preferably in the direction of d
piece of blue sky. With the card near
to the eye the patient will not see the
small hole pierced by the needle, but
he will see a comparatively large, faint
ly illuminated field with his cataract
projected upon it. He is, in fact, OBJ
serving the shadow cast by his cata-
ract on the retina at the back of his
eye. With small puncture in the
card the shadow so thrown is co1npar-
atively sharp. But with a normal eye
an evenly Illuminated field or clean
disk will be seen. The patient may
thus map down his own cataract and
settle for himself whether 1t is extend
ing and whether he will have an op-
Grafton or not
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
IMPURE FOODS.
Tricks of the Trades Recorded by Q
Dlarist of 1888.

Tricks of the Trades Recorded by .
Dlarist of 1888.
'The pure food question is as DID,"
said an antiquary las the hills"
He took down a volume bound in
gray calf.
''This is the diary" he said, "of Helm
rich Cruger, born in Amsterdam In
1924; died in New York in 1870 Listen
to the pure food kick that Henry puA
up in 1888"
The antiquary read:
Monday, 18th October-If | would
drink water must quaff the mawkish
contents of cursed open aqueduct,
exposed to all manner of defilement
and impregnated with all the filth of
the town
"As for the intoxicating potion sold
as wine, 1t is vile, unpalatable and
perniclous sophlstlcation, balderdashed
with cider, corn-spirit and the juice of
aioes.
"The bread is a deleterious paste,
mixed up with chalk, alum and bone
ashes, insipid to the taste and destruc-
tive to the constitution.
''The table beer guiltless of hops or
malt, is vapid and nauseous. The tai
lowy, rancid mass called butter is
manufactured Of candle grease and
kitchen stuff. The fresh eggs were
fresh once.
'"The green's are boiled with brass
halfpence In order to improve their
color, while the pickles, though very in
viting to the eye, are often insupport-
ably rank to the taste, the reason
being that in their case also the house
wife has boiled a shillings worth or
two of halfpence or a pound brass
weight in the vinegar. New Orleans
imes-Democrat
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
HARDY FERNS.
About Forty Species Are Suited to Out
door Culture.

About Forty Species Are Suited to Out
door Culture.
Among the hardy ferns are varieties
greatly differing in size and form, from
a hairlike creeping stem bearing a few
simple mosslike leaves to the vigor-
GUS growing plants with large leaves,
attaining a height of two or three feet.
Ferns are interesting and extremely
beautiful, especially when grown as
specimen plants or in combination
with other plants. The varying condi-
tions in which the different species sue
ceed are remarkable. Many of them
require a warm temperature, while
others do we'll in cool and shady places.
OF the 1000 or more species of ferns
not more than about forty species are
suited to outdoor culture in ordinary
soils and situations. These species can
be planted In beds, borders or rocker
les or in the foreground of shrubbery.
AS most of them require a somewhat
shady place, they are especially useful
for filling in places where grass and
other light loving plants cannot grow.
Perfect drainage is required. The soil
should have leaf mold in it, or decayed
peat or well decayed sod will answer.
Hardy ferns are best planted In the
spring, but they can be planted In the
summer If the fronds or leaves are cut
back, making 1t easier for the plants to
establish themselves before the winter
sets In. From his florist the amateur
gardener can obtain cuttings of varie-
ties most suitable for the soil and eli
mate In his vicinity. In the winter the
ferns should be given protection, with
covering of leaves, hay or straw
Washington Star
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
The JOYS of Relic Huntino

Quite apart from the beauty and in
trinsic worth of such things, it is as
tonishing on looking back on. ones ex-
periences Of collecting TO realize how
much pleasure one has got out of even
dilettante quest of antiques The ex-
hilarating joy Of this treasure hunt, the
finding of the treasure, the bargaining
for 1t and the final bearing of it home
In triumph unwrapping it and dis
cussing its beauties and merits, are
things which add zest to life. And, as
the taste for beautiful old things is
more or less an acquired one and can
be cultivated, this is Joy in which
most people who are fortunate enough
to have a little spare cash and little
spare time can share-London Tatler.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09

Mr.. Bilkins Cooking up from the pa.
per) - The eminent physician, DR.
Greathead, says there is no exercise
so conducive to health in woman as
ordinary housework Mrs. Bilkins-
HuhI I'll bet he's married. d.-Tit- Bits.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
AppIes Imnrnre Cirnrs.

Possibly the best way to improve
cigars is to place very thin slices of
apple between them. This is o familiar
practice among connoisseurs Any old
apple will do.-New York Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
As Others See Us.

"And do the Americans shine In
their conversationT asks the inter
viewer Of the foreigner who has re-
turned to his native land.
LET me tell you" replies the for
eigner. "In mixed company the ladies
assemble on one side of the room, and
all talk at once about cooks and dress
es, and the men assemble at the other
side OF the room and talk about auto
mobiles and money."-New York Life.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09

"What did she say when she heard
he was dead in love with herT
"She wanted to know If he carried
any life insurance. New York Times.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09

Nothing hardens the heart and con.
science like the acquisition of a for
tune at the expense of others. -Burla-
macchi
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-09
We respectfully ash

that trial.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-15
the Latesi Panacvs.

We Americans have genius for the
invention Of cure-alls, and for faith
in them after they are invented. Some
one has now contrived-on paper
the Order Of Nebuchadnezzarltes. The
method of the order is not to be. as
one might expect, a diet Of grass, but
a change from the upright position to
one on al, fours. Members of the So
ciety must agree to eat, drink, walk
and run Cn their hands and knees.
They are assured by the founder of
the'order that they will speedily ban
ish all the ills to which human flesh
is heir. Witness the vigorous health
enjoyed by the dog. the OK. the horse
and the necessary pig-their freedom
from dyspepsia, neuritis, rheumatism
and consumption. Whether they be
immune to measles, chickenpoX and
mumps has not yet been announced.
IL Is not disclosed whether this order
is the product Of the lively imagina-
tion of a newspaper reporter or a Sc
rious scheme of a sincere reformer
who is unable to master more than
one idea. The very doubt on this
point results from the fact that even
such loclety might find adherents.
An oriental legend relates that when
woman first discovered man he was
living on al fours. She coaxed him
to his feet. and induced him to walk
upright Can il be that the twentieth
century will undo the work of the
primitive woman? Surely, remarks
Youths Companion, the adherents OF
the new cult must all be men; for
fashion has made no provision for
women's clothes in the new attitude.
'Creepers" designed for the purpose
cannot yet be obtained, and the mush-
room hats would not adapt them
selves to a poise on the back of the
leck Thus fashion may be stronger
than fad, and weary man may be
'orced to stand up again to get with.
In speaking distance OF woman.