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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-16
respected His Seruples.

In the mathematics class one day at
Williams college Professor s.. who
was rarely made the subject of college
jests, was excessively annoyed by
some man "squeaklng" a small rubber
bladder. The noise seemed to come
from near a certain Jack Hollis, and
after querying each of his neighbors
and receiving a negative answer Pro-
fessor s. said sternly:
"Hollis, do you know who is making
that unbearable noisef"
Hollis, who had been the guilty per
son all along. assumed an air of stoical
bravery and said calmly, 81 know, sir,
but prefer not to tell"
Professor SIS angry face grew calm
er, and with evident pleasure he re-
piled: II respect your scruples, Hollis,
They do you credit and should shame
the guilty man, sir"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-16
THE zoo CATERER.
Special knowledge Required to Run a
Wild Animals Hotel.

Wild Animals Hotel.
ITO run n wild animals hotei-for
what is a zoo but that?-requires lot
of special knowledge" said an animal
keeper. How would you, for In
stance, know how to provide for
rhinoceros or a tapir? If you don't
cater right for your animal guests, if
you don't give them what they want,
they pack up and quit the hotel, you
know-that is 20 say. they die 1t
amounts to the same thing.
Eyes, it takes special Knowledge to
feed zoo. You wouldn't know, would
you, that an elephant requires $50
pounds daily no more. no less - of
rice, hay, straw, roots bread and bis
cult?
"a hippo wants more Give him
roots, hay and grass, 200 pounds of
them, and he won't register a single
kick.
"a giraffe with its dainty appetite.
asks only for fifty pounds a day OF
chaff, salad. grain and clover
"But don't offer vegetables to lions
and tigers. Eight pounds apiece of raw
horseflesh, with plenty of bone and
gristle is their ration, year in and
year out.
"We have our farms, too, to supply
our table, just as lots of other hotels
do. Only our farms are queer ones.
One is a mouse farm. In it, with the
help of traps, we raise a tremendous
annual crop. Another is u worm farm,
where we produce yellow meal worms
by the thousand for our birds" Elk.
change.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-16
SHE SAT IN SILENCE FOR A MOMENT

SHE SAT IN SILENCE FOR A MOMENT.
VIII have to do" And he swung down
the bluff side to the little pier where
was tied Il string of canoes and skiffs
He jumped into Il canoe and was off
down the river, with beautiful long
strokes of the paddle that told of many
hours spent on the water. In fact, it
was from the hours spent ON this river
that Darrers book had grown He had
written ii in fervor of enthusiasm
over the wonders of the Mississippi,
and the publishers had received it Joy
fully. Darrel had found new field.
The noon train drew slowly up to the
station platform, and Darrell turned
away in disappointment But one pas
senger alighted, and that was wo-
man. He glanced back once more to
make sure that he was not mistaken.
Then he halted. There was something
very familiar about the slender, well
dressed figure standing hesitatingly at
the far end of the platform. Suddenly
the girl moved toward him.
"Oh, Horacer she cried
Yes, Elizabeth" he replied quietly
as II they had not parted over a year
ago.
We'll. aren't you, glad to see meY
brightly And what are you going to
do with mef"
I don't know" said Darrell to both
questions. What brought you here,
EliZabeth?"
The girl looked into his face. with
her candid blue eyes full Of wonder.
why, Horace, didn't they send you
word that l was comingf"
"TheyT Who are 'theyT" Oar
REFS fingers were trembling n little.
Mr. Tompkins. your publisher"
Darrell sat down heavily on a truck,
thsn arose. They wrote me that they
were going to send Winston. YOU
you know my old prejudice, Elizabeth"
Ehzabeth's beautiful mouth twitched,
and her eyes twinkled. You have al
ways said that a woman could do only
pretty work; that she could put no
strength Into her sketches. Come, Hor.
aceS you are not very hospitable are
your"
Darrell was himself again instantly.
You see, | could have put up Winston.
but | am going to take you to Mrs.
Brady, who will be glad to have a
paying guest"
Ihat afternoon Elizabeth sat in tie
canoe facing Darrell. In her lap vas a
sketch book. Darrell had said nothing
more concerning feminine artistic abil-
1ty. he was struggling with the old
disappointment and with the old Iowa
that, as If the intervening years had
been for nothing, had returned with
redoubled force at the sight of Eliza
beth's beauty. She was so dainty, SO
merry, so winsome, that Darrell had
never been able to consider her for her
art seriously. She was a thing to be
adored and protected and shaved for.
The toll of a profession was ridiculous
considered with Elizabeth
She sat looking at him in an inscru.
table sort of way. "You must take mo
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-16
Marie Antoinette,s Books.

The unhappy Queen Marie Antoi-
nette possessed an important library of
Alp volumes. consisting of plays and
romances, little books la mode, the
works of Pascal, Rossuet. Fenelon,
Bourdaloue. MasSillon. Boileau. Cous-
seau, Corneille, Moliere. Notaire and
many others. She loved music passion
ately and had n large collection of
operas in eighty-nine numbers The
bindings Were by Blaizot and were
uniform in red morocco, with the arms
of France and Austria stamped upon
them. The execution of the work was
poor and the decadence in the art of
binding evident. The glories of the
art of Padeloup and the Deromes had
passed away, and the revolution effec-
tually killed whatever knowledge re-
manned of the ancient skill of the
bookbinders. Half century later saw
Its revival in France, and the art has
since fiourished both there and on
English soil.-London Spectator
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-16
Aboriqinai "Captas,"

In the History of the Town of Mid
dieboro." n ass, there is footnote
quoted from the New England Me-
moral," which gives a curious exam
pie of Indian courts and the rules of
practice In them
An Indian court In Barnstable coun-
ty, presided over by an Indian magis-
trate. Issued the following warrant to
an Indian constable:
Il Hihoudi,
You Peter Waterman,
Jeremy Wicket;
Quick you take him,
Fast you hold him,
Straight you bring him 4
Before me, II
"Hihoudi." "A
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-16
John MiIton's Cottage.

One of the best preserved historic
country houses in all England is John
Miltons cottage at Chalfont St Giles.
to which the blind and aging poet fed
when the great plague swooped down
on London That was in July, 1865
and Milton had just finished Paradise
Lost" and received n five pound note
for It, with n promise of three more
five pound notes if the poem sold four
editions Of 1900 copies each. The cot
tage stands at the top of the village
and 1t is in practically the same con
dltion us when Milton left It, Here
the poet received his distinguished
guests during the latter part of his life
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-16
Won Moltke at Cards,

Count Won Moltke, Germany's great
field marshal, never lost battle. and
1t annoyed him to lose game of cards.
a biographer says Of his old age: The
family were trained to let him win if
they could without his noticing their
maneuver, and they would reckon up
the sums to the smallest amount. 1T
is really wonderful that l have won in
spite of my bad play he remarked to
me once rather suspiciously, but he
abided by the result"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-16
Liberal.

The new pastor of country church
said to one of his deacons, II find that
Brother Linkum has very liberal re-
iigious views"
"Yes," replied the deacon, Brother
Linkum is more liberal in his views
than In his contributions"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-16
What He Made

Towne-Well, he's tailor, you know.
He's not used to polite society. It's
only natural to expect a break.
Browue-Yes, but he made another
breach of good manners shortly after
that
Towne-Ah, pair of breaches!
That's still more natural for a tailor
Catholic Standard and Times.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-16
A Free Hand.

"You sketch with free hand, Miss
Brownsmith," remarked the professor.
who had been critically examining her
portfolio.
Entirely free said the young lady
as she cast down her eyes in soft con-
fusion and waited for the professor to
follow up the opening.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-16

Mother (returning home)-Gracious,
Tommy, what means this? The lamp
Is broken, the dishes are smashed, and
everything is upside down. Tommy
Why. mother, you said we could play
anything we wanted, didn't your
Mother-Yes. Tommy-well, we play
ed earthquake.-Illus Bits.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-02
A SeaWeed Harvester.

terial with which to trim hats. In
ded, there is only one variety that is
at present used to any great extent
for this purpose Some years ago
seaweed attained a wides pread pop
ularity, especially in England, and be-
came very fashionable, SO much so
that the demand far exceeded the sup
ply, which is at all times strictly linn
tied, for though the harvest time lasts
from October until the beginning of
April, the entire amount collected an
nually for commercial purposes is
only some 20 or 80 tons.
The Isle of Grain is the home of
the seaweed harvesters. The weed"
as it is known locally, is not cult
waited in any way, but drifts ashore
and is picked up on the beach and
foreshore at low tide. Exactly where
it comes from does not seem to have
been definitely ascertained. Some of
the inhabitants are of opinion that it
grows in the deep waters of the North
sea, and others think that it's native
place is in the shallow waters of the
Thames estuary. Be that as it may,
the Island of Grain is the only part of
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-02

Azote as Colt &c Days Old and at One
Year Old-He Weighed 1877 Pounds
When the Milk Diet Was Com
menced and at One Year Old
Weighed 752 Pounds.
grow and develop much faster on dry
milk than upon the foods ordinarily
given to them, and that horse can
work harder and train better on dry
milk than on any other food.
Although milk is known to be a
complete food-a food that contains
all the elements necessary for the
growth and repair of human beings
and animals-it is not generally real
lied that when it is reduced to dry
powder, by the evaporation of its wa
ter, we have a highly concentrated
natural food that is several times
more nutritive than meat. That this
must be so will be readily seen when
1t is remembered that liquid milk, as
1t comes from the COW, contains seven
parts of water to each part of nutri-
tive solids, and that one pound of dry
milk Is as nutritive as eight pounds
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-02
MLk-FED HORSES.

of liquid milk. When the water of
liquid milk is evaporated instantane-
ously upon cylinders heated in excess
of PIP degrees Fahrenheit, as it now
done in all countries, the nutritive
milk solids are obtained in the form
of a beautiful white powder which is
known as dry milk or milk-powder.
Owing to the high heat of the drying
cylinders all germs that are present
in the liquid milk are destroyed and
the milk is robbed of it's dangers and
made perfectly safe, solid food.
What gave Mr.. Hatmaker the idea
that thoroughbred colts could be ad-
vantageously reared on this dry milk
was the fact that children fed upon
it and grew and developed much more
rapidly than upon any other food. He,
therefore, concluded that if colt
could be fed upon it it would reach
development much earlier than colts
fed in the ordinary way, and that he
might get a horse with the physical
development of a three-year-old in
two years, or the development of
four-year-old in three years. He,
therefore, bought a thoroughbred colt
26 days old and took it from its
mother and fed it upon dry milk. He
gave it no other food-except small
quantity of hay to give bulk-and his
expectation was soon realized. He
weighed the colt every day and found
that it gained over two and a half
pounds daily, and when it was one
year old it weighed 752 pounds, and
had gained at least four months on
colts fed in the ordinary way.
He continued the feeding with dry
milk-never giving the horse a parti-
| Gle of grain-and his horse reached
| it's full maximum of weight in the I'M
precedented time of IS months and
| ten days. At that time it weighed
1,012 pounds, and had gained 825
pounds in the 533 days that had in
tervened since it was weaned, an av-
erage of over one and half pounds
a day. The horse had beaten all
records of growth by several months,
development.
Having every reason for thinking
that the horse would train better on
dry milk than on grain-the dry milk
containing five times as much d.
gestible, matchmaking material as
oats, and IL times as much as hay
Mr.. Hatmaker has never given him
any other food, and his horse named
Azote will soon be seen in the great
European races for two-year-olds. He
is a beautiful horse, with wonderful
muscles, and his trials give the best
reasons for thinking that he will be a
great race horse.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-02
SEA WEED BONNETS.

the coast upon which it comes ashore
in marketable quantities.
harvesting the weed provides a pre-
carious and uncertain employment for
practically the whole poorer class pop.
ulation of the island. Each gathers
for him or herself independently, and
disposes of the result to dealers, who
in turn forward it to London and for
eign houses. A northerly gale brings
most seaweed ashore, and a single
cleaner has been known to pick up
half hundredweight in a morning.
At other times when the wind is in
the wrong direction, none will come in
for days. The present market price
of the partially dried seaweed, from
which all rubbish has been removed,
is about ~ cents per pound. 1t must
be remembered, however, that the
weed is extremely light and feathery.
Queen Alexandra, of England, whose
antipathy to the ruthless destruction
of birds for the sake of their plumage
is so we'll known, has done much to
bring seaweed back into popular favor
as an adornment for hats by recently
purchasing a quantity for that pur-
pose. When skilfully blended and ar
tistically arranged in combination
with artificial flowers, the fairy sprays
of this slender and charming seaweed
are capable of producing exception
ally fine effects. In fact. hats so
trimmed form quite a feature of some
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-02
NEW SYSTEM OF RAISING RACE
HORSES MAY DO WONDERS.
American at Paris Named Hatmaker
Rearing a Colt on New Diet-Re-
markable Development
the Horse Shows.

Milk-fed chickens bring the highest
prices as a table delicacy, and milk
fed horses bid fair to win the most
stakes on the race track. An impor-
tant scientific experiment is being
tried by James R. Hatmaker, an
American residing in Paris, and he
has established the fact that colts
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-02
HAT TRIMMINGS TAKEN FROM
THE BED OF TIE SEA.
Growing Opposition to the Use of
Birds Wings and PIumage Gre
ates a Demand for the
Lacy Seaweed.

Seaweed would at first seem rather
q commonplace and unsuitable ma
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-02

A girl with a dimple somehow looks
incapable of deception.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-02

Of the famous London establishments
at the present time, and bid fair to be-
come increasingly popular in the near
future. B. J. HYDE.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-16
PENOBSCOT.
ETNA.

The Etn1 Dramatic Club presented
iii" lrIIna in four acts entitled Dow
in AiHinc" at Etna Saturday evening
May II, with the following east OF
characters: Xepth Cummings of Hard
scrabble farm, Fred bennett; Ralph
His brother q New York millionaire
Arthur BusWcn: Neil Wentworth, q
y"urG inventor. Parker Otis; Bingle
thr old fisherman. sumner Damon:
Temps. thr hired man, ROY Donaldson:
MI. Holden, Il lawyer, Morton Hutch
inge: Iimrsry. 4 fresh mir kid. JOhr
Friend; Nose GosSin, a suffering lover
Charlt. Friend: Susie Cummings
I;aIph's daughter. Mrs. Cummings:
Z,!lIt', wife, Clara Friend: Kcziah, 4:
ANA desperate. Bertha Friend; Bctsey
Tomu4. r.veIeyn Cookson. All who had
PARTS had them go. X" Music be-
III c.n thu acts was by III. s. Stuart Of
Plymouth ara Mr.. Lamb Of Carmel
Thu hail was filled. and more then 81.
was taken at the door.
Mrs. Augusta Moseley. who has beer
i'm town visiting her sister. Mrs. y. NJ
Srrarua. hnS returned to Freeport
Il MR.. ylr will visit relatives and then
return to her home at Cumberland.
TN" +, mains Of the late Mrs. Perez
Fic%ott of Brewer We're brought here
nnI inferred in the family lot at tbs
Center Her daughter, Mrs. benjamin
nf saltwater. accompanied them. They
were former residents Of this town
wh"r,, she ives held in high esteem.
William Friend has returned from
Massachusetts, after visiting relatives.
George \. Sanbon and daughter
blanche We're at Mrs. Sanborn's par
cnts Saturday night. returning to New
port Sunday night.
AIRS. a. II. Soule is visiting her
daughter. Mrs. Scott Johnson at Pitts
field for this week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-16
TRACK AND PADDOCK.

Emery Kibbard of South Dover has
lust bought nice colt of c. p. Harvey
or which he paid $500.
John Wiles of East Guilford has
sold his big gray team to Charles
Romeo of FoXcroft.
E. A. Drew of East Machias recently
sold fine pair of draft horses to
crank Bagley of Jonesboro.
Arthur Dearborn Of Atkinson has re-
antly purchased Il pair of work horses
# William Lancaster of Schools.
Asher Horn has in his stable at
Farmingtp" Il promising five-year-old
'drse that il attracting much atten-
ION. He is a chestnut in color. a
eauty in every respect. stylish il
cti"n ana a good road4r. This hnrsc
vas sired by Monitor Wilkes. owned
y u. i. Houshton Of Wilton.
The we!l-known brood mare owned
y c. VI. Richards of Wilton. recrntIy
naled Promising ,olt ~ CrlySun
The mare was bred ~ Pc. '-ctiun
Wilkes ly GcoIE" Wilkes Junior bg
George Wilkes. Dam w Old Aruns-
COX Boy.
The wilkins Brothers ~ Wilton re-
emily lost a valuable work horse. H.
vas one of a span driven by Claude
\verill. ana weighed 1900 pounds Mr.
Averill had taken a load "a jay Bridge
md on his return trip the horse showed
;igHs Of distress when hc arrived at
North jay. He was taken a. n stable.
where he died in the night. lie was
;alued At 500.
1t is singular fact that the dams Of
ono Of the fastest trotters have been
bought for small prices. The dam Of
he $1O5 SEQ AXt"I CD. 2.12, only cost
he breeder of that valuable horse 81.
rhe dam of Sweet Marie. 2.02. was sold
or $50 with that wonderful trottcr in
Itern. The man who traded Mary
Mays for mule worth about $50
bought he had secured a great bar
,ain. 1t proved 50 to him. for the
mule would work kindly. which Mary
Nays. being very high strung. would
lot do. Mated with Red Wilkes. how
Yer, whose temperament was that of
Mary Mays this highly bred. cranky
laughter Of Mambrino Patchen pro
luccd Ralph Wilkes. 2.0G4. the fastest
rott"r that Red Wilkes ever got.
BinSen Bird, by Bingcn. 206A, out
If mare by Jay Bird has been sold
~ the estate Of L. S. I.eavtt Of Boston
. c. w. Sylvester. Bowdoinham. He
three years old and promising.
Webster Williams Of Waterville has
lust purchased a fine chestnut gclding.
tanding 16 hands and weighing 1850
pounds, by Nelsonee by Nelson, zoo.
lam of Edmunds Knox. He is five
ears old, a finely made one and can
step well. Mr.. Williams has recently
made some sales of very good horses
Nelson Reynolds Of Brooks. who
bought the two-year-old stallion bv
Narston c. of Mrs. w. s. Reynolds.
old him list week to d. ~ Damon of
Springfield, at a good margin on the
purchase price.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-16
Milking Machine Tests.

tn, Kansas experiment station has re-
Gently Conducted experiments with tho
milking machine ana in 4 bulletin, re-
Gently issued, the following conclusions
ave reached:
l. That a milking machine will milk
COWS as thoroughly as IT,. average milk
er.
2 some cows give rnrc milk wher
MIXED with q machine than WhrI MIXED
bv hand: others give less.
). 1t is extremely necessary for. tn
man in charge fully TO understand no"
to operate a milking machine
/. To reach the highest degree of sue
cess cows should be selected and bred tC
respond To machine milking. If this fac
tor is taken into consideration machine
milking will he equally as successful a
the best hand milking.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-16
MAR Red.
AROOSTOOl;

AROOSTO0k.
IIodg1cn May J. Isaac r. Gyrow ana
Miss Lizzie Howard.
New Denmark. \. r.. ana Miss Eva
Burtchell Of Fort Fairfield.
CUMBERLAND.
Portland, Nav s. John Wright and Ada
2. Lombard, May $. George Morrison Of
Portland ana Ruth NJ. NY" Of Watcrvll":
Nay :. Edward II Groah and Miss Hnr-
rict NJ Roster: May l. Fred Dustin and
3clvina HAMILTON
HANCOCK.
Franklin. May T. Miss Ruby G. Ior.lln
y Watham. to Frank ii. Bragdon Of
Franklin.
KNOX.
Warren. May >. Edward Kaloch ana
Rockland, MAY 4. William II Curt s AMI
Miss Aida Helen Gray, both Of Kockland.
LINCOLN
Waldobogo. NAY >. Roland T. Waltz ami
Miss Mary Emma Sproul
OXFORD.
Ruckfrld. MAY / Walter NJ. Kicker and
RidIonville. Clarence G. Ellis ana Nellie,
NJ. Ellis.
PENOBSCOT
Newport May I. John Humphrey and
Mrs Ida Marie Smith
Plymouth May g. Arthur Morse Of Dix
mont, and Miss Ellie Bennett Of Dis
mont.
Bangor. May c. William II. Ernest and
Miss Eva l.. Haskell both Of Hudson:
NAV Is. Harris Allen Jones Of Portland
ana Miss Mabel Louise Bridges Of Fan
GOr.
Brewer. May 9. Elisce Sevoy and Mrs
Bessie G. FSllridgr.
SOMERSET.
Skowhpgan. Nav 6. Ernest Lessor and
Mrs Amanda Clukey.
Lexington. May 8, Wilbur Il. Parsons
of EuetiS and Mss Emma l.. Strickland
North CornvilIo. May 6. Byron l.. Nc
Con" and Miss Clara Nelson, both IF
Athens.
Nurridgewock May /. Joseph Lessor
ana Miss Fife Norton; May >. nr q. -.
II. Bcane of Norl idgewock and Mis- Ma
bell" Osier Of Premen. Ne;
Canaan, May ]. Harry Nelson and Miss
P;ttsfield, May 3, Andrew w. Crossman
end Miss Lizzie +. Starbird, both Of Pitts
field.
WALDO.
Montville Nav /. Samuel y. Gilpatrick
Of Weston and Miss Bertha Thompson OF
Brooks. MAY I, Samuel B. Marden OF
Knox and Ethel NJ. Howard Of Thorn
dixie.
Belfast. May /. Leslie F. B. Roberts and
| Daisy e Howard: May !. Orrn l.. Went
worth and Norma Lula Pierce
WASHINGTON.
Columbia Falls. May I, William II
| Tracy of Columbia Falls, and Della L.
Worcester of Columbia.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Waltham. Mass. May /. David L. Allen
| If WaItham and Miss Margaret w. An
| derson of Hartland.
Boston. May 4, Henry Matson and Miss
Gertrude Blackwell. both of Skowhesan.