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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10
new RULES FOR
MEAT DEALERS

DR.. Leonard Pearson, of Philadel-
phia, head of the State live stock,
sanitary board, has started after the
butchers and meat dealers and has
formulated set of rules for their
guidance. Meat sold to the public in
Pennsylvania will have TO be clean
and healthy. Sellers of diseased or un-
clean meat are to be severely punish
ed if caught Here are some of the re-
Quirements of the new rules: Walls,
partitions and posts IN shops and
slaughter houses are required to be
smooth and without projections or
crevices. Trays and other receptacles
used for meat or edible parts. wagons
used for hauling meat and all knives,
ers and other tools and machinery
must be cleaned after being used so
that particles of meat will not be re-
tanned in the cracks or crevices. The
employment of persons affected with
tuberculosis or other contagious or in
fictitious diseases is prohibited in any
establishment where meats or meat
products are prepared for food II is
required that the clothing of employees
that comes in contact with meat shall
be of material that is readily cleans
ed and shall be kept clean. Employees
who handle meats or other food pro-
ducts will be expected to keep their
hands clean of any filthy or infectious
matter. The use of part of the
slaughter house for a stable is prohib-
tied. The accumulation OF stable re-
fuse or of bones, or other waste parts
of animals in or adjoining the slaught-
er house or ice box is also forbidden
The feeding of hogs or other animals
Non the premises with the slaughter
house refuse is not permitted. Where
the practise is allowed it is impossi-
BILE to maintain cleanliness and SAINT
airy conditions, and it is also a means
of spreading disease. Strengthening
rooms are to be cleaned at the close of
each days work Rooms used for this
purpose and all rooms used for storing
meat or manufacturing meat produc q
are to be kept clean and are to be pro-
vided with sufficient light and venti-
lation. The storing of hides on the
slaughter house floor is prohibited.
The meat of any part of an animal in
tended for consumption must not be
permitted to fall on the floor or come
in contact with any disease producing
material When meat is carried along
public highways in wagons it must be
covered with clean canvas or other
suitable material to protect it from
street dust and insects. When a dis
eased animal has been killed and dress
ed it is required that the butcher
shall, before dressing another animal
clean aud disinfect his arms and hands
and tools, so that the succeeding car :
cass will not be contaminated with the
diseased material. The floor ON which
a diseased animal has been killed and
dressed must be cleaned and disir feet
ed
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10
PALFREY FOR DINNER.
1t Was Not Horseflesh, However, That
Or. johnson Ate.

1t Was Not Horsefesh, However, That
Or. johnson Ate.
DR. Johnson I'm his journal mentions
the interesting fact that he had on n
certain day had 'palfrey for dinner"
Now, these three words have caused
not Il little trouble to the critics. and
for this reason, that they know not
what palfrey really is. 1t has been
suggested that palfrey is a clerical er
ror made by the doctor himself for
pastry, but the doctor wrote so legibly
and there is so much difference be-
tween the words palfrey and pastry
that this position is not ut all tenable.
Palfrey is defined in Johnson's cele-
brated dictionary as "a small horse fit
for ladies'" and some have thought
that the doctor (whose feats as a
trencherman were notorious) may have
broken n record on the day in question
and disposed of small horse. All
these and other conjectures are wrong,
and we will proceed to give the correct
explanation.
The word palfrey sometimes pam
frey by the interchange of and M is
still in use among the rustics of Scot
land and the north of Ireland and
means young cabbages when they first
come to table in the spring. Such cab.
bages have not begun to "close" or be
come solid In the center They are
generally spoken of as early pamfrey"
and are considered n luxury DIR. John
son probably picked up the word from
his friend Boswell or from some other
Scotch acquaintance. - London Notes
and Queries
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10

Belgium Has The Worlds Most "a.
nous Bathing Beach.

1wuth.f,ls of The people 60 to Os.
tende. the lipluiau bunct. t. gamble.
but the remaining third ls 20 large that
the bench. in spite - splendid size IL
always covered with the portable bath.
houses. the mushroom aud coffin shaped
chairs Even NJ night the chairs win
he there, for with the lights from tho
buildings nud the lighthouse II IL nj.
most turnc,l into day This lighthouse
is quite n curiosity u dates back 20
It'll. and now In lts rebuilt and mod.
trnlzcd state u throws sRlcnm over
;he country for forty miles round.
We are fond Of referring to Broad
way, New York city. rs au especially
cosmopolitan street. but if you will
permit the expression. II II not In any
way "in IT. with the promenade az Os-
tende All countries are represented,
and every representative ls I'm his sun.
day best On n sunny afternoon In the
season the boulevards Of Paris are not
more brilliant than this far famed
avenue
Here the German officer Is not In uni
form. hut In the full glory of his spot
lees white nannels, his many colored
wide silk belt and his imitation pam
anna hat. And as he passes group OF
attractive ladies his waxed mustache
will grow sitter In It's upward twirls.
and his walking stick will cut the air
even more iauntIly than before. II
his monocle be especially cleverly han
died and his face show an unusual
number OF the much coveted saber
scars, he may be rewarded with n muir
INJURED "Rcitzcnder Kcrl."
The tall. black bearded Russian will
walk somberly along and show no emo
tlon or interest in anything, but you
may be sure that very little will escape
his notice, and at the casino when the
play is high you will always find him
in close ttcndance.-Chaules +. Peters
In Bohemian Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10
EUROPEAN BEACHES.
Their Methods and Bathing Suits Very
Different From Ours.


In Europe there Is no lounging on
the beach in bathing suits. On this
point the foreigner is apt to criticise
the American woman and to point out
that when the women in Europe put
on bathing suits it is for the purpose
of bathing and not of sitting on the
beach, high and dry, out of the reach
of even the largest wave There are
many reasons for this. One is the con.
sideration that prevents me from MAX
ing any Illustrations OF them. They
generally are not fit for sight or pub
lication 1t would take Il very small
wave indeed to thoroughly drench the
most elaborate of the costumes COM
monty worn by the ladies throughout
Europe when they 80 bathing. OF
course the conditions are different
In Europe madame does not have to
cross the beach in her scanty attire
When she enters her bathhouse she Is
in full street regalla, and as the house
Is then wheeled out into the water,
when she emerges for her dip she is
visible only for the brief time it takes
to plunge into the water, and she en-
joys her swim without the encum-
brance of skirts. When her bathhouse
is wheeled back and she appears on
the beach she is again In street cos
tune Then, too, therr are many
beaches on the continent. such as the
Damenstrand in Nordeney, where gen.
tlemen are excluded until a certain
hour of the day.-Charles t. Peters in
Bohemian Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10

Two New YORK youths, aged ~ and
90 respectively struck n road to wealth
hat promised 10 he easy travelling and
10 carry them a. their destination In
40 time at all. They had hardly start.
"a on the broad raI that leads TO
lpulence " hau one OF their victims,
who imagined that be was travelling
the rovaI road to fortune, discovered
that he wasn't aud uttered a shrek of
agony which put the postal inspectors
upon the game That particular road
is now barricaded, and the two bud.
ding financiers are in jail.
Acting upon the fundamental and
eternal principle that sucker is born
every minute. and that II the bait be
big enough gudgeons will swallow It
without n moments hesitation, these
geuiuses got the addresses of lot of
Canadians. whom they imag ued they
could fleece with impunity in the
United States, and sent them letters
Offering to sell shares of Canadian
Pacific stock for s.. AS the stock is
worth even in these times of shrink
age 1852, the bait was big enough for
the greediest and most idiotic gudgeon
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10
Love Me, Love Ny Do.

A curious incident, involving young
and good looking Frenchwoman and
her dog, occurred recently on Il con-
tinental railway. For several hours
the young woman bestowed more at
tention and tender care upon the pref
ty little creature than the majority OF
women do upon their firstborn, and
at every station 1t was taken out for
exercise, and between stations it was
fed with dainty nibbles taken from
its special basket, which also con
tanned extra wraps, fresh shoes and
a gay collar with huge bow What
attracted most attention was, how.
ever, the purchasing of bottle of
mineral water. the taking out of
tiny folding travelling cup, into which
some of the water was poured, and
the tapping of it up by the pet.-Les-
lies Weekly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10
When Butte Was
a Barren Desert

chants tried handbils. which didn't
all the bill They worked the bill.
board overtime, but only bored the
public.
For once In the history of the world
il was demonstrated beyond peradvcn.
ture that town without live news.
paper is dead one. Stores could not
do business without properly advertis-
ing their wares. and they could not
advertise properly without newspaper
space.
Butte merchants are now advertis-
ing to make up for lost time. Busi-
ness men who didn't think much of
advertising before have learned its
value and are using newspaper space.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10
Blocking the
Road to Wealth
that ever swallowed a hook

that ever swallowed hook.
Their confidence In human nature
was not misplaced. They had been
fortunate enough TO get tho addresses
Of the right sort Of persons: they had
got the names Of people who expected
to pick up si62 worth of railroad stock
with e. bill. The money began
pouring in. but the balance of trade
was too completely in our favor
Canadian money came here. but no
shares Of stock returned to Canada
People who had parted from their
money with proverbial ease and had
not annexed any securities appealed
to the Post Office authorities for re.
dress. or at least for vengeance. and
as the ingenious youths had not GOV.
cred their tracks very thoroughly one
Of them was easily captured. and he
promptly "squealed. -
But the next man who drops into
the pool n hook baited with piece of
paper on which is conspicuously in.
scribed. dollars sold for a nickel, "
will catch gudgeons just as easily rs
though this scheme and hundreds of
others had not been exposed.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10

For hve weeks last winter the city
of Butte. Mont. was barren desert.
II was the driest place on earth. The
water supply was all right, but owing
10 strike all the newspapers were
suspended.
Butte's experience proved that in
this day and age the local newspaper
is public necessity. Nobody knew
what was happening. False rumors
spread like bad butter. Fake stories
about citizens circulated by word of
mouth until several duels almost re-
suited. There were no newspapers to
tell the truth about things.
Business suffered worst of all. Mer-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10
MarcilIr1 Geeec.

Norfolk geese were driven UP 10 Lon
don in thousands without losing con-
dltion. 1t paid better before the days
Of railways to let the geese transport
themselves. The largest drove men,
toned was one of 5000. which went
from Suffolk, through Chelmsford and
on to London. They took their journey
easily, marching ten miles a day. The
ordinary days march of the German
army is thirteen miles, only three miles
better than the geese. When Lord Ok
ford bet the Marquis of Quecnsberry
that a drove Of Suffolk geese would
beat an equal number of turkeys in a
walk to London the geese won by for
ty-elght hours.-Cornsh's animal Arti-
sans"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10
The Holly.

The holly in Germany is called
Christdorn. or Christ's thorn. the leg
end being that it was of this plant that
the crown of thorns was made. In
France the honor is assigned to the
hawthorn, which is there called the no
BILE thorn. In Spain the legend assigns
the honor to the bramble. An old
Scotch legend makes the crown to con
sist of thistle blades, while in the folk.
lore of England the climbing rose is
said to have been the plant selected by
the prosecutors.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10
MOONLIGHT IN MUSIC.
Story of How Beethov' , Created His
Wonderful 81 rata.

Wonderful 81 rata.
Beethovens famous composition. the
Moonlight Sonata" is said to have
been composed under the following cir
cumstances:
One evening as Beethoven and q
friend were hurrying through the
streets of Bonn they heard the famil-
lar notes of the Sonata In f" Some
thing in the musicians touch attracted
the attention of Beethoven, and he
stopped and listened. Suddenly the
music stopped, and the despalring
words of the musician came to them
through the open window, "Oh. If l
could but hear some really good mu-
sician play this wonderful piecew and
the words ended in sob
Let us go in." said Beethoven. They
entered and found the player a young
girl, poor and blind. Beethoven sat
down at the old harpsichord and play
ed as he had never played before. His
listeners were spellbound. Tell u.s."
they begged, "who are your" For an
swer he played the opening bars in the
Sonata In T." "It is Beethoven"
they exclaimed in awe and admiration.
Suddenly the candle flickered and
went out Beethoven ceased playing
and bowed his head upon his hand.
His friend threw open the shutters. A
flood of beautiful moonlight entered
the room. Its transhguring light touch
cd up the poor old instrument and rest
ed upon the noble figure bowed before
1t. The profound silence was broken
at last by the musician, who said: Lis
ten. l will lmprovise sonata to the
moonlight" Then was created this Won
derful sonata, beginning in sad. ten
der movement, the embodiment in
sound of the gentle moonlight transfig-
uring and glorifying the dark earth.
Suddenly the music ceased, and with
a brief farewell Beethoven hurried
home to put upon paper this famous
composition.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10
Indian Hemp and cataIepsy.

A single grain of the resin of Indian
hemp will produce catalepsy in a man.
A few hours are required for the ef-
fects to reach climax, when his
limbs may be placed in almost any
position without difficulty. and when
once placed they remain in the given
position indefinitely, although the nat
ural influence of gravity would cause
them to fall During the catalepsy the
body is usually insensible to all i'm
Observation-Disclosures
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10
A Square Deal

Is assured you when you buy DR.. Pierce's
family medicines-for all the ingredi-
ents entering into them are printed on
the bottle-wrappers and their formulas
are attested under oath as being complete
and correct. You know just what you are
paying for and that the ingredients are
gathered from Natures laboratory, being
selected from the most valuable native
medicinal roots found growing in our
American forests ead while potent to cure
are perfecr&g harmless evsn to the most
delicate womeS atSchildFerS Not drop
4L-a1cab2l- cutters into their c9MQ9s lli99'
4 much batter lgglL IS used both [or cX-
Glctlly aud -preseIYIlg -tlla- med !Clna
principles used I'M tEem. yiz.7-pure trL1lee-
re1ned, ,-glycerlne: This agent possesses
being most valuable antiseptic and anti
ferment, nutritive and soothing demul-
cent.
Glycerine plays an important part In
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery in
the cure of indigestion, dyspepsia and
weak stomach, attended by sour risings,
heartburn, foul breath, coated tongue,
poor appetite, gnawing feeling In stom-
ach, biliousness and kindred derange-
ments OF the stomach. liver and bowels.
Besides curing all the above distressing
ailments, the "Golden Medical Discovery !"
Is specific for all diseases of the mucous
membranes, as catarrh, whether of the
nasal passages or Of the stomach, bowels
or pelvic organs. Even in it's Lucrative
stages it will yield to this sovereign rem
edy If Its use be persevered in. In Chronic
Catarrh Of the Nasal passages, it is well,
while taking the rGolden Medical Dis
covery" for the necessary constitutional
treatment, to cleanse the passages freely
two or three times day with Dr. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. This thorough course
of treatment generally cures the worst
cases.
In coughs and hoarseness caused by bron-
chial throat and lung affections. except con-
sumption In its advanced stages. the 'Goiden
Medical Discovery" is a most ehlcient rem
edy. especially in those obstinate hang-on
coughs caused by irritation and congestion OF
the bronchial mucous membranes. The uDis"
covery Is not SO good for acute coughs aIis-
ing from sudden colds. nor must 1t be ex-
pected to cure consumption in its advanced
Stages-no medicine will do that-but for ali
the obstinate. chronic coughs. which, II neg
.ected. or badly treated, lead up to consump-
Ion y Is the best medicine that can be taken
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10
BIRD FLIGHT.
eems Curious Facts About shs slss
Of Wines and Bodies.

OF WINES ana bcutees
In the attempt ~ discover some uni.
tersal law of hrd nlshi chemists have
disclosed con.rfuine number u epe
fics n mast puzz.lnR paradox. perhaps
the most mysterious of the enlamas
that the subject p-1fcn 81 q Is that IN
n number of birds and inrcg's the size
uf the wings dccransca IN proportion 60
the increase ~ sizr uf thr body of the
flying creature The Australian crane.
for instance. weighs over 900 times
more than the sparrow bat I'm proper
tion has only une-scventh the wing
area Of tine smaller bird.
THIS curious fact Is equally striking
If we compare birds with insects If
the pnat were Increased In size until II
was ms large ms the Australian crane
and If the wings of the insect were
enlarged 10 maintain the proportion
they now bear TO its body they would
bc about 100 times larger than the
cranes.
IL requires 3G2 square feet Of wing
area per pound 20 font the bank swal-
low. but to sustain the tnwny vulture,
n monstrous bird I'm comparison, re
quires only .6S Of n square foot of
wing surface per pound of body. The
albatross. weighing eighteen pounds,
has a spread OF wing of eleven feet
six inches while the trumpeter swan,
weighing twenty eight pounds. has a
spread of wing Of only eight feet The
stork weighs eight times more than
the pigeon, but in proportion has only
half as much wing surfacc.-Every.
body's Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10
Will Study Dramatic Arr

Miss Jessie Marie Kimerer left Tues.
day for Philadelphia, where she will
take up course in dramatic art at
the Neff Dramatic school. Miss Kim
erer is one of Danville's most charm
ing young ladies and her amateur ef-
forts have on numerous occasions de-
lighted audiences in this city. Her
large circle of friends wish her great
success in her chosen field of work.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10
Editor to Wed.

Invitations have been issued by Mr..
aud Mrs. Henry S. Zimmerman, of
Shamokin, for the marriage of their
daughter, Emma, to Mr.. Malcolm Col
Inns Farrow, Jr., at Trinity Episcopal
church, Shamokin. on Wednesday,
October twenty third, at six O'Clock.
The groom is son of County Treasur-
er NJ. O. Farrow, and is the manag-
ing editor of the Shamokin Dispatch.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10
Antiouitv of Tennis.

Among all the popular games Of to-
day none perhaps is of greater an
tiquity than tennis, for it is said to
have originated in the ball games Of
the ancient Greeks and Romans. In
the first place the ball was struck by
the hand, later on heavy gloves were
worn or cords strapped round the palm,
and the racket was contrived during
the fifteenth century In France. where
the game was very popular. and thence
introduced into England.-London Cap
tain
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10
What Is a Surveyor


If YOU mention surveying" to the
average layman the word calls up in
his mind either a confused vision of
man with a little telescope on n
tripod looking at something another
man is holding, or two men dragging
n chain along the ground But what
is surveyor? The truth is there are
many kinds of surveying and conse-
quently the word surveyor" can be.
and is. applied to a wide range of per-
sons. For instance, the engineer with
his transit the miner with his level,
the city surveyor with n theodolite,
and the mariner with his sextant, are
all surveying. And the map maker
with his plane table and alidade, is a
surveyor. too; the most picturesque OF
the lot.--Wide World Magazine.
Where to Find II.
Two sons of Erin shared the same
bed as well as the same bottle of
whisky. Pat waited till he found
Mike slept when he quietly arose and
emptied the bottle. Soon after Mike,
waking, stole out of bed and, cropping
about In the dark. was asked by his
companion:
'Phwat are yez lookin' fer. Mike"
"Oh, nothin'v' says Mike.
well, Mike says Pat, 'ye'll foind
1t over there In the corner in the bot
tle."-London Answers.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10
Queer Smokes.

"Tobacco," said a tobacConist, "is one
Of many herbs that are smoked. In the
orient, for instance, bhang or Gamma
bis, drug that gives one the desire to
caress peoples feet, goes into loads of
pipes. Some savages smoke the leaves
of the wild potato and the wild tomato.
These bitter leaves are narcotic. They
throw you into pleasant stupor. Pur-
sued in, though, they bring insanity.
Some of the Swiss guides smoke
mountain tobacco weed that grows
only at great heights. This stuff pro-
duces an intoxication akin to alcohofs.
Our Indians, when hard up, smoke hol-
ly and sumac leaves and the silvery
leaves of Indian tobacco which every
boy has chewed."--New Orleans Times.
Democrat
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10
THE SHIPS BELL.
. is Sounded al Halt Hour Intervals
Day and Niaht

Day and Night
The ships liril a. the mariners
clock. Tho nautical day begins and
ends nj noon. when eight hells f.
struck. Tho hell l. struck hnif hourly.
day and night. one strokc being added
Tor each half hour until eight II
reached. when the count laeins Mt one
hell
In the United states navy the ships
bell hangs usually under the fore
castle. or Just forward If the fore
mast Tho captains orderly keeps the
time md reports to the officer Of the
dock the hour IN terms of "bells."
The officer Of the deck then bids the
bell. There Is somewhat more formal
ity at eight bells than at other times
for then the hour r. rcportcd to the
captain and the bell ~ struck until
he has said. "Make II SO" Here is
the routine ON board n man-of-war Mt
$ o'clock In the morning. The orderly
first says to the officer Of the deck
Eight bells. sir" The officer of the
deck replies. Report to the captain
eight bells and chrunometcrs wound"
The orderly then goes 10 the captain
and says. Eight bells and the chro-
nometers wound. sir" The captain re-
plies, Very we'll; make II so" The
orderly goes to the officer OF the deck
and says, Make It so. sir" The Off
Ger of the deck says to the messenger
of the watch, "Strlke eight bells" and
If everybody hns been prompt the
messenger strikes eight bells at exact.
ly : n. m.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-10
An Authors journal.

Sold one poem. MOLLY has Just come
in to say the Goals outD
The Monthly Review paid me So
for two sonnets. Jane says the gas
bill Is $6l
Have just written an article on
How To Live on One Dollar a Day"
Molly says she has got to have 81
every day this veek-)-Atlanta Con-
stttution-