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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-08-15
THE DRUG STORE.
Its Evolution From the Apotheearies of
the Colonies.

Its Evolution From the Apothecaries of
the Colonies.
During the seventeenth century the
druggist came to America aud closely
followed English precedents, modify
ing them, however by the practice of
the Indians, with whom he came in
contact. Quack apothecaries began to
spring up in the new land, and in 1886
tho colony of Virginia passed a law
which among other things regulated
the prices and fees of the druggist.
At this time it was fashionable for
the druggists to practice surgery in ad-
dition to pharmacy, and the Virginia
colony contained a large number of
people who were proficient in both pro-
fesstons. In Massachusetts the bust
ness was largely In the hands of
Indians, schoolmasters, old women and
teachers. The Salem witchcraft de-
lusion retarded the spread of the drug
gist for some time in the Bay State,
for the popular impression fastened on
the apothecaries suspicion that they
sold the potions that were supposed to
produce the spells. Among those who
suffered persecution at this time
mixers of medicine appear to have
been prominent
The drug shop had not yet become a
distinct institution. 1t was usually
branch of the grocery or spice bust
ness. In 1647 one Giles Forman of
Boston, had. however, firmly estab-
lshed himself as devoting special at
tention to pharmacy. In 1913 the first
distinctive drug store in America was
opened in Boston by William Davies.
-Lippincott's.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-08-15
A BUSINESS PARABLE.
Teu Cannot Fail to, Appreciate the
Point In This. Story.

Fofnt IN MS. story
Once q farmer had 1900 bushels of
wheat, which he sold not to q single
grain merchant, but to 1,S00 different
dealers, bushel each. AZ few &C them
paid him in cash, but far the greater
number said it was not convenient
then: they would pay Inter. A few
months passed and the mans bank
account ran low "How is this21 he
said. 'My 1900 bushels of grain should
have kept me in affluence until another
crop is raised, but have parted with
the grain and have instead only a vast
number of accounts so small and scat
tered that cannot get around and col
lect fast enough to pay expenses"
So he posted up public notice and
asked all those who owed him to pay
quickly. But few came The rest said,
Mine Is only a small matter, and I
will GO and pay one of these days" for
getting that, though each account was
very small, when all were put together
they meant large sum to the man.
Things went on thus. The man got to
feeling SO bad that he fell out of bed
and awoke and. running to his gran
ary, found his 1900 bushels of wheat
still safe there. He had only been
dreaming.
Moral-The next day the man went
to the publisher of his paper and said:
Here, sir, is the pay for your paper,
and when next years subscription is
due you can depend on me to pay 1t
promptly. I stood in the position of an
editor last night. and I know how it
feels to have ones honestly earned
money scattered all over the country in
small amounts. s."-Exchang
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-08-15
LEATHER BOUND BOOKS.
A Little Vaseline Improves and Pre-
serves the Biadjuu.


An official of the Congressional IL
brary was talking with a friend who
recently had purchased handsome set
of leather bound volumes and said:
"You had better examine those vol
umes carefully to see If the leather
needs feeding. If 1t is new stock they
Will be oil right let alone for several
years, but IL they have been on the
shelves for some time the heather will
have lost most of its natural oil and
become brittle. This applies especially
to books kept In private houses, which
are us rule much hotter than the book
stacks of a large library. There is
nothing more attractive than fresh,
well preserved leather binding on a
volume and scarcely anything less so
than a dilapidated, cracked one
You can add years to the life of a
leather binding and hundred per cent
to Its appearance by rubbing In little
vaseiine with piece OF raw cotton
not too much. Just as much as the
leather viii thoroughly dbsorb Where
the binding bends Is where It is most
likely to crack. The leather win not
be greasy, as the vaseline will be abb
sorbed. One treatment every year OF
two is sufficient unless the books are
unduly exposed TO heat. Washington
Star.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-08-15
A GHOST STORY.
The Crowd of Phantoms That Dazed
Three Young Women.


An experience wherein phantoms
presented themselves to view in pro-
digious numbers simultaneously is re-
lated by young lady whose name, at
her request, is withheld, the narrative
being indorsed by her sister, who was
with her at the time. She writes:
Zone autumn night my sister and
myself, with our maid. were returning
from evening service I'm the village
church. There was thick fog. The
moon was full, but 1t made sort of
steam in the fog instead of shining
brightly Suddenly saw man at
my sisters side, who had come there
without making sound. pulled her
sleeve. whispering, Let the man pass
AS spoke the man disappeared.
''In another moment we were all be-
wildered at the sight around us. 1t
was as if we were In crowded street,
innumerable figures surrounding us.
Men, women and children were mov-
ing brfskly about, some singly, others
in groups, but all without sound.
Some seemed to rise out of the grass
ON either side of us and to come out on
the other side. The women were
dressed in bygone fashion. with high
bonnets and shawls and large founccs
on their dresses.
There was one very tall man who
took great strides, though perfectly
motionless. We approached our own
uota u,bara xua chouId furn in and
then we had long driveway to walk
up before we could reach the house.
think that by the time we had reached
the gate all the figures had disappear
ed except this one tall man. He had
quite a different look from any of the
others-more horrible altogether AS
we entered our gate, to our intense re-
lief, he passed by along the road and
vanished. OF course we were all very
frightened. The maid and my sister
were crying aloud
In case like this, where the same
spectral phenomena are witnessed by
several persons, the value of the testt.
mony obviously is multiplied hum
dredfold. for, while one individual may
be victim of hanucination, such an
Illusion can hardly be shared by many.
What, then, is to be said in answer to
such evidence, furnished by deponents
of unimpeachable character and repu-
tation for truthfulness? To suppose
that they are combining in the manu-
facture of lie is scarcely reasonable.
Joseph NJ. Rogers in Lippincotts.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-08-15
SUSPICIOUS BIRDS,
Easy to Make Sparrows Show SThsir
Fear of a Trap

Easy TO Make Sparrows Show u heir
Fear of a Trap
One winter day made an expert
ment with sparrows to see exactly how
far their natural suspicion would hold
out against hunger. I had often no.
ticed that IL one put a little bit of
string. large button or any strange
object among breadcrumbs the spar
rows would not touch the bread They
feared q trap. Starlings are less sus-
picious In this way. IL they care
about the bread at all, they are more
trustful and do not make any fuss
about some small foreign object But
thought hard weather might make all
the difference even to sparrows.
So put long piece of apple peel
among the bread. 1t looked quite good
to eat, but might be taken by very
suspicious bird for something Of the
nature of string or tape, which spar
rows seem to regard with particular
distrust. Can they regard 1t as an
emblem of captivity Directly the
bread was thrown on the ground about
fifty sparrows perched in tree above
1t. They looked at 1t very giumly. and
not one ventured to come down. Gen
orally they would be devouring the
bread within few seconds. For lit
tie over three hours crowd of spar
rows watched the bread with the ter
rible piece of apple peel lying among
1t, but 1t remained untouched. Then
one sparrow made up his mind to take
the risk. He was soon followed by all
the others. In twenty minutes the
bread was gone. But they had wasted
over three hours.-St- James Gazette.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-08-15
All He Could Think OF.

While driving along Il country road
man saw the roof of farmers house
ablaze. He gesticulated and called to
the farmers wife, who was calmly
standing in the doorway:
Hey, your house is afirer'
"Whatp she bawled out.
II say, your house is afire"
"What did v say? I'm little deaf"
"Your house is afire!" again yelled
the man at the top of his lungs.
"Oh, is that all?" calmly replied the
woman.
tits all can think of just now" re-
sponded the man In rather weak
voice as he drove on.-Exchange.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-08-15
A Talented House AGENT.

Mrs Homeseeker - You certainly
don't expect anybody to take this
house! Why, the floors all run down
hill. Agent Ia smart man)-It was
built In that way on purpose, mum, to
keep peace In the family. Greatest
invention of the age, num- Mrs.
Homeseeker-Keep peace in the fam
ilyf What do you mean? Agent-It's
all right, mum nothing like it. When
ever your husband drops his collar
buttons they'll roll down to that wall,
and he'll always know where to find
'em.-London Tit Bits.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-08-15
GOT HIS REVENGE.
The Way Lord Brousham Paid His
Debt TO George ~.

Debt to George ~.
With all of his knowledge and talent
Lord Brougham was eccentric and
slovenly in his personal habits. While
he was a young and comparative V
unknown barrister he was asked to q
dinner at which the prince regent
presided. Mr.. Brougham's hands
needed washing. The regents keen
eyes rested on them. He beckoned to
waiter and gave an order which the
man heard with q scared face, and
then going out he speedily returned
with a ever full of water, soap and a
towel
He carried them to Brougharn, pre-
senting them with the prince regents
compliments. The barrister instantly
withdrew and never AFTERMATH re-
ferred to the insult.
Years later, when the prince, now
king, tried to divorce his wife, Brough-
ham, as her defender. so vehement
ly sustained her cause that she
triumphed. The kings name was not
mentioned during the trial, though the
nation knew that he was secretly the
prosecutor. Brougham in his speech
declared that he saw in the dist ice
the nameless prosecutor of his tnno-
cent client, quoting with terri C effect
Millions words:
The other shape,
II shape it might be called, s's black 10
stood as night
Fierce as ten furies. terrible as hell.
And shook a dreadful dart; what seernd
his head
The likeness OF aingly crown had on.
George ". felt seriously this savage
attack. The nation sided with the
queen, and her defender had paid his
debt with interest
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-08-15
A Cat Monitor.

once owned two cats. one a gray,
the other black. Daily I placed
posal. One day at the usual hour their
meal was served, but only the gray
cat was present She drank about half
of the milk and then walked out, only
to reappear an hour later, the black
cat following. AS soon as they entered
the house Matte (Which was the gray
cats namel seized Blackie by the ear
and led her to the bowl of milk. That
was the first and last time that Blackie
wasn't present at meal hour
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-08-15
awake on inc TIP question.

The regular patron was indignant
as the waiter spilled the soup
you're tipsyr' he exclaimed.
Couldn't be on your tips. See?' re
sponded the waiter, ut least not so inc
briated as to impede his mental proc
esses.-Philadelphi Ledger
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-08-15
Ouuht to Survive.

Anxious Mother-Oh. doctor, do you
think Robbie will get well? Doctor
No doubt of 1t; no doubt of 1t. I've CIV
en- him medicine for everything that
he could possibly have, so we're bound
to strike 1t right.-ToIedo Blade.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-08-15
A Comparison,

Il admit l have the fault you men
tion," said the concelted man, self COM
placently. "but it's the only fault
have, and it's a small one"
Eyes" replied Knox, lust like the
small hole that makes plugged nickel
no good. d."-Phiiadelphi Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-08-15
The Brute.

Mother-in-Law-Has the young man
who saved my life yesterday called
upon you YETI son-in-Law-Yes, In
deed. He has already made his apollo
gies.-Fiiegerde Blatter.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-19
WANTED.

WANTED-An elderly lady for com
pay John NJ. Sanders, EOS Central
Ave. 19-3t.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. girl for
Homework. Good wages. Sc South
10th street. Phone 371 19-3t
WANTED-A washwoman, els North
18th street. 19-3t
WANTED-To exchange lot close in
and cash for property, 81 900 to ST.
500 Address ]. W., 229 North 10th
street, City. 1S-2t
WANTED-Girl at 200 South Four
teenth street. German preferred.
1S-2t
WANTED-A good wash woman at so
South Thirteenth street. 1927
WANTED-By young colored boy 10
years OF age, a position as house
man. Reliable and experienced
Can give references. Call at 402
South Sixth street. 1S-3t
carpets and rugs to
clean after Feb. L. Richmond
House Cleaning Co. Phones: Home
1878; Bell 496-W. 17-t14
WANTED-A good girl Phone 1913.
16-3t
WANTED-20O wood choppers for
chopping 4 TT. hard wood at s1.15
per cord. Steady work during the
year. Board $3.50 per week. Good
men make $3.50 per day Take
Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway
to Simons or Westwood, Michigan.
Antrim Iron Co, Mancelona. Mich.
14-tf.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-19
WEST SIDE BEAUTIFUL
WILL WORK TIC THAT END
Improvement Association Which Held
Its Meeting in Baxter School Heard
Interesting Report From Civic
Beauty Committee.

AT meeting of the West Side I'm
provement association last night in
the Baxter school building, reports
were heard from number of COM
mlttees. The civic beauty commit
tee reported that it had taken steps
Joking towards an Improvement in
shade trees on the west side by scien-
tific trimming. The members too in
tend to see that weeds are kept cut
better than heretofore. The associa-
ton intends to unite with the school
authorities and the Aftermath society
in seeing that the children in West
Richmond plant flower beds in the
spring.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-19
BIG 15-CENT LUNCHES
Dinner and Supper to Be Served for
the Benefit of the Y. M. G. A.
in G. A. r. Hall Today.

Plenty of food has been provided
for the 10 cent lunches to be given in
the G. A. r. hall today by members
of the G. A. r. and W. r. G. Those
who have charge of the sale of tick
cts, and it has been encouraging, have
guaranteed that there will be no disap-
pointments. Both dinner and supper
will be served, and the members say
that the one will not be the remains
of the other. For dinner roast beef
and gravy, mashed potatoes, stewed
tomatoes, slaw, apple sauce, pie,
bread, butter and coffee will be serv-
ed. The menu for supper will be
beef loaf. baked beans, gelatine, salad.
cake, bread. butter and coffee. On
account of the worthiness of the
cause, it is expected that these two
meals will be generously patronized.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-19
FIGHT IS CARRIED
INTO LEGISLATURE
CONTINUED from Page One. }

mayors in Indiana is behind it, on the
ground that school boards have too
great a sway in expenditures. How
ever it appears from the opposite that
has developed that this is just what
the majority of people want. The fact
that the school boards can do as they
please in the way of spending funds,
is what keeps the school system on
its feet" so to speak. With any
curtailment of the school revenue,
which would come about of city coun-
ellis had the power to cut down esti-
mates, the school system, it is claim
ed. would have an uphill fight from
one end of the year TO the other.
Senator Will Wood, however, dis
claims that any mayoralty organiza-
ton has a hand in the measure. He
declares that a school board should
be restricted in power and he Will
tight for the bill to the last ditch. 1t
is regarded as "cinch", however,
that 1T will either die in committee
or will be ruthlessly slaughtered on
the floor
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-19
SUFFER
FROM The AWFUL
PANGS OF THIRST
Continued from Page one.)

ernor Eweltenham and his assistants
have been on duty absolutely without
sleep ever since the first shock, and
their heroism cannot be underestimate
ed. They have arranged for an abb
solutely equitable distribution of all
supplies and order is gradually being
brought out of chaos.
Under Military Control.
Between the outskirts of the city
proper, and the hills beyond, are
where the temporary camps have been
located. All are under strict militia
~ control and the result is that the
inmates are gradually becoming recon
ciled to their lot. Every steamship
that is available is being, and Will be
for the next As hours, utilized to get
foreign refugees from the scene. Help
is also coming from Port Antonio, on
the northerly coast, and from every
section of Jamaica that did not feel
the full extent of the earthquake
trembles. A steamer from Santiago
arrived this evening, carrying food
supplies which are to be landed at
once. In addition, the American ma
val supply ship from the Guantanamo
station, has landed badly needed food
stuffsA Among this latter quantity of
supplies is a large amount of timed
goods which will be very useful.
Gable System is Worthless.
The superintendent of telegraphs is
working hard restoring the land lines,
but the main cable system, leading to
the island is still worthless. 1t will
be impossible to repair it until the
cable ships now being hurried here,
reach the scene, inasmuch as the
lines parted well off shore and Crap
pling apparatus and miles of new
cable, which are not available on the
island. are needed.
While the harbor section of the
city is crumbling into the water, this
is apparently due to the opening of
passages below the
made ground" and engineers who
know, think the effect will be only
temporary and that the damage now
being done is capable of restoration.
The cable operator at Holland Bay
is authority for statement that emer-
gency operators and men reached
there late today from Santiago and st.
and he seemed confident that
it would soon be possible to clean up
the glut of business so press dispatch |
es could be handled.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-19
BradstreetS Reports that
Trade in All Lines is
Checked and Retarded.
DRY GOODS is MOST ACTIVE
NEW BUYING MOVEMENT APPAR-
ENTITY UNDER WAY IN PIG
IRON AND STRUCTURAL MA
TERIAL THROUGHOUT THE EN-
TIRE COUNTRY.
Publishers Press.1

Publishers Press1
New York, Jan. 1S.-Bradstreets to-
morrow will say:
Retail and wholesale trade. indus
try and transportation alike feel the
effect of varying adverse weather con-
ditions which retard or check activity
and make the congestion visible some
time ago in railroad matters even
more acute. These conditions are not
of course, unusual at this season of
the year but are productive of es-
pecial comment and trouble just now
now because of the comparisons made
with the wonderfully open season of
January, 1906. The entire northwest
has struggled with a series of snow
storms, followed by intensely cold
weather; the central west and south
west have had weeks of heavy rains
while at the south the complaint has
been that the weather has been I'M
seasonably warm. In the northwest
coal trains have had the right of way
and grain movement has been light
one result being firmer prices for
wheat. while bad weather. damaging
to corn and oats has been a stimulus
to prices of coarse grain. The re-
ports from the winter wheat crop are
not conclusive. Very heavy rains,
followed by sleet and ice, are reported
in parts of the winter wheat belt In
Texas, too much moisture has caused
rank growth and complaints of bug
damage.
The comparative quiet now witness
ed in many lines is not unwelcomed
to many, who have been kept pushed
steadily to fill orders Building is
quiet when compared with the activi-
ty of year ago at this time, and
hardware and lumber dealers have
hopes of catching up with their or
ders. Relatively the most active line
at present is that of dry goods, par
ticularly cottons, which are strong
and tending upward, while the shoe
trade is rather backward, though
weather conditions of the past month
should in the end be beneficial to
this line. new buying movement
is apparently under way in pig iron
and structural material has also i'm
proved. In the main all other lines
are in fairly good condition.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-19
GRAIN ELEVATOR FIRE
LOSS WAS ABOUT $500
Firemen Called Out Just Before Mid
night by Blaze at Richmond Eievs
tor and Milling Company Near the
10Th Street Bridge.

A slow and smouldering fire was
discovered in the elevator of the Rich
mond Elevator and Milling company
on North 10Th street at 11:30 last
night, and before the fire could be
checked the flames had eaten into the
building, causing loss of approx
mately $500.
The fire was of such nature that it
was very difficult to fight, it being
confined to the many diverging
shutes in the building. The fireihen
fought for more than two hours be-
fore the flames were finally extin-
guished. AS there was not great
amount of grain in the elevator the
firemen were better able to carry on
their work. THE whole building was
threatened at one time.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-19
WILL ADD TO THE FORCE.
NEED ANOTHER OFFICER
Board OF Police Commissioners Will
Likely Appoint an Additional Pat
roIman at an Early Meeting-WiH
be Democrat

There Is need for another patrol
man in Richmond now and the board
of police commissioners will very
likely appoint an additional officer at
an early meeting. The next officer
to be named must be a democrat It
is known that the board will go slow
in making a selection as both Messrs
Reeves and Hiatt have expressed a
desire TO maintain the present high
standard of the force Although ii is
generally recognized that patrolmen
are now getting sufficient compensa-
ton the board feels confident of get
ting another good officer in view of
the fact that Senator Woods bill for
an increase in salary is likely TO be
made law by the present legisla-
ture.