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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-04
FIRST AMERICAN GLASS.
Made at a Factory Built by a Boston
Man In New Hampshire.

Made at a Factory Built by a Boston
Man In New Hampshire.
The first American glass factory was
erected in the town of Temple, n. II.
Washington in his diary speaks of
glass being made in New Haven, Conn,
in the year 1888.
One would suppose by the language
he uses that he considers it new and
quite extraordinary affair. 1t was nine
years previous TO this and during the
very war whose issue first enabled the
country to commence its own manufac-
turing that Robert Hewes of Boston
began to carry out the project which
he had long conceived, but had hith-
erto found impracticable if not impos-
sible under English rule, that of max
ing glass in America for America.
In 1850 Mr.. Hewes selected n site for
his factory secure from the British
forces (his glassblowers were Hessians
and Waldeckers, soldiers who had de
serted from the British army, and he
must have had an eye for the beauti-
full in nature. lie chose n spot on the
north slope Of Iliddcr mountain. near
its base. To the northwest Mount Mo
naGnock reaTs its granite crown, stand
ing like giant sentinel; to the north
and running east are the Temple noun
tains bold and precipitous; to the cast
4 beautiful valley holds in its embrace
the towns Of Wilton, Milford and
Nashua while 10 the northeast Joe
English hill and the Uncanernucks
mountains conceal the city OF Man
chester.
The place is now reached by n two
mile walk over an old road, long a
stranger to travel other than by graz
ing cows and nature loving tourists.
The stonework about the ovens and
the foundations of the building are all
that now remain to remind us that
here was another example Of the Amer
lean peoples struggle for independ-
cnce, ,-Crockcry and Glass Journal
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-04
WIFE IN HORSES PLACE.
Drags a Junk Wagon Around, With
Husband Driving.

Uarnessed between the shafts of a
wagon heavily laden with old iron,
bottles and rags, Mrs. Frank Mulcaski,
hfty-iive years old, wife of an Evans
ton Qll) junk dealer. has taken up
the task left off by the family horse
at its death few weeks ago. says a
Chicago dispatch. Supplied with spe-
cially fitted harness, she has made it
possible for her husband to continue in
business.
Daily she draws the Wagon through
the streets of Evanston and Wilmettc
responding with alacrity TO her hus-
bands cries of whoa ana Gid
dap"
Mulcash kept to the outskirts OF the
town at first with his novel "steed."
As long as Mrs. Mulcaski is willing to
perform the task the Humane society
cannot interfere, it is said, ana there
is no other agency which would be
empowered to act. At times Mulcaski
stops to consult with his wife concern
ing purchasers and routes to be taken.
In addition, she is watchful for chance
customers, pointing them out when
her husband fails to notice them. This
is an advantage he did not enjoy when
his horse was alive
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-04
THE BLUE Jay.
Why Should He Be Selected as Sand
Bearer to Satan?

It is said and believed by many that
all the blue jays disappear every Fri
day, and not one can be seen until the
next day. and this disappearance is ac-
counted for by the statement that the
birds are under n compact with Satan
and that they devote each Friday to
delivering him a supply of sand to
heat his caldron at the point of tor
ture.
But why should the blue jay be select.
ed as sand bearer to Satan when there
are so many birds of stronger and
fleeter wing? There are many super
stltions that have a reasoning basis,
but this particular one has nothing
whatever to go on.
The origin of it lies in the fact that
the blue jay is most particular home
builder He knows how to build his
house and he takes a great pride in it,
glue 1t to tree.
Instead he selects a substantial fork
or crotch of a limb, lays down n few
twigs of goOdly size and strength. and
on these he superimposes n strong
foundation of clay, with layers of pa
pers between, and when his nest is fin
ished 1t is as substantial! in proportion
as one of our modern steel structures
Thus fitted and finished, it is admi-
rably adapted to the rearing of a
strong and healthy brood, and the blue
jay goes about his business with the
earnest energy that characterizes all
his movements.
He raises his young and leads them
about from tree to tree and from bush
to bush until they have tried and
found their wings, and then, his re-
sponsibillties being over, he proceeds
with his career of gaycty, a vcritable
practitioner Of rough fun and stage
humor.-Uncle Remus' Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-04
COFFEE AS A WEDDING GIFT.
: Custom Which Is General In Coffee
Growing Countries.

I'VE have custom in the coffee
raising countries" said a high Brazil
ian official. (which is unknown in
other parts of the world. When a child
Is born in the coffee country a sack of
the best grain is set aside as part of
the inheritance to be received on at
tanning its majority. Usually the sack
Is the gift from some close friend or
relative, and it is guarded as sacredly
as II 1t were gift of gold or bonds.
No stress would induce Il Brazilian
parent to use coffee which was made
the birth gift Of Il child AS n rule,
it is sealed with the private seal of the
owner and bears card giving all par
ticulars about the variety of grain, its
age on being sacked and the birth of
the child to whom it is given and
other Details which are very interest
ing when the gift is due.
Generally the coffee is opened for
the first time when the child marries.
riage feast is made from the legacy.
and, according to precedent, this must
be the first time the sack is opened
After the coffee is made for the we'd
ding feast the sack is carefully closed
and sent to the new home of the young
people and should keep them in this
staple for year at least When both
bride and bridegroom have the birth
gift of coffee they have started life
under very hopeful conditions. so far
as one necessity is concerned Few
people know that the older the un-
parched grain of coffee is the better
the flavor. Like wine, it grows with
age. and that which is over twenty
years mcllowing under proper condi-
tons will bring from $1.50 to $3 n
pound from connoisseurs. The giving
Of pounds of green coffee is a common
practice In the coffee belt Friends cx-
change these gifts and compare re-
suits. When one cannot afford to give
a sack of coffee, it frequently is the
case that ten pounds of the best green
grain are packed in fancy case and
bestowed on newly born child, with
directions that it must not he opened
until the wedding day"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-04
CARLOTTA AND NAPOLEON.
How the crazed Empress Curse Came
to a Fulfillment.

General Henrico d'Almonte was from
1868 to 1866 the ambassador of EN-
peror Maximilian of Mexico to the
court of Napoleon III. The most inter
esting and most pathetic episode to
which D'Almonte was n witness and
which is vividl.f described in his
memoirs is the meeting between the
scheming French emperor and Maxi
milian's wife, the beautiful and ambi-
tious Carlotta, who shortly before the
catastrophe at Queretaro' had come to
Paris to invoke Napoleon's aid for the
tottering throne Of her husband. But
Napoleon Ill, who for his own per-
fidious purposes had by promises and
allurements induced Macmillan, then
archduke of Austria, TO accept the re
stored" throne of Montezuma, faith
lessly abandoned the unfortunate
prince to his cruel fate as soon as he
realized his schemes to be impractical
BILE.
Even at her arrival in Paris Carlot-
tas mind was already in such n high
state of irritation that it was deemed
advisable to have General d'Almonte
at her side during the meeting with Ma
poleon, which took place in the en-
press apartments at the Grand Hotel
de Paris.
What lends special interest to that
interview is the fact that the empress,
craZed by desperation and fear for her
husbands safety and by Napoleon's
unsympathetic attitude, hurled a curse
at the latter which in time was indeed
fulfilled to the very letter.
The empress" says General d'Al-
monte, pleaded partly on her knees
and in the most beseeching terms, with
the stony Frenchman to no avail. Then
it was that I witnessed the most har-
rowing and dramatic scene of my life.
Frantic with grief and excitement, the
empress, with drawn mouth and flash
ing eyes, sprang to her feet extending
both her hands toward the rctreatlng
emperor.
"'Lcave me- she yelled in Il voice
which cut through me like a sword
leave me, but so laden with my curse
the same curse that God hurled at
the first murderer. May your own
house and throne perish amid flames
and blood. and when you are humbled
in the dust, powerless and disgraced,
then shall the angel Of revenge trum-
pet into your ears the names of Maxi
milan and Carlotta""
At Sedan and 10y the revolution in
Paris Sept. /, 1870, the unhappy Car
lotta's curse was fulfilled to the letter
Captain Charles Kiener in Los An
geles Times.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-04
CURING A TOOTHACHE.
Remedy of a Cowboy That Proved Re-
markabIy Effective.


One of the cleverest old customers
We ever knew was Judge Booth, who
lived on the Bell ranch along the Red
river in the northeastern part of New
Mexico. One morning out on the range
the judge rolled out of his blankets
with a jumping toothache, and. al
though lie exhausted all the remedies
in camp. nothing had any effect.
1t was forty miles to the nearest
town, with the chances against finding
q dentist there. and it was finally de-
cidcd TO appeal to one of the Texas
cowboys riding herd five miles away.
He came over in response TO the mes
sage. and after taking a look at the
tooth. which was a double one on the
upper jaw he said "Jedge, | can shoot
that tooth out as slick as grease if you
don't mind the scar it will leave on yer
check"
shoot it out?" shouted the judge at
the top of his voice. Why, man. you
must be crazy"
"Waal. then. mebbe kin pick in
'nuff powder to blow it out"
BLOW it out? Never"
"AIight possibly hammer it ont with
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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-04
OUR FIRST PRESIDENT.

The Average American Knows Very
Little About Washington.
Morn Feb. -, 1882: died Dec. II,
1893; fought Indians; time and place Il
little vague. Was he not with Brad
dock? Married a widow named Mar
tina; was commander all through our
Revolution; was our first president and
had two terms; wrote Il farewell ad-
dress; knew Lafayette and Thomas
jefferson; crossed the Delaware at
Trenton just before Christmas and sur
prised the Hessians; beat CORVALLIS
at Yorktown and was first in war, first
in peace and first in the hearts of his
countrymen.
These are all public facts. What
does the reader know of Washington
the man? More than likely it will be
as follows:
Cut down Il cherry tree with a
hatchet; owned up to having done so,
saying, Father | cannot tell a lie;"
threw n stone very far across some
river; climbed up the side of the
Natural bridge and cut his initials;
worked hard at school; was steady;
was very good all the time, and every
body looked up to him; of course very
brave, of course very wise and Il great
patriot; was one Of the greatest men
in all history; was tall. strong; wore
those knee brceches of colonial days
and Il wig; looked stern; would prob
ably lecture YOU and tell you to be vir-
tuous and you would he happy. Such
if | mistake not is the readers vision
of Washington as mau-cold, austere
Unconditional, without passions, grand,
not merely greater than human, sim
ply not human at ala sort of marble
statue. \ figure to prize, TO be proud
of as an American. figure TO revere,
but not a character to love, to be
drawn to, to feel any kinship within
n word, immortal. yet not living. -
Everyhodys Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-04
Word PAINTING.

Mrs Bradley, when questioned by a
fellow traveller in the Pullman car in
regard to her home, launched forth into
a rather long and detailed description
of its charms. Her little girl, Grace
who had been reading when she began
to speak, soon closed her book and lis.
tened with great interest.
1T must be very pleasant" remark
ed the chance acquaintance, somewhat
perfunctorily, when Mrs. Bradley fin.
ished, and Grace, her eyes cleaning
with enthusiasm, said: ''Oh, It must be
perfectly lovely! What place is it
mamma?"
"Why, our own home, OF course"
answered the mother somewhat embar
rasscd.
"Oh, dear" said Grace. signing, how
much better it sounds than it loo'zs"-
Youths Companion.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-04
WE SHORTEN OUR LIVES.
Human Beings Should Live at Least
a Hundred Years.


Every man who dies before he is n
hundred years old dogs so because he
has neglected the laws of health. |
believe the time will come when men
will commonly live to be 100 years old.
But to DO this they must be born right
and be taught matters of health with
their \ Il C's.
\ majority of the people of America
lose about thirty years of life through
not understanding or not following the
demand of nature for regular ana ade-
quate exercise Our systems of civii-
zation have worked vast improve
ment in production by training men
to special lines of work. Thus they
become wonderfully proficient. To see
man rafting up long columns of
reading matter on a linotype machine
is inspiring, to hear a lawyer clearly
and incisively summing up a case fills
one with admiration to read n strons,
forceful editorial affords pleasure at
the thoughts so well expressed, to
watch the violinist and listen to the
sweet melodies he draws from the
strings watts our souls to higher
realms, yet the requirement of each
and all these abilities has robbed the
trained or talented performers of some
thing else. The linotype is wearing
out his nerves in setting type at such
a rapid pace; the oratory of the law
yer has been acquired at the expense
of a dyspeptic stomach; the man who
wins us with his facile pen envies the
strength of the sturdy laborer shovel
ing in the street; the virtuoso would
fain have the appetite of the perform
er on the big horn in the little street
band.
In thus specializing each is apt to
neglect the routine work for all the
muscles that nature demands to keep
up the physique. Had each of these
performers or gcniuses done his stint
Of work on farm, raising the food he
consumed, he would have been less
skilled in his vocation, but possessed
Of vastly better health. And all would
live out not only their full seventy.
but round hundred or more of years.
Charles II. Cochrane in Metropolitan
Magazine
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-04
TIE HUMAN BRAIN.
II Is the Most Marvellous Machine in
the World.

II Is the Most Marvellous Machine In
the World.
The human brain is the most mar
yelous machine in The world. 1t occu.
pies less space in proportion to its
capabilities than any machine it ever
invented. 1t sends n special nerve to
every ultimate fiber of some 500 mus
cles. to many thousand branching
twigs of arteries, to every pinhead
area Of the numerous glands which
keep the machine properly oiled, heat
ed or cooled, to some sixteen square
feet of skin, which is the outpost
guard of its castle, with such complete
ness that the point of a pin cannot
find an area unguarded. 1t possesses
special quarters for the reception and
translation of constant stream of vi
brations that are the product of all
things movable or still in the outer
world. On the rctina of every open
eye is Il picture of the outer view, q
focused imprint Of every ray of light
and color, and in the visual chamber
Of the mental palace stands vibra-
scope, magic lantern that receives
the retinal picture in its billion speed
ing series of light waves and throws
them upon its mental screen as Il liv-
ing moving picture of light and shade
and color In the chamber Of sound IS
Il vibraphore, over whose active wires
passes every wave of sound from the
dripping of the dew to the orchestral
fOrtiSSimO. from the raucous scrCcch
of the locomotive to the signing Of the
wind through the meadow grass. In
the chambers set apart for scent and
taste and touch are The secret service
guards to report upon the air ana food
which give sustenancn to the palace
and upon the solid qualities of the tao
tile world. And, wonder of all won
ders, This complex human brain can
think in all languages or in no Ian
Guage and even conceive its own phys
ical mortality.-Elward 4. Ayres in
Larpcr's Magazine
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-04
ATE HIS FILL.
The Sharp Traveller Had His Moneys
Worth and Caught the Coach.

Worth and Caught the Coach.
There was 81 coach that used to run
between Nola Chucky and Paint Rock.
a matter of some forty miles. For
lunch the coach stopped at 4 halfway
house in Tin Can, and here good fifty
cent meal was put out-cake and pie.
coffee and tea and all the cold meats
you could mention.
But the landlord of the halfway
house had a mean little secret dicker
with the driver, whereby as soon as
the travellers had paid for their lunch
and got fairly settled to it Il call would
come for an immediate start. So off
they'd all go, grumbling. They'd have
paid for 30 cents worth of food and
only eaten, you see, about cents
worth.
But along came one day n traveller
with a sharp, bright eye. The landlord
found this chap some ten minutes aft
er the coach had started on again still
tucking in pie and ham at n terrible
rate.
why, man." he said, you've let the
coach go without you"
II know it," said the traveller calmly.
Il was too blessed hungry to stop eat
ing"
Suddenly the landlords face paleI
"Good gracious" he said, "all my
silver's gone!"
1t was too. Not knife. fork or
spoon was left except the sharp eyed
mans
He said as he kept on eating that he
had noticed a suspicious looking char
acter among the passengers, a man
with red beard, hump and a limp
oh. very suspicious!
The landlord sent a hostler off to
overtake the coach and bring it back.
In about forty minutes the coach re-
turned. Then the sharp eyed man
came forth, wiping his mouth. But he
made no effort to identify the sus-
picious looking passenger. Instead he
got aboard the coach, took his seat and
said coolly.
Thanks, landlord, for the good food.
You'll find the spoons and things in
the cofreepot. Now, driver, off we go
ag n."-Washington Star.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-04
CLIMBING AN ICE SLOPE.
Vain and Perilous Effort to Scale
Mount Mckinley.

The long trail to the north brings out
the best in men and the worst, declares
Mr.. Robert Dunn in THE Shameless
Diary of an Explorer" AS a member
of a party which made n vain attempt
to reach the top of Mount Mckinley
he tells something of the hardships of
one days travel:
Furtively, imperceptibly, the steep.
ness had stolen Il march on us. AS
one line of footholds gave out we had
10 slide deXterously to another. The
sleeper slope was swept clear and hard
Steps had to be cut.
We have only three ice axes. AS
never gave them a thought this morn
Ing, all of them were gobbled up when
we started, and | WIS left with only
one long willow tent pole. 1t was never
meant to balance you in half cut steps
that may or may not hold your toe.
AS the steps changed from stair
way to stepladder the other three
betrayed no excitement, no uneasiness.
Neither did n first, but l felt both.
1t was not Gi@zucas, not vertigo, but
simply that as l looked down the sheer
1000 feet from where we chung by
our toes imagination resistlessly told
over how it would feel, how long 1t
would last, what the climax in sen.
sation would be, We're l to fall.
AS hour succeeded hour l lived each
minute only to make the false step.
Courage is only a matter of self con,
troll anyway
Climbing the highest mountain on
the continent with tent pole! Some
times | boiled in those dizzy, anxious
places that I had put myself in such
a position with such men Yet l must
reap my own sowing. once l asked If
it wasn't customary to rope on sucL
steep slopes, but TO one but Fred an.
swcrod. and lie said: ~ amt goin' tC
ictch ne tied up to anybody y man
don, waut to taha chances with any
one lu- A',l'. Eaul,u' him down
from these places"
One requs,t' of explorers besides
aversion to soap and wGter is insensi-
tivencss. They can't see: they can't
feel. They couldn't co these stunts if
they did
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-04
a SMART ENcLlCNMA,l.
Th. Story He TolJ Of His Experience
In "the States"

Th- Story He Tolj Of His Experience
In "the States"
\ tail, practical Englishman went over
to the States" the other day from
London. lie took lodgings at 81 inn in
n small village. which shall be- name
less He had dinner. and among those
who sat at the table with him was the
waiting maid, whom he designated as
servant" but he received am iclig
uant correction from the landlord.
We call our servants. SIR. helps
They are not oppressed; they are not
Russian serfs."
"Al right" said the Hrtlshor: ~
shall remember"
And he did. for in the morning he
awoke the whole house by calling ou.
at the top of his voice. which was like
the tearing of Il strong rag:
Help. help! Water. water
In an instant every person equal T.,
the task rushed into his room with
pail Of water
Il am much obliged 10 you I au
sure he said, but don't want 500
much water YOU know. I only wan
enough to shave with"
shave with" said the landlord
hat did you mean by calling: Heb,
tcrE We thought the house was
u told me to call the servant
-..y,' and did. Did you think
would cry Waterr when | meant fre?"
The explanation. it would seem. was
satisfactory, and he can call the serv-
ants servants as much as he likes az
that place now.-London Answers.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-04
TENT CITY FOR QUEBEC FETE.
Railroad Plans One to House Guests
at Tereentenary Celebration.

Owing to the demands for hotel ac-
commodation Mt the terccntenary cele-
bration ceremonies at Quebec, which
begin July 30, the Canadian Pacific
railroad is considering the scheme of
erecting a tent city on the heights
overlooking the harbor to accommodate
thousand persons.
Quebec has few hotels of Importance
except the Chateau Frontenac all the
rooms in which have been taken since
the beginning Of the year.
The Royal Mail Steam Packet com.
pany and the Quebec Steamship line
viii run steamers from New York 10
Quebec in the celebration week aud
The passengers will be allowed tc sleep
and eat on board while in port
The Prince Of Wales will attend the
tcrcentenary celebration and dedicate
the monument on the Plains of Abra-
ham to Wolfe ana Montcalm and the
men who fought under them for pos
session Of what is now the Dominion
of Canada.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-04
HONEYMOON IN RACING CA2.
Auto That Won Briareliif Race to Fig
ure In Tyscn's Romance.

The ISotta Fraschini automobile.
which won the Briarciff race a few
weeks ago, is to be the honeymoon
home of its owner. John II. Tyson,
Jr.. and his bride to be, Miss Grace
Starr.
Mr.. Tyson, who is just twenty-five
years old, took out marriage license
at the Greenwich Comm town hall
the other day, and the wedding will
take place ON May %. The ceremony
win be performed at the Tyson home
stead. in Riverside. After the ecre-
mony the couple win start on a bridal
tour Of the United States by automo-
bile, They will take the Isotta car
and two others.
Miss Grace Ethel Starr is the daugh-
ter of Commodore and Mrs. Alfred L.
Starr of the Riverside Yacht club.
She is just twenty years old
On the return from their honeymoon
the couple will live in a magnificent
residence which Mrs. George Tyson is
having built as n wedding present.