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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-04-11
The Ascension of Jim Blunt
A Story
By BRIANT S. YOUNG
By BRIANT S. YOUNG

Jim Blunt pancothes man the local and
his official duties in the regulation but because outside them he
icay sake While ready
to defend and aid the innocent he less hard those whom
Blunt had started from the boom-rom just about low
on the ladder as man conveniently could start
he did the best he could he applied for and job anor
shut he managed o much.
position and to the acquiring Of habits and other things that would
ultimately aid him. that long the chief himself had had his
After thus serving his @ he was at pit" on the
necessary accessoes was hike
and stop the evdoe their and varied forms of crime
His first beat residence section "A place where
could because that would be scared
away by its shadow the Lieutenant assigning him said
around n s so w ut aer Blunt en u ep%o
knowing there was new man, raw man, on the beat
s Blunt s d% o around i t those o with my fla o 0n but on
last landed the whole in Jail and inadvertently about $1,000 in
After that the other members the force and the criminals
cognizance hating
him little more than any other man on the force
ability or Brains rises above his fellows he becomes the immediate
target Of their heir attacks Blunt B, was Of that kind
detective.
felt that the top
pondingy happy and eed It did him his
nation He quiet reserved and loved his work well that
The crooks had in the meantime learning Of his around
conveyed him the fact that he much their that
OF his to another locality would greatly oblge them
willing furnish him transportation and few hundred dollars
that he might live like gentleman without boherng himself
working method of earning living for To
the proposition Blunt blunt He told them plainly and
elegantly that he would them floating the scarlet ether first
They learned much Of him and his habits how stragaced
he couldn't be bribed that his and
flat indicated what he and outward indications
enough few conversation would suffice place the
reading Of his physiognomy Alright
1t wasn't pride in his position it wasn't arrogance
the udts he had been receiving that made Blunt strong his
convictions and opinions.
s m and w4 for & @ s the @d
petty eaouies that he met in his position what had taught
him many things
He watched with eagle the smooth politician and the sleek
capitalist big but the less worth watching he thought and
he reasoned unwsey Ihe little thief the that
nabbed Wh Just because he certain and above
board He takes chance getaway But the with
and pull conca his wrongdong under the shadow of eg
business Ii will Of
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-19
FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLs.

The slump in special pigeon trade is
caused by the squad trust. Sorry to
see the boys done and the enthusiasm
dying down. Where are those trust
busters?
Since the turkey is dropping back
the goose is coming to the front. Many
families had goose this year for Christ
mas who voted the new dish the best
ever. May the tribe increase!
a pen of White Rocks was shipped
to Japan from Bloomsbury, Pa, in
January. The express was $50 The
Rocks are no fighters. Games are the
war birds. But perhaps they will
banquet Bob Evans.
When you receive big order, don't
get giddy. Wait till the stock is in
the hands of your customer and he
sends you a blarney stone letter with
the ''rocks" before you go and make a
marble statue of yourself in the news
paper
Some fellows are not steady enough
to run a decoy duck ranch. They
change breeds so often that the month
ly journal readers can't keep up to
their ads. They are like changeable
silk, only green is the most prominent
color. Presto, change!
In feeding if your hens do not run
for breakfast they are ov9fed or sick.
If they show no signs Of distress, look
at the dropping board. If eXcrement
has yellow tip, it is Indigestion. Put
pint of venetian red to two quarts
OF water for this trouble.
Do you buy rooster simply for his
pretty comb and tail? You may cut off
good ROSTERS comb and tail and still
have a good live rooster left. But If
you cut off poor ROSTERS comb and
tail you will be the only rooster left
unless you are a poultry woman.
The frosty walt poultry house has
been very numerous this winter.
Causes-mosture from fowl breath,
damp litter accumulated droppings,
ground floors, undried cement, absence
of ventllators and dead air space. All
can be remedied. For fowl breath use
the ventilator and cloves.
The annual garden digging is often
accompanied by the annual chicken
house cleanup. You can imagine the
ugly dreams of flock that must sleep
over a rotting mass of hen manure all
summer and a thawing or frozen cess.
pool all winter. The picture is sicken-
ing enough without making us feel
crawly by mentioning the myriad lice
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-19

sat DacK under me nve oaK plIvus, u..
happy. Suddenly Ivy realized b was
midafternoon and she had twelve miles
to ride back to the ranch. Tomorrow
there would be schoA and the old rou-
tine of duties. Today held sunshine,
laughter, joy; the next would be filed
with the daily grind and hard tasks.
Watching her from under the wide
rim of his hat, Warde Hughes saw the
weary expression begin to settle over
Ivy Norris face, and he understood.
Left an orphan after finishing school,
his loneliness had driven him west
Here temperate habits and sterling
principles had won him success. Now
u woman, loving the freedom Of hts
hills as he loved 1t, had entered his
life. Suddenly he beheld a vision-a
vision of liberty for both Immediate
ly he felt an intuition that the loneli-
ness OF both was at an end The new
life of sunshine, the sunshine Of a
wonderful love, was glowing for them.
He yearned to tell her, to lift the shad-
ows from the patient face, but the
moment of realization was too biissful
for speech.
Come" he said at last, springing
up to meet the new life and claim it
for them. Gently he took her hand
and lifted her to her feet Then, look
ing into her beautiful eyes, he said
eagerly, Little woman, 1 want you to
let me make every day Of your life a
Thanksgiving like today"
A soft flush stole into her face, but
she did not leave the strong arms
which held her.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-19
MAGIC MIRRORS.
Peculiar Effects In Some of the Pol
ished Bronze Refiectors.

ished Bronze Refiectors.
Now and then mirrors of curious
kind are seen in Europe. They are
called "maglc mirrors" and are of Jap
anese origin, made not of glass silver
ed, but of cast bronze, polished on the
face and bearing on the back raised
patterns, inscriptions, symbollcal de-
signs, crests or pictures. When ex-
posed to n bright beam of light from
the sun or from an electric lamp they
reflect in the light from their polished
face the image of the pattern on their
backs.
This is purely optical property and
has of course nothing in common with
the fortune telling magic crystals of
the astrologer or the alleged magic
mirrors of necromancy, yet it long puz-
Zled the scientific optician and even
now is little known or believed. The
researches of various scientific men
have esta ablished the fact that the phe-
nomenon Is due to very minute differ
ences of curvature in the polished face,
differences so minute that they do not
affect the ordinary use of the mirror
as a looking glass and that can be de.
tected only by delicate optical tests.
The only remaining mystery has
been as to how these delicate differ
ences of curvature We're produced in
exact correspondence to the pattern on
the back. The makers themselves are
often in ignorance of the magic prop
erty and do not know which of their
mirrors possess it and which do not.
The mirrors are cast in molds and aft
erward polished by hand, and it is
held by scientific men that the differ
ence of curvature Is caused by the met
ais yielding unequally under that pres
sure of the tools used In scraping and
polishing, the thin parts naturally
bending more than the thick. This ac-
counts for the mirrors becoming
magic.-Chicago News.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-19

THE CHESTER WHITES OF PoULTRYDoM.
shovels there is something doing, and,
though a duckling grows to six pounds
in ten weeks, at the present price of
wheat, corn and meat scrap he looks
smaller than hog flea.
AS the Chester Whites are the most
popular of hogdom, so the Pellins are
the Chester Whites of duckdom. This
species was brought from China in
1874 and has been much improved, es-
pecially in appetite. Think of over
100000 green or young Pekins raised
in New York and Pennsylvania in
1907 and sold for - to 40 cents a
pound!
Forty dollars a hundred for Pekin
pork! The biped hog has licked the
quadruped pig. Do you raise ducks?
Congratulations
For fine Pekins breed to this de-
scription:
Creamy white; long well formed head;
leaden blue eyes; medium sized orange
scoop shovel; longer neck in drake and
stiff curled tail feathers; back long
broad, with concave sweep to upturned
tail; round, full, prominent breast
short wings; body long, deep keel
thighs short; short and reddish orange
shanks; toes short and connected by
web; brakes eight pounds ducks sew
en- pounds, young stock one pound
less. But these are not the only biped
swine
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-19
No. No NSps>yAA,
Miss Willard and "lvanhoe."

When Frances Willard reached her
eighteenth birthday she celebrated her
majority by beginning Scott's Ivan
hoe" book which her father had for.
hidden, as he disapproved of novels.
In answer to his stern remonstrance
she told him that up to that day she
had obeyed him in the matter, but
now" she continued, II am eighteen.
l am of age. 1 am now to do what l
think is right, and to read this fine his
torical story is, in my opinion, a right
thing for me to do" Her father was
taken aback, but he saw the funny
side Of the matter and, remarking that
she was "a chip of the old block"
made no further effort to keep her
from reading good stories
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-19

aucK pIarneying, waddle ranclers
would call their Pekin, Aylesbury,
Rouen, Call. East India, Crested, Mus
eovy, India Runner and Blue Swedish
ducks 1.-The hogs of poultrydom."
A drop in admiration followed a rise
in feed prices, and q full in duck prof
its caused a rise in indignation.
Nearly u million ducks a year in New
York and Pennsylvania!
When those myriad fiappers swing
into the feed trough with their scoop
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-19
THE ODOR OF SANCITY.
A French Writer'S Theory of How 1t
May Be Exuded by Man.


May Be Exuded by Man.
Dr. Georges Dumas is the author of
an article in the Revue de Paris on
1.-The Odor of Sanctity." The writer
accepts as true the numerous reported
Instances of saints and mystics of the
Catholic church whose bodies after
death or during moments of ecstasy
emitted peculiarly pleasing odors of
various kinds. Then men and women
with whom such legends deal, argues
DR.. Dumas, wc.u neuraSthenes. and 1t
Is not impossible that the aroma of
sanctity which surrounded there was
the product of strictly physiological
and chemical changes comn4n TO all
men. but present in highly intensified
form in subjects who, so to speak,
burned up the candle of their existence
Mt an unusually rapid rate. He says in
part:
$50 far, then, we have come across
great variety Of perfumes-cinnamon,
Glove, orange pineapple. rose, violet,
lily of the valley, yellow amber and
benzoin. Now, the natural constitu-
ton of all of these is well known, and
chemistry produces them daily for COM
mercial purposes. We may therefore
substitute the equivalent chemical ex-
pressions for the ordinary terms we
have employed and say that orange,
cinnamon, violet and musk owe their
perfume to aldehydes and acetones,
aromatic liquids derived from the alco-
hols, just as the artificial essence of
pineapple comes from butyric ether.
We have, then, to ask whether the hu-
man body can produce odorous COM
pounds of the kind we have mentioned
and under what conditions. AS a mat
ter of fact, it does produce a certain
number of such compounds in the de-
struction of organic matter, which is
the constant condition Of life, in par
ticular acetoneS and the volatile fatty
acids, butyric. formic, acetic, etc. If
the process of combustion is normal all
these constituents are burned up, COM
pletely oXidized, and give as a residue
water. carbonlc acid and urea. But let
some slackening occur in the inmost
nutrition of the tissues and the same
constituents will escape through the
breath. perspiration and the skin"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-19
The Whale.

The order cetacea, to which the
whale belongs, is higher up In the an
imal scale than the fish proper, its
members being mammals, breathing
through lungs and bringing forth liv-
ing young, which for a time they
suckle. The immediate ancestor of
the whale evidently spent part of Its
time on the land, having limbs where
now are found the whales paddles.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-19
Qualified,

"This," said the able manager, ais a
difficult part to play. The character
doesn't have to speak a word during
the performance, and yet he is on the
stage the greater part of the time. Do
you think you can do it?"
81 should think I canw exclaimed
the actor. 'Tm well qualified for the
part. I've been married for twenty
years and haven't had chance to say
a word yet"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-19
Must Have Been a Hard Talk.

A theological student was sent one
Sunday to supply vacant pulpit in a
Connecticut valley town. A few days
after he received copy of the weekly
PAPER of that place with the following
item marked: REV. of the senior
class at Yale seminary supplied the
pulpit at the Congregational church
last Sunday, and the church will now
be closed three weeks for repairs"-
Argonant
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-19
DIR.

To balance due from Treasurer at last
settlement. ................ $40 49
To balance due from f.. G.. lWertman
at last settlement on duplicate for
the year i9j5.... ........i............ 1872
To balance due from f. w. Peters mt
last settlement on duplicate for
the year 1905. ......................... 939l
To balance due from Chas. Uttermil-
Ter at last settlement on duplicate
for the 1906. .......................... 81 IS
To balance due from j. r. Bare at last
settlement on dupicete for the
year 1906. ........................... s3l 50
To amount of duplicate issued ]. Z.
Bare for the Borough of Danville
for the year 1907 07......,.............. 6S66 81
Amount ofduplicate issued Chas Ut
tcrmiller for the township of Ma
honng for the year 1851. ............. 500 So
To cash received from return taxi. Ii Is
To cash received from Mary Cromwell. 81 c3
To cash received from Comley loung % co
To cash received from other districts. lsS 3j
To cash received from j. p. Bare TO
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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-19

BY whole amount of orders paid by the
Treasurer during the year l9O7..... 1896 Is
Bal due Directors at present settlement S992 81
Directors Of Dan0jlle and Mahoajag
Poor District IN account aoith the
District
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-19
To balance due Directors Mt last settle

To balance due Directors Mt last settle
ment..................... $40 %
To cash received from return taxes. 16 4S
To cash received from NJ. Cromwell 6iS3
To cash receivec from Comley Young. % 90
To cash from otner distl lets. ..-......... 1ss SO
To cash received from j. L Bare, Hahn
Estate. Observation-Disclosures. eco
To cash received from Gregory dowery 1i0J
To cash received from farm. .......... 5S32l
duplicate for 1905 eO5..................... 57CO 90
To cssh received from j. Z. Bare on
duplicate for 1906. Observation-Disclosures. I56 Is
To cash received from j. T.. Bare ON
duplicate for 1907. ................ 81 90
To cash received fro n Chas Uttermil-
Ter on duplicate for 1906. ............ 4O21
To cash received from Chas. Uttermil-
Ter ON duplicate for l907............ 665 10
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-19
$1,000 30
OR.

BY commission allowed E.W. Peters on
on duplicate for the year lg05....... 40
BY commission allowed j. Z. Bare on
duplicate for the year 1906. .......... so 10
BY ENOneratious allowed j. z. Bare on
duplicate for the year 1906. ........ 81 So
BY amount Returned of ]. =. Bare ON
on duplicate for the year l9On....... 760
by abatement allowed j. +. Bare of
for year 1867 7...................... 96s 81
By commission allowed j. +. Bare
of2 per cent on 5lO2 "a on duplicate
for the year 1907 ............. .....t 1O2 u
BY commission allowed j. l.. Bare of
) per cent on 73b 81 on duplicate for
year 1907. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 80 81
- duplicate for The year I907.......... 795
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 75l 81
BY commission allowed Chas Utter
miller of per cent on IL 81 on dup
licate for the year 1906 .....-......... I'll
BY amount return by Chas. Uttermii
Ter on duplicate for year lg06....... 200
BY eNOneratiOn allowed Chas. Utter
miller ON duplicate for yel 1906. 0U
by abatement allowed ChaS Uttermil-
Ter on i9l 70 on duplicate for the
year O7.......................... 81 80
BY commission allowed Chas Utter
miller on i6I Il for the year 1907. Ii O2
BY commission allowed ChaS Utter
miller on 223 Is for the year 1907. IL -
BY balance due from Chas Uttermil-
Ter on duplicate for l9Oi............ - TO
BY generations allowed q. Vert
man for the year 1905. ............... 1872
year l9J7 7........................ ..... 1896 Is
by balance due Directors at present
settlement. ............................ a92 Of
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-19

There re the Chester White, Berk-
shire, Duroc-Jersey, Poland-China, ra-
norback and the END seat hogs" but
we never dreamed those money king.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-19
For Mainteaaace Of Poor House
Farm.
p. NJ. KERNS,
THEO. HOFFMAN
II. WIREMAN.

We, the Auditors of the Borough of Dauville
and Township of Mahoning have examined
the above accounts and find them correct
NJ. Z. SCOTT,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-19
THE sTEALER STOLE.

A chicken thief stole to a. roost
To steal a juicy hen.
A bulldog. with steely gaze,
Stole round the pen just then.
The thief who stole to steal the hen
Was stole in jaws of steel.
The steel 1t stole into his leg
And stole his pants, oh, then!
Moral -ssThou shalt not steal 80 NJ Z
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-19
ANNUAL STATEMENT
OF THE
DIRECTORS OF THE POOR
Danville and Mahoning Poor Dis
trict for the Year Ending
Jan.I, 100.

j. p. BARE, Treasurer.
n account with the Directors of the Dan
willie and Mahoning Poor District.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-19
THE HOGS OF PouLTRYpoM.

Moral.-"Thou shalt not steal."-c. M. b
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-24
SCOTLAND Personal

for DEBORAH, Iowa, to visit her mother
for u week or two.
l.. Il. Smith went to Marshall yes
terday to be gone Il few days on bust
ness.
j. w. True is home from u trip
of two weeks in the northern part Of
the state.
Manager Charles Criebel of the Man
kato Theatre is laid up with the grip.
ID. w. Radical of Lake Crystal was
in Mankato today.
DR.. H. H.. Herring of Lake Crystal,
who has been i'll with the grip for
some time, is recovering and will oon
;;.be able to attend to his practice.
! Ray Otis, a student at the NJ. C.. c.,
who has been confined to his room for
several days on account of illness, is
Igetting along nicely.
Mrs. G.. w. Eichstaedt is very i'll
at her home, ALP West Front street,
with an attack of the grip.
Miss Katherine Roway returned
home today from st. Paul where she
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. I.
G. Ritter.
S. NJ. Grover of Sterling Center
spent a few hours in the city yester-
day.
Ellie Bolinger of Benson, Mimi, Il
former resident of Beauford and Ster-
ling, was in the city Wednesday.
Mrs. George Ward of Quill Lake,
Canada, was a guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Ellis yesterday. She expects
to leave for her home in Canada next
week.
Miss Tena Larson, who has been
visiting at the home of Mabel Filing
son, for the past week, has departed
for her home at Ncsta, Mimi.
Charles Thompson of Amboy was
in the city today, and stated that
the grip has a firm hold on the village.
Thirty pupils were out of school one
day on account of it. He also re-
port Messrs. Scranlin and Day as still
very sick.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-24
Jan. Il. "A. 81.
ORDER o HEARING PROOF or
WILL.
STATE OF MINNESOTA. County of

STATE OF MINNESOTA. County of
Blue Earth.-ss. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Ida
l.. Dice. Deceased.
Whereas, Al instrument in writing.
purporting to be the last will and tes-
of said County, has been delivered to
this Court.
And Whereas. Fred L. lHoyt. has filed
Herewith his petition. representing
among other things. that said Ida l..
Dice, died in said county. III the 10th
said petitioner is the executor named
in said last will and testament. and
praying that the said instrument may
be admitted to probate. and that letters
testamentary be issued thereon to him
self.
instrument and the said petition be
heard before this Court. at the Probate
Office in the City of Mankato in said
County. on Saturday the Sth day of
February, a. D. 1908. at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon, when all persons interested
may appear for or contest the probate
of said instrument.
And it is Further Ordered. That no
tice of the time and place of said hear
ing be given to all persons interested,
by publishing this order once in each
week for three successive weeks prior
to said day of hearing, in the Mankato
Free Press a weekly newspaper printed
and published at Mankato in said
County.
Dated at Mankato the nth day of
January, a. D.. 1908.
BY the Court,
VIM f. HUGHES.
Judge of Probate.
probate Court Seal.)
w. J.. Comstock, Attorney.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-24
MRS. HATTIE CR0CKET DEAD
Passes Away st Austin, Sister Of Mrs.
Babcock Of Mankato.
From TUESDAYS Daily.

Austin Register: 1t is sure that
life upon this earth is an uncertainty
and that those who are well and
happy today, may tomorrow lie slum-
bering in that eternal sleep which
knoweth no awakening. Such is dem
onstrated each day through life. To-
day we chronicle the death of Mrs.
Hattie Crockett, a lady reared in this
city and well known and beloved by
all, and in her departing this life, it
is with sadness for al entire COM
munity, as she was known only to
be loved and respected by all.
For seven months she has been
battling with Bright's disease, which
at last took complete control and re-
suited in death, she being called from
her loved ones to that home above
this morning. Mrs. Crockett was born
in Owatonna, in 1866, and lived there
with her parents for three years.
when she came to Austin and since
that time this city has always been
her home. She was united in mar
rage to Mr.. Wendall Crockett on
Dec. 30, 1896.
She leaves her father and mother.
one brother, Roy Pierce of Austin.
and four sisters, Mrs. G. +. Fens.
berger of Stockton. CAL; Mrs. Carrie
Russell of this city, Miss Agnes
Pierce of st. Paul. Mrs. F. L. Bah
cock of Mankato.
While the deceased was not "a mem
Der of any church or society, she was
a IN of true and lovable dispo'
sition. Had a devotion for her fam
lily and loved ones which was pure
and noble in every detail. She viii
be missed in the home and every
where her presence was made mani
fest. To know her was to love ant
respect her is the saying of all. As
one said today, Hattie was always
good and loving woman and we'll al
miss her SO much"
The funeral will be held Tuesday
at 2:3O o'clock from the Congrega
tional church. Rev. Knopf officiating
Interment will be made in lakewood
cemetery.