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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24

sic. Some of the children carry stick.
of wood as big as themselves; other-
hold only fat potato in their chubb!
fingers. Here and there boy bears
aloft live chicken. cackling and Strug
Cling. At the rear of the walkers fol
lows line of wagons laden with eood
things donated by the merchants and
other well to do citizens. Suppose il
rains? Well. that doesn't matter The
children march, rain or shine. Sants
Claus is not deferred by inclemeni
weather-not in Grass Valley
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
Autobiography Of
AChristmas Gift

l am Christmas gift. In fact. |
have always been one. My age is now
nineteen, though | may look older.
was made by the dainty hands of Miss
Susanna Skies. who at that time was
just the age | am now. Guess her age
at present? She is still Miss Susanna,
and she still owns me
oh, yes, Miss Susanna gave me away
Perhaps | should explain that | am
twins, being pair of knit slippers
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
Different In Books,

In the books this is the way they
say It:
Outside the wind moaned unceaslng-
ly, its voice now that of a child which
sobs with itself in the night now that
of a woman who suffers her great pain
alone, as women have suffered since
life began, as women must suffer till
life wears to its weary end. And min
gled with the wailing of wind rain fell
fell heavily, intermittently, like tears
wrung from souls of strong men"
Outside the books we say:
''It's raining "-Atchison Globe.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
Mexico S Christmas Eve

Christmas in Mexico lasts for nine
days. endin" with Christmas eve.
They are described as the nine days
wanderings." being symbolical of the
wanderings of the Virgin Mary and
Joseph in search of shelter prior TO
the birth Of Jesus.
one custom is To have nine families
of friends OF relatives take part in this
quaint observation. Each family en-
tertains in turn for one evening all
the others. Both adults and children
participate in the wandcriugS Arriv-
ing at house, they apply at the door
Of each room for shelter. which is re
fused by those within. Finally all are
admitted to the largest room. whore
refreshments If cold meats. cakes and
wine are served. In many Instances
the children are CARRIED in fanciful
costumes.
The last night of the waudcriugs,
Christmas owe. means to Mexican chill
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
Her Assistant.

The authoress of whom Fliegende
Blatter tells had said that she was
very happy In her married life.
II find my husband such help
she added fervently.
Indeed" said her friend. Does he
cook or writer
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24

Minnie also SHE'D utensils,
Using them for punctuation;
Hurled plate with such precision
That it spoiled his face forever;
Slammed a stove lid on his stomach,
Pot of beans against his bosom;
Hit him with the mashed potatoes
And fricassee of chicken.
all the time the guests were lodging
Round the tables in the grill room
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24

Thus equipped to make conquest,
He threw googoo eyes at Minnie
Threw them hard and threw them often
Until finally she wilted,
Then he took her, unresisting
In his arms and hugged and kissed her.
He was hers and she was his'n
For week or ten days, maybe,
Until he had met another
Out upon the public highway
Met gazelle with light step
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
The Poor MiIkman Auain.

The millman was boiling over with
indignation.
And you mean to say my milk don't
look right?' he snapped. "Why, lady,
thls can of milk is picturer
An, yes" laughed the keen house
wife: "a fine water color" r."-Exchange.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
They Were Not ENCOURAGED.

4 don't see Why that young man
doesn't propose"
Il think. pa, that the chances OF his
doing it would be fully as good If you
wouldn't leave your boxing gloves
around where he can see them."-Bo
hemian Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24

And smile that put him bughouse.
She was working in chop joint
Farther down toward the river,
And his footsteps turned he often
Joyfully in that direction.
Just as soon as work was over
With the gazelle he would wander,
They were fairly glued together
As they walked and chinned each other
All unknown to Minnie Harhar,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
UNTIL fsE ktAD
EATEN uiQ0kJGla

Having greater liberty. greater self
reliance, better health. larger oppor-
tunities, the girl of the period. with all
her drawbacks. is Il finer and Il better
creature than either her mother or her
grandmother i O'Connor in Lon
don NJ A. +.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24

Sure, she could have bawled him out then,
And the gazelle would have shared it,
But would that have helped to get her
Any of the seven-ffty
She'd invested in his raiment7
Minnie Harhar pondered deeply,
Made a sneak and held her temper.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
Thouqht of Him.

Papa-Are you sure that you and
mamma thought of me while you Were
away? Grace-Yes; we heard man
kicking up Il great row about his
breakfast at the hotel, and mamma
said. That's Just like papa"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24

Miss Susanna, it
was understood.
had benevolent
designs upon the
young pastor of
her church, so
she knit me and
sent me to the
reverend youth.
n e xt Christ
mas the preach
er. who had re
ceivcd five other
pairs. sent me
TO his : 5 ter.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
Almost Qualified.

Help your scoffed the irate house.
wife. We'll, I guess not only as,
Bist invalids."
well, num-" responded Beefsteak
Ben as he tried to remove the bulldog
from his shins, "Pll be an invalid IL
stay here much longer"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24

All that she could lay her hands on.
Nothing else was there remaining
But pie; twas made of oustard
This she seized without tremor.
With cry she sent it hurtling
Through the air, and safe it landed
On the visage of the piker.
With his face all plastered over,
Surely he was out of business
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
Ccmrre l1ensive.

Hubby il my bat on straight"
We'll. II your hat is your hair isn't,
and If your BAR is. then there's some
thing askew about your hat."-New
York Journal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
The Modern Husband.

Mrs. Knickcr-We are to have thou
sand foot skyscmper. Mrs. Bocker-I.
suppose that means that Henry will be
detained mt the office 800 feet later
Hurper'S Weekly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
Jaded.

The Lady-Littlc hoy, don't you know
smoking will shorten your life? The
Kid-Shucks, Wot do / care? I've.
seen everything dere is-Boston Tray.
eler
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24

One day Minnie Harhar saw them
Sauntering along together,
And the air was fairly reeking
With the sickness of love talk.
Minnie caught on very quickly,
Saw which way the wind was blowing
But refrained from taking action.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24

Put little more in than you tpke
out. and your purse Will soon fill
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24

Frugality is n fair fortune and habits
Of industry a good estate.-Franklin
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24

Or course everybody likes and re-
spects self made men. 1t is a great
deal better to be made in that way
than not to be made at all.-O. w.
Holmes
IT is the wise head that makas +h.
still tongue-Lucas.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24

Pans and plates were flying wildly,
Walls were spattered with their contents
While the boss had taken refuge
In corner, with a table
Upturned there to shield and hide him.
And the piker, he was hiking
Fast around the room and lodging,
But at every throw was getting
All that could be coming to him.
Everything was thrown by Minnie,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24

Until he had eaten through it.
Then outside the door he ambled-
Exit pie and farewell piker
In the art of roughhouse making
Minnie Harhar cleans the platter.
Trifing some with her affections
Is not now considered healthful.
And the piker who has tried iti
It is best that he be nameless.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24

Minnie Harhar saw the stranger;
Saw that he was weak and weary;
Took him in and filed him quickly
With the leavings from the tables.
1t was in the time of Christmas
Time of cheer and time of plenty.
Then she sought the boss and told him
Of the stranger in the kitchen-
Told him of the weary walking
All the way from Kansas City,
Where the stranger had been fred from
Just because he had got jagged and
Could not work at biscuit shooting.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
Minnie saw he was not coming
Through with any sum of money

Minnie saw he was. not coming
Through with any sum of money
In the use of the invective
Minnie Harlan was not souchy.
Into him she threw it swiftly,
Like the hot soup from the ladle.
In the choicest chophouse language
Minnie then addressed the piker-
SAID he was a chump and welsher,
Also cheap screw, phony, moocher:
Called him two spot, bloke and wuzzer,
Said he was a yap from Yapville
And a skate from down the river. r-------7-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24

Saying he must dig up quickly
Or she'd put him out of business.
Waiting then for half a minute
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-08-27
GrOund Wire Fences.

In the summer season many farmers
sustain considerable loss Of live stock
from lightning striking wire fences and
killing animals standing near. This loss
can be avoided If the fence is grounded
that Is, a connection made between
the wires and the damp soil beneath.
This can be done by stapling No. 8
wire along the post from top to bottom
and burying the end in the ground deep
enough to reach damp earth. These
ground wires should be fastened to
about every third post. When the light
ming strikes a fence thus fixed the cur
rent Is conducted into the ground in
tead Of being DETECTED into the body
'f some animal.
When storm comes up stock in a
field will naturally drift toward the
fence for protection, especially If there
are no trees in the field The barbs on
wires attract the lightning, which has
been known to travel several miles on
fence before it was discharged into
the ground. Lightning takes the path
Of least resistance, and If the body of
an animal Is standing near the fence
1t makes good conductor and the
charge Is detected, with the result Of
z dead horse or COW.
The cost and time needed to ground
wire fence Is small and need not en-
ter into the question, but when a valu-
able animal is killed, or maybe whole
herd, as has often happened, the cost
Is then very considerable While you
may never have had any losses Of this
kind, it will not pay to put this matter
off. for the next storm that comes Up
may be as disastrous to you as it has
been to some of your neighbors. Avoid
1t by grounding your wire fences In
time.-Goodall's Farmer.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-08-27

Mas atsaChusetts scientists nave evolvn(!
4 plan for the destruction OF the gypsy
and orown-tailed moths. They hav
locked with dismay on the raiugCs of
these moths III the foliage and have
planne0 what. in military science
would be fine bit of strategy. I'm
able by any direct assault to destroy
tl,c moths, the scientists have enlisted
t!.e at of an army Of moth pai asitcs.
little insects that taSten themselves OIL
the lhOths, feed upon and finally de
stroy them. Eight hundred thousand
of these parasites have been secured,
and at the right moment will be sat
upon the nemy. \ singular fact is that
the moths do not recognize the para
sites Dis enemies. but seem to find their
presence grateful. They give oS their
life to support the parasites, ard ul-
timately, fall victim to their own
generosity. How similar this relation
ship to that which TOO often obtains
among human beings. So striking
is that similarity and so many uuplcas-
ant things does it recall tat We almost
feel pity for the destructive moths and
resentment against the ungrateful para
sites whose services have been invoked
But look at the devastation wrought
by the moths gives poise and resolution.
and we welcome the scientists strategy
ana wish for it success.
But what of the parasites? What
mischief, If any, will they work in the
affairs of man when they have de
stroycd his enemies, the moths? Will
it be necessary to employ another army
of insects to destroy them. and. If so,
how much progress will have been made
toward the conditions of healthful veg
etable growth ?-Columbus Dispatch.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-08-27
A Horses TOenails.

Few persons realize that horses
hoof is really the same thing as the toe
nails Of human beings or of animals
having toes. The horn of a hoof grows
just as toenail does.
The hoOf grows more rapidly In un
shod horses than in those wearing
shoes, and it grows faster In horses
which are well groomed and well fed.
But on an average, says the New York
Sun. the horn grows about third Of
an inch month.
Hind hOofs grow faster than fore
hoofs The toe of the hoof being the
longest part, it takes longer for the horn
to grow down there than at the heel.
For instance, the toe will grow entire
~ down in from eleven to thirteen
months, while the heel will grow down
In from three to five months.
As the new horn grows out any
cracks or defects in the old gradually
work down to where they can be cut
off lust as with human finger nails you
can watch the progress Of a bruise
from the root to the tip.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-08-27
Turning n Tight Screw.

Any one who has attempted to re-
move a very tight screw knows what
a very difficult business it is After
straining and twisting for a con-
siderable time the operator frequent
ly ends by losing his temper and de
stroying the bite Of the screw. which
remains fixed as tightly as ever. With
the aid Of pair Of pinchers, however,
the affair is quite simple one. Place
the screwdriver in position and then
catch hold Of the blade with the pinch
ers just above the head of the screw
Press the screwdriver firmly and at
the same time twist round the blade
with the pinchers The tightest screw
will yield Immediately to this sort Of
persuasion.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-08-27
Is Pe-ru-na Useful
for Catarrh?

Should a list Of tho ingredients OF Pc.
runa be submitted to any medical ex'
pert, of whatever school or nationality,
he would be obliged to admit without
reserve that the medicinal herbs com
posing Peruna are Of two kinds. First
standard and well-tried catarrh RENE
dies. Second, well-known and gener'
ally acknowledged tonic remedies
That in one or the other OF these uses
they have stood the test of many years
experience by physicians of different
schools. There can be no dispute about
this, whatever. Peruna is composed OF
some OF the most eflicacious and uni
ycrsally used herbal remedies for ca
tarrhal diseases, and forsuch conditions
of the human system as require tonic.
Each one of the principal ingredients
of Peruna has u reputation Of its own
in the cure of some phase Of catarrh OF
as n tonic medicine.
The fact is, chronic catarrh is dis
ease which is very prevalent. Many
thousand people know they have
chronic catarrh. They have visited doc
tors over and over again, and been tolo
that their case is one of chronic catarrh
1t may be of the nose, throat, lungs
stomach or some other internal organ
There is no doubt as to the nature OF
the disease. The only trouble is the
remedy. This doctor has tried to cure
them. That doctor has tried to pre-
scribe for them.
No other household remedy so uni
versally advertised carries upon the
label the principal active constituents,
showing that Peruna invites the full
inspection Of the critics.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-08-27

A farmer residing near Almira,
Washington, inquiries concerning the
milk weed pest which is infesting that
locality. Professor r. Kent Beattie,
of the department of botany, answered
as follows:
"The perennial milk weed, which l
believe you have, is very difficult to
destroy. The only principal upon
which you can work is to keep the tops
of it closely cut down, so that the plant
cannot make food, until you have
starved out the roots. This, Of course.
is difficult task, especially If they
cover large field. l would put the
patches into clean cultivation, either
as graden, or potato plots; then 1t
would pay you to work very hard to
eXterminate these weeds, for they are
difficult to kill once they take posses
sion of the land. From the Wash
ington State College, Pullman
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-08-27

The diagram shows sectional out
bottom and top finished, and portion
in the middle of the walls in course
Of construction. The bottom is shown
in position, but as matter of fact,
tom put in afterwards. A quantity Of
IA inch by & inch unplaned board,
sufficient to make large box of the
length and breadth the finished tank
required. The sides and ends Of this
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-08-27
The Invaluable Cuckoo,

The fact that there is national
danger In the disappearance of the
birds is coming to be more and more
widely recognized. \ writer in Subur-
ban Life tells of the work of the cuckoo
as an insect destroyer. TO watch
either the blaCk-billed or the yellow
billed cuckoo flourish his long bill dex-
trously among the fruit trees or bushes
affords much pleasure, as we know that
he is doing his best TO store away all
the insects he can find, either IN his
own little stomach or those of his
fiedglings. Twelve or more caterpillars
big fat ones-seem only light lunch
for him, and, when at least his appetite
is appeased, he will kill the destructive
Insects, apparently for the fun OF IL.
killing, tasting and indifferently throw
Ing them away without turning on his
perch"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-08-27
Trees nnd Lightning.

There is a popular belief that certain
trees are less likely than others to be
struck by lightning, ana that during
Il thunderstorm it is quite safe to stand
under Il beech. for example, while the
danger under a resinous tree or an oak
is, respectively, fifteen or twenty times
greater. This is disputed in a recent
writing by DR.. a. w. Bothwick in his
Notes of the Royal Botanical Garden
of Edinburgh" The doctor SAYS that
no tree IS immune, and the beech is
struck quite as frequently as any other
species. Apparently the taller trees in
a ncighbOrhood are the ones most like
ly to be struck. Contrary to what is
believed by some people the cells are
not "ruptured or torn by the formation
of steam, as might happen if the heat
ing by the electric current was very
great. The cells collapse and shrink
up, but are never torn" The root sys-
TEN does not seem to be ever damaged
bV lightning
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-08-27
Machine for shutting Cards.

A machine which automatically
shuffles pack of cards in an instant
with the cards concealed from sight
and which changes the position OF nine
out of every ten cards is the latest
mechanical device for cardplayers. 1T
not only protects the cards from injury
but gives an absolute square deal
shuttle. The machine weighs four
pounds and attaches in a moment TO any
table. 1t is about twelve inches high.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-08-27
4 Retort DisCOurteOus.

A young lady full Of good deeds no.
tlced the tongue of a horse bleeding
and with a use of technical terms too
little appreciated said to the cabby,
"Cabby, your horse has hemorrhage.'
Its is tongues too large for his
mouth" said the cabby and added SEN
tentiously Like some young ladies. =
London Globe
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-08-27

box are made as separate shutters, the
boards being nailed to cross-pieces of
; inches by ) inches batten. put about
four feet apart. The end shutters are
and two of the cross-pieces, in this
case, are fixed right at the cid of the
NO1rIS
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-08-27
GOOD Enough Tor MIN.

City Niece-Why, uncle, I'm surpris-
ed to see you wearing such a rusty
looking hat when you come to town.
Uncle Rcubcn--It's tn hat | alters
wear tew home.
City Niece--Yes, but that's different.
Everybody knows you there.
Uncle Reuben-Wall. nobody don't
kncvr me here, 50 | amt worryiD. b.
grass
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-08-27

The woman of the house eyed him sus
piciously.
you've been here before, haven't you"
she asked.
'Not lately, ma'am." answered Ware
ham Long. you prob'ly reco'nize me
clothes. This is an old suit O yer hus
bands you wuz kind enough to give mt
when wuz here two years ago"
Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup the best remedy to use foI their CHI ldr II
during the teething period.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-08-27
Icnther from Frog skins,

There is some leather made from frog
skins in this country, and American
novelties made of this leather include
pocketbooks, card cases and similar
things In France some chlldren's
shoes ore made of this leather.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-08-27

impurities in the blood which destroy the rich,
circulation and reduce weak fluid
The deprived noumnt and strength and
disorders that a and the general system
suffers consequence appetite fails digestion Weakened ls
ambition
Bo skin eupion and times and ulcers follow when the
to best fitted
this work perfect OF all blood purifiers and the time
ingoratng, hhu S. S. down into the circulation
every npurty and the blood the
Malaria thoroughly
1nanny from the blood the and poons which
while doing this and strengthens
system with information about Malaria and medical
adyc % all who
A0' THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA, GA.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-08-27


coming, let him hear 1t, let it pass him
slowly at the other side of the road
the effect is likely to be the same. He
SHES, he rears, breaks his harness and
throws the occupants. the carriage
and himself into the ditch. The horse
cannot see in front of him-only to the
right or left. 4 California man thinks
the safest plan is to let him see moth
ing at all. He suggests enclosing the
eyes in the novel bride blind shown
here, which he recently patented.
pair of blinds are attached to the bri-
de. Normally these blinds remain
open. When the driver sees an ap-
proaching automobile he pulls on a
strap which extends to the drivers
seat and the blinds are folded over the
horses eyes. completely Obscuring his
vision. The danger of the horse be-
coming frightened and running away
is thus reduced to minimum and the
occupants assured Of safety.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-08-27
What a Poultry Man Says About
2O-Mule Team Rorax.

AS am in the poultry business, ! had
ten white chicks to wash and prepare
for show. l used "20-Mule Team"
Soap for washing the birds, and | can
say from years of experience washing
white birds, never before have | found
soap or Borax that cleaned my birds
so fine and easy. | had great deal of
comment on my birds being so white
J. A. Dinwiddie, Newmarket, Tenn.
Local agents wanted. Write for money making plan
Her Idea.
"Stocks were all down a few points
to-day" remarked the broker.
"The idea" exclaimed his wife. ITS
wonder they didn't advertise it as
bargain day"-Catholic Standard and
Times.