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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
JOKE ON BRIDAL COUPLE.

Steamer Passengers Asked to Treat
Them Kindly "For Mothers Sake"
When Miss Adelaide Derringer and
William Wallace Gray of Baltimore
suddenly determined to wed and TO
travel in the south, the couple thought
they had fooled their friends, says a
special dispatch to the New York Her
aid.
When they boarded the steamer Itas-
ka the other night, they found posted
about the ship and in the hands of all
the passengers and officers this type
written notice:
"Mr and Mrs. William Wallace Gray
being on their honeymoon, having been
married today at o'clock at the MARI
borough apartment house, are natural
ly a little bashful as well as nervous.
1t would therefore be considered
kindness by her mother and his moth
er If their fellow passengers would
show consideration for their welfare.
You may feel safe that any attention
shown them will be well received.
1.-THE newly married couple occupy
stateroom No. IS He is about FIVE feet
ten inches in height, weighs about 1S5
pounds and has fairly light hair. She
is about five feet five inches in height,
weighs about 40 pounds and has dark
hair. In conclusion, would ask You
please to be kind TO them, as they
have never been out of this city QBai-
timorel before"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27

holds 1t to the bunch, slips into the
oviduct 60 and, with the germ for
company, begins its journey to the
cloaca (6), the terminal
This is a birds egg view: From to
4 the egg gets the albumen or white;
from 4 to 3. the soft skin; from 5 to 6,
the hard shell. Sometimes two and
even three yollks enter the oviduct at
once; hence the double or triple yolk
egg. Little yolkless eggs are a sign of
diseased or exhausted ovaries.
That blood clot in the egg is not
germ, but drop of blood from a hem
orrhage in the ovidGyt Disease of pas
sage from to 3 means eggs without
the skin; rom to 6, no hard shell.
TIE yolk alone means disease of the
entire oviduct, probably gangrene
Lazy breeds, like the Cochin. tint
their eggs with chocolate. Birds like
the Leghorns are too busy laying to
bother with frills and just manufac-
ture the pure white article. Half
breeds and mongrels lay them splash
ed or speckled, lopslded or goose
necked.
We are told that Philadelphia and
Boston phone for brown eggs, New
York scrambles for the pure white
globe. and Chicago takes it mixed. Is
this egg-otism or what?
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
SURGEONS CHARGES.
Method by Which, II Is Said, the Fees
Are Regulated.


Frequently laymen who have had oc
casion to settle the bills of surgeons
upon whom they have called in ex.
tremities to use the knife are heard
TO complain against what they call
"the eXorbitant charges of surgeons"
A skilled surgeon may charge $3.50
for simple appendicitis operation
The patient, who never thinks of COM
planning until he is convalescent, OBJ
jects oftentimes to paying the bill
He says, 1T is outrageous for q sur.
geon to charge $3.50 for half an hours
work"
The question of surgeons fees often
puzzles patient He knows of one
man upon whom a surgeon Of wide
reputation has operated and charged
only $75. He may know of another
who has paid $1,000 for the same op
Grafton. He cannot figure 1t out.
Yet surgeons of known ability and
national perhaps international, fame
have a general plan in charging for
operations. Their prices range from
without any question of willingness or
ability to pay in any case where the
situation is imperative. Afterward
they will present the bill. The general
public does not understand how a sur
geon will charge one man $50, another
$3.50 and another 5000.
Surgeons have a fixed price scheme,
They aim to charge the patient about
one months income They figure that
any person who is in such bad condi-
ton as to be forced to submit to
surgical operation surely can afford to
give one months income. They ascer.
tain roughly what a man makes per
month and send In bill for that
amount. The man whose income is
but $50 month pays $50 The man
who gets $1,000 is asked to pay $1,000
and generally objects, even though
he should know that his life is worth
as much proportionately as that Of his
poorer feliow.-Chtcago Tribune.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
Qe.Mo.sur~vuk
q
Cowper's Homo a~Museur.

The home for many years of the poet
Cowper at Olney, Bucks. in England,
has recently undergone thorough
renovation, conducted on reverent
lines, at the hands of the trustees in
whom 1t is vested as a museum, says
the Pail Mall Gazette. Previously only
a part of the building was used, but
now all the rooms are reserved for the
exhibition of the many interesting rel
les Of the poet that have been pre-
sented. The museum is especially rich
In manuscripts, early editions of the
poems and the personal possessions of
Cowper. The exterior of the house has
also engaged attention, and now as
the result Of a careful study of old
prints restoration to the appearance
presented in the days of Cowper has
been effected
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
FEATHERS AND EeesHELLs.

A gold miner in the Yukon has sue
ceeded in Matching chicks with a tallow
candle. They will surely lay golden
eggs.
This has been the greatest show year
In the history Of poultrydom. The
birds were better, the attendance was
larger, the prizes were more valuable
and the exhibits were more extensive
and better handled. Congratulations
all around.
The poultry journal with 10000 cir
culation is no rare bird, We devour
sixteen a month, and they're all tender.
fat and juicy. Are we tired of poultry :?
Not the way they serve 1t up. Their
chefs knocked out the Waldorf-Astoria
and Bellevue-Stratford long ago.
It's one thing to call the American
farmer bavsaed and show the Goods
These little hen pen scratcners VINO are
singing ink at the farmer for not be-
ing up on hen science remind us of the
elephant and the gnat. BEG your par
don," said the gnat. "If it's any incon-
venience to have me roost on your ear
I'll desist" ooh, never mind" replied
the elephant II didn't know you were
there till you spoke"
Many poultry associations are made
up largely of women. Some of these
have got inventions on scientific poul-
try appliances. Others hold positions on
journal STATS and have books on the
market. The women in oil sections are
experts In raising turkeys. ducks and
chickens. One thing the male per-
suasion excels them in-that is. shell
game tactics in trade and taking for
shows. Be honest once, gentlemen,
and own up that you lie. But, with all
our imperfections, we love them when
they're still.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
NATURES EGG FORCE.

Exercise on the scratching floor
brings eggs.
Straw litter two feet deep for adult
fowls, less for young stock, makes a
good playground. If moved too easily,
run in a few cornstalks and place
them around the water vessel to keep
away the straw.
Now open the windows; throw In
the grain; see the fun. 1t beats bar
gain counter cackle, gridiron scrapping
or Wall street scrambles and cakewalll
stunts. 1t warns up the Biddies and
gives them good digestion in the win
ter and saves the flock from cholera
er climates. Scratch that down.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
CEMETERY FOR DOGS.
Massachusetts, Woman to Establish
institution Like One In Paris.

measurements woman TO EStaDllSn
Institution Like One In Paris.
Having received encouragement from
prominent persons in various sections
of the United States, Mrs. G. ii. Shap-
ley announces, according to a special
dispatch from Newton, Mass, to the
New York Herald, that she will estab-
lish ut Newtonville, Mass, cemetery
for dogs. Mrs. Shapley is widely
known as the owner OF Pinkie, the
smallest dog in the world, which died
some time ago. Ever since Mrs. Shap-
ley started the idea Of a burying
ground for dogs many prominent per-
sons have assured her of their help.
II have quite a private burying
ground of my own" said Mrs. Shap-
ley. "Slx of my dogs are buried in a
vacant lot behind my house. This lot
has some of the features of the Paris
burying ground that so Interested me.
1t slopes down to a small lake and
could easily be made just like the fa-
nous dog cemetery in Paris"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
Quariteh. the Bookseller.

There is a characteristic story told
of the bookseller Bernard Quaritch,
who, when he first went to England
from Germany, served In the establish
ment of Bohn. His employer was not
too well pleased when he discovered
that his CLERK had determined to set
up for himself. Its like your impu-
dence," said Bohn. "I'd have you
know that I'm the first bookseller in
England" Yes" said Quaritch, 'but
I'm going to be the first bookseller in
Europe'-and he certainly made good
that declaration
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
AN AUTOMATIC EGG FULLER.

Morning-Cracked corn.
Noon-Wheat. buckwheat. barley or oats
Night-Crumbly mash.
Morning-Crumbly mash.
Noon-Wheat. buckwheat, barley or oats
Night-Cracked corn.
Morning-Wheat, buckwheat, barley or
oats.
Noon-Crumbly mash.
Night-Cracked corn.
Cabbage, cut clover or alfalfa and
grit every day. Grain may be mixed
and always should be fed In litter.
Mash to be cleaned up in fifteen min
utes, except at night, when hens should
fill up.
Feed grain sparingly for breakfast,
more at noon and all they want at
night. Decide quantity by condition
of hens and fullness of crop Always
keep them hungry in the daytime.
Mash formula: Three parts bran, two
parts cornmeal, two parts wheat mid
dlings and 10 per cent beef scrap. No
scrap when feeding cut bone Feed
cut bone and cabbage sparingly at
first, later all they want. For grain
and mash hopper feeding use same
proportions and grains as here shown.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
THE ENCORE HABIT.
How Sims Reeves Turned the Tables
on One of His Admirers.

How Sims Reeves Turned the Tables
on One of His Admirers.
Sims Reeves, who in his day was ac-
cepted as the most celebrated tenor on
the concert stage, was so much of a
favorite that whenever he sang he was
usually greeted with q hearty encore,
accompanied with enthusiastic cheers.
Reeves was very good natured about
the matter, but he made it a rule never
to sing more than one selection when
he felt that his voice was not in first
class shape. He happened to notice
that an elderly man, who turned out
to be dealer In hats along the Strand,
London. attended nearly every concert
within convenient distance If Sims
Reeves happened to be on the bill and
generally led the encore brigade. This
halter was persistent person and Of
ten applauded until he had forced
Reeves to respond to double and triple
encores
Determined to teach the little halter
lesson. one afternoon just as dark
was approaching Reeves entered his
admirers store and said, "One hat,
please" naming the particular shape
which he desired. The little halter
didn't recognize the great tenor and
handed out one hat.
Good" said Reeves. "How much
is this hatP'
give shillings," said the store pro
prietor.
Encore" said Reeves.
A second hat was forthcoming, and
Reeves ultimately obtained three "en-
core" hats. When the little halter de-
manded fl sterling for the purchases
Reeves pretended to be furious.
"Send these four hats to this nd-
Dress" ordered the tenor in terrible
tone, "but only pay for ene hat. Do
you understand The three other hats
are encore hats. If you make me sing
songs for nothing you must send me
hats for nothing"
The little halter was speechless.-
Portland Oregonian.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27

Adam, but the winter layer is n MOD.
ern invention. You can breed winter
layers and perpetuate an egg strain II
you follow our plan. The hen is
ready.
HEN HISTORY.
To start line of heavy winter lay
ers we selected perfectly shaped S.
G. w. Leghorn hen. She was large,
of strong constitution, and her average
was over 200 eggs a year. This was
in the polar region of Pennsylvania,
where the water mains froze up and
the thermometer ranged from 25 to
33 degrees below zero for week
at O time. That winter the Clear
field county hens froze up, but ours
rolled out more eggs. their output
always increasing with the price.
Now, we looked around for a male to
match. He must be standard bred and
come from stock that would also lay
at the arctic circle. We found him up
near Canada in the largest and most
successful White Leghorn egg plant in
the United States. This is our line of
winter layers, and the beautiful hens
sprung from that pair are now work
ing overtime building our bank ac-
count.
The Matching season will soon be
here. Remember these simple points:
Breed from the best layers. If long
bred, buy a male of equal or better
strain. Do not mate northern and
southern stock for winter eggs. The
second year mate the cock with his
daughters and the cockerels with the
hens. Do not hatch chicks before the
first week in April. as they will molt
in the fall and be done for winter lay
ing.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
A WITTY JUDGE.
His Conclusions on the Evidence os
Ditto and True


Ditto and True.
The late Hon. Noah Davis, well
known throughout the country as the
Judge who. tried and sentenced Boss
Tweed, was justly celebrated In many
ways. He was Of that type Of jurist
for which western New York was
famed during the half century follow
ing 1850. Orleans county is proud OF
him as one of her noblest and most dis.
tinguished sons. He was slightly
above medium height, full habited.
large head. fine, clean cut face-indeed.
a striking figure In any community. He
was a well read lawyer, an honest,
fair minded judge with a keen sense
Of humor and withal something OF q
writer and poet. The following lines
from his pen, written on the spur of
the moment and In the midst of trial.
illustrate the alertness and quality of
his mind. They are perhaps the best
play upon words of which we have any
record In the English language.
1t was at the Niagara circuit in the
early seventies. Judge Davis presided.
An action in ejectment was called.
The dispute was over party wall oI
q division line. 1t was purely a ques-
ton for the civil engineer. The divi-
sion line established and the case was
won. The defendants attorney, realiz-
ing this, called as expert witnesses the
Hon. John A. Ditto, city engineer of
Buffalo, and the Hon. A. Il. True, the
engineer who constructed the canta.
lever bridge over Niagara river at the
falls. They We're two of the most emf
nent civil engineers in the state. They
made a survey of the premises and es-
tablished the division line as coutended
for by the defendant and when called
to the witness stand so testified, giving
monuments. courses and distances with
such minute eXactness that they could
not be successfully controverted. The
moment True, who followed Ditto as a
witness, left the stand, Judge Davis
wrote these lines and passed them to
the clerk to hand to plaintiffs counsel:
Since True swears ditto to Ditto.
And Ditto swears ditto to True,
II True be true and Ditto be ditto,
I think they're too many for you.
Daniel II. Mcmillan in Buffalo Truth.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27

A burglar who entered the home OF
Mrs. Mary McDade in Pittsburg the
other morning had gathered together
sllverware and jewelry and was about
TO depart when he saw a photograph
of Miss Margaret McDade, the eighteen
year-old daughter of Mrs. McDade,
says a Pittsburg special dispatch to
the New York Times The picture
showed Miss McDade in q bathing cos
tune. 1t appealed to him more than
did the gold, SO he took the picture
and left everything else behind He
also left a note, In which he said:
Dear Miss-I bad intended to carry OF
all this junk that 1 have gathered to-
gether until I discovered this picture.
What Is mere gold compared with such a
face and such a figurs2 Keep your gold
1 want none of It But l must keep this
picture, and II viii be more to me than
ell the gold in the universe.
Mrs. McDade turned the note over to
the police, but they are not making a
great effort to locate the burglar.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
Plan to Buy Piano For a School.


The children of the public schools at
Swedesboro. y. j., are having the time
of their lives, says n special dispatch
to the St Louis Republic. All day
they can sit in school and chew gum or
eat candy. and when their supply runs
out they can go to their teacher and
buy more, for every teacher now runs
confectionery store and sells the
children all the candy they wish to
buy The profit is to be used to
purchase piano for the S3Sooo school
house now in the course of erection.
OF course the rule forbidding children
eating In school hours has not been re-
voked, but under the present circum-
stances It IS but natural that the teach
ers cannot always see when the rule
is being broken.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
THE EGG FACTORY.

Some believe the egg originates in
the gizzard, rolls down the intestinal
trolley, pops out the subway at the
terminal and the hen rings up. Built
on the accumulative policy plan, If this
theory were true, the egg should be
three times its present size, as the in
testine is seven feet long, while the
egg canal is but two.
Hear the true story:
The egg begins in two cluster-like
ovaries Q). When fully developed, the
yolk breaks from the ovisac (2), which
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
The SHIPS OF TYRE.
Types Of These Vessels still In Use In
tho Far East.

Types of These Vessels Still In Use In
the Far East.
Away back, even when Solomon was
king In Israel, the ships of Tyre,
manned by brave Phoenician sailors,
where the Suez channel is now and
navigated from China clear around to
England
Their ships were the models for
Greece and Rome and later for Venice,
the Spaniards and the Portuguese
Only the Englishman improved on
shipbuilding. and from him all mod
ern models have dated.
In the old Trye models the waist of
the ship was low, so the oars could
get good play on the surface of the
ocean, and the sterns were lofty, so as
to give room for slowing cargoes and
to provide dry quarters for the upper
mariners.
As wind power came into use the
waist grew higher and the poop deck
disappeared. Step by step from galley
to caravel, from caravel to frigate, the
British shipwrights improved on the
ships of Tyre.
But in the far east the models have
remained much the same, and the ship
makers of Persia and India have stuck
to the old "grian models to the pres
ent day.
Today their high square sterns re-
call the ships of Columbus. The mar
iners still have to get out of sight of
land and teer by stars and the feel of
the wind on cloudy nights. They sal.
around Trinidad and carry pilgrims to
Mecca.
These vessels, on which the queen of
Sheba might have travelled to visit
Solomon, are used by native Hindoos,
Arabs and by the peoples of Indo-
China.
On board the captain. his men, the
eargoes, pilgrims and sleep, asses and
other live stock live in a proximity
that would stir an Americans stomach
to immediate rebellion. - Nashville
American.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
Unseen Hostesss.

A modern hostess may spend the
morning in her bedroom or boudoir.
the afternoon lying down or writing
letters, so long as she appears well
dressed and in good form for dinner,
and not a single guest will miss her If
there are congenial company and amuse-
ment to be had, both of which of
course she has to provide, as 1t were,
from the background. = London By
stander.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
DER LEETLE WALLER HEN.

lofes to hear mein Heinky sing,
Und Eames, Calve und Sembrich.
/ lofes to hear der moosic ring
OF Melba. Homer. Heinrich.
lofes der leetle Sherman bandit
Vat blays so offul goot.
Dey busts der buttons off der klose
To make dem brass horns toot.
But ven it cum to singin' fine
Der leetle yaller hen
Can always quickly dake der shine
Off of dem oprey men.
Und ven she lay der pig vtte egg
Och. mein, she sing so sweet
/ dinks she beat der oprey girl
Und bandit out on der street!
c. NJ. B.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
Canada's New Mint.

The new Canadian mint has been
opened at Ottawa. A refinery viii be
built within the mint within the next
to refine the gold and silver. The
mint turns out what is the first actual
Canadian coinage.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
Chance For Title Seekers.

The Chinese government is consider
ing the sale of honorary, titles, and 1t
is suggested, says the Peking CORE
spondent of the Shanghai Mercury,
that the title of marquis might be sold
for a million taels.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
pON'TS.

Don't get the fits and sell your breed
ers because they aren't showing out
eggs just now. They are just lying
back to make you happy when the big
hatch and sale rush are on.
Don't forget that New Years resolu-
ton to keep your poultry house more
tidy. Yes, it is hard to keep clean, but
visitors will have a better opinion of
you, and your hens will pay you back.
Don't print your Sunday schooI rec
ord on your business stationery. We
wouldn't trust such n man to take up
church collection with cop at his
elbow. Tell the exact truth in an egg.
shell.
Don't make yourself out q genius on
another fellows work. When you
hatch another mans eggs, don't change
the name until you make the stock
better. Better steal mans chickens
than his name.
Don't expect to build up a regular
trade in Matching eggs If you cheat. A
big mouth of a mad man stretches e
long way, and you'll find yourself ad-
vertised in an awful big space you
didn't contract for. Poor advertising
medium at a big price.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27

To balance due from Treasurer at last
settlement ................. $40 70
To balance due from f. G.. Wertman
at last settlement on duplicate for
the year l9O5.... Observation-Disclosures. 1872
To balance due from +. W. Peters at
last settlement on duplicate for
the year 1905. ..,....................... 1891
To balance due from Chas. Uttermil-
Ter at last settlement ON duplicate
Tor the 1916. ........................... 81 3S
To balance due from j. =. Bare at last
settlement on duplicete for the
year 1906. .......................... s3i 50
To amount of duplicate issued ]. +.
Bare for the Borough of Danville
for the year 1907 .....,............. 6s66 81
Amount of duplicate issued Chas Ut
termiller for the township of Ma
honing for the year lgU7. ............. 500 Sc
To cash received from return taxi. I6 IS
To cash received from Mary Cromwell. 81 -
To cash received from Comiey Young - 20
To cash received from other districts. lss 80
To cash received from j. p. Bare TO
go Hahn...........' ....''''.......,'., 900
To cash received from Gregory est. 400
To cash received from farm. ........... 5s3 2l
atnnun o.n
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27

To balance due Directors at last settle
ment..................... $40 20
To cash received from return taxes. l6 is
To cash received from NJ. Cromwell. CASH
To cash receivec from Comley Young. 25 90
To cash from other districts. 1ss 36
Estate. ..................'....... 600
To cash received from Gregory dowery 400
10 cash received from farm. .....,... $685.
duplicate for 1905 s......:...:........ 90 57cO 90
To cssh received from j. Il. Bare on
duplicate for 1906. .....'....... $50 Is
To cash received from J. p Bare ON
- duplicate for 1917. ...,.....::..,.,.. 500
To cash received fro n Chas UItermil-
Ter on duplicate for 1906. ............ 40 2l
To cash received from Chas Utterml-
Ter ON duplicate for 1907 7............ G65 10
4 S6Sg Og
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
New Adaee by John w. Gates.

"when the American people start in
to wear their old Clothes" says John
w. Gates. 'it does not take long to
bring business back to normal"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
OR.

By whole amount of orders paid by the
Treasurer during the year 1907. 1896 10
Bal due Directors at present settlement S992 9l
Directors Of DdaUdle and HdhonjRg
Poor District In account otth tie
District.
DR