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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
FEATHERS AND EeesHELLs.

When your feeding is bringing a rea-
sonable number of eggs. don't change
your methods because Sam Tryitall
has been around. If he was a leopard,
he could change his spots. Don't
trade a gold dollar for lead nickel
with a hole in it.
When your hen cackles, "go thou
and do likewise" but keep your head
level, Don't let an egg record or n
blue ribbon make you an egotist.
If you make good sale, cacllle but
don't think you are the only cockerel
on the perch. When you begin to be
stuck on yourself, feel the top of your
head, and you will surely find a soft
spot.
There is little difference between
a capable critic and a critical crank.
The one is thoroughbred brain and the
other mongrel monkey. This is not
contempt of court, but a judges IL
cense can't cover up fool.
When eggs are way up, hesitate to
drop a little for good, regular trade.
An extra egg when pullets are laying
will make up for size. A hog in the
hens nest is worse than a dog In the
manger.
A Buff Orpington hen sold in York,
Pa, for S400, and a poultryman at st.
Louis sacrificed n hen and rooster for
$500 while at the Crystal palace
show they dropped to $3.50 That's a
slow old price for chicken anyhow.
It's time to form hen trust.
There We're 5000 entries at James
town and 10000 at the Crystal palace,
London. The American Wyandottes
took most money at the English show,
and they didn't have to marry any old
English clucks to get It, Count"
that for our side.
It's an old joke. but it just leaked
The chicken paper reporters and the
regular press men sailed from Norfolk
to the jamestown grounds on opening
day to enjoy a banquet with President
Roosevelt and report his speech. They
were held out on the water for two
hours. and when they got to the hall
there wasn't five cent cigar in sight.
There was no red fire needed that
night. Biffl
The average length of an egg is
2.21 inches. the average diameter at
the broad end is 1.72 inches. and the
average weight is two ounces. When
rotten egg hits a politicians cheek,
neither can be measured.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
JUST Il
POSTAL.

... By LESTER ROSE :.

z Copyright, 1907, by Homer Spru0ie. Z
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Jimmy propped the card against the
sugar bowl. and while he huriedly ate
his breakfast his eyes seldom wan
dered from the picture. Della, the din
Ing room girl. regarded him scornfully.
What was the use of incoming over a
picture postal with never a word to
tell who 1t was from?
1t was rather a pretty picture, a
quiet little town nesting on the bank
of broad stream, but 1t might have
been a love letter from the way jim
my stared at 1t. Twice Della had to
remind him that he must leave the
house by three minutes past 8 in order
to catch the last car that would land
him at the office on time.
Della knew to fraction of a second
when each of Mrs. Beeman's twoscore
boarders must leave. briggs jestingly
called her the human alarm clock"
Recalled to earth by the second sug-
gestion, Jimmy thrust the card into his
DredSl pOcheI anu SpFlHleu uOWu lue
street to the corner. Once on the car
he took out the card again and had to
walk back three blocks because he
was carried past the office building
still studying the picture.
After all. 1t was picture well worth
the study, for Arlington was one of
the prettiest towns in his native state.
Postal cards with local views were
something new for the little town.
Jimmy could remember the stir which
the first illustrated postal received by
an Arlingtonian had made. Sarah
Coyne, to whom it was addressed, had
let the postmistress keep 1t for a
whole week that all might see the curl
osity. 1t had attracted more attention
than the first Philippine stamp.
Now. it was evident that some anna
teur photographer had taken a picture
Of Arlington from the hill. Jimmy
could almost locate the exact spot
where he had often stood. 1t was over
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
Thackeray and the Scotch.


A glimpse of Thackeray is given in
Memoirs of London Club by Da-
vid Mason
At all our meetings at the Garrick
and at Our club Thackeray always
seemed to me- In spite of his light hu-
NOR and his habitual nickname of
'Thack" among his friends, to be n
man apart, a sad and highly sensitive
man, a man with whom nobody could
take liberty.
1t was at one of the larger dinners
OF Our club-it may have been Il
Shakespeare birthday dinner about the
year 1S6O-that / Glanced to sit next
to Thackeray. and in the intervals of
the speeches we had a good deal of
quiet talk. But in Our club gatherings
there was often lapse into what we
called the war of the nationalitles, :"
which consisted of good humored mu-
tual chaff and banter between the Eng
lish members and the two or three
Scottish and Irish members of the
club 1t may have been this that some
how suggested the following bit of
Thackeray's talk with me:
'D'ye know" he said. that, though
I can describe an Irishman perfectly.
l never could describe n Scotchman?"
reminded him of Mr. Binnie.
"Oh." he said, that's not what ]
mean: that's a mere facsimile of q
man l know, mere description from
life. But what mean is, 1 couldn't
invent a Scotchman. l should go
wrong. But. oh, I'm quite at home
with the Irish character
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
IT WAS J1MMY WHO STEPPED FORWARD.


IN the Pruyn lot, where the boys used
to coast in winter. 1t was too steep
for the girls. One could easily run
clear to the river on a good pointer
But there was no hint of snow In
this picture. The trees that fringed
the river bank were In full leaf, the
lone willow that grew on the tiny is
land was draped in green, and Jimmy
could fairly smell the mint and the
sweet flag in the marsh where the
creek through the Newmans' lot form
ed confluence with the river.
Somehow it brought Arlington back
with startling distinctness. He had
supposed that he had forgotten the
town in his two hurried years of city
life, but with the picture before him
1t was as though he had just climbed
the hill from the little red house that
was hidden in the picture by the new
brick Methodist church. They were
just finishing the steeple when he had
come away. Now 1t proudly reared its
head above all the other buildings.
Jimmy turned the card over and re-
garded its face. The blurred post
mark seemed like an old friend He
could look through the glass partition
where the boxes were empty, down in
the corner nearest the drug store, and
see Emma Sherman industriously
stamping the mail
He could hear the double thud as
she struck first a letter and then the
tnl- Il. A.
ments of the men waiting for the mail
to be sorted. He could even see the
recruiting poster with its gaudy pic
lures of uniformed soldiers, glory of
blue and red and yellow, in the midst
Of the more somber bills announcing
auction sales and the prim handwrit
ing of the notice of the social of the
Ladies' Aid society.
But. most of all, the neat writing of
the address held his thoughts 1t need
ed no signature to tell him the name
of the sender. Only Bessie Brewster
wrote like that. He recalled the loug,
happy years when they two had plan
ned to seek the city together. He was
assured of position through his un-
NAS . anu pNSHlt NbulN hctH
house for him and perhaps in time be
able to write for the magazines. The Ar
lington Times had used some of her
stories and had called editorial atten-
ton to them.
1t had all been glorious dream, but
Bessie's mother had died. and when
they graduated from high school and
he spoke of going to the city she had
gently said that her duty was to care
for her bereaved father,
He had used the argument that her
great duty was toward herself, but she
thrust the idea from her, and In the
end he had flung away from her, de-
claring that she did not love him, else
she would see that he had greater
rights than her father, for whom she
had worked all the best years of her
life.
He had not written after that. not
even to tell of his success. This was
the first time he had seen her hand
-..,sns ne uuu IeIt Arlington
and his eyes grew soft as he studied
thS chirnoranhv Than hiS "hirs -
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
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hand IN his work

bend to his work.
But thoughts of Arlington were
strangely mixed with the details of ac-
counts, and when the noon hour came
he sought an interview with the head
of his room. The latter was looking
for an opening for cousin and was
glad enough to let Jimmy go without
the usual two weeks wait Three days
later Jimmy was In Arlington.
His first call was on the Brewsters
but the tiny maid told him that Miss
Bessie had gone to town for a shop,
ping tour and would not be back until
evening. When the evening train
rolled up to the little platform and
Bessie descended from the car steps
her arms loaded with bundles, 1t was
Jimmy who stepped forward to relieve
her of her burden and who guided her
through the little knot of station
loungers.
"You are back for a visit2' asked
Bessie when they had cleared the
crowd. Jimmy shook his head.
II came because of your postal" he
explained. "It made me homesick, and
just had to come"
"Im sorry she began, but Jimmy
stopped her.
I'm not" he declared. I'm glad. ]
never was so glad about anything be
fore. 1t was like message that had
to answer"
But now it may make you only
dissatisfied to go back" cried the girl
"That's just the beauty of it all,
explained Jimmy. I'm not going
back. l guess Arlington's bic
enough place for me to stay in, espe.
cially"-
"Especially?' she repeated as Jim,
my paused.
"Look here" he said, speaking rap.
idly and with voice that betrayed the
intensity of his feelings. "I know l
don't deserve to be permitted to speak
to you after the way l acted about
your staying here when | wanted you
to marry me and go to town. I've for.
feited all right even to see you, but II
you could only know the time I've put
in since I got that card you'd be sorry
You We're right, Bess, in staying
with your father. l was all wrong
But / am sorry. Do you think that
perhaps some time we might be
friends-good friends-once more"
1--WE are friends now" said Bessie
softly, "else you would not be walk
ing with me-"
81 don't mean that" objected jim
my. Its not just friendship l ask
1t is something more. l want a chance
to regain your love. Do you think
that there would be a chance for me
In timer"
Something in his tones told the girl
Of his sincerity and his loneliness. He
had hurt her cruelty in those old days,
but she had felt sure that he would
come back to her Her face grew
softer as she laid hand upon his arm
"Why wait, JimT" she asked. you
have learned your lesson"
The bundles fell to the hard packed
snow as Jimmy rapturously caught
her in his arms. As he recovered the
bundles one crushed under his grasp
and there was the tinkle of broken
glass.
Bess gave a cry of dlsmay.
you've broken the lamp 1 bought
for the parlor," she reproached.
Jimmy laughed happily. "I'll buy a
dozen lamps for the parlor-our par
lor," he promised recklessly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
DON'Ts.

Don't keep your ducks In damp quar-
tiers and on hard, cold boards. Furnish
clean, soft litter and be decent.
Don't keep ducks with chickens.
Their feed is different Ducks and
droppir,gs are combination to restrict
the duck supply.
Don't sell duck eggs for q song They
command a high price for Hebrew
trade. Write to an egg house for
prices.
Don't keep oyster shell too long.
The sea salts draws moisture, and the
shell gets soft. It's dirty and out of
date anyhow
Don't forget to save those duck feath-
eIS. Feather beds are no longer light
ming protectors, but there's nothing
better for boil than a duck feather
cushion.
Don't lndervalue those bantams.
They lay many eggs, take up less room
and eat little. Let the boys have a
flock.
Don't forget that pheasants aren't
canaries. They are ornamental, but not
to hang among window curtains.
Don't house pheasants with other
stock. Give them lots of room and
fresh air. Let them go.
Don't mix turkeys, chickens and
geese. Birds of one feather should
flock together.
Don't tolerate scrapping roosters.
They are a nuisance. The fighters
aren't fathers of Rooseveltian families.
THE MOST PRACTICAL RoosT.
The stepladder roost is out of date.
The chickens all fought for the highest
seat in the synagogue. Result, strife
and humble foot.
The sassafras sapling roost, guaran-
teed to prevent lice, has gone into OBJ
livion with the lightning rod. The
movable roost is the fad.
Our plan: Make four carpenters tres
ties, two of them five feet long and
two and half feet high and the other
four feet long and two feet high. Gov
er the high trestles with boards six feet
long and ON this dropDinn floor place
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
The Title Tax.

Now ina has got the fidgets,
And Sadies looking glum,
While pa pretends to sympathize,
Although he chuckles some.
This chap in congress worries 'em,
For all the plans were made
To spend year in Europe
And title get for Sade.
Said pa: This Teller thinks It wrong
That Yankee girls with cash
Should set their caps for foreigners
And such like titled trash.
Nine hundred million dollars gone
To shingle their old shackS-
He says it's time to stop the game
BY putting on a tax"
Ma thinks that pa has got no style.
He's still the same Joe Noggs
Who started twenty years ago
To make pile on hogs.
He clings to Bramble Center ways
And never Is afraid
To say n straight American
Is good enough for Sade.
Ma can't forget that Hattie Bangs.
A little freckled fright.
At Newport Is your ladyship''
And her husband but a knight,
While Sade. with half a million more,
Is tall and slim and fair
How well coronet would look
Upon her golden hairi
30 off to Europe they will go.
Poor pa will stay at home.
They'll CAD about in gay Paree,
In London and in Rome.
What care they for the title tax?
For ma will be repaid
When Bramble Center hears that she
Has got count for Sade.
michael Fitzgerald In Boston Globe.
Hus.ruiIan ousniiien DeneVe tnau TN
sun Is angry with the moon and hack
at 1t till 1t grows smaller and smalle
and finally disappears, when 1t is sup
posed to beg for a respite and sool
begins to grow again, but tnat directl,
It attains its full size the wrathful SUI
recommences its attack upon Ii.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
THAT INCUBATOR.

Is your brooder cleaned and disin-
fected?
Does it need new lamp and felt for
the cover?
Get them now.
Where is your incubator stored? Is
1t down in that damp cellar. where 1t
will spring at the joints and the mice
can nibble out the lining?
This cellar business is only a fad
anyway.
Last summer we tested the eggs for a
gentleman who was Matching chicks by
the cellar plan. Our machines were up
stairs in a comfortable ROOM He got
forty-five chicks from 200 eggs. We
got 1S9. That's proof enough.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20

your low trestIes ana from one TO the
other place your roosting Stats.
Put these four inch Stats on loose
and on very cold nights move them
close together.
Set up in corner out of drafts and
place the dusting box near and the
hens will keep the roosts well busted.
Advantages. Easily cleaned; easily
removed; catches all the manure; can
be removed or set up in three minutes;
hens can scratch under it; red mites
avoid it. Try 1t and be convinced.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
V. s.MoA9-u~~k.
Wit on the Field of Honor

When Curran, the famous Irish bar.
rister who rose to such eminence, met
Egan on the field of honor to decide a
quarrel with pistols the latter took ex-
ception to the inequality of their per-
sonal appearance.
81 might as well fire Mt razor's
edge" he said, referring to his adver-
sary's slightness of physique, while he
himself offered "as good a mark as q
turf stack"
Without moments hesitation Cur
ran declared that he had no desire to
take an undue advantage of his op-
ponent, and he was willing to let his
side view be chalked out on Mr.. Egan's
body and any shot that hit outside the
mark should not count.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
Theosophy.

The Theosophical society was found
ed in New York city on Nov. II, 1875,
by Nine. Blavatsky and Colonel Henry
s. Olcott, but its headquarters were re-
moved in 1870 to Adyar, Madras; In
dia. Its object is threefold-to form a
nucleus of the universal brotherhood
Of mankind, to encourage the study of
comparative religion, philosophy and
science and the unexplained laws and
phenomena of nature and man.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
DIR.

settlement. .......................... $40 40
To balance due from f.. q. IWcrtman
at last settlement on duplicate for
the year l9O5... ..........,...... I92
To balance due from f.. w. Peters at
last settlement on duplicate for
the year l0O0. .......:..,..,..... 93 VI
To balance due from Chas. Uttermil-
Ter mt last settlement on duplicate
for the 1906 ..................,....... 81 IS
To balance due from j. T.. Bare at last
settlement on duplicete for the
year 1906 .......................... s3I 50
To amount of duplicate issued ]. p,
Bare for the Borough of Danvile
for the year 1907 .................... Gs66 81
Amount of duplicate issued Chas Ut
termiller for the township of Ma
honing for the year 1917. 500 80
To cash received from return taxi. l6 Il
To cash received from Mary Cromwell. "a 50
To cash received from Comlcy oung . 20
To cash received from other districts. lsS 36
To cash received from j. p Bare to
- liam '.''..'..... ....'',.,......'''' pUU
To cash received from Gregory est.... II 90
To cash received from farm............ 5s3 II
M
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20

A. comb: b, face; c, wattles; D. ear
lobes; Il. hackle; f, breast; G. back; II,
saddle; 1. saddle feathers; J, sickles; K,
tail coverts; l., main tail feathers; NJ,
wing bow; n. wing bar; o, wing bay;
p, wing butts; Q, breastbone; r. thighs;
S, hooks; T. shanks; U, spurs; V, toes;
w, fluff.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
An Ineonsiderate System.

''Why don't we take an express
train?" asked the sweet young thing
of her escort at a subway station.
This isn't an express station" ex-
planned her escort kindly.
"How tiresome" exclaimed the s.
y. t. "They ought to have express
trains at every stationW-New York
praSS
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20

Mayor-Where are you going? WI
lage Constable-The three tramps
just locked up want to play whist, and
I'm looking for a fourth.-Transatlan
tic Tales
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
CIR.

BY whole amount of orders paid by the
Treasurer during the year lgO7..... 1906 10
Bal due Directors at present settlement s992 9i
Directors of DdhgiLLe and Hdhoning
Poor District IN Account 1otth tile
District.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
BUG HOUSE,"

The hen stood on the lousy nest,
Whence all but she had fled;
The red mites crawled all over her,
And shortly she fell dead.
"'Tis apoplexy I'll be boundr
Her lousy owner whines.
He sticks her in the cold, cold ground,
Beside the young grapevines
My friend, he kept an old bug house,"
A bugger, too, was he.
His chicken house was all one louise,
A ''mitey" sight to see.
Moral.-Don't be a buGger.-C. NJ. B.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
> balance due Directors at last settle.

To balance due Directors at last settle
ment..................... $40 10
10 cash received from return taxes. Ii IS
10 cash received from M. Cromwell. 6iS3
10 cash receivec from Comley Young. 25 90
10 cash from OF er distl lets. ........... ISS 36
To cash received from j. L. Bare. Hahn
Estate. Observation-Disclosures. 600
10 cash received from Gregory dowery II 0J
To cash received from farm. ......... 5S3 2l
To cash received from T.. W. Peters on
>, duplicate for 1905. ........... 57CO 90
To cssh received from J. +. Bare on
- duplicate for 1906, .............. 756 Is
To cash received from j. Z. Bare on
duplicate for 1917. ........-........ 81 20
To cash received fro Chas Uttermil-
Ter on duplicate for 1906. ............ 1921
To cash received from Chas. Uttermil-
Ter on duplicate for 1907 ......... 665 Is
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
ANNUAL STATEMENT
OF THE
DIRECTORS Of THE POOR
Danville and Mahoning Poor Dis
trict for the Year Ending
an. !, 100
OF

p. BARE, Treasurer.
n account with the Directors of the Dan
Vile and Mahoning Poor District
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
Hrn2.
p. NJ. KERNS,
THEO. HOFFMAN Directors
II. WIREMA\,

We, the Auditors of the Borough of Danvine
and Township of Mahoning have examined
the above accounts and find them correct.
JOHN l.. JONES.
NJ z. SCOTT,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
CIR

BY commission allowed wv. Peters on
ON duplicate for the year 1906. ........ 40
By commission allowed j. 7. Bare on
duplicate for the year 1906. ......... SO 10
duplicate for the year 1905. 80. 81 S5
BY amount Returned of J. +. Bare on
on duplicate for the year l9Ou....... 16O
BY abatement allowed j. Z. Bare of
per cent on $3.50 56 on duplicate
for year 1907 7....................... 26s 81
BY commission allowed j. II. Bare
for the year 1907 ............. -. 1O2 o.
BY commission allowed j L. Bare of
) per cent on 1876 81 on duplicate for
year 1907. .....................,..... 80 81
BY amount return by j. 7. Bare on
duplicate for the year 1901, ......... 40
1907 ......,.,..... ...............,......... 75l 81
BY commission allowed Chas Utter
miller of per cent on - 81 ON dup
liCate fOrthc year l9O6............... I'll
By amount return by ChaS. Utterm1l-
Ter on duplicate for year lYO6....... zoo
by cNoueratiOn allowed Chas. Utter
miller on duplicate for ye ar 1885,. %
BY abatement allowed ChaS Ittefhll-
Ter ON iyl IS on duplicate for the
year l9O1....-.................. II 7J
BY commission allowed Chas Utter
miller on i6i II for the year l9O1.... IA 02
BY commission allowed Chas Utter
miller on 223 Is for the year 1907. II 30
BY balance due from ChaS UttermlI-
Ter on duplicate for l90l.......:.... s1to
BY generations allowed q. Vert
man for the year 1905. .......,....... w
year 1857 Observation-Disclosures. -. 1896 I5
settlement. ......................... 500 81
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-02-27

suDasta, forms 81 volor total de z2.orr
pesos mejicanos.
~ acto de Ia subasta tendra efecto
q ala nueve de Mario de oo8. x las
DOS y media de la tarde en- mi Oficina
sta en- el mismo edi6cio de Il Corte te.''
Los D1enes seran adiudicados Al
meJor postor y el pago de Ia venta g
nara en- elective en- el acto de Ia adiu.
dicacion.
San Juan, Puerto Rico Febrero ro
de Ioo8.-/os< La67adoy, Marshal San
Juan District Court.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-02-27
1oticias dIversas

Nuestro distinguido amigo don lose
I. Silva, nos ha fnformado que Ell con-
curse de sefloritas taqufgrafa que
teDdra lugar Ell sabado en- ell Ateneo.
sera un acto pur amente privado solo
asistiran algunos periodistas. Las Sc
horitas sola podran aspirar a un pre-
mio y Sc publicsra ell nombre de las
agraciadas. Las que deseen inscribir-
Sc pueden hacerlo hasta mafIana las
doce.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-02-27

Ell Comisionado de instruction ha
lntormado esta mafiana los reb0y1ers
que no es exacto que el haya dirigido
circular alguna los Super ntenden-
ties de Escuelas, indicandoles que sean
colocados los maestros puertorr ique-
f1os en- los grades inferiores, Y que
en- los superiores, empezando desde
ell cuarto, sc colocasen maestrosame-
r1canoS
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-02-27
EI induIt0 del
general StoesseD
Rechazando ell perd6n

Nueva York, jueves.-C Comunican de San
Petersburgo que ell Car ha concedido el indul-
to del general Stoessel.
Ell heroe de Port Arthur ha rechazado Ell
indulto.
Dice que desea TN nuevo juicio en- el que
resplandezca la verdad
La actitud del general Stoessel es elogia-
disima.