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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13

changed TOR an afternoon costume
and Immediately Dick decided that aft
er all n print dress was not the most
becoming costume which Marion could
wear though that had been his impres
sion since he had seen her last.
Quietly she moved about the place
giving an account of her expenditures
and Dick followed, hearing only the
rich voice, full tones, without caring
what she said At last the tour OF
the rooms was ended, and she return
ed to the parlor.
IF you like" she said, II can buy
the material for dinner tomorrow and
be here to welcome Mrs. Staley when
she arrives. Mrs. Blaine wanted t.
come over, but she had to leave town
last night with her husband"
II should be delighted if you could
arrange to be here tomorrow" said
Stalcy. 81 am sure that my mother
will wish to add her thanks to mine
for the beautiful home you have pro
vided. You will stay to dinnerT"
Il only suggested being here to vel
come her" said Marion, her face flush
ed. you see-in business-it Is best
to maintain strictly business relations
ou uoN n''e ~ 'la,M 'I'n l"' ., loI la "l'
i',,o uone HS N"''' se' ~'''' "'
81. ..,'-t ,Ce', ou N''o" ~, o4 ~ g., ,,,
out iiioiieS oIu'u liot p"9 s.,i.l ~. ~. pu', !,
lug ii' 'Ut " .. .,, r,oI9 anu 5,t -lo,
t-''''',Iu ~ - l,' t,,'-i,,arg s,ot,a,,
~ ,',,,t''i' " iu'eS Dul'lN ,t, I''I'.T'
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13
c. NJ. B.
kuRIos FROM KoRREsPoNDENTs.

Q. Can you tell me why my chicks
have no head feathers? If a disease, 1t
must affect them all over, for they
grow slowly. n.
A. Your chicks have head lice and
have made themselves bald scratching.
These lice are gray and fiat and are
not easily seen. They suck the blood.
Rendered hen fat will kill them.
Q. VIII you give me a good summer
ration for my white Rocks? l wish to
show in the fall and would like to keep
them from getting fat and creamy
4. Whole oats, mash of mids and
bran beef scrap and green's Throw In
little corn and buckwheat occasion
ally. Quantity according to condition.
Q. What is a fair price for an incu-
bator from 100 to 200 egg size and a
brooder for 100 chicks? There are so
many prices l cannot decide. o.
y. A dependable $50 egg incubator
costs S23 and first class colony brood
er SIS.
Q. What is a good cure for canker?
1t seems to bother my fowls summer
and winter.
y. The best thing you can do is to
get new stock. Thorough disinfcction
a dry house, no drafts, new stock and
no range in snow, cold and storm will
put you on your feet. Chronic canker
no profit Use chlorate potash or apply
iodine.
O There are vorious proscrintions
purporting to be the Douglas mixture,
81. Fr-
me the true one? W.
\. sulphate of iron, eight ounces;
sulphuric acid, half an ounce; water.
one gallon. Put your iron into jug
containing a gallon of water When
dissolved ada acid When clear give
tablespoonful to quart of drinking wa
ter Ia glass or glazed vessel. Good for
general tonic, for diarrhea or for
strcngtheuer during molt
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13
Settlement
In Full.
By LULU JOHNSTON
copyrtghted. 1901. by N. E. Daley.


Dick Staley, perched on a Turniuuru
lrate, looked disconsolately at Billy
Blaine, who was regarding the wall
paper and trying hard not to laugh.
In spite of Blaine's efforts the twitch,
ing corners of his mouth curved. and
US he met Staley's eye he exploded in
roar of laughter which served only
to deepen Staley's gloom.
Laugh, confound you.' growled Sta
ley. It's funny to you. It's not so
funny to me. I've got TO get this place
settled in FIVE days, and upon my soul
| don't know what to do firstr'
"The first step is easy" chuckled
Blaine Get a man in to scrape the
walls. The paper is the worst | ever
saw"
at looked all right in the book" said
Staley dcfensively. 1T was the pret-
test thing in the whole book of sam
pies"
1T may be all right in sample" +"
admitted Blaine, with another glance
at the lowered monstrosity, but there
is only one square yard Of the sample.
1t looks different, Dick. when you have
a roomful of it,"
Il know it," admitted Staley. but
that doesn't help matters. 1t only
serves to make them worse. | want
cd to surprise the matter by bringing
her to her own home instead of TAX
ing her TO a hotel. She hates to give
nm her old loup and I wanted TO
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13
cnoLEEA aIIcEonE yIcT1M.
eXcrernent


diarrhea enyeloped in mucus, later
greenish and bloody.
No appetite, full sour crop, intense
pain, great thirst, temperature rises to
40 degrees.
Ialf flock may die in one night or
disease may run three days. Birds die
in stupor or convulsions.
Dissection shows enlarged soft liver
red spots on internal organs, lungs and
blood vessels full of cIotted blood.
TREATMENT.
Remove well birds to clean ouartrrs
feed lightly whole oats mix ono rp-,.
venetian red to the quart Of lriu,sf,.s
water and observe birds cIosr,y
Venetian red is also used for n.a
cholera i'm dose from tanresnoonfrl ~.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13
while hi.

was the most accomplished matron OF
his acquaintance. She would eXtricate
him from his trouble. Together they
left the apartment, and while Staley
ordered lunch Billy Blaine hung over
the telephone in the restaurant.
She'll bring her over tonight at s."
reported Billy as he took his seat
Eat with a good appetite and con
slider yourself settled already"
Billy's words restored confidence.
and when Dick StaIcy met Marion
WadIeigh that evening his last doubt
vanished. The g!rl did not laugh at
his blunders nor even ut the wall pa
per. She listened with sympathy and
took from her clatelaiue the tablets on
which TO make notes of what She
wanted. With increasing admiration
StaIey followed her through the varl-
Gus rooms. noting the quick, business
like way in which She coudoned his
errors and approved his successes.
Il can do it over In four days" She
said hriskly when she had shut up her
memorandum book and returned to the
" =
in-law, still sat in rapt admiration of
the sarish wall paper. Suppose, Mr.
Staley, that you drop in here Friday
afternoon? Then you can suggest any
last changes you wish made. and the
Phase EL 10 "oodv for your mother
Saturday evening. Shall r=e .~-
-
Can your Staley had heard of the
servant problem, and he had worried
greatly. This businesslikc girl offered
even to take that trouble CF his hands.
He was rapidly coming to regard Mar
ion Wadleigh as tailor made angel.
He dropped in the next morning on
his way to the office and found pa
per hanging crew already installed.
removing the paper that had proved so
disappointing. Marion was there in a
gingham apron even more becoming
than the cloth costume Of the night be-
fore, and Dicks heart beat faster in
answer to her greeting
There was something honey" in
her appearance that appealed strongly
to the man who for years had enjoyed
but an occasional glimpse of home in
vacation time. The soft dark hair was
hidden by cap and the piquant face
was flushed with eXertion. but the
heightened color only added to her
beauty. and the cap did not shadow
the tender light in the brown eyes.
Dick won't to his office with his head
in a whiEl. Ever since he had come
TO the city he had sunk himself In
work. Fortune had come his way rap
Idly. and up to the present he had
found work ali sufficient. Now he be-
gan to realize that the years had been
lonely.
Marion was not at the house when
he dropped in the following morning,
nor did he see her again until Friday
afternoon, when he went to make his
final inspection of her work
Dick gasped as he entered the apart
ment. In place of the gaudy paper
the walls were now covered with quiet
tones and the flowered carpets had
been exchanged for rugs whose soft
tints harmonized with the new paper.
Instead of the solid officelike furniture
were lighter and more tasteful pieces,
and the whole apartment suggested
feminine presence
Best of all, Marion Wadleigh was
there: The print dress had been ex-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13
FINED A FRANC.
Whst That Meant to an American Whc
Was Living In Paris.

Was Living In Paris.
When you are fined franc in Paris
1t means that you pay 10 francs 73
confines, or just over half a sovereign.
This is the only conclusion to which
one can come after reading the curl.
Gus experience of an American citizen
who Is staying in Paris to complete
the education of his sons. He lives IA
an apartment near the Arc de Tri-
omphe, and the other morning one of
his servants committed the impru-
dence of shaking a carpet out of the
window after o'clock. A lynx eyed
constable saw her and Immediately
climbed the stairs, rang the bell, en-
tered the apartment and drew up a
summons against the tenant The
American was called and gave his
name.
II did not know it was Il breach of
the law" he said. But as | have
broh-0 It must pay. How much Is
it?"
You will be fined l franc" replied
the policeman.
There you are" answered the
American, and he held out the coin
But the agent refused to take it.
Later on" he remarked as he with
drew, you will be summoned before
the Justice of the peace"
Some days later the delinquent was
invited to appear before the "juge de
paiX' and obeyed the summons. He
was obliged to wait three hours in an
antcchamhcr. Then he was admitted
do you admit" asked the magis.
tratc, having broken the law"
Il do" was the reply
Good. You are fined ! franc"
There you are. then" And the
American again held out the franc.
But the magistrate would have none
Of it.
You win pay the sum later You
viii be advised when. You may with.
draw"
The American took his departure
considerably surprised at so many for.
malities in connection with franc
fine. \ few days later he received
stamped paper inviting him TO pay,
first of all, franc, the amount of his
fine, plus % centimes. the amount of
the declines, plus II francs 4S cen.
times, the amount of the costs, making
in all total of Il francs 73 centimes
The American paid, but as he left the
police court he remarked:
"In America law which forced
citizen to pay SO when he had only
been fined 81 would be considered a
hypocritical and dishonest law. And
we would not tolerate it long. you
bet!'-London Globe.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13
CHOLERA.

Chicken cholera" is as great
household phrase as liniment is rural
cure-all for family troubles from a
sore corn to "yeller janders."
Chicken choleraw say two-thirds of
the neighbors when the other fellows
chickens are sick.
But listen. Cholera cannot exist with
frost so there's your winter cry of
cholera" done.
Cholera bacilli flourish best in heat
of 50 degrees to 105 degrees, and it re-
quires an exposure of II minutes to
40 degrees of heat to kill the germ
That's hotter than the red pepper
people prescribe for cholera, so there's
your cayenne cure knocked out. Hot
moist weather, corn diet and filth is
the fatal cholera triumyiratc
What seems an epidemic of conta-
giOn is not always so, for a whole flock
may die in a day from ptomaine poison
caused by eating indigestible or de
cayed food
Diarrhea, while somewhat like chol-
era is seldom contagious and may be
quickly cured if taken in time Range
blINN SelubIl Etl IL, ne irregular
feeding and filth make it common to
yardcd stock Remedy for diarrhea
sulphocarbolate of zinc, twenty grains
TO quart of water.
Tainted ground and lack of exercise
make yard birds easy targets. All
kinds of fowls and birds get the dis.
ease, but fat stock are easy marks
Barred Rocks and other big breeds 60
down quick OF fifteen Rocks and ff-
teen White Leghorns exposed i'll expert
ment one Leghorn died TO ten Rocks
and the other fourteen We're little af-
fected. Why? Less fat and Leghom
activity. Hot climate ana sandy re-
gions have much of the disease.
SYMPTOMS.
Bird bows head, stands alone; wings
droOp; comb changes to white, blush
purple and black: ruffled plumagc; bird
dragS feet. becomes ball shaped.
Disease begins with yellow tipped
excrement; then follows increasing
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13

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NV ord OH d,,o g., - 80, -, -,
oid ,1,1oI, 1,,a = Io- ~
r,rond so Gr. ,,.,,,I 49, s'-e 80
wiz, a ,,,,;l, st,, ,,,;,,l ~ ~
&c borso,f
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- %
anu pe"ulI Tilt WAS my loIahLhe'
Nine! An, When our May day was
over, shoulu l be ealing her mineE
" no are you To-Day Z! she asked,
Slol'i'lhS 10 III her lungs with the
ouoyant ar
we hau hablt OF playing we were
o'neI IoINS Nheh we went ON these eX-
Observation-Disclosures no roHbI but We
were never gong 10 gro" Old, we said,
so II was best To be children long
iliAt.
Nv hE, | am King CopLetua,' l an
SWetrd promptly with "a great inlat-
Ing of my kiugly chest and throwing
back oI my ktn-ly head as we walk
ed on.
Her arms across her breast she laid:
~ sre ron was ,6 more ORE IaiF IT. than words can say
TO meet ana erect her on her w. Wv"
..yyb, oro ,.o,, t,y1o,. 1,,,,,+,,g,
"Irs q Drnftv sto,.. =, ebn ,,,nsod rot
.,.-,..,.,..i. . H''
if we're trrnnd around snnnosa i't,T., t,,o4
If were Ouoon Conhnt,o and tho ia|,
oar man UorI5 ra I,1 l,al', ~, -.
har love himq And wonId hn ha viii,
ing to sit on the throne with herr"
oh, that's different" | said. "Of
course @ man could not take favors
from a woman. The beggar man
would have to go out into the world
=. - - us Us 'oi .'''ie ne couiuli 'ohe
a-.ils,.4 ,F.. I'',' Uu NHoN ne
'lCl-- :, NVN Uu' '"''n'He
~ uon NH"" any tAlhs ABOUT
H. sue S"iu plV GROSSLY but lolanthe
ueNe eI cou'u stay cross long enough 10
t'iI'i.e u p"si 30 III a." iloiiieht she was
''7.''''
'nC Sl'o' we
-, t4 w. " 'po' VI sun anu
,-s',' 80 ,,'',' ''''',,.'7 "''eI anu ne"
- I ,'C "'e '"4 SCI UNI,
-, 80 'u''IN, S anu 'i0" we sang anu
~, ,I''n',' ',',O i,'" 'oHl Si'e"S oi social
'L' an ,ue MH"e l was won
-, nv" SHCu'u 'H"Ae her say
go, \ ~ NiS' sue n"pIeheu TO say
-"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13
A WORLD OF MICROBES.

There are microbes in the air
And microbes in the drink;
There are microbes in the blood vessels
And microbes in your think,
tuberculosis in the COW
And cholera in the hog
Diphtheria in the pussy's fur,
Distemper in the dog.
The roosters. too, are crawling full.
And ducks, though they are quacks.
And turks and geese and guineas. too.
Have microbes by the stacks.
You drink them when you take your beer
And breathe them in at prayers.
This old world seems all microbes
In concentrated layers.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13
Sure to Get On,

"Mr Spudlong," began the youth,
hanging his hat on the back of the
chair, Il will occupy only a few mo-
mcnts of your time. | have come to
ask you for your daughter. r.
Young man." said the elderly bank
er "do YOU
Yes, sir, l realize fully that she has
been tenderly nurtured and that she is
very dear to you; also that her home is
one in which she has been surrounded
by every luxury. But she is willing to
leave it."
Can YOU
mo, sir; l can't quite maintain her
in the style to which she has been ac-
customed, but l have a good salary,
and am ready to chance 1t. So is
she"
"Will YOU
Yes. sir; I will keep my life insured
for a sum sufficient to provide for her
If should be taken away"
'Would you
mo, sir: I would not expect to live
with the family. am able to buy and
furnish a modest home for her."
Young man." said Mr.. Spudlong.
looking at his watch, "I rather like
your style. You can have her. Good
Morning, sir."-London Express.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13
,NorAnyOther
Creature.
By Ina Wright Hanson.



Looking up from long drawn revere
before the unfinished picture on my
easel. | saw Iolanthe beaming at me
from the doorway.
Come on" she cried. Put up your
work and come with me into the coun-
try. | believe you don't even know 1t
Is May day. Don't you remember the
month of May. when the air is so full
of sweetness and love that even one
shaving begins to feel an affection for
another shaving? Come, let us May
ing 60"
Il can't" l answered TN up
against it. I'm crowded to the wall.
I'm broke"
Iolanthe laughed-the sweetest sound
in this wise old world.
Il had an intuition So. but that
doesn't matter. This is my treat You
see, Isabel pory took me to dinner yes
terday. so I have enough to take us pic
nicking today. Come, brave knight,
put on thy helmet and hasten"
I hastcncl No one could resist To-
lanthe ! took her little covered bas-
ket. and we went along the hall and
down the stairs, with mock-doleful
messages following us from our fellow
workers, who were not going out into
the blosomMg Hay day world.
"What car are vp -u.as to take?"
1 asked rs We reached tnr street.
Iolanthe blushpl GeG.taualy.
I'VE are not {. ing tr taken car. You
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13
DON'TS.

Don't let your turkeys run in the
barnyard. 1t causes blackhead. Keep.
them on the green for the "long
green"
Don't aim too high. Too many chicks
hatched for your capacity will do you
both. Don't bite off more chicklets
than you can chew.
Don't expect to be in the limelight
Of popularity if you don't use lime
lime for lice and bad smells; lime
water for that bad taste and big head.
Don't fail to get rid of surplus breed
ers and laying stock as the breeding
season nears the end and slack laying
and molting approach. Quick sales,
less feed, more profits.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13
Bismarck's Appetite.

Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor, had
an enormous capacity for eating and
drinking. He once told a friend that
the largest number of oysters he ever
ate was 175. He first ordered twenty.
five; then, as they were very good,
fifty more, and, consuming these, deter.
mined to eat nothing else and ordered
another hundred to the great amuse-
ment Of those present. Bismarck was
then twenty-six and had Just returned
from England.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13
Gold TasseIs For womens unbrella,

Following on the craze for little gold
and silver tassels for neckwear for
women and as trimming for blouses
and costumes of every kind comes
quite new departure to Tighten up
the funereal aspect of umbrellas. To
improve the look of these Indispensable
but often far from ornamental ar
ticles, gold and silver tassels to match
the handles are being made In London
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13
Shameless.

Persons belonging to the higher
walks of life are to be seen promenad.
lag In short jackets and chimneYpot
hats without the slightest symptom Of
awkwardness or shame.-London Tai
lor and Cutter.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13
Experiment With Partridae..

The state fish and game commission
OF Connecticut recently leased 70c
acres of land on Pratt hill. near Win
sted, as propagation grounds for Hun,
garian partridges. There are many
excellent covers, and the states expert
ment is expected to prove a success.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13

"Is there a place where one may flee
From microbes murderous blow?"
"Why, yes; the scientists tell me
That place is down below"
c. NJ 3.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13
Elsa Barker in Now TcrE Times.


An Old Georgia Ga;a. sat Of "Cu.
Gle Remus,' joel Chandler IJWls. The
author. who die1 recently.
None er us oil time folks yyrr hm
ter aN him fer anything Er wee seen
him an he seen us on de >.rrat or
whar his house wuz lac always n.l q
piece er money fer US, Eazc hr -a,i
N "rd we needed it. an he c.a ~
2-at how We wu2 glttin' 'i..--
'pea""1 te" take de li-ges' sorr,, We
trust in or comin's an our lvi.g,
on. lie des nachulIy knowed us
sence de time Wen freedom fust broke
out. Dar's lots er good folks in de
worl'. but dey amt no mo- des lax
him.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13


wonderful day. and | did not tell her
about my fortune after all though |
had intended to. When you come to
think of it. money is a sordid thing to
discuss when two folks are quaffing
nectar and nibbling ambrosla.
The next evening / went TO the re-
ception and was presented to the lady
of riches 1t seemed to me that all the
room hushed its breath and waited
while we two went through what was
required of us. 1t seemed to me that
lived an con before we were free from
the great eye of the room and in some
place where there We're splash of
water and quiet and heavy perfume of
| flowers. There in the dim light she
stood. slender as an English laburnum
I tree. swaying in her yellow silken robes
toward me. Her hands weighted with
| Jewels, were held out to me. Her
mouth that had kissed was smiling
at me-was saying:
"'NCr any other creature"
| stood there staring Mt this wonder
full new Iolanthe, and all | could think
of and al ! said was:
Far @'eI i.3,,, came t,ie DeEr :, '''''u
wnf,h. considering the circum-
stances. could hardly have been more
/ absurd
Iolanthc's laugh rang out; then she
came closer to me, and her eyes grew
very grave.
Dearest" she whispered. 81 was too
rich TO he happy. aul SO 7 ran away
from cycryh1Gv AM went 20 work in
,'g IU,''o n'.'',', ,l " ''1lol'' ,..,, ..,1l
something. ! wanted irl"i TO say. she
is a great painter lot '"hn is the rich
,,, ,,.,i ,,l, l.-.,.. ,,'.. ,.,,',,, ,.,,'n,
NO"' "-Iu-'. '.'IH = Ni,t.- ''.i' .tN IIult
for fame, because | wanted something
greater. loye-your Iayc-apl-you said
| r-or a,,- ptr,e,. r.eg t7,,, ,.o,, l-,,o,,-
''' ''''' "
/ you ulI.
And meant it. too, my auguI.' ! OK
claimed coming ort of INV franco and
.,1.,- - - =: -. ~, -,
I,hIuS HcI u"L',.9 III i-'-e. A"u si'lI
/ give me aI the money you .hink |
vou Iu.n a rooI lft+ro r,o,, 3,
~,
i am So Glad you are gong To be
sensible" she said ferventIy.
Ana +ro,, T,l e. ,v,,I,i,, e. bor
AN, 'Ne' ''"u '' eNp'"'" " hei
| "IE l was IduEAluS.
IT,. E,o.. c..,
me rrozSh SraN'
ITO Commander Peary and his band.l
,r,, Mhy sing the legends OF the Holy Grail
ne Ine uead cFusaders or the sepulcher'
"hIS 6,r5s ,fsse en men 6,,hp I've? Are the great
",'i Us an ''"llt"'
mere Is VISION 70 snake tHe blood OF
And mako Egnp'G y-afrllrr1nn OF
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13

One-third of the fools in this country
think they can beat the lawyer in ex-
pounding the law, one-half think they
can beat the doctor at healing the sick,
two-thirds of them think they can beat
the minister In preaching the gospel,
and all of them know that they can
beat the editor in running the newspa-
per.-London Tit-Bits.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-11
REFORM OR QUIT TOWN.
Order Issued to Residents Of Des
Moines Red Light District.

OE00E b0VOOO 70 n0oaSAVuSO VI N~O
d. Molnes Red Light District.
Des Moines, Sept. 1C.-"Reform or
move out Of Des Moines before Sept.
H." Is the order that was passed
through the "red light" district Of Des
Moinss. 1t comes as result Of cru
aade 4tarted by the newspapers here
t4h days age against an alleged $50
eial Sy1l trust" consisting 81 land.
lords, professional bondsmep. money
lenders and small merchants.
UpHke most drastic meves Of the
kind the present plan contemplates
the providing of an opportunity for
every person affected to lead an up
right life and earn an honest living.
The order to drive the women from
tho city and make Des Moines the
only city In the United States of more
than 900 inhabitants without a ''red
light" district was issued by Council
man Hamery, superintendent of the
department of public safety, at noon.
It declares disorderly houses will be
suppressed and none will operate In
Des Moines without knowledge of the
police department in future and says:
"All keepers and inmates of resorts
are hereby notified that any who wish
to remain In Des Moines and lead a
decent life must report to Mrs. ELIZA.
beth Baird, secretary of the Iowa HUI.
mane society, giving their names, sad.
dresses and proposed occupations. It
will be supposed that If they remain
IN the city and are unwilling to regis,
ter they are undesirable citizens and
they will be considered as SUCH