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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
SEA AND LAND.
The Way They Meet and Clash and
Finally Harmonize.

In THE Wonderful Adventures of
Nils" translated from the Swedish of
Selma Lagerlof by velma Swanston
Howard, is the following pretty de-
scription of how sea and land meet:
You see that sea and land can meet
In many different ways. In many
places the land comes down toward
the sea with fiat, tufted meadows, and
the sea meets the land with flying
sand, which piles up In mounds and
drifts. 1t appears as though they both
disliked each other so much that they
only wished to show the poorest they
possessed. But it can also happen
that when the land comes toward the
sea 1t raises wall of hills in frent of
1t, as though the sea were something
dangerous. When the land does this,
the sea comes up to it with fiery wrath
and beats and roars and lashes against
the rocks and looks as if 1t would tear
the land hill to pieces.
But In Blekinge 1t is altogether differ
ent when sea and land meet There
the land breaks itself up into points
and islands and islets, and the sea di-
vides itself into fiords and bays and
sounds, and it is perhaps this which
makes 1t look as if they must meet in
happiness and harmony.
Think now first and foremost of the
sea! Far out it lies desolate and emp
ty and big and has nothing else to do
but to roll its gray pillows. When it
comes toward the land 1t happens
across the first obstacle. This 1t imme-
dlately overpowers, tears away every
thing green and makes 1t as gray as
itself. Then it meets still another
obstacle. With this it does the same
thing. And still another-yes, the
same thing happens to this also. 1t is
stripped and plundered as if it had
fallen into robbers hands. Then the
obstacles come nearer and nearer to-
gether, and then the sea must under
stand that the land sends toward it
her littlest children in order to move it
to pity. 1t also becomes more friendly
the farther in it comes, rolls It's waves
less high, moderates its storms, lets
the green things stay in cracks and
crevices, separates itself into small
sounds and inlets and becomes at last
so harmless in the land that little
boats dare venture out upon ii. 1t GER
tainly cannot recognize itself, so mild
and friendly has 1t grown.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
THE ENCHANTED MESA.
Story of Great Disaster Which Wiped
Out the Population,

Gut the reputation.
The story Of the enchanted mesa
was but a tradition when In 1541 the
Spaniards first visited the pueblo of
Acoma, in what is now Valencia coun-
ty. n. NJ. Powerful tribes inhabited
the region. These tribes or nations
were constantly at war with each 9th
er, which accounts for the fortified
character of the villages Of the ma
tives. The Queres, whose descend
ants now occupy Acoma, held this re-
gion and dwelt in small fortified towns,
the capital of which was Acoma. 1t
was not, however, the Acoma of today,
but city perched upon the top of the
great rock now called Mesa Encan-
tada. 1t was the magnificent city of
the nation, and there dwelt the great
men of the tribe, together with their
families
The rock then, as now, was unscal-
able, save at the one point where a
narrow and precipitous trail led I'D
the dizzy height. While not the most
convenient dwelling place, for neither
water nor vegetation was to be found
upon the summit, 1t was safe from
the attacks of foes. One man at the
top of the trail could defend the city
against the warriors of the entire west
One day, while large number of the
inhabitants were at work in the fields
on the plain below or attending to the
affairs of the tribe in the various neigh
boring villages, something within the
rock or in the earth beneath it awoke
to life and motion. There was a heav-
ing, n squirming and shivering of
the great rock, and, with a mighty
noise, it parted in twain, and a portion
fell in fragments to the plain below.
Such persons as were carried down
in the debris were crushed to death. 4
worse fate remained for those left
prisoners on the top of the mesa, for
that which fell carried away the mar
row trail, the only means of ascent
and descent The stranded ones per-
ished from thirst and starvation. The
present Acoma family are the descend
ants of disaster. Ethnologists who Wis
tied the top of the rock some years ago
found unmistakabIe evidences that it
had once been the site of hGbitatiOn
The story of the disaster had previous
to that time been discredited and CON
sidered but an idle Indian legend. The
discovery of the ancient ruins. how
ever, seemed conirmatory of the tale,
and it has since been credited.-Den-
yer Field and Farm.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
A Queer Mania.

Many strange characters are to be
found in the infrmary. In one of the
southern counties of the state an old
man was kept at the county house
He had a hobby for accumulating
strings. Anything that he could make
into string was stolen by him. BY
some means he got possession of O
knife, and the infirmary officials were
soon missing harness. He cut in all
seven double sets of harness and two
saddles before they discovered him
He was scolded and punished, but al
the end he said, well, 1 have lots of
strings" The officials finally hit upon
the plan of putting balls of cord in q
locked drawer, leaving an end sticking
out. He would spend a good part of
the day getting this out, and then he
would wind 1t up and secrete it in his
room. They would always find it and
fix 1t for him the next day.-Columbus
Dispatch.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
COSTLY MATTRESSES.
The Kind That Are Used on the Big
Plate Glass Wagons.

io'S S'aSS VdSOhSs
Probably about as costly n sort of
mattress as any is one that is made
not to sleep on at all, but to spread
on the long, broad table or platform of
the wagons built for carrying plate
| glass.
These mattresses, which are made of
curled hair, are very thin, scarcely
| thicker than comfortable, and must
u. made with the greatest care to in
sure perfect uniformity of thickness.
| lump anywhere would be likely to
break the plate of glass resting upon
1t, and there would be still greater
danger If the weight of two plates of
glass was rested on the lump at once.
A mattress for plate glass wagon
costs, according to size, from $50 to
$40. In use the corners of smaller
plates carried on it cut into the tick
Ing covering, and sooner or later it has
to be made over. Simply to make over
such mattress costs from $50 to $50.
On the table topped and mattress
covered glass wagons the biggest
plates are carried with confidence and
safety. The table Is built to remain
absolutely rigid, and the thin but uni
form mattress protects the plate from
lar
Before plate glass store fronts had
come into common use, when the han
ding of a big plate was counted as 4
good deal more of job than it is now,
they used to carry n great pane of
glass In a sort of frame, which was
put on the wagon with the glass in it.
AT its destination this frame or sup
port was worked carefully across the
sidewalk to the store front where the
glass was dlslodged from 1t to be set
and altogether the setting of great
plate of glass was then quite an I'M
dertaking
Now, with the setting of such plates
n common daily occurrence and with
men skilled in the handling of them,
they simply carry a big plate out and
lay it on their mattress covered table
topped wagon and carry it to where
it Is to go and there slide it off, to rest
it for n moment on blocks on the side
walk, and then they pick 1t up and
carry it to the window front.
Then they run under the lower edge
Of the glass lifting straps, by which
men standing inside the window as
well as men standing outside can lift
on 1t when the glass is put into place
In the window frame. There again it
is raised on blocks until the straps can
be withdrawn. and then the blocks are
taken out and the glass secured in
place, all this being done with great
care, but still with comparative ease
and quickness and with certainty, and
In these times great panes of glass
are thus moved and set on all but the
windiest days.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
FEATHERS AND eGGsHELLs.

If your hens lay very thin shelled
eggs, mix ground oyster shell in the
soft feed.
There are sixty poultry papers in
the United States, and their combined
circulation is said to be 100000.
1t has been figured that Toulouse
geese pay better than hogs. They
nearly live on grass and are easily
raised.
The only way to GET good eggs for
Matching is to own good breeding stock
or to buy from those who know how
to produce such eggs.
1t is stated that 10000 iucubators
were sold in 1907. And yet they say
the business is only in its infancy!
What big kid to keep in long dresses.
70 tell ducks and brakes by their
quacking just remember that the drake
sings soprano and the duck alto. Per-
haps this is the reason the drake has a
big head ana the duck small.
Buying eggs at the store for hatch
ing gives poor results. Pay a decent
price for decent eggs TO a decent man;
then you will be decent and get de-
cent hatch of decent chickens.
Let us remind you that show birds
do not always bring prize winners.
The birds You see mated at the shows
are not often mated for breeding.
Don't be left in buying. Save money
and crying.
You are asking if you can raise tur-
keys on a town lot Certainly. We
have raised them ON a plot twenty
five feet square, but many say you
can't do it. You can make such people
take water if you study up.
Before buying your pigeons, ducks
and chickens from city bird stores just
accept this little tip. Run your eye
down the columns of the poultry jour
nails and you'll find them advertising
for old common pigeons, all kinds of
poultry and pet stock. Now buy, if you
are "ninny' enough, but don't cry if
You get caught.
The winter shows proclaim the fact
that Brahmas, Cochins and Games are
getting more and more to be fancy.
This shows that the people are learn
ing two things-irst, the hen of quail
ity and profit is not the clumsy feather
leg that occupies extra space: second,
it is real wicked to run back yard cock
pits. Now, If this cackling and scrap
ing over back yard fences can be eradi-
Gated the millennial dawn will move
up a notch.
It's a blessing we do not all think
alike or we'd stay most awful dumb.
Our chickens would all be dunghills.
our pigeons would be doing the old
stunt of decorating the barn shingles,
the turkeys would be triple half
breeds, the ducks would be bowlegged
7unts, and we chicken fellows would
he lean as Jobs turkey that stood
against the pyramids to gobble if
some one hadn't thought out some
thing better. May our gray matter in
crease.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
Get In the Sunshine

Though dark clouds are all around v
An y don't know where t turn
Though muck rakers' words astound v
Y don't need t care a durn
Quit your frettin'. It's as easy
For your face t smile as mine.
Get quick divorce from worry
Get in tn glad sunshine.
If v think tn land needs fXin'
There's a chance y may be right.
But sometimes what looks like mlxin'
May be just a faxed up fight.
can't fix 1t with Il hammer
If 1t lacks an o. Il sign.
Spurn tn poor, sad faced wind jammer-
Get in tn glad sunshine.
If tn man next door is tellin'
That We're goin' t. III dogs.
Guessln' he's a glum dyspeptfc
Is like rollin' off o. logs
It's tn safest bet a-Coin'
That tn weather will be fine
In this land-it's all in knowin'-
Get in tn glad sunshine.
II tn fortune teller whispers
That a dark mans on your trail.
1t may be a man with money.
So you'd better reef your sail,
An tn loud voiced prophets wallin'
o. calamity's no sign
That this grand old countrv's ailin'-
Get in tn glad sunshine
'-John n. Beffel in ST. Louis Republic.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
Playbills and
Sentiment.
BY Carl Williams.
BY Carl Williams.
Copyrighted. 1908. by Associated
Literary Press.

The janitor's little girl murmured a
word of thanks for the penny bestowed
upon her and scampered back down.
stairs, while Elizabeth returned to the
parlor with the mail which the child
had just brought.
1t was a comfortable little city apart
ment, and only the typewriter table in
one corner betrayed the fact that il
was a work as well as play room.
Through an arch an absurdly small
dining room with the table laid for
one proclaimed 1t to be the home of a
bachelor girl, though Elizabeth Bel
knap's dainty femininity gave no sug-
gestion of spinsterhood either from
choice or circumstance.
The coffee percolator steamed on the
table unheeded while she ran through
her letters-a check for n story, two
manuscripts, paper and n thin. fat
package bearing n foreign stamp.
Elizabeth frowned over one letter.
smiled over another, patted the check
lovingly as she thrust it into the draw
er of her tiny desk and ripped the COW
ering from the package Out fell
playful, Il glaring thing of red and
blue letters on yellow paper, bearing
the list of artists appearing at a Ro-
man music hall.
One of the names was marked with
an inky cross, and in defiance of postal
regulations Nell Stanwood had written
on the margin: "Do you remember we
saw her at the theater the night be-
fore I sailed? It's n small world, after
ALL"
Elizabeth smiled at the remem-
brance. Four other girls and herself
had given Nell going away party
the night before the latter sailed t
study in Italy. They had wound up
the evening at a vaudeville theatel
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
DON'TS.

Don't expect chick from every egg.
There are often sells in high priced
shells.
Don't skimp on feeding young stock.
Shove them hard if for soft broilers
and roasters.
Don't think because heat dries up
droppings that you're safe. They breed
mites and cholera.
Don't forget TO clean the pigeon
house. Be particular about ticks. A
little creoleum in the bath for vermin
fugit.
Don't believe all you read about poul-
try fence. Go slow in selecting and
buy for time, not simply for discount.
Time here Is not tick.
Don't apologize for patched overalls.
It's sign you are a gentleman. And
who has a better right to wear a Coxey
badge? 1t beats the Carnegie medal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
In Another Voice.

AS the pastor of the Zion's Hill
church looked down at his parishlon-
ers, to whom he had been giving thir-
ty-tive minutes of sound doctrine, his
face took on less benignant express
sion.
"Bredren an sisters" he said, 81
want to warn you against one ting,
an dat is t'inkin' ebery man dat don't
hab jes' de same views you got is no.
count religionist
81 don't want to hear so much talk
about wolves in sleeps clothing as l
bene hearin'. You don want to settle it
in yo' minds dat a mans wolf in
Sleeps clothin' jes' because he don
bPat exactly like you do" - Youths
Companion.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11


where the little dancer of the glaring
programme had appeared. Now, Nell
IN Rome had seen the same act and
had remembered their last night to-
gether. Was she homesick?
1t was several moments before Eliza.
beth opened the newspaper, the old
home paper and "as good as a letter"
so Jack Hardy had often declared.
Not an item of news worth the telling
escaped publication in the Blairsville
Beacon, for even with detailed infor-
nation as to newly painted fences the
editor found it difficult to fill his yawn-
ing columns.
The Beacon was Hardy's compro-
mise with his conscience, for he had
declared when Elizabeth had deter
mined to leave Blairsville for the
greater opportunities of the city that
he would not write. He had not writ
ten, but after the first week the Bea-
con came regularly, addressed in his
strong, masculine handwriting, and
Elizabeth always smiled a softly tri-
umphant smile whenever the copy ar
rived
There had been an understanding"
with Jack Hardy until the stories she
loved to write had so frequently found
publication as to awaken in Elizabeth
an ambition TO get in personal touch
with the editors.
Hardy had frowned upon the sup-
gestion of removal to New York. He
n01l1 10
his own and his mothers incomes
were derived from the lumber busi-
ness which his father had left, and
Hardy knew that to go to the city
meant beginning all over again the
fight for a competence.
There had been heated words over
Elizabeth's determination to leave, and
she had been given her choice of a ca
reer or marriage. She had elected in
favor of the career. She had prosper
ed In the great city. She had told her
yelf over and over again that she had
done the only sensible thing and yet
Today there was an inclosure with
The Beacon, n playbill announcing il
hamboyant language Il weeks engage
mert at the opera house of the Rice &
Bennett Empire stock company.
Elizabeth smiled as she read the IA
milaar repertoire. The Rice & Bennett
company was almost an institution in
Blnirsville. Twice a year they played
Tor week in the town hall, and every
one who could afford it attended all
their performances. 1t was the one
real dramatic treat of the season, for
the few other attractions that made
Blairsville We're travelling maglctans.
Uncle Toms Cabin" companies and
nm occasional medicine show" The
Rice & Bennett company was to Blairs-
vile what grand opera is to the cities
Last year she and Jack had attended
the spring performances together. but
in the fall she was gone. How time
had flown! The Rice & Bennett COM
pany would open their spring engage
ment the following week, and Jack had
sent her hanger. An odd lump came
in her throat as she returned to the
table and her neglected coffee.
When she started to tidy up after the
meal she thumb tackled the Italian
poster to the wall of her tiny private
hall. The wall was bare, and the yell
low poster with its foreign lettering
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11

"You are charged with snatching q
woman's pockethook"
Il know it, Judge But l wouldn't do
such a thing, hungry and broke as
am"
TOO conscientious, l suppose?"
o. l don't pretend that. But why
a.. ID l snatch Il womans pocket.
..a- What would want with cou-
+" W.. car tickets, powder rag. q
piece of chewing gum and dressmak-
er's address?"
Once more a shrewd criminal over
shot his mark. His familiarity with
the contents convicted him. t-ashing.
ton Star.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
HARD CROP,

The causes of hard crop are general
ly overlooking, irregular meals, dried
grass or straw or long timothy hay,
sudden change of feed, constipation,
stoppage of entrance to gizzard, lack
of water grit and green food.
To empty crop first give hen a table
spoonful of olive oil and place where
she only has water. If reduced in
twenty-four hours, follow with tea
spoonful of oil and when empty give
two five grain capsules of venetian
red. If failure, take a funnel, insert
down past onening of winSDipe and
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
Liqhtina Up.

ever notice" asked n salesman for
n grocery house that makes a business
of supplying the big New York hotels,
that If you stroll uptown and look at
any of the big hotels you will see them
all pretty we'll lighted up? Plenty of
rooms occupied apparently. Well,
that's sometimes bluff. The help has
orders to light up number of the
front rooms every evening just so that
the hotel won't look like graveyard" !"
New York sun.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
Hottentot Women.

Among the Hottentots women hold a
better position than they do anywhere
else in Africa. The married woman"
says one traveller 'reigns supreme mis-.
Sress. Her husband cannot without her
permission take bit of meat or a drop
of milk" Generally "they rank much
above the average Of the negro races" 4"
--IOndon SDectator
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
eout the Foe of consunption

Sir Dyce Duckworth in his address
to the faculty of medicine said that
many persons were constituttonally
predisposed to rheumatism and gout,
but an important characteristic in such
cases was the antagonism of the It's
sues to the bacilli of tuberculosis.
The more rheumatic or gouty a person
was the less pronounced was his tend
ency to consumption.-London Post.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
Why He Was Suspicious.

There is something suspicious about
that" remarked the young man named
Brown as he hung up the telephone re-
ceiver.
about what?"
why, just called up the home of a
girl who has led me to believe that |
am the warm favorlte and that there
are no others on her list She wasn't
at home, so the party who answered
the ring said, but it gave me Jar
when she added, Shall tell her you
called, Mr.. White? New York Press.
Wlgg (relating experience with bur.
glar)-The fellow was an amateur, for
when l pointed my pistol at him he
stood petrified with fear.
Wagg-Then you're mistaken about
his being an amateur. If he was pet
rifed It's clear that he was a hardened
Standardization Transcript
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-07-14
DAILY STOCK REPORT

Session Sales: $1,000 o. R. & l.. Co.
IS, SOL. 90; 5 Waialua $3.50
Betwees Boards: Is Hon. B. & M. Co.
$40. 90; % onomea $3S 90; so Oahu Su-
gar Co., $29 Is; Is Oahu Sugar Co.,
$29. rs; 20 Oahu Sugar Co, $29. rs; $50
Oahu Sugar Co., $29 rs; 20 EVA $27. so.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-07-14
HAWAII ASKED
TO PARTICIPATE

Governor Frear received a long let
ter IRON CHORD Pincnot, the United
States Forester, who has been appoint
ed chairman of the National Conserva-
ton committee. 1t tells of the results
which have come from the conference
of Governors which was recently held
in Washington and of which Governor
Frear was member. Besides the eX-
ecutive committee of which Mr. Pin
chot is chairman four oIher commit
tees have been appointed. They are
on Forests, Water, Land and Minerals.
Governor Frear has been requested
to appoint Territorial Conservation
committee to work in conjunction With
the National committees mentioned. A
meeting will be held in Washington in
December at which reports will be
made and recommendations presented
which may be followed by legislation
from Congress.
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capable Of handling their affairs most
satisfactorily.
The official ball in honor of Rear
Admiral Sperry and the officers of the
feet will be given on Friday evening
July II, at the Seaside-Moana. Tic
kets are $500 each, admitting gen
tleman and all ladies accompanied.
Holiday hours will be observed at
the postoffice on Thursday, July 16,
1908, the day of arrival of the Allan
tic fleet. General delivery windows
will be open for the transaction of
business for one hour only, from
o'clock a. m. until 8 o'clock a. m.
and one delivery only, will be made
| by letter carriers.
Articles of incorporation have been
issued by Treasurer Campbell to the
Dai Kwock Hin Gin Wui, a society
formed for charitable purposes by q
number of local Chinese. The follow
ing names of incorporators are given:
c. J. Yee Hop, Wong How, Chuck
Hoy, Leong Kau, Pang Chong, DR.
F. X. Ii, DIR. Akana and Y. M, Wee
Ong Goo, Chinese, got nine months
today for chicken stealing.
J. d. Smith, alias CoIins, was this
morning given 80 days for drunken
ness.
The Commercial Pacific Co.'s suppll
schooner Flaurence Ward arrived a,
Midway yesterday from Honolulu.