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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-01-16
FEATHERS AND EeasHELLs.

Turkeys are thick as grasshoppers
In Texas. The Lone Star State has
shipped 100000 pounds of turkey
this season. That's nice bunch of
money for the rangers who have tax
en- the blue ribbon for turkey produc-
ton Go to Texas IL you wish to get
the "know how"
When the authorities of the Dan
vile pa Insane asylum advertised
for 1000 pounds of live turkey only
one reply was received from the home
county. Center county filled the con-
tract. All the turkeys were nine
pounds or over at Is cents per pound.
1t takes 5000 pounds of turkey for the
Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner at
this institution.
when the cats away the mice will
play in that patent dry feed hopper
which Is warranted to hop. Whether
it brings big crop of eggs we know
not, but it certainly is an automatic
sure hatch mouse incubator.
Have you heard the news from Mis-
souri,? Her last annual report shows
a poultry product of S40,O000OO. Her
hens laid 1O7, 155G5S dozens of eggs,
worth SlG,00O,00O. Missouri heads the
band. The great American hen has
knocked out the great Missouri mule.
How shall | get fresh eggs? Fresh
eggs are composed OF good strains,
good pains, good brains and good
grains. Mix these well in a scientific
manner, and you will have eggs to
burn.
Every time q hen cackles she does
not lay, any more than every time you
speak you say something that will
make you famous. The hen tells a lie
to get some feed and drink that you
have neglected to give her. We will
forgive her, but we can't forgive you
unless you do better.
In distributing gifts of poultry don't
forget the poor preacher. If you do,
then that good joke that is one of the
traditions OF the fathers will die out
However, let us quietly remind you
that the Baptist preachers prefer wa
terfowl.
When your hens get the roup. he sure
to call the nelghbors in. They will
surely tell you what you ought not to
do. After you have filled thssa up with
red pepper, castor oil, axle grease, pat
ent poultry feeds and bug juice, top off
with llniment. Llniment will cure any
thing from corn to a cracked smoke
pipe It's the great American panacea
If these all fail, call in the family ply
sician.
"The early bird catches the worm"
has Its exceptions. You will not get
early winter eggs if you snooze all
morning. The best hens lay early. If
you feed a fifteen minute mash at or
8 o'clock, your best hen will be on the
nest and will get left. If she gets
left, you get left
Do you prepare your birds for the
shows? Let conscience and the stand
ard guide you. These people who cut
off extra points, pull out feathers and
dye wing flights here may get blue
ribbons in this world but the devil
will get them in the next
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-01-16
mot always" she confessed.

bueU.
mot always" she confessed.
81 was thinking" said he, that aft
er we got home | should like very
much to come to Iowa if you'd let me,
and then I'd like to bring you back
here for little personally conducted
tour all our own-just yours and mine.
l haven't showed you tenth part of
what I'd like to show you then when
just you and l are in the party"
He leaned nearer her.
81 want that personally conducted
tour to go on forever" he added.
He spoke quietly, but with such ear
nestness that the hot blood crept even
to her temples. He noticed that her
hands were trembling and that her
breath had quickened.
"It would be no end better than this
tour" said he. "What do you think
Of it?"
Very deliberately her eyes were lift
ed to meet his. He read in their
depths an answer that set his pulses
bounding.
"Oh, it would be- she began.
Heavenly" he suggested, with a
gay laugh.
"Yes, heavenly" she said softly as
his hand closed over hers.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-01-16
TroubIea of an Amateur.

81 thought you had gone to raising
bees" said the man from the city. 81
don't see any sign of them around
here"
81 had half dozen colonies of the
finest bees l could get" answered the
suburbanite, "and a whole library of
literature on bee raising, but they
swarmed one day, and while l was
looking through my books to find out
bees swarmed the blamed things flew
away, and I've never seen 'em since"
Chicago Tribune.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-01-16
A USE FOR SPIDERS.
Keep Them In the House and You Will
Have No Reaches,


at is too bad so many people are
prejudiced against spiders" said the
man who always finds out curious
things. "If they could stand it to
have spiders around, they would soon
get rid Of cockroaches. In the spider
the cockroach has an enemy that pur-
sues him with more malevolence than
does the cleanly housewife. And not
only is this hatred more deep rooted; it
is more deadly. All things considered,
the cockroach shows pighty little re-
spect for the human TSce. He knows
that, although he is small, he is chock
full of inventive genius, and he laugh
ingly scorns the futile attempts of men
and women to circumvent and destroy
him.
$50 long has he been battling for
life against paris green, fly paper, hot
water and wire cages that he has
learned to saunter through green lanes
of poison and wade rivers of glue
without SO much as soiling his toes,
and when 1t comes to the scalding bath
he Swims blithely out and wriggles his
whiskers in derlsion at his would be
slayers. But he dares not treat the
spider with such disdain. In fact, he
doesn't have chance, for the spider
outdoes even the cockroach in cunni lg
and nabs him without the least cere-
mony
"Still it would be hardly advisable
to recommend raising a crop of spiders
as sure preventive of cockroaches,
for in most peoples minds the exter-
minator is more Objectionable than his
victim" ."-Clevelapd Plain Dealer
Thackeray's Poets.
Thackeray's favorite poets were
Goldsmith and the 'sweet lyric sing
ers," Prior, whom he thought the east
est, the richest. the most charmingly
humorous of English lyrical poets, and
Gay, the force of whose simple melody
and artless ringing laughter he appre-
ciated lie admired Pope, too, but,
while admitting Millions greatness,
thought him "such a bore that no one
could read him." 1t Is not surprising,
therefore, that Thackeray never es-
sayed the big bowwow kind of
poetry. y.-Fortnightly Review
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-01-16

me opportunity TO parade. sne uId not
need guidance when the way was so
plainly marked, and, rejoicing In the
fact that the children along the line
were generous with their peanuts and
candy, she kept a watchful eye on the
crowd.
A cry of terror reused the captain
from his day dreaming. Juliet was
excitedly trying to force her way
through the crowd, which broke and
scattered before her. Captain used the
hook on ears and trunk; but, though
Juliet trumpeted shrilly in her pain,
she obeyed neither hook nor voice. A
dozen alert policemen sought to break
her charge, but they hastily lodged
aside at her approach. Then a cry of
horror ran through the crowd
A little girl, evidently one of the pa
raiders on her way to the start. stood
directly in the elephants path. One
of the policemen sprang to her rescue,
but before he could reach her Juliet
had caught her around the waist and
had lifted her high In the air.
Strong men turned aside that they
might not see the child dashed to
earth again, while others stood fasci-
mated by the sight. But instead of in
juring the child Juliet swung her light
ly back to the captain, who caught
her In his arms with a cry of joy.
Juliet then swung her huge hulk and
docilely returned to the parade with
the captain still holding Gretchen with
one arm, while with the other he pat
ted the trunk that was held up for a
sugary reward.
was explaining. 81 ran away and
came over in the big ship. as we had
planned. At the place where l sent
your letters they told me you were
here. I could not wait for your return,
so l came. and Juliet saw me. | was
looking for you. l knew you would be
in the parade"
Captain Kidd slipped another lump
of sugar to the insistent trunk.
1T frightened the people much" he
said with a little laugh. But | am
glad that Juliet found you. Now l
have my two loves, and we three shall
live together always. A man came to
me the other day and said that in
vaudeville we can get much more than
the $40 they pay me now. We shall be
rich and very happy, my Gretchen"
with you and Juliet" said the lit
tie woman, as she patted the upraised
trunk. Il am sorry the children were
frightened, but l could not wait an
other minute, my Wilhelm"
''Nor l." he answered simply, adding
with true Snowman instinct: "It will
be good for the business. 1t has made
people talk. and they will want to see
the three lovers"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-01-16

ed forward to this, perhaps you would
enjoy it as l do. But you've been aw-
fully kind since you've joined us.
You've shown me lots of things l
wouldn't have missed for worlds and
that ia never have seen but for your
thoughtfuiness. oh, | knew you must
have travelled this country quite ex-
tensively."
She looked at him with an intent
ness that was rather disconcerting.
Tell me-" she said. "why should
you, knowing all these things as you
do, care to travel with us?"
Lancaster regarded her for time in
thoughtful silence. Dare he tell her
the truth? He looked into her clear
gray eyes and decided to risk it.
Shall tell you the real reason?" he
asked.
"Why, yes, of course" she replied,
with a little note of surprise in her
voice.
"Well, then" said Lancaster sturdi-
ly, lit was because of you"
The color deepened in her cheeks.
"Oh!' she said, with sudden compre-
hension. Her eyes fell. She was alb
tractedly pulling her gloves to cover
her embarrassment
"You remember that evening at the
hotel in Cologne" Lancaster went on,
'when you and l were partners at
whist? 1 joined your party the next
morning. l wanted to be with you
just to be near you"
IL rather wish you hadn't told
me-" she said uneasily.
Would you rather had fibbed po.
litely?" he asked.
"No-o," she replied slowly.
"You see," Lancaster explained, I'D
been poking about the continent all by
my lonesome, and, to tell the truth. I'd
not been having a very hilarious time
of it. And that night at Cologne He
paused.
Eyes, that night at CologneT she
prompted.
at seemed" he said very gravely,
"as if you fitted into a niche in my
life that had been made for you and
that had always been waiting for
you."
She was still neIvously pulling her
gloves. The personally conducted
flock, headed by the guide, swinging
his umbrella like shepherds crook,
were filing out of the room beyond,
bound for the hotel
"Are you going back to Iowa to teach
school?" asked Lancaster.
yes" she said qlietly.
There was a raler painful silence
for time.
rs teaching sch,ol in Iowa some
thing very, very 6esirable?' he pur-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-01-16

captain Kidd gave a sigh that shook
and looked up at Juliet. Juliet, the ele-
phant idol Of circus goers, responded
with a sympathetic pat that very near
ly took the diminutive captain off his
feet.
Its too bad, Juliet" he said softly.
eff Gretchen were here now to enjoy
this, how happy we should ber The
captains glance roamed over the gay
crowd 1t was the day of the chill
dren's parade at n seaside resort, and
the throng of miniature men and wo-
men In their finery reminded Captain
Kidd more than ever of his own tiny
Gretchen. Tears stole down his fur
rowed checks, and Juliet in dumb SYM
pathy placed her trunk caressingly
around the captains neck.
Perhaps she knew Of what he was
thinking. Perhaps it was only the in
stinct of dumb brute, but the captain
was comforted by her caress. For fif-
teen years he and Juliet had travelled
through the world together and there
had sprung up between them a love
that until the appearance of Gretchen
had been full and complete Juliet
still lavished upon her trainer the
wealth of her elephantine love, but
the captain had divided his heart be-
tween the elephant and the dainty lit
tie woman whom he met in Paris just
before he had sailed for America.
When the Snowman who paid him
his salary had ordered him to go to the
strange land, he had begged Gretchen
to accompany him. She had been will
ing enough, but the director of the
troupe of lilliputians would not give
his consent to losing one of his most
valuable little players. He had hired
Gretchen from her mother.
When the dwarfs had parted in the
big arena in Paris she had promised to
always be true to him and had hinted
that perhaps she might manage to
come to him some time. He had given
her his address, written on a scrap of
programme, and the short, misspelled
letters she had sent were tucked into
the pocket of the gay uniform coat
and brought comfort to him in the
long nights when he lay in Juliets
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-01-16
KEATS ON MARRIAGE.
Barrier Against Matrlmony In Witch
the Poet Reioiced.

Notwithstanding your happiness and
your recommendation, / hope / shall
never marry. Though the most beau
tiful creature were waiting for me at
the end of a journey or walk, though
the carpet were of silk, the curtains of
the morning clouds, the chairs and sofa
stuffed with cygnets' down, the food
mama, the wine beyond claret, the
window opening on Winander mere, l
should not feel, or, rather, my happi-
ness would not be so fine, as my soli-
tude is sublime. Then, instead of
what 1 have described, there is a sub
Unity to welcome me home. The roar
ing Of the wind is my wife, and the
stars through the window pane are
my children. The mighty abstract idea
/ have of beauty in all things stiles
the more divided and minute domestic
happiness-an amiable wife and sweet
children I contemplate as a part of
that beauty, but l must have a thou
sand of those beautiful particles to fill
up my heart
/ feel more and more every day as
my Imagination strengthens that l do
not live in this world alone, but in q
thousand worlds. No sooner am l
alone than shapes of epic greatness
are stationed around me and serve my
spirit the office which is equivalent to
kings bodyguard-then tragedy with
sceptered pail comes sweeping by"
According to my state of mind l am
with Achilles shouting in the trenches
or with Theocritus in the wales of Sici-
", or l throw my whole being into
Troilus, and, repeating those lines, 81
wander like a lost soul upon the Sty-
gian banks, staying for waftage," l
melt into the air with voluptuousness
so delicate that I am content to be
alone. These things, combined with
the opinion l have of the generality of
women, who appear to me as children
to whom l would rather give a sugar
plum than my time, form a barrier
against matrimony which l rejoice in.
Poems of John Keats" by Walter
Raleigh.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-01-16

WHERE ARE THE TURkEYS2
Yes, where are the big red headed
turkey gobblers that spread their tails,
displayed their crimson cravats and
posed and strutted ON the fence at the
old wagon shed?
A few years ago as we drove through
the country we gazed on flocks of
giant bronze and Hollands, white as
snow, gathered round the big barn,
roosting in the trees and gazing and
gobbling from the fences and the
yards. Today we may drive for miles
through fertile farm lands, we may go
from farm to farm "when the frost is
on the pumpkin and the corn is in
the Shock and never hear the gobble
of the strutting turkey cock.
THE FARMER TELLS Us WHY
"Yes," says he, I'VE used to raise a
smart lot of turkeys round here.
"The weasels, minks and hawks got
some, but these all fired smart town
chaps got to huntin' round our fields
and timber and shootin our turkeys
and takin' 'em home and passin' 'em
off for wild turkeys, and we got tired
of it and quit
"Then," continued the farmer. "it
brought on so much scrappin'."
well of course" we innocently re-
piled, turkey toms will scrap, and
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-01-16
V. Mo.vaUeuAh
Love is Cruel Indeed.

Love comes unbidden and fees from
those who pray at his shrine. He
comes like all conquering klngs-free
hearted, generous, great; he goes like
a thief In the night carrying away all
that has made life worth the living
He stabs us with the weapons we have
given him. he drinks our tears and
laughs at the tortures he inhicts, for
love is cruel. And yet we are
ever ready again and again to bare
our hearts to the blows. Men feel
love with more intensity than women,
and they forget more swiftly.-London
Madame.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-01-16

stall studying them out by the aid Of u
lantern. Exhibition midgets get little
schooling, and the captain did not
realize his inamoratas shortcomings
since his own education was even
more sadly neglected than hers. He
cared nothing except that each tiny
misslve reiterated the "Ich lieb dich,"
which bore comfort to his heart and
gave him courage to face strange
land, He was at least more fortunate
than Gretchen, because he had Juliet
the faithful.
His love for Juliet antedated his love
for Gretchen. Fifteen years he had
played in the troupe with Gretchen;
there had been Il long stay in Paris.
and he had grown attached to Juliet,
the largest elephant Of the herd. The
proprietor, quick to see his opportuni-
ty, had shown the midget how to put
the great beast through her few sim
pie tricks.
Since then the captain and Juliet had
not been separated for a single day.
When they travelled by rail he slept In
the car. On board ship or on land he
slept in her stall. The elephant quar-
ters were far sweeter and cleaner than
some Of the boarding houses at which
he had been lodged, and the captain
hated to be parted from Juliet even
Thus there had grown up between
them love almost human In its In
tensity. The owner OF the menagerie
had finally hn
purchase the elephant out of his slen-
der earnings and the tips he had re-
ceived.
The captain had several hundred
dollars saved up, but not enough to
purchase Gretchen's release from her
contract. In time he could manage to
save up enough, so he tried to he con
tent.
But here at the beach the sight of
the children in their fancy dresses put
MIN strongly in mind of the little
troupe of which Gretchen was the
star. The captain grieved and Juliet
grieved in sympathy.
The two of them had come down
from New York that morning to take
part in a circus in the evening which
was to close the days festivities. 1t
had been a long, firing trip, and the
captain felt depressed. Even the worn
letters in his pocket failed to bring
him comfort and, though Juliet ca
ressed him with her trunk, her efforts
were of no avail, and the captain re-
garded the crowd of pleasure seekers
through tear blinded eyes.
Then the manager of the entertain
ment came clustering up with the
warning that the parade was ready to
start. Juliet swung the captain up TO
her neck, and under the direction OF
his hook she moved off with stately
tread to take her place at the head of
the line.
As the great mass paced along be-
tween the lines of eager spectators the
captain no longer watched the crowd.
Ills thoughts We're far away across the
water with the little madchen.
Juliet proudly led the way. enjoying
tbe surprise she excited and 0lod of
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-01-16
TIES FROM FOREIGN CLIMES
Railroad Looks Far Ahead For Its Flu.
ture Supply.

when an American railroad com.
pany looks so far ahead and so far
away as to provide for its future sup.
ply of cross ties from forests In lands
across the sea and at the ends of the
earth," said a lumber operator to O
representative of the Washington Star
''the seriousness of the railroad tie
problem may be imagined. This is
what the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe is doing.
Some time ago this company sent
Z. o. Faulkner, the head of its tie and
timber department, to investigate the
statements that had been made about
timber growing on the Hawaiian Is
lands known as ohia wood and which
Is being cut away rapidly to clear up
land for sugar plantations.
"The wood was found by him to an.
swer so well all the requirements of a
good and lasting tie that he signed q
contract with Hawaiian lumber COM
pany for the cutting and delivery al
San Francisco of 100000 ohia wood
ties year for five years, besides 500
sets of switch ties for each year for
the same period.
"Mr. Faulkner went also to Japan,
where he made arrangements to pro-
cure several millions of ties to be de-
livered as called for. These will be
made from an oak which grows abun.
dainty in that country and which has
all the qualities which made our white
oak so valuable for railroad ties.
Further providing for contingencies
in the supply of ties, the Santa Fe has
purchased several thousands of acres
Of forest land in Australia, the possi-
bilities of which for furnishing ties
are said to be virtually unlimited"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-01-16

especially at breeding time, when half
dozen 20 to courting one old hen"
Young man." said he, you don't
catch my meanin', There was folks
round here who never set Il turkey egg,
and yet when the fall roundup come
they had more turkeys than all the
folks for five miles around. These
folks was always complalnin' bout the
foxes ketchin' their turkeys, and all
the time it was the two legged foxes.
"Well, we had a whole lot of law
suits, and it ended with the lawyers
gettin' the turkeys that the other foxes
didn't get, and Maria and the rest Of
us, jest worn out by these scrappin's,
let the turkey business go.
another thing against turkey rails
in" continued the farmer-"help Is
scarce.
I'VE can't keep our boys and girls
on the farm any more. These newspa-
pers are blOwin' round that the farm
er's havin' Il good, easy time of it be-
cause there are self Jlnders and hay
forks and hay leaders and manure
spreaders and windmills. They have
us all sittiu in rockin' chairs. cuttin'
coupons and smokin' quarter cigars"
AS if TO give emphasis to what fol-
lows, the farmer shook the ashes from
his cob pipe and said: Il want to tell
you, young man, there are some wind
mills in these editor Offices, and they're
run by hot air too. What do these kid
gloved city chaps who sit behind glass
doors and drink champagne know
about farmin'?
YES, l know they are tellin' us how
to do it.
"Bill West tried one of their pre-
scriptions on his old gray for the wind
collie, and that horse just up and died
the next day. He went into town the
next week to see the editor, and they
told him the editor was away lookin'
after his fences.
What do city editors know about
fences and farmin', anyhow?
WELL one day paper came here.
and at the top it read Go west. young
man, and grow up with the country
THAT night my boy John skipped
out, and the rest followed, and now
Maria and me are left alone, and we
can't do all the farm work, let alone
foolin' with turkeys"
But" we asked, cant you get
help?"
Hardly" he replied, "and the fel-
lows you do get are lazy, good for
nothin'.
1T used to be- when the children
were home, we all took hand with
the work. John had the horses, Bill
stopped the pigs, Mary had the chick
ems, Dave had the COWS; Jennie, the
Oldest, had the turkeys, Sallie had the
butter, and Maria and me took hand
with all of them.
But now" said the farmer as he
wiped tear from his eye, they've all
gone, and mother and me are left
alone to shift for ourselves, and turkey
raisin is out of the question.
'ro explain this turkey panic there's
one thing more 1 want to say" said
the farmer, "and that's about black
head.
'The farmers keep breedin' from the
same stock, and the turkeys get teeto-
tally worn out
''Then they get to droppin' yellow
stuff around, and they do nothin but
loaf and drink and sleep and die off.
l cut one open, and it had sour crop,
It's liver was spotted, and it's innards
showed red spots"
"Can 1t be cured?" we asked.
yes" he answered. Maria and me
Experimental with red pepper and
peppermint and cinnamon and lauda-
mum and liniment, and they was all