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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-10-17
COUNTRY NEEDS A REPUBLICAN
CONGRESS.
President Roosevelt Points Out I'm
portance of Electing Legislators
to Support Taft

portance Of Electing Legislators
to Support Taft.
President Roosevelt, in u letter to
William b. Mckinley, chairman OF the
Republican Congressional Committee,
appeals to disinterested citizens to join
with the National Republican Commit
tee and the Congressional Committee in
a movement to elect William II. Taft
as President and Republican Congress
to support him, saying, in part:
"lt is urgently necessary, from the
standpoint of the public interest, to
elect Mr.. Taft, and Republican Con
gress which will support him and they
seek election on a platform which spe-
cifically pledges the party, alike in its
executive and legislative branches, to
continue and develop the policies which
have been not merely introduced, but
acted upon during these seven years
These policies can be successfully car
ried through only by the hearty cooper
alton of the President and the Congress
in both its branches, and 1t is therefore
peculiarly important that there should
obtain such harmony between them. To
fail to elect MIR. Taft would be calam-
ity to the country; and it would be
folly, while electing him, yet at the
same time to elect Congress hostile
to him, a Congress which under the i'll
tiuence of partisan leadership would be
certain to thwart and battle him on
every possible occasion. To elect Mr..
Taft, and at the same time to elect Il
Congress pledged to support him, is the
only way in which to perpetuate the
policy Of the government as now car
ried on. 1 feel that all the aid that can
be given to this policy by every good
citizen should be given; for this is far
more than a merely partisan matter"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-10-17
Tho Public Welfare.
(Trom Governor Hughes Speech at
South Bend, Ind.)

tTrom Governor Hughes Speech at
South Bend, Ind.)
"If Bryan had been elected in 1896
the disasters that would have followed
would have prevented him from ever
being q candidate again.
I'VE are devoted to line Of progress
Straightforward, honorable administra-
tton above every selfish advantage.
against every attempt to exploit the
people for private interest We are de-
voted to the public welfare in establish
ing the stability Of honest enterprise
We serve the Republican party because
we believe that through it these things
can be accomplished. In the heat and
turmoil Of political campaign it is i'm
portant that we should preserve 4 true
and q proper sense Of proportion"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-10-17
Big Western Bank Deposits.

The deposits in the State banks of
Kansas on Sept. /, the date of the last
call, were greater than ever before In
the history of the State-a total of
over eighty-three million dollars, and
this within ten months after the panic
During the eighty days between the
last and next to last calls the deposits
increased at the rate OF 100000
day. The net increase for this period
was eight million dollars. The ma
equal gain for the same period.-To-
peka Capital.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-10-17
A Sentiment That WIN Live.

Judge Taft's 81 do not care for the
Presidency If 1t has to come by COM
promise with Senator Foraker or any
body else in a matter of principle" is
will stick in memory and in politics and
b. recalled in campaigns many years
hsncs ~ one Of the virile utterances Of
American history.-Topeka Capital.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-10-17
TAFT'S PLEDGE.
Mr.. Taft at st. Paul:

"If I am elected, a. l expect
to be, have the greatest pleas
ure in pledging, In the presence
Of this grand audience, all the
energies and all the abilities Of
which l am capable to continue
the Roosevelt policies, to make
business honest and to keep every
man within the law, be he humble
or rich"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-10-17
Bryan for Free Trade.

William Jennings Bryan stands to-
day as he stood in 1894, for free trade
and all that it means to American la
Dor and American enterprise. He can
not get away from the record, and
there are no indications that he wants
to get away from it. He is committed
to free trade as distinctly as he is to
free silver, and his own words show
that he will fasten those twin deviltries
upon the country II he gets the chance
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-10-17
BRYAN THE FREE.TRADER
Stands To-day as He Did When In
Congress for Free Trade.
He Pronounced the Wilson -Gorman
Free Trade Bill Just and
Honorable.


career he fs officially identified with
just one important measure Of federal
legislation, and that the Wilson German
tariff act of 1894. As a member Of the
House Committee on Ways and Means
during President Cleveland's second ad-
ministration Mr.. Bryan assisted In pre-
pairing that measure, and in its com
pleted form 1t bore his unqualified ap-
proval. His advocacy of the bill drew
sharp and clear the dividing line be-
tween the Democracy of Organism and
the Democracy of Grover Cleveland.
Mr.. Bryan pronounced the measure just
and honorable. President Cleveland de
nounced 1t as "the creature of perfidy
and dishonor," refused to sign 1t, and it
became a law without his approval.
The distinction thus drawn between the
Bryan Democracy and the Cleveland
Democracy continues to this day.
Free Trade Disastrous.
1nasmuch as Mr.. Bryan Is posing
this year as the special friend and
champion Of the farmers, 1t is worth
while to point out how their interests
were affected by the only important law
he ever helped to create. The Wilson
German act repealed the duty on wool.
On January /, 1893, two months after
President Ceveland's second election,
the sheep in the United States, accord
ing to official statistics, numbered Al
273,553 and were valued at $125, 800, ,254.
At the close of Mr.. Cleveland's term,
thanks to the baleful influence Of the
helped to force upon the statute book,
the number Of sheep In the country had
fallen to 36,S1S,643, having value of
$6O,O2O,942 In other words, the sheep
herds had suffered loss of more than
100000, or nearly 25 per cent, and
the wool clip Of the United States had
declined in value about $5s,OOOoOO, or
nearly so per cent, all through the op-
GRAFTON of a law which found one of
its most ardent supporters In the per
son of 1.-THE farmers friend" William
j. Bryan.
In 1893, under the fostering care of
tariff protection. the wool of the coun-
try amounted to 3O3,OoO.OOO pounds
in 1895, under the blighting effect of
free trade, 1t fell to 2O3. 900 900 pounds
In 1891, with the tariff restored, it
rose to 3o2.OOO,OOO pounds and to 316,-
100000 pounds in 1902 During the
four years of President Cleveland's sec
ond term the measure which he de-
nounced as 'the creature Of perfldy and
dishonor," but which Mr.. Bryan never
theless enthusiastically endorsed. sad
died the American wool growers with
losses conservatively estimated at $780,
600. 600.
But the wool growers were not the
only victims Of the Wilson German
Bryan perfidy. Every branch Of Ameri-
can industry suffered. 1t lowered the
duties on imports Of manufactures and
thereby forced the closing Of important
native Industries and drove their en-
ployes into idleness Wages In every
branch Of Industrial activity declined,
the demand for every variety Of farm
products fell OF, and the workingmen
of the country were subjected to uni
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-10-17

Mr.. Taft should hold to his original
ment made BY Bryan. Give Mr.. Bryan
time enough and he will deny them an
himself.-Philadelphi Ledger
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-10-17

versal hardship and distress The op-
GRAFTON OF Mr.. Bryans pet measure
robbed the farmers, brought hunger and
misery to the wage-earner and bank
rupted the treasury 1t was indeed, as
Mr.. Cleveland said, "a creature Of per-
tilY and diShouOr"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-10-17

HASKELL in himself amounts to roth
ing. but he Is valuable ~ showing With
what kind Of men Mr.. Bryan u willing
to surround himself.-New Yekk QlebA,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-20
The Mod9sty Of Women

naturally makes them shrink from the
indelicate questions, the obnoxious ex-
amnations, and unpleasant local treat
mentS, which some physicians consider
essential in the treatment Of diseases Of
women. Yet, if help can be had, it Is
better to submit to this ordeal than let
the disease grow and spread. The trouble
is that so often the woman undergoes all
the annoyance and shame for nothing.
Thousand \Qf women who have been
cured BX DR.. Rerce's Favorite Prescrip-
tlon writ& in. depreciation OF the cure
which dispeh3es \Srtl the examinations
and local treatmentsS There Is no other
mCdicine SO SuEe-ald- safe for delicate
women as "Favorite Prescription" 1t
cures de6llitRting drains, IrregIlarity and
female weakness. 1t always helps. 1t
almost always cures. 1t is strictly non
alcoholic, non secret, all its ingredients
being printed on its bottlc-wrapper; con-
tains no deleterious or habit-forming
drugs, and every native medicinal root
entering into its composition has the full
endorsement of those most eminent in the
several schools of medical practice. Some
Of these numerous and strongest Of pro-
feSsional endorsements of its ingredients,
will be found in a pamphlet wrapped
dIOuuu inc UOllle, also III u DOOhleI udlleu
free on request, by DR.. r. V. Pierce, OF
Buffalo, N. Y. These professional en-
dUrsements should have far more weight
than any amount of the ordinary lay, or
professional testimonials.
The most intelligent women nowadays
insist on knowing what they take as med
icine instead of opening their mouths like
a lot of young birds and gulping down
Ubatavar Is offered them Fayorita pre-
scription" is Of KNOWN COMPOSITION. 1t
makes weak women strong and sick
women well.
Dr. Pierces Medical Adviser is sent free
On receipt of stamps TO pay expense OF
mailing ontN. Send TO Or. K. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, \. Y, 81 one-cent stamps for pa
3er covered. or 81 stamps for cloth-bound.
II sick consult the Doctor. free of charge
oy letter. All such communications are
Geld SacreGly confidential.
Dr Pierye's Pleasant Pellets invigorate
,ud regulate stomach. liver and bowels
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-20
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS

As some of the newspapers OF the
state have been misled by the official
advertisement of the proposed amend
ments to the Constitution, which are
now appearing each week in the Morn
ing News and The Moutour Ameri-
can, into the assumption that they are
to be voted upon next fall, it appears
necessary to explain their status and
the purpose Of the present publica-
tion. The resolution proposing these
amendments was passed by the last
Legislature. They will be again con-
sidered by the Legislature to be elect
ed this fall, and, if then adopted, will
be submitted to the people for approv-
al or rejection. They are published in
order that the people may understand
in voting for mem bers Of the Legisla-
ture that such amendments are pend
ing, and may, if they choose, discuss
the subject with the candidates and
give them proper instructions.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-20
NEARLY AN HOUR
UNCONSCIOUS

Charles E. Ware met with bad fall
yesterday afternoon while picking
peaches in the yard at the rear of his
residence, No 121 Bloom street. He
sustained injuries which for awhile
seemed to threaten serious results.
The accident occurred about 3 As
O'Clock. Mr.. Ware was standing on a
ladder supported by the limb of q
peach tree. Without any warning the
ladder, which was a rather frail af-
fair, broke near the center, causing
the man to fall to the ground. In the
descent he seemed to strike the ground
headfirst and was rendered uncon-
scious
DR.. Shultz was called. He arrived
promptly and applied the usual remed-
les. The injured man however at first
utterly failed to respond to the treat
ment and seemed seriously hurt. He
was carried in to the house, where aft
er nearly an hours hard work the
physician succeeded in restoring him
to consciousness.
Last evening the injured man was
able to be about as usual. His appar-
emily serious condition following the
fall was due to the shock and the
stunning effect Of the impact when he
struck the ground with his head.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-20
Mo Use For a Pessimist

Freddie and his mother were having
a thoroughly satisfactory romp when
a visitor was announced. AS one top
ic of conversation after another came
up it developed that the caller was in
an extraordinarily pessimistic frame of
mind and expressed her disapproval in
no measured terms of everything and
everybody under discussion.
This impartial knocking" disturbed
Freddies amiable soul nightly, and
he slowly drew nearer and nearer I'M
til he finally stood before the lady,
with his small face puckeTed and the
corners of his mouth drawn down.
She stopped in the midst of an "Oh,
a dreadful bore, my dear" to say:
"Why, Freddie, please do unscrew
your face l don't like to see little
boys look like that"
Freddie surveyed her for a moment
and then said trenchantly, but with
an obviously sincere wish for informa'
ton:
'I guess you don't like most any
thing, do youT'-New York Times.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-20
Proposed Amendments the Pennsylvania Constitution

year nineteen hundred and ten, and until
the Legislature shall otherwise provide,
all terms of city, ward. borough town
ship. and election division officers shall
begin on the first Monday of December
in an odd-nuTnbered year.
All city. ward. borough. and township
officers holding office a1the date OF the
approval of these AMENDMENTS, whose
terms OF office may end in the year one
thousand nine hundred and eleven, shall
continue to hold their offices until the
first Monday of December OF that year
All judges of the courts for the several
judicial districts, and also all county off,
GERS, holding office at the date of the ap-
proval of these amendments, whose terms
of office may end in the year one thou
sand nine hundred and eleven. shall con-
tinue to hold their offices until the first
Monday of January, one thousand nine
hundred and twelve.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-20
A Bed of Bayonets.

A most remarkable feat was recent
ly performed before the rajah of Man
ipur by a Mussulman, one of a COM
pany of acrobats, who reclined at full
length upon the points of seven bay
onets fixed IN the orthodox method in
as many muskets. Four of the per-
formers assistants lifted him up on
to his bed of spikes, where he care
fully adjusted himself and distribut-
ed his weight so that the bayonet
points did not pierce his flesh. The
back of his head rested on one point,
his shoulder blades on two others, his
elbows on two more, while the hol-
lows behind his knees engaged the
remaining two. The acrobat declared
after it was all over that he had felt
as comfortable as If lying on bed.
Mr.. Robinson-What a singular girl
you are, Miss Jones
Miss Jones (coyly)-Well that can be
altered, you know.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-20
A PeriIouS Ride.

Abraham Wanner. Of Schuylkill
Haven, Schuylkill county, on Sunday
fell between two cars of a moving
train, at CIessona But he grasped the
revolving axle of one Of the cars and
by his feet held on to the truck of the
car. He hung on this way for half
mile when the train stopped and he
got out of his perilous position escap-
ing with broken wrist and severe
cuts and bruises.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-20

He-The fortune teller described you
exactly and said that l should marry
you.
She-Don't you think It was waste
OF money to consult him2
He-Why?
She-I could have told you the same
thing If you had asked me.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-20
WILLIAMS GROVE PICNIC.
Reduced Rates Via Pennsylvania
Railroad.

For the Graugers' Picnic at Will
liams Grove, Fa.. August PA to 80,
the Pennsylvania Railroad will sell
excursion tickets TO Williams Grove
from stations in Pennsylvania and
from Baltimore, ElmiIa, Frederick and
intermediate stations on the Northern
Central Railway, August IS 10 2S. in
elusive, good to return until Septem-
ber l., inclusive, at reduced rates
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-20
PUT LIFE INlO
DEAD BOYS BODY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.

News of one of the most remarkable
operations ever performed in this city
or possibly in the United States, which
took place at Emergency.".hospital,
when one of the surgeons Of that in
stitution succeeded by massage in
bringing back to life a twelye-year-
old colored boy of Hyattsville, Md,
who, it was thought, had died sudden
ly while undergoing an operation, has
just been made public.
BODY COLD AND RIGID.
The boy was under the influence of
chloroform and the surgeon was oper-
ating on an infected knee when re-
spiration suddenly ceased. The pulse
died and finally stopped, the body be-
came cold the limbs rigid. Artificial
respiration was resorted to, but there
was no responding TO pulsation OF the
heart.
After six minutes OF suspense, dur
ing which the physician resorted to
every possible method to revive the
patient, the doctor realized that there
was only one chance to save the boys
life.
MASSAGED THE HEART.
With delicate skill the boys body
was opened for seven minutes while
the doctor massaged the patients heart
&. EinaIlxy Xpban ha
about to give up all hope, the boy took
a faint voluntary breath, and for sew
eral minutes the heart pulsated gent
ly. Plying the heart with his fingers
to stimulate circulation of the blood,
the physician, after eighteen minutes
had the heart pulsating normally and
knew that he had succeeded in his al
most miraculous operation.
LIVED DAY AND A HALF.
For day and half following the
operation the boy remained in excel
lent condition and every hope was
held out for his recovery. But the in
fection Of the knee had spread to the
left side and affected the glands Of the
neck. Blood poisoning set in and de-
spite all efforts to save him the boy
succumbed.
Within a few months several emin-
ent physicians of this city will con-
duct vivisection tests to determine
how far the heart massage can be car
ried. Dogs will be placed under an
aesthetics and allowed to succumb, it
is said, so that physicians may deter
mine after how long an interval an
animal apparently dead may be restor-
ed by heart massage.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-20
PASSENGER COACH
NOT FREIGHT CAR

On account of complaint being re.
ceived from passengers who have not
been allowed to carry packages with
them in the cars, the trainmasters on
the various divisions are issuing ord
ers that in all cases the passengers are
to be given the benefit of the doubt
when they are undecided whether or
not to admit package. Every con-
ceivable kind of package has been car
ried into car by foreigners and it is
mainly for their benefit that the ord
ers are being issued. The conductors
are made responsible for the carrying
out of the orders. No package is to be
taken into coach which is offensive,
injurious or unusually large.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-20
NUMBER TWO.
TOTNT PsSnI IrTTnN


Proposing an amendment to the Consti-
tuition Of the Commonwealth, allowing
counties. cities, bor0uEhs, townships.
school districts. or other municipal or
incorporated districts 10 increase their
Indebtedness.
BE it resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly
met, That section eight, article nine, Of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, read
ing follows
Section s The debt of any county
city, borough, township, school district
or other municipality or incorporated dis
trict. except as herein provided, shall nev-
er exceed seven per Centum upon the as
sessed value of the taxable property
therein; nor shall any such municipality
or district incur any new debt or increase
it's Indebtedness to an amount exceeding
two per centum upon such assessed valu-
alton of property without the assent of
the electors thereof at public election,
in such manner as shall be provided by
law; but any city, the debt of which now
exceeds seven per centum of such as
sessed valuation, may be authorized by
law to increase the same three per cen
tum, in the aggregate, at any one time
upon such valuation" be amended. in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the eight
eenth article of said Constitution. so that
said section, when amended, shall read
as follows:-
Section S The debt of any county, city.
borough, township, school district. or
other municipality or incorporated dis
trict. except as herein provided. shall new
er exceed ten per centum upon the as
sessed value Of the taxable property
therein; nor shall any such municipality
or district incur any new debt or in
crease its Indebtedness to an amount eX-
ceeding two per centum upon sucn as
sessed valuation of property without the
assent of the electors thereof at a public
election, in such manner as shall be pro-
vided by law.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. ..
ROBERT McAFEE.
Sanretary ~ the Commonwealth
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-20

Anxious Old Lady ION river steamerl
I say, my good man, is this boat go
ing up or down?
Surly Deck Hand-Well, she's leaky
old tub, mum, so l shouldn't wonder
If she was going down; then, again,
her b'ilers amt none too good so she
might go up.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-20

George-That was IA awfully mean,
low down trick they played on the
bride.
Evelyn-What was itP
George-They got stencil out Of
q shipping office and stamped on the
Jewel trunk, ~Gaass - Handle With
Care"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-20
Expensive.

II should never have thought that
studying would have cost so much
money"
Yes, father, and if you only knew
how little have studied"-Judge.