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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
RAILROAD STORIES.
The Man Who Paid the Conductor and
the Name on the Ticket.


An old time travelling man was talk
Ing of experiences of former days ON
the road. Frequently" said this tray
eler, Il journeyed to Cincinnati. The
fare from my city to that place was
then about $325 | saved something
by handing the conductor So in cash.
One day there was an excursion, and
l bought round trip ticket for $1.25
or S1.50-Ive forgotten the exact
amount, but that circumstance need
not cripple this story. When | handed
this ticket to the conductor as he tore
off the return coupon he looked at me
and In voice betraying how deeply
he was hurt he remarked, My young
friend, don't you know that l can af-
ford to haul you much cheaper than
this company canY
"On another occasion, when in Chi
cago, n coloIed man met me at the en-
trance of the station, asked me where
was going and offered to sell me
ticket for 81. The ticket was to Louis
vile, but | was only going to Indian
apolis. Cheap enough.
when the conductor came along to
take up my ticket he asked me my
name. 1t was usual to write ones
name on the ticket in the presence of
the conductor. l told him my name
was on the ticket. He grinned as he
handed it back and asked me to look
at it and say if that was my name. |
looked. The name on the ticket was
Mary Flaherty.' lie grinned again,
somewhat sarcastically, but he took
the ticket ''-Pittsburg Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
COLLEGE MECHANICS.
Some Popular With the Students-ob-
lection Made to Others.


Some of the colleges have a great
dislike to the way in which they are
referred to commonly in connection
with athletics. For instance. Wes-
leyan men don't like to be called the
Methodists," as they appear sometimes
AT the Naval academy there is q
strong prejudice against being called
Annapolis" The navy men aren't
particularly fond of "midshlpmen."
They believe the proper name for their
institution is 1.-The navy"
Columbia has great distaste for the
name of "Columbians" for their repre-
sentatives in athletics or other public
appearances. At the University of Chi
cago there is a dislike of the name
Chicago university" sometimes ap-
piled.
Although not so strongly opposed to
II, students at Pennsylvania do not like
the full title university of Pennsyl-
vania" as we'll as plain "Pennsylva-
MIA" Penn" is preferred to either.
"Maroons" for Chicago men, "Gophers"
for Minnesota, Badgers" for Wis
consin students, "Cornhuskers" for Ne
braska, "Wolverenes" for Michigan,
"Illini' for the men of Illinois-all are
names that are popular at those col
leges and are used by the men there
in speaking of their own teams. In
deed, to Il man unacquainted with
nicknames the average statement re-
garding a conference college is puZ-
Zlfnp because of the almost entire lack
of straightout names.-New York Sun.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
THE GERMAN CENSOR.
He Was Terror to the Dramatist
Hundred Years Ago.

He Was a Terror to the Dramatist "A
Hundred Years Ago.
The way the censor worried the Ger
man dramatists Of century or so ago
Is strikingly illustrated by a book on
the censorship in Germany published
by DR.. Robert Heindl at Munich. The
German theater used to be terribly
moral. In 1895 the Niennese censor
laid it down that an engaged couple
ought not to quit the stage separately,
but that they should be accompanied
by an official who should be under
stood to be about to make immediate
arrangements for their marriage. Even
an 1S4S mi7alliances were prohibited
on the Viennese stage, for. as the cen
sOr sagely observed, these misfortunes
will occur i'll real life, but they should
not be allowed in the theater
At Stuttgart the Iphigenia in Tau
Tis" of Goethe was nearly prohibited
because the Greek dress allowed the
actors bare legs To be seen. There
was long dispute over this point, but
at last the censor permitted the play
on condition that the actors Wore yell
bow tights.
Few would have imagined that the
Viennese censor was so careful of the
morals of the population hundred
years ago, but DR.. Heindl shows that
not merely political illusions were cen
sored, but that the strictest decorum
of word and of thought was insisted
upon.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
Housekeeping In Papua.

European housekeeping in Papua is
charmingly simple Everything arriv-
ed in a tin, for the most part ready for
US. Meat, milk, butter, vegetables-all
stood in tins in neat rows in the store
room. A diet of timed stuffs grew
rather monotonous at times, but we
were able occasionally to vary it.
Sometimes n man would arrive with n
live turtle, which he would sell for two
sticks of tobacco costing threepence.
The wretched turtle would be killed
and cut up, but would still insist on
quivering in most realistic manner
even when placed on the fire to cook.
Then. too, if the season was Il good
one, the kitchen would be found lined
with joints of wallabies, and it would
be hard to know what to do with so
much fresh meat.-Wide World Maya
zine
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
SNORING.
One of the Evils We Acquire With
Our Civilization.

One of the Evils We Acquire With
Our Civilization.
1t is truism that no one ever heard
of snoring savage In fact. if the
wild man of the woods and plains does
not sleep quietly he runs the risk of
being discovered by his enemy, and
the scalp of the snorer would soon
adorn the belt of his crafty and more
quietly sleeping adversary. With civ
ilization, however, we have changed
all this. The impure air of our sleep
ing rooms induces all manner of ca.
tarrhal affections. The nasal passages
arc the first TO become affected. In
stead of warming the inspired air on
its way to the lungs and removing
from 1t the dangerous impurities with
which it is loaded the nose becomes
obstructed. A part OF the air enters
and escapes by the mouth The veil
of the palate vibrates between the two
currents-that through the mouth and
the one still passing through the par
TALLY closed nostrils-like Il torn sail
in the wind. The snore, then, means
that the sleeper's mouth is partially
open, that his nose is partially closed
and that his lungs are in danger from
the air not being properly warmed
and purified. From the continued op-
Grafton of these causes - the increase
of impure air in sleeping rooms and
permitting habitual snorers to escape
killing and scalpine-some scientist
has predicted that in the future all
men (and all women, too) will snore
1t goes along with decay of the teeth
and baldness.-Health.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
What He Was Allowed to Do.


A Presbyterian delegate who was
accustomed to being sent to denomina-
tional conventions to extend fraternal
greetings was delegated to the general
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
Rising to speak, he said It was al
ways an interesting study to him to
note the different receptions accorded
him at the conventions of the various
denominations.
whenever l attend a convention of
the Episcopal church. for example"
said he, 81 find can do anything
like except preach in the pulpit. When
/ go before the Baptist church I am
accorded every privilege except that
of taking communion. And" he said,
with a smile. "when l appear among
the Methodists l notice I am allowed
every privilege except taking the col
lectionp'-Ladies' Home Journal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
kudo and Merinoee

1t is probable that with the exccp-
tion of Byron no great literary genius
ever was greeted with such storm
of vilification and abuse as Victor
Hugo when he published Les Miser-
ables." While the book took the pub
lie literally off their feet, almost all
Hugo's rivals united in condemning it
and its author.
Prosper Merimee wrote in reference
TO n dinner given to Hugo at Brussels:
Have you read Victor Hugo's
speech at the dinner given to him by
Belgian librarians and other scoun-
drels of Brussels? His statements
were without depth. solidity or com
mon sense. He is man who intoXi-
Gates himself with words and does not
take the trouble to think"
Victor Hugo retorted by writing to a
friend, M Merimee is man natu-
rally vile"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
Counting Postal Cards.

OF the many interesting machines
employed by the government in its
daily work there may be mentioned
those used for counting and tying
postal cards into small bundles. These
machines are capable of counting 500
900 cards in ten hours and wrapping
and tying them in packages of TWEEN
ty-tive each. In this operation the pa
per is pulled off a drum by two long
fingers which emerge from below. and
another finger dips in vat of mu-
cilage and applies itself to the wrap
ping paper in precisely the right spot.
Other parts Of the machine twine the
paper round the pack of cards, ana
then Il thumb presses over the spot
wi .eon the mucilage has been ap
piled. whereupon the package is
thrown on Il carrying belt ready for
delivery Minneapolis Journal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
Natural Kindness.

At an out of the way railroad juno
tion a traveller found himself hungry,
but with only two minutes to spare
before his train left. I'm take cup
OF coffee" he said to the young wo-
man in charge Of the restaurant. "Ive
no time for anything else"
You can take all the time you want
sir" said the young woman cordially.
'You look at this bill of fare, and I'll
telephone to the superintendent to de-
lay the train a little while"
"Why, can that be done?" asked the
traveller in amazement.
Certainly" said the young woman.
"Of course it can. It's branch road
and no other train coming or going
over it today. and the superintendent
would want you TO have a good meal.
He owns this restaurant" - Youths
Companion.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
The Old Eco.

"New York is no longer young and
unsophlsticated," said man who has
visited all the old world capitals. "She
has now all the WEAKNESS and vice of
Paris, London and Rome. They who
still speak of New York as young,
childish, innocent remind me of Lord
Exc of the Carlton.
Lord Exc. at seventy, tried to lead
the life of youth of twenty-five. He
dyed his hair, wore Il corset and fire.
quentcd the music halls, Piccadilly
circus and the Burlington arcade. One
afternoon as he drove from the Carl
ton in his brougham a member said.
smiling:
"There goes Exc. He told me over
a whisky and soda just now that he
felt as fresh as two-year Old
Another member sneered.
"'He probably meant n two-year-oid
egg he murmured New York Sun.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
MOntOur American
FRANK c. ANGLE, Proprietor.
DanVille, Pa, Jan. 21, 1909.
WoODCRAFT.
Methods of Canadian Indians In Trav-
ersng Forests.


ersing Forests.
A Canadian Indian, states contem-
porary, never loses his way in the
woods, being always able to find his
road over route once followed by
him and also to penetrate forests that
he has never seen if only another In
dian shows him the general course in
q rough draft on piece of bark.
Indians display markc -. ability in
communicating with one !. y her in the
woods. They telegraph by means of
smoke. and it is astonishing how far
Off they can scent railways long
time before they can see it or could
hear sound from it's vicinity. If they
expect to be followed by another party
they stick n piece of wood in the
ground on a portage, slanting it in the
direction in which they are travelling.
Those who find it will know by the de-
gree of inclination whether they who
planted it are travelling hurriedly or
not
If it be in summer, small bough or
piece of a shrub is fastened to the
stake, and by the extent to which it
has become withered those who find II
will know when it was placed there.
If hunter, as very often happens, has
to make detour or to remain behind
his squaw in search cSgame, she will
occasionally indicate the route she has
taken by sticks placed in the ground.
to which she has attached a small por-
tion of her skirt.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
Then He subsidized.

''I have made it n rule through life"
he said at the table the other day to
man at his left. never to meddlc with
another mans business"
THAT'S right-perfectly right" was
the reply.
"Rut l sec you have new confiden
tial clerk"
Eyes, sir, yes"
Hes a hard looking case. l have
seen him intoxicated n dozen times,
and l wouldn't trust him out of my
sight with a sixpence. Took him out
of charity, eh?"
"Well, not altogether. you know. He
happens 10 be my eldest son.'-Lon-
don Mail
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
Notice.

To Whom 1t May Concern -
Notice is hereby given that the
Court Of @. p. of Montour Co.. on the
1lth day OF jan. 1909, granted rule
to show cause why the said Court
should not enter decree changing the
name Of Ralph Winter Diehl to Ralph
Beaver Diehl.
Said rule returnable April 12, 1909
a. 10 o'clock. A. NJ.
THOS. G. VINCENT, Proth.
Ralph Kisuer, AttN. AS
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
THE DOCTORS.
Tribute to the Nobility of the Medical
Profession.

Tribute to the Nobility of the Medical
Profession.
TO enter the medical profession is to
find oneself in most noble company.
When Dante was led by Virgil into the
presence Of the master Of them that
know" he saw Aristotle surrounded by
a group of the saGcs of antiquity. Look
at them as they are introduced one by
one. and yor will see that a fourth of
them bear names illustrious in medi-
cine TO take note of but one-IIippoc-
rates is there. The student will not
turn to his pages now to learn what
has to be taught in modern text books
or class rooms. Yet he will do well to
lay to heart the spirit that guided "the
father of medicine" in drawing up the
oath imposed on the students of the
Hippocratic school. with purity and
with holiness" the candidate was
made to swear, Il will pass my life
and practice my art Into whatever
houses l enter l will go into them for
the benefit of the sick. will abstain
from every voluntary act of mischief
and corruption"
In the long succession of those who
have enlarged the bounds of his sci
ence the student will meet with n
great army of men who have kept the
spirit Of that oath under higher sane
tions than were open to the pioneers
whom the medieval poet consigns to
a place in his inferno because, though
blamcless of sin, they had not been
baptlzed.-Sir Alexander Simpson in
London CULVER
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
Spoiled BY the Cook.

Cardinal Manning, the famous Eng
lish churchman, was gaunt of face.
The great ecclesiastic's appearance
was so ascetic that he seemed to have
been almost starved. Once in Liver
pool be visited convent, and the cook
knelt to him for blessing, which she
got.
MAY the Lord preserve your emf
nence," said she, and then, looking at
his thin face, she added, land, oh, may
God forgive your cookr'
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21

Simon had just paid a long delayed
bill at the grocer's. partly in response
TO many urgings and partly because he
happened to have the requisite ready
money. The grocer, an old friend in
spite Of his persistence in dunning,
thanked hin heartily.
Good for you, Simon" he said gra-
ciously. You deserve credit for pay
ing up this way"
Il know it." replied Simon. and I
wish you'd give it to me sooner anoth-
er time. .''-Youth's Companion.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
Witty Sayings.

W. S. Gilbert said of Becrbohm
Trees Hamlet that it was funny
without being coarse"
During an Englishmans lecture in
New Haven the usher said to late
conner: please, sir, take your seat as
quietly as possible. The audience is
asleep"
a Philadelphia woman said: "Of
course there VIII be no marriage in
heaven. There will be plenty of wo-
men there and few men, but none
any one would care to marry"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
Had Poor Sioht.

New Boy (rather inquisitive)-Wha
did the other lad leave for, sir?
Master-For having defective eye
sight at times, my boy.
New Boy-Why, sir, have seen him
since. Apparently, then, his eyesight
was all right 1t seems rather curious,
sir.
Master-Well. my boy, at various
times when taking money from Gus
toners he could not see the till.-Lon.
don Answers.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21

81 hope you were good little boy
while ut you aunt's and didn't tell any
stories," said his mother.
"Only the one you put me up TO. ma"
replied her young hopeful.
why, what do you mean, child?"
"When she asked me If I'd like to
have second piece of cake | said. NO,
thank you; I've had enough .'"-Har-
per's Weekly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
Tho Influence of Bath.

Is there any town in the world that
has 50 imposed itself as much as Bath
upon the life and language of the ma.
ton? For some there are Bath buns,
for others Bath divers, and the mill
tant ladies who find the buns too soft
other windows If they disapprove of
the Bath chaps. When we become in
firm 1t is the Bath chair we seek. And
that Thousand years of the middle
ages without bath" seems now hor-
rible.-L London Chronicle.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
Separated.

"Some men are fond Of work, and
Others are not" said WILDER. Take
Dawson, for instance He is welded
to his work"
'Not now," said Hickenlooper. Hes
been divorced"
Divorced? What do you mean"
asked Wilber
He was bounced last Saturday."
said Hickenlooper r-Lippincott's
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
Won a Commission.

Against twenty three men contest
ants Miss Evelyn Longman has WOE
a $4,000 commission to design the
ed States Naval academy at Annapolis.
Miss Longman's design of Winged
Victory" at the Louisiana Purchase
exposition brought her considerable
fn mo
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
= Dog Story.

At farmhouse at which we have
been staying IA terrier, Rough, shares
always his masters first breakfast,
the bread and cream accompanying
cup of tea. Three corners he breaks
Off and gives to Rough. who eats the
first two. OFF the third he icks the
cream, then carries the crust to a
hen who each morning comes across
the field where the fowls are kept
and at the gate awaits her friends ar
rival. Should others of the hens ap-
pear, Rough "barks them of" while
his favorite devours her portion. =
London Spectator.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
An Early Riser.

Mrs. Hicks-You mean to tell me
that you have a servant girl who gets
up in the morning without being call
ed? Mrs. Wickes-Yes. She's In love
with the milllman. Boston Tran
script.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
Insisted on a Chance,

London Coster Injecting village
idiot-Oo are yer a-larfin' at? Idiot
OF bean't a-larfn'. Coster-Well, put
your face straight. Idiot-lt is straight
Coster (eXasperated) - Well, then,
bloomin' well bend it.-London Tatler.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
The Wise Way.

1--WE should all strive to forgive our
enemies" remarked the wise guy.
Yes; then they won't be so apt to
get back at u.s." added the simple mug
Philadelphia Record
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21


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NAMES OF APPLICANTS.
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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
A Reliable
Remedy
EIy'S Cream Balm
is quickly absorbed.

Gives Relief at Once.
1t cleanses, soothes,
heals and protects
the diseased mem-
brane resulting from
Catarrh and drives
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re-
stores the Senses of
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
EsATARR

Taste and Smell. Full size so cts, at Drug
gists or by mail. In liquid form, 70 cents.
Ely Brothers, SO Warren Street, New Y ork.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21

anuary 2Snf, 90 10 . tx IN fl
Dist ller1, Bfe"ers aud Bottlers. with nam,
of each.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
LIST OF APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE

n ~ONToUK COUNTY AT JANUARY SESSION, 1900
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-21
Amandus l.. Heddens, Washington
Vile, Hotel. l.

Notice is hereby given that the 10,
the CLERK of the Court of Quarter S, IS
their Petit ons for License, W hioh Will
day, the 22ud day of January, A. D..
DanviIle, Pa. January 9th, 1909.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-12
ShOddy.

Shoddy! The word stands for ev-
erything that is mean and contempt
fble, false, and make-believe. Yet the
product known in the world of busi-
ness as shoddy Is one OF the most use-
full inventions of the ninteenth CEN
tury, and deserves to rank with
steam and electricity, anesthetics,
the bicycle and other discoveries that
have made life worth living, i'm
proved our health and heightened
our days.-WOrld's Work.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-12
THE A1ARINnR's COMPASS
Influences That Draw it From Its
Allegiance to the Magnetic Pole.

Nothing in the navigation equip
ment Of a ship has been the subject
of more anxious scientific research
or receives more Jealous care than
the mariners compass.
The popular notion Of the compass
needle always pointing north and
south is-well, more inaccurate than
even popular notions usually are. No
more unfaVorable position could be
found for a compass than on board
Of a modern steamship, which is q
complicated mass of steel, all tend
ing TO draw the compass needle from
its allegiance to the magnetic pole Of
the earth, warning influences which
must needs be counteracted by all
sorts Of devices which hedge round
the instrument by an invisible wall
of conflicting currents of magnet
ism.
And as if this were not enough.
there are now huge dyamos to be
Feckoned with, producing electric
currents for all sorts Of purposes on
board. In the midst of these mystic
currents the poor little compass
needle. upon which the mariner de-
pends for his guide across the track
less deep, hangs suspended like one
shrinking saint surrounded by leg
ions Of devils.-Windsor Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-12
Right Handed Men.

According to authorities from IS
20 50 per cent of the men in civilized
lands are right-handed and have de-
veloped the low right shoulder. This,
however, is nc new phenomenon, for
even the ancient Greek sculptors
had noticed it and posed their sub
1ects so as to make them appear
more symmetrical
The Washington bee., 1909-06-12
A Club for Dandy Dogs

There has just been opened in one
of London's fashionable streets =
toilet club for dogs. Here the pets
of the smart set can have their hair
dressed and their coats trimmed to
immaculate perfection. For Uhres
shfllings they can be bathed. II
their teeth are imperfect they can
be st opped or extracted, and If their
claws protrude too far they can be
daintily manicured. Thus groomed
according to the Mayfair mode, their
coats put on, and their goggles at
tached, these exquisite creatures are
taken for their afternoon ride.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-12
Clean Your Glasses.

You who wear spectacles must IN
derstand that you cannot see TO ad-
Yenage through greasy lenses. Tbs
common habit is to wipe eyeglasses
or spectacles with a silk handker-
chief carried In the pocket. The fin-
ger tips always exude e delicate oil.
This gets on the handkerchief and
from the handkerchief goes on to the
lenses. Presently there is . smear OF
grease and people complain Of dim
ness OF vision. Drop the handker-
chief; get some very fine tissue
paper cut into small sections, wipe
your glasses with two or three pieces
and throw them away.