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The Detroit times., 1909-02-24
BY Lillian BELL.

BY Lillian BELL.
l~@ OMEN who are willing 10 abide
IM by surface impressions oil the
WI passing show are quite sure
wv that women are progressing
In enlightenment. refinement
The Detroit times., 1909-02-24

TO WOWdN.
Once our superior Now our equal!
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06
Adopted by Enqiand.

Cool off" is an Americanism which
has invaded England. but by no means
the only one. The London Chronicle
remarks: I'm many shops one finds
the word candy being used familiar
ly, and it no longer means the jaw
breaking but wholly delicious sugar
candy of ones youth. 1t is the same
with cracker which used to convey
to the English chld's mind only some
thing that belonged to Christmas time
and could be pulled. The one surprise
to today is that week end which
ought to be an Americanism. is really
a good old north Englandism."
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06
Too Much Like Work,

The happy mother of a seven-months-
old baby. whose chief business seems
to be making noise in the world. was
paying her sister Il visit. and the other
evening young Master Harry. aged
seven years. was delegated to care for
the baby while his elders were at
dinner. SO he wheeled it back and
forth. forth and back. the length of
the library. giving vent to his senti-
ments by singing. much to the amuse-
ment of the family:
Gee whiZ. I'm glad I'm free.
No wedding bells for me.''
Ladies' Home Journal.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06
Odd Names,

A New York paper is printing some
very odd names that are brought to
its attention. Among those contrbut-
ed are the following. all said to be
genuine: Eta Lolita Lamb, Ida Sweet
Hart. Il. U. Phelan Goode, Mabel Eve
Story. Edna Broker Legge. Marian
English Earle. Nealon Pray Daley. l.
Betty Sawyer. Miss Eta Pye and
lasses. and Constant Agony is a Ca
madam lumberman.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06
No Hockey For Pjttsburo.

The action Of the professional hockey
players who last year composed the
Western Pennsylvania Hockey league
Is responsible for the diScOntinuance of
the great winter sport in Pittsburg
professionally. at any rate) during the
coming season. The action Of the
stick wielders in jumping contracts
and holding their managers up for
more money continually during the
season Of 19OS-9 was distasteful to all
followers Of the sport In PittsburR.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06


pounds gross. According to the indict-
ment. the government in this one case
was cheated out of $1.694.O7 In duties.
1t was in 1887 that the sugar trust
was organized. sixteen concerns. head
ed by Havemeyer Il Elder. making up
the combination. In exchange. how
ever. for the SG.50O.OOO worth of Sc
curities that the concerns represented
stock for $5O,OOO,OOO was issued. On
this capitalization Il return Of 10 per
cent was steadily paid.
Owing to the popular agitation
against the trust in New York in 1891
it was dissolved. but Immediately re-
organized under the name of the
American Sugar Refining Company of
New Jersey. with capital stock of
$5O.OOO.OOO
AS is we'll known. this isn't the first
time the sugar trust has been in diff
culties. 1t is one of the oldest Of all
trusts and for years was more bitterly
assailed both in and out of the courts
than Standard Oil. During the nine
ties Havemeyer was veritable "bogy"
man." He was sued in courts. de-
nounced on the stump and investigated
by Lexow committees and legislatures.
The Pennsylvania Sugar Refining COM
pany brought suit against the trust
last June under the Sherman antitrust
act and forced settlement on
the basis Of Il payment Of 100000
in cash. the return of $7.O0O00O par
value of securities as collateral and the
cancellation Of loan Of $1.25OOOO. In
Roosevelt's term Il judgment for $135,-
900 smart money was obtained against
the sugar trust. and in Taft's term 3d.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06
Renewino Hostilities.

Mrs. Caller-l'm surprised that you
recognized me. 1t has been more than
five years since we met.
Mrs. NagGeby-l had almost forgot
ten your face. but remembered that
dress you have on.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06
An Expensive Production.

You were very lavish with the
snOwstorm in the third act"
"Yes," explained the manager. ~
bought that snow when white paper
was not so high as it is now."-Kansas
City Journal.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06
For Example,

LAS for me-" stated the petulant
person. II see no difference between
half loaf and no bread"
But there IS Il difference" replied
the practical one. "Wouldn't you pre-
fer whole doughnut to Il doughnut
"-Judge.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06
His HoIy Sabbath Dav.

Remember the Sabbath day to keep
it holy" said the good man.
II always do" replied the chronic
golfer. Il played seventy-two holes
last ay."-Chicago Record Herald.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06
WiIlinu to Listen,

Tess-She was Boosting that she is
very good listener
Jess-Yes. She's what you might
call n fluent listener. She loves to
hear herself alk.-Philadelphia Press.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06
Not Acquainted With It.

PA. what's sine qua non?"
"Oh. pshaw. don't ask me! i amt
had my automobile long enough to
learn about all Of these technical
names yet."-Chicago Record-Herald.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06
No Recommendation

Goldsborough-You may say what
you like about Ricketts,, but he's as
good as his word.
PoindeXter-But consider how many
bad words he uses.-Detroit Free
Press
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06
Easilv Parted.

Hes quite bald, understand"
almost. He has just two wisps Of
hair left"
"lndeed?'
Yes. and he calls one the fool and
the other his money "-Philadelphia
Ledger.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06
Too Much For Him.

$50 Bates has given up autoing"
"Yes. Between running down pedes-
TRANS and running up repair bills the
expense was too much for him.
Town and Country.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06
Domestic Note.

"Give the devil his due" he said.
Pm willing to-" she snapped. but
you're in pretty good health. and he'll
have to wait."-Atlanta Constitution.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06
All's Well.

Briggs-Poor Jasper! He miserably
failed In his examination for locomo-
tive engineer.
Griggs-But understand he has OBJ
tanned fine job as chauffeur.-Life.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06

Life without liberty is joyless. ENt
life without Joy may be great. The
greatness of life is sacrifice. -Ouida.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06

100000 back duties
were paid up.
In the investiga-
ton Of the sugar
trust as it has de-
veloped In the last
five years no one
man appears to have
q ne more than
Richard Parr, who,
In his former capac-
ity Of special treas
ury agent and later
n S C h ief Of the
Weighers' division of
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06
A Thoughtful Younq Wife.

II know what can do to keep these
cigars for Alfred. III put little CAM
phor In the box."-Browning Maya
zine.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06

the treasury depart JAMES NE NoLDs
ment, has kept his eyes open every
minute. and he has made some star
Ting revelations. Among others who
he accuses of being under the influence
Of the trust is James Reynolds. for
mer assistant secretary Of the treasury,
n charge OF customs. and now a men,
er of the tariff board.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06
laconic,

Hairs little inclined to-
"Cut it," interrupted the man who
wanted to catch train.-Puck.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06
Took Them In Too.

1.-THE people on that farm are such
warm hearted. hospitable folks. They
will take anybody In"
II know they will. We boarded with
them last summer. Baltimore Ameri-
can.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06

IDENT OF SUGAR fore. In fact, from
TRUST. all reports. before
he gets through with the American
Sugar Refining company. otherwise
known as the sugar trust. and the Gus
toms service you won't know the
places. The present cleanup began
recently with the arrest Of James +.
Bendernagle. superintendent Of the
sugar company's refinery in Williams
burg. on an indictment charging him
with conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment by means Of false weighing of
sugar importations.
This arrest. however. was only step
in the governments plan to prosecute
the frauds by which it has lost mil
lions in duties. and the work Is going
ahead until the men "higher up are
called to account. 1t is estimated that
through the connivance of customs Of
ficials the trust has stolen more than
$30,O00,000 from the government in
duty on false weights of sugar. mostly
taken in ut the Williamsburg refineries.
in the last twenty years. Rendernagle
had been superintendent there for the
past thirty-tive years. and the indict-
ment charges the entry of 27.9SO bags
of raw sugar from Cuba on the steam
ship Eva on Aug. "a. 1907. the true
weight of which was 9.l59.494 pounds
gross. 1t is alleged that the Importation
was falsely weighed at only 9,052.62S
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06

Horsemen Will Have a Hundred Days
of Sport-Tampa's New Track-Mexi-
CO Will Attract Good Horses-CaIi-
fornia Racing.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-06
+ I. + + 1. + + + + = + j. j. + = = = .,
!: Uncle Sam
!: And the
: Sugar Trust
"A MOST people le

RMOST people let
wi their general
houSecle;ininS
go until spring. but
Uncle Sam is not so
particular in this re-
spect. Here ii is
cold weather. and
yet he's got one of
the biggest house
cleaning jobs on his
hands ever under
taken by him be-
fore. In fact. from
- -
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-08
A Wheat Hospital,

This wheat has been through the
hospital" said miller II can tell
by the fine polish on the grains. Wheat
that has been through the hospital for
smut disease comes out better than
well wheat"
The wheat grains, in truth, shone SO
that one could almost see ones face In
them.
You can see your face in them,
can't youT said the miller. And no
wonder. They've been through drastic
drastic. Smut is a nasty
disease, a kind of mold, that changes
the starch and gluten in wheat to
black powder. When you see -four
full of black specks it is a sign that
some of the wheat was smutted. The
cure is first TO wash the wheat thor
oughly Then you dry 1t. Then you
scour it. Then you dry 1t again.
Finally you brush 1t. Wheat hospitals
they are found in most grain ele-
vators nowadays-have big machines
for washing, drying, scouri and
brushing the grain, and wheat on its
very last legs comes out of those In
irmaries as spruce and blooming as a
football girl."-Buffalo Express
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-08
STREET REPAIRS
UNDER WAY

The borough council has authorized
system of street repairs, more exten-
sive in its scope than has been under
taken in Dauvilie in many years, in
Guiding practically every street recent
Iy not improved with the exception OF
East Market and East Front streets,
for which paving is contemplated.
Forty two car loads of crushed lime
ver Springs Quarry company. Two Car
loads of material arrived Saturday
morning and work on the repairs have
already begun.
The forty car loads of crushed lime
stone ordered and not yet shipped
would constitute good sized train il
brought to Danville all at one time,
but it will ba shipped only at iuterv-
ais of greater or less length, just as it
can be taken care of on the streets.
where it will be delivered directly
from the car.
2. J. Keefer, who as street commits.
sioner. has charge Of the work, Satur.
day stated that as many hands would
be employed on the streets as could
work to advantage and that the re.
pairs would be pushed to oonple etion
without any loss OF time.
The repairs Saturday morning began
on Ferry street at the D. L. q ".
railroad crossing The section between
that point and East Mahoning stree.
will be completed first. Simultaneous
ly crew will be put on Church street
repairing that thoroughfare between
the d. L. q W. crossing and East
Mahoning street. Fortunately on these
streets as on many other thorough.
fares Of town no excavation will be re-
quired to make good job of the mac.
adam, owing to the fact that the road
bed was originally constructed OF Gin
der and that solid foundation exists
When Ferry and Church streets are
completed the other streets will be
taken up in their order that were
authorized by council Friday night
namely, Mahoning street, Factory
street, Ash, Vine and Chambers street,
Railroad street between Front street
and the canal and the alley leading
from Bloom street to Spring street
When the above improvements are
completed the streets of town, with
the exception of East Market and East
Front streets, will be in very good con-
dition, Whether the paving OF the two
last named streets SO long an unrealiz-
ed dream, will become possible during
the next six months it is probably a
little too early to predict.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-08
MAIL ORDER
OCTOPUS At WORK

Hints and echoes of the vastness of
the mail order business of the country
ara frequently heard, but definite
figures have nearly always been lack =
ing. For the first time in some years
figures have been disclosed concerning
the mailings OF the largest Chicago
mail order house. This concern, which
is by no means the only mail order
concern in Chicago, began to mail its
spring catalogues on March 15, and
that mail was as much greater than
the mailing of any ordinary concern
as a skyscrsper is bigger than a log
hut.
:. Six million catalogues weighing two
ounces each were shipped. The total
weight was 450 tons. 1t required mail
sacks alone TO the extent of sixty five
tons to hold them. If they had been
forwarded in one lot, thirty full length
cars would have been required. How
ever, four-fift of the sacks required
no handling except to put them off the
train at their proper place. This mail
ing broke not only all Chicao post
office records, and they are something
to break, but broke also most other
postoffice records in the country, it is
claimed. Recently the came firm mail
ed in one lot 3, 800, 900 catalogues, or
265 tons,
This mailing is that OF ono Chicago
mail order house. Ii does not include
the enormous mailings of the other
mail order concerns, which in the ag
gregate are much greater than those
of the largest concerns figures. A
prominent advertising man recently
estimated from pretty accurate knowl-
edge that each year $110, 900, 900 worth
of merchandise was bought from Chi
cage concerns by mail On a very con.
servative estimate of the number of
people vino buy this merchandise the
6gures reach 2. 200, 900 families
On good authority it is stated that
every family in Iowa has mail order
house catalogue. The amount of bust
ness done by mail order houses can be
gagged by the fact that the greatest
of mail order houses alone does about
SO 900, 900 worth of business per month.
Their catalogue is /, 400 or 800 pages
N size, and each one of the millions
of catalogues mailed costs mailed costs
about 25'cents in stamps to send out.
Nearly 5000 people are employed on a
twenty acre plant filling orders, and
seventy five special catalogues aud IF
teen sample books are got ont each
season.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-08
They Had WIN Power.

was sitting one morning in n quiet
ccrner at Monte Carlo when two elder
ly men sat down beside me- One was
evidently Scotchmau, and the other,
| gathered, was from Yorkshire. The
former remarked, Il have Just man
aged it," This, | discovered, meant a
win of 20 francs. Their daily routine
was to appear at the same roulette ia
bic at an early hour and play the low
est stake Of ) francs on even chances
that is, on black or red or on the odd
or even numbers. They would lose
and win and win and lose, but they
remained calm and self contained and
persevered until they had each 20
francs to the good l observed them
daily. Some mornings they scooped in
the amount in twenty minutes, and at
other times it was a tough struggle
until luncheon time before they man
aged II. | never saw them fail once,
and | learned that they had pursued
the same plan for four months. One
thing was clear-nothing could tempt
them to go beyond the modest stake,
and they had the will to stop when
they won the stipulated amount. 1t
was really one of the best illustrations
of will power | have ever seen, for
few, indeed, who enter the portals of
the casino are able to resist the com
pelling atmosphere of the tables to
play on If losing and to plunge if win
ning.-Chambers' Journal
The Origin OF the Periwie.
The periwig. which played so impor.
tant a part in the toilet of man of
fashion during part Of the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries. owed its ori
gin to Louis NV. of France. When Il
little boy Che succeeded to the throne
at five years of age he possessed Il
profusion of remarkably beautiful
waving hair which fell in clustering
curls over his shoulders. The courtiers
Initiated the boy king by having heads
of false hair to initiate his natural
locks. and when Louis grew up he
adopted the periwig himself.
During the reign of William ard
Mary periwigs were worn in exaggcr-
ated dimensions. and the beaux used
to comb their wigs in public with spe.
cial combs of ivory and tortoise shell.
which became at last quite indispensa.
bic to these fine gentlemen.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-08

you can talk about your Clarksons,
your Rusies, your Radbourns and your
Mathewsons, says Manager Clarke
Griffith Of the Cincinnati Nationals,
"but when it comes down to real figures,
the greatest pitcher that ever lived is
'Cy' Young, who was turned over to
Cleveland recently by the Boston club.
Just think of it, that old boy will be
forty-two years of age on March 90 has
been pitching in fast company for nine
teen years, and is just as clever in fool
ing batsmen now as ever he was.
1T has been whispered around that
the Cleveland club made a foolish trade
in giving Pitchers Chech and Ryan and
bonus of $4,000 for Young. Don't
believe it. Why, Young will draw that
$4,000 the first three games he pitches
FOR the Naps-and he Ii keep on winning
too, with that team behind him.
"1oung's wonder Any man that
can win upward of 500 games in fast
society is a marvel. And you can bet
that the old boy has lot of good base
ball in his makeup yet. Watch him"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-08
SEEN IN A VISION.
To Cure Wrinkles.

Look at a paralytic If you think
wrinkles incurable," said a beauty doc
tor. "On the side he is paralyzed all
his wrinkles disappear. Though he be
sixty or seventy, his profile on that
side Is the profile of youth So the
paralytic shows us how to cure our
wrinkles-namely, by keeping our IA
cial muscles still. If we keep our faces
In perfect repose, never laughing when
the comedian sings his best song, new
er weeping when wife or sweetheart
dies, we will have no wrinkles what
ever, The skin wouldn't wrinkle If 1t
were not exposed. The skin of the
body is much disturbed by action OF
the muscles underneath-as at the
knee, for instance-yet this unexposed
skin never wrinkles. Not being ex-
posed to the bad influence of sun and
wind, it has not lost the oil and the
elasticity Of childhood. And that's
where l come in with my creams and
unguents and messages. - New Or
leans Times Democrat
Country Folk Are Tender With Birds
Real country folk are very tender in
their dealings with the birds that live
near them. In the course of my ex-
perience, extending over many years,
/ have never known case of wanton
cruelty occur in regard to wild birds.
The laboring man, whose work so of.
ten lies far from the haunts of men,
seeks companionship with the birds.
OF these none is more friendly than
the robin, which is sure to appear,
however lonely the place. - Cornhill
Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-08
IL Was a Bowl

There was no booth In the corner
drug store. The young man at the
Telephone, therefore, could be heard by
all the customers ranged about the soda
water fountain. His face beamed az
he talked.
Everything is all right" he was
saying.
"Ma'am?
"Yes'm. Eleven pounds beautiful
boy. Like me, they say.
"Ma'am?
'Yes'm Resting quietly. Would
have sent for you, but thought it best
mot to. Didn't want to worry you,
"Ma'am?
"Yes'm I'll attend to all that
"Ma'am?
. "Ies'm. I'll tell her you're coming
down right away. Beautiful boy
"Ma'am?
"Yes'm. Eleven pounds and looks
just like me-"
He rang Off and walked proudly out
of the drug store apparently oblivious
OF the smiling countenances of his in
terested listeners ranged around the
soda fountain.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-08
Auditors Notice.

In the Orphans Court .of Montour
County.
In the Estate of William Taylor, late
OF Liberty township, Montour County,
decd.
The undersigned, appointed auditor
of the Orphans Court of Montour
County in the matter of the First and
Final Account of Henry Vincent, Ad-
ministrator of William Taylor. late Of
Liberty township, County OF Montour
and State of Pennsylvania; deceased ;
to make distribution of the balance in
the hands Of said Accountant, to and
among the parties legally entitled
thereto; will meet all parties for the
purposes of his appointment, at his
office on Mill Street. in the Borough
OF Danville, on Wednesday, May 9th,
1909, at 10 o'clock, A. M. when and
where all persons having any claim
upon said fund must present the same
or be forever barred from coming in
upon the same.
=, r. SCOTT ZIMMERMAN, Auditor.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-08
A Duty to Aliens.

Italia's sons, in Brooklyn here,
With Drawn and patience labor
AS wealth creators. far and near.
Their share they save despite the fear,
Unknown to Yankee nelghbor,
OF grim eXtortion's heavy hand,
Whose blaCkness they can understand.
Protection is a debt we owe
Within our gates to workers
Their little boards must fear no blow
From bandit bands Sicilians know,
OF shooters and of dirkers.
Society its duty sees,
TO crush these Blank Hand villanies
A hundred thousand peaceful folk
In trade or manual toilers,
OF frugal life, meath terror's yoke
Breathe fast and dread a coming
stroke
From fierce Black Hand despoilers.
Ell Mano Nero's power is shown
In Petrosino's dying groan!
Brooklyn Eagle.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-08
The Law of Gravitation.

In 1GO9-seventy-seven years before
the publication of Newton's "Princ;-
pia' - Shakespeare in the play OF
"Troilus and Cressida," act 4, scene ..
makes one Of his characters say:
DO to this body what extremity you can
But the strong base and building OF nv
love
Is as the very center of the earth,
Drawing ali things to It.
This would seem to look very like
the announcement of the law of gravi.
", and yet nothing can possibly be
truer than the fact that the great poet
did not in any substantial sense antici.
pate the philosopher. Between Shake
speare's faurv and the scientific tri.
'umph Of Newton there is an infinite
'diference.--Nrw Yorl, American.