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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
WONDERS OF VELOCITY.
A Piece of Thin Cardboard Will Cut
Through Wood.

Through Wood.
Velocity has great deal to dc
with one substances ability TO break
through another, and it is remarkable
what can be accomplished by Il com
paratively soft substance against a
much harder one when the former IS
given enough velocity \ bullet made
of a tallow candle would smash fiat II
fired against a board from a toy gun.
but when shot from an army rifle ii
will go right through the board. \
stream of water has been known to
have such swiftness of movement that
a sword was broken in two when a
strong man tried to cut 1t through
Cyclones have been known to drive
such frail projectiles as straws well
into tree.
An interesting experiment showing
what soft substance can do may be
performed by attaching bristol
board disk to the motor of an electric
fan and setting 1t to revolving at the
fans usual rate, If n piece Of wood.
such as Il lead pencil, for example, be
carefully applied to the edge of the
revolving disk, the wood will very
readily be cut through. OF course il
the disk were to revOlve slowly the
wood would soon blunt its edge.-Path-
finder
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
me Order Of Fools.

April l is not the only fools day in
the year On November II, 1891, the
Order of Fools was instituted by Adol-
phus. count of Clevcs.
Members were not by any means
idiots, however, for the word had a
different meaning then. They were
the prototype of our modern Order Of
Foresters or odd Fellows, doing 4
similarly benevolent work Their in
sigma consisted of IL srantle, upon the
left shoulder of Which'was embroidered
Il jester, or fool. in cap and bells. vel
low hose and silver vest. So these
CHEEKY, useful jokers had a bright,
happy outlook upon life and met to-
Gether to dispense the earnest of their
healthfui existence at stated intervals,
the chief day of which was Nov. 12.--
London Chronicle.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
Different STYLES.
How Meredith and Browning Might
Describe the Same Incident.

Describe the Same incident.
II Browning and George Meredith
were describing the same act they
might both be obscure, but their OBJ
scurities would be entirely different
Suppose for instance, they were de-
scribiug even so prosalc and material
an act as man being knocked down
stairs by another man to whom he
had given the lie. Meredith's descrip-
tion would refer to something which
an ordinary observer would not see or
at least could not describe. 1t might
be n sudden sense of anarchy in the
brain of the assaulter or a stupefac-
tion and stunned serenity in that of
the object of the assault.
He might write: "Wainwood's men
vary in veracity' brought the baronet's
arm up. He felt the doors of his brain
burst and Wainwood a swift rushing
of himself through air, accompanied
with a clarity as of the annihilated."
Meredith. in other words, would
speak queerly because he was describ-
ing queer mental experiences. But
Browning might simply be describing
the material incident of the man being
ton would run:
What then? you lie" and doormat be
low stairs
Takes bump from back.
This is not subtlety, but merely a
kind OF insane swiftness.-Gilber X K.
Chesterton.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
II Is Well.

It is well to carefully cultivate tastes
Ruskin says, Tell me what you like
and l viii tell you what YOU are"
IT is well to study human character
Bodcustedt says; In the face Of ev-
cry human being his history stands
plainly written; his innermost nature
steps forth TO the light. Yet they are
the fewcst who can read and under
stand"
1t is wen to brush up against the
world Goethe says; Talent forms
itself in secret. Character IS the great
current of the world"
1t is well to be never cast down
Elizabeth Barrett Browning says:
Let no one till his death
Be called unhappy. Measure not the work
Until the days out and the labor done.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
Who the Mound Builders Were.

Who were the mound builders OF
North America? The Rev. DR.. Bryce
of Winnipeg has examined large
number Of these interesting struc.
lures and is of the opinion that they
were built by the Toltecs and mark
the course of the Toltcc immigration
from the south along the Mississippi
and Ohio to the great lakes and the
st. Lawrence. along the Missouri and
along the Mississippi proper to the
Rainy and Red rivers. This would
make the earliest mound date from
about 100 A. D.-Boston Herald.
Natural History.
"Whah is you been WORKING" asked
Miss Miami Brown.
up to one o deshere garridges whar
dey keep de automobiles"
II s'pose you likes 'em better dan
mules"
well, de diff'unce is dat mule
kicks wifi his him feet an de automo-
bile is mo- li'ble to butt same as a
goat" Washington Star
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
PASSING 1T ON.
Presence of Mind In an Unpleasant
Situation.

Presence of Mind In an Unpleasant
Situation.
Greatness is thrust upon some in
diyidualS, patriotism on others. When
the patriotism does not belong to ones
own country the situation may prove
embarrassing. Such it was in the case
of Agostino Polidori. the great-grand-
father of Dante Gabriel RoSSetti. The
incident is given in a life of the poet
by his brother Polidorl, an Italian,
was in Paris at the taking of the Bas
tile in 17@9. He tells the story of his
unexpected prominence and his eXtri-
cation from the uncomfortable posi-
ton.
/ was passing by the Palais Royal
while the populace was running to as
Sault the fortress, and, having en-.
countered a highly powdered wigmak-
er with a rusty sword raised aloft, l,
not expecting any such thing and hard
~ conscious Of the act. had the sword
handed to me rs he cried aloud:
Take it, citizen! Fight for your
country"
had no fancy for such an enter
prise. so, finding myself sword in hand,
I at once cast about for some way to
get rid of it. and, bettering my instruc-
tion from the man Of powder, | stuck
IL into the hand Of the first unarmed
person | met.
Take it. citizen l repeated Flight
for your country" Then l passed on
and returned home
Her One Ambition.
She wanted job she told the man
ager of the big store, and everything
About her, from dropping eyelashes to
neatly nodded instep, indicated that
she would draw enough trade. or
ought to, to cover her salary.
But the manager told her that for
one of her ineXperience she would
command ouly about Sc week
She accepted this, If it was the best
he could do, but as she was about to
turn away she hesitated and asked de-
murely, looking at him through the
dropping lashes, DO YOU suppose you
could make that 81 a week, so | could
have little laundry done once in
awhieF'-St Louis Republic.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28

Painting the face on the stage Is
barbarous custom come down to
from the age OF oil lamps and ca"C'
With GaT and cle"tri" lirht ard G.
glasses for trc rcw"to v.ntr
house 1t IS no; needed -LosG,a'
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
His Board.

Sam Sparks-Oh, yo' amt de only
seed in de sunfiowah. Der's lots OBJ
uddeh gals dat hab called me "Sugah"
befo' All ebeh heahd OBJ yo' Belinda
Sparks-Well. man, II dey called yo'
"Sucah" dey sholy must hab meant
lphf sugab Chicago News.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
=.,;nu vr,,. c;otnes away.

housewife should be careful to
have all the starch washed out of
clothes before they are put away for
the winter They should be rough
dry and If possible protected by sheets
of dark blue paper
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
WINGED BURGLARS.

Buchncr i'm his Psychic Life os
Animals" speaks of thicvish bees
which, in order to save themselves the
trouble of working. attack well
stocked hives in masses. kill the sen
tinels and the inhabitants, rob the
hives and carry off the provisions.
After repeated enterprises of this de-
scrption they acquire taste for rob
berry and violence. They recruit whole
companies, which get more and more
numerous. and finally they form reg
ular colonies of brigand bees. But it
is a still more curious fact that these
brigand bees can be produced arti-
ficiIliy by giving working bees a nix
turc of honey and brandy to drink.
The bees soon acquire taste for this
beverage. which has the same disas-
trous effect upon them as upon men.
They become i'll disposed and irritable
and lose ali desire for work, and final
ly, when they begin to feel hungry,
they attack and plunder the well sup
piled hives.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28

An Irish boy marries when he has a
rid house and an Irish girl just when
she pleases. Sometimes she so pleases
while yet her years are few; at other
times she is content to wait upon wis
dom. In the latter case, of course. she
makes a wise choice, but in the for
mer almost always a lucky one for
luck IS the guardian angel of the Irish.
you're too young to marry yet,
Mary" the mother said when Mary
pleaded that she should grant Lau.
renee O'Mahony a particular boon.
"If you only have patience, mother.
I'll cure mesclf Of that fault" was
Mary's reply.
"And she's never been used to work,
Laurence" the mother said to the
sultor discouragingly.
"If you only have patience. ma'am,
was Laurence's reply to this, I'll cure
her Of that fault" And he did too
Seumas MacManus in Lippincot|s.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
Not Quite.

81 sleep with your letters under my
pillow" the modern lover wrote.
Then he yawned and muttered to
himself
"At least / go to sleep over the let.
ters. l suppose it's the same thing. y
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
Cause Of Car Sickness.

W c. Wood attributes car sickness
TO the nystagmus produced by looking
out of the car windows. Look out OF
car window and observe how
rapidly the telegraph poles Tit by.
Each one is seen ana involuntarily fol-
lowed 10y the eye unit II is opposite.
when the eye shifts to the one follow
ing This is true of near buildings.
Objects farther away seem to move
slower. and those very far off seem to
be almost stationary until the whole
landscape appears to be revolving
round a common center. The un-
conscious effort to take in everything
produces rapid lateral oscillation of
the cyeballS, as any one can observe
by watching the eyes of his fellow
passengers The eye strain is cnor
nous and is the chief factor in pro
ducing ear sickness. This can be
proved by asking Il patient who is
subject to car sickness to look steadily
ut mirror which is moved rapidly
to and fro or tilted backward and
forward. He will Immediately com
plain Of nausea and vertigo The
treatment consists of advising the
patient to avoid looking out of the car
windows and in giving him grain of
citrated caffeine shortly before he
takes the cars and repeating 1t every
hour as long as there is any tendency
to be sick. The author has been en-
abled by this procedure to relieve
many sufferers from car sickness
New York Medical Journal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
Cne Was Enouqh.

Papa, why didn't you wear a pair
last nightf"
"A pair of what, child;"
"A pair of skates"
"What does the boy mean?'
"E'hy, Bill. the coachman, told the
cook that you had a lovely skate on
last night when You came home. u EX-
change
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28

"Yes. this room is dark, damp and
positively uninhabitable. 1t is sup
piled for your wife's mother, If she has
one"
"She has. I'll take the Hat"-Boston
Traveller.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-24

FIG. I.-IcgHoUsE AND COOL ROOM,
ilv. IS au iyehouse of that size VIII
hold about twenty loads or tons OF Ice.
The main point is the division be-
tween the ieshouse and the room be
Lew ii. This must be perfectly air
,jsht and moderately good conductor
af heat, The ttoor may be laid IN the
following manner:
peqms Of sufficient strength are laid
across and the ends well bedded III ce-
m,.Dt A door of zinc sheets Is then
la,d moon the beams, the sheets being
closely nailed 10 the beams upon strips
~ rubber sbcctiag 10 make the joints
water and air tight The beams should
T.. ,Ir.~sel! smoothly. The zinc sheets
a~a l.,..tt. Is shown in the illustration
trt.. =. This is for the purpose OF
causing the moisture. which VIII con
dense upun the uuderSide OF Tins cell
,nr IL flow downward TO the lower
angie, where it will drip. The drip Is
caught III the little cutters Of zinc
shown In the figure attached TO The
ceiling and is carried off by proper
drain WIKI this water will also be
carried off much OF the impurity or
the atmosphere, and If very little ven
tilaricn is given there viii be little
condensation and the air will be Kept
dry. This point must be we'll attended
to as the danger IF excessive ventila-
ton il very great. The beams and
cine ceiling should be painted with
white paint Head and oil.
Above the zine ceiling thin layer OF
dry. fresh sawdust should be laid
smoothly. and floor Of matched pine
boards should be laid upon that and
thoroughly coated with melted pitch.
This door should slope a little to one
corner SO as 10 draw the waste water
from the Ice there, and an S trap drain
should be laid from that to carry Off
the water into the drain above men
toned The usual layer OF sawdust Is
laid upon this floor TO prevent too rap
i'll conveyance of heat from below to
the Ice above. Small double windows
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-24
Notice of
Hearing on Petition for
Ditch.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN =.


NOTICE that Others
likely be affected by the drain ditch hereinafter de-
County asking ditch hereinafter described
and that said Board OF County Commissioners have
said petition
complete and estimate of the said
VIM vuson County Surveyor setting forth the
posed route the through
wp Of far the
Register of Deeds of said Union
Of
other facts
filed his of such survey and having
% ah and that the 70 I'd have from such w.
lroma line
on the section line IS chains
pond degrees
Is degr es thirty mu chas degrees
North
point opposite
degrees
40 10 haa bridge rs chains N
thence
N.
chains
the Southeast secioa Township
And line the main
TO-
south 30 degrees 900
northwest the southeast OF section TO- township 49,
construction the main ditch will
strip
starting point in section township 49, So to the where
southwest
10 in said township and that from this
where the line said ditch ntes the ditch running north and
H.
said ditch and one rod wide on tn south side the line of SAID ditch
determined
us whole course and that the exact width OF said bitches should b.
with
dchng
ditch the line
township and the point where the line of said ditch
ban Bue
drainage follows:
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-24
Farm, Field
ana Garden
on THE HORSE MARKET
Spring Trade In Farm chunks--Fssd-
ere and Ponies.

Spring Trade In Farm chunks--Fssd-
ers and Ponies.
ny RUFUS C. oBRECHT, University Of
Illinois experiment station.
Horses OF the farm chunk type may
be found on the market at all seasons
OF the year. but during the spring
mouths they form an important fea-
tuye OF the trade They are bought to
be used on the farm and are In most
urgent need during the season when
crops are being planted. They are
usually OF mixed breeding, draft blood
predominating, and commonly known
among farmers as "all purpose horses"
Mares are more generally taken than
geldings.
For this class low down blocky
horses are wanted, not 30 heavy m the
eastern chunks. Farm chunks are usu-
ally lighter In bone and often slightly
blemished or unsound Since farmers
do not usually care to pay for high
priced horses they are often compelled
to accept those with slight injuries.
such as small side bones. curbs, wire
marks, etc. In general the typical farm
chunk should be moderate sized all
r0and good individual, standing from
Lis TO 1913 hands high and weighing
from 1900 to 1,40O pounds.
Feeders are horses thin In desh, pur-
chased to be put In condition and ~
sold. They may belong to other class
80, but the practice II more generally
followed with the hitting for sale Of
draft horses, chunks and wagon horses.
The old adage. "A little fat covers q
multitude Of defects" d stu true. The
value OF flesh when put on thin horses
can hardly be appreciated unless oue
has seen them neahed and placed
asnin on the market Horses to b
classed az Feeders should BE- strong
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-24

What kind q hog Will bring the
most money in the market, and what
breed will make the best market hog?
These are questions hard to answer
definitely. Markets vary as to the
class Of hogs that will sell at the TOP,
When lard Is az premium the hog
that yields a large amount Of lard is
the market topper. and that means
the heavy, thick, fat hog. When lard
Is below other products this kind Of
hog sells for less than the light weight
which VIII make handy pork loins and
good hams without too much fat on
them. Taking one year with another
Ia eastern markets, the hog OF 1870 to
200 pounds VIII hit the top oftener
than any other weight. In western
markets hogs OF around $50 pounds
will probably average best. Some.
times lighter or heavier hogs win out
sell these grades, according to the
fluctuations In price Of the product.
In summer hog prices cover the widest
range because there Is the greatest
difference Ia the yield Of product at
this season. In the winter all hogs are
corn fed and yield mere uniform GUAM
titles OF product. In summer many
are grassers that make low yields and
OF inferior auality to corr fed hogs
4 200 pound hog that dresses 50 Der
cent yields $50 pounds, one that dress
es Is per cent yields $50 pounds. and
one that dresses 70 per cent Yields
only 40 pounds, an enormous differ
/ eliee In q carload Of hogs. which the
buyer makes allowance for ia buyine
them on foot. AS rule. or LATE the
best hogs have been the cheapest an
tue hooks nc the top OF the market he
cause they have Yielded So much nor4
product than the others. which lookef
cheaper TO the inexperienced Observer
As 70 the breed that killers IKE hest
probably more would answer Rerr
shire than any other breed. But huc,
are what killers want, aud he kfnf
they want win top the market wheth
= black. white. red Or spotted.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-24
4 arm aao
gsarden
AN INEXPENSIVE lCEH0OSE

No Reason Why the Farmer Should be
Without X.
An ieehouse and cool room may De
constructed as follows; Excayate
half cellar Ia perfectly dry place,
from which the surface slopes Tor may
be made to slope In all directions, so
rs to prevent danger of moisture from
want Of drainage. A stone or brick
wall IL built around this and laid In
hydraulic cement. The door Is Co.
nentcd A frame or other building Is
buiIt upon this basement to contain
rho ice Twelve feet square viii be
large enough for a moderate sized ram
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-24

Ponies * various Gra6es and breed
in9 are frequently found on the mar
ket and are usually bought for the use
Of children and ladies. The character
istics distinguishing ponies from horses
are not easily described. but to the dis
corning eye the "earmarks' are per.
fectly evident at q glance. The princi-
pal Distinguishing feature most gen.
orally accepted by authorities u that OF
height, q pony being fourteen hands
or under. But there are dwarf horses
that do not have pony blood or char
actsristics that come within these linn
its. 49, s- "a
Other pony CHARACTERISTICS are . deep
body and rounding barrel, heavily
muScled In thighs and Quartsrs, Group
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-24
First publication June 81


First publication June 81
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, LA
COUNTY OF UNION,
In County Court within ana FOL SAID county.
In the matter Of the estate OF Charles n Peter
son, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned.
admnistratrix of the estate of Charles M.peter-
son.deceased, to the creditors Of and ali persons
having claims against the said deceased, 10 eN-
Liblt them with the necessary vouchers. within
six months after the first publication OF this
notice, to the said administrator at the Office
OF Ericsson 4 Stckney, At Elm Point, IA the
County Of Union. State Of South Dakota
Dated at Elk Point, s, d., this 2sth nay 81
MAY. 1908,
4w SELMA %. PETERSON,
administrator OF the eStst- of Charles NJ.
Peterson, Deceased
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-24

First Publication, June 8
STATE OF SOUTH DAKoTA
COUNTY OF UNION
In County Court within and fer said county.
In the Matter OF the Estate or ole Roaming
deceased.
Notice Is hereby given lay tire undeISi4ned.ad
ministrator of the Estate OF Ole Ronnins. De
ceased to the creditors Of, and all persons hay
Ing claims against the said deceased, 10 exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers within touT
months after the first publication II this no
tice. to the said administrator, at the eniee o
Ericsson q Stickney, al Elm Poiat. 10 the County
of Union, State Of South Dakota
Dated at Elk Point, this god day 81 Iuue. 1888
4w ERIN A kONNIN",
Administrators of The Estate of oie GoH
ming, deceased.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-24


STArE or SOUTH DAKOTA So
COUNTY OF UNION
In County Court within and for saId county,
In the matter Of the estate OF Harriet I,
Brink. deceased.
Notice Is hereby given by the undersigned
administrator OF the estate OF Harriet c, Brink,
deceased, to the creditors OF, and all persons
having claims against said deceased, 10 exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers within six
months after the FIRST publication If this notice,
to the said administrator at the Office of the
Clerk of Courts. in Elk Point, la The Coanty OF
Union state OF South Dakota,
Dated at Elk Point, y. ID. this l2th day of
June 1859
4w y. NJ. BRINK,
Administrator of the estate Of Harriet r.
Brink, deceased.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-24

Said rscsutly: "When you fsel down
and out, iesl there 10 no use living
Just take your nad thoughts, with you
and walk them on. Before you have
walked : nils things will look rosier.
Just try IL" Have you noticed the
Increase II walking 81 late In every
communityr Many attrlbuss II 70 the
comfort which Allsnb Foot Ease. the
antlssptic powder TO b shaken into
be shoss, gtvea 70 the millions now
usine Il. Al Weston has said, III has
resi- merit."
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-24

Now resolution and order OF sao
County Commissioners Of Union South Dakota made ana a ~
2sh day of May 1909,
NonCE petition will be heard ana oou
dered Court House
Point South 1909 and all persons
the drainage said hearing au
established
mng drainage ella ming
saon for the lands said drainage hereby summoned
and notified and where
such claims will heard said Board aud when and where any
person interested allegations the petition ana tue
forth petitioners ike
manner heard when and where the SAID
County drainage conducive the puo
health draining sg
cultural lands will establish ditch will the damages
sustained by taking such lard for the %
of said drainage DITCH Reference mere
BY made the petition probes all other on file
In said matter for further particulars.
Dated this 20th day Of May,
J,HrBR Chairman
i b. W. MASSEY
/
Attest &
A. T MussoE, #.s*ssssss
| County Auditor
By OIIvKA !. NUxsox
Deputy.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-24

4 young woman in London rendered
the cabby the exact fare Of . shilling
at the end Of q journey.
half 4 moment, miss," said the
driver. "Are you married."
mo. Why do you ask Z"
Because" was the rejoinder, when
you do marry, whoever gets you win
have i treasure. You makes bob 60
farther than any sal know"