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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17
Neve.tH In lsl.nas.

y sre.t French gun company has
.,lguuctel an artificial island in the
Mediterranean sea some distance out
from Toulon to be used as an expert
@e2ta! station for torpedoes. 1t is
called the "Ile des Torpilles," which
means the Island Of Torpedocs, and
the method Of It's construction is IN
geaiJuS, When the idea first present
cd itself TO the company "A small island
IN a proper locality was searched for,
but without success. Therefore the
company decided to build q hollow
concrete island, float it TO the position
desired and sink It to the sea bottom.
The huge structure, seventy-dve feet
long, fifty feet wide and about seven.
ty feet in height, was constructed on
the banks Of the Seine, launched and
towed to It's position in the Mediter-
eanean,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17
LONGEST BASEBALL GAME.
Bloomington and Decatur Teams Play
ed Twenty six Innings.

Bloomington and Decatur Of the
Three ! league recently broke ar
Bloomington. ILL.,. the worlds profes-
slonal record for long baseball games,
playing twenty-siy innings. Decatur
won to l.
The grounds were muddy and slip
perry. but the fielding on both sides was
extraordinary, and the pitching Of
Burns and clark was phenomenal
The game was called for fifteen min
utes on account of the rain in the fifth
inning. The actual playing time was
four hours and twenty minutes
Bloomington scored its one run in the
lirst inning. while Decatur scored one
in the third and one in the twenty
sixth. Bloomington made thirteen
base hits and committed one error
while Decatur hit eleven times with
,vo errors.
bloomington after the long grind pro-
lested The game on the allegation that
Fishor, who got to first on dead ball
and scored on three bagger cut sec
oGd base.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17
Observations on RaIdbeads

"lf you care to observe the bald
headed row. remarked the theater
goer, you will find that there is great
variety in baldheads There are clip
tical bald spots, circular bald spots,
elongated egg shaped bald spots. bald
spots that are almost square and bald
spots whose shape can hardly be de
scribed for the reason that they in
clude the entire circumference of the
head, with the exception perhaps of a
slight row Of finishing fringe between
the head and the neck If it wasn't for
the baldhcals the theater would be q
bore before the rising of the curtain -
New York Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17
NOVEL GIFTS FOR A BRIDE.
Guests Brought Useful Liquids In Bot
ties Dressed as Dolls.

The most novel shower for Il bride
elect was that given for Miss Ida Cor
don, who is to soon marry Fred Smith
of Springfield, O.. 10y Miss Emma STAN
ford. She called it a bottle shower
Each guest was asked to bring n bot.
tie filed with something useful.
The bottles We're dressed as dolls,
and an effort was made to have the
dresses appropriate to the contents of
the bottles. one bottle flied with tur-
pentine wore the garb of a nun One
with skin food had on dainty clothes
Of baby. one labeled poison was
dressed to represent death. with skull
md crosSbones.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17

Just watch your canary after he has
mad his daily bath. See how each sep
arate feather is cleaned, pulled and
looked over and how all the loose ones
are taken out and dropped. All this is
done by the bill. for Il birds neck Is so
flexible that it can be turned in all di-
rections, but the bill cannot reach the
head, and SO Mr.. Canary uses his foot
with It he combs his hair first on one
side, then on the other, scratching very
fast, as if to get all the tangles out.
Then he uses his hair oil, for, although
complexion powders are not known in
the bird world, hair oil certainly is.
Ladies and gentlemen alike carry it
about with them. They have a little
pouch or sack on the back near the
tail for the purpose. When Nine. Bird
wishes to use 1t she squcezes It out
with her beak, just as you would press
a rubber bulb. Then she lays the oil
on her back just above her wings and
rubs her head against it, turning her
neck IN all discctiOus until every feath-
er in her head is straight and shining,
Exchange.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17

1t will surprise many old and young
American boys and girls to learn that
the inventor of the roller skate was a
Dutchman named Merlin, who visited
England in 1850. Eight years later he
exhibited a pair Of skates contrivea
to run on wheels" at a museum il,
London and also gave public eXhibi
ton of his prowess in skating over a
smooth floor, playing a violin tn
while 1t appears, however, that hi
demonstrations were on occas ions rath
cr more exciting than successful, for i.
is recorded that he used to fl,l abou:
and smash into mirrors and picture
which covered the walls Of the room
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17
Bab~ ss Hand Bag7agc.

4 tiny baby slept peacefully in II
small Telescope" ut the Union depot
in Kansas City the other afternoon.
1t was 4 new method OF caring for
child on long journey The mother,
Mrs. Martha Johnson Of Kokomo, Ind.
explained thar she was going to Los
Angeles and found this method saved
trouble In caring for the baby. u have
been around the depot eighteen years."
George Henry, passenger director, said,
"and | have seen babies carried about
in all sorts Of conveyances, but this
is the first time I ever saw a child
'toted' about Ia Il suit case"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17
ALASKA FAIR EXHIBIT
Miniature Model Farm Shown by
University of California.
ONE-FIFTlETH OF REAL SIZE.
Best Irrigation Methods Used In tho
United States Are Represented.
Half of the Area Is Planted With
Small Sized Trees.

T1dlT OF InS area Is TiaHISu WIN
Small Sized Trees.
Showing the latest and best methods
of irrigation worked out by the gov
ernment experts for various soils and
for everything from an orange orchard
farm has been constructed ten feet
square in the agricultural building at
the University of California in Berke-
ley, Cal
The farm occupies prominent place
at the Alaska -Yukon-pac exposition
at Seattle, Wash, and is one OF the
most unique and instructive exhibits
Built on a scale of one-fiftieth of the
actual size, it represents n farm Of
about six acres. Every approved trri-
cation method used in the United
States is represented, and the bitches,
gates. dams, zlgzag and straight basins
in orchard irrigation, tube burrows and
other parts are constructed as in the
actual work down to the smallest de-
tails. Half of the area is planted with
miniature trees, and the whole shows
at a glance the various improvements
and inventions in one of the most i'm
portant branches of government ex-
perimentation.
+. w. Roediug, recently appointed
head of the Berkeley station for irri
cation investigation under the United
States department Of agriculture as an
expert for the coast, planned the farm.
The actual work of construction was
done under his direction by Il. j. Hoff,
United States expert in the work Of
constructing irrigation machinery and
devices.
Irrigation methods for different soils
and land contours are indicated on the
model farm one and one-haIf acres are
in orchard, represented by miniature
trees and showing zigZag and straight
/ basins as well as open cut and tube
furrow methods. Another section rep
reseuts alfalfa I'm rectangular, contour
and border checks while on the bal
ance methods of irrigation for summer
crops are shown. bitches are laid out
/ to supply the various sections, and
/ twenty types of miniature ditch struc-
/ lures made of brass can be seen. The
/ latter include various measuring boxes
TO illustrate methods practiccd in as
certaiuins quantities of water deliver
/ ed All is constructed to scale and
I gives an exact representation of what
, the actual field would look like.
/ The exhibit also includes ten mod
els Of homemade implements (one-siX-
/ tccnth natural size, which are used in
+ the various sections of the irrigated
west TO level and prepare the land to
/ receive water rs well as instruments
used by this branch of the government
service in th& course Of its iuvesti.
/ gations.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17

You probably think of the as utter.
impossible, but I'm hanged if I'm 60
ing to let a breakfast food come b.
tween us
i could explain to you how whea.
iaka is made and show you how per
fecrly pure and wholesome ID is Orr"
You wouldn't understand it, | might
tell You that we are soon going to be-
gin an advertising campaign that viii
wipe wheatc off the market, but you
don't understand business"
Indeed calculated the girl
"But you can understand this, "
Hugh rushed on. You can under.
stand me when say I love you. I've
loved YOU from the moment | saw you
and, 10 matter how you think oi me
now, no matter what you say. I'm 90.
ing 10 make you love me and marry
me! Just as I'm going TO be success
full in this fight against wheato. I'm
going TO win you"
\ deep indignant flush sufused the
girls face Then she laughed mock
ingly.
Really, Nj Breakfast Food Man."
she cried, you can't make a girl mar
ry YOU by the same tactics you would
employ i'm business canpaicu r.
your endeuvors with wAua'Nlk1 are q"
more successful than your enleavor-
viii he to win me, II viii certainly go
hard with YOU"
Naughty and stern, she stood with
averted face until Hugh somewhat
abasAed, climbed into his machine and
whir'ed down the read
But Hugh's buoyaut nature soon re-
asserted itself lie had never yet
failed in anything that hc had uader-
taken. Why. then. should he fai, whca
it calae to winning "A wife?
Confident that when tile time really
came the girl would capitulatc. lie
pigeonholed his cOurtshiu for future
attention and gave all his energies
into the prosecution Of his campaign
against wheato.
For week or more the campaign
progressed in a most satisfactory man.
ner. ConsU ners and iobhers through
out the country responded in won
derfuly gratifying manner to Hugh's
aggressive dyertising He felt that
his efforts were already crowned with
success. His statesmen everywhere re
ported that the sales of wheato had
greatly decreased.
Then suddenly out of a clear sky
came a storm cloud. The wheato
company in page advertisements in
many leading newspapers published n
complete report of the method by
which wheatfiaka was manufactured
In this report it was shown that three
times during the process the food was
touched by human hands.
The wheato company pointed out to
the public the danger of contamination
and e Tuition of the food through this
age and further declared that
VIII was manufactured by the most
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17
MUST ELOPE CLUB.

Members Forced to Run Away and
Wed or Pay Heavy Fine.
Eiope or remain forever single Tint
is one of the rules in a club of ten
young men Of Jersey City. N. j. 1t is
called the ust Elope club. and during
the five years of its existence five OF
its members have eloped.
There Is reason for this obedience
to the rule. II member should be
married in ,hc ordinary way he would
have to pay $50 into the club treas
ury-that Is, he would have to 90 1t or
move out Of Jersey City
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17
R.d Checks In Ad4ison,s Cav.

1t seems that the beauty doctor" is
by no means q modern invention. The
Auanti. cites an amusing advertise
ment to this effect printed in Adiison's
Spectator:
The famous Bayarian Red Liquor:
Which gives such a delightful, blush
inc Colour to the Cheeks If those that
are White or Pale, that it IS not to be
distinguished from natural dne Com
plcxion, nor perceived to be artificial
by the nearest Friend Is nothing Of
Paint. or in the least hur.ful. but good
in many Gases to be taken inwurdly.
1t renders the Face delightfully."- band
some ma beautiful: Is not subject to
be rubD'd OF like Paint. therefore can
not be discovered ay the nearest
Friend. It is certainly the best Beau
tiner in the World. IS sold only at
Mr. Payn's Toyshop at the Angel and
Crown in St Paurs Church-yard, near
Cheapside at IS sd. a Bottle, with
Directions.
A handsome woman pleaSes the eye,
but a good woman the heart.-Dutch
Proverb.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17
BIC FARMING WAGER
Bet of $4,000 on international
Grain Growing Contest.
AMERICA VERSUS CANADA.

Crops of Oats to Be Grown at Lara
mie, Wye, and at Lethbridge, In
Western Canada, to Decide Relative
Merits of Farming by Irrigation and
Natural Rainfall.
The relative merits Of farming by
irrigation and by natural rainfall and
whether or not the United States or
western Canada can produce a larger
crop of oats are to be decided for bet
OF $4,000 in cash, according to the
terms of q contest which was recently
arranged between farmers of Laramie,
Wyo., and Lethbridge, Alberta, says a
Cheyenne (Wyo) dispatch. The S10,-
900 has been posted, and all the de
tails Of the contest have been arranged.
Colonel II. J. Bell of Laramie, owner
of the largest farm in Wyoming, put
up the $4,000 which says that irrlga-
tiOn and the United States can do bet
ter than Canada \ syndicate of farm
crs around Lethbridge, Alberta, head
ed by Professor W. II. Fairchid Of
that city. has covered Colonel Bells
money ana says that natural rainfall
and Canadian soil can raise more oats
to the acre than can Colonel Bell. Wy
oming and irrigation.
On the American side the oats which
win be entered in the contest viii be
grown by Colonel Bell himself on his
great Laramie plains farm. This farm
is more than 1000 feet above sea level.
on the western slope of the first range
of the Rocky mountains, and depends
entirely upon irrigation for its moisture
during the summer. For years Colo
mel Bell has paid particular attention
to the raising of oats, and he holds a
record of 1877 bushels 10 the acre. BY
carefully selecting the seed. specially
preparing the soil and closely watch
ing his bitches to see that just the
oats Mt the needful time Colonel Bell
says he can considerably increase the
yield of his oat fields
In Canada the prize oats will be
grown by farmers around Lethbridge,
with Professor W. II. Fairchild in
charge of the preparations and the
harvest Professor Fairchild has for
years studied the crops in southern
Alberta. and many of the great yields
Of wheat and oats from Canadian fields
are due 10 the adoption of his theories
by the farmers OF HIS section.
There are only two rules TO the con
test One Of them is that the yield
from 100 acres in one body must be
considered. The other rule is that the
oats entered must be standard grade
or better. Either contestant may pre-
pare the ground, sow his seed cult
vatc and harvest in any manner he
chooses. Nothing but the result from
100 acres viii count in awarding the
prize The Alberta farmers them
selves are something in the way of oat
-aisers. and government reports from
that province show that yields of 100 to
125 bushels per acre are common. CAT
stray FIVE feet in height is the orli-
nary, according to these reports.
The contest is to be decided by the
officials of the National Corn show.
Harvest in Wyoming occurs very late
in August acI IN Alberta in Septem-
ber 50 that the winner viii not be an
nouacel until probably the first wee;
in October.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17

Tai" "a a."e fresh egg and separate
the white an3 the yolk SO that the yolk
will not be- lroEen. Put the white into
a bowl, add a pinch of salt and beat
it until it is very stiff. Have ready
some little bowl that is pretty enough
to put on the table. but that viii not
break in the oven. Pour into this the
stilI beaten white and make a little
hole in the middle Of it with a spoon
In this little hollow place the yolk,
still unbrokcn. Set the dish in a hot
oven and cook for three or four min
little and the yolk is firm There
must be n separate dish for each egg
that you cook in this way. Serve
right away.--Delineator.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17

81 say" said Berkey to his wife yes
terday at dinner, you didn't say any
thing to any one about what l was
telling you the night before last, did
you? That's a secret"
"A secret. Why, didn't know it
was secret" she replied regretfully.
Wei, did You tell it? l want to
know"
Why, no: | never thought of it
since. didn't know it was a secret"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17

kN>N<~/N>~<~<>T~>> T~>>@~<>$><N~~~/N
Hugh Sommers, tearing down the
snowy road in his huge red automo-
bile, spied the girl Il little distance
ahead of him. He pulled the car to
standstill beside her and smiled appre-
ciatively at her rosy cheeks and her
becoming tam o shanter and sweater
Jacket.
Hello, neighbor" he cried.
Hello, Mr.. Breakfast Food Man"
the girl replied rather grudEingly and
somewhat Sarcastically.
The man grinned though rather un-
comfortably.
81 suppose" he said, that you think
it's something awful for me f. be
making my money in such prosaie
way as feeding the public at the break
fast table. Would you think any the
better of me if my money was tied up
in railroad aud government bonds, as I
suppose your fathers estate isF
The girl surveyed the man critically
from heel to head while he reddencL
under her glance
ITS hard to tell she replied can
1idlv at last "Whon I think of that
awful wheatAaka that you mauufac
ture it seems to obscure whatever
good qualities you may have. l sec
you through falling flakes Of that uH-
speakable stuff"
'ANheatfaka is every bit as good us
ana better than Wheato" he fgred
And THAT'S the only other brand on the
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17

An old Kansas citizen who had hcor
Senpecked all his life was about to dia
His wife felt it her duty to of r. him
such consolation as she might and
said John, you are about to go, bur ]
will follow you" 4 suppose SO, Naa
da,' said the old man weakly. "but 81
far rs l am concerned you don't Lga.
to be In any blamed hurry about it -
ArgOMMut
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17

Wornout and attcnuated cab horses
will soon BE- an unknown quantity in
the streets of Paris. \ society known
as the Assistance aux Animaux. work
ing with tie proprietors and driyers
societies. seeks to provide Paris with
cabs drawn only by horses in a perfect
state of fitness
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17

cleanly process which could possibly
be used
The effect of this advertising was tc
cut the sales of wheatfiaka in half at
once. Hugh Immediately ordered the
entire process Of manufacture changed
but he realized that II would be some
time before the food recovered from
its slump.
For the time his campaign against
wheato was abandoned. He was too
busy endeavoring to hold his own busi,
ness together to bother much about the
enemy.
It was rather discouraged Hugh
who came upon the girl for the second
time as he plowed through the deep
snow in his big car.
Arrayed as before, she was standing
just inside the gate leading to he
home The house whore she and her
widowed mother lived was a big affair
q half mile or so down the road from
Hugh's home.
The girl actually smiled as she saw
Hugh's disconsolate ana haggard face.
"Why, it's the breakfast food man."
she laughed. Have you come to mar
ry me, Mr.. FoodY she asked gayly
Not yet" replied the man doggedly
"Gut I'm going to some day. Heavens.
how love youn' he cried as he aaled
huugrily ut her flushed face. u neve'
knew what 1t was before to love. Now.
when | can't have You right when :
wan, YOU my whole being cries aloud
for y,l.'
The ~' her face all afame laughed
agaIa. this time rather cousrraiuedly.
''RcgL- You are very original lover
Mr.. Food, she said, "N0ue Of The 9th
er men has ever said such things t.
me so unconcernedly."
"Who are the other mcnT demanded
Hugh hercely. Then he laughed at
himself. I'm hardly in position now
to ask he went on. But I'm going t.
win out I'm going 10 win ~ thar fac
tory and then I'll come and win YOU!
lie JerNed the lever forward, and the
great car shot away.
However, despite Hugh's confident
prediction, ne found 1t exceedingly diff.
tcuIt to win out in his hght agains
Wheato. IL fact, the campaign went
so severely against him that in a short
time he found himself facing failure
1t was then that the girl rose upper
most IN his thought to the exclusion
even of his business worries. Finally
doggedIy he went to see the girl her
self.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17

Study of weather charts IS row gen.
eral IN the elementary schools Of Han
over and Schleswig- Holstein with the
object Of making their value IN agr!-
culture better known.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17

the chairman arose ana said:
"Its all right. colonel; they're ouly
going out to look after the horses,
They'll be back pretty soon"
The orator sat down until the farm
ers returned and then resumed his
speech.
In 1876 Colonel Mcclure, with Frank
Mclaughlin, founded the Philadelphia
Times and remained its editor in chief
until 1891, when he Withdrew from
active journalism and devoted himself
to periodical literature. He was the
author oil many books perhaps the
pest known or which are Lincoln and
Men oi war ZINES Our Presidents
anu no" we Make ! mem ana Nec-
o4eclouS OF nam century.
FOR years Ne WIS tAe pFesIdeht OF
lne I''". US Cover c'u' III iA'iIdei-
PI',a' "l1 "nrh ne re'lreo from Jour
"''i9'' ,''e Gu" -'Ne n.ih great pan
que'' overs were '''u ioF more thah
oUo, ana l"' ''"'P'n! lheIuaed some
oi 'le foremost men OF every pFoieS-
80" III '"' 'o,'''r|' AnoIheF great
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17

do YOU" said the notary, "swear
that you will tell the truth, the whole
truth and
"Oh, how lovely!' the fair witness
interrupted. Shall really be allowed
to talk all afternoon IL l want to?"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17

"Wot We readin' about, ChImmy?"
"About a guy named Hannibal. He
wuz de greatest general of his time
Football or ring?'-Kansas City
Journal
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17
A Test Question.

Newed-I tell you. old chap, I'm an
other man since l was married. Sin
gleton-So? Does your wife love you
as much as the man she married? p
Exchange.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17
Ha9ium In Irish Nintsr,-

Recent experiments show that tho
sea water of the coast Of ireland IN ex.
Ceedingly rich In radium.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17
The Unfeelind World.

"Did you ever feel that the world
was against you?"
Sure. l felt it this morning when
slipped on the dewalk."-Pittsburg
Observer
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17

Talent knows what to do; tact knows
what not to do
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17
Her Chance.

AS We grow less young the aged
grow less old.-Bacon.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-17
The Breakfast
Food Man.
By FRANK H. WILLIAMS.

Copyrighted. 1909 by Associated
Literary Press.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-10-25
Gin 5~tlbHpartrat.
c0n asiss w. etmm.as, Great Benz. 90.

Sn Gmerifo fommt man nidt gum
Wafl5enfen. @S 1T cine nerpoie I'm
rltbe in Der 2l1ft, Der Die Menihen
ni6t gut entrinnen fonnen. Man
bat imnler 6as @efiibI, mar miiIie
fih beeilen. Sognr auf oem 2onoe
bat man es. Bieaeidt fommt es 0n-
Der, 6ab Die Mmerifanerinnen I'm
Denfen iebr oberfIadIih finb, uno
tpeh fie niht tief uno rihtig benfen
finb Tie febr ortbooos un6 entieslid
pride, tpie Or. 2uotpig GuIou gang
rihtig beanerft bat. Gs 9ibt natir-
LID pieIe M~usnabmen. Biele DER
Deuti6 /. Imerifaner firb ia aud
oa6ur6 beeinfluBt tporoen.
Gufgeforbert, einen fleinen Qrtifel
Mber oas 2eben Der amerifuniiden
Srau gu idreiben, belt i'd mid ni6t
fir fdbig, Ole aufgabe au loien, neil
es 10 oiele perihiebene Inperifanerin-
men gibt. Sc 1T mir aber nadber
~eingefaaen, onB i'd pieneidt bod eft
mas Sntereiiantes iiber Die &merifa-
nerin,1en in meiner @egeno ersablen