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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08
A WOMAN'S LOGIC.
II Helped Her Out When the Customs
Officials Bothered Her.

On one of the recently arriving
transatlantic steamers was Il young
woman whose extreme economy bad
not permitted any lavish expenditure
abroad But she had repeatedly re-
ferrcd with commendable pride TO the
material for two silk dresses she had
purchased NJ n bargain which she was
bringing home for Der mother and sis
ter Even the suggestion of one SYM
pathetic listener that she would have
TO pay duty produced merely a TEN.
porary restraint.
Finally when the liner approached
New York and the custom house Of
ticer received the somewhat plain wo-
man at the cabin table her fellow pas
sengers were curious Being asked the
usual questions about dutiable proper
ty, she replied stoutly and defanuy
that she had the material for two silk
dresses.
Are they for yourself?' the inspector
wanted to know.
mo. they are not" she declared. ~
am bringing them home for presents"
Then since they are not for your
own use shall he compelled to charge
you duty" and tie figured out for her
the required amount
Taking the pencil from his hand, she
figured for moment and then said:
well. | declare! That has made those
dresses cost me so much that | simply
can't afford to give them away now.
I'm just going to keep them for my
Tribune
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08
THE WklGTC0AT.
II Became Popular BY the Patronaas
of Charles VI.

II Became Popular BY the Fatronaas
of Charles VI.
Few men realize how much they are
being influenced in their dress by King
Charles H.. and yet it is to that mon
arch we owe the adoption Of the waist
coat rs a regular article OF gentle
mans dress says London NJ. 4. +.
At least that is so if we are to accept
the statement Of pepys. who in his
diary under date of Oct. 16 1866
states: THE king has declare his reS-
olution to set fashion which he
would never alter" and This day
King Charles II. began to put on his
vest 1t is a very fine and handsome
garment"
Prior to this date they wern eXcep-
tional garments, and there is even
some doubt whether they were orig
inally worn by ladies or gentlemen
though there is good reason to believe
thoy superseded the douhlet. such as
was worn hy Raleigh, Eesey and other
notables of the Elizabetlau age.
A ucat wnisrcoar wrought iu silk
and gold" IL mentioned IN "'afieut
Gissa'l" 1902. and tlo.e is 20 pnunng
in distemper ul % vest ON rh. unGs OF
Winchester cathedral. dated I#-a SO
that what Charles II. took was merely
an existing garment, which he re
modelled. and by his patronage so pop
ulariEcd it that it became "A standard
article of gcurIoman's dress.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08
JERRY" !"
The Story of an Artist and a Lit
tile Child.
BY AGNES C. BRooAN.


copyright 1870 by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
"Do you know of any one who would
like to adopt little girl? l promised
Martha Dale as she died that l would
find homes for her children. The min
| ister's wife will take care of the boy,
but no one around here seems to want
girls"
The farmers wife looked exceeding
ly troubled, and the young man smiled
consolingly.
Il am afraid that I cannot help you
/ out" he replied THE boy might have
been made useful about my studio for
time; but, being a lonely orphan my
self, l can only sympathize with the
little girl"
Perhaps" the woman mused hope
fully, Mrs. Gray might change and
let you have the boy"
But Phillip Dryden protested quick
ly. II don't want either of them,"
lie said He was leaving the pictur-
esque village that evening to spend the
summer quietly at his old homestead,
NHttt Tue ldlllIut lpuNthttllcI UIOlle
remained to bid him welcome. In the
fall he intended going abroad to pur-
sue his art studies. He made his way
slowly up the brow of the hill, pausing
to rest beneath tree whose branches
We're laden with spring blossoms.
Presently child's figure emerged
from the shadows, a very tiny lad
whose solemn dark eyes gazed wonder
ingly out from the brim of his faded
red cap
IF you please" he said simply, "T
am ready to 30 with you"
The young man stared iucredulously.
II could clean the paint brushes" the
small voice added persuasively, "and
will be very good"
Philip jumped to his feet. You poor
little rascal" he exclaimed. you can't
go with mel"
But am Jerry Dale" the child in
sisted You told Mrs. Westly you
would take the boy"
"She ought not to have sent you
here" the young man said angrily
He looked at his watch-jusu fifteen
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08
GIGANTIC TREE STUMPS.
Big Enough to Be followed Out and
Used For Houses.

The fine frs of the Pacific northwest
are so colossal that after the trees are
hewed down the stumps are used fur
children's Fairgrounds. houses for ram.
flies to live in or for dancing paj
forms.
70 make stump house the m1. 1.'rla
from the interior is removed. sar. sD-
only enough to form walls ". ~a.'. ..
thickness A roof of boards ur -'..
giles is put over the top OF the ~'u'.p
holes are cut for windows aud d,.-~
and a family of five can ard o.'"u
does make it their dwelling ar
stump houses are sometimes uS"u nl
settlers until they can build larger auH
more convenient homes.
After the stump home has been VI
Gated 1t is turned into stable for tue
horses or sometimes into an inclosure
for chickens or hogs.
Next to the big tree of California the
fir or sequoia of Washington and Ore
gon has the largest diameter. As they
decay rapidly, the following out Is
easy Sometimes they are used for
dance platforms, some of them accom-
modating as many as four couples.
Another custom is to turn the big
stumps into Fairgrounds for the chill
dren. The children reach the top by
pieces of wood nailed against the sides
or by ladders. A beautiful use of the
large stumps is making them into flow
er beds and covering them with trail
ing vines. Chicago Tribune
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08
|. GREASY CALLED DOWN
BY STATE CHANGERS
Members Protest Against His
Working Order For Politics.
Especial Correspondence. ]

Harrisburg, Sept. 6.
A storm of protests has come in
from every section of the state against
the action of William T. Greasy in
using his official position as head of
the State Grange to promote his pc
culiar political interests and ambitions
10 the detriment of the order.
Greasy, who is still smartlng under
the defeat administered to him at the
primary election when he ran for the
Democratic nomination for state sena-
tor in Columbia county, is trying to
get satisfaction from his Democratic
and Republican opponents by support
ing William H. Berry for governor.
Berry and he have worked together in
Democratic politics. Both stood by
Bryan TO the END, and Greasy went to
Allentown to try and have Berry made
the Democratic nominee.
Having failed N this, he Topped
over to the keystone Party and was
one of the most active spirits in the
Keystone Party convention in support
er we'll known BTyanite Democrats.
succeeded in defeating the element in
the keystone Party that favored the
uomiIatiUH of an independent Repub-
lican for governor.
Greasy has since been active in help
ing to manage Berry's campaign, and
his most effective work is being done
49, ., ~
known as the Grange News. As worthy
master of the grange. Greasy has
charge of this publication.
While it is conceded that Mr. Greasy
has right to vote for whom he pleas.
es and to work for his election, it is
contended that he has no right to use
the organ of the grange, its official
publication, to advance fectional or
personal interests or to espouse the
cause of any political party.
Under the constitution of the grange
officers and others are forbidden TO
interfere with the political or religious
views of any of the members and no
official, high or low. has heretofore
been permitted TO take advantage of
his position to influence or coercc any
member in political or religious mat
tors.
Under the editorial direction Of
Greasy the State Grange News has
deteriorated into a political sheet. 1t
has been diverted from its logical work
Of educating the members and others
regarding matters of special interest
to farmers and affiliated interests. and
has been made the political mouth
piece of defeated Democratic politi-
clan who seeks 10 line up the mem
bers of the grange at the coming eler-
tion so as to serve his own purposes.
Included in the membership of the
grange ar Republicans, Democrats
and Prohibitionists. who purpose to
support the nominees of their respec-
tive parties They insist that Cheasy
shall cease to use the Grange News
for political purposes.
Greasy got severe setback whea
he sought to have the committee o.
legislation of the grange degla,
against both Republican and Demo.
cratic parties and for Berry He CT
but one vo o besides his own and Was
greatly charmed at the defeat OF hF
scheme Influential Grangers insist
that Greasy must quit his political
campaigning or resign as master.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08

ientown convention nad given L.
that nomination.
His story of the nomination is alb.
surd from beginning to end.
Because the party that honored
him for FIVE years mas eli sen anc. her
man for the head o. T. ',c.-ot. ne is
slandering and villity.le d % ,sying
to defeat it while stll p.F uud.ag to
be Democrat"
The Philadelphia Record, which was
one of Berry's principal supporters
when he ran for state treasurer, is now
for Grim. In a review of the situation
in its issue of Monday last the Phila-
delphia Record said:
The delay in the appointment of
the state finance committee of the
Keystone Party is said to be owing to
difficulty in getting a sutficiency of the
right kind of men to underwrite the
conduct of the campaign. In this city
the dissensions in the independent
ranks have evidently alienated from
their camp a very large element of
old-line refermers who include the per.
sons that were the mainstay of the
campaign funds in former battles here
against the political contractors or
ganization. The effect of this state of
affairs upon the country is said tG
be anything but conducive to such
financial assistance as the Berry tick
et managers hoped to receive for their
cause"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08

minutes to reach the station. Run
back as quick rs you can. Jerry" he
said But the child clung 70 him des-
pcrately.
Il am goln' with you." he sobbed
I'm goin' to live with you"
Philip stood irresolute for n moment:
then, following an uncomfortable i'm
pulse, he caught the pathetic little fig
ure up in his arms and ran to catch
the train.
I'VE will give him one good summer"
he explained apologetically to the sur
prised housekeeper, then find home
for him some place"
1t would have been difficult to tell
which of the two enjoyed that summer
most, the child. who throve like a plant
with good care, or the man who plan
ned for his pleasure. And when at
last the day of Philips departure
came he determined that the little lad
should always be waiting at the old
homestead to greet him when he re-
irresistibly drawn to look again ana
Sllil uGllus
The artist threw down his brushes
with a sigh of satisfaction, and then
beneath the painting he wrote, "A
Waif."
His wonderful picture attracted
widespread attention. and Philip was
brought into sudden prominence and
made much of. But now that his one
great aim had been accomplished he
was possessed of an overwhelming de-
sire to return TO his own land. And
when upon the homeward journey the
train stopped for few moments at
the sleepy little village he remembered
SO well Philip decided suddenly to
visit again the quaint streets and by
ways that had furnished material for
SO many crude sketches. He walked
slowly down the hill and passed the
blossomiug tree where his little lad
had spoken to him out of the shadows.
Perhaps even after n lapse of ten years
he might still hear news of the boy.
His attention was attracted by the
happy laughter of children just releas-
ed from school. They crowded eager
- --''--''' thr "irliSh teacher. who fash
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08
LET THE YAIVN COME.
\ aa75 Ore 'e . sr'endid Thing For
INC Whole E1dv

4 aoo5 Ore &c Sr'endid Thing For
lrs Whole 6ody.
auoG VIDE opru muuDhed yawu is
"a rudid thing for thc whole body \
yu.u Is uaure'> dyunud for rest.
s"lar propl- rhruk they only yawu nr-
causc They are s.vepy. but This l. not
so You NaWu h"rauSc YOU are tired
You may be sleepy also. but that is not
the real cause OF your yawning. You
are sleepy because you are tired. and
you yawn because you are tired.
Whenever you feel like yawninG just
yawn. Don't try to suppress it be-
cause you think it is impolite to yawn
Put your hand over your mouth if you
want to, but let the yawn come. And
if you are where you can stretch at the
same time that you yawn just stretch
and yawn. This is natures way OF
stretching and relaxing the muscles
Don't be afraid TO open your mouth
wide and yawn and stretch whenever
you feel like It, Indeed. If you are
very tired, but do not feel like yawn.
ing. there is nothing that will rest you
SO quickly as to sit on Il straight back
chair and. lifting your feet from the
tloor. push them out in front of you as
far as possible. stretch the arms. put
the head back. onen the mouth wide
md make yourself yawn,
ThuSe tense nerves win relax, the
contracted muscles will stretch and the
whole body will he rested Do this two
or three times when you are tired and
see what it will do tor you.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08
CASH REGISTERS
in POSTAL BANK
Yankee Ingenuity to Mark
Adoption Of Plan
START WITH OLD SYSTEM.

Cumbersome Foreign Procedure of
Pass Books to Be Dropped as Soon
as Desirable Machine Is invented to
Safeguard Money Deposits of Public,
Says Postmaster General.
That the United States will have a
postal savings bank plan entirely diff
ferent from all other postal savings
schemes and that its superiority over
other systems is a tribute to Yankee
ingenuity are two of the facts Fought
out in an explanation made recently
by Frank II. Hitchcock, postmaster
general, concerning his intentions re-
garding this new financial feature in
the life of the country,
Mr.. Hitchcock has assured himself
that the groundwork has been laid Sc
curely for the establishment of the
postal banks.
Cash Register Guards Deposits.
Although every other country which
has postal savings bank system uses
the pass book plan in order to keep
track of deposits OF money, Mr..
Hitchcock. after many conferences with
authorities on savings banks, has de
liberately cut loose from this scheme.
He has decided to adopt a plan which
in the end will depend upon machin-
cry.
To be more exact, the cash register,
essentially an American idea, will keep
tabs on the deposits Of money and will
guard the public against the possibili-
ty of embezzlement and theft on the
part of those who handle the sums
turned In to be guarded by the gov
ernment
Never before has this plan been con
sidered by any country, and all over
Europe there is now in effect the
cumbersome scheme Of handling pass
books. All the other postal savings
plans of the world are practically
identical.
It is now up to some inventive genius
to put on the market a cash register
which will do the things required for
handling the money intrusted to the
postofices Of the United States.
Deposit Slips at First.
But Mr.. Hitchcock has not calculat
cd that the cash register system can
be put into operation at once, FIRST.
because no satisfactory register is on
the market and, secondly. because the
expense of installing the system at
once would be TOO great.
For the first six months or a year
there win be used deposit slips, han
died by hand. They will be in figures
from 81 to 50, and in addition to these
there will be slips for so, 500 and $50
The $40, $50 and $50 slips will be made
out in duplicate, so that there will be
no opportunity for clerks or receiving
tellers to falsify them.
Only the slips running from 81 to so
viii be made out in ink as issued, and
the postmaster general has figured
that there is slight chance of anybody
incurring the danger of the peniten-
tiary for the benefit of falsifying any
entry less than SO.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08
PRINCE A POOR LAWYER.
Fails to Clear German Burglar In
First Case.

A laborer who appeared in the pris-
oners' dock in Berlin police court on
a charge of burglary had something Of
n shock when he heard the announce
meut that his defense would be con
Quoted by his serene highness the
Prince of Ratibor.
The accused having no counsel, the
court had appointed the young prince.
who is a member of the ancient house
of Hohenlohe, to defend him. 1t was
the princes first case. The royal law
yer put up n spirited defense. but the
evidence was too strong. and his first
client was sentenced to four years
penal servitude.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08
is CENSOR OF "AERIENNES.'
French Mayor Objects to knickerbock
ers For Female Flight.


The mayor Of Etampes. France, has
views of what a woman aviators cos
tune ought not to be. and when he
saw Mile. Abukais. one of the aero
panists at the Etampes meeting, wear
ing jaunty knickerbockers with bril-
liant stockings he gasped. Then he
had the police issue a summons
against the lady.
Mile. Abukais few every day during
the week. and each day she wore
knlckerbockers and stockings despite
the mayors disapproval Each day a
fresh summons was issued. When
Mile. Abukais appears for trial she
may be fined
Meanwhile the jocose French news
papers are demanding that the mayor
shall state just what costume air wo-
men should wear in order that rural
propriety may not be shocked.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08
Waste Land Grows Rubber.

Wide reaches of waste land on the
island of Singapore are now being set
out in rubber plants. which seem to do
well. In Malacca there We're formerly
square miles Of land covered with la
lang. the hiding place of tigers and
other big game, which have been
transformed into fine rubber plarta-
tions
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08

A popular comedian and playwright
was praising the humorous value OF
suggestions.
1T is funnier to suggest a thing"
he said, than to say it out Play
wrights should remember this. Sugges-
ton. pregnant suggestion, is what
makes really funny the little boys re-
mark TO his father:
"'Pa, If you help me with my arith-
metic lesson tonight I'll tell you where
ma hid your trousers New York
Sun.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08
An Odd Apology,

This is the classic apology of a cele-
brated statesman of the last genera
ton "Mr. Speaker, in the heat of de
bate stated that the right honorable
gentleman opposite was a dishonest
and unprincipled adventurer. ! have
now. in a calmer moment, to state that
am sorry for It,"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08
AMERICA CENTER
OF TOURMALINES
Gems That Orient Demands
In Abundance Here,
MAINE HAS VALUABLE MINES.

DUO variety OF otono nat ChIneSe
Value Above Diamonds Because of
Lucky Qualities Also Found In Cali
fornia-Western States Supposed to
Have undiscovered Supplies.
"You saw the account in the papers
of the remarkable demand for blue
tourmalines in China" said DR.. Will
liam II. Choate of Detroit recently,
"but 90 you know that this country is
very rich in these gems and that the
demand for them in the orient is so
great that the mines here cannot be-
gin to supply the market?
ITO begin with. the Chinese believe
that the blue tourmaline brings good
luck health and warns away evil spir-
its; also the gem is one of the most
beautiful in the world, more beauti-
ful, think, than the rose tourmaline,
the green or any other There are q
great many unworked lodges in Maine
that are believed to have the gems.
The tourmaline lies in a pocket in the
'
the form Of dust
Mane's Mines Valuable.
81 have seen tOurmaines worth
thousands Of dollars taken from the
mines Mt Mount Apatite, Auburn, Me,
and some Of them have gone to dec
crate the crowns of such rulers as the
emperor of Japan, the emperor of Chi
ma and the petty kings of the Indian
states, some of whom are richer than
either of the emper0rs named. One
company Incorporated under the laws
of Maine has mines at Auburn AIinot
Corner and near Mechanic Falls.
'Apatite, one Of the stones that are
mined at these places, has averaged
$3.50 u ton in tourmaliucs ana SO
more in feldspar, various ores. lpryls,
aquamarines, etc. The cost OF min
ing these gems is only $3.50 ton.
The vein is ten feet thick. with fat dip
covering three acres, in one of the
mines.
Then there is the wonderful mine at
Paris, Me, called Mount Mica. from
which steady stream of gems has
come FOR years and not half Of the
territory has been scratched yet.
knew young lady in Boston, Miss
Eleanor C. Hamlin, relative of the
man who was vice president the
United States, who has necklace
which is the envy Of all the crowned
heads of Europe and every one of
the gems came from a mine owned by
her family for a hundred years, situ-
ated two miles northeast of the little
hilltop town of Paris, in oxford coun~
ty, Me. where Hannibal Hamlin was
born.
"In the necklace are all the colors
that are known to the tOurmaline.
Yellow, green, white, pink, blue, black
and rose are shades that burn and
snIolder in this remarkable piece of
tswelry, and dare say that few peo-
PIE in America know that such price,
less treasures are to be found here.
Western States Unexpored.
"Tt is my opinion that there are
many hidden ledGes in the middle and
western states that contain equal de-
Posils' Dut lew VI 'hcLI nave pcch uASN
covered. There are mines in Califor-
mia that produce many tourmalines,
and they are mostly shipped to China
and Japan. where the average prince
prefers them 10 diamonds because of
thelr supposed lu"hE quaIlt!eS.
IN $50 two boys who We're inter-
ested IN minerals had been hunting
over the hills OF northwestern Maine
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08
Russia Gets Steel Contract.

Russian exports of steel rails are
rapidly increasing, having been 80 per
cent greater in 1909 than IN 1908. In
April, 1910, Russia outbid lis on G5,000
tons for the Argentine government
Their bid was 500 n metric IN. while
ours was S32.72 The L! - Il mills
sid not bid at all, knowing from pre-
rious experiences that they could not
meet the prospective prices
Mans inhumanity TO man makes
countless thousands do likewise Life.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08
DESERTED VILLAGES REVIVlHG
Mairs's Abandoned Communities Get
New Lease of Life.

I've" @GsSG OF GIe.
Maine has had her deserted farms,
and now and then one can find he~ de
serted villages. Such a one is Woi"h.
vile, in the town and county 90. DN.
ford, where once the pulse ana M.
chinery kept life beating fast in q
thriving little community.
Today the population is scatteri'
on the farms thereabouts chiefly, while
the change IN the value of the proper
ty is indicated by the story recent!
related of the sale OF a two and .
half story house for S1T5 which was
worth S1,500 seventy-fve years ago.
But the number of such towns is
small. Maine is building up fast. Her
deserted farms are being taken up,
sometimes by progressive young farm
ers and again by summer people, and
Che deserted Maine villages promised
new lease of life.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08
The Elevator Mans Joke.

Hobbs-I guess the elevator is out of
order. What is that sign on the door?
Dobbs-The elevator man must be n
bit of wag. 1t says, PLEASE pardon
me for not rising Boston Transcrint
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08
No Temptation.

James, can l trust you with the key
to the wine cellar?"
The New Butler (stifly)-Certainly
sir! have seen all the labels.-Life
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08
ONnrchrrfasi.

Bell--Did l understand you to say
that the dentist overcharged you?
Nell-Yes; he gave me enough gas to
initiate o balloon.-J
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-08
Honskons Drops Filipino Sugar.

Hongkong has ceased buying Phil
ippine sugar and will depend on Java
for her raw sugar supply. Americans
bought up all the Philippine stocks.
Neither American nor European beet
sugar can compete in China with the
far eastern cane sugar