Montour American FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville, Pa., Apr. 7, 1910. 6REAT WEALTH IN ALASKA The enormous hidden wealth of Al aska, especially its inexhaustible sup ply of coal, has been disclosed by the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy before the Senate committee of investiga tion, and in the light of testimony given, Congress will be found guilty of serious negligence and disregard of duty if it allows the session to end without taking measures to protect Alaska from the raids by private in terests, and prevention of further land grabs. Alaska, covering an area of 635,000 square miles, was purchased by the United States government in IKII7, from Russia,for a pittance of £7,200,- 000. It is one of the most wonderful stories of great wealth ever revealed by the probing of tlie earth that, less than half a century later, the value of the coal alone in the two principal regions is two hundred and fifty times greater than tiie purchase price,or ap proxiamtely, $1,800,000,000. It is not astonishing, consequently, that in a spirit of greed, various interests should bend all their energies toward gaining possession of portions of this unknown land. It has been only recently that a fair idea lias been obtained of the im mense value of Alaska and perhaps it is not altogether the fault of govern ment agents that private interests have not been checked in their endeavors to seize the territoiy. FIRST CHILDREN'S BOOKS. Sheets of Horn Protected the Pages From Soiled Fingers. The earliest English book for chil dren was"The Babies' Book, or a Lyttl Report of How Young People Should Behave." The horn books ex isted in Elizabeth's reign. The writ ing was covered with a sheet of horn In order to protect the lettering from contact with dirty Augers. The chap book contained most of the familiar nursery rhymes and sto ries which have appertained to nursery lore for generations. They exhibit very crude woodcuts, often daubed with inappropriate color, and the com monest paper as a rule was used. They Were hawked about by the chapman or peddler and cost only a few pence apiece. They served to perpetuate such fa miliar ditties as "Sing a Song of Six pence," which dates from the six teenth century; "Three Blind Mice," In use, with music, in 1G09; "The Frog and the Mouse," in existence in 1580. and "Girls and Boys Come Out to Play," which was sung by the vil lagers In the time of Charles 11. "Lit tle Jack Ilorner," we know, is older than the seventeenth century, and last, but not least, "Lucy Locket," the ttjne from which originated "Yankee Poo dle." A few of what were called "battle rng gists or by i,i:iil. iu li.jui.l form, 75 c uts. J-LY Brothers, 5G VUITL Street, New York. —f - R-I-P A-N S Tabu I j Doctors find A good prescription For Mankind. The.(-cent packet is enough for usua j occassions. The familyibottle (fiO centn aontains a snpply for a year. All drug gists. , 60 YEARS' '^SSi&EhHß^.experience M ■ rVJiTS DESIGNS - COPYRIGHTS Ac. Anyone pending a sketch and description may I quickly ascertain cmr opinion free whether an ! invention is probably patentable. Coinmuiilca tloni strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on I'atenta i sent free. Oldest ayency forsecurnitf patents. I'atents taken through Munn & Co. receive fprcxnl notice, without charge, iu tho Scientific American. A handsomely illnstrAted weekly. Largest cir culation of any scientific journal. Terms. |3 a ■■■ r . : « fuur montliß - by all newsdealers. MUNN & 0Q a 361 Broadway. New York Branch Office. 626 F 8t» WashlDnt"" *> '' SPECIAL NOTICE TO THE INVESTING PUBLIC MEXICAN MINING ASSOCIATION is the best bay in the financial field to day. Note our laroc ad. in Shis issue. Price is advancing steadily. Large profits may be made in this stock. International Securities Company 546 Douglas Building Los Angeies - California TEMPTED, HE ATE. A Story of Heinrich Heine and a Toothsome Lyons Sausage. Iteturning from a Journey to the south of France, Heinrich Heine met a friend, a German violinist. In Lyons, who gave him a large sausage that had been made In Lyons with the request to deliver It to a mutual ac quaintance, a homeopathic physician, in Paris. Heine promised to attend to the commission and Intrusted the delicacy to the care of his wife, who was traveling with him. But as the postchalse was very slow and he soon became very hungry, on the ad vice of his wife both tasted of the sausage, which dwindled with every mile. Arriving at Paris, Heine did not dare to send the remainder to the physician, and yet he wished to keep his promise. So he cut off the thin nest possible slice with his razor, wrapped It In a sheet of vellum paper and Inclosed It In an envelope, with the following note: Dear Doctor—From your scientific Inves tigations we learn that the millionth part of a certain substance brings about the greatest results. I beg, therefore, your kind acceptance of the accompanying mil lionth part of a Lyons sausage, which our friend gave me to deliver to you. If homeopathy Is a truth, then this little piece will have the same effect on you as the whole sausage. Your HEINRICH HEINE. —Ughettl's "With Tbyslclans and Cli ents." Cowboys to Use Automobiles. Cowboys mounted on ponies will soon be supplanted by automobiles on the larger cattle ranches In Texas, ac cording to au announcement made the other day nt Chicago by the represent ative of a Texas ranch owners' organ ization. He said that automobiles were so constructed now that their use over the ranges was practical. Already 200 machines have been ordered shipped from Chicago and New York to vari ous Texas points. - ' #lUsUy«*»i» ( ' &i~--«V.«.... k, l«*»«£naA (> >~ -V '- ■■C— / ' | 112 N. / / l>»u» »> )>. <-u fc»<.-.,--»- The famous Antigua Mines of Palniillas, Sinaloa, first opened in 180G by the great Spanish mine operator, Miguel Felix, and now the property of the Mexican Mining Association. Association Stock is now selling at the low price of 5 cents per share in order to provide a working equipment for these mines and to replace the milling and smelting plant destroyed during the revolution. We cannot maintain this low figure. The PALMILLAS mines of the Mexican Mining Association are in the same district as the world-famous Bonanza, Guadr.lupe de ios Reyes, with over 100 years of continuous production, now working 1,000 men and credited with a p-'oclucti.in if ft 00,090,000. In buying Mexican Mining Association at 8 cents you stand the chanca tf timilcr immense profits The ASSOCIATION now owns seven (7) large mines in Sinaloa, Mexico, upon which more than $30,000 worth of work has been done, as follows: PALMILLAS CONSOLIDATED, consisting of three (3) mines—COLON, BALTAZARENA, and PALOS DULCLS, shippers of High Grade, and containing a large tonnage of milling silver ores. ESPANOLA and MAGISTRAL two (2.) large copper-silver mines, the former well developed, and the two forming a magnificent smelting proposition. ROSARIO and TAHGNiTAS, the former a very large low grade gold mine, the latter a rich silver lead mine, near enough together to be worked under one management We believe that these SEVEN mines will be the basis for the greatest mining enterprise on the Western Coast of America. Besides cur operating department in Mexico, we maintain a selling organization in the great mine buying centers of the world, London, Brussels and New York City. Mexico has produced to date over forty-five hundred millions of dollars in sillier alone, besides hundreds of millions in gold, and is to be the great gold and copper producing region of the future. The West Coast region, though barely touched as yet, has produced, according to our engineers' estimates, over nine hundred millions. Do you not want your share of this immense wealth ? If so, the MEXICAN MIN ING ASSOCIATION is your great chance. INTERNATIONAL INTERNAT^eS RITIES co -546 DOUGLAS BUILDING, Los ANGELES, CAI. SECURITIES CO. Please send me engineers' reports and additional information re- I FINANCIAL AGENTS SARDING THC MEXICAN MINING ASSOCIAUON ' Name ! . ,546 DOUGLAS BUILDING Smct L LOS ANGELES, CAL. -» ' Lead Pencil Experiments. An English statistician was asked ! how many words could be written ' with an English lead pencil, and, be ; Ing determined to answer it, he bought a lead pencil and Scott's "Ivanhoe" 1 and proceeded to copy the latter word by word. He wrote 05,608 words and j then was obliged to stop, for the pen cil had become so short that he could I not use it A German statistician who . heard of this experiment was dlssat j lsfied with It because all the lead In the pencil was not used on the work, and therefore he bought a pencil and started to copy a long German novel When the pencil was so short that he could not handle It with his fingers he attached a holder to It, and It is said that he wrote with this one pen ell 400,000 words. Possibly, however, his pencil was longer or the lead in It was of a more durable quality. When Silence Is Deadly. Silence is commonly the slow poison used by those who mean to murder love. There Is nothing violent about It. No shock Is given. Hope Is not abruptly strangled, but merely dreams of evil and fights with gradually sti fling shadows. When the last convul sious come they are not terrific. The frame has been weakened for dissolu tion. Love dies like natural decay. 11 seems the kindest way of doing r : cruel thing.—George Meredith. Inspiring Air. ne— So you think married life ought to be one grand, sweet song? She— Y'es. He—And what air would you prefer for this matrimonial song? She —A millionaire! Reciprocal Help. Doctor—Well, my good woman, what do you want? Beggar—A quarter, doc tor. Give me a quarter and I'll tell everybody that you helped me. Death Is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.—Milton. ENTERTAINMENT AT ST JOSEPH'S The annual entertainment by the young people of Saint Joseph's parish will take place on Friday and Satur day evenings|of this week in St. Jos eph's hall. For some weeks a company of the young folks have been rehears ing for two pretty plays which will bo the features of the ment. '' King£Kcno'sjDnughter,'' a'Danish lyrical dr:mia*will)!*l)e givonXb'yj~"six young men and two young ladies, as follows: King Rene, of Provence, James Fin nigan. Count Tristan, of Vaudemont, James Gill. Sir Geoffrey, of Orange, Wm. Reilly. Sir Almerick, Edw. Gill. Ebn Jahia, a Moorish physician, Jas. Powers. Bertram!, Bernard Shevlin. Martha, Bertrand's Wife, Catherine Rogers. lolanthe, King Rene's daughter, Sarah M'Hale. Following this ladies will present "The Rainbow Kimona," a comedy in two acts. The act of char acters is as follows: Nellie Van Tassel, President of the Rainbow Kimona Society, Nellie Curry. Ruth Ashton, Vice-President, Marg aret Kilfoil. •**— Alice Marion,Treasurer,Marv Cady. Isabel Sutro, Margaret I Curry. j Beatrice Courtney,Class Poet, Cath erine Deen. ! Olive Mercer, President of Basket Ball Team, Mary Finnigan. j Winifred Turner, Student, Ella Gir ' ton. j Edith Jones, New Senior, Catherine Powers. j Rose Jackson, Colored Maid, Mary Rooney. Between the two plays a vocal solo, "The Mission of the Rose," is to be I rendered by Miss Catherine Rogers and i a recitation by Miss Alice Tooley. Queer Goldfish. Beautiful and most Interesting of all goldfish is a native of Japan, and It Is noted for the beauty of Its tail and the | abnormal length of Its fins. The tail ' rese.nbles a delleato veil, and the fins 1 are developed to such an extent that it | is Impossible for the fish to make rapid progress iu the water. It Is therefore solely on account of its beauty that It is prized and because In this respect It differs widely from other varieties of I goldfish, such as the "telescope fiah," I the eyes of which bulge out of the head in most unsightly fashion; the "celestial eyed fish," which is also un- I comely because Its eyes are bullet shaped and ure ever turned skyward, and the "egg fish." which Is so colled ' because Its body is somewhat amor phous, but resembles an egg more 1 than anything else. THE SPARROW IS * NUISANCE To the gardener and fruit grower i the English sparrow is a nuisance rather than a help. It was introduced I into the Unitod States about forty I years ago, to prey upon the measuring worm, or canker-worm, which had be come very destructive to shade trees in the cities. It found many other things, however, to engage its atten tion, and soon became so undesirable ' in it habits as to become despised by gardeners, farmers, fruit growers and horticulturists generally. It is a pug nacious bird, and on account of its violent attacks upon them many of our most valuable native song and insec tivorious birds have greatly diminish ed. It not only is disposed to drive such birds from their nests, but lias been known to kill and devour their young and their eggs. Moreover, the English sparrow feeds largely in the spring on the buds of j fruit trees, and, also, does great dam- I age in vegetable gardens in pulling up | and eating the seeds, such as peas, I etc., as they come up. It is, likweise, j destructive in grain fields,as it alights on the stalks of wheat and oats, and not only consumes large quantities of grain, but wastes a great deal through swaying to and fro on the lender stalks, causing the grain to fall to the ground. It has been known to tear open the husks of green corn,devour the tender kernels, and cause much loss through exposing the remaining grains to atmospheric changes and the ravages of insects. The martins which formerly return ed every spring to the boxes provided for them in towns and cities, have, in many instances, failed to turn up, on account of their nesting places having been seized and occupied by English sparrows. Many other insectivorous birds, as useful as the martin, have been driven away by the common feathered enemy. In fact, there is hardly a species of our native birds that the [English sparrow will not molest. In view of the pugnaciousness of the English sparrows and their destruc tiveness, and but few redeeming qu alities, State Zoologist Surface recom mends that a war of extermination be waged against them. It will not doTto endeavor to poison them, he says, as by scattering grain for that purpose which had been soaked in some poi sonous solution, the lives 'of useful birds would be endangered, domestic fowls. They can be trapped, or their nests destroyed when containing young, thus keeping'them down to a minimum. There was forni erlv a law which protected 11Eng lish sparrow, the same having , been passed soon after its advent in the United States, but in 1883, at the sug gestion of aHfnumber of agricultural jaud horticultural societes.the law was i repealed, and the killing of English sparrow, and the destroying of their netss, eggs or young, at all seasons of the year, is now legalized. EXPOSITION IN CHINA. ! American Products Will Be Shown «t Nanking In May. I Preparations are going forward rap i Idly at Nanking, China, for the open | lng of the Nanyang exposition, or Na i tional Industrial exposition, ns it is I called. It Is to be opened May 1) and 1 to continue for six months. Hsl-Clieu Hwang, director of works j for the exposition, ni';y be quoted as saying that there are to he sixteen large buildings, most of which are well on toward completion. Most of them are in English and French styles of architecture. The exposition grounds cover an area of about 150 acres and are laid out artistically with ponds, lawns, trees, flowers of every Chinese variety, pavilions and graveled walks leading to the several entrances. Display light ing with electricity will be a feature of the decoration of the grounds. Among the amusements will be a hip podrome, Chinese theater and other shows, both Chinese and foreign. Mu sic will be furnished by the new army military band. A miniature railroad on the grounds will be oue of the at tractions. The exposition grounds are reached directly from the railroad by the Nan king city lines. Chinese capitalists j have furnished the funds for suitable j foreign hotels near the grounds. There will be accommodations for 1,000 guests at these hotels. It Is expected that there will be 10,000 to 15,000 vis itors daily to the grounds. The total cost of the exposition is estimated at $700,000. Twenty-two i provinces of China are to be represent j ed in the exhibits, and 5.000 square I feet each have been allotted to Amer ican, English. German and Japanese ! exhibits in the Chinese government | building. Why They Were Selected. 1 It has been recorded that General Henry Knox in 1783 was the "great est" of eleven distinguished officers of the army, weighing 'JBO pounds. Noah Brooks in his book entitled "Henry Knox" gives the following incident re lating to the general's full habit: With a Captain Sargent he was se lected to present the hard case of the starving and naked men at Valley Forge to the attention of a committee of congress. Oue of the congressmen, wishing to show his wit and sarcasm, sail' that he had never seen a fatter man than General Knox nor a better dressed man than his associate. Knox managed to keep his temper and re mained silent, but his subordinate re torted, "The corps out of respect to congress and themselves have sent ns their representatives the only man who had au ounce of superfluous flesh on his body and the only other man who possesses a complete suit of clothes." BIG PREPARATIONS IT HIT. CAHL Tho Mount Carrnel Odd Follows are making arrangements for the holding of the largest eelebratiou in the his tory of the District on the occasion of the Ninety-First Anniversary of the | Founding of Odd Fellowship in Am erica to be held in Mount Carmel, April 2(i. 1010. They are advertising the town and the occasion in a very creditable manner and the reports al ready begin to show of the judicious use of printers ink the towns daily papers iiave joined hands in assisting the local lodges in stirring up enthusi asm throughout the district. The com mittee has issued an immense quantity of Anniversary buttons which bear an invitation to "Meet me at Mouut Car mel on April 2(i, '10." Their advertis ing labels have the invitation "Come with us" within the three links. The stationery and printed matter lauds the town's facilities to take care of a large number of visitors and briefly sets forth the various industries of the community. Extensivo preparations are being made to have the town assume a gen eral holiday appearance and the com mittee has requested the management of the several mining operations to suspend work on this occasion in order to permit the entiro community to turn out and enjoy the day. Several special features are being planned one of which is to have the one hundred and twenty orphans now in the home to participate in the par ade. Another is to be the massing of the bands at the finish of the counter march of the parade. This promises tc be a very successful affair and is to be so arranged that every marcher in line will see and hear the great musical body which will move over some oi the town's principal streets, followed by the Patriarchs Militant and led bj the mounted Marshals and Aides well as the massed banners. THE SPEAKERS. Special concerts will be giver throughout the day by a number of the very best bands in the State, the Ad dress of Welcome will he given by Judge Voris Auten who will be in troduced by Chief Burgess Pensyl al the time he will extend to the visiting members the freedom of the city. Gland Master James S. Montgomery will be the principal speaker of tilt day. Major E. C. Wagner, Presidenl lof tlie Orphanage, will be present am i will have with him in line the direct' ! ors and trustees of the home. The Re bekahs will be represented by theii Chief officers of the State. The Patri archs Militant will be led by Majoi jR. A. Raney, Commander General o: I the United States and Major Genera IJ. B. Andrews of Penna., will accom J pany him. . I Special decorators are in the towi L | attending to the details of the genera . j plans as the committee have contract r j ed for. Reception committees wil j meet every incoming train. The trol | ley company will run every available I car in order to carry the largest num j ber of passengers possible in the short est given time so that visitors niaj j reach places of interest without trou ble or delay. I Every fraternal and social organiza j tion without exception will keep opei ; liotise and have already appointee special reception committees to receivt Odd Fellows generally and particular jlv Odd Fellows who happen to bt ; members of sncli particular fraternity It is expected that fully 10,000 visit ors will attend this great celebration, ! every Odd Fellow in the district shoulc make a special effort to turn out auc | take part in tho demonstration. I Massive banners are being prepaiec Ito mark the various headquarters am j immense signs are to be strung acrosi , | the streets bearing the generous "Wei j come Brothers." Th< Tears In Books. j It Is not hard to understand why. I when a book makes- you laugh, you ] want to road It, and to read It flver and j over again. Hut it is rathei puzzling ' | to find that one also enjoys reading j and rereading books that make one i want to cry. What can there be In us j that likes to be made to feel unhappy? j In real life we don't try to do things that will make us suffer—not at all: But there are books that you cannot ' j thiulc of once you have read then, j without tears coming to your eyes, and | yet you will find that you love those j books perhaps more than any others. ! To feel deeply is one of the best } things in life, and there maybe lies j fie explanation of why we do love | sad stories. They make us unhappy | In a way, but they do not leave behind i any bitterness or sense of personal i loss. And they usually have a special • beauty of their own.—St. Nicholas. An Airship Destroyer, | An invention in connection with pro j jectiles to be tired at balloons and air- I ships has recently been made by Iltr Wagner, landlord of tho Railway ho | tel at Ensdetten, near Munster, in ! Westphalia, Germany. The projectile Is so constructed that when It leaves ! the cannon four knives In the casing 1 open, thus giving the misMle greater j destructive power. Not a Drop of Alcohol What is a "tonic"? A medicine that increases the strength or tone of the whole system. What is an "alterative"? A medicine that alters or changes unhealthy action to healthy action. Name the best "tonic and alterative"? Ayer's Sarsaparilla, the only Sarsaparilla entirely free from alcohol. Ask your own doctor all about it. Never take a < medicine doctors cannot endorse. J^Ayej^^LowellMas^ I Without daily action of the bowels poisonous products must be a ks°ijed. Then you have i impure blood»biliousness, headache. Ask your doctor about Ayer s I ills tor constipation.» Often The Kidneys Are Weakened by Over-Work. Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. Weak and unhealthy kidneys are re sponsible for much sickness and suffering, P therefore, if kidney trouble is permitted to continue, serious re sults are most likely to follow. Your other organs may need at tention, but your kid neys most, because they do most and should have attention first. Therefore, when your kidneys are weak or out of order, you can understand how quickly your en tire body is affected ami how every organ seems to fail to do its duty. If you are sick or " feel badly," begin taking the great kidney remedy, I)r Kilmer's Swamp-Root. A trial will con vince you of its great merit. The mild and immediate effect of Swamp-Root, the great kidney and bladder remedy, is soon realized. It stands the highest because its remarkable health restoring properties have been proven in thousands of the most distress ing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. -[ Sold by druggists in fifty-cent and one-dol- pS«»g;ig|isagg?3 have a sample bottle JftfijUnjMllSM by mail free, also a pamphlet telling you II„J' how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co., ISingliainton, N. Y. Don't make any mis take, but remember the name, Swamp- Root, and don't let a dealer sell you something in place of Swamp-Root—if you do you will be disappointed. !•»» a MIDNIGHT BLAZE CAUSES ALARM A fire occurred on the south side shortly after 12 o'clock yesterday morning, which created considerable excitement, especially on the Danville side of the river, from where the blaze seemed a sweeping and destructive one illuminating a large section of River* side. The fire occurred on the premises of John Murphy, just east of St. Peter's Methodist Episcopal church, Gearhart street,and was confined to a group of outbuildings at the rear of the lot, which included a good-sized chicken house,one end of which was partition ed off to form a small shop. The people were aroused by the loud and prolonged whistling of a passing locomotive, the engineer of which was one of the first to discover the fire. The buildings were then in a mass of flames. The south side has no facilities for fighting fire and about all that could be done was to wait for the fire to burn it from spreading. The burning build ings fortunately were not situated verv near any other structures. Mr. Murphy is having his houSe painted. The shutters had all been re moved from the windows and, freshly j painted, were stored in the little shop adjoining the hennery. In this build ing also was a quantity of paint and oil. ! The shutters burned along with the building. It was these along with the paint and oil that caused such a bright and fierce fire. Danville people, who ran over to the south side under the conviction that several buildings wert on fire were amused, if not chagrined when they found' what really caused the blaze. Yesterday morning but one of Mr. Murphy's chickens remained. Whether the rest burned or disappeared in some other way is a question not easily an swered. Some persons are inclined to believe that Mr. Murphy was visited by chicken thieves and that they drop ped a match, which staiteil the fire. Other persons incline to the view that the fire was due to spontaneous com bustion caused by the presence of the oils and the painter's overalls, which were in the building. The loss will amount to over a hun dred dollars. Mr. Murphy has 'his dwelling insured. Charles Kreliafer, the painter em ployed, lost all his tools besides sev eral articles of clothing. He estimates his loss at about ten dollars. He Obeyed Orders. Old world domestics make the best possible servants because they work like machines, never forgetting an or der and doing exactly as they are told, without presuming to think for them selves. Hut once In nwhlle this literal adherence t<> duty produces some awk ward results. An American woman living in India, with native servants, once told her butler to see that there was always a napkin at the bottom of the fruit dish, cake basket, etc., when these were brought to the table. The napkin was thereafter always seen Irt its place. Hut one day a tureen of vegetable soup was served, and the hostess bee 1111 to wield the long, old fashioned silver ladle about in it Something very like a fringed rag made its appearance in the first plate ful. The butler was summoned to re move the dish. "It cannot be that the nieiu sahib found no napkin at the bottom," he hazarded, much distressed because of this unexplained disap proval. "for I myself placed there the largest one I could find,"