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
<door books" have been handed down to
us. They were three leaved cards
Which were foldwd up into oblong
pocket shaped volumes. These taught
teading and numerals in the dame
schools in town and country. The lit
tle gilt books, as they were called,
adorned on the outside with gilt Dutch
paper colored flowers, were much
prized gift books of that period. Chil
dren were employed coloring such pic
ture books by hand, one child doing all
the Fed in the series of illustrations,
another all the blue, and so on. Of
course they gained precision by repeti
tion, but we very often find the tints
overlapping as if carried out by an in
experienced hand.—London Queen.
A Double Hold.
Miss Moonlite—Er—let me hold the
reins, please. Mr. Bashphul—What
will 1 do then? Miss Moonlite—You
might hold the holder of the reins
Boston Herald.
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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.
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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
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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,"