Montour American. FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville, Pa., Mar. 28 1907. THE BEAT OF THE PULSE. It Varies Greatly In Different I'er sous and Conditions. The pulse of women generally beats at a slightly faster rate than that of men. It may be said that when a per son is at rest bis pulse, that of any adult, may be from seventy-five to rlghty times a minute. Great variation exists in different individuals In re spect of the number of beats. After exercise the pulse quickens because of the stimulation of the heart, and the same result applies to tho effects of taking food. A dose of alcohol will also stimulate the pulse somewhat, just as the use of tobacco, especially in excess, will tend to have an opposite effect namely, that of lowering the rate of the pulse, because of the depression of the heart which results. In fevers and inflammatory diseases the pulse rate tends to be very much iuereased and also iu respect of its character. Instead of beating quietly the blood vessel In Bueh cases exhibits a very full and bounding movement. On the other hand, where depression exists aud the temperature of the body falls, the pulse may be unnaturally slow aud Its character weak. Physicians are accus tomed to distinguish other characteris tics in the pulse, such as become valu able hints iu the discovery and deter mination of disease. The practical les sou w# learn here is that where the pulse continues for any length of time to have its beats quickened to an un natural degree and where especially a rise of the temperature or heat of the body accompanies these symptoms we ought to suspect some kind of feverish couditlon or other to be represented. The pulse alone forms a valuable •nough guide to this state of the body, but Its value Is vary much Increased if to the Information given us by the pulse we add that which the use of the thermometer supplies.—Cardiff Times. IMITATIVE WOMAN. A Oy»leal English View of Feminine Human Nature. Decidedly women are an imitative class. From her earliest age the small girl apes the doings of her elders and, had she her own way. would be a mini ature epitome of fashion. Such enter tainments as she is permitted to wit ness ii ner mother's drawing room she imitates, with dolls and nurses for com pany, in the nu.-sery. In her school days she invariably ••forms" herself on some special friend whom she elects as a model of feminine perfection. And at a certain stage of their lives girls are as much alike as peas in a pod. As they mature and develop they may perhaps show some signs of individual ity, but lu all the main issues of life they continue to be more imitative than original. Fashions, housekeeping and enter taining are all more or less conducted on the same Hues, and the only true sign of friendship that is shown to the young married woman Is to beg her to order her life and her home on her friend's principles. Any departure from those principles or any symptom of in dividual taste or strength of mind will sound the first challenge of unpopulari ty for the budding matron. Her moth er and her mother's friends will alike desire imitation of their methods as ' the "sincerest form of flattery," and every decline from the original system will be pronounced wrong or injudi cious.—Rita in London Mall. TRIAL MARRIAGES. A floeer Old Cuatom That Exlated For Agea In Scotland. "Handfasting" was a custom that ex isted for ages in Scotland. The con tracting parties met at the annual fairs in their several districts. There young men chose the maids who best pleased them. They Joined hands and by that act became man and wife unti? the corresponding day of the following year. If the love and fortunes of the pairs had prospered during the year, on the anniversary of their meeting they were legally married by the priest; If all had not been well, then they parted. The practice is supposed to have arisen from the scarcity of clergy. If the pair decided to part at the end of the twelvemonth, the bride was at lib erty to marry another man, her ap prenticeship to matrimony not carry ing with it any reproach to her. Such narrlages were by custom made legal. Any issue resulting from the union would in the case of a second marrlagq be taken by the father and rank aa heir after the children of the marriage which lasted for life. Many weddings were unmade at the end of the yeur, but it was dangerous if the initiative were taken by the man who bail we<ided the kinswoman of a chief. When a Macdonald of Bleat availed himself of his right to •end back the sister of a Macleod of Dungaven, the latter resented it as an indignity. "He had no bonfire to cele brate his wedding, but he shall have ofce to solemnize his divorce," Macleod swore. He kept his word, and a terri ble vendetta between the clans re sulted • HE DIED FIGHTING. How Prlnee I.ouln Napoleon Waa Killed by the Znloa. How Prince I,ouls Napoleon was kill ed by the Zulus June 1, 1879, Is told graphically In the book by Sir Evelyn Wood, who took part in that war. The little party which the prince accompa nied was surprised and attacked. Sir Evelyn writes: 'The Zulus lu pursuit ran first after the two white soldiers who were ou the flanks, three or four men. headed by I>nbanga, following the prince. II:- horse bad jumped Just as he was mounting, and his aword fell but of its s":.!ibard. He was very ac tive and v.::- vaulting on his horse in motion when the wallet on the front of the • ! '.!e broke away, and lie fell to the ' ,>nnd, being at this time only sixty ards behind the (British) fugi tive There were seven men who ac t 'ily fought the prince. When Lan i Scheie, pursuing the fugitives, first saw Lubanga, he was running away from the prince, wb-j was rushing at him. Labanga, crouching in the grass, threw an assagai at him. The first as sagai stuck in the prince's thigh, and, withdrawing it from the wound, he kept liis foes at bay for s-.mie minutes. In the native's words: 'He fought like a lion. He fired two shots, but with out effect, and I threw an assagai at lilm, which struck him, as I said at tlie time. Init I always allowed Labanga's claim to have killed him, for his assa gal liit the prince in the left shoulder, * u-oi tal wound.' " THE DUTY OF HAPPINESS. Keep Your Face to the Sunlight and Smile Through Your Tears. 1 know an old man who has had a great deal of trouble aud many losses and misfortunes, but he started out In life with a linn determination to ex tract just as much real enjoyment from it as he went along as possible— not in dissipation, but in wholesome recreation and fun. He has always tried to see the humorous side of things, the bright side aud the duty of happiness. The result is that, although this man has had more than his share of sorrow in his career, he lias developed the in estimable faculty of making tho best of every situation and of always fac ing the sun and turning his back to the shadows. This life habit of cheerful ness and optimism has brought out a sweetness of character and a poise and serenity of mind which are the envy of all who know him. Although he has lost his property and the most of his family and relatives, yet he radiates sunshine and helpfulness wherever he goes. A man who can laugh outside when he Is crying inside, who can smile when he feels badly, has a great ac complishment. We all love the one who believes the sun shines when he cannot see it. A potted rose in a window will turn its face away from the darkness to ward the light. Turn it as often as you will, it always turns away from the darkness and lifts its face upward toward the sun. So we instinctively shrink from cold, melancholy, inky natures and turn our faces toward the bright, the cheerful and the sunshiny. There is more vir tue in one sunbeam than in a whole atmosphere of cloud and gloom. Your ability to cafry your own sun shine with you, your own lubricant, your own light, so that, no matter how heavy the load or dark the way, you will be equal to the emergency, wil' measure your ability to continue and to achieve.—Success. OLD TIME PUNISHMENTS. Cold Water Ilnthw Helped to Cure Snrnring ami Scolding. To punish a child in such a way that it will see the direct connection be tween the correction and the fault is one of the precepts of modern educa tion. The Judge of the eighteenth cen tury was not worried by such psy chological theories, but his decisions often had the grim humor of fitness. What could be better for the scold than a cooling plunge or for the wife beater than a few lashes on his own back? A number of tender handed English gallants joined a pioneer expedition to Virginia. The weather was cold and the work hard. When these soft mus cled young men were set at chopping trees their hands were sorely blistered by the ax helves. With the cries of pain many oaths were heacd. The president of the company soon put a stop to this sweariug by ordering a can of coid water to be poured down the sleeve of the guilty one at every oath he uttered. In colonial days hog stealing was considered one of the most serious of crimes. At the first offense the thiefs ears were slit, at the second his ears were nailed to a pillory, and at the third he suffered death "without bene fit of clergy." Deceitful bakers and careless fish dealers had to "lose their ears," while he who spoke detracting words had his tongue bored by a bodkin. A Frenchman, traveling In America in 1700, describes the ducking stool as a "pleasant mode" of punishing a scolding woman. In 1G35 Thomas Hartley of Virginia wrote of his witnessing the execution of a ducking stool sentence: "Day before yesterday at 2 of ye Clock. I saw this punishment glveu to one Betsey Walker, who by ye vio lence of her tongue made her house and her neighborhood uncomfortable. They had a machine for ye purpose, yt belongs to ye Parish. It has al ready been used three times this sum mer. "Ye Woman was allowed togo un der ye water for ye space of y a min ute. Betsey had a stout stomache and would not yield until she had been under five times. Then she cried pite ously. Then they drew back ye Ma chine, untied ye Ropes and let her walk home a hopefully penitent wo tr.an," —Youth's Companion. A SOURCE OF DISEASE. Seware the Man Who Blows Smoke Through His Nostrils. A popular practice of many smokers consists in discharging the smoke In haled, especially from cigarettes, through the nostrils. This Is even considered by some to be essential to the full enjoyment of the flavor of tht tobacco. The London Lancet, while acknowl edging that perhaps under ordinary circumstances no harm Is done to the smoker save to his sense of smell, has sounded a note of warning against the habit as a possible disseminator of dis ease. Hay fever and other annoying complaints have been spread through unsuspecting households by the un thinking visitor who habitually blew smoke through his nose. The surface traversed by the tobacco smoke before issuing from the nose, 11 is remarked by the Lancet, is mois tened with the natural secretion of the mucous membrane lining it, and thla secretion is mingled with the fluid dis charged from tlie conjunctival sac pro tecting the eyes. It therefore contains numerous micro organisms, which, floating in tlie air, have become attach ed to tlie moist and stick surface of the conjunctiva, as well as those which pass over the surface of the nasal membrane. As Tyndall long ago show ed, germs are completely filtered ofl from the air inhaled by the extensive and irregular surfaces presented by the turblnal bones. These germs are carried into the air by the man who blows smoke through his nostrils. f-.' r- r . !•.—s. Grottoes •' <•.. • : , ■ i I.IOK 01- less. -IS 'I , . it- ;hm.» pies, air ! l\i ~(• I v j; • of cour e i -.1 , i a . . a < >si siderabie •?! ;■ • . . i i:.-- u,.'ir hoir.e.t i:i I'l.> N n shore t;ii» <J,;>;a;Uu\ an-i i.i BOliio oj ,:iii,id tlie p.il tolled to:! -. ; a; ; ;.\ iie.u's of tlie Stone age. T.' > . • c villages are fre quent iu llie : ■ »• i ierrltorv of Alge ria, one of • li cit ~t I >jt ur f . 2f>o feet above the • i of the Wan, llallail, is reached by c s cut in the lock. 'Hie inhabitant or' tlie Tunisian island of On lite are cave dwellers, their habita tions being grottoes which they have ring out of the limestone or ancient burial that they have enlarged. The suliiei. a;:'an villages of Matmata and of Mc •< ,iine, hewn out of the rock, ire in southern i'uuisa. CROMWELI.'S HORSES. An Accident That Befell the Protector In Hyd? Park. "As Cromwell rose In power and rank his love of horses began to be more conspicuous," says a writer in Black wood's. "When he started from Lon don in 1049 to reconquer Ireland he went forth in that state and equipage as the like hath hardly been seen, him self iu a coach with six gallant Flan ders mares, reddish gray." In 1855, when the Spanish ambassador took his leave of the lord protector, Cromwell sent him "his own coach of six white horses" to convey him to and from Whitehall. "Certain It is," adds the narrator, "that none of the English kings had ever any such." The protector was not much of a whip, however. In 1054 the Count of Oldenburg sent Cromwell a present of six horses, and the protector's anxiety to make trial of their quality led to his tvell known adventure in Ilyde park. On Friday, Sept. 2D, he went with Sec retary Tburloe and soino of hia gentle men to take air in the park, ordered the six horses to be harnessed to his coach, put Thurloe Inside of It and un dertook to drive himself. "His high ness," said a letter from the Dutoh ambassador, "drove pretty handsomely for some time, but at last, provoking those horses too much with the whip, they grew unruly, whereby his high ness was flung out of the coach box upon the ground. Ills foot getting hold in the tackling, he was carried away a good while In that posture, but at last he got his foot clear and so came to escape. He was presently brought home and let blood and after some rest taken Is now well again. The secretary, being hurt on his ankle with leaping out of the coach, hath been forced to keep his chamber hitherto and been unlit for any business." The royalist Scroggs, afterward chief justice, writing of this Incident, hoped that the next full would be from a cart —hinting ut the gallows. As to Crom well's views on the burning question of horse rating it is ditficult to arrive at a positive conclusion. His constant aim was to possess as many good horses as he could afford. Whether he entered his horses for races or had the satisfaction of owning a winner history does not say. HUNTING BEARS. If Von .Meet a Wounded Grizzly Glvt 111 m H Wide Berth. A wounded grizzly is a mean thins to tight, and if there is a tree handy It Is a pretty good thing to climb if any thing gets wrong witji your shooting Irons, 112 do not think a grizzly wll] climb a tree, though brown and black bears will. Any bear is pretty sure to light if crippled, but I know there is this difference between a black or brown bear and a grizzly: If you meet a black bear face to face unexpectedlj give him live seconds and he will b< out of sight, but meet a grizzly the same way and give him five second! and you will be out of business. About the most fascinating way tc hunt bear, which is even better than night work, is to trail him right to his home and meet him In broad daylight on his own doorstep, as it were. It can be done, but everything must be Just right. The ground might be covered with a light fall of snow, and the snow ought to be melting. Then the twigs won't break. One has to be very care ful, and when bruin is found, which 1: generally ttt tlie foot of a large tree, one must never forget that instead of one there may be two, and, lu that case, one must be able to shoot fast and straight, and implicit confidence in the gun he carries is about the best stock iu trade a man can possess. About the surest place to shoot a bear to stop him quickly, to rny way of thinking, is directly In the brain. It Is really not a hard shot, usually at short range, and it puts him out mighty quick.—Field and Stream. MAN'S WEAKER HALF. One Side of Ills Body Alwaya Stronger Than tlie Other. The popular belief is that the left side is weaker than the right, and, as iu all popular beliefs, there is much truth in this. In most cases, says the Grand Magazine, the right arm Is de cidedly stronger than the left, the bones are larger and the muscles more vigorous. When we come to consider the lower limbs, however, we tiud a precisely op posite state of affairs; the left leg i« stronger than the right in the great majority of cases. This want of sym metry is noticeable all through the body. Nine times out of ten we see better with one eye than with the oth er and hear better with the left than with the right ear, or vice versa. Not only so, an Injury to the body—a burn or a cut, for instance—causet more pain on one side than it would were it inflicted on the other. Even diseases attack one side ou their first onset in preference to the other. Ecze ma, varicose veins, sciatica and even tuberculosis begin invariably to mani fest themselves ou our weaker side. A blistering plaster, too, will provoke an eruption only if applied to the right side in certain individuals; lu others, only if applied to the left side. The simplest way, apparently, of dls covering which is our weaker side is to observe which side we lie upou by preference when in bed, as It is cer tain that we will instinctively adopt the attitude which is most agreeable, or, rather, which causes the least iu convenience. Iu other words, we will lie upon the side the muscles of which, being more vigorous, are less sensible to the pressure upon them of the weight of the body. Statistics and observation goto prove that in about three cases out of four it is the left side which is the weaker, thus giving reason to the popular dic tum. Curiously enough, however, pneu monia, it has been noticed, unlike most diseases, usually attacks at first the right—that is to say, the stronger—side of the body. Erruti<* A line Holeyn. Of the unfortunate Anne Holeyn who was the second wife of King Hen ry VIII. of England and who was be headed in 1530, a writer says: "Ever at this distance of time she rises be fore us as a living, breathing woman of flesh and blood. She was witty, pas siouate, vivacious and moody lu turns she was essentially variable and Jour naliere. After her elevation to the throne she became vindictive am' cruel, but --lit' had many charming qualities. Willie awaiting her doom at the Tower she was wretched and mer ry In turns, sometimes imitating hei uncle Norfolk, who hud conducted hei to tin* Tower.,with his head shakings and his 'Tut. tut. tut,' sometimes call ing for supper directly after dinner sometimes deep in her devotions, it is the same Anne to the last— high spirit ed, unreasonable, with highly strung nerves and a good deal of courage at the back of her tendency to be hys terical" GREAT MUSIC. The MyMiciil Influence It W'icldN Over Our ScnHlhilltlen. Great music Is a physical storm, agi tating to unimaginable depth the mys tery of the past within us —or we might say it Is a prodigious incanta tion, every different Instrument and voice making separate appeal to dif ferent billions of prenatal memories. There are tones that call up all the gliosis of youth and joy find tenden cies; there are tones that evoke all phantom pain of perished passion; there are tones that resurrect all dead sensations of majesty and might and glory, all expired exultations, all for gotten magnanimities. Well may the Influence of music seem inexplicable to the man who Idly dreams that his life began less than a hundred years ago! But the mystery lightens foi whosoever learns that the substance of self is older than the sun. He finds that music is a necromancy; ho feels that to every ripple of melody, to every billow of harmony, there answers within him out of the sea of death and birth some eddying immeasurable of ancient pleasure and pain. Pleasure and pain! They commingle always In great music, and therefore It Is that music can move us more pro- | foundly than the voice of ocean or than any other voice can do. But iu music's larger utterance it is ever the sorrow that makes the undertone, the surf mutter of the sea of soul. Strange to think how vast the sum of Joy and ! woe that must have been experienced ; before the sense of music could evolve in the brain of man!— Lafeadlo Hearn. The Stone ForeatK of Arizona. The regions of the Little Colorado river in Arizona abound in wonderful vegetable petrifactions, whole forests being found in some places which are hard as flint, but which look as If but j recently stripped of their foliage. Some J of these stone trees are standing Just ; as natural as lite, while others are ; piled across each other just like tbfe fallen monarch ot' a real wood forest, j Geologists say that these stone trees were once covered to the depth of a thousand feet with marl, which trans- ; formed them from wood to solid rock. This marl after the lapse of ages wash ed out. leaving some of the trees stand ing In an upright position. The major ity of them, however, are piled helter skelter in all directions, thousands of cords being sometimes piled up on an acre of ground. A POINTER FOR TOURISTS. Put Your Prayer Hook on Top of flte ThlnK" In Your Trunk. "If you ever goto Bermuda 1 can tell you how to make time at the custom house." said a returning Washingtoni an. "I reached Bermuda early in the morning. I made up my luggage rath er hastily before leaving the ship. "Just as I was ready to close my suit case I noticed that I had left my prayer book on the lounge. I pitched It in rather unceremoniously, strapped down the case and hurried ashore. "You don't have to wait to declare as you do when coming iuto the port of New York. As I stepped into the office of the Johnny Bull official I unstrapped my case and opened It up. The official talked at me as if I had been a tele phone. " 'Hello!' he said the tirst thing. 'What's this?' lie asked, picking up my prayer book. 'Prayer book, eh? All right. Shut up your case.' " 'Want to took fit anything else?' I asked. "'No. You're all right, my friend. Any man who will put his prayer book on top of his traps isn't likely to beat the government. I'll take that for your declaration.' "I threw him half a dozen cigars. That's where I made my mistake. '"Got any more like these In that case?' asked the official. "I sakl I hadn't, but do you know he wouldn't believe me, and I had to open 1 up the case again, and he went through ! It as if he thought I was a smuggler."— j Washington Post A BIRD OF GUIANA. It Can Speak Evfrjr Lanxaage That It Once Hear*. There is a bird of Guiana which serves to be widely known. This la the "tion-tlon" (pronounced tee-yawn tee-yawn) on account of Its cry. This j bird Is valued by the natives for lt» j brilliant plumage, especially the tall | feattiers, which they wear in their headdress and make clothing of, bnl j the most interesting characteristic of this strange bird Is Its imitative fac ulty. A naturalist became acquainted wltl) the bird's powers in a curious man ner. He was awakened from his sleep one night by hearing cries of dlstreei In French. Some one was being mur dered not far away, so much was ab solutely certain. There were cries tot mercy and help, uttered In excellent French, shrieks of agony and groans. Jumping to his feet be awoke his In dian guides, saying that they must all goto the assistance of the victim. At that moment the voice uttered a shoot of ironical laughter, followed by "tion tlon," and the guides turned over, with a grunt of vexation. The learned natu rallst had a great deal to learn, they remarked sarcastically. The tion-tlon Is the worst of chatter boxes. It can, and does. Imitate every sound it hears, with the utmost fidelity. It can speak all languages, giving the proper accent and intonation. This la a strong statement, but it is correct. It will shout for assistance In the best English or German, and you will really believe that some fellow countryman Is In dire distress rrttl the bird Inter rupts I fs < own r!; nrilngs with a derisive laugh. Hie?: you feel like one who h*s been the victim of a Ist of April joke. If the bird could be caught and so far domesticated as to be happy in con finement the parrot would go out of fashion as a home pet. Knclne nt Ills Work. Racine, the French writer, composed his work while walking rapidly about, shouting out the lines iu a loud voice. ! One clay while he was thus eouii>osing j part of Ills play of "Mlthrldates" In the I Tuileries gardens In Paris he was sur- ! rounded by a group of workmen who 1 took him to be a maniac. On his re turn home from these walks he would write down scene after scene In pnme, and when they were finished he would exclaim, 'My tragedy is d>ne!" con sidering the transposition of the lines Into verse onlv a trivial thing. A nemarkahle Church. A small watering place In Austria umued Kichwald can boast of possess ing a remarkable church. It was first built by au Italian architect at Venice Ht the expense of Prince Carlos Clary- Aldriugen. who is a great admirer of Italian architecture. When It was fin ished the church was taken to pieces and packed i 1 thousands of numbered cases for transportation to Elchwald. At that place it was eventually rebuilt nnd then made over to inhal/tants as u gift from the prince PARADISE FISHES. These Creatures Live In Odd Nest* Composed of Air Bubbles. Paradise fishes come from Japan, and their nests are very odd indeed, for they are composed of air bubbles. Unlike goldfish, they will breed and raise their young in an aquarium or even in a glass globe, and they raise three or four broods each year. Ordinarily the male paradise flsh Is of a dull silvery color, but when he goes a-eourting he puts on a brilliant coat, striped with streaks of red, blue and green. When the female flsh is ready to lay eggs, she builds her nest by swallowing air and making bubbles, which are held together by a aticky secretion that comes from her mouth. The eggs rise in the water and find a resting place among the air bubbles, to which they cling. The female flsh tries to swallow Ihe eggs, but her husband drives her away and keeps guard until the eggs are hatched. If the air bub bles burst, the male flsh blows some more, so that the nest is always float ing on the surface of the water. At the end of five days the young are hatched out. They cannot swim, but cling like tadpoles to the air bubbles. If one falls, the father fish catches it in his mouth and blows It up among the bubbles again. He does not leave his little ones until they are able to swim, and then they take care of them selves. LAPH wWHUNTERS. Swift Ituiiiiern on Snow'Nlioea Make Short Work o* the Bratea. The Swedish Lapps live entirely with, by and upon their reindeer. A Lapp who owns a thousand deer is a very rich man; but, as taxes are as sessed upon the number of deer, he is inclined to underestimate his herd. The most dangerous enemy to the herd Is the wolf, who, If so disposed, can kill thirty deer in a night. A band of wolves can make a rich Lapp poor. When the snow is deep and soft and It Is announced that wolf tracks have been seen in the neighborhood of the deer the swiftest runners on snow shoes prepare for an exciting chase. The wolf may have a start of a mile or two, but the track It leaves in the deep, soft snow is so prominent that the hunters can follow it at their best speed. The wolf, though he may run fast, has but slight chance of escaping the short men who on snowshoes rush through the wood, dart down steep hills and jump from ledges several yards in height. Each hunter does bis best to outrun the others, for the wolf belongs to the Lapp who strikes the first blow. As soon as the leading hunter is close enough to the wolf he gives it a heavy blow across the loins with his strong spiked snowshoe staff. If there are other wolves to be pur sued. he kills it outright; If not, he disables it and waits till all the hunt ers arrive before giving the death stroke. A MYSTERIOUS CARD. Mark Twain'* 0«1<1 Hetineat and How Mr*. Cleveland Received It. When I was leaving Ilartford for Washington upon one occasion my Wife said: "I have written a small warning and put It in a pocket of your dress vest. When you are dressing to goto the authors' reception at the White House you will naturally put your fingers in your vest pocket, ac cording to your custom, and you will find that little note there. Read it carefully and do as it tells you. I cannot be with you, and so I delegate my sentry duties to this little note. If I should give you the warning by word of mouth now it would pass from your head and be forgotten In a few minutes." It was President Cleveland's first term. I had never seen his wife, the young, the beautiful, the good hearted, the sympathetic, the fascinating. Sure enough. Just as I had finished dressing togo to the White House, I found that little note, which I had long ago forgotten. It was a grave little note, a serious little note, like its writer, but it made me laugh. Llvy's gentle gravities often produced that effect upon me where the expert humorist's best joke would have fail ed, for I do not laugh easily. When we reached the White House and I was shaking hands with the president he started to Bay something, but I Interrupted him and said: "If your excellency will excuse me I will come back In a moment, but now I have a very Important matter to at tend to, and it must be attended to at once." I turned to Mrs. Cleveland, the young, the beautiful, the fascinating, and gave her my card, on the back of which I had written "He didn't," and I asked her to sign her name below those words. She said: "He didn't? He didn't what?" "Oh," I said, "never mind! We cannot stop to discuss that now. This is urgent. Won't you please sign your name?" I handed her a fountain pen. "Why," she said, "I cannot commit myself In that way. Who Is it that didn't? And what Is It that he didn't?" "Oh," I said, "time is flying, flying, flying! Won't you take me out of my distress and sign your name to it? It's ull right. I give you my word it's all right." She looked nonplused, but hesitat ingly and mechanically she took the pen and said: "I will sign it. I will take the risk. But you must tell me all about It right afterward, so that you can be arrested before you get out of the house In case there should be anything criminal about this." Then she signed, and 1 handed her Mrs. Clemens' note, which was very brief, very simple and to the point. It said, "Don't wear your arctics in the White Hcuse." It made her shout, and at my request she summoned a mes- Bniiger, and we sent that card at ouce to the mail on Its way to Mrs. Clemens !u Hartford. —Mark Twain's Autobiog raphy in North American Review. Chewing and Dyspepsia. The lean dyspeptic, taking a mouth ful of chop, chewed it interminably. "Forty chews," he paused to say, "for every bite." And his jaws began to grind again. "You make me laugh," his coinpan lon, a physiologist, returned. "Meat requires little, if any, chewing. You must have wasted n lot of chews In your time." "Goon!" ' It's true. Vegetables require chew ing, for they are digested largely by the alkaline mouth Juices, but meat Is digested by the acid stomach Juices, and to chew it more than enough to make It go down easily does harm In stead of good. The mouth alkalis, ad mixing with it, hinder the stomach fields' work. "Chew vegetables indefatlgably, my friend, but let your meat slip down un groutid."—New Orleans Tlmes-Oemo- OCEAN ROPES. A Marine i'lant That (irom a Stem Three Hundred I" I Long. The largest marine p. .1 and proba bly one of the highest plants known on this globe is a gigantic seaweed, the nereocystis, the stem of which has been found to grow as much as 300 feet long. It was tirst discovered not far from the Alaskan coast, but has since been found floating In various parts of the Pacific ocean along the American and Asiatic shores. This seaweed grows in a very curious man ner. Large quantities of it are fouud at a little distance from shore and at depths not exceeding 300 feet. On loamy bottoms large thickets of this plant take root, and a stem of the thickness of ordinary cord grows up ward. At its top there is a pear shaped balloon, which grows with the stem, and when it reaches the surface of the water it often measures six feet and more In length, with a diameter of four feet six inches. This balloon has, of course, an upward tendency and keeps the stem growing until it floats on the surface of the water. From the top of this balloon a large tuft of strong, thick, sp.idolike leaves grow out, which originally are not more than two feet long and which grow and split until from the balloon a roselike growth of from lifty to sixty-Ave feet In diame ter covers the water. This gigantic weed grows In such quantities that near the shore large meadowlike is lands are formed, which impede navi gation. The natives of the Aleutian Islands make manifold usage of this plant. From their strong dried stems they make ropes 'JSO feet and more long, while balloons of this weed fur nish tliem with large vessels after they si re dried, the smaller ones being used In their boats to ball out water. The long leaves, after being dried, are cut j: Ito narrow strips and us >d for wieker v.orl:. the r <.f baskets and simi lar furniture. MARIE ANTOINETTE. Two Druuxtlp anal Contraktlnit Epl- In Her Life. l'histo!tou-r.r.-»r. In his "Royalty In .Ml describes two dramatic tiixl t: ;:'ea!ly contrasted episodes in Hi • life of Marie Antoinette, the lovely and il! fated queen of France. Once, lii ti.e days of her greatest popularity, when she went to the opera of "Iphl genia." when Achilles came to the line "Let r.s sing and celebrate the queen." lie turned toward the radiant young sovereign and s«ng two additional im promptu K'.ic:: of charming compliment 'i'Lil.e •'.•f'i'i and unexpected homage so delighted (Lie audience that "all was nilmting and clapping of hands, and— what never happened at the opera be fore—the <!!>ru.s was encored, and there were cries of 'Long live the queen!' at which expression of feeling her majesty was so affected that she shed tears." On the next occasion, when Marie Antoinette's sun of popular favor had set and she was nearing the tragic close of her life, one of the actresses in "Unforeseen Events" bowed to her as she sang the words "Ah, how I love my mistress!" In a moment all was In uproar, and the theater was full of hoarse, angry cries of "No mistress! No master! Liberty!" and "No master! No queen!" aad it was some minutes before the tumult quieted down and It was 1 -sible to oroceed with the nlav s«»u sun. Its \ r.iat the sea was made sail Ixi Ll. --• - lUK •' - <*- puit uf Uiw ftiauJ , desi; 11 o-' Ibe < . ator to provide foi the sy.-.n'U c." v lution which has been going 011 siu< the creation. Many dis tinet species of living organisms exlsl in the sea a result of Its salinity, and their rem 1 is have largely coutrlb uted to the g; >\ th of continents. The three gr-at i;:'-:ors in accounting foi the sy t«in oi' currents in the ocean by which it becomes the great heat dls tri'niter of the globe are changes ol temperature, the winds and salinity The Iv.st mentioned becomes an im portaut factor :i trough the Immediate and esse-!ial differences of specific gravity asi eon-vquent differences of level iiiut it pro p'ces in different parts of th - o e.;<i through the action of evaporation and rainfall. Stniift Him. Two very great swells, one a young duke and the other a young viscount, brushed a;;r? hist each other one night at tli<' i'l-ii. r. The duke, anxious to snub tiie v'. ount, pretended to take him for an usher and said, holding out his hand. "Have you a programme?" But the viscount, too quick for the duke, smiled and replied: "Yes, thank you. my man. I got one from the other fellow." BEGAN BUSINESS JANUARY Ist, 1906. Capital, $200,000. Surplus. $50,000. The Scranton Trust Co,, 516 Spruce Street, Scranton, Penn'a. Is the only exclusive Trust Company, in Pa., East of the Alleghenys, and that its unique position in this regard is acknowledged and appreciated is evidenced by the large number of appointments it has received to act in the cap acity of EXECUTOR, GUARDIAN, TRUSTEE, REGISTRAR, Etc., Etc. It Does no Banking. It Accepts no Deposits The personal of its officers and directors, together with its ample capital and surplus, is its guarantee of efficient, safe and conserva tive management. OFFICERS L. A - WATRES, President. HENRY A. KNAPP, Vice. Pres. WM. F. HALLSTEAD, Vice Pres. WM- A. WILCOX. Trust Officer. D. B. ATHERTON, Secretary and Treasurer. DIRECTORS Reese G. Brooks. Cyrus I>. Jones., Samuel B. Price. T. E. Clarke, Joseph J. Jermyn, E. M. Riue H. M. Edwards, Edward P. Kingsbury, August Robinson, Thomas J. Foster, Henry A. Knapp, George B. Smith, Homer Greene, F. M.Kirby, Alonzo T. Searle. Isaac- X. Grter. A. F. Law, Thomas H. Watkins. Joint W. Hollenbaek. Charles P. Matthews, L. A. Watres,* Win. F. Hallstead,* Abram Nesbltt,* Everett Warren,* Thomas E. Jones. Joseph O'Brieu.* Charles F. Wright. 0.8. Johnson.* John T. Porter,* 0.8 Wool worth A. Mitchell Palmer, S. P. Wolverton. •Executive Committee. We have some leaflets for free distribution. Ask or write for them Swords anil lienrdn. j At one time in England all "gentle men"' wore swords as well as beards, and their habit of drawing these weap ons to settle the most trivial disputes Is said to have had much to do witl) | the cut and styles in beards. During this sword wearing period all "bluff i ers" wore their beards cut and hacked In most outlandish shapes, trying tc convey the impression that they were bad men, who had been In many ter rifle sword combats. SliiißJ-. A lawyer was pleading a case before a jury the other day. The party on the other side had a reputation for stingi ness. "Why, gentlemen of the jury," said Sutton in his speech, "if an ant would carry a grain of sand off that fellow's ana he would law hiin clear to the supreme court and back." II Would Come. "I'd like togo away for the rest of the week, sir." said the tired book keeper. "There is no need for you to do that," replied the employer. "Stay here, and th-* rest of the week will come to you." Words of Praise For the several ingredients of which Dr. Pierce's medicines arc composed, as given by leaders In all the several schools of medicine, should have far more weight than any amount of non-professional tes timonials. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip tion has the badge OF hoxesty on every hot tie-wrapper, in a full list of all its in gredients printed in plain English. 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H | Gives Relief at Once. m^EAD^ KjjW-FEVEft ®sj & M It cleanses, soothes heals and protects the diseased mem brane. It cures Ca- HS9 tarrh and drives uniti OuiU IU LUu Head quickly. Re- II AY FFVFP stores the Senses of Hrt ¥ J fcwfcll Taste and Smell. Fnil size 50 ets., at Drug gists or by mail; Trial Size 10 cts. by mail. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street. New York. Sour Stomach No appetite, loss of strength, nervous ness, headache, constipation, bad breath, general debility, sour risings, and catarrh of the stomach are all due to indigestion. Kodol relieves indigestion. This now discov ery represents the natural Juices of diges tion as they exist In a healthy stomaoh, combined with the greatest known tonlo and reconstructive properties. Kodol for dyspepsia does not only relieve indigestion and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy helps all stomach troubles by cleansing, purifying, sweetening and strengthening the mucous membranes lining the stomaoh, Mr. S. S. Bill, of Rarsnawood, W, Va., aayai— " 1 was troubled with sour stomach for twenty Kodol cured m* and we are now uslo( it In mlB for baby." Kodol Digests What You Eat. Bottlas only. R«1!«t«s Indication, aour itonutk botching of (as, alo. Prepared by E. O. DeWITT * 00.. OMIOAdO F>r Sale bv Par.le?' <v * CURIOUS FISH. Tlicy K <-<••) Tlu-ir Egg" 111 Natural Popk<-»* In Their Moßthe. lu the sea of Galilee, or Lake Tibe rias, ;is it is also called, there la a i strange lish named the Chromls simo nis, which is more careful of Its young ! than fi>h generally are. The maid I tukc*:i the o .us in his mouth and keeps them in hi natural side pockets, where they are regularly hatched and remain until able to shift for themselves. By this inrenious arrangement the brood is comparatively guarded against Its natural enemies. It Is easily fed, too, but it is a puzzle how the little ones escape 1 n'in eaten alive. Awhile ago, says a traveler writing to a religious contemporary, I found in my net a number of these lish without eyes. Others of the species, when I lifted them up, dropped a number of little fishes out of their mouths, which swam away hastily. The natives explained the phenomenon. The blind chromls : Is the victim of .sea hawks. When these birds have eaten their fill they begin to look out for tidbits. After catching a fish they hit its forehead with their sharp beak, knocking out the middle part, in which their eyes are ! set. The bony structure is dropped Into the water, but the eyes are eaten | by the birds with great relish. ; Strangely enough, the fish generally i survive this rough treatment. The I wound heals up quickly in water, ant. j the. continue to ply the lake for food I as i. nothing had happened.—l.ondon ;• Standard. FOND OF FINERY. ! Elephants Ot'ltjcht In DreMM and Gor- K«.-ns Trapping. « Elephants are passionately fond of finery and de!l;;ht to see themselves j decked out with gorgeous trappings, i The native princes of India are very j pniti'-ular in choosing their state ele j phants and will give fabulous sums for i an animal that exactly meets the some- I what fanciful standards they have ere -ted. I lor these they have made cloths of I silk so heavily embroidered with gold | that two men are hardly able to lift them. A'i amtislns' instance of elephantine j pride is narrated: The elephant which j u;-i?!i!)y led the state procession of a J raj;'') be:ug ill. the magnificent trap- I pia :s were placed on one which had i 'at- to that time occupied only a subor | dinate place. The animal, delighted wltli Its liuery, i showed its ylee by so many little squeaks and kicks of pleasure that gen eral attention was attracted to It. N'ot long aiter another state proces sion was formed, and the previous wearer of the gold cloths, being re stored to health, took his accustomed I place and trappings, when the now de- I graded beast, imagining, perhaps, that : he was being defrauded of his promo ! tion, was with great difficulty restrain ed from attacking the leader of the parade. Auditor's Notice. IN THE ORPHAN'S COURT OF MONTOUR UOUNTY. IN RE ESTATE OP CATHARINE HAHN, LATE OF THE BOR OUGH OF DANVILLE, IN THE COUNTY OF MONTOUR AND STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. DECEASED. IN PARTITION. The undersigned appoiuted by the aforesaid Court, to make distribution o* the tnnrt purn mm and remaining in the said Court afterpayment of the amount of costs and fees taxed and ap proved by the Court, to and among the parties legally entitled thereto, will meet all paities interested for the pur pose of his appointment at his Law Offices No. 106 Mill Street, Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania, on FRIDAY, APRIL sth, A. D., 1907, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of the said day, where and when all persons having claims on the said fund are re quired to make and prove the same or be forever debarred from thereafter coming in upon the said fund. EDWARD SAYRE GEARHART, Auditor. Danville, Pa. Mar. 2. 1907. fcxecutrlx Notice. Estate of Michael H. Wallize, late of the Borough of Danville, Montour county, deceased. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate pay ment and those having legal claims against the same, will present them without delay in proper order for set tlement to MRS. MARY JANE PERSING, Executrix. Danville, Pa.. Nov. Ist, IS>O6. NOTICE. APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF LIQUOR LICENSE. Petition of James Ryan of the 3rd Ward of the Borough of Danville, Penna. for the transfer of his hotel li cense from its present location No. 526 Mill Street to the two story brick building, situate on the North East Corner of Mill and Centre Streets in the said Borough, bounded on the North by lot of James Grimes, on the East by an alley, on the South by Centre St..and on the West by Mill St., and known in the plot of said Borough as No. 500 Mill Street. Will be presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Montour County, April 3 A. D. 1907, at 10 o'clock A. M. THOS. G. VINCENT. Clerk Q. S. Danville, Pa., March 13th. 1907. Winsdcr Hotel Between 12th and 13th Sts. on Filbert St Philadelphia, Pa. Three minutes walk from the Read ing Terminal. Five minutes walk from the Penna. R. R. Depot. EUROPEAN PLAN SI.OO per day and upwards. AMERICAN PLAN #2.00 per day. R-I-P-A-N-S Tabules Doctors find A good prescription For Mankind. The 5-cent picket is enough for usna occassions. The family bottle (60 cents contains a supply for a year. All drug
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