Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, September 26, 1901, Image 2

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J. J. BROWN,
THE EYE A SPECIALTY
Eyes tested, treated, fitted vvit.li glass
es and artificial eyes supplied.
11 Market Street, IHoomsburg, Pa.
Hours—lo a. in.to p. m-
Telephone 1436.
TAMING Wild) BEASTS
THE QUALITIES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL
IN A TRAINER.
Bib]nftatlnv a Lion Inn Task. That
CalU For Something; More Than
Mere Courage—The Trainer I'iei a
( hair, but Not to Sit On.
The wild beast tamer as generally
pictured is a mysterious person who
stalks about sternly In high boots and
possesses a remarkable power of the
eye that makes lions and tigers quail
at his look and shrink away. He rules
by fear, and the crack of his whip is
supposed to bring memories of tortur
ing points and redhot Irons.
Such is the story book lion tamer,
and I may as well say at once that out
side of story books he has small exist
ence. There is scarcely any truth In
this theory of hate for hate and con
quest by fear. It Is no more fear that
makes a lion walk on a ball than it Is
fear that makes a horse pull a wagon.
It is habit. The lion is perfectly will
ing to walk on the ball, and he has
reached that mind, not by cruel treat
ment, but by force of his trainer's pa
tience and kindness and superior intel
ligence.
Of course, a wild beast tamer should
have a quick eye and delicate sense of
hearing, so that he may be warned of
a sudden spring at him or a rush from
behind, and It Is Important that he be
a sober man, for alcohol breaks the
nerve or gives a false courage worse
than folly, but the quality on which he
must chiefly rely and which alone cau
make him a great tamer—not a second
rate bungler—is a genuine fondness for
tils animals.
This does uot mean that the animals
will necessarily be fond of the tamer;
some will be fond of him, some will be
Indifferent to him. some will fear and
hate hitn. Nor will the trainer's foud
uess protect him from fang and claw.
We see that there Is danger always, ac
cident often, but without the fondness
there would be greater dauger and
more frequent accident. A fondness
for lions and tigers gives sympathy for
them, and understanding gives mastery
Ui HIT!"!!!, "I" US TTIUCn llltt.Mri J lt?J
keep a tninn r w-ltn HIS ani
mals, not only in the public show (the
easiest part), but In the dens, in the
treacherous runaway, in the strange
night hours, in the early morning
romp.* when no one Is looking, when
there is no reason for being with them
except the tamer's own joy in it?
1 do not purpose to present in detail
the methods of taming wild beasts,
rather what happens after they are
tamed: but I may say that a lion
tamer always begins byspendiug weeks
or months in gaining a new animal's
oonlidence.
Day after day he will stand for a long
time outside the cage, merely looking
at the lion, talking to him, impressing
upon the beast a general familiarity
with his voice and person. And each
time, as he goes away, lie is careful
to toss a piece of meat as a pleasant
memento of his visit.
Later he ventures inside the bars
carrying some simple weapon— a wnip,
a rod, perhaps a broom, "which is more
formidable than might be supposed,
through the Jab of its sharp bristles.
One tamer used a common chair with
much success against unbroken lions.
If the creature came at him, there were
the four legs in his face, and soon the
chair came to represent boundless
power to that ignorant lion. He feared
It and bated it, as was seen on one
occasion when the tamer left it in the
cage and the lion promptly tore it into
splinters.
Days may pass before the lion will
let his tamer do more than merely
stay inside the cage at a distance. Very
well; the tamer stays there. lie waits
hour after hour, week after week, until
a time comes when the lion will let
him move nearer, will permit the touch
of his hand, will come forward for a
piece of meat, and at last treat him like
a friend, so that finally he may sit
there quite at ease and even read his
newspaper, as one man did.
begins the practice of tricks.
The lion must spring to a pedestal and
be fed, he must jump from one pedestal
to another and be fed, must keep a cer
tain pose and be fed. A bit of meat is
always the final argument, and the
tamer wins (if he wins at all, for he
sometimes falls) by patience and kind
ness.
"There is no use getting aDgry with
a lion," said a well known tamer to me,
"and there is no use In carrying a re
volver. If you shoot a lion or injure
him with any weapon, It Is your loss,
for you must buy another Hon, and the
chances are that he will kill you any
way, if he starts to do it. The thing is
to keep him from starting."—Cleveland
Moffett In St. Nicholas.
On a ItM US in II linilvrny Train.
Toilet arrangements such as satisfy
the Russian are at his disposal In first
and second class trains, but the third
class passengers have no such luxuries.
When the train halts for the breakfast
Interval, those who travel third class
may be seen performing their ablu
tions at the platform tap. They till a
can like a gardener's watering pot,
suck through the spout a mouthful of
the water, spit it into the hollowed
palms and then rub their faces. It is
a disgusting process, performed with
out soap or towel, and. though it may
be amusing t<> the on look IT. it is not
very cleansing to the operator. Vet
this is the method of ablution adopted
by the poorer IJussj.ui on his travels.—
Chambers' Journal
A Noble knight's
.... Adventure.
Sir Reginald de Cuthbert, returning j
from the Holy Land, belated lu a forest
sauk 011 the ground to sleep.
ITe arose and perceiving a light went
toward it. Arriving at a castle gate he ;
knocked. No answer was returned, but j
he felt an ice cold baud seize him aud
pull him on.
Presently his guide left him. Horror
and a chilly terror shook his whole i
frame. The awful stillness which sur- j
! rounded him was still uninterrupted.
The knight was tlsed to the ground, J
wildly staring through the lmpenetra-1
ble darkness. At length a hollow sound
was heard, which seemed at a great
; distance. After a long pause it vibrated
i iu hia ear a second time. The idea that
! he had nothing more to lose aud that
every means of effecting an escape
i from that residence of horror was cut
off entirely, subdued his fear and
| prompted him to follow that sound.
A few paces on brought him to a
stone staircase. Having descended five
steps, a doleful groan seemed to pro
ceed from a room not far distant The
knight advanced slowly nnd with the
utmost circumspection, musing on his
perilous situation, when at once he felt
the passage obstructed by a door which
opened without difficulty.
The room to which It led was also a
j residence of darkness and dismal si
lence. The knight was resolved to enter
it boldly. Fortunately, lie examined the
entrance with his foot befor® be pro
ceeded, and found with unspeakable
horror that it was bottomless.
The hollow, dismal sound again
struck his ear from a small distance.
He shuddered violently and staggered
forward. Everything was now lonely
and silent all around. At length he
came to a second staircase, ascended
seven steps aud then descended as
I many, when his eyes suddenly beheld a
1 faint glimmer of light which seemed
to emerge from below at a great dis
tance. Coming nearer, the knight ob
served that lie was standing on the
brink of a deep abyss, from which the
glimmer broke forth. An old half rot
ten staircase led down. He, however,
resolved to risk everything nnd, pull
ing off his shoes to avoid making a
sound, began to descend.
When he came to the eighth step, the
hollow sound was again repeated. The
knight stopped a moment and then
went on with returning courage.
When he had reached the middle, the
light suddenly disappeared, and im
penetrable darkness surrounded him
once more.
He stopped to consider what could be
done, when a stone got loose beneath
his feet and rolled down with a thun
dering noise ngainst the door of the
vault.
| "Who disturbs my rest?" the hollow,
well known voice exclaimed.
Sir Reginald was riveted to the
| ground in dread expectation. Terror
sealed his lips. The door of the vault
! opened slowly, and a pale white figure
appeared enveloped in a blaze of red
light. It advanced two steps, lifted
up one hand in a menacing manner and
disappeared, ine signt ot tnis oreau-
I ful apparition almost petrified Sir Regi
] nald on the spot. Is senses seemed to
j forsake him, and the blood congealed
within his veins.
The knight, having recovered a little
the use of his senses, with difficulty re
| gained the top of the steps and from
thence perceived a passage quite dif
ferent from the other, and, following
It, he arrived at the foot of a spiral
| staircase.
forcibly against It with his right hand
and shattered a glass pane into a thou
sand pieces.
"Who is there?" a rough voice ex
claimed. At the same time a door
opened, and a most alarming discourse
filled the knight with dismal apprehen
sions.
"Have you sharpened the knife?" one
of the talkers asked.
"Yes; it is bright and sharp," replied
the other voice. "Ills blood shall flow
abundantly."
With these words the door burst
open. Horror and despair now winged
Sir Reginald's steps. He flew down the
staircase, and had scarcely reached the
bottom when he was again seized by
the icy cold hand which he felt on his
entrance in that abode of terror.
The knight's senses seemed leaving
him when he came to with a start tc
find himself drenched to the skin,
clutching his sword with both hands,
while Ids faithful steed was licking his
face, trying to make him get up and
continue his journey.
He had fallen asleep In the forest,
and lils horrid adventure In the haunt
ed castle were all a dream.
He arose, remounted his horse and in
half an hour was toasting his feet and
drinking hot punch before a roaring
fire in the village tavern at L .
New Car* For Baldnaaa.
In addition to Its efficacy In curing
consumption aud other diseases that
flesh Is heir to the discovery has been
made in England that oxygen Is a
certain remedy for baldness. The dis
covery is said to have been made In a
peculiar manner. A woman was un
dergoing the oxygen cure for a skin
disease, and one of her arms had for
many days been placed in a light air
tight box filled with the gas. It wa9
soon noticed that on that part of the
arm that was unaffected by the dis
ease the growth of hair was much
stimulated, and this naturally suggest
ed oxygen as a cure for baldness.
On n Mnn.
Milly—Billy, do you know you've B
pretty mouth? It's a pity to waste sucb
a mouth on a man.
Billy—l never waste it on a man.—
Town Topics.
Hypnotic Inflnrnrr.
Buyer—Look here, you! You said this
horse was sound and kind and free
from tricks. The first day I drove him
he fell down a dozen times, and he's
as bad today.
Dealer—l'm—you've been wondering
if I cheated you, maybe?
"Yes, I have."
"And the lirst time you drove the
hoss you wondered if he hadn't some
tricks, didn't you?"
"Of course."
"And you kept saying to yourself,
'I wonder if that there hoss will tum
ble down,' eh?"
"Probably."
"And you had your mind on it a
good deal, most like?"
"That's true."
"That's wot's the matter. You've
hypnotized him. See?"
One Way of Telllnor.
Curley—You see that fellow loafing
over there? He used togo to the same
college that I did. I wonder if lie re
members me?
Burli'igh Ask him for th<- loan of $5.
Curie;, W hat for?
Burleigh It' he remembers you, you
won't get It —Judge.
TWO FAMOUS RIDERS
STRIKING FEATS OF ENDURANCE IN
THE PIONEER DAYS OF THE WEST.
Aubrey's Ki<le Wn« the Greatest
Physical Achievement Ever Accom
plished lu This Country—Frontier*- ;
man Jim Moore's Hard Hide.
The greatest physical achievement
ever accomplished in this country was
the ride of F. X. Aubrey from the
plaza of Santa Fe, N. M., to the Pub
lic square at Independence, Mo., a dis
tance of nearly 800 miles, through a
country inhabited by warlike Indians,
a large part of which was then a san
dy desert. It was about the year
1851 that Aubrey gave his wonderful
test of human endurance, before which
all other attempts of the kind pale
into Insignificance. He was a short,
heavy set man, 38 years of age, in the
prime of manhood and strength. Ilia
business for ten years as a Santa Fe
trader had made him perfectly fa
miliar with the trail and all the stop
ping places. He was a perfect horse
man, and, although there were great
riders In those days, none of them
cared to dispute the palm with Au
brey.
On a wager of SI,OOO he undertook
to ride alone from Santa Fe to Inde
pendence Inside of six days. It was
without a thought of fear that he un
dertook the terrible feat. It was to be
the supreme effort of his life, and he
sent half a dozen of the swiftest horses
ahead, to be stationed at different
points for use In the ride. Ho left
Santa Fe In a sweeping gallop, and
that was the paco kept up during near
ly every hour of the time until he fell
fainting from his foam covered horse
in the square at Independence. No
man could keep up with the rider, and
he would have killed every horse in
the west rather than have failed in the
undertaking. It took him just 5 days
and 19 hours to perform the feat, and
it cost the lives of several of his best
horses.
After being carried Into a room in the
old hotel at Independence Aubrey lay
for 48 hours in a dead stupor before he
came to his senses. He would never
have recovered from the 6hock had it
not been for his wonderful constitu
tion. The feat was unanimously re
garded by western men as the greatest
exhibition of strength and endurance
ever known on the plains.
The ride of Jim Moore, a noted fron
tiersman of the pioneer days, is also
worthy of mention. Moore was a man
of almost perfect physique. In fact, by
military standards he was a model.
He weighed IGO pounds, stood 5 feet 10
inches, straight as an arrow, with good
neck well set on hla shoulders, small
waist, but good loins, and had the limbs
of a thoroughbred. No finer looking
man physically ever rode a broncho
than Jim Moore. He could run like an
Indian, was as active as a panther, the
best natured man in the world, but as
courageous as a lion.
In the early sixties Moore was a pony
express rider. His route was from
Midway station, half way between
Fort Kearney and Cottonwood Springs,
to Julesburg, a distance of 140 miles.
Moore rode the round trip of 280 miles
once a week. The stations were from
10 to 14 miles apart, and a fresh horse
of Spanish blood was obtained at each
station. There was little delay In these
changes of horses, as the rider gave the
"coyote yell" half a mile away, and,
day or night, the station men had the
pony ready, so that the rider had only
to dismount from one horse and mount
the other, and with a dig of the spurs
he was on a run again. This ride of
140 miles usually was made In 12 hours.
easy as
it may seem to some for a man to be
stride fresh horse after horse for 140
miles, there were few men able to
stand up to it.
Upon the occasion of which I am to
speak Moore's route partner had been
ailing, and Moore was anticipating and
dreading that he might have to doubl#
the route. In this anticipation he real
ized that there is a time limit to endur
ance, and therefore he gave the bron
chos a little more of the steel than
usual and made the trip to Julesburg
in 11 hours. Arriving at Julesburg, he
had his fears confirmed. His partner
was In bed. He had hoped that he
might have a few hours for rest, but
before he had time to dismount and
stretch his cramped and tired muscles
the "coyote yell" of the east going rid
er was heard.
He drank some cold coffee, filled his
pocket with cold meat and was in the
saddle again for another 140 mile ride.
In order to be able to live the route out
he sent them for all there was In them,
with the result that he arrived at Mid
way, after having ridden 280 miles, in
22 hours from the time he had left
there. Ben Holliday gave him a gold
watch and a certificate of his remark
able performance. Many of the old
frontiersmen now living knew Moore,
knew of his 280 mile ride in 22 hours
and have seen the watch and certifl
j cate.—Spirit of the Times.
A NEW CHAIN STOPPER.
Rfmple hot I'seful Contrivance la
vented by a Wisconsin Man.
Michael A. Drees of Feshtlgo, Wis.,
has invented a simple appliance by
which a chain can be easily and effect
ively stopped and which can be read
ily released notwithstanding the strain
to which the chain may be subjected,
says The Scientific American.
The device comprises a body having
oppositely arranged openings. The cor
responding openings of the top and
bottom lugs are in alignment with
each other. These lugs are designed to
THE DREES CHAIN STOPPER.
receive the unequal legs of a stopper
bar. The two legs are connected by an
eyepiece, through which a rope Is pass
ed, whereby the stopper bar can be
withdrawn. The one leg of the stop
per bar is about twice as long as the
other, so that when the stopper bar is
withdrawn to op<'ii position the shorter
leg will be moved out of the space be
tween the lugs
When the stopper bar is moved to
the locked position shown in the gener
al perspective view, both of the legs
will lie across the space between the
lugs. One end of the chain is attached
to flu- longer leg of this stopper bar,
the other end of the chain being pro
vided with a key which can be inserted
in an opening in the end of the shorter
l<'g. so as to lock the stopper bar in po
sition. Thus locked, the two legs strad
dle the '•bain. When the stopper bar
Is moved to open position, the chain is
released.
The Panther's
...Revenge.
Old Myers, the ranther, was a man
of iron constitution, of great power of
' bone and muscle anil an indomitable
| courage that knew no mixture of fear.
! lie settled in Illinois when that region
[ was inhabited by Indians and soon took
' u leading part among them. One day
' when 011 a hunting excursion with
them a river lay in their way which
' must be crossed at a single point.
When they arrived at this point, they
suddenly came upon a huge panther,
which had taken possession of the pass,
and like a skillful general, confident of
his strong position, seemed determined
to hold It. Tho party retreated a little
and stood at bay for a while and con
sulted what should be done.
Myers urged the chief, whose rifle
was loaded, to march close to the pan
ther and shoot him, promising support
if the shot failed, but the chief de
clined. All the Indians likewise re
fused a duty almost sure to bring
death.
At last Myers, in a burst of anger
and Impatience, called them all a set of
cowards and, snatching the loaded rifle
from the hands of tho chief, to the
amazement of the whole party, march
ed deliberately toward the panther.
The Indians kept at a cautious distance
to watch the result of the fearful bat
tle. Myers walked steadily up to with
in about two rods of the panther, keep
ing his eyes fixed upon him, while the
eyes of the panther flashed fire and hia
heavy growl betokened nt onco the
power and firmness of tho animal. At
about two rods' distance Myers leveled
his rifle, took deliberate aim and fired.
The shot Inflicted a heavy wound, but
not a fatal one, and the furious animal,
maddened with the pain, made two
leaps before he reached his assailant.
Myers met him with the butt end of
his rifle and staggered him a little with
two or three heavy blows, but the rifle
broke, and the animal grappled him
apparently with his full power. Tho
Indians at once gave Myers up for
dead and only thought of making a
timely retreat for themselves.
Fearful was the struggle between
Myers and the panther, but the animal
had the best of It at first, for they
soon came to the ground, Myers under
neath, suffering under the joint opera
tion of sharp claws and teeth applied
by the most powerful muscles. In fall
ing, however, Myers, whose right hand
was at liberty, had drawn a long knife.
As soon as they came to the ground,
his right arm being free, he made a
desperate plunge at the vitals of the
animal and, as good luck would have
It, reached his heart. The loud shrieks
of the panther showed that it was a
death wound. He quivered convulsive
ly, shook his victim with a spasmodic
leap and plunge, then loosened his hold
and fell powerless by his side. Myers,
whose wounds were severe, but not
mortal, rose to his feet, bleeding and
much exhausted, but with life and
strength to give a grand whoop which
conveyed the news of his victory to his
trembling Indian friends.
They now came up to him with shout
ing and joy and so full of admiration
that thev were almost readv to worship
him. They dressed and bound up his
wounds and were now ready to pursue
their journey home without the least
Impediment. Before crossing the river,
however, Myers cut off the head of tho
panther, which he took home with him
and fastened It up by the side of his
cabin door, where it remained for
years, a memorial of a deed that ex
cited the admiration of the Indians in
all that region. From that time forth
»(fmN5S r !'&'!f l <^ a,e an *
The Illack Hawk war broke out, and
the Indians murdered Myers' brother
iu-law, wife and three children. Myers
without a word girded on his toma
hawk and scalping knife and shoulder
ed his loaded rifle and at open mid
day silently and alone bent his steps
toward the Indian encampment. With
a fearless and firm tread he marched
directly inio the midst of the assembl
elevated his rifle at the head of the
principal chief present and shot him
dead on the spot. He then deliberately
severed the head from the trunk, and
holding it up by the hair before the
awe stricken multitude, he exclaimed:
"You have murdered my brother-in
law, his wife and their little oues, and
now 1 have murdered your chief. 1 am
now even with you. But now mind,
every one of you that Is found here to
morrow morning at sunrise is a dead
Indian."
Believing their chief had fallen a vic
tim to some unseen power, they were
stupefied with terror and looked on
without even a thought of resistance.
Myers bore off the head in triumph to
his cabin, where he was welcomed by
his anxious friends almost as one re
turning from the dead. Tho next morn
ing not an Indian was to be found any
where In the vicinity. Their camps
were deserted, and they left forever
their ancient haunts and their dead,
and that part of the state was not mo
lested by them afterward.
I.emou Juice.
An English scientist In writing of
lemons says dietetic science tells us
that the juice contains acids in con
siderable quantities, among which are
citric acid, malic acid and sugar, and
that the rind affords a volatile oil.
Citric acid, he says, is mainly valuable
as an antiscorbutic—that Is, preventive
of scurvy—but that it occurs In goose
berries and oranges also. He sums up
In the conclusion that the lemon Is a
useful fruit In the ordinary seuse, but
that its virtues have been greatly ex
aggerated.
A Bald Assertion,
Barber—Your hair will be gray If It
keeps on
Scantylocks—Well, I hope it will
j keep ou.—Baltimore World.
Aimn of Improvement Socle! I ex.
Their alms, varying of course with
local needs. Include municipal reform,
sanitary improvements especially as
to water supply and sewerage and dis
posal of waste—the improvement of
roads, of sidewalks, of parks, of school
yards and other public grounds—espe
cially grounds around railway stations
—providing drinking tanks and foun
tains. organizing free town libraries
and removing nuisances and front
fences. They are the rural counter
parts of the urban boards of trade, the
organization of those who would really
serve their town with no thought of
loaves anil fishes.
Her Vcm lon of It.
A young girl in a class preparing for
admission Into the church was asked
by the pastor how she ought to obey
the filth commandment, to honor her
father and mother. She answered
promptly, "I ought to take them out
for walks on Sundays, and I ought not
to let them see how much more I know
than they do." She expressed an opin
ion probably quite current among
young people concerning the prepon
derance of knowledge in the rising gen
eration.—Congregational Ist.
CAPTURING A PASSENGER.
The llackuinu Tried Many I'leas, iho
Lent « I'Buny One.
"1 like p rseverence in a man, even
in a backman," began Peterson, "and
there is one particular jebu doing busi
ness in Washington who possesses that
quality in the superlative degree.
"When I visited the Capital City, I had
my mind fully made up to liave noth
ing to do with the liackmen, so when
I stepped off tlie train and a crowd of
these gentry began shouting at me I
simply shook my head and passed on.
One of them, however, was not to
be thus easily disposed of. Dancing
around in front of me so as to block
my progress, he vociferated:
"'Hack, mister? Take you to the
Washington monument or the capitol?
Only half a dollar!'
"Again I shook my head.
"'Smithsonian institution or treasury
building? Take you to both of 'em for
7o cents!'
"Still 1 shook my head.
" 'Arlington and Fort Myer? Drive
you over and back for s2!'
"As before I responded with a shake
of the head,
i " 'Navy yard or Soldiers' home?
; Either place for a dollar.'
"Another shake of the head.
" 'Want togo to the White House and
see the president? Drive you right
there for 50 cents!'
"More head shaking.
" Tatent ofliee or state department?
Same price as the White House!'
"Another shake. Mind you, all this
time I hadn't opened my mouth or ut
tered a word, and from the puzzled
look on the hackman's face I thought
I had him about discouraged. Cut as
! I shoved past him, thinking to make
| my escape, his countenance suddenly
j brightened up and 1 heard him mutter:
" 'By George, I've hit it now! I'll
I *ry him just once more!' And then,
{ running in front of me again, he spell'
I ed out on his fingers in the deaf and
; dumb alphabet, with which I chanced
i to be familiar, 'Deaf and Dumb asy
lum? Take you right to the door foi
a quarter!' " Woman's Home Com
pan ion.
PERT PERSONALS.
Joey Chamberlain has undertaker
perhaps the toughest job of his life ii
trying to make Sir Alfred Milner t
popular idol.—Kansas City Times.
According to the very latest state
ment of Miss Mury E. Wllklns, tha
New Jersey doctor is now free to eigi
with one of the minor leagues.—Wash
ington Post.
Robert Fitzsimmons has written t
book. Whatever may be the literarj
merits of Mr. Fitzsimmons' perform
ance it will receive respectful treat
ment at the bauds of the critics. —Mil
waukee Sentinel.
Alfred Austin, the official gazette an
nounces, has been reappointed poet lau
reate. This is one of the strongest ar
guments in favor of the rotation In of
fice theory we have remarked in somi
time.—New York Press.
King Edward has made n mistake ii
tendering Mr. Van Alen the order of i
Ivuight of Grace of St. John of Jerusa
lem. Mr. Van Alen's proper distinctioi
is that of a Knight of St. Croesus o
Snobdom. The emblem is a knes
crooked at the hinge, couchant on i
purse of gold.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
THE REVIEWER.
The second class matter abuse la i
vampire on the postal department o
the United States.— St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Congress should abolish the system o
prize money iu the navy. It is a sur
VIVUI Ui I Lie liUiC Kl Uk»j 1, o
teers.—Los Angeles Herald.
Those physicians making up the lab
tuberculosis conference in London cer
tainly differed enough with each othe
to be experts.—Philadelphia Times.
What's the use of being envious o,
the mun with the fast automobile'
Next summer we may bo looking dowi
upon him from our flying machine.-
New York Commercial.
France does not appear to be losinj
any sleep over the discovery that sh<
is to be given iuto the hands of Louif
Napoleon on Sept. 14. Put Louis Na
poleon may lose more than sleep if h(
believes it.—Brooklyn Eagle.
A London lawyer declares an inteu
tion to visit Chicago and convert "th<
intellectual few" to Mohammedanism.
It occurs to us that the intellectual few
I have already as many irons in the fire
as they can attend to.—Chicago Trib
une.
BOUND FOR THE FRONT.
An Incident SliovrinK the Milltarj
Courage of the Montenegrin.
In military courage the Montenegrii
probably stands at the head of Euro
pean races. The best wish for a babj
I boy is, "May you not die In your bed!' 1
j and to face death is, toman or boy,
j only a joyous game. Says W. J. Still
man in his "Autobiography:"
I have seen a man under a heavy
Turkish fire deliberately leave the
| trenches and climb the breastwork,
only to expose himself from sheet
| bravado..
While lying at headquarters at Orea
-1 buk, awaiting the opening of the cam
! paign in 18T7, I was walking one day
■ with the prince, when a boy of 10 or IS
approached us, cap in hand,
j "Now," said the prince, "I'll show you
| an interesting thing. This boy is the
last of a good family. His father and
j brothers were all killed in the last bat-
I tie, and 1 ordered him togo home and
| stay with his mother and sisters, that
the family might not become extinct."
The boy drew near and stopped be
fore us, his head down, his cap In hand.
"What do you want?" asked the
prince.
"I want togo back to my battalion."
"But," said the prince, "you are the
last of your line, and I cannot allow a
good family to be lost. You must go
home and take care of your mother."
The boy began to cry bitterly.
"Will you go home quietly and stay
there," said the prince, "or will you
take a flogging and be allowed to
fight?"
The boy thought for a moment. A
flogging, he knew well, is the deepest
disgrace that can befall a Montenegrin.
"Well," he broke out, "since it isn't
for stealing, I'll be flogged."
"No," said the prince, "you must go
ho r
Then the boy broke down utterly.
"But," he cried, "I want to avenge
my father and brothers!"
He went away still crying, and the
prince said: "In spite of all this he
will be In the next battle."
Ar<in<l«*l CoMtlf.
The most singlar circumstance about
Arundel castle is that its owner, by
mere right of ownership. Is Earl of
Arundel iu the peerage of England, it
is believed that there Is no similar ex
ample of a peerage held on such condi
tions. Apparently there would be no
legal obstacle, were the house of How
ard to fall upon evil days and the cas
tle be suld to some millionaire, to pre
vent the millionaire taking his seat in
'he house of lords as Earl of Arundel
CHURCH AND CHURCHMAN.
For the first time for a thousand
years an ordination service in St. Da
vid's cathedral, Cardiff, lias just been
conducted in Welsh.
The Rev. Jones Colvln of Youngs
town, 0., 89 years old, known as "the
marrying parson," broke all records
the other day by marrying 17 couples
in 21 hours.
When Cardinal Gibbons sat down in
a weighing chair at an underground
(station in London the other day, a Brit
ish editor found occasion to call him
the least formal of the four English
speaking cardinals.
A striking feature of the new* church
of St. John tin I'aptist. Pittsburg, will
be the bell tower, or campanile, sis
stories high. The tower will be 135
feet high to the eaves, to which should
be added 15 feet to the top of the cross.
A ijtbO.OOO electric lighting system is
to be installed in tin- < hurch of Notre
Dame in Paris. Ileretol'oii the massive
edifice has received its truly "dim re
ligious light" from wax caudles. It
was feared that gas would damage the
paiutings and wails.
He—When ilal .-in- he;: n to IV
he had married her for!.< r i:•>; V
She—Well. I l» lieve lie, -a- \ <
were fir t aroused when she 1.••! '
fee the r.unisti Town and <'oiii.ii s
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SEVEN DEVELOPED
GOLD MINES.
60 ACRES OF GOLD ORE.
THE ARENA.
Gold Mining & Milling Company
CRIPPLE CREEK, COLORADO.
This Property is Estimated to be now Worth More than
SIO,OOO per Acre and will he Worth over One Hundred
Thousand Dollars per Acre,with Proper Development
CAPITAL STOCK, $1,000,000.
fuzif l )i vi< lei J into Shares of 81.00 Each, I'ull 1 *ai« I ami >.'on-Astjessal)lf\"l©B
The Arena Company offers 50,000 Shares at 50 cents each
in a Property that is Worth over $HOO,0()O.
For the juirpo.se of raising money to purchase Ihentcissary machine!*
to make the mines produce daily lull\ Three Thousand Doiiars in Ciold,
Uius enriching every individual shareholder according to the shares In- hold*.
You can buy any number of Shares you Wish,
and make more money t hail can he made in any ol her lint of in vt »l merit. '1 he w>i«l ore is it
these seven developed mines. I here are ::.(H0 feci of ore in a vein, and these veins are trui
mother veins, held within walls of granite.placed there by nature. The Company has already
developed this property to demons!rate that it is one of the largest gold propcrtit*- of th<
Cripple (.'reek District w liich is the greatest gold- producing i-amp on tnrth, its output las
year aggregating K4.(*Ki,oU)or near ly double t lie amount produced in tin whole state of tali
lornia.
At ">0 cents per share the Com pan y Is giving yon a discount of la cents per Shan to star
wit h, making 20 cents on the dollar. As already Mated. I hi< is done for tbe | urj ose ol rai
ing I*ll to purchase improvt d niachiner.v , nir-compn >sor drills, and electric plant. \\ i
have two large hoisting cngim s on Ihis piopi rt.v,acommodioiis sluifl-houny lli< i buildings
boarding house for the men. a powder-house, a large quant it vof tools, cic. 1 lie r«
ports on these mines, made by one of l lie best mining enginecis in I lie state, Miccinct I\ <l<
scribe these improvements
NAM KM OK MINKS.
AZTEC, 210 feet in deptb, with shaft-house, boiler and engine for hoisting, well timbered ai
tile way down.
IK I.MHH H.UKK, 2im feel deep, hoisting engine and I oiler, lai _c iron shafl-houtc.
MEXICO and MANH ATI AN. both over I lid t<«i dei p, on same \> in as the Aztec mine.
(' K s'l Ab, JASPER and <»1 il* A 1 KASI ER N. on the nmue vein an t tie iiondholder and opt n
ed in dept li to over 11*1 fit t, and dc\ clo] nit til a Irtady mailt > la.w om r 1,11 u feel of on .
If you want lo make money out of na l me, become a producer of gold out of her treasuri
vaults. The Arena group of minis will do it for \ou.
We can furnish the best of references bank and miningeugineers and our title in tin
pro pert y is perfect, coming, as il dot st hroiigh a patent from t lie (iov ermcnt. Willi more im
prov ed machinery, from - i.IXKi tos">.lW]iriln> wi. I I a coiim rvat i\ e < t limit cof t lie out pu
of these mines.
Remember Mint only ."ill,(tm Mian sof this stock are for -a • il ii <■ 11 on lh< ij,> inr
Orders tor the number of Shares desired, accompanied by lira ft, Money Orders, Express o
Cash in licgisten d l.i tiers, can he sent to
The Arena Gold Mining & Milling Company,
501 Equitable Building, DENVER, COLORADO.
PLANING MILL?
HOOVHIt BROTHERS
MANUFACTURERS OF
Doors, Sash, Shutters, Verandas,
Brackets, Frames
and Turned Work of all Kinds.
Also Shingles, Roofing Slate, Planed and
Rough Lumber.
RIVERSIDE. NORT'D COUNT> .
THE PEDAGOGUE.
The graduating lists of the Ameri
ca!! < olieges this year show nn in-
C"i ;.se of 25 per cent.
{'resident Eliot of Harvard can do
more than steer a great university.
He is an expert sailor and can put a
ya< lit skillfully through all Its evolu
tions.
According to President <). Stanley
Ilall of Clark university, the main
thin.' iii bringing up a hoy is "to have
a « are not so much for the activity of
the child or his school training, hut for
the f< ml lie cats."
President William .1. Tucker of Dart
mouth college said In a recent inter
view that college endowments were
not without l!i ir disadvantages and
added that college*- heavily endowed
were very apt to lose in essential vi
tality more than they gained in ma
terial benefit.
Trade ns^urslouw.
Denver : • l.:iiii and manufac
turers are <! scus.-ing t »■ advisability
of running « ■u. -i- -f bn iae men
Into the trade regions which are sup
posed to he tributary to the city. Ihe
chamber of 1 ominerce has taken hold
of the matter, . nd it i - probable that
leveral cxct;r>i ns of this bind will be
run during 1 e summer. The object is
to become r.cijvaiiitt'd h the mer
chani sofin : ' < i'in.T t-'-wn.- f;ud cifu
and induce >i m to tr;;<*< !a T
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