Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, July 05, 1906, Image 3

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    A Modern Knight [
and Maiden \
i :
i By ELLA MAY BUNNELL P
• - !■
~.\lnry. are you there?" sounded
from tin- hallway as u broad shoulder
rJ, sturdy youig fellow strode «-.ijr»*rly
toward the kitchen «lo>»r.
"Of course, Coine In," responded a
voice cheerily. and I'liil t'lilcn'd, tak
ing '>t of tin- workaday lift' and
Lot iii .vlth hiui.
ha'. sit. Itdl?" tlf uirl asked
•okiug Into tin* vomit; man's
(•XHllihll e\ cs
''dak I must Im> tired tonight," lie j
..ji- 1 evasive!) Mi- attempted to |
ica-sim uily A tiriu little hand
... iforta'ily Into his.
hut that Isn't all," she per- '
*• :«L
"•Well Mary, I'm wondering when we
i'i goiu? to get married. I've
l*« . . opting to master the railroad
hut there Is nothing Settled
future, and mine Is ail alarm
ill salary." Phil's voice
i 11.1 tin-" allj discouraged. "Per
1 shout i have gone Into some of
and st.iy.'-l there," he concluded
doubtfully.
• \«« Phil." protested the girl. "you
wuuklb't have ta*eu satlstied with add
ing up columns of tUures all day or
(•tag o\.*r rusty pifin. There Is a
place somewhere among the railroad
■ Ler- whcie you are going to do
ji.ur l**st »*ork, Phil dear."
• I 5 c"t au order toolkit," Phil
led. "to pi and down a
kp ..ii 1 * m Sprin dale tomorrow.
1 . ■ h day I wond . what next."
Miry looked up i'lto his faee. "Fair
kuuht to lie," she chanted gayly, "it
buiy l«* tomorrow that you'll wlu your
. 'ln forth to conquer, for your
lady '» sake."
it your heart, Mary!" he inur
iuuretl as he • night and kissed her and
then left the room
The > ...UK 111.) took possession of at
next morning puffed and
ghat.i, d In the sunlight. The young
eyes grew keen and piercing,
1..1 his heart kit tuiuultuously, while
hi- hand rested tirtnly on the throttle,
liie rails shone like silver ribbons in
th« nuu, and the train was soon speed
|Of' over the track <*ra dually Phil's
Spirits, use Th beauty of the day—
for tin i!e# was -till 011 the tields and
the world almut seemed alive and
huj'py and tin* including of the engine
tilled hiltl with the Joy of life.
1 tail implied involuntarily as he look
ed out of the 11111 window to sis- the
children in high glee at a game of tag.
One station alter another he entered
on time to then mite. Every other
thought than hi- Immediate work was
fMr from him. although Mary was al
ways in his HulHousd lousiiess. At the
last station ♦•••fore his home a glimpse
of a light. girli-h figure made Marv
•rem enjM-tiJiiiy near tor a moment.
The girl had Mary's grace and airiness
as -h« -prang onto a cur platform,
but eM-a the fle»*;::ig vision made Phil
bmlie happily, and agaiu the traiu glid
ed oct of the station, ami In a few
LuinuW-s it had slowed up. lllld Phil's
trip wh k etid«*d. Another man would
take th • train on.
Ho! utmost patteil the throttle as the
train came to a stop, and it was with
regret that he would give tip the en
► \ U-auty," he thought, "and
£ueita 1 ui 011 time," he smiled.
He miw a v isitiug railroad official ap
pear at the station door, nodding with
apparent satisfaction as he looked at
his watch. The man |**ered curiously
into the engine cab, but lie suddenly
drew l»ack in horror, aud Others were
trausQKeil by what they saw Not a
man moved or j»• »k• - They seemed
helpless before so .1' awtul sight.
Phil read his d uiker 111 th«* horritied
counteiiauco by tl -tatioti lie saw
the panorama spreading out befon*
him through a veil of smoke, but he
feit jmwerte-s lhe engiue was on
Iff Something elut« hed his throat to
«'li'ike tit in He felt a hot breath
a*, iiu-t his cheek lied |K»int m darted
out at him from all Indefinite "some
wliere ' IP- heard :t ipiick, gurgling
tenijiest of souud- Was It the wind?
L«- wondered lie thought it was, l>ut
he did 111 care
I hen uouietliiug seemed to snap Per
hM|>s ;t wa- the expression on a face
he in lit -Illation tl .til d it. lie
' M try," and sprang with
11U his atretictii for the o|>cnlng out of
the <ab As he from the burn
ing • at< wtti'h was au angry, surging,
threatening mass, new life came to
La:. He leg.in to understand Ills
Uisial w .rkel rapidly and with preel
*tuu As he turmsl Instaniamsiusly to
«anl tin - ••oachi's hack of the engine
lie sttw it at! just what might happen
it nery mi iial. Tw•• thousand gallons
of oil were !n h tank at the rear of
the <ah.
IP tiathen-d himself together for the
piling' ilr<-« in a long. deej> breath,
Li iii his itead down, with his hat press
♦d a git; list 1 112;. ■e, and returned to the
i-ati He hit gone with hand out
«T 1 etched f'r the throttle. He felt
thankful that It was not necessary for
hiin to s.l-, he c.ml ! fis-1 and knew Just
where to press the throttle most surely,
iu 'tie tiioiiteut In which he had discov
ered tin- <4l tank I •• had uncoupled the
. ,1 lit -, and when, tillnded with sni"ke
and flames, lie felt and pr-ssi-d the
throttle th'- I- iriiing thing sprung away
and iff (M-rlnips t i safety for those 111
'h*- i-oai ties. SHI s >uls or more
The IK-it minute -•■etned hours Phil
was eotisclous of Just one plirjMlSe to
g.-t away from the coaches, for he
kuew tiiat 'ln- tank of oil W'.uld c\
plmli- or burn It-i-|f out He !• am-d fat
forwani jiri --ting onward, bni the en
glne nvenin) to crawl His bremh came
tmd througli ciim-hi-d teeth; his eyes
were si t 011 a spot ahead, but he wlils
|»etid, "Mary!"
hiidilenly tii engine shuddered and
»to|i|Msl 1 "hlis hand was still 011 the
throttle. H« s. arcely knew that lie had
fctopi»sl the engine. He felt u great,
exultant lo\ for tie conches were far
netiliui With Kii-at dltiiculty he tlung
himself toward the open air. Falling,
staggering forward, he felt himself
•t-ixed by m <1 7.1*11 arms.
I»id h<- dream wtiat followed? A pair
»112 strong young arms were around his
ae< k. aud his face w as being bathed In
something cool and wet. lie felt the
tetise sll«'in*e and wanted to break it.
The one word lie heard was "Phil!"
which sounded like a caress, a sob and
a prayer Then lie opened his eyes to
smile faintly Into Mary's dear face
bending over hitu.
"Mary T* he whispered questionlngly.
"Yes. dear," she replied. "I came 111
from the last station 011 your tralu, and
I intended to skip away quickly, hut I
want.-. 1 to ride with you in the cab
Just ouce." Her voice trembled.
Phil tuna-d his fu«n to tin* wall.
The railroad official looked dowu on
the fair head ktudly. "A doctor will
*»e h.*re at ouce," he assunsi her, "but
thiuk he Is all right anyway." He
'ied he might comfort ri>* air'
.**. nour no r mil lay 011 a conen
111 an Inner otlice. Mary's lingers
wandered lovingly through his singed
lialr. His eyebrows were burned, and
he looked pale and worn, but he was
rallying rapidly.
"You see, Mary." lie said softly,
"your face was liefore me all tl»' time.
It was really you who saved the train." (
As Vary was about to protest the rail
road official interrupted, looking at
I'liil.
"You are the man I've been looking
for. I've had my eyes 011 you for some
time, and I've seen now what you can
do In an emergency. When 1 saw you
look toward the coaches a few minutes
ago. then rush Into the Haines, I also
saw that yoinr; woman." The official
faltered. "Though s!ie never wavered,
she was white, her lips moved, and 1
know that she prayed for the man In
the cab." The man's voice was husky.
; "And you're the man 1 want—with a
j wife,"' he added, miliiig. "to superin
' tend that work 111 the Kediling district.
YOll understand it. Will you take it—
to begin with?"
Phil |m i' - I it Mary with a question,
I then rosponded. "I will with a wife." j
MACKEREL SKIES.
Thforle* \ln nit Hon '£}i4»ne Clooil
Formntlnn* \ r«* < ati»ed.
The mackerel sky conies from the
same causes as nil the cirrus clouds, so
called from the beautiful curl their
fragments often assume, such as
"mackerel skies," "mares' tails" and
"cats' tails." Meteor dogists are not
agreed as to the cause, there being two
explanations.
It has been suggested that these cir
rus clouds are the heads of columns of
vapor rising fr >lll the earth and pre
cipitated as soon as they attain a cer
tain elevation, rarely less than three
miles above the earth (15.840 feeti and
often five or siv miles ('Jii.DOO to HO.Oufl
feet). It' this be so the visible cloud
forms the capital of an invisible pillar
of saturated air.
The second explanation is that they
are caused in the higher regions of the
atmosphere by the meeting of two cur
rents of air of different water bearing
capacity, causing them to form into
parallel lands, each belt being com
posed of 1 ght, airy fragments, slightly
altere 1 In appearance according to a
slight difference in conditions under
which they are formed. It has been
supposed that such clouds are compos
ed of particles of snow.
It might be added that they occur in
systems, long ranks of them extending
in one direction for vast distances and
being occasionally crossed by other
systems at other but also extreme al
tltudes.
Klevntor* nnd Fnlwe Tootli.
In department stores where express
elevators run to roof garden restau
rants some gentle passengers experl
ence daily discomfort because of the
sudden movement of the car. The
proud owner of a fine set of artificial
teeth remarked to her companion a
few days ago: "This Is the most severe
test of proper fit of teeth that I know
of. Mine are supposed to be correct In
every respect. Still, I never travel in
an elevator running express that I'm
not in constant fear of my t<*etli taking
a fall. If you close the mouth your
breath will be taken away."—New
York Press.
VANISHED TREASURES.
Mnntcrpleoea of Art That Are I.oat
to tlie Worlil,
The "Venus de Milo," which has been
In the Louvre for many years Is, as all
the world knows, an imperfect piece of
sculpture, though It Is the greatest
treasure of its kind the world has ever
seen. A great reward would be given
the man who could timl the missing
parts. About IsTs the most Important
of them the right arm came to light
lu London and was proved by experts
to Is- genuine. The owner, however,
refused to part with it and concealed
It for fenr it would be stolen. I'ufor
tunately he died without revealing Its
hiding place, so it is as much lost as ,
ever.
A bronze drinking cup which was
stolen from an Egyptian temple In
lTU'.t and brought to Europe has mlrac- |
ulously disappeared. <Hilt Is engraved
the whole history of the Pharaohs, and
It Could easily la* sold for $1U«»,».*»0. In
fact, the French government offered a ,
reward of £1 for its discovery, hut
the famous cup litis vanished, probably :
forever.
Another treasure which has vanished
in as strange a way is the Marcella
vase of the Dresden collection. This
Is the only piece missing from the fa- :
moils Dresden Marcella collection, the
value of which Is said to he $75,000. !
It la*ars the cross arrows and the lion's
head. Not long ago the vase was said |
to be in Engl. «id, but, be that as It |
may, the persoi. who rediscovers this
treasure may command any price In !
reason for it.
How it is possible that a treasure so
large n, a painting could be lost Hlght
of entirely is not easily explained, hut
this has often happened. One of Reyn
olds' paintings. "('oiiutess of Derby,"
which Is considered his best portrait,
ha disappeared Not long after it
was painted It disappeared from the j
collection of the Earl of l»erby and
ha never be.mi heard of since, though
It would bring sl."io,<KKi to the finder.
There are also two Vandykes and a j
Kembrandt missimr. for which collect- 1
ors are willing to pay »».<**>. The :
Earl of Crewe would give a large sum ;
for the return of a t'upid which some 1
vandal cut from the portrait of the for •
nier Countess of Crewe and her son,
who was punted as the sprite.— St.
| Louis licpuhlic.
Stiiilln Odora.
A prof. -- i{- in the I'uivcrsity of Oe
neva lys Ih.lt snails pci.-eive the odor
of i.iHiiy siil,Stan- ' but only when not
1 far away In tinier to prove this It is
lieec- : y merely to dip a glass rod In
a strongly smelling -ul stance and
hrit it in- ir the large tentacles of a
sua i in 1111 ion If it is [nit close to
thee h'il'l the t lltacies are violently
1 raw n h. • As the animal perceives
the od »r it chan-'cs its course. Snails
also sn ejl li\- me lus of their skin. Con
tint is not neces try, for the mere vl
■ln ty of a perfume causes an in 'i f
•ion of the kin
A U In* Scheme.
•\'o matter what opinion is offered,
you 'res .1 iii,! 1 ary view," said the
Impata-nt friend
"W.il." a i ■ red Mr. P.liggins,
"tli.it a • ty I have of acquiring
knowledge A man is* more likely to
give 11.1 all he knows on a subject If
y .11 t him to v arm up with a little
eootro ersktl Indignation.'* Washing
ton : nr.
\ 4 I.over.
A correspond ' the London Glolie
tells of a gil'!."•! ,11th who Seft Instruc
tion at a i" -r's -hop for the in
-1 rip on of 1:1 • i-e "lit fing he had
just bou h ib- wanted it inscribed,
'•From P.ert;e Mand." As he left he
tiii-iii 1 back 1 add h! as an after
thou.lit, 'I shouldn't ah cut 'Maud'
too deep, oon't yen know."
f"lt Is to Laugh
I tt >7 I
By M. J. Phdlip*
ft l , .«»i, ti> Hi-iitrix Kcado
Hob Went worth tucked his sister and
himself snugly luto their cutter aud
started old Dobbin on a brisk trot, for
there were three miles of crisp white
road to be covered, and It was almost
chore time. When they were fairly uri
ilcr way Went worth turned to his pret
ty sister, christened Elsie, but known
as Toots to all her many friends, and
said, "I hear you're going to get mar
ried, Toots."
Miss Went worth's very becoming
flush was no doubt due to the weather,
for the thermometer hovered about
zero. At any rate, she answered very
composedly: "<>h, Indeed! Aud who
told you, Mr. SiuartyV"
| "A little bird, Elsie from Chelsea; a
little bird." He bent a waggish glance
upon her. "I say, which one is It go
ing to be?"
"Ask your little bird," she retorted.
Hob tried a new tack. "Well, Harry
t'rossman is a nice fellow."
"Indeed he is," replied his sister.
"000.l looking."
"Yes."
"Better locking than Luke Cotter, I
think."
••j >0 you V"
"And more money too."
"KomaMic deposition too." Bob was
w:ir:ai 1". to his theme "Any fellow
r' —~
——ist.
ire lIORE DOWN ON COTTER AND THE
RTEEB.
wno will go west and i»e a cowooy for i
11 year must have some romance about
him. Now, I don't believe that Luke
Cotter has even been out of the coun
ty."
-He was in Chicago last summer."
"With a load of stock. lie stayed
all of twenty four hours. Seriously,
Toots, I approve of your choice. Cot
ter's all right, but all he's got Is a forty
acre farm, and that's mortgaged."
He seemed almost dissatisfied with
his sister's nod of assent. After a mo
ment's silence I.? hurst out boyishly:
"Oh, I say. Toots, be a good fellow!
Which one is It, and when Is It goluv
to be? 'Fess up now."
Toots reflectively smoothed her muff;
then she said cautiously, "Do you
promise not to tease me?"
"Cross my heart."
The girl looked down pensively.
"They've both asked me."
"Good."
"And and they're both coming to
! morrow for their answers."
"Hurroo!"
"You're not to tease now."
"I won't, honest."
"Well, I haven't really decided which
It Is to be."
Bob chuckled gleefully. "What a
beautiful situation! Toots, you're a
1 winner I've always said It. Peck's
! Bad Boy wasn't In It with you fcr get
ting into trouble. When are you going
to decide, for heaven's sake?"
"I don't know."
Miss Went worth essayed to say more,
j but her courage failed her. Bob slap
' ped Dobbin with the reins, Interrupting
■ a long drawn whistle to grin ex
-1 pansively.
"Bob"
He raised his hand. "Oh, I know what
\ you're going to say, and my advice Is,
! don't say it. You want me to help you
j choose, and I won't. I know you,
1 Toots. If I picked one, you'd marry
| the other, and If he beat you up you'd
blame me. No, my dear, a man should
select his own neckties and a woman
her own husband."
"I think you're Just ns mean as you
can be," pouted Toots.
I"The lady or the tiger," apostrophized
: Bob, waving a long arm at the horizon.
"The gallant cowboy or old Stick-in
the-mud; the heir to well, thousands
1 and the poor hut honest youth; the
I hello, what's this?"
A sharp turn In the road had brought
! them to a most Interesting tableau. A
1 team of horses, attached to a sleigh.
■ stood facing them. Behind the sleigh
a man In a fur coat clung stubbornly
to a long rope. At the other end of the
rope an angry steer was plunging and
j bellowing. Evidently the animal had
] been tied Insecurely to the sleigh, had
worked the knot loose and had been
about to make a dash for liberty. At
this moment the driver had discovered
the status of things and taken a hand
The uteer swung abruptly to the left
i at* man In the fur coat w as swept off
his feet by the move aud sprawled
fiiil length on the snow. The steer
charged the* rail fence by the roadside,
Sc iM-Ted the rails as if they w.ere so
ma■ v matches and galloped into the
smooth meadow lot beyond. The man
still dan ■!• I at the end of the rope.
As the animal bi moving iu a wide
ci through the Held lie attempted
1 jieitedly to rise, but Ids heavy Coat
und the plunging of the steer hampered
lilui.
Bob leaped out of the cutter "Luke
t otter," he remarked "I lis arm's tan
g>.| in the rope so he can't get up
The beast can't hurt him, l -'it that
dragging will play the mischief with
his coat."
There was a rapid thudding of ho.if.
down the r mil from behind, and a
horseman, a handsome fellow, with
dark hair, dashed by, with a smile and
a nod. He swung his horse through
the gap lii the fence and bore down on
Cotter and the steer. Bob climbed
back into the cutter and grinned Hai
ry Crossinan!" He settled himself to
enjoy the denouement. "The plot
thickens." Ills sister sat silent and
breathless.
Within half a minute the big bay
ruiuilui; ea«'!v ir. the rear of the
anticipated the steer's next turn, grasp- !
cil the rope midway and sot lii.s horse j
back upon its haunches. Checked in j
its career, the steer rolled over in the j
j snow.
Cotter scrambled to his feet, freed j
i his arm and secured a firm foothold, i
j Then lie ami tin; steer fought it out.
i In vain the animal threw his weight i
. against the rope; he was conquered, |
j and, accepting philosophically the for- i
, tunes of war, hi- suffered himself to be j
j led back to the sleigh. This time lie
i was tied beyond tin* possibility of es
cape.
Beyond a brief word of thanks to
his rescuer in the field <'otter had
preserved the most profound silence. |
Crossiuan rode up to the Wentworth ;
cutter. His black mustache curled ]
hack, disclosing pouty lips, like those :
! of :i spoiled child, but he smiled mod- j
; estly at the compliments for his clever
i action that Bob showered upon him.
When Cotter had finished tying the
i steer he walked over to the cutter.
lie surveyed his coat, here and there
: worn bare from contact with ice and
| snow and fence rails, in silence; he
I turned to the field and the circle,
| marked by bits of fur, around which
| he had so recently swung. The twinkle
in his eye as he caught Miss Weut
worth's eye was irresistible. In a mo
ment the whole party was shaken by a
gale of merriment. Cotter's care free
laughter ringing above all the rest.
"I've decided, Bob," said Toots when
! they had driven on.
"I thought that would catch you,"
j remarked her brother gloomily. "He
rides like a fiend."
"But it isn't he; it's Luke. I guess
it's always been Luke. Imagine Harry
Crossiuan laughing after being dragged
i all over a ten acre lot by a wretched
i steer! He'd cry with mortification.
And It's bc'ter togo through life with
j a uian who will laugh Instead of cry,
j Isn't It V"
"You may kiss me, Toots," replied
i her brother impressively. "1 thought
j I possess. il all the brains of this gen
i eration; I'm glad I'm wrong. Old Luke
I was my choice from the start."
ADVERTISING.
One of the '»! il ii y Mnrvel* of Thlft
Pi'OKrrM.Hlvi* V«e.
: Among tin- many marvels of this
mar\i ions age there is none more
strikir ; am! n >llO m ire characteristic
than the ;rt <>l' adverti ill?; a* develop
ed in modern times. We talk much
! ah.itit the wonders of the telephone
and the pli olograph, : out the aston
ishing expansion of railroads and teleg
raphy. but here we have au Industry
us remarkable for its extension and as
wide and varied in its applications as
| anything of man's device in any era of
! the world's historj. When there is
I brought Int > consideration the vast
amount of money < xpended in adver
tising in our day.the novel and In
getiius methods employed and the ex
pert sk i!) and artist e talent engaged in
the business, one may begin to realize
what a w kle field has been opened here
j for '-on eof tie highest and most use
ful form.-' of human endeavor.
With all its abuses and they are not
a few it remains true that advertising
Is one of the great) m of popular edu
cators and one of the chief promoters
of human happiness and prosperity,
and there are yet many ways in which
it may be extended to the still greater
benefit id' the world. No good reason
exists why tln> churches, the Sunday
schools, the missionary societies and
other agencies of n iod should not ad
vertise far more than they do and thus
add t i the membership and their power
in the community. To set their ad
vantages, aims and benefits before the
public in a proper way and form would
Involve no I is-, of dignity or prestige,
while it would almost certainly widen
their influence.
The time must come, too, when the
absurd code which prohibits physicians
and other professional classes from ad
vertising then selves must be abolished.
There is nothing but a sentiment to
prevent it and a very weak sentiment
•it that. It should be no more infra
dig for a physician or a lawyer to seek
patients or clients through the medium
of print than it is for teachers. Insur
ance men, real estate dealers or the
i members of any other honorable trade
ar calling. Leslie's Weekly.
THE STAGE Ki3S.
It Test* flit* tieiilii* of tin* Actor find
flu* \rln'N*.
The stage ki-s is important. There
is nothing which so tests the genius of
an actor and au actress as the ability
under just such circumstances to pro
duce the illusion of love. On the stage
it is necessary for them to forget their
own pel sonalities, tu smother their
i own feelings, one for the other, and in
the place of the warped though genu
ine kiss we see at the railroad station
and the steamship wharf present to
our eyes by the magic of their acting a
highly artificial product.
And this highly artificial product, be
cause it is art and because it is pro
duced by art. Impresses us as real and
genuine where the actually real and
genuine would have filled lis only with
derision and contempt, just as real
tears on the stage would fall to move
us. Indeed, the best stage kisses, the
kisses that arc most convincing In the
way of realism, are usually given and
received by actors and actresses whose
feeling lor each other in private lite Is,
to say the least, indifferent. Frequent
ly, if audiences only knew, they watch
j loveuiakiug on the stage between men
j and women who are literally at dag
gers' | oints with each other.
I would not go so far as to say that
such a state of feeling always contrib
utes to good stage loveinaking and to
realii tic stage kissing, but 1 do know
| that It is an axiomatic truth, recog
nized by theatrical managers every
j where, not to engage play folk lovers
i to enact similar roles in a drama if it
is at all possible to get any one else.—
Blanche King In"The Psychology of
the Stage Kiss,"
i>tu«e l or Liberality.
An old Georgia darky who had buried
his money forgot to blaze the tree
! which stood near the spot. (letting
i mixed as to the locality, he knelt down
I ami asked the Lord to guide hiin to the
| place While lie wis praying a storm
| came up and lightning struck the near
by tree, and he found Ids cash.
"I'ar, now," he muttered, "look how
1 Providence answ s de righteous! 1
! got a great inin' tcr put a nickel in de
! col lotion hat ne.xt Sunday!" Atlanta
i Constitution
... .
I rnpfo (I.
Tiie Man < - ho had been sitting stol
Idly with his eyes on his paperi—-Take
my seat, madam,
i The Lad.v Then you are about to
' lea \ e the car?
'1! o Ma n ' "h. no. madam.
Bid la- v jii-t the same, and it
took I iin (ii teen minute" »o walk back
from where he finally ft ited. Cleve
: land IMuln I'ealcv.
1 It tlllll'N Seem* So.
Tommy P.: vv. what does the paper
mean by pi :ical Christianity? Taw—
Practical Christianity is the kind that
does not interfere with a man's busi
' uess.
J ;
CULTIVATING THE CHILD.
[ llow Any Trail Slay ll«- Fixed In a
Normal Human llclng.
j There is not a single desirable attri
! Bute which, lacking in a plant, may not
| be bred into it. Choose what improve
| incut you wish in a flower, n fruit or a j
tree, and by crossing, selection, cultl- j
i vation and persistence you can fix this !
| desirable trait irrevocably. Pick out |
i any trait you w ant in your child, grant- I
[ cd that lie is a normal child, be It hon- !
esty, fairness, purity, lovableness, in
dustry, thrift, v.liat not. By surround
ing this child with sunshine from the !
sky and your own heart, by giving the j
closest communion with nature, by J
j feeding him well balanced, nutritious ,
| food, b.v giving him all that Is Implied i
! in healthful environmental influences
I and by doing all in love you can thus
I cultivate in this child and fix there for |
all his life ail of these traits natu
rally not always to the full in till cases
at the beginning of the work, for he- I
redity will make itself felt first, and, as j
in the plant under improvement, there
will be certain strong tendencies tore- |
version to former ancestral traits, but j
in the main with the normal child you j
can give liim all these traits by pa- j
tietitly, persistently guiding him in
these early formative years.
And, <m the other side, give him foul |
air to breathe, keep him in a dusty fae- j
tory or an unwholesome schoolroom oi
a crowded tenement up under the hot
roof; keep him away from the sun- j
shine, take away from him music and ;
laughter and happy faces, cram his lit
tle brains with so called knowledge, j
all the more deceptive and dangerous ,
because made so apparently adaptable j
to his young mind; let lilin have asso- j
dates in his hours out of school, and at J
the age of ten you have fixed in him 1
the opposite traits. lie Is on his way
to the gallows. You have perhaps seen
a prairie fire sweep through the tall
grass across a plain. Nothing can
stand before it; it must burn itself out.
That is what happens when you let the
weeds grow up in a child's life and
then set fire to them by wrong environ
ment. Luther Burbank In Century.
Klmineiiil Distinction.
"There goes a man who was once a
great bull operator In this town," said ,
a broker as an elderly, listless gentle
man passed through the lobby of a ho
tel.
"How long ago'.'" asked his com
panlou.
"Oh, a good many years. He failed
three times and his financial career il
lustrates a curious trait In human na
ture. After his first suspension the
creditors got together for a conference
with him. When it was found that his
liabilities ran near the million mark
they eagerly helped him resume, for
the sake of preserving general busi
ness confidence, they said.
"Some years later he went under j
again There was another conference j
of creditors. The liabilities were small
er this time, but ran into the hundreds
of thousands. 'We mustn't Impede an
able financier,' they decided, and ho
was helped to become solvent once
more.
"But after his third failure the lia
bilities ran up to almost nothing at all
for Wall street hardly J'JS.UOO. His
creditors met and decided that the age
showed to > strong a tendency toward
reckless speculation. Si they drove
him Into bankruptcy." New York
Press.
IMMORTALITY.
t)ne Tlir»r> of the Condition Tlint
romcN \fter DeMth.
Our life do -s not begin with birth, |
nor does it conclude with death. It Is j
only a section of the development of j
mankind before and after us. We ex- t
isteil be!ore we were born, and we ;
reap what the factors of our being i
have iv t. So our life leaves its after
effects, and they will be what we have
made thein.
The truth is that while there is no
immortality in the ense in which most
religion hold it if we accept their doc
trines In their literal meaning, condi
tion in life are such in many respects,
as if tine doctrines were true. For,
while oi:r bo.M v existence is wiped out
with ail it phjsjoiogical functions, the
essential pirt of our own being (the
thoii.ht • t)i nisei\esi remain, and thus
our immortality not as a concrete lu
divi I i.ai and bodily incarnation, but
our soul, our character, the Impulses
which we have given In life to others,
our aspirations and most character
istic features cannot be wiped out.
A man who keeps this thought iu hi ;
mind, either intuitively by realizing the
power a # nd justice of the religious in
stinct or by having fathomed the prob
lem philosophically iu its very depths,
will not' live for the present moment,
but in consideration of the after ef
fects which his life leaves on the
world. And I would say that one of
the best tests for right action in a crit
ical situation is for a man to ask him
self, If I had passed away from this
life what would I wish that I had done
in this emergency? I am confident
that the answer given to this question
would help us in the most difficult cir
cumstances to find the right solution.
- Im\ Paul Cams, Author of"The Soul
of Man," "Chinese Philosophy," etc.,
in Monist.
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BURIALS IN CUBA.
4 'UMtoni* I lint lt«*iiiin«l tine of the
of Horn buy.
Burial cu lonis in Cuba are almost
as strange as the I'arsee customs and
their toweis of silence in Bombay. It
seems that tin* reopening of graves in
Cuba is tli • result of a long established
custom of i.uryiiig as many bodies as
possible iu a single gravi . The ceme
tery routine is like this;
I i, ; 5.,. one, usually the head of
i family, buys a plot. He at once sets
i w rk I'igging ids own grave and
fir II the members of his fam
iy. He di•- s several graves six feet
I .' a- ai. Its :i II< 1 one grave four feet
I n (i | ; le for the possible death
of a > 1 1i; :. When the entire area of the
pia i tin - in open graves the digger
ten. ii..: >!i and plasterer. He ce-
i■.ei : is .m,!] grave, bottom and sides.
Then he tills in the cemented graves
\ i tli .> I ; ,1 go ■ home with the satis
f ie,.,iy t!;. r. ht that he may look upon
le v, ii e during his lifetime and
th.tt it i; ready for liiui at any time he
i-t iv.ily for it.
! t the v einlest part of this custom
;; jei t i be told. In the middle of the
plot a quare grave is dug, a hole
t each way. This square
i.j cel.. iied like the graves and
liii- ' : i w i(h soil. It should be explain
. iml • that the bodies in the graves
in -red with quicklime. When the
ti - l has disappeared and only the
be are left the hones are taken out
of t'.'e grave and thrown into the
square hole in the center of the plot.
Th;:; the graves are used over and
over again until the square hole In the
center is tilled with the bones of the
members of this or that family. Then
ill ■ 1: !e is sealed over, and that par
tier ,• family plot is abandoned and a
new one purchased. London 'Tit-Bits.
A JOCULAR MONARCH.
Ivan the Terrible Had Cold Blooded
\ lit ion* About JentliiK.
Ivan the T erribl" .forgot neither his
devotions nor his diversions. His pal
ace alternately resounded with praying
and carousing. Tor Ids pastime bears
were brought from Novgorod. When
from his window he perceived a group
of citizens collected he let slip two or
three of these ferocious animals, and
ids delight on beholding the flight of
the terrified creatures, and especially
on hearing the cries of the victims, was
unbounded. His bursts of laughter
were loud and long continued. To
console those who were maimed for
life lie would sometimes send each of
them a small piece of gold.
Another of his chief amusements was
in tiie company of jesters, whose duty
it was to divert him, especially before
and after any executions, hut they of
ten paid dearly for an unseasonable
joke.
Among these none was more distin
guished than Prince Gvosdef, who held
a high rank at court.
The czar, being one day dissatisfied
with a jest, poured over the prince's
head the boiling contents of a soup
basin. The agonized wretch prepared
to retreat from the table, but the
tyrant struck him with a knife, and he
fell sense!, s to the floor. I>r. Arnolph
i. as instantly called.
"Save my g mil servant!" cried the
i / r. "I have jested with him a little
tr>o hard."
"So hard," replied the other, "that
only Cod and your majesty can re
store him to life. He no longer
breathes."
Ivan expressed his contempt, called
the deceased favorite a dog and con
tinued his amusements.
Another day, while he sat at table,
the wayvvode of Starltza, Boris Tltof,
appeared, bowed to the ground and sa
luted him after tiie customary manner.
"God save thee, my dear waywode.
Thou deservest a proof of my favor."
lie seized a knife and cut off au ear.
Titof thanki d the czar for his gracious
favor and wished him a happy reign.—
Pearson's Weekly.
Speech is too often not. as the
Frenchman define I it, the art of con
cealing thou lit. br.t of . u-te si tting
and siis11-'in!iii". t l, . i lit so r'nt tVo-
Is none to conccai Cai lyl-
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PRECOCIOUS INDIANA.
Voted For Preitidi-nl Before She Wan
Admitted Into the Iniun.
Iniliauu has the unique distinction of
having voted for president before It
became a member <,f the family of
states. In June, 181<>, Indiana adopted
a state constitution, but was not ad
mittnl to the Union until Dec. 11. In
the meantime, on Nov. 4, the first leg
islature met at Corydon. Indianans
have been precocious from the first,
and the members of the legislature had
no thought of letting a little matter
like the fact that what they called the
Atute was not really n state interfere
with their voting for James Monroe
itud Daniel I>. Tompkins, for president
and vice president respectively As the
Indianapolis News, which tells the
stoiy, puts it, Indiana politicians want
ed to get in on the ground floor
On Nov 11, exactly a month before
Indiana was admitted to the Union, the
legislature adopted a Joint resolution,
"That it is expedient to provide at this
time for tl.e election of three electors
to vote for president and vice president
of the I'nited States of America at the
ensuing presidential election." This
was approved by the governor, and two
days later Jesse S. Holmau, General
Jos, ph Bartholomew and Thomas H.
Blake were chosen electors by the leg
islature, this being the method In all
the states at that time. While these
electors were chosen before the state
wa admitted their vote was not cast
until a few days after the admission.
Indiana's right to vote was disputed
when the national house and senate
met to open an 1 count the votes, but
the new state finally won the decision.
lufiyliMMl n Noble Poem.
It was the daguerreotyplst Hesler of
Chicago who inspired Longfellow to
write "Hiawatha." Mr. Hesler was
one of the most emluent of his profes
sion, and In 1851 the London world's
fair awarded him the prize medal for
daguerreotypes. One of them, a pic
ture of the falls of Minnehaha, came
into the poet's possession and furnished
immediate inspiration for the poem.
In testimony of his debt to Mr. Hesler
Longfellow sent him a bound volume
of his poems with his signature and
compliments on the fly leaf.
Alnnyn on Hand.
Dick—Statistics show that more than
5,000 people disappear every year In
this country and are never heard from
again. Harry- But, confound it, they
never happen to be the people we owe
money to!
Appearances Afralnat Him.
Brown—ls that Smlthers an honest
fellow? Black—He may be. But you
never see him without an umbrella.—
j Woman's Home Companion.
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•" KjMMBO K(i DIVISION
! Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad.
In Effect Jan. 1, 1905.
TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE.
EASTWARD.
7.07 a. m. dally tor Bloomsburg, Kingston
WUkes-Barre a>»d Scranton. Arriving
ton at B.M a. in., and connecting at Scranlot
with trains arriviug at Philadelphia at 5.48 a
m.and New York City at B.UO u. in.
10.19 a. m. weekly for Bloomsburg. Kingston,
Wilkes-Barre.Hcranton and intermediate sta
lions, arriving at Scranton at 12.35 p. ai. and
connecting there with trains for New York
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Barre, Scranton and intermediate stations,
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mouth, Kingston, Wilkes-Harre, PltUilou,
Scranton and Intermediate stations, arriving
at Scranton at ».25 p. m.and connecting then
with trains arriving at New York City at 0.50
a' in.. Philadelphia 10 a. in.and Buffalo 7a m.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT DANVILLE
9.15 a. in. weekly from Scranton, Plttston,
Kingston, Bloomsburg and intermediate sta
tions. leaving Scranton at 1i.35 a. m., where II
connects with trains leaving New York City
at 9. so p. in., Philadelphia at 702 p.m. arid
Buffalo at 10.H0 a. m.
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and connecting there with train leaving Buff
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where It connects with trains leavlug New
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p. m.and Buttolo at 9.:t0 a. m.
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