Montour American FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville, Pa., Nov. 5, 19()8. PRESIDENT CALLS FOR THANKSUIM WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. The president yesterday issued the annual Thanksgiving proclamation, as follows : "Once again the season is at hand when,according to the ancient custom of our people, it becomes the duty of the president to appoint a day of pray er and of thanksgiving to God. " Year by year this nation grows in strength and worldly power. During the century and a quarter that has elapsed since our entry into the circle of independent peoples we have grown and prospered in material things to a degree never known before, and not now known in any other country. The thirteen colonies which surggled along the seacoast of the Atlantic and were hemmed in but a few miles west of tidewater by the Indian-haunted wild erness, have been transformed into the mightiest republic which the world *as ever seen. Its domains stretch across the coutinent from one to the other of the two greatest oceans, and it exercises dominion alike in the Arctic and tropic realms. The growth in wealth and population has surpass ed even the growth in territory. No where else in the world is the average of individual comfort and material well-being as high as in our fortanate land. "For the very reasou that in mater ial well-being we have thus abounded, we owe it to the Almighty to show equal progress in moral and spiritual things. With a nation, as with the individuals, who make up a nation, material well-being is au indispens able foundation. But the foundation avails nothing by itself. That life is wasted.aud worse than wasted, which ij spent in piling, heap upon heap, those things which minister merely to the pleasure of the body and to the power that rests only on wealth. "Upon material well-being as a foundation must be raised the struct ure of the lofty life of the spirit, if this nation Is properly to fulfill its great mission and to accomplish all that we so ardently hope and desire. The things of the body are good' the things of the intellect better; but best of all are the things of the soul: for, in the nation as in the individual, in the long run it is character that counts. Let us therefore as a people set our faces resolutely against evil, and with broad charity.with kindness and good will toward all men, but with uuiliuching determination to smile down wrong, strive with all the strength that is given us for righteous ness in public and private life. "Now,therefore, I, Theodore Roose velt president of the United States,do set apart Thursday, the 26th day of November next, as a day of geueral thanksgiving and prayer, and on that day I recommend that the people shall ojase from their daily work, and, in their homes or in their churches,meet devoutly to thank the Almighty for the many blessings they have received in the past.and to pray that they may be given strength so to order their lives as to reserve a continuation of these blessings in the future." Halloween Surprise Party. A pleasant Halloween surprise party was tendered Miss Media Kramer at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kramer. Wall Btreet. Refresh | mentis were served. A number of gifts were received. Those present were Misses Audrey ' Kramer. Nellie Bums, Margaret Hur- j ley, Pearl Frye, Esther Rogers, Anna Werle, Mary Deibert, Ida Cashner ! Ellen Young, Laura Morrison, Jennie Haas. Zella Baynham, Beatrice Blue, j Carrie Blue, Catherine Whapham, j Viola W'ray, Leona Snyder, Florence Mader, Margaret Fields, Catharine Fields, Messrs. Beaver Kramer, Henry Warner, Raymond Frye, Joe English, j Howard Waruer, Lester Werle, Paul ! Walker, Larue Thomas, Theodore ! Walker Funeral ol Mrs. (Jethinjj. The funeral of Mrs. Thomas B. Getli ing, whose death occurred at her home West Hemlock township, Sunday morn ing, took place from Straub's church I Tuesday aft?moon and was largely attended. Interment was made in the cemetery adjoining the church. The j pallbearers were Frank Blohn,Herbert Blohn, Harry Hawklus, Cleaver Beav ; er,Norman Krum and Jasper Stettlcr. j Heavy Freight Movement. The movement of freight on the S. H. & W. division of the Pennsylvania railroad is increasing very rapidly and is said to be very nearly as heavy as during former prosperous times. The attaches of the s tntion on the south side are kept on the jump. The revival j can be viewed in no other light than j that of returning prosperity. Have Retired from Farm. Mr. and Mrs Jackson Cleaver re cently of Frauklin township, Colum bia county, have retired from their farm and will henceforth make their home with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Clark, South Danville, Mrs. Clark being a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cleaver. The result of the balloting whll disappointing to many Is accepted by all. WALL STREET "TIPS." Best Place to Plant Them if They Come Your Way. A seasoned Wall street campaigner condenses a life of practical observa tion In the remark: "Stock market 'tips' are, as a rule, founded on noth ing better than guesswork or pure in vention. Although usually without value, openly peddled out to the pub lic and not possible to trace to any reliable source, they come clothed in such a garb of mystery and apparent Importance that there are always a lot of 111 informed persons who will ac cept them and act on them as on gos pel truth. "Often these so called 'tips' are but the whispered suggestions of some ma nipulator who was confident that his mysterious, semiconfldential hint would travel and be made the basis of large buying of some stock he was especial ly anxious should be largely sold. "It is told of one great speculative magnate of the past generation that when he was approached by the pastor of a rich and fashionable Fifth avenue church in search of means by which he could become suddenly rich he put his lips close to the clerical ear and whispered: 'Buy Pacific Mall. It's a sure thing. If you lose on it I'll make good your losses.' "The pastor departed gleefully. Sonio two weeks later he called at the office of the manipulator and deplored the great financial losses he had incurred in following the confidential 'tip.' 'How much were they?" asked Mr. G., ond on being told he drew his personal check for the amount "The minister took It and after ex pressing his thanks hesitated a mo ment and then said: 'But how about my parishioners? Yon placed no ban of secrecy on me, and their losses have been enormous.' "The financier smiled grimly as he remarked, 'You see, doctor, those were the fellows I was after.' "This story may be true or may not, but it points a moral If you get a 'tip' on Wall street bury it in the back yard and forget it." —Cleveland Leader. A Double Headed Bull. On the occasion of a public reception at Napier, Australia, the school chil dren of the town, after being duly com plimented by ills excellency from Coun ty Tyrone on the hearty manner in which they had rendered the national anthem, were solemnly assured that if they put their shoulders to the wheel they would be sure to reach the top of the tree, upon which a compatriot turned to me and said, "Sure, It was an axletree he meant, bedad!"—London Spectator. Equally Cutting. "Your voice," said the commanding officer, "is decidedly rasping." "Yes, sir," said the subordinate, touching his hat. "I have been out roughing It with a file of soldiers all morning."—Chicago Tribune. Why He Loved Spain. Gloacchlno Rossini, who was a great Jester, was once seen embracing a Spaniard with great effusion. Asked the reason, he replied, "Because with out Spain we would be the last na tion." THATCHING. The Ancient Art In the Low Countries and In England. Once upon a time two amateur bot anists were hunting bog mosses on Exmoor, on the confines of the land of Lorn a Doone. About the hour of luncheon they found that their enthu siasm had led them far afield, a good hour aud a half from the farmhouse which they had made their temporary headquarters. The only place which yielded promise of food was a shep herd's shack half a mile distant, so thither they went That the shack, or, rather, its owner, a small, wiry, dark man with curly hair, could offer nothing better than brown bread, which was woefully "cllt," or heavy, and raw onions Is neither here nor there. The point was that the roof of the shack was artistically thatched with layers of plaited reeds. "Feyther taught I th' way to doun," explained the shepherd, with an up ward jerk of his thumb toward the roof. "An' his feyther taught 'lm avore that, nn' his feyther avore that an' back an' back twill nobody can think." "A hereditary art evidently," said one of the moss hunters to his com panion. "But I never saw thatches like these outside of the Low Countries. Safe bet that this fellow is of Dutch descent." Then he said to the man of Devon, "And what is votir name, may I ask ?" "Well," replied the shepherd, "most volk call I Van, but ina right name be Ilenry Van Torp. They do say that ma gurt-grandfeytlier were a-vitln' against England an' were took prison er an' married a Devon girl an' set tled 'ereabout"—he indicated the south ward sweep of the moor—"but these be a lot of voolish tales to ma think- In'."—Craftsman. i ne Ltiove on the Pole. A imf ut custom In M ll Knglish town, Honiton. is "proclaiming the fair." The town obtained the grant of :i fair from the lord of the manor so long ago as 12.)". and the fair still retains some of the picturesque characteristics of by gone days. The town crier, dressed in picturesque uniform and carrying n pole decorated with gay flowers and surmounted by a large gilt model of a gloved hand, publicly announces the opening of the fair, as follows: "Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! The fair's begun, the glove is up. No man can be arrested till the glove is taken down." Hot coins are then thrown among the chil dren. The pole and glove remains dis played until the end of the fair. How Hammer of Death Struck James. The old parish church of Flumstead is probably at least 1,000 years old. The picturesque churchyard, a cher ished haunt of the poet Hloomfield during his visits to Shooters 11111, con tains a delightfully choice "derange ment of epitaphs." One of these on "Master James Darling, aged io," teaches a lesson of moderation during the cherry season to the youth of other places besides Flumstead. Speaking from his tombstone. Master Darling exclaims: The hammer of death was give to me For eating the cherries off the tree. Westminster r»o-r?v A COURSE OF OX. Try It as an Antidote For the Ilia of the Strenuous Life. In the choice of motor power allow me to suggest the ox. The horse leans forward to pull ant! even helps himself along by bobbing his head. He Jerks a load out of a hard place by plunging bodily against the collar, stopping and longing again. lie strains through a hard place and then starts suddenly forward at his release. He works him- Belf into a lather, and yon, if you are the right kind of person, cannot help feeling for hita and assisting him with inward stress and strain. The ox does not bob a horn. He sim ply Journeys, and the load goes along. When he comes to a tough place his pasterns do not bond down, he docs not squat to pull, he does not pinch along on the toes of his shoes, he seldom blows, and he does not know how to sweat He does not exert himself at n patch of woven 801 land then hurry up when he la past it. The chalißbecomcs ■tiller, and the yoke sits solider to his neck, and that lis all. There is no sign of effort The earth may grit Its teeth and crunch as it swallows the plow, but the ox stalks on his way. With the share deep or shallow or lifted entirely and hanging from the axle, whether he Is plowing earth or air, it makes no difference to him. Ills most ponderous task is still himself, and he heeds no Incidentals. He Is o*it for a stroll. He does not allow work to Interfere with tie even tenor of his way. His tendons are rig ged to his outstanding rump bones like eo much spar and tackle, and he goes along by interior leverage, inside his old woman hulk is the necessary en gine work, and he will neither go slow er for tills tiling nor faster for that. There is much about him besides his disposition tlimt Is self contained. He is tile antithesis of the automobile. To ride on his back is a euro for indlges tlon; to ride behind hlin is a rest for the mind. A course of ox is an antidote, for the ills of the times.—Charles D Stewart In Atlantic. ASLEEP UNDER WATER. One of the Funny Incidents Possible In a Diver's Life. As showing how much at home a man may bo today under water I may relate an amusing story. Some months ago while a great battleship was at Malta one of the seamen divers went down to clear her propeller from some flotsam that had become entangled, and he failed to come up. It chanced tliut the rest of the battleship's divers were ashore, and grave concern was felt on the ironclad for the missing worker. Signals by telephone and life line were sent below without avail. In the launch above the throb-throb of the air pump's cylinders went on, but the attendants looked at one another In dismay, fearing some strange trag edy Ceep down in those heaving green seas. The worst was feared when some big brushes and other tools came float ing to the surface, and thereupon the navigating lieutenant sent ashore an urgent message for one of the othei divers. The man came on board, dressed immediately and went below, only to come up full of indignation. "Why, that fellow's been asleep all this time!" lie said wrathfully. It was true. The man had just had his lunch, and. Sniilng the work much less serious than he had thought he finished it in a few minutes and then sat comfort ably ou one of the giant blades of the battleship propeller and went to sleep with inquisitive fishes swarming around him. attracted by the dazzling searchlight on his breast. The officers were so amused at the occurrence that no punishment was inflicted ou the lazy one St. Nicholas. The Kind of Boy He Was. That Marshall Field of Chicago knew how to wrest victory from defeat and make stepping stones of stumbling blocks is shown by the following story told of him by a friend: When a boy young Field went to a great merchant and asked, "Do you want a boy?" "Nobody wants a boy," replied the merchant. "Do you need a boy?" the boy persisted, not at all abashed. "Nobody needs a boy," was the reply. But he would not give up. "Well, say, mister, do you have to have a boy?" "I think likely we do," re plied the merchant, "and I rather think we will have to have a boy just like you." The Kose's Memory. [One of the scientists declares that Hunts have memories.] I wonder If each rose that lies Between dim, long forgotten pages Has memories of dreamy eyes That mirrored love In other ages? I wonder if each petal pressed Agntnst a bosom wildly heaving Can hear the hopes that are confessed And listens, Joyously believing? Can yon long treasured rose recall The pay night when a maiden kissed It And, having shyly let it fall. Pretended that she never missed it? How clearly J Uehold the scene Which pleasing funcy spreads before me! Ah. many and severe have been The storms that since have broken o'er me! 1 wonder if this faded rose Remembers how we danced together Anil v> iilspered—ah. I trow it knows We did not talk about the weather! Perhaps—perhaps if it were blessed With speech it might e'en now be able To tell mo if 'twas once possessed By Gladys, Joan or Maude or Mabcft. —Chicago Record-Herald. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup R*K«vu Colds by worktef thaw at Ik* ay* Mr* through » aapfci— mat he*] thy mMm M th« bovak tough* by flto muootM m«mbran«« ml Ik* ttwaaA. okal aad bronchial tubaa. "AM pfcMwrt tot •• Mi aa Mapta Saiar" Children Likt It fm UMMM-VUI OMR lm hlVi Uhv mt tkttm rnt-tm mi ft* For Sale by Paules & Do 181 OF RAI niton •?£? !? P&P ® 112 F &. a & H .»» > >• > z C PJ • I— -*3 JI? '■3 15 55 * g w 2 K ~ IS £ " £ S < < *1 < S3 P3 ft M 5 »< w 55 •"•»-« .-< £ M 2 r<rFFßw * * w 5 ~ r t -1 t - r r 3 ■< o « w ■< ® ►* «® CO • » O «; £ CANDIDATES. "cog o § i 53 53 < ■ . K p »** !»» > M 1 x w ** jag g g M FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE I , PRESIDENT. Taft and Sherman, R 257 179 168 156 47 30 30 55 29 105 15 53 21 18 nti4 Bryan and Kern, D 197 134 211 140 155 37 104 122 89 103 i 22 92 147 37 1490 Chafin and Watkins, P 18 12 11 14 1 0 7 1 2 5' 0 4> 5 2 82 JUDGE OF SUPERIOR COURT William D. Porter, R ... 218 159 148 124 37 26 28 47 25 88 12 44 15 I 12 978 Webster Grim, D 168 118 167 127 146 32 84 108 79 101 22 j76 33 i 31 1292 CONGRESS. Edmund W. Samuel, R 194 142 127 135 41 32 25 45 19 £l9 14 43 19 20 944 John G. McHenry, D 214 158 229 145 149 32 101 125 94 112 j2l 91 43 j 33 1547 REPRESENTATIVE. R. S. Ammerman, R ... 215 152 141 ; 150 38 22 13 43 ! 20 89 10 35 21 20 978 R. S. Ammerman, D 135 109 137 99 138 29 74 100 70 I 84 20 61 27 i 24 1107 R. S. Ammerman, P. . 22 8 10 | 11 4 0 1 2 j 0 4 2 3 ~5 1~3 75 DISTRICT ATTORNEY. 1 Charles P- Gearhart, D j 246 j 158 219 158 145 36 78 | 118 85 105 20 78 j3B 31 1515 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, j George Rndy Sechler, R. 319 i 188 232 176 ' 40 23 34 50 19 us 15 09 21 19 13°0 Jonathan F. Mowrer. R 123 | 127 112 110 | 62 35 75 48 48 ■;« 21 66 ' ii:i 33 971 John Coleman, D 116 109 168 121 i 149 4o 94 145 98 no 22 s -> ; ,y> 40 ; i[ !r . George W. Mile*, D ; 270 151 177 133 | 121 22 45 91 57 86 11 47 122 12 1245 Stephen N. Nevius. P . ! 12 | 8 19 13 1 0 1 0 0 40 1 .3 ! 2 1 ! 'it Thomas B. Yerg, P... ! 13 j 8 8 j 8 j 3 0 3 0 2 3| 0 2 4 5 ' 59 COUNTY AUDITORS. J. Harry Woodside, R . 237 190 161 140 39 24 22 42 22 90 15 49 in 12 1059 Benjamin L. Diehl, R. .. 167 ! 141 | 122 130 36 28 19 47 27 1 97 14 45 is 11 902 Thomas M. Van Sant, D 110 112 j 172 117 140 31 87 132 81 ! 83 20 72 37 26 1259 Benjamin L. Diehl, I) 136 101 ' 126 111 140 30 76 88 71 90 19 62 28 26 1101 Clark E. Boone, P 13 9,811 4 1 12 0 4 5 0 5 *9 ~8 *9 John M. Kelso, P | 54 19 40 36 1 0 4 3 1 8 0 9 6 4 185 SELFRIDGE'S GOOD WORK. Aeronaut Killed by Wright Airship's Fall Recognized as a Leader. Lieutenant Thomas E. Self ridge, who was killed by the fail of the Wright airship at Fort Myer the other day, was one of the most enthusiastic be lievers lu aeronautics among the offi cers in tiie military service and through liis own efforts succeeded in securing a detail with the aeronautical division of the signal corps. lie was bom in San Francisco twenty-six years ago aud was appointed to the Military academy at West Point from that state. He was appointed a second lieu tenant in the artillery corps in 1!HI.'! and commissioned a first lieutenant four years later. While with the Fifth field artillery he became interested in the work of Pro fessor Alexander Graham Bell, who was experimenting with tetrahedral kites, and about a year ago w!?s at tached to the signal corps. Lieutenant Self ridge was one of the three officers who successfully operated Captain Thomas Baldwin's dirigible airship over a month ago when that machine was undergoing its official tests for acceptance by the govern ment. Lieutenant Lahm and Lieuten ant Folois assisted him, and Lieuten ant Selfridge's management of the big airship brought him Into marked prom inence as a successful operator of air machines. lie designed the propeller of the Baldwin craft, which was con sidered a marvel of efficiency. As secretary of the Aeronautic Ex periment association at Ilammonds port, N. V.. Lieutenant Selfridge took a leading part, and he was closely con sulted by its organizer, Alexander Gra ham Bell, in the construction of the big airship on the tetrahedral kite princi ple which Professor Bell has been building for over u year at his summer place in Baddeck, Nova Scotia. Lieu tenant Selfridge in December, 1907, made the tiret flight in a large tetrahe dral kite which was to form part of the Bell machine. The kite flew well for HSB feet, but glided into the water. The first machine built by the Ex periment association at Ilammondsport was Selfridge's Red Wing. It was constructed from his own designs, as sisted by the engineer, Glenn U. Cur tlss, who built the engine and eight cylinder forty horsepower motor. Lieu tenant Selfridge did not go up in the first flight, which was made March 12 of this year. F. W. Baldwin, a civil engineer of Toronto and an active mem ber of the association, operated the ma chine, and it made a successful flight over Lake Keuka of 318 feet 11 inches. Of the flight Professor Bell said: "It was the first public exhibition of the flight of a heavier than air ma chine in America." Five days later the machine was se riously damaged, and a short time after Mr. Curtiss' June Bug was built, which has flown over a mile. The organization of the Experiment association was brought about largely through the Interest of Lieutenant Sel fridge in aeronautical matters. He rec ognized the need for a place where practical experiments might be made. WIRELESS TYPEWRITING. Practical Demonstration of Knudsen's Machine—Type Set Ssme Way. Hans Knudson. a Danish electrical engineer, recently gave In London ; practical demonstration of his ability to work a typewriter by wireless teleg raphy. Knudson declares that a Him type composing machine can lie opt r ated In a similar fashion, and. al though his demonstration was mad' with apparatus in a more or less ex perlmontal stage of construction, the results were such as to open u|t a woi derful vista of almost magical attain ment. Many people present at the demon stration. which was held at the Hotel Cecil, wrote on a wireless typewriter in one room, and what they wrote w as Immediately printed by a reeeptiv, typewriter in a neighboring apart ment. In a precisely similar way Knudson says It will be possible t<> actuate a linotype machine, message* of news boitig sent off on a wireless keyboard at a central office or news agency. Telegraphing sketches and photo graphs by wireless can also be accom plished, he asserts, by means of a spe clal form of the same machine. BREACH OF PROMISE. Manner In Which the Law Treats It In Different Countries. England is the best place, frotn the plaintiff's point of view, f-l 1 a broach of promise action. Another coun tries seem to regard with grave sus picion any attempt to recover mone tary compensation for the loss of a prospective husband, and unless the j plaintiff has a very strong case indeed j it Is never worth her while to carry ; her grief Into the law courts. In France breach of promise cases I are rare, for the simple reason that | the law requires the plaintiff to prove that she has suffered pecuniary loss, j Now, this is not an easy thing to do j on the part of the lady, especially in ; a country where a girl without a dot— I that is, a marriage portion—has a poor , chance of finding a husband. Holland j and Austria have adopted the French j system, and the result has been about j the same. Breach of promise actions j nre rare, the injured damsel? or their j relatives usually taking tlie law Into' their own hands. Practical Germany, as might be ex- ! pected, has perhaps the best method j for solving this problem. When a j young couple become engaged they ; have togo through a public betrothal ! ceremony that ought to knock all the ; shyness out of them. In the local | town hall the pair declare their affec ; tion, willingness to marry, etc., ending by signing a collection of documents that apparently leave no loophole for escnpe. But If either party to the con tract wishes to withdraw another jour ney is undertaken to the town hall and another collection of documents signed, witnessed and sealed. Then the authorities determine the question of compensation—should It be claimed. In this connection it may be said that the man can and often does claim a solatium for his wounded feelings. The usual award is one-fifth of the marriage dowry. It is easy to under stand when all this is remembered how loath the young people of Ger- j many are to break their betrothal i oaths. As the law of Italy affords little or no protection whatever to jilted dam sels or swains, it i.> not surprising that the stiletto • lioull be tilt- favorite mode of deciding breach of promise cases. The Italian law demands that the per son suing for Ihe breach shal produce a written promise to marry from the defendant; otherwise the action cannot proceed. This difficulty is almost i"- surniountable, and the Italian judges are seldom troubled to adjudicate be- ! tween one time lovers. To bring an action for breach of promise of mariage against a reigning monarch is an achievement, but it has been done, and by an English lady. Miss Jenny Mighell sued the sultan of Johore, and as there was a doubt whether the dusky one was actually a j reigning monarch tlio case was allowed to come into court, but the Judge quick ly disposed of the action by ruling it ! inadmissible for the reason referred to, and Miss Mighell was nonsuited. It is remarkable that one of the two : actions which have brought verdicts for £IO,OOO each to the plaintiffs should have had for Its defendant the editor' of a matrimonial paper. The second J case was between a well known actress , and the eldest son of an earl,—London | Tit-Bits. Tune For Tune. Frciiork-k the Great made generous j presents to all musicians except flute j players, lie played the flute remark-j ably well himself. A famous flutist 1 once asked permission to play to the I king, hoping that Frederick would i show his appreciation of his skill by ! some valuable gift. Frederick listened I attentively wlilio he played a difficulty piece. "You play very well," he said, ; "and 1 will give you a proof of my J satisfaction." So saying lie left the room. The ui.i sician waited, guessing at the probable nature of the proof. Presently the king returned with his own flute and played the same piece. Then he bade his visitor "Good day," saying. "I have had the plensure of hearing you. and if was only fair that you should bear me." ridJ Him. Cynical Man—Nature must have been dreaming when she made woman. New Woman—She must have had a Welsh ratobit nightmare when she made man.—Bohemian Magazine. A SCISSORS ARTIST. The Wonderful Feats Performed by Joanne Koetren. More than 2UO years ago a little girl I was born at Amsterdam, Holland, j whose name was Joanne Koetren. She | was a peculiar child in that she cared | nothing whatever for play and sport, ! but found her greatest delight in mak j ing copies of things about her, Imitat j ing In wax every kind of fruit and : making on silk with colored floss ex ! uct copies of paintings which were j thought wonderful. Hut after she had become very ac i compllshed in music, spinning and em broidery she abandoned all these for a i still more extraordinary art—that of j cutting. She executed landscapes, ma | rine views, flowers, animals and por traits of people of such striking resem j blance that she was for a tiuie quite j the wouder of Europe. She used white | papers for her cuttings, placing them j over a black surface, so that the mi nute openings made by her scissors formed the "light and shade." j The czar, I'eter the Great, and others ' of high rank paid her honor. One man j high in office vainly offered her 1,000 j florins for three small cuttings. The ; pmpress of Germany paid her 4,000 1 florins for a trophy she had cut, bear ; ing the arms of Emperor ixjopold, crowned with eagles and surrounded ■ by a garland of flowers. She also cut the emperor's portrait, which can now be seen in the Royal Art gallery in Vienna. A great many people went to see her, and she kept a book in which princes and princesses wrote their | names. j After she died, which was when she had lived sixty-five years, her bus band. Adrian Block, erected a monu ment to her memory and had designed I upon it the portraits of these titled visitors, ller cuttings were so cor rect in effect and so tasteful as to give both dignity and value to her work and constitute her an artist whose exquisite skill with the scissors j has never before or since been equaled. CAMELS HARBOR HATRED. Will Wait Until an Opportunity Ar rives For Revenge. j The Arab who has angered a camel j will throw his clothes upon the I ground, and the infuriated beast after I stamping on them and tearing them | asunder with its teeth goes on its | way, and the driver is thereafter quite I safe, as it seems to be an axiom with ' the camel that no man shall be putin peril of life twice for one offense. The camel is stupid save when an gry and then seems to become almost preternatural in carrying out its venge ful designs. Palgrave relates the fol lowing story of a camel's revenge, which serves to illustrate this point: I "A lad of fourteen had conducted a ! large camel laden with wood from one village to another at a half hour's dis- I tance. As the animal loitered or turn ed out of the way its conductor struck it repeatedly and harder than it seem ! Ed to have thought he had a right to 1 do; but, not finding the occasion favor able for taking immediate quits, it ! 'bode its time.' That time was not ! long in coming. % | "A few days later the same lad had j to reconduct the beast, but unladen, to ! his own village. When they were j about halfway on the road and at I some distance from any habitation the i camel suddenly stopped, looked delib i erately round in every direction to as sure itself that no one was In sight arid, finding the road clear of passers- I by, made a step forward, seized the j unlucky boy's head in its monstrous I mouth and. lifting him up in the nir. flung him down again on the earth with the upper part of his skull com pletely torn off. j "Having thus satisfied its revenge. ! (he brute quietly resumed its pace to ' ward the village, as though nothing J were the matter, till some men who had observed the whola, though unfor tunately at too great » distance to be able to afford timely help, came up \ and killed it."—London Telegraph. Famous Gospel Song Writer. Frofessor Wiufield S. Weeden, who d!e<l suddenly the other day at Bisby I,odge, In the Adirondacks. was famous on two continents as an author of gos pel songs and as an evangelistic cho rus leader. He worked notably with Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman and William Phillips Hall. HUGHES ON SPIRIT OF PLAY. Governor Prai«es Playground System and Its Work In Cities. Governor Charles Evans Hughes of New York was the principal speaker at a recent session of the second an nual congress of the Playground Asso- Atlon of America, which has been holding forth at the American Museum of Natural History, In New York city, lie said the best way to train a boy to do right Is not to lecture him Into, tears about his wrongdoing, but to show him the delight of a noble and hafrpy boyhood. "The successful worker must have the spirit of play in his heart," said Governor Hughes, "and the successful man is only a boy with a man's ex perience. He must have the zest, the devotion, the spirit of comradeship, the capacity of self forgetfulness, add ed to the wholesome outlook of the life of the boy, if he is to do a man's work in the world. How are we in our great congested population to maka possible the spirit of play, the oppor tunities which are essential to the de velopment of the normal manhood? I cannot aid you by expressing a sug gestion, but 1 can bid you godspeed from the bottom of my heart. "We are flgthlng with intelligence, and, we hope, wisely, the great white plague. But the dread disease of tu berculosis must he successfully fought by developing stamina, physical streuirth. plenitude in all the physical activities. We must nourish that strength in childhood. We do not want simply hospitals and pavilions and notices giving Instructions to those who are infirm. We want to save the health of the country so that we may develop a strong, well nurtured com munity. "If we are thinking of uothing else but the preservation of life and the proper function of government in pro tecting against the community expo sure of the people to infection and the inroads of disease, we would make It one of our first objects to secure ade quate playgrounds for children in the free air ami give them opportunities of rescuing themselves from their over crowded abodes. "We want playgrounds to conserve the morals of the people. There may be some who look upon human nature as absolutely debased and yet recall it as exhibiting here a very extraordina ry illustration of spasmodic virtue, vir tue in spite of tendency. My opinion is that the average boy and girl are good. I believe that every man and woman would rather do right than wrong. "And, knowing what makes for a re duction of unnecessary temptation, It makes it easier to have wholesome liv ing that nourishes normal youth with a fair chance for gratifying normal appe tite. That is a safeguard of the coun try and of the institutions of our gov ernment. "We want playgrounds in order that we may develop the sentiment of hon or. In the playground the boy learns without any suggestion of rebellion against instruction and precept and preaching. He learns It because he does not want anybody else to cheat him, and he is down on the boy that does not play fair. Thereby he main talus a standard which we must estab lish in the community and In our great cities." Governor Hughes said he did not be lieve In making boys compete in sport' that necessitated training which they lacked merely to encourage play. Rou tine and schedules and a training which smacli of a playground congress should l e Vanished, he sail, and the playgrounds should be l'or boys and girls who just want to play. A Reliable Remedy CATARRH r, , « 5) & J Ely's Cream Balm V is quickly absorbed. W Gives Reliel al Once. 1. 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