Montour American
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., Dec 24, IVOB.
AN OCEAN MUSEUM.
World's Headquarters For Everything
Pertaining to Deep Sea Science.
Work is being rushed on the Oceano
graphical museum being erected at
Monte Carlo that the building may be
ready for the inauguration, which is to
iake place next April. This museum
will be the world's headquarters for
everything that appertains to the sci
ence of the deep seas. The idea of
founding such a museum came from
the I'rince of Monaco, who is also re
sponsible for the magnificent work that
Is now being completed.
Appropriately enough, the founda
tions are laid almost sea, from
which the southern faeffie towers up
275 feet, the northern facade being two
stories above the level of the top of the
rock of Monaco. The building thus
covers the whole face of the cliff rising
from the sea and as seen from passing
boats Is most imposing. The northern
facade is handsomely decorated, hav
ing sixteen fluted columns, two im
mense symbolical groups and a series
of coats of arms. These columns,
which with their base and capital
measure 12.70 meters, are cut out of
one solid piece of rock, and each
weighs about twenty-five tons. The
groups are each 3.55 meters in height
and have beon sculptured out of one
block. So are also the columns which
decorate the principal hall.
The principal entrance to the build
ing will he from the heights of the
rock of Monaco. From the entrance
hall there is a double grand staircase
In the same stone as the building, but
polished and embellished with sculp
tures. Facing the entrance is the
salon d'honneur, on the right a con
ference hall and on the I<»* a large
exhibition hall. On the first tloor is
another large reception room, which
will probably serve for meetings, and
two exhibition halls. From this floor
the staircase leads onto the roof,
which forms a large terrace 1,500
meters square, commanding a superb
view of the coast.
The lower floor is almost entirely
given over to the aquarium, with Its
large tanks witli constantly flowing
sea water controlled by machinery in
stalled in the basement of the building.
There Is also a large room which will
be reserved for the dissection of fishes
and for the mounting of skeletons and
forms of fishes and submarine plants.
in the principal hall immediately fac
ing the entrance will be placed the
marble statue of the Prince of Monaco
which was exhibited at the last salon
in Fariri
Notice.
Ttiat on and after this date the sev
eral Courts of Montour Comity will be
held as follows:
The Second Monday in January, in
each and every year.
The Second Monday iu March, ill
each and every year.
The First Monday iu Juue, in each
aud every jear.
The Third Monday iu October, in
each and eveiy year.
The Third Monday iu December,
1908, the present term time for tl e
Fourth Term of Court, to be a return
day for all writs issued and made re
turnable thereto ; said T lird Monday
nut to he a return 'lav after this year.
CHARLES C. EVANS, P ,T. |
Attest,
THOS. G. VINCENT, Clerk, j
December 7th, 1908.
Notice,
—Notice is lit-ieby given that the fol
lowing Counts have been filed in lie
Protliouotary's Office in and for the
County of Montour and that the same
will be presented to the Court of said
County for confirmation Ni, Si. on
Monday, the 11th day of January A.
D. 1909, at the meeting of the Conit
iu the afternoon.
Accouut- of Fidelity Trust Company
Substituted Trustee under the Will of
Charles O. Baldy, deceased.
First and Fiuni Aoount of P F
Brennan,Guardian of El zab o »b M«rt
ley,a person of weak mind and unable
to take care of her property.
THOS. G. VINCENT, Protliouotary.
Protliouotary's Office, Danville, Pa.
Dec. loth, A. D. 19C8.
DI7, 24, 31, 37.
;> KtJISTK.K'S SOTK'KS.
To V 1.1. I'II Kill TO Its, I.KIiATKKS ANDOTIIKII
pkrson'S i v rK it kstki>— Notice is hereby given
that the following (Mined persons (lid on I In
flate afllxed tot heir naine>, lite ' lie accounts
of their administration to the estate of those
persons,deceased,and Guardian A
whose names are hereinafter mentioned le
the office of the Register for the Probate of
Wills and granting of betters of Admlnis'r.'t
tion, in and for the County of Montour, and
tliat the same will foe presented tot he orphan's
Court of said county, for confirmation and
allowance, on Monday, (lie lllli ility ol"
.lau'y \. l>.. nam, at the in -ming o the
Court in the afternoon.
1908.
Deo. 7.—First and Final account of
Anna M Kaufman. Execu
trix of Margaret Kraiinn
late of fjitue-toneville, M ir
tour County, deceased.
Dec. 9—Kirst, Account of E namnl
Sillier and Dennis B"u'i
Ex'eutors of Itch- ch B Ho -
ler lat« of the B Tough "I
Dtuville, M mtoi.r County
deceased.
Dec. 13. First ami I - nil Account • t
Jonathan s'"'-' Admin
i«frator if M »rs K K '• ■ s
I<'» of the 1! i.'nugh of I) i -
vi lit. Montour Count t.
ceased
Dec 12 —First and Finn' A count n
William II ,T-»m s Adm n
istia or of Oithariii" !.■
lat« of the B irongh of I) •
ville, Montour County, d--
ceased.
Deo. 12 —First and K n»l Account <•'
John F Kroin A m iii*»>ii.
tor of Dti ih \V Ki'umi, UN
0' C op«r Township M
tonr Connte »sed
WVf. L. HID LEU. Kegistpi,
Register's Oili-e,
Dsn*'!!" Pa , D c 19th 1908.
NO CRASH WITH EARTH.
Fear of New Moorhouse Comet Ri
diculous, Says Dr. Brashear.
11r. John A. Brashear, the Pittsburg
astronomer, denied emphatically the
other night that the inhabitants of the
earth need fear any danger from a
collision with the comet recently dis
covered by Moorhouse at the Yerkes
observatory.
"The spectroscopic study of this
comet," said Br. Brashear, "Indicates
that not only is it composed of hydro
gen gas, but also of cyanogen, a very
poisonous gas. A sensational article
recently printed in Now York tells us
that had this comet struck the earth
not a living being would have been
left upon it. But my own observa
tions, with those of others, indicate
that if (lie comet had struck the earth
so thin is its gas that there would not
have been enough for one single atom
of it for each block of our city.
"There would have been absolutely
110 danger to the inhabitants of the
earth. The fact of the matter is that
when the head, or nucleus, of the
comet was 100.000 miles in diameter I
could see a lift'i magnitude star
through it without any apparent dimi
nution of light."
LAUDS DORANDO AND HAYES.
Croker Says No Horse Could Have Run
Marathon Race as They Did.
Richard Croker. former chief of
Tammany llall, was more interested
the other day in Dorando and Hayes,
the longdistance runners, than in poli
tics or finance. After returning from
Calvary cemetery, in New York, where,
in company with his son, lie visited
the grave of Frank Croker, the son
who was killed in an auto accident,
Mr. Croker went to the Democratic
club. In commenting on the recent
Marathon race in Madison Square
Garden he said:
"Those boys furnished the greatest
exhibition of running that I have ever
witnessed. While 1 would like to have
seen Hayes win, I think that Dorando
ran the better race and won fairly.
Dorando was in better condition.
When you come to think of it. that
record was a marvelous one. No horse
that I know of could run twenty-six
miles at an average rate of a mile in
six minutes for the entire distance. It
would kill him. But those boys did It
without great distress."
Couldn't Remember His Star.
As illustrative of the fits of abstrac
tion to which some men are subject in
an extraordinary degree, Sir Henry
Irving was fond of relating a story of
his former manager, Charles Dillon.
Some years after"The Bells" had
made Irving famous he chanced to
meet Dillon anil was outspoken in his
delight.
Dillon looked him over, finally re
marking that he had no recollection of
him. Irving reminded him of the tour
they had made together and mention
ed his name. Dillon thought for
awhile, and. recognition appearing to
dawn upon him, he extended his hand
"Irving? Oh, yes. I remember the
name," he declared reminfscently.
"And what are you doing now, Ir
ving?"—Chicago Uecord-Hcrald.
A Poet's Breakfast.
George Meredith and Itossetti were
to take up house together, but it oc
curred to the former togo and see
what the house was like first. He ar ,
rived at noon. Rossetti was not up.
But on the table was his breakfast— i
six eggs on as many slices of bacon.
The repast had been waiting some
time. The eggs were draining out their j
lifeblood on the coagulating bacon.
Rossetti came in in a dressing gown '
otherwise just as he had got out ol
bed. He sat down and "devoured the
plat like an ogre." Meredith sent him
a check for the quarter's rent next day,
but he and the poet never kept house
together.
A Washington Joke.
Secretary Straus contributed this
Joke at the cabinet meeting in the
White Ilou.-e the other day:
"I have discovered that the reason
the fathers of this republic fixed
March 4 as inaugural day was because
they meant that on that day many of
ficeholders should get orders to march
forth into retirement."
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
BUU r-r'N
THE STEEL COACH—A TRAVEL SAFEGUARD.
The Pennsylvania Railroad now lins in operation on its
lines east of Pittsburgh over two hundred passenger coaches,
dining cars, baggage ears, and mail cars of the new all-steel
type.
The solid steel framework of these ears, designed to resist
shock and minimize the dangers of collison, is further strenghen
ed by the steel sheathing enclosing the body of the car. In
fact, everything about the coach is steel, save the window
frames, the cushions of the seats and the flooring. Such little
woolwork as enters into the make-up of the coach, the plush
with which the car sea s are covered and the hair with which
they are stuffed is treated to a fireproofing process, whilst the
floors are cement, thus rendering the coach at once practically
indestructible and thoroughly fireproof. It is built like a
tbctleship.
Th new each is longer than the standard car generally
in use on the railroads of this country, and has a comfortable
seatii g capacitv of sixty to ninety people according to the
style of the coach.
The unusual weight of the coaches give to them a solidity
that "it alls increase s the comfort of the passenger.
The seats arc adjusted to a more convenient space and
angl the coaches are all lighted with electricity and amply
ven'dated in winter as .veil as summer by new and thoroughly
tested methods.
The interior finish of the coach is plain though pleasing to
tin eve. The absence of ornamentation enhances the idea of
si -i r'h and at th smi • time assures absolute cleanliness and
tl o 'h sanitatio i.
1 cars are n« •• n use on the principal trains between
X "or!:, Philadtlvbia, Washington, and on the Main I,ine
b < Philadeln rid Pittsburgh. The number of cars
is r'tly bein ased as the finished product comes
fv< shops.
iVnnsvb '-'ailroad's equipment is recognized as
' ird of
MARATHON'S ITALIAN VICTOR.
Dorando Pietri Tells How He Won the
New York Race.
That Dorando Pielri did far from
what he is capable of in the Marathon
race at Madison Square Garden, New
York. Thanksgiving eve was Ids opin
ion us given In an Interview to a
New York World reporter the other
night.
"Why, do you know," said Dorando,
"while training I always run the mile
in less than six minutes, but In ray
race with Hayes the majority of the
miles required more than six minutes.
"What do I think of Hayes? 1
think a great deal more of him than I
did In Dondon, for 2:56:18 2-5, which
was Hayes' time in England, is very
slow for the Marathon.
"My policy was to keep ahead of
Hayes all the time, and I had little
trouble In doing so. At the beginning
of the race I was a little nervous, as
I always am, but I soon got over that,
and after the fifteenth mile I knew
that all 1 had to do was to keep cool.
I did not plan to run away from Hayes
until the last mile, and when the time
came for the spurt I had plenty of
speed left and could have gone faster
If I had needed to. I didn't have much
practice for the race. I rati only
eleven times between the London and
the New York race.
"Was 1 tired after the race? Oh,
no. I sat up and chatted with friends
until 2 o'clock and then got up at 7 in
the morning and took a four mile walk
after breakfast.
"I am ready to run Longboat or any
body else. I shall stay in this country
for two months, and I want to get as
many races as possible. Incidentally
I want to see as much of the country
as possible. I like America very much,
and I was very much impressed with
the splendid demonstration In my hon
or on the night of the race."
In response to a question as to how
he explained his collapse at London
Dorando said: "I had no attendants
during the last two miles, and my
throat was parched, and my head was
so hot that I thought It would burst.
Hut I am quite sure that I could have
finished without help. The officials
who lifted me up were my undoing.
How long have I been running? Five
years, but two of them I spent In the
army."
Dorando Pietri is a fancy confec
tioner by trade, and his home is at
Carpi, in the province of Modena,
southern Italy. Ills inseparable com
panion is his brother, Alplano Pietri
Dorando weighs at present about 130
pounds and Is about five feet eight
Inches tall. He says that he is much
over weight and exjiects to train down
to 120 for his next race.
More Worry.
"It used to be my ambition," said the
business man,"to accumulate a for
tune and then retire,"
"Well." answered I he friend, "haven'i
you realized it?"
"No. I've got the money, but I don't
dare retire. I've got to stay awake
night and day to keep somebody from
taVuig it away from me."
A Safety Match.
"Papa, what is a safety match?"
Mr. Henpecked (looking carefully to
see if his wife is within hearing)—A
safety match, son. Is when a bald
headed man marries an armless wo
man!— Short Stories.
Couldn't Lose.
"Things seem to be coming your way
of late."
"Couldn't be any softer if I was the
hero of a poker story."—Kansas City
Journal.
Steadiness of national character goes
with firmness of foot Sold on the noil.—
David Starr Jordan.
Would Not Pay Charges.
lie was an Impecunious nobleman
with air castles in sunny France. Aft
er much deliberation he sent the fol
lowing note to the pretty heiress:
Dear Miss—l love you, but do not know
how to express mvself. How would you
advise? COUNT DE BUST.
And the heiress penned the follow
ing:
Dear Count—Express yourself any way
you wish except C. O. D., as you are not
worth the charges.
—Chicago News.
THE PLAYFUL PORPOISE.
A Sportive Youngster That Had Pun
With a Motor Boat.
Writing of a motor boat trip on the
Black sea, Henry C. Kowlund in Ap
ple-ton's tells of the playfulness of the
porpoise:
"That evening was a lovely one, the
air of a delightful temperature, very
clear, and the sea like a mill pond. A
big school of porpoises came over to
play with the boat, and the water was
so sparkliugiy clear and of such a
glassy surface that we were able to
follow all their movements even when
they plunged to their fullest depth.
They had not the slightest fear of the
noise of the motor, but swam danger
ously close to the propeller and fre
quently rubbed themselves against the
sides of the boat.
"One sportive youngster kept getting
across the stem. For almost an hour
I lay on my face forward, with my
head over the bow, watching him. lie
was playful as a puppy and at last
Invented a little game of his own. Ly
ing across the stem, he would let the
curve of the bow roll him over and
over, presently disappearing to swiui
back and repeat the performance. 1
have watched porpoises in many wa
ters of the globe, but have never seen
any as kittenish as these."
A LONG DRINK.
Ths Way a Fast Running Locomotive
Scoops Up Water.
Some of Ihe great transcontinental
engines take on 8,000 gallons, or 24j
barrels, of water to be turned into
steam for the next run of two hours, or
about sixty miles. But such a vast
amount of water is a burden, and new
supplies are desired oftener. It is a
loss of time to stop and let such vast
quantities come aboard through a pipe;
hence some way of taking water while
rushing at lull speed is desirable, it
has been found. How?
if you uuiUe a scoop of your hand
and swing it swiftly, the hollow side
forward, into water some of it will
be likely to spurt up your sleeve. That
is nature's hint. Follow it up. Find a j
level place in the road and put down
an iron trough fo lr inches deep, four
teen inches wide and one-eighth of a
mile long. The ruigine comes rushing
along and, having passed the end. drops
a scoop into this trough. There is a
general splutter of water, but a tre
mendous stream rushes up the sleeve
of (he dropped hand and pours into the
water tank. When it is full the lire
man raises the scoop or it glides up
the slope at the far end of the trough,
and the engine is watered for the next
ru n.—F.p wort h 11 erald.
The Plays Mixed.
During one of his tours in this coun
try. when (he late Sir Henry Irving
was playing "Twelfth Night.'' in few
York, l»e revealed absentmindedness
and greatly ..mused the members of
his company and the audience. A>
Malvolio he was expressing surprise
at a remark of Kir Toby.
"Do you know what you say?" h
asked.
To his surprise, a roar of laughter
echoed through the house, and his
stage associates were convulsed.
lie repented the line, putting undue
emphasis on the pronoun, and again
the audience shouted with laughter.
It was not until after the perform
ance he learned that quite unconscious
ly he had been parodying the well
known words of"The Private Secre
tary." UN only explanation was that
it was done in a bit of forgetfulness
while thinking of the other play. -
Chicago I!ecord-nerald,
A Ghost Story.
Flours castle, home 'f the lUike ol
Boxltir .lie, was (he scene of a curious
psych i; a I mystery over a century ago.
Sir Walter Scott relates the incident.
John, third duke of Itoxburghe, who
died in 1801. the celebrated book col
lector. when arranging his library em
ployed neither a secretary nor a libra
rian, but a footman called Archie, who
knew every book as a shepherd does
each sheep of his flo .. There was a
bell hung in the iluk. s room at Floors
which was used on no occasion except
to call Archie to his study. The duke
died in St. James' square at a time
when Archie was himself sinking un
der a mortal complaint. On the day
of the funeral the library bell sudden
ly rang violently. The dying Archie
sat up in bed and faltered, "Yes, my
lord duke, yes, 1 will wait on your
grace instantly." And with these
words on his lips lie fell back In bed
and died.—St. James' Gazette.
The Broken Bottle Symbol.
The breaking of a bottle over the
bow of a vessel at launching seems to
be taken by many people as having n
convivial, a sort of here's-looking-at
you significance, but nothing of the
kind is meant; neither has It any asso
ciation with Christian baptism, for
the name of a man-of-war is given
months before the launching. The real
thing typified is sacrifice. Building a
town or setting a ship afloat wns a sol
emn matter away back in the dim past,
and such an act was not to be under
taken without devoting a life to pro
pitiate the gods. Our refined and hu
mane civilization no longer dares to
offer up a prisoner or a slave on such
occasions, and therefore a bottle Is
broken to symbolize the taking of a
man's life.—United Service Gazette.
SEEDLESS APPLES.
Effort Will Be Made to Propagate
Them by Grafting.
A seedless apple tree bearing a sweet
apple that looks something like the
Sheep Nose has been found on the
farm of C. E. Bell at Eskridge, Ivan.,
says a Topeka dispatch.
Samples of the apple were received
by the State Horticultural society, and
next spring au effort is to be made to
propagate them by grafting the buds
from this tree, the same as grafting Is
done In other trees.
It Is believed a variety of seedless
apples will be developed. The tree on
Mr. Bell's farm has been bearing three
years. There Is no sign of a seed, but
there Is a small core which apple men
think can be entirely removed by care
ful propagation.
Few things are Impossible in uttu.
selves. It Is not so much means as
perseverance that Is wanting to bring
them to a successful Issue.—Rochefnn-
CIGAR WITH LONG SPRING.
Barber and His Customer Enmeshed
as Result of Practical Joke.
Enmeshed In a hundred feet of wrig
gling watch spring. Louis Callechio, a
barber in Jamaica. N. Y„ struggled
desperately for liberty the other day,
as did a customer he had been shav
ing. When finally they had released
themselves the barber delivered an
oration in Italian that would need
much expurgation before it could be
printed. Practical jokers had present
ed to him a cigar In the recesses of
which was enough steel spring to
equip three or four Waterliury watch
es.
Louis likes a good cigar. All his cus
tomers know that. It is not at all un
usual for them to give cigars to him.
Therefore he was not surprised when
one of his customers offered to treat
him to a smoke.
"This is a good fat one. Louis," t la
donor said. "Put it In the front of
your face."
"Sure," Louis said, and he Interrupt
ed his work long enough to light it.
The barber puffed away, beaming joy
fully. Suddenly he leaped about three
feet, with lire, ashes, smoke and frag
ments of tobacco leaf forming a halo
about Ills head. The man in the chair
also sat up aghast. Wriggling and
writhing from the fat cigar was a
steel spring which seemed without
end. It coiled about Louis until there
was little of him loft to coil about and
then swung over and began tying up
the man who was being shaved. There
never was a spring perhaps of which
so many hard things were said in so
short a space of time. Kunning
through it all were the ha-has and
haw-haws of the jokers, who wore in
retreat.
wmttier's Applrusc.
In his declining years the poet Whit
tier was extremely absent minded. I!
attended a church meeting where there
were a large number of persons. As
his presence was known, it was deemed
titling by one of the speakers to quote
the poet's lines:
I know not where his Islands lift
Their trended palms in air:
I only know 1 cannot drift
Beyond his love and care.
Great applause greeted the quotation,
and Whittier was noticed to join in
the handclapping. "I suppose 1 must
have had my mind on something else.
I had no recollection of having written
the verse," he said apologetically when
his attention was called to the author
ship.—Boston Post.
Legal Fiction.
Says Sir Henry Maine in his "An
cient Law:" "A legal fiction is the as
sumption which conceals or affects to
conceal the fact that a rule of law has
undergone alteration, its letter remain
ing unchanged while its operation has
been modified. The fact Is that the
law has been changed; the fiction Is
that it remains what it always was."
Frenzied Financiering.
Columbus Washington Johnson Smith
—Wat's de price er dem watermelons.
Mr. Jackson?
Mr. Jackson (cunningly)— Ten cents
erplece atul I picks 'em; '2O cents er
plece and you picks 'em, Mr. Smif.
Mr. Smith All right. Mr. Jackson. I
guesses I'll taU 'cr.; j,I! and von picks
'em, ef you please! Puck.
What He Wanted.
"You are a poor young man?"
"1 am."
"Then what you wan! is a thrifty,
economical wife."
"Not at all. What 1 want is a rich,
liberal wife."
In Luck.
"It's no fun being married. My
wife is coming to me all the time and
asking for money!"
"You're lucky! I have to ask my
wife always for money when 1 want
any!"
When a man likes to see how near
the edge he can walk without falling
over, there is only one thing that will
cure him—falling over. Atchison
Globe.
Cab Hire.
The price that one pays for a taxi
today is just a little different from
what was paid for, say, the hire of a
sedan chair In days of old. In the do
mestic accounts of "Mistress Nell
Gwyn" we read: "For chairing you to
Mrs. Knight's and to Mrs. Cassell's
and to Mrs. Churchill's and to Mrs.
Knight's, 4 shillings. For chairing you
yesterday and waiting eleven hours.
II shillings 0 pence. Paid 13th Oct.,
1075."—London Chronicle.
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minent medical writers and teachers as
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CLUB FOR OLYMPIC ATHLETES
Members of Yankee Team to Band To
gether In an Organization.
Members of the Yankee team which
defeated the cream of the world's ath
letes In the London Olympic gunies are
trying to keep the team intact by
banding together into au Olympic club.
Ilarry Porter, the former Cornelllan
who sports the winged foot and who
captured the high jump at the Olym
piad, Is sponsor for the idea. lie is
now completing plans for tho forma
tion of the club.
Charlie Dleges has struck off a die
for the club pin, and the design, which
will be copyrighted, undoubtedly will
be accepted by the Olympians. Only
members of the Olympic team will be
permitted to wear the pin. James E.
Sullivan, the American commissioner
at the Olympic games; Mike Murphy,
the trainer of the team, and Matty
Halpin, the manager, are the only
ones outside of the athletes who will
be allowed to wear au Olympic em
blem. Mr. Dleges has designed a pin
for them which is practically the same
as that which the athletes will sport.
These emblems will be presented to
Sullivan. Murphy and Ilalpin.
Odd Ways to Dress the Hair.
One of the prettiest coiffures seen
this winter was displayed by Miss
Ethel Itoosevelt, daughter of the presi
dent, In a Washington theater a few
evenings ago. Her hair was crimped
In big. soft waves and gathered back
from her face in cloudy masses with
out attempt at a pompadour. It was
fastened at the back In a loose knot
with a big, pearl topped comb. Wound
In and out of the loose stramls were
ropes of white satin ribbon on which
small pearls had lieen sewed. Mi.--
Roosevelt has abundant blond hair,
and this method of dressing it was ef
rective. A novel coiffure was seen at
the opera the other evening. This par
tlcular woman was gowned in cerist'
satin. Her hair was puffed, and a
bunch of cherries formed a comblike
effect at the back, with a jaunty knot
of cherry ribbon just above the fruit.
Her Ideal Villain.
The following anecdote, taken from
"My Story," by Hall Calne, is interest
inn:
Immediately after the production of
"The Woman In White," when all
England was admiring the arch vil
lainy of Fosco. the author, Wilkie
Collins, received a visit from a lady
who congratulated him upon his suc
cess with somewhat icy cheer and
then said: "But, Mr. Collins, the great
failure of your book is your villain.
Excuse me if I say you really do not
know a villain. Your Count Fosco is
a very poor one, and when next you
want a character of that description 1
trust that you will not disdain to come
to me. I know a villain and have one
in my eye at this moment that would
far eclipse anything that I have ever
read of In books. Don't think that I
am drawing upon my Imagination. The
man is alive and constantly under my
gaze In fact, ho is my own husband."
The lady was the wife of Edward
Rtilwer Lytton.
Fixed Bayonets In London.
The privilege of marching through
Loudon with tixed bayonets is enjoy
ed by but very few regiments, such
as the Royal fusileers, who trace their
origin to Cromwell's trained bands,
which in later years produced so fa
mous a captain as John Gilpin. After
the Itoyal fusileers. or perhaps even
bofor-■ the i in point of regimental
seniority, n uie the East Kent "Buffs."
now the third of the line, who claim
a similar < itv ancestry .while the lioyal
marines for some reason or other also
enjoy the same fixed bayonet rights
in the city. A battalion of the grena
dier guards was once impressed to
serve as marines, and hence they
share the privilege of the men who
are "soldiers and sailors too." This
also explains why that grenadier bat
talion lias for its tattoo "Rule Britan
nia"—as a souvenir of the time when
Its combative existence was of the
amphibious kind.—London Standard.
The Mental Jog.
"There is a certain type of person,"
said the business man, "especially in
New York, who seems unable to un
derstand what is said to him—or her
unless the statement or remark is pre
fixed by some catchword, usually the
word 'listen.'
"For instance, I have a stenographer
who simply stares at me in dumb
amazement if I say anything to her
without first saying 'Now, listen.' If
I begin to dictate a letter to her she
will not write a word if I forget to
give that mental jog. When I snap
that at her she will scratch like mad.
She Is not the only one. The tele
phone girl cannot take a message un
less it has that prefix. When 1 am
out of the office and try to talk over
the wire with her I must always lie
gin, 'Now, listen,' or else she is hope
lessly nt sea and seems not to under
stand a word I say." New York
Press
Not cf That Nationality.
A gentleman was much annoyed by
having his head pinched during the op
eration of hair cutting. The barber
.apologized, and explained that there
was an unusual bump there.
"Are you a phrenologist?" asked the
patient.
"No, sir," answered the barber. "I'm
a Swede."—London Globe.
Nature.
Nature is just toward men. It rec
ompenses them for their sufferings: !t
renders them laborious, because to the
greatest tolls It attaches the greatest
re wards.—M on tesqu ieu.
Charges.
"Your lawyer made some pretty se
vere charges against the other fellow,
flidn't he?"
"Y-e-e-s, but you ought to see how he
charged me!"
Explaining.
"Aha, Mose! What are you doing
with those chickens?"
"Is dem yo' chickens, boss?"
"You got them out of my coop."
"What kinda chickens Is dev. boss?"
"They are Rhode Island Reds. What
are you doing with them?"
"Why, boss. I ('.one bought some
Rhode Island Reds fr:i n man yestiddy
an' 1 come ovnh ( i git nn» o' yo' alls
chickens to see ef i l«u yo' alls
Ah doesn't la 1 ; ' l>os« "
Houston Prtv'
FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE.
Faith, Hope and Love Lighted It, Runs
the Pretty Legend.
When Ansgarius preached the white
Christ to the vikings of the north, so
runs the legend of the Christmas tree,
the Lord sent his three messengers.
Faith, Hope and Love, to help light the
first tree. Seeking one that should be
high as hope, wide as love and that
bore the sign of the cross on every
bough, they chose the balsam fir,
which best of ull the trees In the for
est met the requirements. Perhaps
that Is a good reason why there clings
about the Christmas tree in my old
home that which has preserved it from
being swept along In the flood of
senseless luxury that has swamped so
many things in our money mad day,
says Jacob A. Itlis in his article, en
titled "Yuletide In the Old Town," In
the Christmas Century. At least so it
was then. Every time I see a tree
studded with electric lights, garlands
of tinsel gold festooning every branch
and hung with the hundred costly
knlckknacks the storekeepers invent
year by year "to make trade" until
the tree Itself disappears entirely un
der its burden. I have a feeling that a
fraud has been practiced on the kind
ly spirit of Yule.
Wax candles are the only real thing
for a Christmas tree, candles of wax
that tnlngle their perfume with that
of the burning fir, not the byproduct
of soin* coal oil or other abomina
tion. What if the boughs do catch
fire? They can be watched, and too
many candles are tawdry anyhow;
also rod apples, oranges and old fash
ioned cornucopias made of colored pa
per, and made at home, look a hundred
times better and fitter in the green,
and so do drums and toy trumpets and
wald horns and a rocking horse reined
up in front that need not have cost
S4O or nnything like it.
Tho Tactful Doctor.
A physician in a small town in north
ern Michigan got himself into a seri
ous predicament by his inability to re
member names and people. One day
while making out a patient's receipt
his visitor's name escaped him. Not
wishing to appear so forgetful and
thinking to get a clew, he asked her
| whether she spelled her name with an
"e" or "I." The lady smilingly replied,
"Wliy. doctor, my name is Ilill."—Suc
cess Magazine.
Your Enemies.
Don't make enemies unnecessarily.
Your friends don't do much for you.
as you all know, but your enemies will
lie awake nights looking for opportu
nity to take a shot at you. And you
all know that too.—Atchison Globe
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