Montour American
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., Jan. 7, 1900.
OLD FASHION REVIVED.
Ths Samplers of Our Grandmothers'
Time In Vogue.
It was a great pity when the sam
plers of our grandmothers' time went
out of fashion, for they helped many n
little girl to learn how to properly
handle a needle. For this reason it
Is good news to hear that there is
now some chance of the mistake being
rectitied. It is said that the old crewel
work is to return. Give any little girl
a bit of canvas and some bright
eephyrs and let her fashion the thing
tn her own way. The work will sure
ly be Interesting. It will keep the
busy little hands out of mischief, and
the result will often be surprisingly
good.
If the diminutive lassie is allowed to
choose and execute her own conception
of a design the work will be doubly
beneficial, for It frequently develops
some latent talent.
The secret of making a task attrac
tive lies in not letting the child work
off its first enthusiasm. Any child or
any grown person, for that matter,
will attack a thing in the beginning
with all the joy that is felt when any
new task is undertaken. Unfortunate
ly the first time the work is taken up
It is continued so long that unaccus
tomed bands become tired and the
constant effort grows irksome. Make
St a pleasant task, something to look
forward to, a reward for good be
havior, and in this way the novelty is
preserved and the work does not cease
to be interesting.
It is much the same with dolls. Take
them away before they get to be too
familiar, before the inquiring little
brains, for the sake of something new.
destroy the treasured possessions, if
this is done there will always be some
novelty to produce when days are lons
and rainy.
Wife of a Novelist.
Mrs. nail Calne is a pretty, soft
voiced, frail little woman and is con
sidered a wonderful wife. Not only is
she a good housekeeper in her beauti
ful home, Greela castle, on the Isle of
Man. but when the author of"The
Eternal City" travels Mrs. Caine al
ways accompanies him, acting in the
capacity of secretary, which role she
tills equally well.
Apt Pupil.
"Didn't I see the grocer's boy kiss
you this morning, Martha?"
"Yes'm. But he ain't to blame,
ma'am. 'Twas the Iceman set him the
bad exatuple."
Notice.
That ou and after this date the sev
eral Courts of Montour County will be
held as follows:
The Second Mouday in January, iu
each and every year.
The Second Monday in March, in
each and every year.
The First Mouday in June, iu each
and every year.
The Third Monday iu October, iu
each and every year.
The Third Mouday in December,
1908, the present term time for the
Fourth Term of Court, to be a return
day for all writs issued and made re
turnable thereto; said Third Monday
not to be a return day after this year.
CHARLES 6. EVANS, P. J.
Attest,
THOS. G. VINCENT, Clerk.
Decembar 7th, 1908.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that, the fol
lowing counts have been filed in the
Prothonntary 's Office iu and for the
County of Montour and that the same
will he presented to the Court of said
Couuty for confirmation Ni. Si. ou
Monday, the lltli day of January A.
D. 1909, at the meeting of the Court
in the afternoon.
Acconut of Fidelity Trust Company,
Substituted Trustee under the Will of
Charles O. Kaldy, deceased.
First and Final Account of P. F.
Brennan,Guardian of Elizabeth Mark
ley,a person of weak mind and unable
to take care of her property.
STUDS O VINCENT. Frothouotary.
Prothonotary's Office, D.»uville, Pa.
Dec. loth, A D. 1908.
DI7, 24. 31, J7
1 1 KUIHTKIt'S MITICKI.
To U.I. ("KKIMTOHS, I,«UATKKS AMIOTUKR
I'Fiisovs i xrKKK*TKi>—Notice is hereby given
I'liat tile following named persons did on the
date Hlllxed to I heir names, tile the accounts
of their nd in I nisi ration to I lie estate of those
persons,deceased,ami liuarilian Aeeounts,Ac.
whose names are hei'riniifter mentioned In
the office of lh« Iteclster for the Probate of
Wills and u r runtl n-j; of Letters of Ad mints! ra
tion, In ami for the County of Montour, and
t bat the same will be presented to the Orphan's
Court of said county, for confirmation ami
allowance, on lav, lite lllli due «112
Jan';- A. l>.. li»o», ai tiie im-etlm o; the
Court in the afternoon.
19(8.
Dec. 7. First and Final account of
Anna M Kaufman Execu
trix of Maigai't Kraiiuu,
late of Mute toneville, M n
tonr County, deceased.
Dec. 9 First Account of Ivt annel
Sutler and Dennis B 'ght
l.x eutors of Itebocc, [j. Si' -
I r l»t> of the Boring o 1
Danville, .Montour County
rlecf a .eel
Deo. 12 —First huil Final Account of
Jonathan Sneisfort, Admin
is'i t< r of M-vi K Kearns,
I tf oft' e Boiouull i t Ditll
\ illo Mont in Couutv, de
ceits d
Die, 12. Fit t a lid Fmjiil Account of
WlMitm II .hliipi Vtm'h
i>-tia >r of Oiilherine I.e.*
Ut" . 112 'B rougli of l » .•
vi lie Mot u r (liniMly, ile.
ceased
Dot! 12 —Fi' t ' F n»l Ace unit <•
John I Ki m A mit •'
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Register's Offio
Danr;lle P«., Dec. I-' , 1908.
THE BRAINY SNOB.
Women In the Front Rank In This
Character.
"A good lady who goes to the art
class." says Samuel McChord Crothers
in the Atlantic Monthly, "is able to
talk of Botticelli. But she has no right
to look down upou her husband as an
inferior creature because he supposes
that Botticelli is one of a certain kind
of pickles. He may have some things
which she has not, and they may be
fully as important."
True enough, they may be fully as
Important, but It would be hard to get
our lady who goes to the art class to
realize this fact. This 1s because of
no conscious perversity on her part,
but rather because her judgments are
irretrievably based on a certain little
round of standards of her own mak
ing.
When she meets a person for the
first time she performs much the
same operation that a merchant does
when he checks off a bill of goods.
She looks him over and decides wheth
er he tallies up with the Items on the
bill of her perfectly satisfactory and
sufficiently cultured person, and If he
does all well and good. If not. If he
pronounces bas-relief with an "s" or
thinks that Puccini Is the name of a
new cheese—scratch goes the pencil,
and the newcomer Is marked "hope
less." Ilopeless he may be as far as
grand opera and mural decorations are
concerned. These seem Important to
the good lady of the art class, but
they are not the only important things
in the world, and this is just where
her Judgment is a bit warped. By
dint of constant attendance upon the
art class and much cramming up on
Italian opera and French drama she
has become fairly well informed upon
these matters, but that does not war
rant her for indulging In a sort of in
tellectual snobbishness which is as
detestable as the stuckupishness of
the little girl whose father has just
mortgaged his house to buy an auto- |
mobile.
In so doing she merely betrays her
Ignorance of the value and Impor
| tance of the other fellow's knowl
j edge, and you may rest assured that
In some particular branch of knowl
edge your ignorant doll is as profi
cient as she Is in the things she by
her own verdict lias pronounced all im
portant.
Saved by a Giovs Sutton.
At one oi' the Monson slate quarries
j a derrick man stood on the brink of
j one of the great chasms from which
I the slate rock is hoisted. 11 is duty
j was to catch hold of the big hook de-
I pending from the end of the boom ns
I it. swung over the bank and attach It
j to the crate to be sent back Into the
| pit. Standing upon the very edge, be
I reached out to catch the hook which
! dangled near him. II was winter, and
: he wore thick buckskin gloves. The
i hook slipped from him as he leaned 1
; out, but caught into the fastening of !
the glove. The swing of the great ]
! boom took him off his feet in an in i
stant and carried him out Into giddj
I space, with his life depending on the
glove holding fast. His whole weight
! was hung on that button, and there
was a clear 175 feet of space between
! him and the floor of the rock lieloxv.
Tile moments that passed before tlie
boom could be swung back over the
bank seemed like hours to him, but hi'
got there at last safe and sound —Lon
don Mall.
The Frenchman Looked Innocent.
| Some time since, in a Tremont street
store in Boston, a nervous little
Frenchman brushed against a pretty
trifle of vase ware valued at about
sl4 and succeeded in getting several
score more pieces out of it than had
gone into its making. The floorwalker
led the abashed Parisian aside and
politely explained that the broken vase
must be paid for. Monsieur fetched a
handful of small silver and copper,
mostly foreign, from his pocket when
he was told the value of the trifle,
"Mon Dieu," cried the Parisian, "70
francs!" At this he took out his bill
book and discovered a fifty dollar ex
press draft, which the floorwalker in
stantly seized upon, to the unspeak
able horror of Its owner.
After deducting the value of the
vase the former handed the man his
change and dismissed him with a floor
walker's blessing. The express draft
reached the bank indue time, with
four others as fraudulent, but the vol
j atile little Frenchman had departed
southward with the swallows.—Bohe
mian Magazine.
MADE A BIG HIT.
A Speech That Hanlan, the Oarsman,
Delivered In England.
! Edward Hanlan, once champion oars
man of the world, related a good story
of how ho delivered a speech after
winning his second race in England.
llis first victory had found him unpre
pared. He was ready for his second
with a speech composed for him by a
newspaper friend neatly copied out on
paper and stored away for use in bis
coat pocket.
When the crowd outside the club
house insisted upon seeing and bear
ing the winner be was helped out upon
a window lodge by his friends and
held there by the coattails and the
legs. The crowd cheered him wildly.
Ile was too confused to speak. They
! cheered him again. lie threw out his
hard in a gesture of helplessness and
moved his lips In some inaudible mum
ble of apology for his Inability to de
liver a speech. They could not hear on
account of the noise that they were
themselves making, but they encour
aged him with generous applause, lie
i saw his escape and proceeded to
shake his head and work Ills lips In a
j fine frenzy of oratory, gesticulating
eloquently and smiling his thanks. The
noisy and good natured crowd cheered
j him to the echo, and his friends drew
him in from his precarious position on
the window ledge.
"You carried that crowd along in
style," they congratulated him. "What
did you say? We couldn't hear you."
"Yes. (live us an Idea of your speech,"
the reporters put In, drawing out their
j netelxioks.
Hanlan took the manuscript from
his pocket. "Here's the whole thing,"
lie Fa Id. "Do you want It all?"
"Well, rather." they answered. "That
j speech made a hit."
The yellow brown color of pongee
' silk Is due to the fact t'uit the pongee
silkworms are fed on oak leaves In
stead of mulberry leaves
LIST OF APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE
IN MONTOUR COUNTY AT JANUARY SESSION, 1909
i At License Court to be held Januai
Hotel, Wholes lie Liquor Stores, Distil
plaues of residence, location, &0., of ei
NAMES OP APPLICANTS.
I
; ICugene T. Linuard, Ist ward, Dan
ville, Hotel
Frank O. Peters, Ist ward, Dauville,
Hotel
laiiieß O. Heddens. Ist ward, Danville,
H tel
3. M. Dietz, Ist ward, Danville,Hote'
J. B. Karlson, Ist ward, Danvilli',
Hotel
Daniel B. Heddens, let ward, Dan
ville, Hotel
Daniel Marks, [lst ward, 'Danville.
Hotel
Emil Gaertner, Ist ward, Brewery
William O. Williams, Ist ward, Pan
ville,'Hotel |
Joseph Smith, ' Ist'ward, Danville,
Hotel
Albert Kemmer,£2nd ward, Danville.
Hotel
I •
W. H. N. Walker, 2nd ward, Danville,
Hotel |
Elias Maier, 3rd ward.'Danville, Hes
taurant . . .
Win. E. Schuck 3rd ward, Danville,
Restaurant
Paul P. S wentek.'.lrd ward, Danville, \
Hotel . |
James Tooey, 3rd ward, Danville,
Hotel
Henry Kegel, 3rd" ward, Danville,
Wholesale Liqoor Store
Franklin L. Cochell, 3rd ward, Dau
ville Restaurant ..
• Pat McCaffrey, 3rd ward, Danville,
Hotel !
Clarence E. Peifer, 3rd ward. Dan
ville. Hotel !
' John C. Peifer, 3rd ward, Danville,
wholesale
Ueorge A. Meyers. 3rd ward, Dan
ville,jHotel
| Thomas, Bock. 3rd ward, Danville.
Hotel
James Ryan. 3rd ward.Danville,Hotel
| Kugene'Moyer. ward, Danville,
Hotel
I
: John Kranack.J'3rd ward, Danville.
Hotel
Wm. C. Dougherty, 3rd ward, Dan
! ville, Hotel ....
WiliiaraJEckert. Danville, I
Hotel j
Harry W. Fields, 3rd ward. Danville,
Restanrant j
Hanover Brewing Company,4th ward, 1
Danville, Brewery
j Harry Cox, Exchange, Anthony town
ship, Hotel
Lncretia Beaver, Derry township.
Hotel
1
John Batcinan, Derry township.Hotel t
Charles Buruelir™*Liberty township,
Hotel ~ j
W. D. Wise, Valley towhnship, Hotel I
Francis Sheatler, Valley township,
Hotel
I
Siranel K. Antrim, Valley township,
Hotel
Fanny Heddens. Washingtonville,
Hotel
Amandus L. Heddens, Washington
ville, Hotel
Notioe is hereby given that the for
the OWk of the Court of Quarter Bflssl
i their Petitions for License,whloh will
i lav, the 230 d day of Jannary, A. D., J
Danville, Pa., January sth, 11)09.
*ry 23ud, 18(9 at 10 o'clock a. m., for
Hers, Brewers and Bottlers, with names
>ach.
Hlaoes for wiiioli Application is Made.
S. E corner Marnet aud Mill streets,
Ist ward, Danville, Pa., known as the
j Moutour House.
N. W. corner Peun and Mill streets,
Ist ward, Danville, Pa., known as
City Hotel.
West side of Mill street, between
Market aud Front streets, Ist ward,
Danville, Pa., No. 11 Mill street,
known as Heddens House.
N. W. corner Mill and Front street,
No. 1, Ist ward, Danville, Pa..known
as Riverview Hotel.
East side of Mill street, betwefn
Market and Front streets, Ist ward,
Danville, Pa., No. 16 Mill street.
West side of Mill street betwfen
Market and Mahoning, No. 127, lht
ward. Danville, Pa', known as Man
sion House.
East side of Mill street, between
Mahoning street and Penn'a. canal,
No. 234 Mill street, Ist ward, Dauville
Ha.
N. W. corner Front and Ferry
! streets, Ist ward, Danville, Pa..No. 19
1 Front street.
East side of Mill street, letween
I Market aud Mahoning streets, known
! as the Baldy House, Nos. 118 and 120,
1 Ist ward, Danville, Pa.
! S. W. corner of Iron and Market
streets, known as the Glendower
House, Ist ward, Dauville, Pa.
| South side of Market street, adjoiu-
I ing an alley on the east, D. L. Guest
j ou the west and known as tl.e Lafny
j ette House in the 2nd ward, Danville,
Pa.
j Smtli side of Market street, being
1 Nos. 724 aud 726 East Market street,
1 2nd ward, Dauville, Pa.
West side of Mill street betweeu
Penn'a. Caiial and D.L .& W. R. K.,
[3rd ward, Dauville, Pa., No. 279.
West tide of Mill street. Nos. 291
and 293, between Penn'a. Canal ami
D. L. <*fc W. R. K., 3rd ward, Dau
ville, Pa.
West side of Mill street, Nos. 29a
and 297, between Penu'a. Canal aud
D L. & W. R. K.,3rd ward, Danville,
Pa.
West side of Mill street. No. 339,
between D. L. & W . R. R. ano
I North'd. street, 3rd ward, Dauville,
Pa., known as the Union Hotel.
West side of Mill street, 3rd ward,
Danville, Pa., No. 311.
North side of North'd. street, No.
11, between Mahoning Greek and Mill
street, 3rd v rd. Dauville, Pa..known
as the North Dauville House.
East side of Mill streft. between
! Centre and Spruce streets, 3rd ward
; Dauville, Pa., No. 510.
Southeast corner of Mill and Spruce
streets, 3rd waul, Danville, Pa.
Northeast roiner of Mill and Spruce
streets, 3rd ward, Danville, Pa.. Nos.
522 aud 524 Mill street.
West side of Walnut street between
R, R. street and an alley opposite
Reading depot, 3rd ward, Dauville,
Pa., known as Catawiss# Depot House
Southeast corner of Mill and Hem
lock streets, 3rd ward, Dauville PH..
Nos. 542 and 544 Mill street,kuowu aa
White Horse Hotel.
Northeast corner of Mill aud Cenire
streets, 3rd ward, Dauville, Pa., No.
| 500.
Corner of R. R street aud an allej
opposite D L & W. depot, buown as
Railroad House. 3rd ward. Danville,
| Pa.
East side of Mill streit, between
Hemlock and Little Ash streets, 3rd
' ward, Danville, Pa . aud kuowu as
Washington House.
North side of North street, 3rd
ward. Dauville. Pa , ajoining proper
| ty of Augustus Treos on the east and
1 property of Reading Iron company on
the west.
In a house situatd in 3rd ward, on
the northeast corner of Mill aud Little
Ash streets, being -No. 632 Mill street,
Danville. Pa.
East side of Mill street, No 338,
' Danville, Pa.
Fronting on Spring street, between
A aud B streets in 4th ward. Dan
j ville. Pa.
| Situated in Exchange. Montour
j county, on the north side of Publio
Road leading from Exchange to Tur
j botville. adjoining lands of Mrs. Ans
i tin Mohr, Dr. M. McHenry and Char
| let) Yeager,
| On east side of public road leading
i from Washingtoniile to White Hall,
j near or adjoining lauds of Wilkes
| Barre and Western R. R. where Wash
j iugtonville station is located, Derry
{ townsplii.
A two story frame building situated
| on the east side of public read leading
j from Danville to Washingtouvillo
I bounded on the north by road lea ing
| from Washingtouville to Jerseytown,
,ou the east by land of Joseph Hart
j man, on the south by land ol Heurj
j Cooper.
[ In a two story frame Hotel building
; situated ou tiie corner of Main and
Coal streets, in the villnge of Moores
-1 burg, Liberty township.
i At junction of public roads leading
from Mooresburg and WasliingtcnviUt'
I to Dauville in Mansdale,Valley town
| ship, kuowu as Valley House.
Vallev township, ou road leading
from Washingtouville to Dauville.
known as Penusylvania House.
In a three story frame Hotel build
ing in Valley Township on road lead
ing from Danville to WashinKtonville
adjoining lands of Klias Williams.
Pierce Appleman, Philip Beyer aud
Robert Cornel ison.
Fronting on Water street, corner ol
street in Washingtouville Borough
known as Excelsior Hotel.
Southeast corner of Water and Mar
ket street, Washingtonville Borough
known as Eagle Hotel.
regoing named persons have filed wlt>
dous of the Peace of Montour County,
I he presented to the said Court oil Fri
-1009 at 10 o'clock a. m.
THO a . O. VINCENT, Clerk 0 f Q. S.
On Vacations.
It Is related In Stewnrt Edward
White's book, "The Mountains," that
once upon a time a man happened to
be staying In a hotel rootn which hnd
originally been part of a suit, but
which was then cut off from the oth
ers by only a thin door, through which
sounds carried clearly.
It was about 11 o'clock when the
occupants of that next room came
home. The man heard the door open
and close. Then the bod shrieked aloud
as somebody fell heavily upon It.
There breathed across the silence a
profoundly deep sigh.
"Mary," said a man's voice, "I'm
mighty sorry I didn't Join that Asso
ciation For Artificial Vacations. They
undertake to get you just as tired and
just as mad In two days as you could
by yourself in two weeks."—Youth's
Companion.
Stevenson and the Beggar.
While walking in London one after
noon Robert Louis Stevenson and Ed
mund Gosse met a stalwart beggar
whom Gosse refused to aid. Steven
son, however, wavered and linaily
handed him a sixpence. The man
pocketed the coin, forbore to thank
bis benefactor, but, fixing his eyes on
Gosse, said in a loud voice. "AnJ
what is the other little gentleman go
ing to give me?" "In fulure," sal;l
Stevenson as they strode coldly on,"I
Shall lie 'the other little gentleman.' "
The Wrong Place.
A shade bustled up to St. refer.
"My good man." lie said, "will you
tell me where I must goto procure
souvenir post cards?"
And St. Peter, eying him sourly, told
him where he could go to.—Puik.
Losing Hair.
"A man loses his hair ouly once."
remarked the observer of event < riml
things, "but some women mislay
theirs several times a week." -Yonkers
Statesman.
Sailors' Pickings.
Ilere and there on an Atlantic liner
in mid ocean sailors with pots of paint
and huge brushes painted cowls, stan
chions, rails, everything they could
reach. Suddenly dropping his brush,
one of these sailors rushed to a man
•n a black suit.
"Oh, sir," he cried distressfully,
"you've sat down on fresh white
paiut."
With a roar the man leaped to his
feet, curved himself acrobatically and
stared at the seat of his trousers.
"ISut I've got a bottle of benzine in
my bunk," said the sailor. "I'll run
and get it. I'll have your pants all
right in a jiffy."
Soon the pants were ail right, and
the man ere he strolled jauntily off
(a little wet and smelly, perhaps) gave
the sailor a quarter.
"That's the third today, Hill," the
man said to his mate. "1 tell you,
what with all this paint in', us jackies
do durn near as well on tips as tilt
stewards."
"That's right," said Rill. "I made a
dollar myself yesterday with that little
bottle of benzine."
The Children's Friend.
Mr. C., a distinguished lawyer of
Boston, was on his way to Denver to
transact some important business.
During the afternoon he noticed in the
opposite section of the Pullman a
sweet faced, tired appearing woman
traveling with four small children.
Being fond of children and feeling
sorry for the mother, he soon made
friends with the little ones. Early
the next morning tie heard their eager
questions and the patient "Yes, dear,"
of the mother as she tried to dress
them, and, looking out, lie saw a small
white foot protruding beyond the op
posite curtain. Reaching across the
aisle, he took hold of the large toe
and began to recite, "This little pig
went to market; this little pig stayed
at home." The foot was suddenly
withdrawn, and a cold, quiet voice
said, "That Is quite sufficient, thank
you."
Mr. C. hastily withdrew to the
smoker, where he remained until the
train arrived in Denver.—Good House
keeping.
Hard and Soft.
"What," asked the teacher, "does
anthracite mean?"
"That's a kind of coal," said little
Willie.
"Yes. Anthracite coal is what we
call hard coal. So 'anthracite' must
mean 'hard.' Now, can you tell me
what 'bituminous' means?"
"That's coal, too," Willie replied.
"But It isn't the same kind of coal
that anthracite is, is it? Bituminous
coal is what we commonly refer to as
soft coal. Now, Willie, let us sec If
you can form a sentence containing
the words anthracite and bituminous."
Willie thought the matter over for a
moment and then said:
"Here's one: 'This morning before
pa started downtown ma wanted $5
for groceries and things, and she tried
to get it by saying bituminous words,
but pa gave her an anthracite look,
and when he disappeared around the
corner she was weeping bituminous
ly.' "—Atlanta Constitution.
More Important.
"Why weren't yon at the mass meet
ing of the unemployed?"
"I was looking for a job."—Puck.
The man who is standing up for you
FOOII gets tired and sits down.—Atchl
son Globe.
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MRS. WILLIAM H. TAFT.
Charming Personality of the Wife of
the President Elect.
What manner of woman is Mrs.
Taft, whose name Is so soon to be
added to those of the women whose
influence has made the social fame of |
past administrations? More pertinent- j
ly still, how will it measure with the |
record of the IJoosevelt regime? The
first question is easy to answer, for j
few women have gone Into the White j
House so well equipped to meet the
exactions of the position of "first lady"
of the land.
Mrs. Taft has brains and uses them
without being In any sense aggressive
or pedantic. She talks well and looks i
well when she is talking. Her smile
has the charm of Intelligence, that
quick flash of recognition distinct from
the frozen, automatic smile peculiar to
many women In official life, on whom
social duties make many demands, '
even to that of continuously "looking
pleasant." She has a generous mouth
and handsome teeth, a straight nose,
well proportioned to her other fea
tures, and a broad forehead, above
which her brown hair Is arranged in a
soft pompadour.
In her knowledge of languages Mrs.
Taft will have the advantage over
many of her predecessors. The future
mistress of the White House is a good
rrTCTtB MISTKESS OP THIS WHITE HOUSE.
housekeeper, and in matters of dress
she has quiet tastes. She does much
of her own choosing and shopping, and
during the season in Washington she
patronizes the local shops. Like Mrs.
Roosevelt. Mrs. Taft is passionately
fond of music. Not only is she a
patroness of music, but a musician as
well. Though she does not regard her
self as sufficiently in practice to per
form for a critical audience these days,
she has by no means lost her skill and
frequently plays for her husband and
children during their evenings at home.
Other avenues through which her
artistic taste finds an outlet are her
love of pictures and her appreciation
of woodcarving. The art collection of
her brother-in-law, Charles Taft, has no
more appreciative friend than his sis
ter-in-law. She is enthusiastic about
every treasure he adds to it and en
joys few things more than pointing
out its beauties to others. Mrs. Taft
on her own account has made a study
of woodcarving and lias the nucleus
of a fine collection and knows the fine
points in the work of various schools
anil masters.
She, too, is a book lover, because she
grew up in a home where books came
down from the shelves and made the
worlds they contain part of the do
mestic environment. As Helen Herron
her favorite authors were Thackeray
and Dickens. Mrs. Taft is loyal to her
old literary friends and still dips into
their society. CJeorge Eliot is one of
the favorites of her later years. News
papers come in for a daily share of
her attention. To any subject in which
Mr Taft is interested or of which he
Lv making a study she also gives a
great part of her time. As few men
of the period have had occasion to
look up information on uiore varied
subjects as the president elect, his
wife's knowledge is necessarily exten
sive. That Mrs. Taft is the right wo
man for the position of mistress of the
White House and that she will be a
gracious and charming chatelaine
there is no manner of doubt.
The Weather House.
A very Ingenious contrivance for
foretelling the weather Is the old fash
ioned "weather house," largely made
in Switzerland. It is arranged in such
a way that two figures act in respouse
to the twisting of a piece of catgut.
The material, supported by a wire, con
trols the movements of a little plat
form on either end of which is placed
a model. Excessive moisture in the air
causes the catgut to twist and turn the
platform round, so that the man
emerges from one of the doors in the
front of the house. Reverse conditions
of the atmosphere bring about the con
traction of the catgut, and the plat
form swings back, thus bringing the
figure of the woman into prominence
at her particular door. The making of
a weather house is quite an easy mat
ter.
"Spoken English Very Good."
From an advertisement of a Danish
hotel: "The hotels charmingly situa
tion. surrounded of a nice garden tin
good cuisine, the kindly accommoda
tion with moderate charge and good
conveyances, with easy occasion for
salmon and trout fishing, the ascend
ing of the surrounding mountains has
done tiiis place well known and prill ; - d
of all travellers. N. C.—TUe laudlord
is spoken English very good." Lahore
Civil and Military Gazette.
A Riot of Color.
From the la ml of the Moros a soldier
writes: "A Moro matron passed our
quarters this morning wearing a helio
trope jacket, purple trousers with
large heart designs worked In yellow,
blue and pink embroidery, a red an.l
black sarong, yellow plush slippers
and yellow silk mantilla. The lady's
maid (old), in modest garb, walked be
hind. carrying a magenta parasol."
Friendly Advice.
A very matter of fait Scotchwoman
tailed to see a neighbor, an elderly
woman, who had been ailing for some
time.
"And how do you find yourself to
ddy. Janet?" was the greeting.
"Ah, Martha. I'm very bad This
cold, damp weather 'll be the end of
me. I'll be a dead woman before very
long."
"Hoots, toots, woman! You've been
saying that any time these twenty
years. I've 110 patience with you I'll
tell you what It Is You want firm
ness of mind. Fix a day for your dy
ing— nnd stick to It."
COLU VVAVfc AN
AGkbLABLL CHANGE
The cold wave predicted by the
weather bureau arrived ou tchedole.
The dav broke .ießteiiiay with a fresh
ami bracing mmooplieie. Meicury fell
gruilually iluiiug the day and before
dark last evening had reached the
freezing point. A cold wave is pre
dieted for tt.day.
The disuse was uioßt agreeable aft
er the several days of wet, foggy
weathfr with its accompaniuient of
dirty streets and unpleasant conditions
generally.
Mill street paving, although con
oucive to comfott at certain seasons,
presents a problem in winter. During
spring, summer and autumn it can be
swei t and thus at most times it pre
sents a sightly appearance. During
winter, however, sweeping is impossi
ble and the filth of long periods ac
cumulates with (lie snow.
When a thaw occurß as during this
week the accumulation of filth be
comes a dreadful factor to reckon with
and detracts much from the pleasure
of living ou Mill street. The freeze
which has occurred has brought about
temporary relief, at least. It would
be much more satisfactory if some
method could be devised whereby the
paving could bo kept a little more
presentable in winter.
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