Montour American FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville, Pa., Apr. 15, 1909. THE FEMALE FASHIONS TODAY Those who saw the Easter hats on parade or in the church last Sunday, or noticed women's headgear iu the show windows the past couple of weeks most have beeu strnck with the grotes que styles. The mushroom and Merry Widow hats of other seasons have col laborated to do their very worst, and the result is a huge straw frame, sparsely decorated with garden frnits, and looking sometimes like an invert ed peach basket, kettle or coal souttle, bat more often like the back of a tortoise. And, as the New York Mail remarks, the sheath-like directoire gowns of flimsy material, insufficiently bulwarked with petticoas, rob,or seek to rob, the bodies of their wearers of every truly feminine line. Their ef fect is "skimpy," and the mingled suggestion of lankuess and limitation is just the sort that iu stage caricat ures of crudely berd country girls evokes the laughter of metropolitan audiences. Nothing in the appearance of the woman dressed in the height of fashion suggests that it is ever the function of her sex to bear or nurture children. The predilection for powder one sees, viven in the afternoon parade along Fifth avenne, says the Mail, is still another denial of the bloom and vitality of nature. Monstrous hatted, pale faced, square shouldered, hipless and lank limbed, these women of the inode pass along the street like the figures on an Egyptian bas-relief, like an art nouveau frieze, like a Puvis de Chavanues fresco animated into a lan guid semblance of life Great is the power of fashion that can bring suoh things to pass. Great er, still, is the influence, the wierd psvehio effect, of fashion. After one has seen a sufficient number of these exhibits, a woman of natural color ami contour and habit, wearing a be coming and individual hat of rational dimensions, may seem to him almost a dowdy. She has not conformed, and litim«u nature hates dissent. The wo man apparently naturally constructed, aud dressed in a style determined by her nwu taste rather than the mandates of the modistes, a man will still pre fer a wife or mother: but as an acqua intance or as a figure in a restaurant or in tiie passing show of the Btreets he may just be weaktninded enough to confers a lnrkiug liking for My Lady of tiie Slats The Perse»ering Guesser. "It is amazing what perseverance will achieve," said tin Englishman. "Even misdirected perseverance has achieved marvels. There is the case of Itobson, the great Notts cricketer. Uobsou during his Australian tour was determined one sore bin g afternoon that his side shouldn't do the hard work of fielding. Well, when the Aus tralian captain spun the coin Uobsou shouted, 'Woman!' Then, seeing thai heads lay uppermost, instead of ac knowledging defeat Uobsou said, with perseverance and nonchalance: " 'Well, we'll go in.' "'But—er—l thought," said the puz zled Australian—'you see, 1 don't quite know the English meaning of "wo man." ' " 'Then,' said itobson gallantly, 'we'll toss again.' "The Australian made a second toss. Uobsou called heads, and tails came up. The ordinary man would at this point have surrendered in despair, but not so Bobson. " 'Honors are now easy,' said lu-. with a pleasant smile. 'On with the rubber." "The Australian a third time flipped the coin, and. having at last called the toss correctly, the persevering Uobsou led in his side to the shady benches." An Unofficial Order. Thomas, tenth Earl of Dundouald, at his death vice admiral in the English navy, tells in his "Autobiography of a Seaman" of an incident on board the Hind, on which he served as midship man. The pet of the ship was a par rot. tiie aversion of the boatswain, whose whistle the bird learned to imi tate exactly. "One clay a party of ladies paid us u visit aboard. By the usual means of a 'whip' on the yardarm several had been hoi ed on deck. The chain had descended f<-r another. Scarcely had Its fair freight been lifted out of the boat aloti side when the parrot piped, 'Let "The i rder was instantly obeyed, and the unfortunate lady, instead of being comfortably seated on deck, was sorted in the sea. Luckily for her,. Hie • n cn \ ere on the' watch and quickly pnllid her out, and, luckily for the par rot, the boatswain was on shore or this unseasonable assumption of the boatswain's functions might have end jed tragically for the bird." A Prophecy. If they kei (ion putting the suffra gettes in jail over there in London much longer It is dollars to doughnuts that the homely ballads of other days ! will soon be superseded by some such j pathetic lyrical outburst as this: Oh. whore Is my wandering inn tonight ? I Oh. where can my mother be? tibe hied her forth to the suffrage fight And liasu't come home to ten. The range Is cold on the kitchen trail. The cupbo.'wd is bleak and bare. Tor mother lias gone to the county jail 1 For pulling the speaker's hair. SUa. *here Is my wajiderlng ma tonight? My mother, oh. where Is she? She dwells In the "box," While father's socks .Are bole-- thev can be' - n-iri'er'-i Weel:!v In comers;!Hon confide! t< >.-i, t greater rhare than wit.-Roehel< 11- ranld. Direct Answers. Ttis negroes of Africa are simple and ilreet in speech. It never occurs to them, writes Mr. It. H. MlUigan in "The Jungle Folk In Africa," that the purpose of language is to conceal thought, and to commiserate the Afri can for his color is a waste of sym pathy. In Illustration of this Mr. Mil llgan gives an amusing conversation with one of his pupils. One day when 1 was talking to Bojedl something in the course of the conversation prompt ed me to ask him whether he would like to be a white man. He replied respectfully but emphatically In the negative. I wished to know his rea son. lie hesitated to tell me, but 1 was Insistent, and at last he replied: "Well, we think that we are better looking." I gasped when 1 thought of the vast ly ill looking faces I had seen in the Jungles, and In apology for myself I said: "But you have not seen us in our own country, where there is no ma laria and where we are not yellow and green." He quietly asked what color wo were in our own country, to which I prompt ly replied, "Pink and white." Looking at me steadily for a mo ment, he remarked: "Mr. Milligan. if I should see you in your own country I don't believe 1 should know you." Long Winded Preachers. Dean I,efroy. who expressed the opinion that ten minutes is loii;< enough for a sermon, would have met with scant sympathy from some di vines of past centuries, says the West minster Gazette. Thomas Hooker considered three hours a fair average allowance for a sermon, though, on one occasion, whet: he was ill, he let his congregation ot* more lightly. Pausing at the end of fifteen minutes, he rested awhile and then continued his homily for two hours longer. Cranmer's sermons were each a small book when set up in type, and Baxter, Knox, Bunyan and Calvin rarely reached "Lastly, my brethren," under twp Jiours, George Herbert once said: "The par son exceeds not an hour in preaching, because all ages have thought, that a competency," but a certain rector of Bilbury, Gloucestershire, was of an other opinion, for he never sat down nnder two hours. The squire, we leant, usually withdrew after the text was announced, smoked his pipe out side and returned for the blessing. Revenge In Ceylon. A system of Cingalese "black magic" peculiar to the island is still practiced In some parts of Ceylon. It is stated that there arc 4,4-10 different methods of causing ill to others. Here is a translation of one of these methods of dealing with your enemy: "On Sunday eleven peya"—one peyn equals twenty-four English minutes "after sunrise Vatua Devi"-the god of death and judgment—"goes to the west. Start at this hour; take a meal of bluish rice; dress in red colored gar ments. "Take a root of ginger at the time of the zodiac of Aries; write on it the name of your rival, charm it 108 times, wrap It in a golden colored cloth and place it in your waist. "When you meet your rival, look straight into his fa< e and break the root in your hand. Within nine peyas he will be killed by an elephant, and when seven months elapse six other persons of his family will meet their doom."—Ceylon National Review. Very Unlucky. Nut long ago a certain farmer be came bankrupt. In the course of his examination before the official receiver he admitted that be had been upeculat itig on the turf. Moreover, lie went on to e:.plain that he hud experienced what he described as "plaguy bad luck." "Did you know anything about horse racing?" the bankrupt was asked. "No." was the reply; "that's why I engaged a fellow who did to buy some 'osses for me." "And these horses turned out badly, I suppose," suggested the official re ceiver. "Very," was the reply, "though I don't blame the "osses for that. They tried hard, but summat wor bound to lurn up to upset 'em. They nearly alius ran second!" "How do you account for that?" "Well, sometimes they ran second 'cos they'd overmuch weight to carry, sometimes they ran second 'cos the jockey had backed another and want ed 'em there, but more often than not they ran second 'cos the judge would have 'em there! Sometimes, again, they ran second 'cos there wor nobbut two 'osses in the race!" —I*ondon Tele graph. Responsive. There was at least one responsive hearer in the crowded little church in au English village, and it happened this way: Guests hud arrived unexpectedly at the country parsonage on Sunday morning. The weekly supply of butler had run nbort, so the hospitable host dispatch ed old Joe, the handy man, to his neighbor, Mr. Paul, whose dairy al ways boasted a surplus. The parson proceeded to church with his well pre- sermon ou some of the deep sayings of the great apostle and was well under way with it when old Joe, returning empty handed, concluded he would quietly slip in and hear his mas ter preach. Just as he entered the minister leaned over the pulpit, stretched out his hand with a most impressive in terrogation In voice and manner aud called out, "And what did Paul say?" Distinctly sounded through the church old Joe's reply: "He say, marster, he ain't going to let you have no more butter till you pay for the last you got." Sartorial Monstrosities. There are men we meet every day who take such sartorial liberties as almost drive one to despair. We have to tolerate such monstrous combina tions as brown boots and frock coats, silk hats and lounge suits and frock coats and bowlers, and we are even nerving ourselves i« the cxpcitatlAn of seeing a kilted highbinder in a silk "topper."—London < Hit ft tier. CUBA AS SEEN BY A TOURIST Mr. and Mrs. liush Yerrick, West Mahoning street, have received a very interesting letter from their son, Charles, desoriptive of„a visit to the island of Cuba. The letter is exceed ingly well written and among the points of interest described are a num ber that one seldom sees alluded to iu priut. In part the letter readß as fol- ; lows : "On the way down we saw a whale I and he was spouting his best. We al- j so saw many flying fish aud porpoises. Havana can be seen half au hoar or | more before entering the harbor and a j baantiful sight it iB. " While in Havana I visited Cabanas j Fortress and Moro Castle. Io the lat- | ter place I went through loDg dark, musty passageways, on either Bide of which were small dark dungeons, where prisoners used to be thrown and starved to death, if they;were fortun ate enongii to esoape yellow fever, the germs of which are said to be thick in i the cells. These dungeons have been thoroughly fumigated and n arly all! were walled up by the Americans dur- j ing the provisional" government. We were shown the narrow passages, where ; dead bodies aud live prisoners were thrown and shoved down through an opening iu the wall tojfeed the sharks in the bay. "I saw the chapel erected on the lot I where the first mass was'celebrated in Havana and on this lot is a tine large tree that has grown from a shoot of the original tree uuder whioh mass was said. "I went through the Oolnmfcuscath edral, which is, indeed, interesting j At every station of the crops is a large and beautiful oil fpainting indicative of the station. The woodwork is all of native mahogany exquisitely carved and the altar is superb, '"I saw the closed niche In the wall beside the altar where the remains of Columbus are supposed to have rested. I was shown the beautiful? gold and silver bedecked robes worn by the bis hop. The solid gold"and sticks are wonderful. One of the I grandest sights was a model of the ; cathedral at Seville in Spain wrought |of native (pure) silver. It is about i eight feat high. It is a wonderful ; piece of work. | " 1 took an automobile trip through the Vadada, as an outlying spction of the city is called, where the rich are building new homes. It iB a dream, j The beautiful homes are surrounded by large spacious grounds, which'are ! literally tilled with tropical plants, among which appear palms, I .'and ban ; ana palms on which one can sea large j hunohas of ripe bananas. "We stopped at Colon Cemetery aud 1 must say that I never saw one on which so much money was expended, j The monuments arejWorks of art, in | deed I did cot see it, bnt was told that the poor rent spaces for their dead 1 for a certain time and If they can not ; pay for a re-rental,'£the remains are I taken oat and thrownjinto'a'cortu r of tiie cemetery, thus making room for another poor unfortunate.whose farai i Iv may in torn not be able to rerent "One eveuiug in company with a friend I went out to the "Fronton." to sue the great Spanish game known as ".la! Alai." it is a gambling game and one the Spaniards aud Cjbans de light iu. The game is iu ilsfelf very interesting,but what seems to interest the natives most is the betting on who shall win. "I stopped at Santa Clara several tunes ou my journeyings. Tiie chief 1 industry there is "revolution breed ing." While I was in Cuba they start id a revolution, bnt it only lasted about two days, when the government troops captured aud shot the ring lead er. "The raising of sugar cane is the principal irdustry. I have been told that the island produces aboac 2,000 - OCO tons of sugar per year. It is quite a treat to rule through the country aud to see mile after mile of nothing but ! sugar caue.theu a large stretch of piue apple fields, then a mi le or so of ranches with fine cattle grazing." Family Jars. Schoolmaster (to bis wife)—My dear 1 wish you would speak more careful ly. You say that lletiry Jones came lo this town front Sunderland. Wife—Yes. Schoolmaster Well, now, wouldn't it lie better to say that lie came from Sunderland to this town? Wife I don't see any difference in the two expressions. Schoolmaster But there is a differ ence. a rhetorical difference. You don't hear me make use of such awk ward expressions. By the way, I have a letter from your father in my pocket. Wife—But my father is not in your pocket. You mean you have in your pocket a letter from my father. Schoolmaster There you go with your little quibbles. You take a de light in harassing me. You are al ways taking up a thread and repre senting it as a rope. Wife—ltepresenting it to lie rope, you mean. Schoolmaster For goodness' sake, be quiet. Never saw such a quarrel some woman in my life,—London Scraps. Harry's Share. , Teacher—Now, Harry, suppose I had a mince pie and gave one-sixth to Johnny, one-sixth to Tommy, one-sixth to Willie and took half of It myself. What would be left? Harry (prompt ly}— 1 would.—Exchange. There l« nn nn<» more nnfortnnnte than the man who lias never been tin- 1 fortunate, for it has never been In hi? ; power to try himself. -Seneca. ROAD BILL IN ORIGINAL FORM SCHOOL CODE KILL M PASS HARRISBURG, April 14. The present session of Hie legislature of the State, which iu many -ways has been one of the most remarkable ones in the history of the State, is rapidly drawing to a close. GROSS STATE HIGHWAY. The seuate has receded from its posi tion on the Stuart State highway bill and the measure has been restored to its original form, requiring it to pass through Harrisburg, and now will probably be signed by the governor. After tiie bill had passed the house, the senate amended it so as to provide for the creation of a commission of three, eaob to reoeive a salary of |B,- 000 a year, which, with the governor and the attorney general, was to select the route. Once that had been done, however,the functions of the governor and the attorney general were to cease and they were to have no voice in the actual construction of the road. The bill was also changed so as to strike out that proviso by which tlie highway was to pass through Harrisburg, and the amended bill merely provided that the road should run from Philadelphia to a point ou the Ohio State Hue. Last night the house refused to con cur iu the amendments and a confer ence committee,consisting of Senators McNicliol, Thomas and Hulin;>s and Representatives Ambler, McOlain uud I Moyer, v.as named. Today the committee met and quick- j ly agreed to restore the bill to the shape in which it was first introduced ( in the house, and in which it paßserl ! that body. As it now reads, the bill 1 ; provides for the coustructiou of a 1 State highway from Philadelphia to a j point ou the Ohio State line, passing J through Harrisburg. The governor, i attorney general and State highway commissioner are to select the route i and the actual construction of the road is to be uuder the direction of tbe : State highway department. The high- j way is to be -15 feet wide. SCHOOL CJODE WILL PASS. 1 There is every indication that the school code, patched up and amended, will have finally passed the legislature before tiie dawn of another day. It will be reported to the house tonight with the amendments that have beeu tacked on by the senate anil the or ganization probably lias enough votes to force i'~ passage—as amended —re ; gardless <f any opposition that may i develop. I Thepbil! as it has beeu amended iu the sonata now provides that iu all I other districts than that comprised by Philadelphia the school directors are to be elected. The seuate killed the bill allowing chartered railroads more time in which to complete their lines. BILLS PASSED FINALLY. I The following bills passed the seuate finally. The general fish bill as prepared by 1 the State fish commissioner. Providing that the offices of justice of the peace aud notary public shall not be incompatible. Empowering borough councils ta fix tbe salary of burgess. Relating to the purchase of laud by tlie State Forestry Reservation Com mission. j Requiring roving baud.- of gypsie to take o*it licenses. The bill waking ir a misdemeanor Lincoln's Speeches and Writings. Lincoln's great speeches lire short but how tit In expression, how packed I with meaning! Take, for example, the i one delivered to his friends on the eve of his departure for Washington ! Like the second inaugural or the ad j dress at Gettysburg, it contains no superfluous word. Every one tits into , place as perfectly as the carpenter's i braces and timbers into tbe completed ! building. ! As a writer, Mr. Lincoln was most j painstaking He sought always tbe I simplest, shortest and best word. He : knew that the simplest and shortev" i word usually is the best. The real se j cret of bis greatness as a speaker and | a writer, however, lay deeper. It was | the supreme greatness of his soul which shone through his words that i charmed and still charms the world .7. A. Edgerton. The Insanity Plea. "Sir!" said the young woman, with : what seemed to be indignation. The young tiinn looked embarrassed "Yes, 1 did kiss you," he admitted j "but 1 was Impulsively insane." i "That means that a man would be a lunatic to kiss me?" "Well, any man of discretion would be Just crazy to kiss you." This seemed to ease the strain, and. no jury being present to muddle af i lairs, a satisfactory verdict was reach ed.—Philadelphia Ledger. Twin Place. ' One day an old gentleman who | found the Java village at the World's fair very absorbing at length confided in a young man standing near. "It's powerful nice to watch," be said, "but I may say I should be better on't If I was a tritlc better posted. My jogra phy's a leetle rusty, niul it's truth and fact that I don't, jestly know where Java Is. Now, where is It?" "Oh," said the young man, with the assured qnlet of one who knows, "just a little way from Mocha!"— Argonaut. Preparing For the Worst. Both boys bad been rude to their mother. She put them to bed earlier than usual and then complained to their father about them. So he start ed up the stairway, and they heard him coming. "Here comes papa," said Maurice. 1"I am going to make believe I am i asleep." i "I'm not.'" said Harry. "I'm lioiug i to get up and put something on."—La | dies' Home Journal. for any minor to obtain or procure in toxicating liquors or for any person to procure liquor for a minor was defeat ed after Mr. Mclll.enny explained that it did not cover the purpose for which it was intended. The senate adjonrned to meet at 3 o'clock. NURSES' REGISTRATION BILL. When the senate passed the nurses' registration bill this morning finally it was a very close shave, getting but 27 votes. Ou first count it got bot 25 votes, but Senators Kissou aud Mc- Niohol changed their votes from nay to yea. Two ladles, well trained nurses who have been lobbying for the bill for several months, were very much agitated over the bill's peril,bnt when it passed their joy kuew no bounds They rnshed down the aisle and amidst peals of laughter and loud applause grasped the hands of McNichol aud Sisson aud gave tiiem a hearty shake. Later, when Senator Wolf changed his vote, he was accused of trying to get his hand squeezed. The State fair bill is now in the hands of the governor. It provides for a commission composed of the gover nor, secretary of agricultnre, repre sentatives of the various agricnltui-al | aud transportation interests iu the [State, whioh commission shall meet in I Harrisburg annually and select a place j for the holding of a State fair. The | sum of J600.000 is appropriated to pav for premiums aud expenses. It is said , the governor approves the bill. QUAY BTA i'UE BILL. The Quay statue b 11 will be up to the governor tomorrow. It passed the senate last evening about C> o'clock and was then seat to the house. The re solution, which provides for the plac ing of the statue in the rotunda of the capitol, was called up by Senator Mc- Nichol, who said it was about time the matter was disposed of and the State paid the sculptor for his work j Senator Grim, backed by Senator Mc- I Ilhenny, opposed the resolution,main tain ing that the statue ought to be] placed in Quay's home town of Keav- | nr. where there are parks into which | l it conld tit properly. Mcllhenny in-1 sisted that no action he taken In dis-) posing of the statue at this time, but his argument did not avail. McNichol intimated that opposition to there solution placing the statue in the rotunda tame fioai those who were] disappointed in tlieir political hopes aoii aspirations,and said the criticisms| against Qaay came from those who lie- j | lieved !u perfection. For himself lie j had never heard of hut one perfect man aud that was Christ—the Saviour. I The resolution then passed, 28 to 10, j aud was seut to the house, i The statue will be placed in the i niche at the bottom of the grand stair way in the rotunda, and a careful watch will be kept on it night and day. PURE FOOD BILL PASSED. The senate last night passed tie Murphy pure food bill as amended ill the house in accordance with the wishes of Attorney General Todd, not a dissenting voice being recorded against it. Tnis is the measure which has beeti the subject cl many hearings au'l the target of the opponents of the ute of, betizoaie of soda as a i re jservative. The hill now gees to the governor. Very Impressive. ' Nouveau Iticlie Is at times an amus i lng person Said one of these exotics the other day—he was a commuter - just as the train was tnoriug from the ; statlou: i "Er-John." "Yesslr!" answered the valet. ! "I—l think, after all. 1 would like the asparagus served as an entree to night." And the train moved off amid smoth ered laughter.—New York Times. Tact. Harry What in thunder did you ask I that fellow what time it was for when I you carry n watch that is always right |on the notch? Dick—l merely wanted to give him an excuse to exhibit his watch.—Boston Transcript. And Enjoyed It. Kthel—Didn't it seem an age from the time you were engaged till you got | married? Maud—Yes. but Jack aud ! > managed to squeeze through i!.— Lon ! don Tatlcr. j A happy heart is better than' a full purse.—German Proverb. Learning English. The esseniiai difference between the i signification of words aud terms in 11- • English tongue which are almost (lie ; same in etymology and origin is a , great element of difficulty to a foreign ! or who is learning the language.-a fact to which a certain attache of a foreign mission at Washington recently test!- ! fied. When the budding diplomatist ip j question arrived at our national capi tal a year or two ago he soon capitu iated to the charms of a young woman of the official set, and they speedily became the best of friends. A month or so ago the attache returned to this country after a lengthy leave of ab sence passed in his own land. About th<? first thing he did on reaching Washington was to send a note to the lady of his admlratiou. wherein, to her astonishment and Indignation, he gave expression to this sentiment: "Once more, my dear friend. 1 shall gaze upon your unmatched eyes."— Harper's Magazine. Wants Vesuvius Tappsd. \n Italian scientist bis snscct'-rt that Vesuvius lie tapped, the molten lava being molded Into paving blocks .->r building stone. Witling to Hal p. Lord Pauncefote suffered greatly from rheumatic gout In his latter days, and he walked at.Jly and sometimes had to use two canes. He went one afternoon to make a call, and he re mained quite n long time, so long that the horses got restive, and the groom walked them up and down the street. When Ix»rd Pauncefote left the house the carriage was not In front, and, thinking there was some mistake In bis orders, he started to walk to the embassy, which was only a square or two. IJut he had twinges of his old enemy, and the pavements were Icy. He was a large, heavily built man, and he feared u fall. While he was pondering over his dilemma alonti came a young man In working clothes, and the British ambassador, after a courteous salutation, asked: "My friend, will you walk beside me and help me home? It is just n short ways but 1 am afraid of falling. I shall greatly appreciate It." The young man looked him over and then said thickly, "Old gent, I am pretty full myself, but I'll do the best I can—th< j very best 1 can." An Imaginative Statesman. ! Imagination Is the greatest nioviiif force in the world. In saying this 1 I am merely repeating a remark of Dis raeli's, and to prove the strength o1 his conviction I will repeat a story Mr I Lowell told me when he was mlnistei !to England. It is the custom of tin Royal Academy of Painters to hold i private view of their pictures before the public exhibition. Disraeli, walk trig arm in arm with Browning through the galleries, said, "Whai strikes me most forcibly hero is tin lack of imagination," and lie proceeded to enlarge upon the power of imagina tion, declaring it lo lie the greates force in the world. In responding t( a toast at the banquet which followcc the private exhibition he dwelt upoi the wealth of imagination in evidence on the walls about him and again ex pressed liis conviction that imagina tion Is the moving force in the world Browning repeated Disraeli's first re mark to Gladstone, who sat besidi him, and ho muttered, "The devil!"- John Trowbridge in Atlantic. First Cantalever Bridge. The first cantalever railroad bridgi is the one across the Firth of Forth a Queens Ferry, Scotland. It is near!; one and a half miles in length. Fifty one thousand tons of steel were usee in its construction, employing as man; as 5,000 men at one time. It cost sl6, 000,000 and fifty-six lives. The work | men began at either end and workei j toward the center. When they me | and undertook the last connection i was found that the two ends lacked i j small frncion of an inch <>f reachini I far enough to allow the Insertion o j the bolts that were to complete tli ! span. For u time this was a puzzle j but: was finally solved by an ingeniou ■ workman who suggested expansion b; i artificial heat, and it was forthwiti I supplied by means of burning kerosen I oil under the steel girder. Whore Wives Are Kept Under. I A Chinese Mrs. Caudle is incon i ceivable, for she would promptly b< | returned to her father labeled "To< I muchee bhoberry." Only by one mean I can the lady obtain any right what i ever to use even the mild moral sua j slon wherewith the tactful westeri i wife is wont to turn events to her iik j ing. if as a bride the Chinese womai succeeded in sitting on any corner o i ber husband's clothes at the momen ] when, halfway through tlie uuplia I ceremonials, they first seat themselve ' side by side she is understood to oe '; cupy the position of mistress in he II own house. Even then It generail; , j stops at understand!: 1 . - From "Thing Seen In China." by .1, I!. Oh it ty. Accommodating. J "Some years ago," says a Bostoi i (awyer, "a man in Nantucket wai ; tried for a petty offense and sentence* Ito four months in jail. A few days J after the trial the judge who had im j posed sentence, in company with th< j sheriff, was on his way to the Bostoi I boat, when they passed a man liusil; | engaged in sawing wood, j "The man stopped his work, touchec his hat politely and said, 'Good morn ! ing, your honor.' | "The judge, after a careful surve; i of the man's face, asked: I " 'lsn't that the man I sentenced t< ! jail a few days ago?' | " 'Yes.' replied the sheriff, with som< ! hesitation, 'that's the man. The faci i is, judge, we—er—we don't happen tt I have anybody else in jail just now, sf 11 we thought It would be a sort of use i j less expense to, hire some one to keef j the jail four months just for this one ] man. So 1 gave him the jail key and ! told him It would lie all right if he'd sleep there o' nights.'" Harper's | Weekly. Lucky. "Benolt. did you break the wate bottle?" j "Yes, madame, but fortunately i broke It into only three pieces." "Fortunately! How's that fortu j nate?" , I "Oh, madame, when a thing hro \ . j into many pieces it is so hard to i , | them all up!"— Paris Journal. Plan to Kill Off Prairie Dogs. . j Poisoned wheat Is to be used as lial! i 1 to kill off the prairie dogs that now in j fest Arizona and New Mexico. Auditor's Notice. In tlie Orphans' Court [of Montoui County. In the Kstate of William Taylor,late of Liberty township, Montoui Comity, dee'd. The undersigned, appointed auditor of the Orphans' Court of Montour County ; in the matter of the First and Final Account of Henry Viucent. Ad ministrator of William Taylor, late of Liberty township, Connty of Montour anil State of Pennsylvania : deceased; to make distribution of the balance in the bands of said Accountant, to and among the parties legally entitled thereto; will meet all parties for the purposes of his appointineut, at hit office on Mill Street, iu the Boiuugh of Danville, on Wednesday, May 6th, 1909, at 10 o'clock, A. M. ; when and u-liere »'l <--"nns l>nvirt» claim .•. 1,1 trill nits 1 rr>»>- t »' e « >.i h 112 ►rlan.l fi i' "••>■ i>'i' in up n t' i PHiue 1! SCOTT AM MERMAN, Auditor. The Devllfiah In Action. A naturalist who observed devil fishes in action suys that he thongbt no more diabolical creature could be Imagined. They resembled enormous bats and in following one another around in a circle raised the outer tip of one of the long winglike tins high out of the water ir< a graceful curve, the other being deeply submerged They might be seen now gliding down with a flying motion of the wings, sweeping, gyrating upwnrd with a twisting vertical motion marvelous In Its perfect grace: now they flashed white, again black, so that one would say they were rolling over and over, turning somersaults. While swimming along the two great arms or feelers of the devilfish are whirled about in constant motion, like the tentacles of a squid. When these tentacles come In contact with anything they close upon it. It is generally believed that this clasping, although at times doing considerable harm to fishermen and their boats, Is largely automatic and that, upon the whole, the devilfish Is timid rather than a fighter. The Rust of Custom. The bitterness toward innovation Is Just the same in an army as out of it, but perbai>s with more reason. A new thing cannot possibly lie accepted un til it has proved itself better than that which It displaces. The first cannons were possibly rejected, and the Chris tian inventor took them to the Turk, who used them at the siege of Con stantinople. The first firearms were bitterly opposed because they destroy ed the soldierly bearing of the troops. The Ilritlsli navy strenuously objected to the first large guns because one charge would cost as much as one of Nelson's broadsides. Ericsson's Mon itor mot with more opposition In Washington than it did in Hampton Roads. At the outbreak of the civil war it is said that congress ordered the adoption of the new weapon, over the objection of the chief of ordnance, who kept a specimen of the old one in I his office to show visiters how good It was.—Army and Navy Life. How Prisoners Converse. A man who was sent to jail recently for three days for a small offense was greatly impressed with the precau tions taken to prevent the prisoners engaging in conversation. There seem ed to be warders everywhere, and no one was allowed to utter a word. On the Sunday he was in the church the psalm given was the "Old Hun dredth." Beside him were two old jail birds, and instead of the orthodox words beginning "All people that on earth do dwell" this pair sang a hymp of their own in conversational style, which went something as follows. First convict sings: "How long ore you in for? I am doing sixty days, t nearly b-oke a copper's jaw. Sing low or else they'll maybe hear." Second convict replies: "You are a lucky pic-can. I've got twel-elve months to serve. Trieii 10 break into a house, tiome'ily must have si'en me away." liy this method they exchanged his tories during the singing.—Glasgow News. An Indestructible Color. The floral color is ye! low. Vou cannot, even with sulphur ous acid fumes, destroy it. Take a heartsease and try. Vou will consume the purple tint easily enough, but the yellow will remain for all your filthy fumes. -Fry's Magazine. Capture of a Six Foot Otter. Charles Price of IlackUdnm. near i Montlcelio. X. V.. recently cnugM an ! otter In the Neverslnk river which ! measured six feet four Inches. Mrs. ! C. nolsum paid Sno for the skin I A Reliable QftTARRH Remedy : Ely's Cream Balm is quickly absorbed. *lt; . Off Gives Relief at Once. r - ' M It cleanses, soothes, )) heals and protects tho diseased mem- Hy fIH brane resulting from away a Cold in the 1 FEVER Taste and Smell, l-'ull size 50 cts . at Prig gists or by mail. In liquid form, 75 ■ < nts. 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