Montour American
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., Apr. 29, 1009.
SULTAN'S t\m
SHAM nil
CONSTANTINOPLE!, April 28.
Abdul Hamid. the depend Sultan of
'Turkey, lefc the capita! last night for
Waioniki. Ho is aoooinpauied by eleven
wonjpu of itiu harem.
Ha \V!!n lyaccyt. i quietly ruder cov
«r of darfci. . ' ■■»•■> -lie imperial palace
at Yiiiiz to t'ie rnuruad station in
Stainboul. Shortly after ho *<. us instal
led ou hoard the train polled unt for
the west
Haiti Halid fiey, a leader of the
Young Turks declared today that
when Abdnl Hamid reached Salonik!
he probably woald have to stand trial
•on the charge* 33t forth in the fetwa
deposing him.
WILL MOT BE EXECUTED.
"A sentence of execution is not
probable," 1 coutinued Halil Hamid
Bey, "hat he probably will be'im
prisoned. Abdul Hamid has, however,
been voluutatilv practically a prison- !
er for years, eo this will be no great
punishment His property acquired 1
illegally will be confiscated by the ]
state. I do not anticipate serious trou- ■
ble in the provinces, except possibly '
in Northern Albania, where Abdul
Hamid recruited ins pergonal body- !
guard."
FETWA IS MADE PUBLIC!.
The fetwa.or official decision of the I
Sheik-Ul Islam authorising the de '
position of Abdul Hamid, has been !
made public. It embraces the ques
tious pat by Parliament to the Sheik-
Ul-Islam and his answer thereto. The \
text follows
"What becomes of au Imam tthe
title of She Sultau of Turkey an head
-of the orthodox faith) who has de
stroyed certain holy writings, who has
(seized property in contravention to
the Sheri laws, who has committed
cruelties _n ordering the assassination
and imprisonment of exiles without
*tny justification under the Sheri laws
who lias si uandered the ijublic money,
who, having sworn to govern accord
ing to the Sheriat. lias violated his
•oath who gift-- of money, has pro
vokr-d internecine Woodshed and civil
"war. e.nj who no loi ger is recognized j
•inn <r, iucee
■ A:;U ATE OH HE DEPOSED."
To tins tor SheiCtiUl-I«l&m replied:
" lie mcst ahuioat<e or be deposed." j
Nut oue of the O.instantiuople news
papers has a good v. ord for Abdul
Hamid whose life sad rei«c are being
held MI to ntversai execration. On
the oi tier hand, the accession of Me
hemmed V is regarded as the dawn of
a new rsa.
In orr)6r t". enable the paiace to in
-dulge ia rejoicing* tiuire has been ord
•ered a tempjiary suspension of the
estate of siege until o'clock tonight
The ci'.v w..l he illuminated, but lire
•vorks fiave beeu prohibited.
The Cabinet has been requested to ,
remain in olrice for tome davs longer. 1
Moving on Short Notice
I was lying on the floor of an old
•country ] house one cummer day near
a big open fireplace when I beard n
peculiar, frltf'.itt ned sqveak. 1 got up
to se>- what ■•!-.< d like a huge mouse
moving :i .. \ cry rapid walk a toss
the room. \\". en I got a closer look I
!sav; 'hat \\ - a mother mouse tnov
'lng her whole family At least I bope
there u:,s not,/» left behind, for very
soon a small -make, hut lirge enough
to put into a panic the mother of fou
less than half grown children, came
through the empty tireplaoe and after
the little fmritl.e. The mother mouse
luid two In her inouth, and fastened t J
either l<le of her, apparently holding,
on with their irxnubs and for "dear
life," were the oilier two. I killed the
Nrakc and watchftd the moving family
idlsappe.'tr through a hole In the corner, j
il do not know whether they returnee
after awhile or whether the father
mouse pt:t up a "To I*et" sig-.i and
joined then, in u foreign eountrj. but
Ido know that I sa~ed a happy ''nm 1
ily.—St. Nicholas.
I Tl* Creditor's Letter.
Here Is au interesting letter received
Tby a well known English tailor In re
ply to a "final" application for settle
ment of a long outstanding account: "1
have much pleasure In Informing you
•that I have placed you on the list of j
imy creditors, your number on the roll
•tielng 108. iti view of your name ap
(•earing so far down my list and In I
"common fairness to my other creditors
'Who have been on my books now for '
fwrne considerable time, I am afraid I i
k*annot holo out the slightest hope of
it he 'early' settlement which you ask i
for. I think It will be well, therefore,
if you discontinue forwarding you"
frequent 'rr jilnders,' which can do no
good and which are a con
stant source of annoyance to me/'—
|i/ondon Pick Me-T'p.
• A Doubtful Outlook.
A woman i i evident distress was
•rtandlng at her door.
"What's the matter, Mrs. Brown?"
Inquired a neighbor.
"Oh, I don't know what to do!" was
the reply. "Bill's away at the foot
bftli match."
"Well, what about that?" said the
Other.
"Ah," responded Mrs. Brown, "you
prni't know Bill! When his side wins
tie gets on the loose, and when they i
ose he comes home and whacks me.
►They've played a draw today, and I'm !
■rare I don't know what he'll do this
ftinoe!"—lyondon Express.
Repartee.
Him—Anil you won't go with me?
No: I don't like your style. Him
—Pooh! You're as full of airs as a
•freet piano. Her—Maybe, but I don't i
HO with a crank.—Cleveland Leader.
Scant Working Clothea.
j In Singapore and Peuaug may be
Been people from almost every part of
the globe and representatives of al
most every lace except «>nr North
American 1 ml Inns. rr.nter propor
tion of Malays, East nidians mid Cin
galese, with tlielr bronze black skins,
make the Chinese and Japanese seem
almost like white people. Each weara
the costume of his native country in
so far as he wears anything, but eight
out of every ten persons to bo seen
consider themselves sufficiently well
dressed when they have a yard or two
;of cheesecloth twisted about their
loins. This fashion of dress applies to
the workmen of all nationalities,
whether Malay. African, Indian, Chi
nese or other. The Indian of the bet
ter class, whether Hindoo or Parsee,
dresses as he would at home. The
Cingalese wears fine robes and a comb
encircling his crown. The Englishman
of course has the usual ill fitting
clothes and a pith helmet to prevent
sunstroke. The tourist, who has taken
advice from many sources as to bis
outfit, helps to make the picture com
plete —Denver Post.
Two Bootblacks.
The bootblacks had no regular stand,
but each had his box slung over his
shoulder and, standing ou the curb
stone. solicited the passersby to stop
and have a shine. Each boy had one
"call."
The cry of the first boy was "Shine
your boots here!" It announced the
simple fact that he was prepared to
shine their boots. The cry of the sec
• ond boy was "Get your Sunday shine!"
It was then Saturday afternoon, and
i the hour was 4 o'clock. This second
boy employed imagination. lie relat
ed one attraction to another; he Joined
facts together. Ills four simple words
told all that the first boy said and a
. great deal more. It conveyed the ln
! formation not simply that he was
; there to shine shoes, but that tomor
\ row was Sunday; that it was likely to
be a pleasant day; that he as a boot
: black realized they would need an ex
tra good shine.
S Was it merely good luck that this
boy secured twice the business of the
other?—Lorin F. Deland In Atlantic.
Perfectly Correct.
A young minister In the course of an
eloquent sermon on the pomps and
vanities of the world staggered his
congregation by exclaiming:
"Here am I standing, preaching to
; you with only half a shirt on my back,
j while you sit there covered with gew
gaws and other baubles."
The next day a parcel containing sev
eral brand lew shirts was left at his
house by one of hts hearers, a kind
1 hearted old lady. Meeting the donor
a few days afterward, he thanked her
exceedingly, but expressed much sur
prise at receiving such an unexpected
gift.
"Oh," said the lady, "you mentioned
In your sermon on Sunday that you
had only half a shirt on your back."
"Quite true," added his reverence,
I "but you seem to forget that the other
half was In front"—London Answers.
The Nsw Boarder.
"What did you say your name was?"
inquires the landlady In a hoarse whis
per.
"Camp."
"Ladies and gentlemen, this Is \lr.
CI rant."
She waves you to a vacant chair.
I The young lady on your right drops a
! half bow. The young gentleman to
! your left drops a pork chop. Thus,
amid covert sneers, supercilious glances
and general awkwardness, you take
your place among au alien people.
"A hash house introduction always
reminds me of a minstrel show," de
clares the humorous boarder. "Be
seated, gentlemen: know each other
und be acquainted."
Whereat you must smile
"Chase the cow this way," continues
the humorous boarder In time honored
reference to the milk pitcher, whereat
you must guffaw.
"You are always master of ceremo
nies," says a young lady boarder to
the humorous one. "As for me, I'm
too timid."
"Why are you timid?"
"Oh, I'm so little!"
"Sweet goods come in small pack
ages."
"So does poison."
Flue old repartee! After dinner you
ascend to your hall bedroom and won
der if you will ever be at home in this
company. But you know you will.
Within a month you will be lending
atoney to the humorous boarder and
perhaps have u love affair started
Pork.
Not a Success.
The manager of the subscription
book was telling of some
af his experiences. "The funniest case
I remember," lie said, "was that of an
applicant for a job at book canvassing
from whom I expected great things.
He made a careful study of the litera
ture we supplied him with and was
very enthusiastic. Judge of my sur
prise when the first morning he went
out back he came and handed in his
resignation.
" But you should not be so easily
discouraged,' I told him. 'Few make
a success at the start, and you ac
knowledge that you went into only
two places.'
" 'Only two,' he said lugubriously.
'One was a real estate agent, who per
suaded me to sign a contract for two
lots in Fizzlehurst, and the other was
a tailor, who sold me a suit of clothes
I didn't want.' And, shaking his head
mournfully, he mumbled 'Good day'
and went outLippincott's.
Making an Acquaintance,
In Illustration of the ways of the
east side of London the following true
story is told: A certain club for work
ing girls In the east end of London
had recently elected a new member,
and one day the secretary happened to
look out of the window and was sur
prised to see the new member rush up
to a strange lad in the street, punch
him violently on the head and then run
away. The secretary remonstrated
with her sharply, to which the new
member ma le reply: "Pm very sorry
I won't do It no more if it's agin tin
rules, bin p -rhaps you won't mind tel!
Ing inc. then, how am 1 ever to get
engaged;"
A Domestic Hen.
Joe Jefferson used to tell this one:
"In the spring of 1892, being In the
vicinity of West Swanzey, N. 11., I
drove over to call on my old friend.
Den Thompson. It happened that 1
called at an Inopportune time, as the
women folk were bousecleanlng. In
fact, I noticed as I drove up to the
house that the clotheslines in the yard
back of the house were laden with
carpets.
"Den was very anxious that I should
look over his prize fowls. In which ho
took especial pride. We went out Into
the big yard back of the house. Ac
Den was pointing out to mo his favor
ites we noticed one old hen going
through some queer antics. She was
pecking away at something on the
ground, lifting it In her bill and drop
ping it again.
" 'Wliat'g Ihe matter with the old
Biddy, anyway. Den?' 1 asked.
"Den was silent for a minute, then
drawled out:
" 'Well, you see, Joe, as she's a rath
er domestic sort of hen I cal'late the
old girl must be getting ready to lay a
carpet.' "—New York Telegraph.
Daintiness In Dough.
A west side family that abhors all
products of the bakeshop advertised
for a maid of all work.
"Can you make bread?" was the
question put to each applicant.
Of all the maids who professed to
own that accomplishment the mistress
chose the one with the frailest hands
and arms.
"I don't know about the wisdom of
that choice," ventured n male member
of the family. "Wouldn't It have been
better to pic k out a sturdier girl?"
"Not at all," said the lady. "What
wo require In this family, above all
things, Is good bread. We half live
on bread. I am confident 1 have chosen
a good breadmaker. A girl with
rather delicate hands always makes
better bread than one whose fists are
like sledge hammers. Bread to be
good needs to be coddled In the knead
ing. The light fingered do that in
stinctively, but the heavy handed slam
and bang the very life out of the
dough."—New York Globe.
Philosopher and Philanthropist.
"Coquelln was very charitable," said
a theatrical manager. "lie did more
for superannuated actors and actresses
than any other man In France. I once
heard him speak on charity In the
French Actors' home, that he did so
much for.
" 'There are plenty of philanthro
pists,' said Coquolin. 'There are plen
ty of philosophers—plenty, I mean, ac
cording to the definition that too many
of us accept.'
"He smiled grimly.
"'Too many of us,' said Coquelin,
'define a philosopher as one who bears
with resignation the cold and hunger
from which his neighbor is suffering,
and t<ib many of us define a philan
thropist as one who gives away other
people's money.' "
In the state of Oaxaca. Mexico, a
crusade by the business men has been
started against the observance of so
many fiestas, or holidays. Whil In
the capital. City of Mexico, there are
123 feast days in the year, in Oaxaca
there are 1(18, and business men there
find a great deal of difficulty In having
work done.
In the City of Mexico the Invasion of
so many American, British. French
and German merchants has caused a
revolution In the matter of holidays,
and the number has been cut down,
but still there are more than 100 days
in a year which are observed and on
which all business houses are closed
at least part of the day.
Seismographs In Colleges.
Following quickly upon the recom
mendations of the Geological Society
of America, the Jesuit fathers an
nounced recently that the order had
made plans for the Installation of
seismographs In twelve of their princi
pal colleges In the United States, one
of them to be at the Brooklyn college,
at Nostrand avenue and Carroll street.
There every record of earth shocks
will be made for the northeastern
states.
Miss Roberta Stover, the daughter of
one of the largest manufacturers In
Trenton, N. J.. created a sensation on
Easter Sunday afternoon by appearing
on the fashionable thoroughfares of
the city wearing a hat of her own cre
ation. It waa a waste paper basket
elaborately trimmed with two feather
dusters, an ear of corn, a miniature
suit case, a squash, a pincushion re
sembling a strawberry, a clay tuikey
and a lemon.
The streets were crowded with Eas
ter promenaders, and Miss Btover at
traded a great deal of attention. She
was escorted by her two brothers
During the afternoon she called on her
Sunday school teacher and her pastor,
the Rev. John D. Fox, who was taken
aback at eight of the novel top dress
Ing of the young lady, but realized the
humor of It and passed her along with
a laugh.
Girts For Messengers.
Leipzig is the first German city to
inaugurate a system of blcyclo messen
ger girls. They are dressed In uni
forms of red, trimmed with gold braid
and gold buttons, and wear their little
messenger caps at the dangerous angle
of forty-five degrees. The hat Is held
securely by the regulation band, which
passes under the chin and also does
away with the necessity of hatpins.
Earlier Yet.
t'luhman- I understand, sir, that yon
began life as a newsboy? Gnest of
the Evening—l fear some one has been
fooling you. I began life as an infant.
—Philippine Gossip.
Pennsylvania Chestnut Orchard.
Coleman K. Sober of Irish Valley,
Northumberland county. Pa., has pur
chased 1t55 acres of timber land In
Columbia county upon which to plant
another chestnut orchard. It Is his
Intention to take off what timber Is
marketable and then to clear the plot
of all underbrush and rotten limbs,
etc After this Is done he will com
mence the systematic planting of his
Paragon chestnut trees, with which
he won fame and fortnne. It Is
his Intention to make the Columbia
county chestnut farm the equal of his
Northumberland county projierty. from
which he harvested 3,000 bushels of
chestnuts last year, which he sold at
sll a bushel.
IE SWEPT 11DUE'S
«PUCE fll lIIE m
uuktiowu origin swept
#""* the property of Krauk Dil
dine at White Hali, Anth
ony township, yesterday about ttoofi, I 1
leaving of the fiue group of buildings 1
ou his plaoe uothing standing hut a '
small smoke house. 1
The work of the flames was speedy 1
and thorough—among the destroyed
property belug Mr. Dildine's fiue
frame home, his barn,lumber shed and
well equipped cabinet maker's shop
together with practically the entire
contents of the buildings.
The fire wan discovered by Mr Dild
ine's little son, Krank, who was play
ing outside the house. He run and told
his patents that the barn was on fir*-,
the llarnes then were bursting front
the building. The lumber shed adjoin
ed the barn and connected to the shed
was tiie work shop, a building lfi by '
24. A strong wind wan blowing over j
the barn in the direction of the house, i
and the iiyiug spatks had in a few
minutes ignited the latter stiuctnre. I
Within thirty minutes from the time J
the fire was discovered by the little !
boy,all the build tugs on the place had
Mind Your Own Business.
An old custom once prevailed in a
remote place lu England of giving a
clock to any one who would truthfully
swear that ho had minded his own
business alone for a year and a day
aud had not meddled with his neigh
bors. Many came, but few, if any,
gained the prize, which was more dif
ficult to win than the Dunmow flitch
of bacon. Though they Bwore on the
four gospels and held out their hands
in certain hope, some hitch was sure
to be found somewhere, and for all
their asseverations the clock remained
stationary on the shelf, no one being
able to prove his absolute Immunity
from uncalled for Interference in things
not In any way concerning himself. At
last a young man came with a per
fectly clear record, and the clock
seemed as If it WHS at last about to
change owners. Then said the custo
dian, "Oh,' a yohng man was here yes
terday and made mighty sure he was
going to have the clock, but be didn't."
"And why didn't he get it?" "What's
that to you?" snapped the custodian.
"That's not your business, and you
don't get tiie clock."
The Chinese Sampans.
In Canton 400,000 people spend their
whole existence in boats, which are
there called sampans. They are born
In them, live In thetn from Infancy to
old age and finally die in them. Col
lectively these boats form a floating
suburb to the city proper, one of the
most amazing human settlements in
the world. Every creek is crammed
with them. Along the main banks of
the river they are huddled twenty deer
—so close together that the covering
of mats appears continuous as far as
the eye can reach. And each sampan
houses a separate family, with its own
big brazier lamp, which serves for
heating, lighting and cooking the even
ing meal. The scene when a really
serious conflagration once gets a prop
er hold in the midst of these floating
wooden homes may be Imagined. Es
cape is impossible except for those
moored at the outermost edge. In one
of these conflagrations over a thou
sand persons lost their lives.
Carrying a Watch.
"After carrying a watch for thirty
years I have just learned something
new in watch lore," said the city sales
man. "I don't know whether this is i
true or not, but an old watchmaker j
told me. I bought a watch of him the j
other day. It was a cheap watch. He i
said:
" 'What pocket are you going to car
ry your watch In—the right or left?'
"I told him the left.
" 'Then,' said he,"l will regulate it >
for the left,'
"I asked what difference It made. '
and he declared that a watch runs
faster on the left side than on the
right, so to keep it from gaining time |
ho regulates it accordingly. In fine
watches the difference is hardly worth
considering, but In watches of cheap
make like mine it is very noticeable. \
I asked for a scientific reason for this
variation. lie could give none; said he
only knew it was true, and then,
whether he was faking or not, he [ire
tended to regulate my watch for the
left pocket."—New York Sun.
Why the Judge Paid.
A physician, says n medical Journal
that vouches for the truth of the story,
was once summoned in haste to attend
the child of a family that lived in two
rooms In the heart of a large American i
city—not New York The child had j
been seized suddenly and seriously |
and just at election :lme. The mother i
was in despair, and when the doubt- 1
ful prognosis was given sho broko
Into wailing and violent self condem
nation for some horrible sin of the
family to which sle said the child's
illness was due—a direct punishment
for their crime. She would go and
curse the magistrite for it all, her
husband should resign from"the j
force," nnd such wil ways should be |
renounced forever.
Curious to know how the magistrate
could be held responsible for the j
child's illness, th- doctor finally se
cured the confessJon that the crime of j
tho poor, conscltnce stricken woman I
consisted In allowing the names of |
many fraudulent voters to be regis
tered as residing In her house. In
swearing to the lie. etc. The magis
trate also hud demanded this of all
the neighbors in return for indescrib
able political favors.
The child recovered, and the magis- j
trnte paid Hip physician's bill.
Fa.r Offer.
"Can you tell me how to live 100
years'/"
The rtSpc«'inhe»* «trnUed his henrd
though: fully "I vill try." he sold. "L*
yon can give at;, good reason for
wanting to live Isi years Philadel
phia Record.
been leveled by the fl»uies.
Mr. Dildine does no! follow farming
go the contents of the bam ware not
extensive. A cow was saved, bat 20
chickens perished together wicli some
feed. lu tiie lumber shed and work
shop practically nothiug was saved of
the collection of fine lumber, finished
furniture and tools with which the
place was stuckad. Mr. Dildine esti
mates his loss on thii part of his prop
erty alone at between fSOO and f(io.<.
At the linage, also,practically nothing
was saved.
All of the buildings on Mr. Dil
dine's place were in excellent condi
tion, having been bailt about fifteen
years ago. All the buildings were
nicely painted. The loss is estimated
at between $2500 and $:i000, which is
partly covered by insuiance.
The lire drow a large crowd from
| the surronuding conntry, most of the j
I male population aiding in fighting the I
! lUines. They worked heroically hut j
with a high wind blowing and in-j
| adequate means of fighting the tire at |
! hand, little could be done to stop the
blaze nntil it had run its course.
Avalanches.
There are avalanches of dlflferepl
kinds, but when the term "avalanche".
Is used it Is generally supposed to ap
ply to falls of great bodies of snow or
Ice, says Sir. Edward Whymper In the I
London Strand Magazine. One of the j
first occasions of this kind which at-!
traded attention took place In 1820,!
«pon Mont Blauc, and it Is commonly
called the Hamel accident. Dr. Hamel, I
a Russian, set out on Aug. 18 togo up
Mont Blanc, accompanied by two Eng
lishmen and eight guides. They had
ascended to a height of more than
14,000 feet, with five guides jn front,
who were cutting or tnakl*g steps,
when all at once the snow above them
gave way, and the the
party were carried down a thousand
feet or more over the slopes up which
they had tolled. Snow again broke !
away above and more or less covered
them. Some of them struggled out,
but three of the leading guides were
hurled into a crevasse and burled un
der an immense mass of snow. The
bodies of these men reappeared at the
foot of the glacier thirty years after
ward.
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Two Bits of Wood.
Importance cannot be reduced to a
matter of size. The success of a piece
of work may depend on a tiny detail.
Such Is the case in regard to that
marvel of construction, the violin.
Rev. 11. R. Hawels in his "My Musical
Life" tells of the care and labor ex
pended on two little pieces of wood
which goto make up the perfect
whole. The sound bar is a strip of
pine wood running obliquely under the
left foot of the bridge. A slight mis
take In Its position, looseness or in
equality or roughness of finish will
produce that hollow, teeth on edge
growl called "wolf." It takes great
cunning and a life of practical study
to know how long and how thick the
sound bar must be and exactly where
to place it In each instrument The
sound post is a little pine prop, like a
short bit of cedar pencil. It is the
soul of the violin, and through it pours
i all vibrations. Days and weeks are
' spent in adjusting the tiny sound post.
| its position exhausts the patience of
j the maker and makes the Joy or the
i misery of the player.
Sister's New Spring Hat.
Sister's got a new spring hat, one of these
| wastebasket things.
On the top It's kind of flat, bare of rib
bons and of wings,
Jt comes down around her neck, and It
hides her oars from sight.
I Gee. I don't see why a girl wants to be a
screaming fright!
j After pa had took one look at her he let
out a dismal sigh,
j Sister's hat hid half her nose and hung
1 down across one eye.
i'a he stood and gazed awhile; then at
last he sadly spoke.
There was something In his voice made
me think his heart was broke.
"And they made you pay for that*' pa
asked in a dismal tone
Aa he looked at sister's hat and seemed
pained enough to groan.
"Made you pay good money which I hava
worked blamed hard to get.
All I've got *.o say ta this la the biggest
outrage yet!
I "Do you s'pose that any beau while you've
got that on,"says he.
'Would como In and try to wtn you away
from ma and me?
There's no use, if you must wear such a
blamed outlandish thing.
To expect we'll have a chance to get rid
of you this spring "
fUill. I guess It's hard to make women lose
their loveliness
I It don't make much difference after all.
the way they dress
[ Kvery night some fellow comes courttno
sister Just the same.
Fhough she's got a new spring hat that
pa calls a sin and nhamo.
—Chlcngo Record-Herald.
Nero'B Golden Houie.
The "golden house"of Nero seems
from all accounts to have been the
most stupendous dwelling place ever
built for u mortal man. Even if wt
regard the ancient descriptions us
i somewhat exaggerated it remaius one
of the largest royal houses ever built,
and the internal decorations seem to
have been incomparably magnificent,
j It wns surrounded by parks, woods
and pools of great size, which appear
j to have been entirely within the walls.
I The colonnades of the house Itself ex
-1 tended a mile in length and crossed
I one of the inuin thoroughfares of the
city. The cities of the east were ran
sacked for masterpieces of Greek art
for the interior. The walls shone with
gold and pearls, and the roof rested on
marble columns of enormous size nnd
beauty.—New York American.
Firemen's Year's Pay 32,000 Pennies.
On the recent annual pay day for
the members of the Fire King Engine
company at East Douglas, Mass., forty
member*, who pet $S a year each, re
ceived thai amount in pennies. The
number of copper coins paid was
000. eacli man's burden welching five
nnd one-half pounds.
The Middle Horse.
A farmer, plowing with throe horses J
hitched abreast. noticed that the mid
dle horse became tired and exhausted |
Ion? before either of its mates. As i
the anininl was the equal in every
way of the other two, he was puzzled
as to the cause of its not being able
to stand the same amount of work.
He finally observed, however, that as I
they drew the plow along the three j i
horses held their noses close togoth- ! |
er, with the result that the middle i (
horse was compelled to breathe the ei- (
plred air from Its fellows. The farmer
then procured a long "jockey" stick. •
which he fastened with straps to the
bits of the outside horses. The device
worked perfectly, for. given its right- i
ful share of good, fresh air, the mid- |
die horse was able to do the same
amount of work and with no greater
fatigue than Its fellows.
Many persons are like the middle
horse—they do not get their rightful
share of pure air. And this Is why
they are not able to perform as much
work nor of as good a quality as they
would otherwise be able to do.—Chi
cago Tribune.
A Ticklish Moment.
If to act cleverly on the spot Is the
measure of tact, then the man who
figures In the subjoined New York
Tribune story deserves both respect
and admiration: A woman, driving
through New England last summer,
noticed suddenly that her horse limped
a bit, so when she reached the next
village Bhe stopped at the door of the
blacksmith shop. A man was holding
up the doornost, and to him she said:
"Will you please tell the blacksmith
to come out? I want to see him."
After the manner of the village
Idler, the man did not stir, but smiled
| sweetly ut the woman and, lifting up
his voice, called:
"Bill, come out! There's a lady
wants to see you."
From the depths of the blacksmith
shop a deeper voice roared:
| "Is she young, John, or old?"
! In the words of the old poem, "she
looked at John and John looked at
| her." Then, still without moving, be
j answered:
"Vou'll be satisfied, Bill, when >ou
I get out."
Survival of the Fittest.
j Only one oyster embryo out of every
0,000,000 produced grows tip through
all the successive stages of youth to
| the adult state. Even in animals
i which produce a small number of
j young there Is great destruction, and,
taking all the individuals into consld
j eration, only a single pair of young
\ arrive at maturity to replace their par
-1 ents. There Is no exception to the rule
, that, every organic being naturally !
] multiplies at so high a rate that if j
j not destroyed the progeny of a single |
pair would soon cover the earth. The '
| elephant Is reckoned Hie slowest breed- |
er of known animals. It commences i
| to breed at thirty years of age, dies
at 100 and has six young in the Inter- j
| val. After 750 years, supposing all
i the offspring of a single pair fulfilled
the rule and were not destroyed in an
1 untimely way. there would be nearly
! 10.000,000 elephants alive descended
i from the i'r -t pair.—Sir Hay L.mkester i
In I.ondon Telegraph.
To Send Taft Garden Seed.
"Why, you're my Congressman,"
said President Taft to Representative
Hardwick of Georgia, when tho Augusta
! statesman called on him at Washington
[ tho other day, playfully referring to his
j recent sojourn in the South.
"That's right, and if you're good I'll
i send you some garden seed," cheerfully j
answered tho Georgian, whose bulk is
about one-third that of tho President.
Monkeys Apt Pupils at College.
That a monkey can learn something
new every day. although the only peo
ple with whom it comes in contact are
; college professors, Is said to have been
( demonstrated by the department of j
I psychology In George Washington uni- '
I versity. says a Washington dispatch. ,
j Experiments have been conducted j
| upon twenty monkeys, and Interesting |
data are being arranged for publlca- <
| tlon.
Notice.
Notice IN hereby given that the
Court of Common Pleas of Montour
County has made and entered the fol
lowing decree; —
DECREE.
) And now April 17th, 1909.U appear
| ing from the record that no answer
beeu filed to the rule granted Jan
uary 11, 1»0«, al'd that the rule was
advertised as directed, after due con
sideration it is ordered, direoteil and
decreed that Ralph Winter Diehl shall,
after the publication of this decree as
directed by the Act of Assembly, be
' buown by the uarno of Ralph Reaver
Diehl, in accordance with the prayer
of the foregoing petition.
It is herbey further ordered that
I notice of this decree be published m
'the "Montour American," a weekly
i newspaper published and of general
! circulation in Montour County, Pa..
I for four successive weeks, and that
j the petitioner comply with all the
j other requirements of the Act of the j
! tJeneral Assembly of April 9th., 1852, i
! P. L. :toi
By the Court,
CHARLES O. EVANS, P. J. !
, Al!3, 29, MH, 13.
Auditor's Notice.
In the Orphans' Court cf Slontour
County.
In the Estate of William Taylor,late
of Liberty township,Montour County,
dee'd.
The undersigned, appointed auditor
of the Orphans' Court of Montour
Couuty ; in the matter of the First and
Final Account of Henry Vincent. Ad
! miuistrator of William Taylor, late of
I Libeitv township, County of Montour
! and State of Pennsylvania; deceased;
to make distribution of the balance in
the bauds of said Accountant, to and
among the parties legally entitled
thereto; will meet all parties for the
purposes of his appointment, at 111*
office on Mill Street, in the Borough
of Danville, on Wednesday, May sth.
1909. at 10 o'clock, A. M. ; when and
u i.hiu w " ' <-<-eoti* t
or lull- «•> ' a »• r . t . . '• t- hi
(ipoil II 112 - HI. I
R. SCOTT AM MERMAN, Auditor I
A MM THICK
ON THE GOV!(MR
HAKUISBCKU, Apii! 2b
it. is r 'garde I as playing a pietty
low-down irn k >n <;.. vi ruor fc'tnart fur
the legislature,af ter a t ,oleum warning
from tliat r>flii'inl togo slow in the
u:«ttnr of making appropriations, to
have sent liitu appropriation bills ag
gregatiug <('.7,000.000, wlieu there will
be ri venuih of hut 1-17,000,(00 ut th«
highest i still,ate. This jun.piiig ths
moony to $20.01 oOi O mure ot appro
priations than there will be revenue
puts it up to the governor to get out
his veto HX aud lop off great chunks of
cash from the various b'lls, something
that the legislature might easily have
prevented had it heeded the governor's
warning.
It is an exceedingly distasteful Issk
to impose on the governor, throwing
all the blame ou him, and he doesn't
like it a bit The ordinary labor in
volved in paring down the appropria
tions will take up every minute of the
time between now and May 15 when
all bills must be disposed of. It is said
that Attorney General Todd will pre
pare several veto rnnsiages that will
accompany the wielding of the ax,and
that tliey will ha vigorous and terse
The governor has beeu beset ou alt
sides by the people who want to come
| here aud take up his time in hearings
ou appropriation me is a run, aml ;u> has
deteruiiued to refus-i all heariofg ou
that class of bills. Yesterday after
noon he issued the following state
ment :
"After careful tabulation of tho ap
propriation bills submitted to me for
approval by the legislature, I find the
amount aggregates more than 167,000,-
000. Upon inquiry of the fiscal ofiicers
of the commonwealth, the officers
charged with the responsibility cf col
lecting and disbursing the State's re
venues, I am informed by the audf£r
general, iu a carefully prepared state
ment, that the moneys available and
to become available from every source
for the payment of these appropria
tions will not exceed f45,000,000, and
by the Stnte treasurer that the amount
will uot exoted $47,000,000.
"la order to proven! a (letifit it be
comes uecessaty to bring these appro
priations within the revenues cf the
State, and owing to the limited time
! given to dispose of these bills, 1 regret
| to be compelled to say that it will be
| impossible for me to comply with re
I quests for hearings concerning ap
! propriations."
Modern Buildings.
j Probably uot one out of every 10,000
j buildings standing In all parts of the
j world and built by modern masons
j will be standing 500 years hence. We
j tlo not know how to put stones and
I bricks together as the ancients did.
end consequently the buildings we
| raise nowadays are really mere tem
j porary structures and will be in ruins
j when the ancient buildings of Greece
and Egypt, built thousands erf years
ago, are In as good condition a 5 they
nre now.
Taft Cabinet's Average Age.
The average age of tho Taft cabinet
| is fifty-seven years, which is about
, two years more venerable on the aver
age than the Roosevelt cabinet
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