Montour American
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., D c 9. I<X>9
ACQUAINTED
WITH GANNON
Emerson Keim, son of John Keim of
the south side, who has just roturued
from Honduras, Central America,
Where lio is engaged in gold mining,
states that ho was woll acquainted
with Cannon, tho young man from
Htrrisburg, who was shot by order of
Presidont Zelaya, of Nicaragua, whose
arbitrary acts for awhile threatened
to embroil that country in war with
the United States.
Mr. Keim says Cannon was a fine
tellow, very fond of adventure, and
had succeeded in amassing consider
able property in Nicaragua. Among
his possessions was a gold mine, for
Which only a few months ago he re
fused $200,000. Ho was an intelluotin.l
fellow of refined tastes; ho was fond
of frequenting the parks in the even
ings audit was there that Mr. Keim
first met him.
Although Mr. Keim experimentally
knows little of Nicaragua, yet he is
more or less familiar witli conditions
there, as they closely resemble those
In Honduras, where he is located. In
the latter country everything is peace
ful, there being uo hint of auy dis
satisfaction among tho classes that
generally breed insurrections.
The inhabitants are principally of
the Indian or aboriginal type and large
numbers who live among the moun
tains still conform to aboriginal modes
t»l life. They are kind in disposition,
jeace loving and generous. Another
-olass is com posed of the descendants
•112 the early Spanish settlors, who,
•long with Americans that have drift
ed into tho country, transact about all
the business that is done. Still anoth
er class is composed of a mixture of
Spanish and Indian, which is treach
erous to a degree and which is re
sponsible for the numerous revolutions
that occur.
Mr. Keim spent some time prospect
ing in Honduias. At the present he
represents an English mining company
that has taken over a largo gold mine
there. Ho expects to return to that
Country In a couplo of weeks.
He says that there are excellent busi
ness opportunities in Honduras. Ban
ana growing is a profitable industry.
Threo thousand dollars will purchase
a banana plantation, wliicii will yield
an annual profit of several thousand
dollars. The day of prospecting, he
aays, is over in Honduras. Tho best
course at present is to get possession
at some mine, whether in operation or
not, which is known to yield ore. On
the whole silver is probably more ab
undant than gold. Many of the mines
are abandonod.
Tegucigalpa is an old and quaint
town on the western coast. A ride tip
Olua river in one of the-light steamers
tlmt ply upon it is described as most
interesting. It is possible to navigate
the stream for some eighty miles. The
fthores of tho tributaries are lined with
Cold washings. Alligators aro found in
all tho rivers and lagoons.
Marriage In Pieardy.
A Pieardy custom, founded on a
broad basis of common sense as well
as the Idea of complete partnership. Is
that which puts a new bride through ii
kind of examination lu the trade of her
bttsbaud. It may. of course, have be-
Jrome something of a burlesque, and
♦tho brido may purposely show lessdex
ferity than she ueed. Still, the consid
eration of the wife as a helpmate is
very clearly shown In the performance.
If the youus wife's husband be a farm
er, she will be asked to harness a
horse aud cart and to harrow a small
piece of land. If her choice has fallen
oil an ironworker, she must hammer a
piece of Iron: if on a miller, sho must
measure out wheat from a basket at
the church door; If on a smith, she Is
supposed to be able to strike the anvil'.
If on a sailor, she has to clean nud
mend some netting, and so on with the
other occupations. Evidently the keep
tog <>f an Idle wife is not understood In
PlenrtJy.—T. P.'s T.otidon Weekly.
His Failing.
"You are beside yourself." he retort
ed haughtily.
she guve a shrill, unpleasant laugh
' i lug double again. ehV" she cried.
New York Press
Foresight Is very wise, but foresni--
row is very foolish, and castles are at
any rate better than dungeons in the
sir - Sir John l.tilibock.
Truth In Jest.
According to historical tradition, the
conquest of Finland was foretold lu
jest that soon became earnest by its
■conqueror, Peter the Great, to bis jest
w. lialakireff.
Italaklreff had vexed the czar by too
jmpudent a Joke and had been summa
rily banished with the menacing lu
junction never to appear ou Russian
soli again. He disappeared discreetly,
tout one day uot long after Peter, glanc
ing out of a window, saw his unmis
takable figure and quizzical counte
nance jogging comfortably by, perch
ed lu a country cart. Impulsively h.
ran down to him and demanded to
know why he had disobeyed.
"1 liaveu't disobeyed you," was the
answer. "I am not on Russian soil
BOW." »
"Not on Russian soil?"
"No. This cart load of earth that
I'm sitting on is Swedish soil. 1 dug it
iu Finland only the other day."
Peter laughed, but he said, "If Fin
land be Swedish soli uow, It shall be
Russian soli before long!" And bo
mado good bis words.
THE COLDEST WEATHER
The rain Tuesday in this immediate
vicinity, at least, did not relieve the
Irought to any appreciable extent.
Tho rain sank into the thirsty earth
ts fast as it fell aud while it thus
.icnofited tho wheat it did not re
plenish tho streams. ___
The rain was followed with a drop
in tomperaturo which threatens to
freeze the small streams, cutting off
the only avuitablo water supply, thus
in sonto sections bringing about the
very conditions that have been so much
dreaded. It would have required . a
much heavier and more prolonged rain
to swell the streams aud store up in
tho earth a reservoir of water suffi
cient to insure an unfailing supply
during the winter.
Mercury stood at 30 degrees yester
day morning. It grew colder during
the day. At 4p. in.the thermometer
registered 24 degrees. Mercury fell
considerably lower during the uight.
The ground was frozen hard yesterday
aud ice was making its appearance. It
was the first taste of real winter.
Blind Man a Murderer.
Supreme Court Justice Minturn of
Paterson. N. J.. sentenced William Pas
son. a negro, to thirty years in the
state prisou for killing Chnrlos Hum
med, a white man, and ten years for
killing Bob Ferguson, a colored man.
the terms to run separately.
The court had accepted in each case
a plea of non vult to murder in the
second degree, and the penalty for
killing the white man Is the limit un
der the law for second degree murder.
Fasson Is known as "the devil." Al
though blind, he had been for n long
time a terror among the negroes. The
night of the double murder he entered
a saloon on Paterson street, asked for
a drink and when it was refused
pulled out two pistols and begun firing
at random. Hummed was killed In
stantly and Ferguson, who accom
panied Fasson, fell with a fatal wound.
The Value of Hi» Time.
Young physicians In the smaller
towns have .an idea that appearing
very busy will help them grently in
starting n practice. The following was
told by an ex-senator. Dr. Godfrey
Hunter of Kentucky. Dr. Hunter had
a call the afternoon following the
hanging out of his "shingle" and
started through town in his buggy at
terrific speed. A policeman stopped
the enterprising physician.
"Doctor." he said, "It is agaiust the
city ordinance to drive at the speed
you are going. You must accompany
me to the judge and pay your fine."
"What is the fine?" inquired the doe
tor.
"Five dollars."
The doctor's hand flew to his pocket.
"Here's $lO. I have to come back Just
as fast as 1 am going."—Success Mngst
zine.
Up. Up, Up.
IThe tendem y Is upward. financial
Report.|
UP goes mlllc, and UP goes silk.
UP goes all that's tit for wearliiß.
UP go lamb and beef and ham;
UP go word a that sound like swearing;
ITP goes coat. and.on my soul.
UP so thoughts as cruel as Nen>.
UP go land, bread, sugar, nand.
DOWN goes cash in hand to aero
-New York Herald
A Smokeless Navy.
[Rear Admiral Schroeder would atop the
smoking of cigarettes by enlisted men I
No more tho younit apprentice mav
Consume within his bunk
The weed that smells like burning hay.
La 3pec!alo de la Punk,
For strict paternalism's chief
Scents danger In tho breeze
That brlnTs the smell of cabbage loaf
'Cross seventy-seven seas.
But, mark you. not a word they «<iy
To put the ban of law
Upon the pipe of blackened clay
Or the exuding chaw.
Jack, Is another scandal now
Upon t;.e public thrust?
Would rulers of the sea endow
The pi lie tobacco trust?
No; the reform that seems so rude
From progress has been born.
Old ways, old sailors, both were crtida
Goodby to things outworn!
No powder pall now marks our frays
The moral tits tobacky,
For In these smokeless powder days
We wan. the smokeless Jacky
—John O'Keefe In New York World.
Wounded Dignity.
Undersized young husband calls at
the registrar's to give in the name of
his firstborn.
Registrar—Wliut is it you want?
Husband-To report the birth of a
son.
Registrar—Go back, my little man,
and tell your father he'll have to come
himself!—l.lverpool Mercury.
An Ingenious Interview.
An officer once asked Frederick the
Great for an Interview, which was
granted oti condition that he only said
two words He presented a petition.
"Sire." he said, "sign!" Frederick,
highly amused, surrendered.
Keep Out of Debt.
My first word to all men and boys
who care to hear me Is, Don't get Into
debt. Starve and goto heaven, but
don't borrow. Don't buy things you
?nn't pay for!— John Ruskin.
i tpped.
"Doesn't this boat tip a great deal?"
asked u timid young woman of the
steward.
"The vesfel, ma'am," said the stew
ard, "l,s trying to set a good example
to the passengers."
An Attraction.
Mrs. Gillot—So there is a tablet In
your transept to her memory. Did she
do anything to bring people into tho
church? Mrs. Perry-Well, she wore
a new lint every Sunday for three
years.
How She Did It.
"So she refused you';''
"That's the impression I received."
"Didn't s>«e actually say no?"
"No, she didn't. All she said was
'Ha, ha, ha!'"—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Sleepy Sermons.
"Some men preach," said Sydney
Smith, "ns if they thought sin Is to be
taken out < ! a man as live was taken
out of Ad-tn, by casting him Into a
profound slumber."
Wade not in unknown waters. -Ger
man Proverb.
MADE GOOD WIFE'S
DEFALCATION
WILLIAMSPOKT, Pa., Dec. 8.
The whereabouts of Mrs. Mabel
Campbell, the defaulting postmistress
of the village of Caimnal. Lycoming
county, whose accounts were found to
bo $llOO short and who was believed
to have perished in the mountains
while hiding to escape arrest, were
disclosed yesterday by her husband,
Truman Campbell, who lias sold his
belongings to square his wife's ac
counts. Ho has had two letters from
her, botl. being postmarked Elmira,
N. Y., and last night Mr. Campbell,
who is G3 years old, wrote to her to
come back. The old man now tolls the
whole story.
The day tho postofflce inspector dis
covered the shortage his wife came to
him and beggod him to help her. Then
she disappeared. He found her tracks
across the soft earth to tlie bank of
Pine creek, hardly a stone's throw
from their home. Fearing that she had
thrown herself into the stream ho
shouted in desperation, and his wifo's
voice responded from across the creek,
where she had waded and was hiding
among the rocks.
She did not wait for help, hut wad
ed hack to him anil returned home.
The only asset in sight that he could
realize upon was his ginseng bed. Be
fore daybreak the next morning the
old man was in digging up the roots.
By noon ho had dug an amount ap
praised by the woman's bondsmen to
be worth $27.5, and this was applied
upon the deficiency.
But that same evening Mrs. Camp
bell left again, and tho belief prevail
ed that she had gone to the moun
tains. Since then the husband has at
signed his interest in a timber tract
to the bondsmen and this squares the
debt. He himself lias made applica
tion to be ap])ointed postmaster, and
is now waiting for the return of his
wife and the appointment from Wash
ington.
Mr. Campbell says he cannot uuder
s and what his wife did with the
$llOO, though it is well known that
her charitable disposition went so far
as that she kept two and sometimes
] three poor families in fond. Mrs. Camp
! bell is :10 years younger than her lius
' baud. They are the parents of a girl
i now 5 years old, and it is for the sake
| of the little one as well as her mother
that the old man is virtually stripping
himself bare of his worlillv posses
! •
sions.
George 111. and the Wig makers.
I When George 111. ascended the
throne of England his wealthy sub
| jfcts were beginning to leave off wigs
i and to appear In their own hair, "if
j they had any." As the sovereign was
himself one of the offenders, the per
uke makers, who fell red a serious loss
nf trade, prepared a. iielitioii in which
l hey prayed his majesty to be gra
rlously pleased to "shave his head" for
. lite good of distressed workmen aud
wear a wig. as his father had done be
fore liliu.
When the petitioners walked to the
royal palace, however, it was uotlced
that they wore no wigs themselves.
As this seemed unfair to the onlook
ers l hey seized several of the leading
processionists and cut their hair with
any implement that came most readily
to baud.
From this incident arose h host of
; curious caricatures. The wooden leg
makers were said to have especial
' claims on the king's consideration, In
asmucb as the conclusion of t>eaee had
deprived them of n profitable source
of employment: hence the suggestion
thnt his majesty should not only wear
a wooden leg himself, but enjoin the
people to follow his laudablo example
ounthins and Duct.
There is more dnst In the pluces II
luminated by the sun's rays than in
those which we call shady. If yon
look along A beam of light as It streams
through a window or a chink In the
door you will see Innumerable dnst
particles dancing about In the llglit.
You will tie told by most persons that
there is Just as much dust In the nou
, illuminated parts of the rooiu us In the
more favored spaces, but you cannot
see the particles because the rays do
not fall directly upon them. You wil.
think that this Is eminently plausible,
but It Is not the case. The sun falling
upon the air creates irregular currents,
aud these currents stir up the dustand
collect It In layers along the line of
light; hence there Is more dust where
the sun shines than elsewhere. Acu
rious experience In a museum gave
proof of this. It was noticed thnt
there was always more dust on the
glass cases exposed to the sunbeams
than on those which were never touch
ed by the rays of the great orb. anu
this led to an inquiry, with the above
result.
Bee and Wasp Stings.
The sting of a bee is often more
virulent than tlmt of a wasp am'
with some people attended with very
violent effects. Tho sting of a bee
Is barbed at the end anil conse
qtiently always left in the wound
that nf a wasp is pointed only, so tlmt
it can stini; more than once, wliicii
a bee cannot do. When any person i
stung by a bee. let the sting, in the
first place, be instantly pulled out. fot
the longer it remains in the wound
the deeper it will pierce, owing to its
peculiar form, and emit more of tin
poison. The sting is hollow, and tin
poison flows through it, which is tin
Role cause of the pain aud Inflnuimu
tion.
Same Name, Both Wan! Fortune.
Theodore Kunnell of l.oa Angeles left
will stipulating that JKuitHi be paid
to William I'robnsco. son of Abraham
I'roliasco, the beneficiary not being
otherwise identified. Two William
t'rohascos. sons of Abraham I'roliasco
one of Ast.nrv Park. N. J., the other
of Tippecanoe, lnd., have claimed tin
legacy.
HEWS ITEMS FROM
'RQUNDTHE STATE
Because lie is under 14 years of age,
Leon Luckowiski, who robbed ten
Shamokin homes and stores, was sen
tenced at Sunbury to only eighteen
mouths in jail.
Jonas Cassel, of Collegeville, after
selling the year's products of his farm
at public sale, suddenly left w th the
SSOO realized aud canuot bo traced. He
leaves a wife and family.
Aftor waking her mother aud two
brothers, who were burned, Myrtle
Johnson, aged C, was burned to death
at Rodger's Mills, near Counellsville,
when their home was on fire.
Because he is alleged to havo testifi
ed in two different ways in damage
suits against the Lehigh Valley . Coal
company, Judge Brnmm lield Anthony
Soden.of Mahauoy City, on the charge
of perjury.
Israel Yichnin, aged 5, of Philadel
phia, is a prodigy piano player. His
ability is of the most sensational char
acter, he being able to play such "elec
tions as "Faust," "Carmen," "Rigo
letto, "etc. He began playing when
he was but years old.
Merle Albert admitted in court at
Butler that lie had robbed a half dozen
boarding houses in order to get money
to marry the girl lie loved and threw
himself on the mercy of the court. He
was sentenced to six months' imprison
ment. He returned much of the stnff
he had taken. His wife was in court
and doclared that she would stand true
to him.
In order to provo that eggs ho sold
to Mrs. Mary Olensky were not bad,
as she was trying to show before a
Wilkes-Barre alderman, Domiuisk
Sarvo was ordered to eat the remain
ing twelve of the eighteen eggs left.
His brother-in-law offered to help and
the two men ate the eggs with evident
relish. The alderman then dismissed
the man saying that if the eggs were
fresh the fellow is innocent and if
they were bad the Gating of them
| would cause trouble enough.
i Arthur Hoisey who acted as assist
ant j istiuaster at Rheems, near Lan
caster, was arrested for intercepting
the delivery of official mail. His grand
father is the postmaster and the fellow
is alleged to have heard that the old
man was to lose his position and Ferris
: M. Kraybill was to be appointed in
his place. K ray bill's letters,informing
him of his appointment, are suid to
■ have been kept from hiui nnd Heisey
has confessed to the crime*, according
to dispatcher.
DUTCH SPORTS.
Holland the Land of Sleighing, Sledg
ing and Skating.
Probably no other buys nnd girls had
i better times tliau the Dutch boys aud
i girls in old and new Netherlnnd. Hoi
' land, sats W. E. tirltlls In his book.
! "The Story of New Nethei'latid," Is the
1 land of skates and sleighs. Children
and youug |>eople hardly lenru to
skate; they begin It naturally and keep
[ It up all their lives. Whether for fun
! or ID parties or togo to the market, to
| church, to weddings or funerals, they
i move by rapid transit on steel. A pair
I of skates Is a passport to comrade
ship.
| Every habit and each trick known on
| Holland cnuats or ponds was repro
! duced ou the Mohawk and Hudson
There was the icelxiat or sailboat on
runner*, sometimes reduced for swift
ness to a long plauk with crosspleces
for seats aud with skate Irons Equip
ped with mast, canvas and some cour
age, it seemed to race with the wind
Itself.
As for coasting, wherever Hat Hol
land could show a hill or slope or
Frleslaud furnished a torp or artificial
mound there were the boys aud girls
at fun Ou the ice lady or lass sat in
a hand sleigh, while husband or swain
pushed as he skated.
All this shows the reason why New
burg-on-the-Uudson and Albany and
the hills of Dorp are so famous for
coastlug auil Ilie North river for ice
yuchts aud why from the first genera
tion of settlers the Dutch-Amerlcuu
towns were uoted for sledding, sleigh
lug and skating
The Fascination of Corn Cutting.
Corn cutting always has a fascina
tion for me. I like to see the farmer
grip the tall s(nl!;s with a stout hand
and. deftly holding them, clip them
with II quick stroke of a knife. Around
the bundle when It is gathered he
twists it slimmer stalk and tucks the
ends tightly under. It Is a tidy art,
for a twist may lack just the inch that
holds the bundle. The farmer's work
develops quick Judgment as well as
deftness of hands, and so it is a good
school, for it makes the brains and the
hands work together. The boy who
follows with a fork should be able to
lift the bundle and buihl a stook that
will resist the wind. When the busk
ers come every ear should have been
kept well tip from the ground and the
stalks so well ..ventilated that there is
no smell of mildew.—E. P. Powell la
Outing Magazine.
Famous Cedars.
The famous cedars of Lebanon also
prow in India and Algeria, but their
home Is the Lebanous of northern
Syria. In ancient times the sides of
the whole mountain were covered with
them, but now they are found In only
one small hollow on the northwestern
slope. These are securely fenced in
hut in spite of the great care of the
gardener the 200 that now survive will
soon die, and the species will become
extinct.
MPT. KM
i OELEofITE.
Captain F. M. HeiruigtniiJVjf (I is
oily lias been C'IO en as one of the
delegates of the Twelfth regiment ID
the annual meeting of the National
Guard association of Pennsylvania,
which will bo held in Philadelphia 111
Friday and Saturday of this week
The compliment, paid to Company F
will ho appreciated when it is ex
plained that of the ten delegates chos
en to represent the Twelfth regiment,
only four are captains, ona of those
being in command of the local com
pany.
Brigadier General C. B. Dougherty
of Wilkes-Barre is president of the
executive committee of the National
Guard association. The annual meet
ing will be held at Hotel Walton, the
first, session beginning promptly at 1)
a. m. Friday, December JOtli.
The presence of Governor and Com
mander-in-Chief Hon. Edwin S.
Stuart and of the Hon. John E. Rey
burn, Mayor of Philadelphia, is ex
pected during the session. There will
be addresses by Lieut. Col. E. M.
Weaver, General Staff, U. S. A. ;
Major Carl Reichman, 24th Inf., U.
S. A. ; Capt. Francis J. Koestor, U. S.
A. ; Captain Charles D. Rhodes, 6th
Cavalry, U. S. A.
Among other papers one will bo
read l>y Col. Asher Miner, 9th Inf.,
N. G. P., opening a discussion on the
subject of 'The Restriction of Enlist
ments in the National Guard to a Per
iod of Not Less Than Three Months
Prior to Going to Camp;" there will
also be a paper by Lieut. Col. Corn
well on "Enlistments in the Army and
National Guard. How Shall the Nat
ion Recruit Its Army for Defense?"
Through the courtesy of the officers
of the Philadelphia command a buffet
luncheon will be tondered the dele
gates at Hotol Walton at noon and a
theatre party in the evening of Friday
December 10th.
The entire list of delegates chosen
to represent the Twelfth regiment ia
as follows: Colonel Clement, Major
Straub, Major Updegraff, Major Foll
mer, Major Drumholler, Captain Her
ringtou, Company F; Captain Mor
row, Company A; Captain Hester,
Company C; Captain White, Company
G; Captain Taggart, adjutant of the
regiment.
The delegates will leave Sanbury
Thursday evening.
HAUNTED ALASKAN ISLAND.
Ghosts of Russian Exiles Who Died of
Starvation or Torture.
To the south and west of Kodhik,
distant about 100 miles aud forroint:
one of tbe Semldl group. Is the Island
of Uhlrlkof. the haunted Island of
Alaska.
Ivnsbri'iHliMl for a ureal portion of
. the time wilh almost nntHMietrable /on.
i this IniiiMy Isle Is ail otijei t of terror to
tbe native*. who til 111 It I* hntinteil
b.v tile Kluwls >if Itnsslao exiles
I'lie native* «i! not i»<»»tr the
laud. «ii>iii< il ine.itus certain dealt)
Inm>le the i -unity coutiueu. nnil there
are-lew ii,en in the far north who have
the temerity to test the tnitb of the
many :inJ *veird lilies told of this for
bidding aiid barren island.
| Shil; il' isie.-B and sailors passing tbe
j plin-e assert that the agonizing cries ot
i HIISSIIIII exile* sent there to starve or
! die by torture are solnetiines heard
l on quiet night*. while the clink of
! chains and ilie vottttd of blows are les
| tified to In an iilidavH by a white ma
! who once atiettipled to remain there
I for a week and who nearly lost Ills
| reason la nana I rlliiiue.
The Top Hat.
Tall hats, "pearkiu up like the spire
uf a steeple a tptn lter of a yard aliovr
tile • I'owite." as a sixteenth i t-;i! II
writer dex-rilics tlieiu. were known ii.
tile lline I.f l lizalietli. and the I'uri
taus affected lliein until llic.v loci i.
Into Iho old fashioned beaver* "I
great-grand fn I tiers' days. Top lulls uf
I silk appeared llrsi in I'loreu .• a>>
ItsOO. and twenty yours later silk i t
with felt lieilles were introduced t>ii• •
Kugiumi. About IMt> the l'lcn Ii • i .
hat was placed on the market and u
once adopted in the familiar ••chiuine.v
pot" shape. There were several vari
etie.i of il, such as the Wellington lint
with the yeoman crown; tbe Anglesea
hat. hell shaped at the top, anil the
D'Orsay hut. with ribbed silk blndliiK
and a big bow. The color also varied
Thus the Kali of Harrington started a
craze for green top hats by wearing
one in his garden with the idea of not
frightening the birds. He also tested
his silk hats by standiug upon them
The top lull, however, was never so
favored by auy great personage as •
account for its general adoption.—Lon
don Answers.
Mind Over Matter.
"Much may be done," said the acute
observer, "by an authoritative voice
Now. If a until says to a dog. 'Come
here!' with II uote of absolute authori
tv In his voice the dog comes I mine
diittely."
"Yes," said the traveler, "I've not li
ed It. And it is especially marked if
oriental peoples. Why. when I x\ is in
Khalisandjharo 1 heard a man say
with that authoritative note In hi
tone. 'O king, live forever.' aud ini
mediately the king lived forever"
To Reclaim 000,000 Acre Tract.
The reclamation of Iho Sacramento
valley is .lie largest of nil schemes
contemplated by the United States yov
eminent. Six Uuudred thousand acres
of sun baked land will lie made availa
ble for agriculture
Long and Costly Canal.
A caunl 170 miles long and costing
$120,000,000 connecting Lyons aud
Aries, France, is proposed. It is also
suggested to build « $115,000,000 branch
to Marseilles
Who troubles others has no res!
himself.—ltalian Proverb.
THE MURDER CASE
Yesterday's sessions of the Northum
berland county court at Sun bury,
where Jon iuoleskl is mi trial for the
Killing of Wally Touiachefski. were
mostly devoted to the presentation of
the prosecutiou's case, nnil a very
strong web of evidence was woven
about the prisoner.
A number of witnesses were called
by the prosecution and the movements
of Moleski were traced during the day
of September 80th, the day on which
the shooting occurred. The most dam
aging testimony was offered by Joe
Lev ill ski, Wally's butty who was with
liiui when he was shot. They were
walking along a roail together, when
! they saw Moleski sitting under some
bushes, and he said to them, "wat h
yourself." They wero scared and rail,
the witness in the lead. He heard a
shot, but tlid not stop running until
he reached a friend's house. Wally was
not with him then. Later the man was
found mortally wounded ill the back,
and a full pay envelope which bad
been in his possession was gone.
The prosecution rested yesterday
afternoon and the defense was taken
up. The case will goto the jury like
ly some time today.
DIPLOMACY.
A Vague Threat That Meant Nothing
but Rruug.tt Quick Results.
The lule Lord Salisbury some years
iigo sent a foreign ottiee emissary to
make some demands ot a South A IIHT
lean republic. Hefore setting out on
his mission tbe emissary, to whom bis
lordship hud explained the exact tin
tore of the demands, desired to be in
formed as to the course to take It
lifter he had said everything, there was
a refusal.
"Oh," answered Lord Salisbury, "this
Is not a matter In which we Have the
least thought of fighting! If tbe pres
ideut refuses, why. you will simply
have to come home again."
The emissary went and hnd his say
to the president of tbe republic, who
blankly refused to give In.and th<>
diplomat retired to think things over
A few hours later he wrote to tbe pres
ident:
"1 regret that your excellency does
not see your way to recognize the Just
ness of tbe claims which I have had
tho honor to present. I have now to
say. on behalf of her Britannic majes
ty's government, that unless your ex
cellency yields on all points which I
have nnmed It will be my painful duty
to act on the second half of my In
structions."
tinder this vague and significant
threat tbe president yielded at once.—
London Telegraph.
Tha Noise Habit.
A persoual experience first showed
the writer the possibility of a state of
aiTalrs where the habit of noise could
become as fixed as the habit of a drug
Waking one night In the quiet of a
country house far from other bablta
tlons. I suddenly heard tbe starting of
the hot air engine which pumped the
water—chug. chug, chug, chug. 1 lay
. listening to its monotonous vibrations
! and wondering nt the unusual hour
| for pumping until I fell asleep Tbe
| next night the sound was repeated
1 On mottlinning the matter to my host
| In- confessed (hot he j-ould not sleep in
j the quiet of ilie country: that the pud
j den change from the roar of a great
I city lo tlie silence of the woods w:t« so
j great M- to cause tiliu real suffering
; As his only way to rest he would leave
i i iic house in ihe middle of the nig 'it
i start up the pump and. lying dotvn i'i
j a nearby hummock, find sleep broiu'n
! him by the lullaby of the tint air en
1 gine Thai man recognized that he had
j the noNe habit and filially conquered
it HolMs Godfrey In Atlantic.
Oddly Named.
! A Mr. Hudson, who had made a
| large fortune as a dentist, had bulli s
| very expensive cotiutry house near
j Dublin, but ot such an extraordinary
I construction as to bid defiance to tbe
j criiii'isin id tbo architect.
| one day after dinner at Currau s ibis
singular mansion became a subject »l
| merriment for Ills guests. I'be question
> for their satirieal inquiry was. "What
j was its mtler of architecture?" one
| said it cerfaiuly was Otvciau. auothci
I contended it was Saxon and a I bird
ibai il was oriental, when their tr«t
j thus interposed
"Kxctise uic, gentlemen, you are all
wrong. It Is l'usk-un. From tbe ir
I regularities of tbe mansion aud from
! Its proprietor being a dentist the Irish
j call it Snaggletooth Hall."—London An
j swers.
Not Worth a Rush.
"Not worth a rush" Is. aa a popular
saying, the predecessor of the uo»
more common simile "not worth i
straw." In preenrpet days it was Hie
custom lo strew the Moors of dwelling
houses. When guesLs of rank were en
tertained li esli rushes «ere spread for
them, but foil; of lower degree hail to
be foment with rushes that had al
ready heeii used. «Idle still humbler
persons had none, is not even beiugl
"worth a rush."- I.ondou Standard. j|
identified Her.
A story of lovely woman's ability to
rise superior to those petty details
which so often hamper, limit and nul
j lify the operations of any mere man is
j told of n Harrison woman who tried
j to have a check cashed at a bank
| whore she was not known, says tbe
j Newark Cull. The usual remarks were
| made by the cashier concerning the
| need of Identification, to which the
! woman immediately replied: "Oh, well.
I that's easy. I can alwjtys be identified
' by this mole on my cheek."
Two Kinds.
The spectators m a county court
room were waxing very demonstrative
over the testimony of one of the wit j
nesses. Tbe judge sternly ndmonisbei! j
them to keep quiet, but to no effect.
The offense was soon repeated.
"Clear tbe courtroom!" called oui
the Judge to the bailiff.
The hitter stepped forth pompously
and. striking a forensic attitude, said
"Then blackguards that ain't lawyers
will have to get out. Tbem that If
lawyers can stay."— Lipplncott's.
PREPARING
A PETITION
The act of l(iOi) making all road tax
a cash tax is variously received ill the
rnral communities.
In several townships of Montour the
cash tax i B popular. Mahoning and
Valley townships departed from the
work tax system several years
find the cash tax practicable and prof*
cruble in many respects.
In other townships the cash tax wa*
defeated when it came to an issue and
the act of JUO9 is oil that account un
popular. Men who for a generation
have been accustomed to working out
their road tax—putting in a day now
and then when there is a letup ia
farm work—do not take kindly to any
innovation which compels them tog 9
down into their pockets for the cash
The act of 11)09 is exactly the op
posite of the former act.which provid
ed that the road tax could bo changed
to a money tax by a vote. The present
act requires a vote to change the tax
back to a work tax. The court upon
petition of fifty-two or more taxpayers
of the township orders an election for
the purpose of deciding the question.
It. is no secret that at least one town
ship of Moutour county contemplates
presenting a petition to court at the
next term asking that an election bo*
ordered to enable it, if possible, togo
back to the work tax.
The majority of the townships will
probably accept the provisions of the
new act, paying a cash tax. In some
of the townships the work tax ha*
been growing into disfavor for some
years past. On the face of it, it is de
clared,the principle looks all right bat
it does not work out that way.
A prominent farmer of Derry town
ship states that so far as his observa
tions have extended the work tax is a
positive detriment. He does not deny
that there are conscientious men who
give the township a good day's work
for the money, but he is quite sure
that such men are too often in a min
ority. From time immemorial,he says,
it has been quite customary to"go it
easy" while working on the roads, so
that it has become quite notorious that
foi the nnmber of men and teams em
ployed on any single day the showing
on the road is poor both as to tho
amount and the quality of tho work
done. Speaking for himself, he says.
In* 11: is been watching the experiments
in those townships where a cashftax is
| | aid and he is convinced that under
j that system good roads call bo main
I tained at a minimum of cost.
Queer Sort of Sorrow,
i He was displaying with much pride
! a silver dollar "pocket piece.**
"One of my best friends," he said,
patting It fondly. "Have bad It ten
years, and during that time have been
dead broke half a hundred times tun'
in actual need of food snd a bed quite
often."
"What!" a listener exclaimed, "lie-:<
a dollar from sentiment and so hir<
cry and sleepless?"
"I didn't «uy so," tbe other replied
• "1 neter went that far. Vou sc.*
when I'm so hard pressed 1 use tie
coin as collateral. I borrow tuioil:
dollar and give this one as security
to be held till called for. Queer -e»ri
I of borrow, isu't it? But the coin's tuo
' pood a friend to desert."—New York
; Globe.
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