Montour American FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor, Danville, Pa., l)cc. 3H, 1009. HIS DAUGHTER'S | FIRST STORY, The Old Colonel Was Positive It j Would Win the Prize. | By DONALD ALLEN. tCopyright, 1909, by Associated Literary Press. J The Bounder Magazine was offering ft fOOO prize for the best love story. «ad when Colonel Sears, retired, hap pened to see the announcement at the ▼Ulage reading room he started right tome to tell his daughter Phyllis. On the way he decided that her story should be a pathetic one. He so de cided because he felt pathetic most of the time himself over being retired, over his half pay and over the fact that the army was going to tho dogs Without him. Phyllis Sears was good looking, nnd *he was smart. She had written and torn up two pieces of poetry, she had written and read numerous school compositions, and she had written one essay on the subject of intemperance. Miss Phyllis fully realized that she ■was literary, but she would not have pursued the line except for the en thusiasm nnd encouragement of her father. She continued to be good look ing and smart nnd literary to please him. The mother doted on the girl, but stood neutral in details. The story was begun next day, nnd as fast as a page was written it was submitted to the father. Ho weighed every sentence. Once the tears were started from the eyes of the reader he insisted that there should be no res pite. % When the story had reached five pages the colonel wrote a letter to the AS FAST AS A PAOE WAS WRITTEN IT WAS SUBMITTED TO TUB FATHEB. editor of the Bounder. He gave his war record in full and stated that his only daughter was writing a story to be submitted lu the contest Thus far, his word for it, it had proved a tremendous literary effort, fully equal to Ouida's best, and he could guar antee that the last half would be greater yet. He had cried over it, and the editor, the editor's wife and the pressmen, compositors and all others connected with the ofiice would doubt less do the same. By and by two or three things began to dawn on Phyllis. She found it dif ficult to keep up the tears. The story had gone all right to a certain point and then stuck. She was puzzled us to the end of it. She began to doubt and distrust her talent and finally ventured to say so to her father. "Not take the prize!" the colonel ex claimed. "Why, girl, what has come over you? First, you are the daugh ter of a colonel who served his coun try for thirty years; next, you are good looking and smart; thirdly, your story is the only one to touch the editor's heart. Egad, if it doesn't I'll go down to the city and call him a rullian! You'll win that prize In a canter." "But If I should fall after all?" she asked. "But you can't." "And yet I may. You see, you have told most everybody, and If I don't take the prize I shall feel terribly humiliated. I shall want togo away for a year." "I.ook here, daughter," said the colonel after a moment's thought. "I'll make you a promise. If you don't take that prize I promise to find a husband for you within a year. What do you say to that? You are sure of the prize, however, and will have to live and die an old maid." And that evening as the- colonel smoked his cigar on the veranda with a friend he whispered in confidence: "Not n word ton living soul—not a word! There'll be thousands of stories sent in, but Phyllis' will take the cake. Bound to, sir—bound to. She's smart, and then she's the daughter of an old soldier. The first page made me hitch around on my chair, and the second 'brought tenrs to my eyes. It will be a story to set thousands weeping." The story was finished at last, read and reread and then sent off. With it went another confidential letter from the colonel. lie pointed out its many strong points to save the editor time, and he nssured him thnt at least forty friends of his had pronounced it a jrem and wanted ten copies of the is sue in which it was printed. He also referred again to his wnr record. There was a month of waiting. Dur ing this time tho colonel never fal tered. When Phyllis became despond- St and discouraged be patted her on e head and replied: "Why, tho editor must have time to recover from bis emotions after read ing your story. Bound to win—bound to. Thlrtv Tears in the service of my coutitr... iit'd tills is the rlrst slur* my daughter lias written. You may re ceive a J?."IIMI < Inik ill any moment If it had tn-en a common story. something to laugh at. a balderdash love story, but It was pathos, you see Egad, but think of your old father weeping over a story!" One day the pathetic manuscript was returned, and Inclosed with it was a notice that such and such a story had won the prize. The colonel came home with the letter in his band. "But I was afraid It might fail." said Thyllls as she took It and went away to weep over It and wonder what everybody would say. The colonel stalked into the library and sat down nnd wrote the editor a letter and told him that he was a man without sentiment, a numskull, a bor der ruffian and many other things and wound up with a lament that the days of the duello hnd passed away. That relieved him somewhat Ten days had passed and the little family were sitting on the Teranda one afternoon when a gentlemanly looking man of thirty descended from an auto and Introduced himself. His card showed that he was the editor of tin Bounder. Phyllis blushed, and her fa ther nrose to begin nn oration. It was to be a scorcher, but before he had got out a word the caller announced that he had come down to make an explanation. He was perfectly at ease, and his manner was frank. In the first place, the pathetic story had exceeded the limit set by over a thousand words. The circular had specified American stories, and this was laid in Tjondon. Phyllis had to acknowledge that she had been care less and the colonel that he had not read the circular at all. Then the ed itor good naturedly pointed out the ab sence of any plot and other things open to criticism. When he had fin ished the colouel didn't know whether to ask him to take n glass of wine or to order him off the premises. It was the daughter who settled that question, however. She frankly ac knowledged her literary errors. After that there was a friendly talk on lit erary matters, and for an hour after the caller's departure the old warrior sat burled In a sort of reverie. When the daughter at last aroused him he sold: "Pbyl, I made you a promise, you remember." "Did you?" she innocently askec though blushing at the same time. "And I guess I've found him. Let me say that I'm not going to butt iu and tangle things up any more. I'm not literary, and I'm going to drop pathos. I'm simply military, and I'm going to stick to that, tio ahead and paddle your own canoe after this." And if the colonel had not beeu a wise father his son-in-law might not be sharing the house with him and his good wife today, and thnt sot i law might uot be the editor of the Bounder. A Tsme Wild Mouse. 1 was waiting at the drumming log of the ruffed grouse for the bird to come and perform before me. My place of concealment was In the branches of a fallen dead spruce. I had uot beeu waiting long before a white footed mouse appeared among the branches on the ground almost un der me. It was interesting to see how freely he moved from place to place, appearing now here and now there, al! the while traveling under the snow, which had many caverns formed in It by the sun. for it was early spring. Another mouse soon made his appear ance. and 1 watched the two for some time as they searched for food. It was not loug before one of the mice was nibbling at my shoe, but the slightest movement of my foot, which was rest ing ou the trunk of the tree, sent him scurrying to the shelter of the branch es below. By patient advances, how ever, 1 was able to touch the little fel low with the tips of my extended fin gers. and five minutes later I was stroking his back as you might stroke a kitten.—St. Nicholas. Helping Hubby Out. "Your wife seems to be wonderfully Interested iu your business. Must be u source of great satisfaction to you." "Yes, indeed. Do you know I used to think she cared nothing about it." "Why the change?" "I don't know. That's the funny part of It. I can't Imagine what has changed her. A few nights ago I went home, tired most to death, and during the evening 1 casually remark ed; 'lole, my business Is getting most too much for me to handle. I am thinking of employing a nice, steady stenographer nnd typewriter. Don't you think it would bo a good idea?' From that moment the good little wo man has beeu extremely anxious to assist me and make my lot easier In every way. I suppose It's her natural ly sympathetic nature. It must be."— Boston Herald. The Judge's Slip. A judge once made the following charge to a jury: "You have heard the evidence. Tho Indictment charges tho prisoner with stealing a jackass. This offense seems to be becoming a com mon one, and the time has come when It must be stopped or none of us will be safe!" PEHHSTLVAHIA RAILROAD TOUR . Ai j Mardi Gras and ... Old MeXICO, Grand Canyon ALL FEBRUARY 3 Mardi Gras FEBRUARY 4 I DELIGHTS OF Florida FEBRUARY 8, 22, MARCH 8 TRUE i pinehuj. FEBRUARY 11 FOR FULL INFORMATION AND RATES, ADDRESS .1 H WOOD, GEO. W. BOYD, I'asseiidot Trattic Managri General I'asaeiiKer Agent, Philadelphia R I|!M. And Witmn sn h «r the Wind Ve»red jna t»e i> »n •■■'■r Came. Krnines '■■KtiliiK. Hiiiliur <>f "The Britons nt liiiuit'. ' tun- mis curious tai*> ■it (lit l tit itiii'i-iiaiui. with its i iiriinis tiii i mliii |ittl impressions like the tniiKiell.itinii Pleiades: An <<1(1 wo miin. a bystander. wax asked what the marks were tor. "Folks Hay." said she. "that they were made t>y the el bows ii ud knees of St. itock. lie fell down on I his stone when he lauded froin Ireland." And then the old wo man added: "We use the holes now when we want the wind to change. We knock lu them." The story con tinues: " "Do ask her to knock." 1 cried eagerly. There was a moment of hesi tation on the part of the old woman, a half franc shown in a careless way. and 'What wind would madam like to have?' •Southwest.' said 1, looking at the cloudless sky. "The old woman took up a flint and went slowly to the dolmen. Without any pause for reflection she knocked three times In a particular depression, murmuring some words 1 should not have understood even had they been audible. 'Come,' observed my friend; 'we have yet time to see the rest of the peninsula.' "The old woman said something, at which M. le itouzic laughed. 'She says that If we are going farther It will be best to be quick.' said be. 'Why?' 'The rain you asked for will be here shortly.' And in less than an hour it was raining." Mother's Coronation Day. Thnt first Christmas was the moth er's coronation day. Each recurring Christmas perpetuates the memory o: her great glory. In public and In pri vate celebrations of It hers should be the central figure. Solemn gladmv akin to the Creator's satisfaction 1 his "very good" work should fill h soul. Iu Mr. Harrison S. Morris' beautiful poem, "Incarnation," we read how u laborer, laden with "a tray of tool., :• timbered frame," walked In the su: shine through a city street Nor knew that out of myriads one Beside him saw a shadow run That clasped the centuries In Its shado • •••••• But, like a loving spirit, there, In even footfall at his side. A shadow walked the pavement wide With bended head and humble pride And angled cross aslant ths air. It was as If the dateless sun Forgot the years, ths far abode. And. 10, upon ths sordid road The cross worn Naaareao trods. Holding the journey never done. Every mother who holds her baby In her arms repeats, unconsciously or con •clously, the story of the incarnation. The blended shadow "clasps the centu rles," past, present and to come, and eternity Itself "iu Its shade."—Marion Harland in Independent The Navy's Christmas. Christmas In the regular navy 's ob served as one of the big holidays of the , year. Starting off with a grand dinner in the middle of tho day, discipline is j from then on relaxed, nnd the fun is j fast and furious till sundown, and of- 1 ten tho evening Is enlivened by amateur theatricals. The vessel is gayly deco rated with bunting, and at each mast head and at the bow and stern green trees are lashed If procurable. Made Certain of It. A through train on the Rock Island stopped a few moments at the Gngle- > wood station one day. A passenger got off to walk around a little. As tb* train begau to move again the passen , ger Jumped aboard, but Just then he discovered that he bad but one over shoe. Thinking that he dropped tho' other somewhere on the platform and as the train was going too fast for him to jump off nnd recover It, he pulled j off the remaining shoe and threw it ou the platform, exclaiming, "There—tha': makes a good pair of overshoes fot j Bomebody." Entering the car, he pro-. ceeded to his seat. There, to his great astonlsbmeut. was his overshoe. A look of intense disgust came upon his fare, but be did not hesitate. Quickly picking up the lone arctic, he hurried 1 to the platform, threw the shoe as far, as he could back toward the other om and shouted. "By jlmiuy, there is aj pair of overshoes for somebody!"--Ar gouaut. , Queer Friends. On board the Union Castle It. M. Si Goth on a voyage from tho Cape tc Tenerlfe was a little monkey belong-1 lug to one of the stewards. It was j very fond of sitting on the back of a j tortoise, another ship's pet, while ths \ latter crawled about the deck. AI though rather ill tempered nnd snap ! pish with people, the monkey was al-1 ways friendly with the tortoise, which 1 made no objection to being used as, her steed.—Wide World Magazine. The man who loves home best and loves It most unselfishly loves his j country best.—J. U. Holland. Better Than Ever. Mary Backstoop— Did ho tell you life j with him would be one grand, sweet song? Maudie Sidestreet— No. He said it would be one grand, beveled, sweet j toned, silver coated, indestructible pho nograph record.—Buck. FIVE DIE IN EXPLOSION READING, Pa., Dec. 2i». A boiler explosion that could bo heard for squares ocourred at 6:50 a. m. today, killing five men at tlio new plant of the Metropolitan Electric company iu West Reading. The dead are Elmer Dengler, Mount Peun, aged about twenty-one years, fireman. James Cooney, fireman, residence unknown; aged about thirty-five years; had'been employed about one.month. Clifford Martin, boss rigger, Morris River, N. J. ; aged about thirty-two years; had been working at the plant six months. Matthew Lynch, hoisting engineer, Phoenixville. Pa. ; about forty years of age; employed about three months. Frank Cole,carpenter's helper, Read ing, about twenty-five years of age. TERRIBLY MUTILATED. All were terribly mutilated with the ; exception of Lynch. Cooney's body was torn to pieces. Considerable trou ble was experienced in collecting the missing parts, which wero scattered far and wide. Martin was mutilated about the head and chest. The men wero thrown sever al hundred feet from the boiler house. Martin's body was blown over a high willow tree and was found lying along the Pennsylvania railroad bank a. dis tance of about two hundred feet from the scene. The 111011 were employes of Sims & company, the contractors who are erecting the power house at this point. The victims had just reached the scene preparatory to beginning the day's work when one of the forty-horse pow er boilers used to generate steam for the concrete mixer exploded, dealing out death on all sides. The night watchman had left a few minutes be fore. BOILER HOUSE A WRECK. The boiler house was wrecked and the frame woik scattered in all direc tions. The five men were in the little frame boiler house when the boiler ex ploded. Other employes had already left the building to begin their work. Snow was falling at thejjtime and as tho men wero stricken to the ground the flakes soon spread a thin white blanket over their remains. In a few minutes news of the horror reached this city ami physicians and 'ambulances were sent for. Coroner Strasser was notified and was soon on the scene. I Colors lo Poetry. 1 As to color, Grant Allen maintained in un "Essay on the Color Sense" that only eight colors are recognized by Un popular mind—black, white, red. blue, green, yellow, gray and brown. Edu cated people speak of scarlet, crimson, lilac and purple only under exception j al circumstances, in a prosaic hour Grant Allen went through "Poems and r Ballads" on the quest for color and found that Swinburne used the word red 131 times, rosy and crimson once 6 ' each and sanguine, ruddy and scarlet ~{ twice each. Gold is mentioned tbir - 6' teen times. Blue reaches twenty-live I And the prosaic conclusion is "to . adopt the statistical form, we might say. If we chose to reckon the uureck onable. that red is 500 per cent more ,; poetical than blue." '! h Camel a Delicate Beatt. j I Contrary to the widespread but erro- neous opinion, the camel Is a very dell a cnte animal. A camel that has worked y j fifteen days In succession needs a 1 month's pasturage to recuperate. It is , liable to a lioht of ailments and accl ,, deuts. When a caravan crosses a seb ,! kha, or dry suit lake. It is rare that . | some of the animals do not break a leg. If the fracture Is In the upper j part of the limb there Is nothing for it but to slaughter the uuluial aud re ; tall Its flesh as butcher's meat, j If the lower part of the limb has been injured the bone Is set aud held 5 I in position by means of splints made ' i of palm branches, which are bound L ' j with small cords. If no complications ( ensue at the end of a month the frae '■ j ture Is reduced. When It is a case of j simple dislocation the Injured part is cauterized with n redhot iron, then coated with clay and bandaged with a j strip of cloth. Fifteen days afterward ! | the animal is generally cured.—Vulga ; risatlon Scientitique. How to Make Chop Suey. j Wheu his sister came home from > ; cooking school and asked him if he ' 1 had ever heard a recipe for chop suey he didn't like to admit there was any thing on earth that he did not know, j lie was just-nt that age. So ho 6pAr red for time by asking what she want ed it for. .' It seems that the cooking school ; teacher had given them the question to ! 1 investigate for themselves. It was one j for which there were many answers, || but the girl who produced the best recipe was to receive a little prize of some sort. Her big brother must have found out how chop suey was made, ( she thought, during some of his trips to Chinatown, i The brother then smiled a wicked smile and said he would write out the best and easiest recipe for chop suey in the world. Next morning he band ed her an envelope containing the in formation. She did not open it until her name was called in the class, j Then this is what she read aloud, to the amazement of all, herself included: j "Recipe For Chop Suey.—Take a bowl of nice, clean suey and then chop It." —Chicago Tribune. ImpoMible. Dr. Chargem—Your friend needs vig orous treatment. 1 never saw a man iu such a state of mental depression. Can't you eouvlnce him that the fu- j ture holds some brightness for liliu? , Sympathetic Friend—That is uufortu- j nately Impossible. He has drawn his j salary for three weeks ahcud and spent i the money.—Exchange. PETER GAMETS HAS DISAPPEARED| Peter Caniets, thu genial little Greek, who lias presided over the "Candy Kitchen" on Mill street for several years past, lias been missing since Monday. His disappearance is a mat ter of much solicitude among a num ber of our merchants to whom ho owed bills for goods. No one Booms to have taken note of Peter's departure until Tuesday morning, although it has been ascer tained that lie left South Danville on the 12:10 train Monday. It was hoped that he would return during Tuesday, but when yesterday dawned and it was found that he was still among the missing the case began to assume a serious aspect. The merchants and others who were particularly anxious to discover Peter's whereabouts began to condole with each other. It was dis covered that the amount owed in Dan ville and vicinity foots up several hundred dollars. There seemed to be no remedy and the only thing that the creditors can do in the premises is to live in hope that the candy man will return. SHERIFF STEPS IN. The candy kitchen yesterday as the property of Peter Caniets was closed by the sheriff. The party making the seizure is Lewis Nichols, whom Caniets left in possession of the store, and who claims that an amount is due him for wages, &c. The furniture, fixture?, &c., are the property of A. L. Becker & Co., and are exempt from seizure. Wisdom In Fable. Among the best things that have ever been written are the Aesop's fa bles, which date back to the sixth cen tury U. C. They present human na ture as it always has been, Is and probably always will be. Take, for example, the story of"The Fox With out a Tall:" "A fox was one® caught In a trap by his tall and In order to get free was obliged to leave It behind. He knew that his fellowa would make fun of his tailless condition, so ho made up his mind to induce them nil to part with their toils. At the next assem blage of foxes he made a speech on the uselessness of tails in general and the inconvenience of a fox's tail in particular, declaring that never in his whole life had he felt 60 comfortable ns now in his tailless freedom. When he sat down a sly old fox rose and, waving his brush, said, with n sneer, that If he had lost his tail he would be convinced by the last speaker's ar guments, but until such an accident occurred he fully intended to vote in favor of tails." Peculiar Superstitions. The people of Kulu are extremely superstitious and go in extensively for deuiouolatry. Many trooa uro hold to be sacred uud have tiny temples dedi cated to tUein. The demons are popu larly supposed to live at the tops of trees. and if a tree falls in such a way I that it is possible to pass under it, as i is often the case 011 the mountain sides, , every man before going beneath the trunk will place on it a stick or stone to propitiate its guardian spirit. Cer tain streams are also sacred, and no one is allowed to wash dirty clothes lin them. One i ear some strangers ; came into the valley and happened to : pollute the water of a river iu this manner. It chanced to be a year of extraordinary rainfall, and the peo ple implicitly believe that the ex i cessive rain was seut by the outraged | "deota" of the stream as punishment ; —Wide World Magazine. Sleeping In Church, i"Charles." said old .Mrs Spreeliles to | tier husband, "I'm so ashamed of the j way you go to sleep in church Sunday after Sunday that I don't know what to do I can't hardly hoid my head up and look the people ill the face after the services. You are such a devout man on week days thai I don't see why you show so much disrespect tor sa cred thiugs on the Sabbath. " "There's no disrespect intended." an swered Mr. Sprci liles. "I am like the little boy next door. All week he looks forwerd eagerly to the Sunday I auto ride his uncle gives him. It Is the crowning event of the week to him. Vet he goes to sleep invariably before he hns ridden a mile. 11 nd he doesn't wake up until it is 811 over. Because \\ lllie goes to sleep Is no sign that the ride Is not d"ing him any *«oil. is it-.Newark .News. The I'biquiUus Purist. Vicar—l'm sorry to hear you've been so poorly You must pray for n good henrt. Thomas. Thomas— Ya-as. zur. Rut it's my liver wot be wrong, ye know, zur.—London Telegraph. Sky High. Howell—Our servant kindled the fire I with kerosene the other morning. ! Powell—Did you reprimand her? How i ell—You bet she got a blowing up.— I New York l'ress. Charter Notice. Notice is hereby given that applica tion will be made to the governor of Pennsylvania, on the 7th day of Jan uary, 15)10, by John A. Leinbach, Harry C. Wagner and William H. Syplier, under the Act of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania entitled "An Act to Provide for the Incorporation and Regulation of Cer tain Corporations," approved April 29th, IH7-I, and the supplements there to, for the charter of an intended corporation, to be called "The Turbot Telephone Company," the character and object of which is the construc tion, maintaining and leasing lines of telephone, for the private use of in dividuals, firms, corporations, muni cipal and otherwise, and for general business in the Counties of Northum berland and Montour, in the State of Pennsylvania, and for this purpose, to have, possess and enjoy all the rights, benefits and privileges of the said Act of Assembly anil its supplements. WM. H HACKENBERG, Solicitor. December 11th, lilOy. Dl 5, 20, 27, JB. ENORMOUS PROFIT i OF "MIL# TRUST" NEW YORK, Dec. 29. | The investigation into the so-called | milk trust by Special Attorney Gener |al Coleman was given added impetus today by the seartling disclosures made by Marvyn Scudder,the account ant employed by the State togo over the books of the larger milk companies in the city Counsel for the Borden Condensed Milk company controlling twenty- ! eigth per cent, of the fluid milk trade j in this city, and the Sheffield Farm- ! ers-Slawson-Decker company, were en gaged today preparing to meet the an alysis of Mr. Scudder, who plied his findings before Refreee Brown yester day. Mr. Scudder said the books showed a surplus of #8,824,280 made in ten years, and Special Deputy Attorney General Coleman is preparing to ask the company that if such profits are possible with milk at 8 cents a quart what justification had the milk com panies for saying that they are losing I money at that price and had to raise the price to 9 cents a quart. Enormous profits wore shown to have been made by the Alexander 1 Campbell Milk company at 8 cents a ' quart. i Longest English Lawsuit. The longest lawsuit ever beard In England wns that between the heir of Thomas Talbot. Viscount Lisle, and the heirs of l.ord Berkeley respect ing certain lands and possessions not tar from Wootton-under-Edge, in the county of (Jloucester. It commenced at the end of the reigu of Edward IV. and was pending till the reign of James 1.. when a compromise took place after It had lasted about 120 years.—l.oudou Answers. Unheeded Remonstrances. "Was that you scolding a poor dog that was merely Indulging his natural Inclination to howl at the moon?" ask ed the kind hearted inau. "Yes." answered his neighbor. "Don't you know yon ought to be kind to dumb uulmalsV" "That dog isn't dumb; he's only deaf."—Washington Star. There Was. The dish' veled bard entered the 1 weary eyed editor's apartment. 1 "Is there an opeulng here for a ! poet?" he Inquired. 1 "Yes. Indeed." replied the editor, touching a button underneath his desk, and the next instant the poet disap peared through a trapdoor lu the floor. ' i —Exchange. A Coed Loser. j "John." she asked, "do you ever play I poker for profit':" I "No," he replied thoughtfully: "the I srame serves as my way of being char ! Itable."— Philadelphia North American. V/hat He Got. ! Bella —Fie fell in love with her pbo j tograph and asked for the original Kred What developed': Bella—She pave him a negative. A King's Old Clothej. The posthumous sale ot the ward robe of King George IV. of England I realized $75,000. (Jrevllle, who at j tended the sale, says that the king j ' hardly ever gave anything away ex cept his linen, which was distributed every year. There are all the coats I he has ever had for fifty years, UOO I whips, canes without number, every ■ sort of uniform, the costumes of all I the orders Iti Europe, splendid furs, pelisses, hunting coats and breeches. His profusion in these articles was unbounded because he never paid for them, and his memory was so accu rate that one of his pages told me he recollected every article of dress, no matter how old. aud that they were always liable to be called onto pro duce some particular coat or other ar ticle ot afiparel of years gone by." y Tongue Caught Ermine. "This stole is of caught er mine. hence Its high price," the snles . man said. e "Tongue caught ermine, eh?" P "Yes. madau). You see. the ermine's y coat Is extremely delicate. A trap s tears it horribly. So the trapper catch -3 es it by the tongue. y "The ermine is fond of Ice. The 9 trapper smears heavy knives with grease and lays them here and there j on the snow. The snow white ermine. . lithe and quick, rushes up in the zero weather, licks what he takes for a sliver of ice. aud. 10. Is doomed, for the steel of the heavy kuife has frozen fast to his tougue."—Exchange. Airship Symphony. August Buugert's new symphony, "Zeppelin's First Voyage," which was recently produced under the direction of Professor William lies at Coblenz, Germany, is dedicated to Count Zep pelin. It Introduces the automobile horn as an orchestral instrument. The theme describes the preparations for the count's ascent in his first dirigible balloon, the smooth flight, the applause of the multitudes as the airship passes over the plains, the mountains, the valleys and the cities, the tbunder [ etorm, the landing and finally the de • struction of the aerocraft by fire. His Reason. Daughter—Pa, why do you hair around the parlor while Mr. Slkes is J calling on me? Father—l'm afraid you'll say something to him that'li [ make him a burden on me for the rest of my life.—Town and Country. I The New Goethe Museum. Twelve years have passed siuce the Goethe museum at Frankfort was opened as an annex to the Goethe baus, and In the meantime the library baa grown to 40,000 volumes, together with a precious collection of rnann- Bcrlpts and drawings. Now it has been 1 decided to replace the unstable struc ture with two tine fireproof edifices In the style prevailing in Fraukfort lu *7OO, to be erected In the Grossec Hlrschgraben and the Salzhans, ad Joining the birthplace of the pc«t. TO WIN IN FOUR ROUNDS. Jim Jeffries Dreamed Twice That He Had Knocked Out Jack Johnson. Jim Jeffries, the pugilist who la matched to light Jack Johnson for the heavyweight championship of the world, will knock out the negro pugil ist lu the fourth round of their mill if dreams are made of real stuff. Jef fries recently told his parents while visiting them at Springfield, 111., that he dreamed twice of the coming mill and each dream fouud him wluner by the kuockout route lu the fourth round. Just after the articles were signed Jim dreamed he had won by a knock out in the fourth, he told Sam Berger his manager. In Akron soon after ward Jeffries again dreamed of the fight, with the same result. It Is a long swing that is to put out Johnson,, according to the dream stuff. Our Largest Wooden Veesel. The largest wooden vessel ever bull? In the United States and the largest sailing vessel of American registry will be launched from a Bath (Me.l shipyard on Dec. 14. This new leader of her class Is the six masted schooner Wyoming, and her otticial measure uients give her a gross tonnage of 3,730. thus placing her ahead of the schooner William L. Douglas, the pres ent title holder, with n gross tonnage of 3.705. The Wyoming is 350 feet long over all, 329.5 feet keel and 30.4 feet deep. Going Berrying. The pleasure of huekleberrylng is partly in the season—the late summer time, from the middle of July to Sep tember. 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