Montour American FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville, Pa., Feb. 10, 1910. THE BABY TURTLE. H» Has to Paddle His Own Canoe From the Moment of Birth. Just so soon as a baby turtle emerges from the egg off he scuttles dowu to the sea. lie has no one to teach him, no oue to guide him. In his curious Jittle braiu there is implanted a streak of caution based upon the fact that until a certain period In his life his armor is soft aud no defense against hungry fish, aud he at once seeks shel ter in the tropical profusion of the gulf weed, which holds within its branching fronds an astonishing abun dance of marine life. Here the youug turtle feeds unmolested while his ar mor undergoes the hardening process. Whatever the young sea turtle eats and wherever he eats It, facts not gen erally ascertained, one thing is certain —lt agrees with him immensely. lie leads a pleasant sort of life, basking In the tropical sun and cruising leisurely In the cool depths. Once he has attained the weight of twenty-live pounds, which usually oc curs within the first year, the turtle Is free from all danger. After that no fish or mammal, however ravenous, how ever well armed with teeth, interferes with the turtle. When oiwe he has withdrawn his head from its position of outlook into the folds of his neck between the two shells Intending devourers may strug gle in vain to make an Impression upon him.—Harper's Weekly. SpoK .rj '.ha Violin. Louis Spoil", tin greatest of all Ger man violinists and a man whose name is otherwise indelibly written on the pages of musical history, was born at Brunswick April 1784. jusL fifteen days after his great contemporary and rival, Nicolo l'aganini. hist saw the light of the world. Two greater con trasts than these two men could not be Imagined, l'aganini, the brilliant, tfaazling, comet-like apparition, over awed the masses, for whose favor be made a high bid. while the German, the serious, dignified, deep artist, ap pealed to the connoisseurs and cultur ed musicians. Spolir both by precept and example exerted a tremendous in fluence oil violin playing aud violin composition and, in fact, on composi tion In general. The greatest musi cians of his day stood iu awe of him, and even Richard Wagner, after Spohr had produced "The Flying Dutchman" at Cassel in 1843, where he was then conductor of the opera, in a letter writ ten to the great violinist displayed a sense of gratitude of which in later years he seemed incapable. Spohr died at Cassel in 1859.—Argonaut. Tit For Tat. A newspaper man who called on iv local manufacturer the other day to pay a friendly visit found the latter In no mood for friendly calls. He was in a white heat. "What's the matter?" asked the vis itor. "You don't seem pleased to see me." "Oh, 1 would be pleased to see you," »ald the other, "If I wasn't so mighty mad at the meanest piece of potty holdup 1 ever saw. Here's a check from a fellow who owed me a bill for ninety days, and darned if he hasn't mailed the check at last and subtract ed the 2 cents for the postage stamp that brought the letter." "Can you beat that?" exclaimed the visitor as he eyed the check. "I can," said the other as be reached for a telegraph blank. "1 am going to wire him a receipt in full, and I'll wire It collect."—Newark Call. Supremo Court Ways. When the supreme court of the Unit ed States assembles at 12 o'clock on each Monday the room is filled with lawyers, clerks, newspaper men and spectators. Routine announcements are made by the chief Justice in a voice no one can understand. Deci sions of great moment are rendered by other justices in mumbled words which are not heard. Lawyers, clerks, news paper men and spectators stare hard at the honorable Justice who may be talk ing or reading, some with hands curv ed into a round board so that they can catch a few words if possible. But no one in tho courtroom shouts "Louder!" No one would last very long If he did. And should n person tie sentenced for contempt of the supreme court it would be the end. As an old colored em ployee once said, "Dere ain't no appeal from dls cote."—St. Louis Star. Deceived. Edith—You say old Mr. Goldley de reived Edith dreadfully about his age? Gladys—Yes, poor girl! After they' ■were married he confessed that he was only sixty instead of seventy-five. —— i Genuine Faith Cure. Towne—Do I understand you to say i that Spencer's case was really a faith i cure? Browne—Yes. You see, thei doctor and the druggist both trusted i him. R-I-P-A-N-S Tabule Doctors find A good prescription For Mankind. The 5-cent packet is enough for usua oocattsions. The familyjbottle (60 oents oontains a supplyjfor a year. AlKdrug gists. •••••••••••••••••HI, WINDSOR HOTEL W. T. BKUBAKEIt. Manager. Midway between Broad St. Station and Reading Terminal on Filbert St European, SI.OO per day and up American, S2.SO per day and up The only moderate priced hotel of reputation and consequence In PHILADELPHIA "ANOTHER'S SHOES." A Phrase That Had Its Origin In an Ancient Custom. The expression "stepping Into an other's shoes," like mauy another com mon phrase, had its origin lu an an cient custom. The old Norse law required that a person to be adopted must step into n previously prepared shoe. This shoe was made from the skin taken from the right hind leg of a "three-winters nld bull." Tho skin was flayed from above the hock, and out of this the shoe was made. The person to be adopted step ped Into this shoe, taking luto his arms one at a time, it is presumed, the younger sons of tho man making the adoption. If there were also sons who were of age they stepped luto the shop afterward, by this sign showing their consent to the adoption. A man In this way could adopt au illegitimate son. making him his law ful hell - , but lu that case the father was obliged to step Into the shoe first. If there were any full grown sons, tliey stepped Into the shoe afterward; If there were 110 full grown sons, then the next of kin did the stepping, nnd without his consent, by the way, this special adoption could not bo made. Witnesses to the ceremony In the use of the shoo were required to es tablish its legality. It will be seen that this was con sidered au Important ceremony, and since so much "shoe stepping" vas done it is not strange that the expro* slon as now used passed Into <o::uion speech.—Chicago Record-Iler OSTRICH BATTLES. The Great Birds, as Strong as Horses. Box With Their Feet. Ostriches battle for supremacy with as much ferocity as stags, bulis, buf faloes and other animals. An ostrich fight Is 11 tt using, Inasmuch ns it amounts practically to a boxing match with the feet, wherein the combatants lightly dance around each other. There is, however, this difference—lf any human boxer could hit ns hard with his hands as can an ostrich with Its feet the championship would be decided by a single blow. Iu sparring the ostrich stands 011 one foot, with the other foot nnd the wings raised, the bill wide open nnd the neck dis tended. He strikes with the force of a trip hammer. Sometimes ou au ostrich farm a keeper will become involved In such a mix up, in which event it is not infre quently the case that the human emerges from the scrap with a broken leg, arm or head. Under modern training an ostrich equals a horse iu power aud Indeed can perform many of the "stunts" whereof his equine colleague Is calla ble. iu one respect, however, he ex cels the Horse, for by the aid of lis wings the ostrich can leave behind the swiftest running thoroughbred. In harness au ostricn has at Hot Springs, Ark., paced in about a horse's time.— Harper's Weekly. His Unlucky Day. Even the least superstitious are often struck by the misfortunes which at tend some persons ou certain dates. A large firm in the city has In Its em ploy a living Instance of the fact. On June 12 au employee lost his left arm by coming iu contact with machinery. The acclden* disabled him for his then employment, and he was given that of a messenger. Ou another June 12 he was run over In the Strand while on an errand. Hesult. a broken leg The uext accident was a fall ou the stairs in tue firm's buildings—again June 12—the right arm broken this time. The fourth mishap on another anniversary broke three ribs. The firm took the case luto consideration and issued an order that iu future the employee was to take a holiday ou that date, an order with which he lias now complied for several years.—Lon don Chronicle. His Second Thought. A politician named Blank got a place ror a clerk durlug one of the sessions of tho legislature of his state. The clerk was very grateful, says the Sat urday Evening Post. At the end of the sessiou he came around to Blank and said: "Mr. Blank, I waut to tell you how much I am indebted to you for your kindness iu getting me the place I have had. It meant more to me, Mr. Blank, than you may think. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Also I want to say, Mr. Blank, that If there ever comes a time when 1 can do anything for you—anything at all—you are to command me. 1 will do anything you may ask me to do. I am at your service." Blank thanked the man, and he started to go. As he reached the door be turned and said, "Of course, Mr. Blank, 1 would prefer that It should be something honorable." Plan to Retcue Chorus Girls. The rescue of the .chorus girl and her reinstatement iu Ludofy Is i'.ie 1 problem oue of Boston's oldest char itable organizations has set before it self. Under the leadership of Mrs. A. J. Slater, for years a leading worker in philanthropic movements, a definite policy has Just been outlined by the Society For the Employment of Bible Readers by which the glr)s may be taken from the stage, given an educa tion In whatever line of work appeals to them and advised and cared for. Uncle Ebon—l tell ye that It's excess ive indulgence iu pleasure that kills so many men. Uncle Ezrn-You're right on that, Eben. Those fellows that stay up till 0 o'clock pltchin' quoits by lantern light won't, r?alize it till their eyes begin to fall 'em. Remedy 6 CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm is quickly absorbed. COUOI Gives Relief al Once. "6^ It cleanses, soothes, Kty'YfEVEH heals and protects |^t tho diseased mem. ij brane resulting from.»►»* Catarrh and drives HB away a Cold in (ho IS?SSJS HAY FEVER luste and Smell. Full size 50 cts., at Drug gists or by mail. In liquid form, 75 cents. Ely Brothers, 50 Warren Street, New York. SEAL HUNTING. Eskimo Methods In Dealing With the „ Wary Creatures. Writing of far northern hunting methods. llnrry Whitney thus de scribes In Outing liow Eskimos kill the T.ary seal: "Many seals were seen on the fresh made ice, and Klseeyou, iny head man. expressed a desire that 1 take charge tn his dog team while he stalked some of them. Seals are extremely shy, and great caution must be practiced in ap proaching them. The Eskimos use a blind In the form of a miniature sledge, about eighteen Indies In length by six in width, with bearskins tacked on the runners. Kore and aft are two upright crotched sticks, upon which ;be rifle rests and to which It is lash id. On the front of the sledge a cross bar sustains two long perpendicular sticks, over which a piece of white cloth is stretched, or when that is not attainable hareskln Is substituted. Through a hole in this cloth screen the muzzle of the rifle protrudes. "Holding his blind before him, ho was enabled to walk within 300 or 400 yards of a seal without startling It. Then he dropped on his hands and knees and pushed the little sledge be fore him. Thus hidden behind the cloth screen, which so blended with the Ice as to arouse in the seal no sus picion of danger, he approached with in fifty yards before shooting. Seals always lie close to their holes, and It I is necessary to hit them in the head I or under the shoulder and have the I bullet penetrate the heart and kill I them instantly; otherwise they will j flop into the hole and sink before it is j possible to reach them." NORWAY'S BILL OF FARE. Fish and Boiled Potatoes Served Day After Day. "As we sat cozily before the cheer j ful blaze," writes Caroline Thurber in a delightful account of "A Motor In vasion of Norway" in the Century, "we Indulged in mathematical calcula tions and found that we had eaten forty-two consecutive meals of tish, with potatoes never otherwise than boiled. One of the women of our party once cried from her soul to a sympa thetic looking host, 'Why, oh, why, are there uo chickens In Norway ?' " 'There are. madam, but they ar« for laying purposes.' " 'Then why, oh, why, do you always i boll your potatoes?' j " 'We are different from you. mad i am. We don't like them messy. We prefer to know a potato as a potato when we eat It.' "In our passage through the country we bad certainly encouutered new j and unpalatable foods, but we were | always nourished, for good milk, but | ter and eggs were everywhere at hand, and we developed powers of digestion previously undreamed of. Even so, ont) j supper menu staggered us—nota bene: j Sausages, three kinds; raw salmon, pickled anchovies, shrimps, cold fr'ed llsh, cold tish pudding, cold meats, five varieties of cheese, pickles, oranges and gooseberry marmalade, tea. fojr i kinds of raised bread, flat bread with i caraway, English biscuit, Norwegian ! rusks, fried eggs, hot stew (variety ; unrecoguizedi and boiled potatoes." Spanish Surnames. In addition to three or four Christian i names the Spanish child bears the com | billed family names of his father and mother. When the surnames are dou i bled or connected by they, meaning i "nnd," the first Is the more Important one and the only one that may be tak en nloue, for it is In the father's natue, ; while the last is in the name of the mother. Iti Spain they know no "sen ; ior" and "junior." Father and sou may bear the same Christian name, but each takes Ills own mother's name as a distinction, the father being, for instance, I'edro lilaz y Castillo and the son I'edro Diaz y Blanco. Move to Standardize Drugs. An effort to have the federal govem j ment standardize all agents used as medicines and then compel importers and drug manufacturers to follow Its standard Is being made through a bill lately introduced iu congress by Itepre j sentative Coudrey of St. Louis to amend section 7 of the pure food and I drugs act of iDO'J. illWi A Rellabl* TBI SHOP ror all kind of Tin Roofing, Spoutlnor nnd Q«n*r*l Job Work. Stoves, Hoators, lton«oa, Fumaoos. oto. PRICES THE LOWEST! QIIJLITI TUB JEST ' JOHN HIXSOtS so. u» e, ntoNT ai. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE TR OEB| l aNS KS ' RFM COPYRIGHTS AC. Anrone ending A sketch nnd cUwcrlntlon may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether au Invention Is probably pat en table. Communica tion* ntrlctly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents ■ent free, oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken tbrouirh Munu & Co. receive rpteial notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. I.argcst cir culation of any scientific Journal. Terms, $3 a year; four months, tL Bold by all newsdealers. MUNN & 0Q a 361 Broadway, New York ! Branch Office. 626 V Bt* Washington. D. C. RACING PIGEONS. Their Wonderful Speed and Mysterious Homing Instinct. Racing pigeons are the fleetest of all ereuturee. They have maintained a speed of u mile and a half a minute for a hundred miles, according to a writer In Collier's, and they have flown 700 miles between the rising and the setting of the sun. Pigeons have flown a thousand miles back to the home loft. In 1904 a bird covered that distance in 5 days 2 hours 15 minutes, proving how un erring Is the mysterious homing in stinct that will drive pigeons across the continent without swerving. But this test is not true sport. The birds sim ply hurl themselves against time and space till they are played out. They can never race again. The racer rises into the air with heavy, slow wing pulsations; then, ouce poised over the starting point, there Is a swifter, shorter beat, and the time Is "hit up" to the third and permanent wing rhythm, rapid and steady as a pulse beat, which carries It home. Racers fly 300 feet high over land, but low over water. Their enemies as they fly nre wind, rain, gunners nnd hawks. They do all their flying between sun rise and sunset. If caught out over night they fend for themselves till j dawn. j The homing instinct Is lifelong. Dur ing the i'ranco-l'russinn war the tier ! mans caught a bom' pigeon which ' was on its way lino ueieaguered Paris. | The bird was kept prisoner for ten t years, it was then released. It itntne ! diately returned to its old home. DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT. How the Paving Value of Asphalt Was Brought to Notice, j All forms of bituminous pavements, whether manufactured front natural or j artificial asphalt, are in fact artificial | stone pavements The industry started I with the use of the natural rock as j phalt from the mines in the Val de Travers, Canton Neufehatel. Switzer land. The mines were discovered in j 17-1, but it was iu 1849 that its utility as a road coveriug wag first noticed, j The rock was then being mixed for the j purpose cf extracting the bitumen con- J taincd In it for use in medicine and arts. It Is a limestone found impreg nated with bitumen, of which if yields on analysis from 8 to 14 per cent, i It was observed that pieces of rock I which fell from the wagou were crush- I ed by the weight of wheels, and under | the combined influence of the tratlic | and heat of the sun a good road sur j face was produced. A macadam road ' of asphalt rock was then made which ! gave very good results, and finally in 1851 a portion of the Rue Bergere was laid in Paris of compressed asphalt on a concrete foundation. In 1858 a still I larger sample was laid, and froui that j time It has been laid year by year iu Paris. From Paris It extended to Lon -1 don, being laid on Threadneedle street In ISO 9 and in 1870 and In successive yea is on other streets, and then its use In street and rood making , extended tu other countries. - Kx i change Followed the Book. ! "Die. Uertraud Maltravers!" hissed the villain. Aud the hero of the piece prepared to fall aud perish, as per in j structlons of the prompt book. But, alack, the revolver with which i the fell deed was to be executed fulled jto do Its horrid work! The villain, I however, was a uian of resource, i lie stole behind his victim and smote ] him on the head with the butt end i of the refractory weapon, and the hero, i thinking one death as good as another, I fell to the ground. All would have goue well uow, but | the promoted super, who was taking the part of the policeman who dlscov ! ered the body, was lute in taking bis i cue. He walked on aud indue course found the body. He was not a funny man by any menus, but still tils first I words caused a yell of laughter. "Shot!" he cried tragically. "He's been shot through the back!"— London | Scraps. Enlightened, i "Before i married," said Mr. Ilen ! peck. "I didn't know what It meant to support a wife." I"1 presume you know now." | "Yes, indeed 1 looked up the word 'support' In the dictionary nnd discov ered that one of Its meanings Is 'en dure.' "—Birmingham Age-llernld. $3.50 Receipe Cures Weak Kidney?, Free Reliever Urinary and Kidney Troubles, Backache, Straining, Swell ing, Etc. < Stops Pain in the Bladder, Kid. neys and Back. Wouldn't it bo nice witihu a week or so to begin to say good bye forever to the scalding, dribbling, straining, or too frequent passage of uriue; the forehead and the back-of-the-head aches; the stitches aud pains in the back; the growing musolo weakness; B]>ots before the eyes; yellow skiu; sluggish bowels; swollen eyelids or ankles; leg cranps; unnatural short breath; slepelessness aud the despond ency? I have a recipe for these troubels that you can depend on, aud if you want to make a quick recovery, you ought to write and get a copy of it. Many a doctor would charge you |3.50 just for wfiting this prescription, but I have it and will be glad to send it to you entirely free. Just drop me a line like this: Dr. A. E. Robinson,k4sß Luck Buildiug, Detroit, Mich., aud I will send it by return mail iu a plain envelope. As you will see when you get it, this recipe contains ouly pure, harmless remedies, but it has great healing aud pain-conqneriug power. It will quickly show its power once you use it, so I think you had better see what it is without delay. I will send you a copy free—von can use it aud cure yourself at home. SHERIFF'S SALE! OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE ! By virtue of a certain writ of Le vari Facias, issued out of the Court of Common Fleas of Montour County, to mo directed, will expose to Public Sale or Outcry, on Saturday, March sth, 1910, at 10:00 o'clock in the forenoon at the Court House, the following described Real Estate: All that certain messuage and tract of land situate partly in the Town ships of Cooper, Mahoning, Valley ami West Hemlock in the County of Montour and State of Pennsylvania, less the tracts hereinafter described anil sold therefrom, Beginning at a stone corner of lalid now or formerly of Jacob Kudy, thence by the said land now or formerly of the said Jac ob Rudy North eighty-five degrees East twenty-three and five-tenths perches to a stone, thence North sev enty-five degrees East ten and five tenths perches to a white oak grub, thence by laud now or formerly of Heury Buss, North seven degrees West one hundred ami twenty-two perches to a post, thence by lands now or for merly of Cornelius Still and Samuel R. Wood West two hundred and tliir- Ity-nine perches to a post; thence by | land now or formerly of Andrew | Overpecls, South twenty-one degrees i East one hundred ami forty-nine per | dies to a stone, thence by land now or j formerly of John Oashner, South five I degrees West twenty-eight perches to a post, thence by land now or former | !v of Cornelius Still, South twenty-one degrees East fifty-eight ami eight | tenths perches to a post, thence by j laud now or formerly of Peter Baldy | North seventy-live degrees East one hundred and thirty-nine and four- I tenths perches to a pole, thence by land now or formerly of Jacob Rudy North forty-six degrees East fifty three and five-tenths perches to the place of beginning. Containing Two Hundred and Sixteen Acres and One hundred and Forty-Eight Perches and allowance, excepting and reserving the following described pieces and parcels of land. No. 1. Beginning at a white oak corner of land of John Fern and Jere miah Donovan, thence North seven teen degrees West forty-three perches to a stone in line of land of James V. Gillaspy, thence along line of lands of saiil James V. Gillaspy South eighty-nine decrees East twenty-eight and live-tenths perches to a stone in line of lands formerly of Grove Broth ers, thence along said last mentioned land South sixteen and one-half de grees East thirty-six and sixty-five ono-hundredths perches to a stone in line of land of John F. Fern, thence along said last mentioned land South seventy-eight and one-fourth degrees West twenty-six and nine-tenths perch es to a white oak the place of begin ning. Containing Six Acres and One Hundred and Nine Perches, more or less. No. 2. Beginning at a stone in the j public road at corner of land of said j Catherine E. Fern and Baldy and I Frick, thence North seventy-eight and ! one-half degrees East sixteen and one | tenth peiches to a stone in a public | road cornei of lands of said Baldy and I Frick and Grove Brothers, thence North thirteen and one-half degrees I East twenty-one porches to a post and stone in said public road corner of I lands of said Grove Brothers, thence j South seventy-eight degrees West | twenty-six and nine-tenths jsercl.es to i liuids of said Cathc rino E. Fern and j the said Grove Brothers, thence South I by the same seventeen and one-fourth ; degri es East eighteen and eight-tenths j perches to the place of leg inning. Containing Two Acres and Eighty- Four Perches strict measure. No. :s. Beginning at a stone in line jof lands of James V. Gillaspy Nortli seventy-two and one-half degrees East ' nine and one-tenth perches to a stone I in line of lands of Grove Brothers. ; North twenty-two and three-fourths | degrees West twenty-three and five | one-hnndredths perches to a stone in I line of lands of said Grove Brothers, : North eighty-seven and three-fourths 'degrees West seven and four-tenths i perches to a stone, thence South sev enteen and oue-l'ourth degrees East i twenty-five and four-tenths perches to the place pf beginning. Containing i one Acre nnd Thirty-four Perches. Upon which are erected a 12-STORY FRAME DWELLING HOUSE 1 a two-story Frame Tenant House, a j Bank Barn and other necessary out j buildings. Three springs of "never failing water. Valuable Timber Land. ! Seized, taken in execution and to be i sold as the property of Jacob Dewald. i Pennsylvania Paper Mills telle tenant. WM. B. START/EL, Sheriff. W. V. Oglesby, Attorney. "Correct to a T." Our earliest quotation for this or for the kindred phrases "to suit one to a T," "to fit to a T," "to know one to a T," is of 1C93. Cuu any one help us to au earlier example? No one of our many instances throws any light upon its origfu. A current obvious conjec ture would explain "a T" as meaning "a T square," but to this there are va rious objections. We have no evi dence as yet that the name "T square" goes back to the seventeenth century and no example of its being called simply "a T," and iu few if any of our instances would the substitution of "a T square" for "a T" make any tolerable sense. The notion seems rather to be that of minute exactness, as it were "to the minutest point." But the evidence is mainly negative. ! If examples can be found of "T j square" before 1700 or of its reduction j simply to "T" or of earlier examples ' of"to aT" they may help to settle the j actual origin. London Notes and I Queries. Swallowed and Climbed. A woman newly rich was invited to ! tin aristocratic dinner party. During the course of fowl and salad this wo- j man noticed with dismay a fat, furry | caterpillar on her topinogt leaf of let tuce. .Glancing up, she met her aristo cratlc hostess' eye. The hostess, too, had seen the caterpillar. Her gaze im plored the guest to save the dinner j from catastrophe. The guest gave her ! hostess a reassuring smile. Then she i doubled a lettuce leaf around the cat- 1 erplllar and swallowed it calmly. The j look of awe and gratitude that her ! hostess gave Tier was an assurance 1 that her footing In society was at last ! firmly established. "Did you think," said Mrs. Newly- j rich to ber daughter afterward, "that j I'd lose a chance of establishing the I family socially for a little thing like ! a caterpillar?" THE LOST UMBRELLA. | A Torrent of Thanks Did Not Accom- i pany Its Recovery. It was on a tr«iu coming through southern Wisconsin. Ou board was one of those impromptu comedy crowds that hadn't any idea it was funny, j One woman suddenly descended on her husband with the thrilling inquiry: "Where's that umbrell' of mine?" "I duuno," growled the husband. "Well, you had it last." "Didn't neither." "You did, too, and you've got to git busy tludiu' it. I bet It's up forrerd there where we was a-settiu' before wo coine back hyer." More growls from tho husband, who ' was sleepy. "You got t' help me hunt it, any | way." j She took him and went forward, j peering under the seats. All up and [ down the aisle they went, searching ! vainly. The more uncomfortable the [ stopping made her the madder and ; worse excited tho woman got and the worse her husband growled. Finally she began poking under tho j seats to see if sho could touch the | | umbrella In some recess beyond her | Tision. A girl with a blue feather in her hat who had been timidly watching | the performance and showing a blush j lng tendency to interrupt could con tain herself no longer, j "What's that you're poking under j the seats with? Isn't that the lost umbrella?" sho asked. I Tho woman straightened up, gave I one look sit tho tightly grasped instru | ment nnd snapped out, "Yes, It Is!" | She said it just as if it had all been | tho fault of tho gill with the blue I feather in her liat.—Chicago News. A GREAT ORATOR. i Whero the "Holler" Was More Im pressive Than the Words. ' The appeal that a fine flow of oratory 1 will make to men and women was j amusingly exemplified one night at a ; meeting in West Philadelphia, says a | Philadelphia paper. A noted speaker ! was appealing to a gathering to give ! [ funds toward the work of cleaning the slums, making life healthy and happy i for the poor and other Utopian schemes j of men and women whose hearts throb with longing to help their kind. | For half an hour he drew pictures < of the conditions; then with expressive I gestures and his voice throbbing with I enthusiasm he poured out a flow of ] rhetoric. "Our duty, our flag, our country," I dotted the speech with italics. The audience shouted and cheered, and tho ' women wept, while a storm of ap | plauso swept tho room when the speech was over. I "That's gi'ing some, eh?" said one 1 man to another in the cloakroom later, j | "Fine sentiments, real feeling—great, great:" I "I'm so deaf," spoke up another, with disappointment in his voice, "that I couldn't hear. What did he say?" "Say—say!" stammered the others, i looking into each other's faces. "Why I —be—he—er—hanged if I know!" And ;to this day they don't know. It was | only the "holler" that got them, not I the words. This is. however, what makes the orator. A Strange M:tho;l cf Salutation. Of all the strange modes of saluta tion the most extraordinary is tho I "dance of ceremony" current in the west African kingdom of Dahomey. Whenever any Dahouian chief or offi ! clal of rank comes to pay you a visit ! ho always opens the interview by : dancing around you with various queer I contortions (extremely suggestive of his having just upset a kettle of boil ing water over his kuees), which you I are bound to imitate as closely as pos sible. It Is even reported that one of the native ministers of the terrible Iving Oezu owed liis rapid rise at the Dahoman couri wholly to bis superior | skill in cutting these strange capers and that he thus literally as well as figuratively jumped to preferment. Tommy's Mistake. Father Come, young mail. Uetyour | jacket off and eouie with me. Toin -1 my—You're not going to lick me, are I you. dad? Father—Certainly. Di.lu't I tell you this morning that I should settle with you for j our bud be ! havior? Tommy—Yes, but I thought it was only a joke, like when you told ! the grocer you was going to s.-tlle with ; i him.—Loudon Tit-Bits. Discontent. j "We are never completely happy," i said the ready made philosopher. "Of course not," said the practical , person. ".V boy wishes lie were a man so that he could have all tho mince pie he wants, and a man wishes j he were a boy so that he could digest It."—Washington Star. A Good Reason. Little George, aged seven, was given I a group of the toy monkeys copied from the famous one in the temple at Nlkko, one having the hands over the mouth, the second with the bands over the ears and tho third over tho eyes. George's father explained that tho fig- , ures mean "speak no evil, hear no evil, \ see no evil," and then said, "If you could be oue of these monkeys, George, which would you rather be?" The child looked gravely at his fa- i ther and theu at the toy on the table. Finally he touched the monkey whose ! hands covered the mouth. "Why?" said papa. "Well," said the little fellow very seriously, "I suppose you lia've to see evil sometimes, and you can't help but j hear It, but you needn't speak It." ! Which sentiment papa thought pretty 1 good for a little seven-year-old.—Los Angeles Times. It IVlay Be Pneumonia "A hard chill, pain through the chest, difficult breathing. Then fever, with great prostration." If this should be your experience, send for your doctor. You may have pneumonia! If your doctor cannot come at once, give Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. When he comes, tell him exactly what you have done. Then do as he says. No alcohol in this cough medicine. J. ZAyerCo^LowellW Keep the bowels in good condition. One of Ayer's Pills at bedtime will cause an increased flow of bile, and produce a gentle laxative effect the day following. Women as Well as Men are made by Kidney andjadder Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, discouragesandlcsseusumbition; beauty, , „ , . vigor and clieerful ''f' _ _r? ness soon disappear ! wlien the kidneys are ■ -UatfyjL out of order or dis ~ri Kkinc y double has u become so prevalent / '■X t^ at ' s not "noom -17 rtTir~T lnon or 11 child to Ix 2 bor " afflicted with * weak kidneys. If the ; child urinates toooften, if the urine scalds I the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diffi culty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a | habit as most people suppose. ; Women as well as men are made miser able with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. | The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, in fifty- » cent and one-dollar size bottles. You may t\ by mail free, also a pamphlet telling all about Swamp-Koot, n.. n „ including many of the thousands of testi ; monial letters received from sufferers I who found Swamp-Root to be just the ; remedy needed. In writing Dr. Kilmer ' & Co., Binphamton, N. V., be sure and | mention this paper. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address, Bingliaiaton, N, V., oa every bottle. t* - «. - i LINCOLN'S LESSON. The Way Ha Learned to Tell When a Thing Is Proved. Abraham Lincoln was ouce asked how he acquired his wonderful logical powers and his acuteness In analysis. Lincoln replied: "It was my terrible discouragement which did that for me. When I was a young tuan 1 went into an office to study law. 1 saw that a lawyer's business is largely to prove things. 1 said to myself, 'Lincoln, when is a thing proved?' That was a poser. What constitutes proof? Not evidence; that was not the point. There : may be evidence enough, but wherein consists the proof? 1 groaned over the j question and finally said to myself. 'Ah, Lincoln, you can't tell.' Then 1 thought what use is it for me to be in a law office if I can't tell when a thing Is proved? "So I gave It up and wont back home. Soon after 1 returned to the old log cabin I fell in with a copy of Eu clid. I had not the slightest notion of what Euclid was, and I thought 1 would find out 1 therefore began at the beginning, nnd before spring 1 had gone through the old Euclid's geometry and could demonstrate every proposi tion in the book. Then in the spring, when I had got through with it, I said to myself one day, 'Ah. do you know when a thing is proved?' and 1 an ; swered. 'Yes, sir; I do. Then you mny go back to the law shop.' and I went." Tombs of Abelard and Heloise. Of the hundreds of thousands whe make a pilgrimage to Pere Laclialse on All Saints' day few doubt the au thenticity of the most famous tombs. One in particular Is never questioned —that of ilelolse and Abelard, the story of whose unhappy love Is sr , grandly told by Pope. This luonu nient is the work of Alexander Lenoin. Ihe sculptor, and dates toward the end of the revolution. The tomb was built by Lenoin with fragments of a chapel of the convent of the I'arnelete at Nogout-sur-Marne. of which Ilelolse was the abbess. I.enoin managed to bring some glass from the windows of the old chapel, and two medallions which adorn the tomb the sculptor purchased from a religious house ii l'arls. This Is all that Is genuine j about the tomb.—London Globe. Father's Method. During a recent slight illness the. live-year-old Teddy, usually so amia ble. Uatly and obstinately refused to take his medicine. After a somewhat prolonged and Ineffectual argument with him his mother at last set the glass of medicine down, leaned her bead on her hands and "played" that she was crying. A moment passed, and the tender hearted Teddy, unable longer to bear the sight of his mother's ; stricken attitude, Inquired, "What's i the matter, mother, dear?" With out removing her hands from her eyes she replied. "I'm grieved that my j son wou't take his castor oil for me." Whereupon Teddy sat up In bed and | offered consolingly: "Oh. 1 wouldu't feel bnd if I were you, mother, dear. Father will be home soon, and he'll j make me take it."—Delineator. Bunching the Hits. A legal jourual tells a story of an I Illinois attorney who argued to the court one after auother a series of very weak points, none of which seem- I e<l to the court to have any merit until the court finally said, "Mr. , do you think there Is anythlug In these I points?" To which the attorney re j plied. "Well, judge, perhaps there isn't j much in any one of them alone, but 1 didn't know but your honor would kind j of bunch them" Advertising to Fill a Church. Advertising will (ill a church the I same as it will a store is the verdict 5 of St. Lawrence Chandler, lie adver ! lisetl a few days ago for lonely Chris | Hans to come to South Park Methodist j Episcopal church In Chicago and re : i ceived forty-live replies. Twenty-five i of Ills correspondents shook hands i with him af the church ou a recent Sunday ifcoriilii'g. arid Mr. Chandlef - nays he will advertise again.
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