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When oiwe he has withdrawn his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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.