Montour American FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville, Pa., Aug. 18, 1910. A ROMANCE IN SIGHT. Started by the Unmasking of the Pair of Frauds. Not until boarding houses cease to ex ist will all their romances be written. Shabby romances, some of them are, like that of the young woman who got so tired of being called "poor thing" because she received no Invitations and had to eat all her meals at the boarding house table that she took to eating alone once In awhile at a cheap restaurant and then brazenly lying about the friends who had Invited her to dinner. There was a young man In that ijouse who never went anywhere ei tber. The first night the girl stayed out life's desolation nearly overpowered him. "Even that poor little white faced soul has made friends who want her," he said. "Nobody wants me. Tm no gooion earth." Then on *re occasions his place at the table was vacant. "New friends?" asked the landlady. "Yes," lied the young man. One night the man and the girl met In a twenty-five cent restaurant. They blushed; they fenced; they finally con fessed. "■We're a pair of frauds," said the girl. "It's awful to think that tonight when we go homo we will have to swear that we have been dining with friends." "Well," said the young man, "ain't we?"— New York Press. SHE WAS AGGRESSIVE. Lucky For the Little Man He Was Not Her Husband. The lady In the offside corner of the tramcar possessed a truculent air and a discolored eye. "Funny thing any one can't take a penny ride without everybody glarin' at 'em," she remarked, fixing a small gentleman wearing gray whiskers and a somewhat rusty top hat with her normal optic. The small gentleman suddenly be came interested In a soap advertise ment. "If any one can't 'ave a black eye without Tom. Dick and Harry askin' questions things are comin' to a pretty pass," continued the lady. Silence, allied with soap advertise ment study, though eminently discreet, was ineffective. "You I'm a-talkin' to." The lady prodded the small gentleman's knee with her umbrella. "Bin settin' there this last ten minutes, you 'ave, won derln' If my 'usban' gives it to me. if it'll ease yer mind, 'e did. Is there anything else?" "Madam," the small gentleman com menced. "had I been your husband"— "I should 'a' got off at th' cemetery with a wreath instead o' goin' ter the 'orsepltal with a visitor's ticket." snap ped the lady, "and the wreath wouldn't 'a' been expensive either." Londor. Ideas. A Weary Celebrity. When Mrs. Roger A. Prvor wasp young woman living in Charlotteville, Va., visiting authors seldom reached the beautiful university town. "Thack eray, Dickens and Miss Martineau passed us by," says Mrs. I'ryor in her book entitled "My Pay— Reminiscence* of a Long Life." But Frederika Brem er condescended to spend a night with her compatriot. Baron Scheie de Vero of the university faculty, on her way to the south. Scheie de Vere invited a choice com pany to spend tlie one evening Miss Bremer granted him. Her works were extremely popular with the unverslty circle, and every one was on tiptoe of pleased anticipation. While the waiting company eagerly expected her the door opened—not for Miss Bremer, but for her companion, who announced: "Miss Bremer, she beg excuse. She ver' tired and must sleep, if she come she gape in your uoses." Funerals In England. At the time of Queen Victoria's fu neral a writer in the Undertakers' Journal complained that, while royal burals were still conducted in an im pressive maimer, a sad lack of cere monial distinguished the funerals of the nobility. "Item after item has been abandoned, idea after idea has been dropped, each meaning a distill t loss to our business. An undertaker in the west end, referring to the re cent death of a noble lord, confided to me: 'Forty years ago I buried a mem ber of that family, and the funeral IK'.! came to £1,250 ($0,250). Ten years later I buried another, when it came to just over £7OO ($3,000). Fiftceu years ago I buried a third, at a cost of £320 ($1,000), but the bill for this one did not reach £7O ($375).'" Origin of a Famous Saying. Euclid, who is sometimes called the father of mathematics, taught this subject in the famous school nt Alex andria. Being asked one day by the king of Egypt (Ptolemy Soten whether he could uot teach htm the science i a shorter way, Euclid answered i:; words that have been memorable tvei since, "Sire, there is no royal road to learning." Not many scraps of conver sation have lived, as this reply has, for 2.200 years. Luck, Tommy—Pop. what is luck? Tommy's Pop— Luck, my son, is what j comes to a man who has the oppor tunity of buying something for a mere " jng, but who can't sing.—Philadel- I pliia Record. A Bird In the Hand. A woman is a person who would rather have her husband at home o' nights than in the Hall cf Fame. * PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD SPECIAL 10-DAY EXCURSION TO Atlantic City, CAPE MAY ANGLESEA WILDWOOD HOLLY BEACH OCEAN CITY SEA ISLE CITY AVALON NEW JERSEY FRIDAY, SEP T 2,1910 84 75 Round Trip 84.50 Round Trip Via Delaware River Bridge Via Market Street Wharf FROM SOUTH DANVILLE STOP-OVER ALLOWED AT PHILADELPHIA COVERS LABOR DAY AT THE SEA SHORE Tickets good returning within ten days. For full information concern ing leaving time of trains on which these reduced rate tickets are good for passage consult small hand bills, or nearest Ticket Agent. J. R. WOOD, GEO. W. BOYD, Passenger Traffic Manager. General Passenger Agent. CHICHESTER SPILLS DIAMOND BRAND 00 Ar $ LADIES I r Aak jour l>ru KK t.t for A DIAMOND BRAND PILLS ia Kin an., /A GOLD metallic boxes, sealed with I': Riblion. Take NO omen. I!NJ of - nu- V/ [ Bund, and auk fur CIII-I'IIEH-T/ uS Vi DIAMOND BKAND P11.1.5, for twenty-five i years regarded as Best, Safest, Always Reliable. ! SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS TIMK FL/PRYIA/UFRF WORTH I TRIED Litni nntnt TESTED J SET HIM THINKING. The Reason His Wife Gave For Dis liking Postponements. Just when Mrs. Ackroyd had finished 1 packing her trunks and after William Ackroyd had bought railway tickets for her and their two daughters little Bessie came down with a severe case , of whooping cough. The doctor posl- ; tively refused to let the child start on a long journey, and even if ho had thought it safe for the little one to i leave home he assured Mrs. Ackroyd that she would not bo permitted to take the patient into a hotel anywhere. I "Isn't It n shame?" the distressed lady walled. "Here we are with every thing in our trunks, and my husband has even bought our berths in the sleeper." "It is unfortunate, but I don't know what you can do except sit down and wait four or five days. It may be safe then for you to start away." When her husband got home that i eveniug Mrs. Ackroyd was weeping. "Don't take it so hard, dear," he said. "It might be a good deal worse. Our little one is likely to get along nil right. The doctor says the case Isn't an unusually severe one, and when I telephoned him this afternoon he said he thought it might be safe for you to start away by the end of the week." "1 know. He told me the same thing. Hut I feel that we'll never go. I never postponed anything yet that didn't turn out sadly. I once postponed a wedding, and the marriage never took place." Half an hour later William Ackroyd was still sitting in a corner alone thinking it over.—Chicago Record-Her ald. Yorkshire Men's Fingers. A Yorkshire mau and a Lancashire man were conversing together th« other day. The Lancashire man said to the Yorkshire man. "Well, Bill, do you know the best way to find a York shire man's lost fingers?" "No," says Bill. "Well, I will tell you what happened at our place the other day. Yorkshire Dan had two of his fingers cut oft with a steam saw, and they got lost among the sawdust, and two of my mates were down on their hands and knees looking for them when the fore man came up and asked what they were doing. One of them said: " 'We are looking for Dan's fingers.' " 'Oh, come out of the road,' said the foreman. 'That's not the way to find a j Yorkshire man's fingers,' at the same 1 time taking a shilling out of his pocket 1 and throwing it among the sawdust, | when the two fingers at once popped up after it. "'There!' said the foreman. 'That's the way to find a Yorkshire man's lost fingers.' "—Pearson's. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED EXCURSIONS :?v-- ■ . .. •. T ,:**» * 3-- i•. v ' < '* tdX"4iZ\ • »«■>• v.y • •.'v >«5sA- !l >-r~ •*•-. - •- ■*- ' r •• •-. NIAGARA FALLS August 24, September 7, 21, Oct. 5, 1910 Round Trip $7.30 from So. Danville SPECIAL TRAIN of Pullman Parlor Cars, Dining Car, anil Day Coaches ranning via the PICTURESQUE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY ROUTE Tickets (rood (joins on Special Train and connecting trains, and Rood returning on regula trains within FIFTEEN DAYS Stop-off within limit allowed at Buffalo returning, 111 i (trite 1 11 nklet an I full inform itlon raiy bi obtains 1 from Ticket Agents. J.R.WOOD GEO. W.BOYD Passenger Traffic Manager Cieneral lassenger Agen MEMORIES OF MARK TWAIN. Two Letters the Humorist Wrote to Henry Watterson. "Mark Twain—An Intimate Mem- J ory," is the title of Henry Watterson's J urticie about his cousin as it appears jln the American Magazine. Mr. Wat j terson recites the following incident as being typical of Murk Twain's whim sical point of view: "His mind turned ever to the droll, I Once in London I was living with my family at 103 Mount street. Between 103 and 102 there was the parochial ' workhouse —quite a long and imposing building. One evening, upon coming in from nn outing, I found a letter he had written on the sitting room table and left with his card. lie spoke of I the shock he had received upon find i lng that next to 103— presumably 103- ' was the workhouse. lie had loved me. ' but had always feared that I would | end by disgracing the family—bo ) lng banned, or something—but the i 'work'us," that was beyond him; he | bad not thought It would come to that j And so on through pages of horseplay, his relief on ascertaining the truth and learning his mistake, his regret I at not finding me at home, closing ! with a dinner Invitation. Once at Oe neva, In Switzerland, 1 received a lons overflowing letter, full of buoyant odd ities, written from London. Two or three hours Inter came a telegram ; 'Burn letter. B'.ot it from your mem ory. Susie is dead.' " Susie was Mrs. Clemens. The Orkney Islands. "The member from the Orkneys" i<- the only man in the British house ot ; commons who can say he sits lor .: <• Islands. Only sixty of the islands are inhabited, but the constituency t,;i braces more than 00.000 people. The Orkneys were once given by i Norway to England as security for a queen's dower and never redeemed. In the islands the voters must go to the polls by boats, and in some cases the distance to be traveled is eiirbt miles. WILLIAMS GROVE PICNIC. Reduced Rates via Pennsylvania JRail road. Kor the Grangers' picnic at Wil liams Grove, Pa., August 'Jit to Sept ember 3, the Pennsylvania Railroad will sell excursion tickets to Williams Grove from stations in Pennsylvania and from Baltimore, Elmira, Frederick and intermediate stations on the North era Central Railway, August 'J3 to September 2, inclusive, good forgoing passage only on date of issne, anil for leturn passage to reach original start ing point not later than Septembre B, at reduced rates. EPILEPSY St.* Vitus! Danced Stubborn -jNervous Disorders. Fits* respond immediately to the remarkable treat ment that has for 39 years been a atandaid remedy for these troubles — DR. KLINE'S GREAT A A fin NERVE RESTORER. It is prescribed #IiUU especially for these diseases and is RnHle not a cure-all. Its beneficial effects Uvlllw flre immediate an rt lasting. * Physi ff66 ? cians recommend it and druggists sell it. To prove its wonderful virtues, we will cheer fully send, a FULL $2.00 SUPPLY AiUlress DB.'kLIJIE INSTITI'TI', Brunch 100, lied Hunk, N>iv •Trr*«.y» * FROM HERE 11 LOTS OF FUN Continued Irom Ist Page. frightened to strike at. Bnt the de lightful part of it was that the people in the grandstand were as much mys tified as were the batters. Even Um pire Wilson laughed as he acknowledg ed that the shoots and twists on Jlc- Hale's curves were too fast for even him to see. Not a chance during the game did Bloomsburg have a chance to crow. From Catcher Mays to Centre Fielder Rankin they played the best they knew, but there was not a position in the field in which Danville did not outshine. Next to McHale.Livengood and Cap tain Nipple share second honors. The former's five assists included some of the quickest coups of the contest and he scored a run in the fifth innings after he had beaten out an infield hit; Nipple was never in better form, his sixteen put outs on first constituting a good share of the work, while his single and two bagger added luster to his fame as a sticker. TOOK ONE IN THE GET AWAY. Bloonisburg's bright hopes began to grow dim as soon as the game opened, when Umlanf bit to right for a single. He scurried to third on Nipplo's Texas Leaguer over second. Captain Chester then purloined the second bag, and with things thus Wagner smiled as he drove a clean single just inside of the third bag, which scored "Buck," Nip ple being caught at the plate 011 a close decision. McCarty flied out to right. The second session records Blooms burg's only tally. Henry opened with a two bagger over Wagner's head, and remained on second while two men went down. Then Doudican drove a liner over the second bag, which scor ed Henry. McHale decided that was enough, and promptly struck out Sha wkey, just as the Bloomsburg rooters were beginning to think they had Dan ville started on the toboggan. The only other time when Blooms burg became dangerous was in the sixth, when with one down Karl and Rhodoiuoyer both singled. Henry made a second out and Mays followed with a hit near third base, loading tho cush ions With three on and the crowd yelling for runs, Mitchell walked up to the plate. After a few teasers, Mc- Hale sent the hall straight for the plate, hut before it got there it started getting farther and farther away. When Mitchell struck at it, he was reaching as far as he could and just caught it in the end of his bat for r. It tie roller to Livengood. After the first, Danville's next tally ing was done in the fifth. McHalo | opened this session with a hot single | through the short field. Uinlauf was | called out for being hit by a batted i ball, but Livengood's and Waguei's single and Nipple's double in quick succession completed the damage to I the extent of two scores. In the seven th Brennau's aud McHale's two bag | gers were good for one more tally. ! In the eight McCarty doubled to center.Brounan sacrificed him to third ! bat was caught at the plate on Mack's grounder to second. Mack then essay jed to steal second. May's bum toss let } him to third aud he came home while the ball was being relayed in from j center field. i In the last innings the rattles were loosened and the bass drum called in to play to rattle the invulnerable Me- I Hale. The coachers yelled aud the | crowd hooted, but it was all half heart led. By that time the most sanguine ; knew that not even Dr. Munyon could supply any hope. | It was all over in a few minutes, j The band struck up a weak toned air and the trick had been turned. Blooms burg had been taken into camp so com i pletely that they weie speechless. But j they'll get their voices back—you will j hear the yell later. The score: DANVILLK. AB. K. H. (). A. K Uinlauf, ss 5 11 2 0 0 Livengood, 2b....5 110 5 0 Nipple, lb 4 0 2 hi 0 0 Wagner, cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 McCarty, c 4 0 1 <> 0 0 Brennan, rf 3 1 2 2 0 0 Mack, If 4 1 0 0 0 0 Veith, 3b 4 0 1 0 3 0 McHale, p 4 1 2 0 5 0 37 5 12 27 13 0 BLOOMSBTJRG. AB. R. H. O. A. IS. I Carr, 2b 4 0 11 3 i Rankin, cf 3 0 0 2 0 0 Karl, rf 4 0 1 4 0 0 , Khoiiomoyer, lb .4 0 2 <> 0 1 . Henry, ss .. .3 11 1 2 0 Mays, o 4 0 1 10 I 1 ! Mitchell, If 3 0 0 11 0 Doudican, 3b .3 0 11 1 0 Shawkey, p 4 0 0 0 2 0 32 1 7 *2(l 10 2 Danville 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 o—s Bloomsburg 0 t 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—l Karned runs—Danville 4, Blooms burg 1. Left on base —Danville 5, Bloomsburg 8. Sacrifice hits—Bren nan, Rankin, Henry. Two base hits- Nipple, Brennan, McCarty, Carr, Mays. Struck out by McHale 0, by Shawkey . All laws relating to courts shall be general and of uniform opera tion, and the organization, jurisdiction, find powers of all courts of the same class or grade, so far as regulated by law, and the force and effect of the process and judgments of such courts, shall be uni form; but, notwithstanding any provi sions of this Constitution, the General Assembly shall have full power to estab lish new courts, from time to time, as the same may be needed In any city or coun ty, and to prescribe the powers and Ju risdiction thereof, and to Increase the number of judges In any courts now ex isting or hereafter created, or to reorgan ize the same, or to vest In other courts the jurisdiction theretofore exercised by courts not of record, and to abolish the same wherever It may be deemed neces sary for the orderly and efficient adminis tration of justice. A true copy of Resolution No. 1. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two. RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Consti tution of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, so as to eliminate the require ment of payment of taxes as a qualifi cation of the right to vote. Resolved (if the House of Representa tives concur), That the following amend ment to the Constitution of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania be, and the same is hereby, proposed, in accordance with the eighteenth article thereof: That section one of article eight be amended, by striking out the fourth numbered paragraph thereof, so that the said section shall read as follows: Section 1. Every male citizen twenty one years of age. possessing the follow ing qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all elections, subject however to such laws requiring and regulating the registration of electors as the General Assembly may enact. First, Ho shall have boon a citizen of the l nltcd States at least oue month. Secon.l. lie shall have resided In tho State one year for If, having previously been a qualified elector or nntive-born citizen of the State, he shall have re moveil therefrom and returned, then six months). Immediately preceding the elec tion Third. He shall have resided in the election district where he shall ofT.-r to vote at least two months Immediately preceding the election. A true copy of Resolution No. 2. ROBERT McAFEE. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Three. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to tho Consti tution of tho Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, so as to consolidate the courts of common pi. ,3 of Allegheny County. Section 1. Re it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In Gen eral Assembly met. Tb.it the following amendment to the Constitution of Penn sylvania he.and the same Is hereby, pro posed. In accordance with the eighteenth article thereof:— That section six of article five he amended, h\ striking out the said sec tion. an i Iri-erllng In place thereof tho following: Section ■' In the county of Philadel phia all l 1 ' ' isdlction and powers now vested In t • Iriet courts and courts of common pl< ■ subject to such changes as may be de by this Constitution or by law. si 1 lie !n Philadelphia vested In '■' - ' ! ■ ' ' ■ • - % L--e ■■ ' rt .iUj.l PICTURE MEN THE GOATS. Jeff and Johnson May Count Money and Laugh Themselves Sick. The moving pictures of the heavy weight fight ure moving over a rocky road. There are a number of things to ! detract from their value. First and j foremost Is the fact that Johnson won. ' Second Is the fact that Johnson stall ed, allowing Jeffries to stay until the fifteenth round. Third, the pictures , have received a bad impression 1 through the fact that a number of cities have already barred them. However, the fate of the pictures need not worry the fighters. Jeffries \ is in California and Johnson is in the I east, and both are still busy counting tbelr money. The uegro is now reput- j ed to be worth a quarter of a million > dollars. Jeff's assets are not far from that. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD ELEVEN-DAY EXCURSION TO OCEAN CROVE Camp Meeting Asbury Park or Long Branch Friday, August 26, 1910 ROUND $4.50 TRIP From So. Danville Tickets good going only on train leaving 'J.OO A. M. Good returning on all regular trains. Covers Closing Sunday and Monday of Camp Meeting Consult^nearestiTicketJAgeutß. J. R. WOOD GEO. W. BOYD Passenger Traffic Manager General Passenger Agent and co-ordinate jurisdiction." composed I of three judges each. The said courts In | Philadelphia shall bo designated respect- ! Ively as the court of common pleas num- J ber one. number two, number three, number four, and number five, hut the number of said courts may be by law Increased, from time to time, and shall be In like manner designated by successive numbers. The number of Judges In any I of said courts, or In any county where ' the establishment of an additional court | may be authorized by law. may be In- ! creased, from time to time, and when- j ever such Increase shall amount in the ' whole to three, such three Judges shall j compose a distinct and separate court as aforesaid, which shall bo numbered as ' aforesaid. In Philadelphia all suits shall J be instituted in the said courts of com- | mon pleas without designating the num- | ber of the said court, and tho several i courts shall distribute nnd apportion the j business among them in such manner as | shall be provided by rules of court, nnd each court, to which any suit shall be thus assigned, shall have exclusive Juris diction thereof, subject to change of i venue, ns shall he provided by law. Tn the covnty of Allegheny all the I Jurisdiction and powers now vested in I the several numbered courts of common , pleas shall be vested In one court of com- j mon piers, composed of all the Judges in I commission In said courts. Such Juris diction and powers shall extend to all proceedings at law and in equity which shall have been instituted In the several numbered courts, and shall be subject to such changes as may be made by law. and subject to change of venue as pro vided by law. The president Judge of said court shall be selected as provided by law. The number of Judges in said court may be by law increased from time to time. This amendment shall take effect on the first day of January suc ceeding Its adoption. A true copy of Resolution No. 3. ROBKRT McAFEE. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Four. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section eight, nrtlcle nine, of the Constitution of Penn -1 sylvania. \ Section 1. He it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com , monwealth of Pennsylvania In General Assembly met. That the following Is pro posed as an amendment to tho Constltu i tlon of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva nia, in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof:— Amendment to Article Nine, Section Eight. Section Z. Amend section eight, article nine, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania . which reads as follows: ) "Section 8. The debt of any county, city, borough, township, school district, or other municipality or inco ted dis trict, except as herein provitl hall nev i er exceed seven per centum upon the as sessed value of the taxable property there in, nor shall any such municipality or district incur any new debt, or increase its indebtedness to an amount exceeding two per centum upon such assessed val uation of property, Without the assent of i the electors thereof at a public election in such manner as shall be provided by law; but any city, the debt of which now ex ceeds seven per centum of such assessed valuation, may be authorized by law to Increase tho same three per centum, in the aggregate, at any one time, upon such valuation." so as to read as follows: Section S. The debt of any county, city, borough, township, school district, or oth er municipality or incorporated district, except as herein provided, shall never ex ceed seven per centum upon the assessed value of tho taxable property therein, nor shall any such municipality or district in cur any new debt, or increase its indebt edness to an amount exceeding two per centum upon such assessed valuation of property, without the assent of tho elec tors thereof at a ptihlic election in such manner as shall be provided by law; but any city, the debt of which now exceeds seven per centum of such assessed val uation, may he authorized by law to in crease the same three per centum, in the aggregate, at any one time, upon such valuation, except that any debt or debts hereinafter Incurred by the city and coun ty of Philadelphia for the construction and devel >pment of subways for transit purposes, or for the construction of wharves and docks, or the reclamation »112 land to b.» used in the construction of at system of wharves and docks, as public improvement.-, owned or to be owned bv I said city and county of Philadelphia, ami which shall yield t • the city and county of Philadelphia current net revenue in ex cess oft!:«? interest on said debt or debts and of tho annu. I Installments necessary for the cancellation of said debt or debts, may be excluded in ascertaining the pow er of the city and county of Philadelphia to become otherwise indebted: Provided, That a sinking fund for their cancellation shall be established and maintained. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4. ROBERT McAFEE. Secretary of the Commonwealth. far made the best record for the south paws In the American league this sea son, with I'd Plank of the Athletics, Jim Vaughn of New York, Ed Killian of Detroit and Krau.se of the Athletics following in the order named. Of the National league southpaws Kroh of Chicago, Webb of Pittsburg, Hums of Cincinnati, Pfeister of Chi cago and Lush of St. Louis have won more than half of their games. Wiltse of New York, Rucker of Drooklyn and Foxen of Philadelphia have so far had an even break. While It is generally admitted that left hand pitchers have something on men who hit from t lie south side of the plate, the rule is not universal. Willie Keeler could always hit a south paw better than a right hauder. Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Easterly and Ed die Collins, left handers who are well up in the American league batting rec ords. are all good against southpaws. Th. Real Need. I ID negro households, especially . J communities where negroes form a | large portion of the populutiou, it fre quently happens that the woman is the head of the family, belnpr not only the breadwinner. but also the discipli narian, and in that capacity on occa ■ slons she regards her putative lord and i master ns subject to her will. This at least was the assumption of thecol ored woman who was a party to a lit tle scene enactejj in the office of a jus | tice of the peace. J A man had been arrested on the ! charge of beating and cruelly misus i ing his wife. After hearing the charge against the prisoner the Justice turned j to the first witness. | "Mndam," be said, "if this man were ; your husband and had given you n j boating would you call In the police?"' j The woman addressed, a veritable 1 arnazon In size and nggressiveness. j turned a smiling countenance toward the Justice and answered: "No, Jedge. If he was mah husban* 1 an' he treated me lak he did 'is wife Ah wouldn't call no p'liceman. N T o. sah; Ah'd call de undertaker." Youth's Companion. Flexibility of English. English Is not only, as Richard .lef feries asserted, the most expressive 1 and flexible of tongues, but also, in Swinburne's opinion, the most musi cal. He proclaimed the lines— I Music that gentlter on tho spirit lies Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes i | to be unmatched for melody In r.v? • j language. And few would venture rt> | contradict such n master of music and tongues. Rut surely French ranks next ou the roll of languages. For I clearness of diction it is unrivaled. I and, thanks to its abundance of vow | els (close on one for every consonant» ■ ! it flowes rhythmically from the tongue j Against West ley's dictum, that French ? is to German as a bagpipe to an or j j gan, may bo cited a saying of another | famous divine. Dr. Dollinger. "L'Ail» - i tnand n'est pas une langue, mais ceux - ! qui parlent ce Jargon se comprennent entre eaux" (German Is not n lan guage, but those who speak this Jar gon understand one another).—lxindoti Chronicle. Facts About Giants. r That very few of the giants who ~ have ever lived have been healthy or . well formed recent researches prove - beyond a doubt. All we know about; r Goliath is that he was very tall, but in* . the second book of Kings we rem": - about another giant, who had morr 112 fingers than an ordinary human being, and, according to modern scientists. - this la invariably a token of degen -1 Marcel Donnal saw at Milan :■ } giant who was so tall that his Itodj > filled two beds at night, but whos legs were so weak that he could hard ' ly stand upright. William Evans, tlx gigantic porter of Charles 1., bad litt! - strength, and Cromwell's porter, an 1 I other giant, ended his days inn tuna [! tic asylum. Finally, O'Brien, the Irisl - | giant, has been described ns "an enor r \ mous sick child who grew up toe j fast."