Montour American (DANK C. ANIII B, I'fnpfWif. (tun* III*. I'd. Sns 10 l"IO. A MAGIC CLUB. Cwrleut Dace? U«*rf br tHa Nativa F•»h»rm«n al Hawaii, "t.ati liiiinlnpl#" ta the name of a de tof twd by the native fishermen of lln vrn it If Is mnd- of ft >■ I rd«rt Wffxl I" l»e fciH I i it tli" Islands and I* mrvcd niiil rubbed till It assume# the shape of n club with a lift!«• knob nt the smaller end. to which the line I* tied The club I* from one to three feet long A village Horopter pcrfnriua cer tain rli«tt over Ir morn am nil fire. After this In done the club In magic, ■nd the fisherman inu«t be extreme!/ tareful of It. If n woman should step ever It or enter u canoe In which It lb** €bc club would lose nil It* power and tie usolesa ever afterward. After the club has been charmed tho flshermnn mixes cnndleuut aDd <ocoa nut meat, bakes It nnd ties the mix ture In a wrapper of coooanut fiber. At the fishing (.'round* the club 1a covered with the oily Juice of the stuff •nd Is then lowered enreful'y to the bottom. The scent of the baked nut meat attracts certain kinds of fish, Which soon anther and liegln to nibble at the cltib. As soon as enough fish are around the decoy a small ban shaped net Is lowered very gently until its mouth Is Just over the club. Tbe latter Is then pulled up carefully and cunningly till It is within the bag. The fish are so eager for tbe stuff with Which the club Is covered that they follow it Into the net without fear. AH soon as all the fish are In it a fish erman dives and closes the mouth of the net, -whereupon the rest haul it op quickly. ADAM'S PEAK. A Shrina Sacred to Thrae Conflicting Raligioua Secta. Throughout Asia "holy places" are almost as numerous as leaves on a tree, but in Ceylon Is a mountain which enjoys the unique distinction of being • very holy place to the devotees of three absolutely distinct and conflict ing religious sects. This Is Adam's Peak, or Samanala. According to the Mohammedan be lief, Adam, after the fall, was taken by an angel to the top of Samanala, and a panorama of all the Ills that through sin should a fillet mankind was spread out before him. Ills foot left an Impression on the solid rock, nnd his tears formed the lake from which pilgrims still drink. The Buddhists contend that it was not Adam, but Buddha himself that made tho foot print in the rock, that being tho last spot where he touched the earth be fore ascending to heaven, while tho Brahmins have still another legend. All, however, Brahmins, Mohamme dans and Chinese, agree that Samanala is n very holy place, and to perform a pilgrimage to the spot is to the Budd hist what a visit to Mecca Is to a Mo hammedan. In mixed crowds tho wor shipers come, each pitying the Igno rance of the other, who Is so far from the "true -way." It requires no little faith and some Imagination to trace in the depression in the rock the likeness of a human footprint. It is 5V4 feet long by 2% feet wide, on the top of a huge bowl der. The natives, however, insist that it is the footprint of Adam.—Emmett Cnuipbell Hall In Cincinnati Commer cial Tribune. Protection From Lightning. Sir Oliver Lodge stated iliat the problem of securing protection from lightning consisted in finding: the best method of dissipnting ihe enormous energy of the Mash. but that it was not wise to get rid of the energy too quickly. A thin iron wire is consid ered the best lightning; conductor from the electrical point of view, but it Is almost impossible to protect a building from lightning unless it is completely enveloped in a metal cage. If is by no means true that a building is safe when provided with a conductor reach ing up to the highest part of the building. When to Eat Fruit. To obtain the most benefit from the succulent fruits they should be eaten at the end of the chief meal, (-.ananas are an exception and may be eaten with any meal The.v are very ac ceptable cut in thin slices and eaten with bread and butler. Stewed fruits often have their virtues wasted through being eaten at the wroim time Sis or eight stewed prunes half an hour before breakfast are beneficial; so are stewed tigs or stewed apples eaten before breakfast. I'eeled or anges cut into thin slices so that the juice is set free, with sugar strewn over the slices, are not unlike pine apple and form a highly efilcacious aid to digestion. Grapes should never be eaten except after the chief meal of the day. Taken when the stomach is comparatively empty, they are a spe cially harmful fruit.—Family Doctor Ruler of Russia's Title. The general allusion to the ruler of Russia as the czar is. strictly speaking. Incorrect. His official title is "emperor and autocrat." Czar is the old itus elan word for lord or prince and was abandoned by I'etcr the Great on his triumphal return from I'oltava. his crowning victory over Charles XII. of Sweden Since then the Russian mon arch has been officially entitled em peror, and ut (lie congress of Vienna in 1815 his right to the imperial term was admitted by the powers, with the proviso that, though lie was emperor, be had no precedence over the kings of western Europe.—St. James' Ga zette. The Modern Idea. Roman Guide (impressively) The ruins of the Coliseum! Seattle Man (astonished)— Well, what do yoti think of that! Why, I saw photographs of that heap twenty years ago. Roman Guide (loftily)— Quite likely, sir. Seat tle Man—Rut why in thunder aren't those ruins cleared away and a mod «rn Coliseum erected?— -X.>» ■».' ■ ALEX. BESTS SHOCKING DEATH One of the »«•*» "hocking ev> lit* that : 1 lintff neeuri'<d th tMaeitjr during many ! », »r« to< k pliee Saturday afternoon, v, l,i i, Aleviltdet Feat, a resident "112 | lown, was Imrtied t<» death in a Wftce j fir" which pnt»»tini«l the bnllduig IB which ti>' lived. The fire is'CßfTed 111 a storjr litnl a half frame structure mi Woollier'* fun nt the rear i>f Mill strut. owned bj i K. , lev A Stain ml lb r, the bla kanufb*. | The halhllnfi was en cted fur a tin .Imp, but WH- lat< r ■sod as » repair •hop lutterly it was occupied by J Alexander Best. wlio lived alone. The ' building is situated inn nest of frame itmctaiea, among which lathe barn | of,l. F. Tnoley. the grocer. The fire broke out about two o'clock. An alarm was promptly aoonded but ! hefoie any water was procured tbe building was enveloped in flames, i which had communicated to the roof of Tooley'a barn and unother adjacent baUdlng. Meanwhile news flew timing!* the big crowd of people collected that I Alexander Best along with bis tw«>j doga wits in the building and bad ! buiued to doatii. This story was alter- j nati Iv affirmed and jlenied, some claiming to hav'jp.witivoinformation 1 j that he w"aTin"tho" burning building i and others stating that be had been j I seen down town. The Friendship and the Continental j Fire companies both had a stream of | j water on the fire. The Washies were j ! also on the ground. It was too late to . I save the (building, however, which j J burned like tinder. The firemen ad j ! dressed themselves specially to the task i |of saving the adjoining structures. A j dead clam prevailed, in addition to ! j which the roofs of the surrounding buildings were damp as the result, of ! ! the*fall of snow,'circumstances which | aided tlie firemen greatly. Had there i j been a high wind and had the roofs j been dry, it would hayp"rp<|ui7T*d[tli< | liardest kind of*work to cope with the : spread of the flames. ' "In less than half an hour after the ' j flTo brok^onFl a heap I | of ruins remained of the building. The i ifl re idjn o t;h av o to" search long I | among tlie debris before the very ! worst' That" had been surmised was | found to bo true. The charred and un reoognjasable remains of the man who | had occnpied|the house w ITH'I'QU nd-i*, | j "Justice of the Peace 'James Dalton i was" on - tlie ground'aud sa tisfiod'him- I self"tiy~inquiry that an inquest was j not necessary. """" j f ßeorgi'"B.~* JacohC Perry fOaskins j j and George Strouse weie among tlie | j very first at the burning building ana | | the stories told by thespymen left no I doubt that the lire started accidental- | |ly and"*that the man was unavoidably ! trapped in the building. | When Mr. Jacobs reached the build-1 i ' ug w ' t *' a bucket of water the great- j ior part of the interior was in flames, j j The outer door leading into an unoc- j ! eupied apartment was open. He dash | ed a bucket of water inside which had j the effect of clearing away the smoke i | sufficiently to reveal an inside door, | which was closed, leading into an oth- j jer apartment, which was occupied, j : Somebody dashed into the burning 1 building anil threw open the inside j | door. A volume of smoke and flames I came belching out,however, and theie was no sign of the man. Mr. Jacobs is ' confident, however,that upon arriving jat the huildingjhe heard the doomed j I man inside calling imploringly fer j j help, I With thejhope of saving the man i axes and picks were employed to cut !an aperture through the rear wall of | j the building, but he could not be! | reached in that manner. Perry tiask- j ! ins smashed in a window. In the flame j ! and smoke he could discern the figure | |of Mr. Best, and he called to him to , | norue to the window and he would j i help him out. The man, however, | i seemed to be too far gone; he stagger- j jed forward a lew feet and that was ; j tin- last seen off him. ' Alexander Best was well known throughout the county. He wasjeni ploved by the vendors of the curbstone market- to take care of their horses, to remove the benches after market hours and to replace them in time for use on the following market day. As far as I can he ascertained his two dogs per i isheil with him in the fire. Injured at Fire. Rcillev Watts, a member of tl e " Washies, " sprained his ankle very badly while working at the fire Satur ! day afternoon. He was assisting to re move the. body of A lexander.Hest. front among the debris of the burned build ! ing when a plank leading from the I doorway tilted causing his foot to slip, i He was unable to walk and bad to be I carried home. OVER A MILE Superintendent of Sewers P. J Keef |er yesterday stated that independent jof the important extension on East Mahoning street,ground for which was broken Tuesday, the total length of sewers constructed in the borough dur ing the past summer is considerably over a mile. The East Mahoning street extension will embrace quite three I squares, additional. 1 The demand for sewers seem quite ' as uigent as that for street paving and the borough has considerable work of both kind ahead for next, season. Our townspeople, it would seem, are not slow to apprecate the importance of such impiovements, not alone because of their practical utility but also for the reason that they increase property valuo and show that the town is keep ing pace with thejprogress _of the times. --i. 112 Aft-. KB*Z.— JOHN B. GUINEA HELO FOR COURT ' John It. Ueltner, whoae attest in ' connection Willi a note alb ged to have | b 'ofi forged la noted on another |mge, was giVi n a liearing tiefore ,ln«t I tee of the Peace lialton at l»» o'clock ■ \ostetday morning He was held tm • otirt and in default of hail wa« row -1 tint ted fn Jail. Tbe information lodged by J H. 1 1 Fry, the mii'ie dealer, act forth in of I feet that John I! tSeltner. November j ■tli, was concerned ill the fiaudnlent ; making, signing and Uttering of a 1 ertain iln■ k HI amount of fit, Ail par | imrting to have the name of ('. O. Suavely signed thereto, with intent to defraud aaid J. H. Fry. In the In formation the valne of the violin, case and bow was stated to be 114.17. It was also alleged that |l'. O. Suavely never made or uttered to said John B. ( tliltner any such check The defendant on being ariaigned | pleaded "not guilty " Mr. Fry on being sworn testified that at about 10:80 o'clock Saturday : night the defendant appeared at his place of business. Mill street, and sel ected a violin, bow and case, which I lie wished to borrow, explaining that I lie had an invitation to play at the ; home of the Kev. U. O. Suavely. Mr. 1 Fry demurred, as the borrower was a | total stranger. The man, however, ' seemed prepared for just snch an om | ergency and offered as security the I check above described made to theord |er of himself and purporting to be {signed by C. ('. Suavely. Mr. Fry agreed to acoept the check I as security but called the man's atteii | tion to the fact that it was not endors | ed. The stranger immediately proceed ;ed to endorse the check. Mr. Fry was impressed with the fact that he was "very long about it"and found some ' fault with the pen. The signature as lit appears on the check, the witness I said, is written in a heavier and more j labored hand than the name on the ; face of the check but it leaves little doubt that the hand writing is one : and the same. 112) A couple of townspeople were in the I store at the time and after the man i departed with the violin, bow and I case they remarked t" Mr. Fry that in | their opinion he was "very easy," as the check might bo forged. The wit I ncss immediately started out in pursuit | and the arrest followed as described, j in our last issue. The Ilev. O. O. Suavely, pastor of j tlie Trinity Methodist church, was sworn. He identified tlie check in; | evidence as one which had been shown 1 him Saturday night and denied that jhe had signed it. Ho also denied that ; the defendant was to play at is house J Saturday night. | In his own behalf the defendant un | ilertook to explain how he happened Jto have the bogus check in his pos session. He said that he had cashed it for a stranger late Friday afternoon; i that he was busy at some work for the Y. M. O A. Saturday until after the bank closed. On being requested to give some description of the stranger he said that so far as ho could recall ; him he was a man of about his own I size, which would imply that he was a rather tall, well-built fellow. At i this juncture ho was reminded that on Saturday night he described the fel low of whom he obtained the check as 1 being short of stature. He was uou pluseil for a moment and then said: "I lieg to differ with you " He met | the stranger, he declared, in the vic inity of the post office corner. He ad mitted that he told a falsehood when he said lie wanted the violin for use jat the home of the Kev. Mr. Suavely. I He was afraid he would not get the | violin, he explained, if he told the j truth and said he was going to a hotel, j Justice Dalton concluded that a ' prima facia case had been made out ! and announced that he would hold the I defendant for trial at the January I term of court Using bail at five hun dred dollars. The man took the tnat | ter coolly. No attempt was made to 1 Hud a bondsman,and in default of bail !he was remanded to jail, where he was committed at the time of his ar -1 rest Saturday night. INJURED WHEN WAGON UPSET j Morris Klingmau, a farmer residing about three miles from South Danville lon the road to Elysburg, met with a serious accident Tuesday afternoon as ' i the result, of which he may be laid up 1 for a long time. Mr. Klingman was engaged in haul ing iu comf odder and was On the load when the wagon upset. .lust as the man struck the ground one ot the horses, a heavy animal, entangled in its harness fell upon him. While pin ned to the ground under the weight of the heavy animal, which was struggl ing to rise, Mr. Klingman was badly injured. As soon as possible he was released from his perilous ami trying position. It was found that several ribs on one side of his body were torn loose from his Bpine and that one of his lungs was badly punctured. He was carried to the house and a physician was called. His injuries are considered very ser ious, but there are hopes that he may recover. His condition was bad during Tuesday night, but yesterday he seem ed to be resting easily. Mr. Kilngnian is a comparatively young man and is married. The Sageburg Gospel meeting this evening at East End Mission at ? :45. Subject, "The Kesults of Giving to God.'" All are eordially invited. MOM SPOTS w THE I.ATT. RETURNS The fnnnt iinlaMn ritnniiMi from tbnw prwiHwl l««t nlfflil anmmrMl n|i »» | follow*: In Ohio i« tW'tnorrfttl* I H-tri• l»*tnr■* hfta I•••"•II elected, ll«*iirlnK ft I*•lttn I emttc MWO. nf to iMwtot Dirk. HP ptMlMit, ftiifl the plnrnllty nf lln»Pt nor Harmon l« to 110.1**1 Tim W«'«i Virginia Irt'itlnlntnre l« l><<morrnltii Mil will • A linno nratlc Hxtmlnf tn merwl Ketmtur Hentt, Kepnhllcai. In Indiana the l.egi.lntnro wMili 0I100"'* a «nr< • ««or fn Hena' ir Hi >' ridge, m doubt, with the Democrata claiming 11 majority of twi Ivn nil tln> llepnbllcatin maintaining Hint Hint Heverldgn will haven until margin j low» IK Mill uncertain with both aide* claiming lh« Governorship, The Pennsylvania LegixUt 11 r>- in , safely Kepuhlienn ulld Will elect 1* Hr publican successor to Senator Oliver Washington has a lie publican I,eg Mature which appear* to insnrn the . election of Mile* I'nlndester to the Senate. The Utah Legislature, which elect* it United State* Senator also IK Kepu hlicaii. while that of Montana in lu (lon lit Indications point to the election of the Republican candidate for (lover ' nor of California, Hiram W. Johnson, 1 by a heavy plnrality. Incomplete returns from Oregon in dicate the election of the Democratic candidate for Governor, Oswald Went, by a small plurality. The Missouri Legislature, which electa a United State* Senator, is believed to be safely Democratic. Aside from these main developments of today, the results already announc ed remain practically unchanged. The plurality of .lonhn A. Dix, Democrat, elected Governor of New York, ap proximates 65,000. NORTHUMBERLAND CLOSE SUNBURY, Nov. —A remarkable raco is on for the general assembly in Northumberland county, three men being almost tie for second and third choice. Unofficial returns from all the dis trict in the county show McMullen, Republican, leading with 4,356 votes. Shultz, Republican, is second with 1,067; O'Connor, Democrat, is third with 4,065 and Caldwell, Democrat, is I fourth with 1,050. Which two of the la-t three will be elected can be known certainly only after the official county is made tomorrow. RESULT ON THE SOUTH SIDE SOUTH DANVILLE GOVERNOR. , Tener, R ... 6 Grim, D 8 ! Berry, K 60 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. I Reynolds, R 7 Groevy, D 11 Gibboney, K 58 SECY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS. Houck, B 10 Blasklee, D . . 10 John Casey, K 57 CONGRESS. Mcllenry, R . 5 McHenry, I) ... 11 liarter. K ... . . 511 GENERAL ASSEMBLY, i John T. McMullen, R 10 George \V. Shultz, R 10 Wildum Scott, R . 9 ! William P. O'Connor, D 18 William J. Caldwell, I) :18 P. F. Dorsey, 1) 35 Ralph L. Bolford, K i 4 RIVERSIDE BOROUGH GOVERNOR. I Tener, R 10 I Grim, D 4 ! Berry, K .48 LI EUT EN ANTGOV ERN O R. Reynolds, R . ...... 12 I Gieovv, D 7 . Gibboney, K 4 - .' SECY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS. j Honu r, R ... 15 I Blakflee, D 7 1 Casey, 1£ . 4'«' CONGRESS. i McHenry, R IS I McHenry, D 12 j Harter, K :>7 GENERAL ASSEMBLY. ! John T. McMullen, R 18 George W. Shultz, R 15 : Wildum Scott, R 16 ; William T. O'Connor, D 13 William J. Caldwell, D lh T. F. Dorsey, D 18 Ralph L. Belford, R 37 SALE REGISTER. ri KsliAY. Nov. "2 —Jesse 11. Ueller, West Heinloek rwu.. :* miles south of .U rst yt-'wu. at 2p. in . will Bell Heal Estate. Jacob Zelw loft. auctioneer. THURSDAY, March 2—Charles Sterling, West Hemlock Twp , near Swenoda, at '• u. in., will sell Horses. Cows, Implements ami Household Goods. Purse' auctioneer. TUESDAY, March B—Aaron Dietrich, on A. L. Heddens l;irm. between (Straw! terry Ridge and Exchange, at 10 a. m . will sell Horses. Cattle. Hogs, Farming Implements, etc. Die hi & Kreppenneck, auctioneer*. THURSDAY, March 9—Calvin W. Derr will sell on premises near California Grange Hall, in Limestone Township, at 10 o'clock. Cattle, Hops, Poultry. Farm Imple ment. llou.sehold Goods. nearly new 3 h. p. Gasoline Engine and K inch ('hopping Mil!, etc. Kroypenneck «Si Dlehl auctioneers. FRIDAY. March 10—Howard VogneU. Lib erty township, 3 miles south west of Wash Ingtonvllle, near Dak Grove, at 10 a m., will sell Horses, Cattle and Farm Machinery. Ulelil, auctioneer WEDNESDAY. March. 15—Frank 11. A cor on Dean Farm near Washing ton vilie. at 10 a. in. will sell Dorset. Cattle, Hogs and Funn ing Machinery. Kreppenueck & Dlehl, auc tioneers. TUESDAY, March 21—James W. Lowrie, Strawberry Ridge, at 9 a. m. will sell Horses, Cattle, Farming Machinery and Household Goods. Dlehl auctioneer. MINIATURE GARDENS. tl«» Likti, ti*M .fill H»UI«. In Ol* mln.niv, Japanese Psrfc*. Tli# Japan*** have the art of dwarf ing tfeen fn mere shrub* nnd nf cnltl vnttng plnnt* In a similar way Th« Henple take Brent delight In tHHr mln lntnrp garileiM, whli h r«H|iilre n uporlnl Unnlcrier to them down tn Hired llmll* A Jnpflftr<<M> irnnlen I* Itenerdlljr nitwit ten jnrd. Bnil In thin nmnll npnre I* found n pnrk nnd demenne. with lake, .tinitner hoit.e* temple., Ift 1 1 nil i timpleln ntid In keeping wlili the dlmennlnnn nvnllnltln One rack ennleii ,ivr* n Inke four feet lone nnd ft 112 Rnldflnh On the border nlnuiln 11 | Ine Iree fHOtlf el (th teen Inelien IIIkII nnd fifty yenm old Itenenlh Itn nhnde Inn temple ear\«l out of one pleee of ntnne the ■iM of n hrlck. <tn n lofty erne of anme two nnd n linlf feet nlandn n fin» maple tree, |terfert In form nnd nhnpe, fifteen yenm old nnd twelv* Inchea high. One hounehold In Jnpnn lionata of a complete pnrden contnlned In a nhnl low two dozen wine enne. rverythinu In complete down tn the flnh in thn lnke. a nheet of wnter only a few Inch nqunre, nnd the foot b rid «en over the wnter course* Ten housea there nre nml numerous treen of VB rloun klndn. eneh nlMUlt els Itichen In height. Old ns the hllln nre theso diminutive treen. hut full of vltnllty, nnd yet never pro winy lilpger.—New York I'resa. On® Consolation. DurlnK the time he ncted nn TTnlted Stnten consul In Glasgow Ilret llnrto occnsionnlly Indulged In a day's nport with the gun, nnd It was during one of his shooting excursions that the hu morist met with nn accident which might hnve disfigured him for the re mainder of his life, his face being badly cut through the recoil of an overloaded gun. Fortunately the doc tor's skill prevented hlni from being permanently marked. Writing about the occurrence to his friend, T. Edgar Pemberton. who quotes the letter in his "Tribute to Bret ITarte." the novelist concludes hi 9 letter by telling of an amusing effort which was made to console him on ac count of the accident. "When the surgeon wns stitching me together." be wrote, "the son of the house, a boy of twelve, came timidly to the door of my room. " Tell Mr. Bret Hnrte it's all right,' be said. "lie killed the hare." " Camels That Ride. The Bedouins decorate their baggage camels in the most fantastic manner. A huge paek saddle N surmounted by a still larger pannier Above tills ugain is a sort of chair in which the rider sits. The long strips of leather hanging down the tides arc simply for decorative purposes. I have seen camels when too young togo on long treks being carried in these panniers, and they are always used for the Be douin children. This tribe has many quaint and curi ous customs. Perhaps the most curi ous of these is the manner In which they show their esteem for certain strangers One evening when a young camel had been killed for the meal I noticed the women collecting the blood In a bowl. Then, to my aston ishment, they started painting my camels on the necks and flanks with the blood. T'nknowlngly I wns the recipient of the greatest honor that can be pnM n stranger. The blood dried on and remained for a long time. n-'tlnL- as a talisman amoug nil the Rherarnt tribe.- l>ouglns Carrti thers in Wlil" World Magazine A Trstedy of Instinct. The proce-- mries nre rather strange \ single string •■( them five or six yards long has just climbed down from mv parasol pines nnd is nt this moment Infolding Itself In the walls of my garden, carpeting the ground traversed with transparent silk, according to the custom of the race. To say nothing of the ineteorolgical I apparatus of unparalleled delicacy 1 which they carry on their spine, these caterpillars, us everybody knows, have this remarkable quality that they 1 travel only in a troop, one after the other, like the bilud of Breughel or those in the parable, each of them ob stinately, Indissoluble following her leader; so much so that our author having one morning disposed the tile on the edge of a large stone vase, thus closing the circuit, for seven whole days, during an atrocious week, through cold, hunger and unspeakable weariness, the unhappy troop on its tragic round without rest, respite or mercy, pursued the pitiless circle un til death arrived. -Forum. Called For Glory Divine. Among the customers in a drug store one day Inst week was a little girl who Is known to her playmates In that vl cinity as "Peggy." As she stood wait ing for her turn it could be noticed that she was repeating something under lice breath in her effort to remember what her mother had sent her to buy. "Mother wanta five cents' worth of glory divine." "Of what?" said the young clerk, ! who was standing there ns if stunned by a hard blow of a baseball bat. "Glory divine, glory divine." eatne the reply in a louder voice than when : she had made the original request. " - Tou had better go home and have your mother write it down on paper, little girl. - ' said the clerk, feellug that i the girl wns too sure to argue with him. Soon she returned, and. handing tt:e note to the clerk, he read, "Five cents' worth of chlorate of lime."— Philadel phia Times. sacralization. Doctor—What can I do for you? j Patient—l have cut my index finger. Doctor—Very sorry, but 1 am a spe i claliat on the middle finger,—Fliegende Blatter. Auricular Evidence. "My daughter. Gladys Mae. has be come quite an elocutionist." "Tes." peevishly replied the next door neighbor, "so 1 hear." —Puck. The Largest. "What i» a largesse, papa?" **A $, my boy."—Harvard 1..-uupoon. THE MIDDLE AGED MAN. \ \ • ■— rtnrflnf HanftlnM* In • Cl»t Thai V»«ilh I* Irfctnmt "ynnnmt ' ntnl mini "»mil rarlety Thn Hani 'tn It. *i*i,)• tt(i lhi> uii llnnt|m> mil* them Tlie]» t|»te to li»f» l« do lh» rninic tlilna over and »'»r and otw atrnln rtnjr d»» "I'lirj Want lo k > »iotn«>where of ilo oniiietlilne differi in all the lime Older iwiipi. nre hnpf'li-*! In a life of mntin*. ' inrwt dl'tnrlH'd « hen variety la tli*tint lltwill llietn "Pnt myaelf I welcome my dally tank. ew!le«*l and nl«aya t lie an me I sleMlld lie limt without It; dlaturlxsl tf It were rhntiped \ life 1 of linl.lt attlta tne l.eat I like the old *cenes fnnilllnr friendly aurrountllng*. I (lent want to change. "Nor do I want much outside plena ; ure In fact. I think I should lie lw»*t suited with none I like my croor*. | ilt tils mc. uml I fit It. I don't want | change. I Just want lo l»e left a lone to work In my accustomed ways It la , In my proove that I am nmiit com fortnhle. I like a life of labor and routine. "And could there come to ono • KTeater blessing? Nature and the cna- | torn* of men enforce routine upon us whether we like II or not. In youth this Irks us. hut In our maturer year# ' In a life of routine. In the undisturbed i enjoyment of familiar labor, we may ; find if greatest happiness."—New York Sun. A Lawyer'* Paradise. Naples, under Spnnl>h rote In the eighteenth century, was overrun with ' lawyers Of their profusion Joseph I Addison had this to say: "It Is Incredible how great n multl- j ! tudo of retainers to the law there are nt Naples. It Is commonly said that when Innocent XI. had desired the j Marquis of Cfitnplo to furnish him with 30.000 head of swine the mar , quls answered him that for his swine j he could not spare them, but if hia holiness had occasion for 30,000 law yers he had them at his service." It seems to have been a golden age for lawyers, for. as the author says, : "there are very few persons of con sideration who have not a cause de pending, for when a Neapolitan has nothing else to do he generally shuts himself up In his closet and falls a tumbling over his papers to see If he can start a lawsuit and plague his J ! neighbors."—Dietetic and Hygienic Ga zette. Technically Gentlemen. There is only one strictly technical definition of gentleman—a man entitled I to bear coat armor. In the seven teenth and eighteenth centuries it was used with this significance, and the secondhand bookstall hunter will oc casionally find "So-and-so, "gentle man," written on dusty and stained fly leaves. I'ut this definition has dropped out. for now any one may use arms who chooses to pay for an arms li cense. The inland revenue takes your ; guinea or two guineas without inquir j lng as to your right to bear arms. And, though the heralds' college has the right to grant arms to those who can afford to pay the necessary fees, it cannot prevent people from using arms to which they have no right.— I.ondon Chronicle. Made Her Pay Well. A certain queeu of Hanover once upon a time when traveling stopped at an Inn called the Golden Goose. She remained two days to rest herself and retinue nnd receive such entertain ment as was needed and for the same was charged :u*i balers On her de parture the landlord besought her with obsequious deference to favor him with her patronage on her return. "If you desire that, uiy dear man." replied her majesty, "you must not again take me for your sigu." Very "Respectful." The villagers used to make love in a solid, stolid fashion. "I'm sure, m'm," said a servant to her mistress, "nobody could have had a respectfuler young man nor what Thomas has been to mc We've been courting two years come Martlemass. and he's never yet offered to kiss me!"— From "Recollections of a Yorkshire Village." by J. S. Fletcher A Similarity. "Ue's quite wealthy and prominent now." said Mrs. Starveni. "and they say he rose from nothing." "Well, well!" remarked Mr Holder "That's just what I ro<<« from—at the breakfast table this morning." Closing the Incident. Pulsatilla—Your latest young man.l hear, has written a play or two. lias he produced anything yet? Kupliorbia —Y-yes; the Inst time he called he pro duced a diamond ring KJtchnnge Lead Pipe. Lead may be melted and when cool ed to the solidifying point may be squirted. In this manner lead pipe is made. —Mining World Apologies only account for the evil which they c.iuuot alter. Cuyler I steady —never "frosts" th; chimney or chars the vie!:. ; 112 It is triple-refined — Family Favorite Lamp QiS You'll find it at your deal- |§ er's in original barrelsdit eci from our refineries. Costs g no more than inferior tank- 8 wagon oils gives more light, more service—sav.rs B work and saves eyesight. Your dealer will recommend it. Also makers of Wuvorly Spccinl Auto % THE OVARfNAS. PlHiiWMk* BarefeetM Ht»l»rt •I PeHufal, The MtrtkM af» pr-rtHtp* tie tnnaf littofwtln# people In Port iipnl TTwj are (IWmM) ihi> lineal «!«•«■ ,ndnnn «112 the original Inhabitant* "112 t!•«• I nd mid now rtinir fr»ro * *ninll place called Wnrtrwn ft*.«»iifl*lA» n ' tnf from U|*.rtti \« lb" ♦ifinltii't 1 "'! rate*. the »niTlnn« nrr tlu» tm ■■« « the«e people Itoth .. .1 ntd vptin- 112 r run mini bo afcMN kMi 9m I.i * pe< Ultur «hnpe ..n tV«'t I •«; travel man? nitto« n>' m<} < hito everv < r r >.f r' •• • l'< . < lliflr uM** In a >ll d 'i" II- 1 m ' Tliry mount «>rm the «> Hi t>««ir *int lei renin with bn>»r* I'tv •"> barefoot n»»» In nii«o of ihesi po y tniifty of them i ■ .. -111 ir •xj •• wire fold orttmnentM. Inn |. •* • Mh < can thus more easily corcr tl»«- Hum* • ille* they run during III' dn> \.te ipt* hnve been mnde to do n« y nl '• thl« method of *i lllrg f.«h Inn ft. \ l w ml failed Tim tmtnn or- 111 o• • deal with thite Hull i.irl* nnd • n I ■ 1 from them ter> small nmouiM Klsli Is not purchased by \\< I- ! I. I>ut by llio fish or purl of fi»h '/I averages 12 lo I," cent* per ; "tnd. There aro not less than ■. '' «> oviirinas engage,! In selling fl*h In Lisbon.— Consular Report. When He Didn't Stutter. A conflrnnd stutterer wont Into n restaurant uml mot n few casual ac quaintances. who at once commenced chaffing him most unmercifully re spectlng the Impediment In his speech At last one of them, a port little fol low who had been milking himself rather conspicuous by his remarks, said, "Well, old man, I'll bet suppers round you can't order them with out stammering." "U d-d done." says llrown. and.to the astonishment of the company and the discomfort of bis challenger (all of whom wore unaware of his being, as Is often the case with stutterers, a first class singer), he beckoned the waiter and sang the or dor without the slightest hitch, then, turning round to his tormentor, said. "N-n-n-now, y-y-y-you c-e-c-can p-p-p --pay."—Argonaut. The Start of an Author. Soon after "Treasure Island" had ap peared and attracted public attention to Robert I.ouls Stevenson, two gen tlemen were traveling up to ".ondoi. from Norfolk. One of them • as read lng "Treasure Island." Presently, hav ing finished the book, he dropped it Into his traveling bag, remarking: "Well, 1 think 1 could myself write a better child's story than thr.t." The other, who, by the way, was his broth er. urged him to try. Six weeks aft erward the former handed to the lat ter u complete tale in manuscript It was "King Solomon's Mines," the first novel that made a reputation for Mr Kidcr Haggard TAR AND FEATHERS. A Coat of These Means Excruciating Torture to the Victim. People who read of tarring and feathering know that the punishment is a very unpleasant one, but few itr. agine how terribly painful and dan gerous it is. Hardened tar Is very hard to remove from the and when feathers are added it forms a kind of cement that sticks closer than a brother. As soon as the tar sets the victim's suffering begins. It contracts as it cools, and every one of the little veins on the body is pulled, causing the most exquisite agony. The persplra tlon is entirely stopped, and unless the tar is removed death is certain toon sue. Hut ihe removal Is no easy task and requires several days. The tar cannot be softened by the applicatlou of heat and must lie peeled off bit by bit. sweet oil being used to make the proc ess less painful. The Irritation to the skin Is very great, as the hairs cannot be disengaged, but must be pulled out or cut off No man can be cleaned of tar in a single day. as the pain of the operation would be too excruciating for endurance, and until this is done hi? has to suffer from a pain like that of 10.000 pin pricks. Numbers of men have died uu.ler the torture, and none who have gone through it regard tar and feathering as anything but a most fearful infliction. A Reliable TATARRII Remedy Ely's Cream Balm is quickly absorbed. SySCOUJI Gi»es Relief at Once. Br It cleanses, soothes, heals and protects ■£* the diseased mem- Sj brane resulting from - <|jswj Catarrh and drives away a Cold in the tv FIVES Taste and Smell. Full sizt* r»0 cis.. at Drug gists or l»y mail, la J .jui I for:a t 75 rents. Fly Brothers, 56 W ire a Mr •• r, K»\r \\ rk. A • r -i -., • < m 1 <lc*cript i■ •• may qulcklT Hscortnm our oplnum free whether au invention it probably patent.-ihlo. Communica tions ««trietly-coiiildenttal. HANDBOOK on Patents sent tree. Oldeat agency for securing patents. Patents taken thrt.uKli Munu A Co. receive rptvuf notiC4 % without charge, tu the Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly, l.anrcst cir culation of any scientific lournal. Terms. 93 a ▼ear: four months, |L Bold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co. 3618 """ New York Branch Office. »736 F Ht- Wasbtuafo*> u c. R-I-P-A-N-S Tabule Doctors find A pood prescription For Mankind. The 5-cent packet is enongh for oocasKions. The family ibottV aontains a supply'for a yea'- iste
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