Rattiesnnke Polson, | wYears ngo, when 1 was a boy at home,” sald a southern man, “an um | cle of mine, who lived near Mont: | ery, was out on his plantation one | when he saw an enormous rattle | snake stretched In a furrow of a cot- | ton fleld. He seized a hoe lying near by and made a. pass at the monster, | At the same time it struck out at him | and broke ofl one of its fangs on the | edge of the hoe blade. My uncle dis- | - —— — Trying a Donkey. A newcomer In Africa has many surprises. A. I Lloyd, the author of “Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country,” parrates an amusing little experience of his own In purchasing a donkey in Zanzibar: We had to procure donkeys, by no means an easy task. Of course each one had to be tried, as we were to use them for riding purposcs, and in the course of the work we had various ex- perfences. I had set my mind upon a patched the snake and then picked up { . the fang and brought it to the house | fine female donkey and took ner out PE curlosity. It was sharp as a| for an afternoon's ride peedle, and a faint yellow stain at the | forget it. At first when I mounted her tip showed where some of the virus | she would not move, In spite of all my most tender persuasions, and final had exuded. “The bit of bone lay for at least threw | ly she began to back. or four years in an ebony box on my | Now, the streets of Zanzibar are very ancle’s writing table in his study, | narrow, and coming up behind me was when one day a stupid negro servant large bullock wagon. My sweet tem girl, not knowing what it was, used pered donkey backed right on to the i to extract a splinter from her thumb. horns of the bullocks. Then it was no In less than an hour her whole lower longer a case of making Ler go, but of arm was swollen, and she exhibited | making her stop. 1 shall not | | Away she flew, right along the Naza | [HE PATTON COURIER, SEPTEMBER 28, Mirror Maa, “what!” exclaling the nstonished | ponder, “1s It possible that there ere any civilized peisons on the face of the earth who are not in the habit of be holding their visages refleetod from time to tiie in a mivror of soe kind? Surely this cannot © a AW quite wrong, gi ntle repdor, fer i present time, strange as it a { the np | women in the United Kiwgdom whe | | The convicts confined in British pris | pear, there are hundreds of men und | | | | | | | have not gazed into a mirror for years, ons form wembers of this community, | trance to a jail to the moment of his exit he is not permitted to have the use of a mirror of any kind, the small est plece of plans being rigidly denied him. To the women convicts this ab- gence of a wirror forms one of the chief hardships of confinement, and many a female warder can tell piteous wales of women who have actually fall- From the moment of a conviet's ene | en upon their knees and sobbed omt | entreaties for the loan of a morsel of | all the characteristic symptoms of snake poison. “My uncle had studied medicine and by prompt measures saved the girl's Mite, but for some mysterious reason gangrene subsequently appeared in hee arm, and amputation was necessary My uncle lost no time in burning his murderous relic.” | is Jo | Custom Influenees Language. Pomologists, like botanists, find It gmpossible to enforce the rules of prior | ty in names of fruits and flowers. In fruits the names of Bartlett for a peas | and Telegraph for a grape have not | been changed in spite of the efforts of | leading pomologists and pomological | gocieties to support prior names. Those | who lead in these good efforts forget | mirror—*just for a second.” | Moja road, and nothing I could do | would check her headlong career. In | gact, I soon tired of trying and let her | go. On she went, right in among the | eocoanut trees, regardless of every | thing until she came to a steep bank. | | Here she stopped. This showed that | she had good sense, and I decided bd keep her, | that many a female convict passes three or four years without being per- —Loundon Tit-Bits. His Diagnosis, Teacher—Suppose you had one pound | of candy and gave two-thirds to your | | §ittle sister and one-fourth to your 1it- | A New York gentleman has a very fine Augora cat, and so fine a specimen tle brother, what would you have your- | | welf? { of her kind that she is famous in a | Z ; | large circle of fashionable folk. She is | Scholar— Well, 1 guess J d have the pot rugged in health, yet she cannot be measles or something go's 1 wouldn't | persuaded to take physic. It has been | feel much like eating. —Puek. put in her milk, it has been mixed with her meat, it has even been rudely and | violently rubbed in her mouth, but nev- Sow to Give a Cat Medicine, 1 - | Boarding House Humor. Landlady (threateningly) — I'll give | you a piece of my mind one of these mitted to gaze upon ber own features | All these | entreaties have perforce to be disre- | garded, and it therefore comes about | Advertising [— | YOU Are The One to Suffer by the “penny-wise pound-fool- » policy of mixing your own 5. Buy Lawrence Ready ed Paint—prepared from st pigment and the purest ed oil—with scientific accu- Guaranteed by the maker. gestRyyy, Lawrence >)" Ready Mixed Sold by Binder & Starrett, Patton, Pa. NEW Bla consists simply in pre senting before the people the goods you have to sell in an intelligent manuer, whether it is a house and It is too late at this day to lot or a pair of shoes. ex patil merits oo! adverti has heen « so of- ten that . is futile. Everybody now days that pays. The main question knows advertising is, what medium to use? Advertising experts long ago settled it by declar- ing ‘that newspaper adver- tising was by far the most effective and brings better returns than any other extant. The merchants of this section long ago declared that better re- sults were obtained by sentative call on you and explain everything about You may do without adver- oul plan, business tising, but you are certain to do wore by advertising, It is an investment that will repay you an hun- dred fold. We will prepare your copy and take complete charge of your advertis- ing campaign, however ‘large or small, without, extra cost. The Courier, Patton, Pa. T.R.MORRISON Dentist, PATTON, PA. Office in Brady Building. DISSOLUTION NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the co- partnership heretofore existing . be- tween E. T., W. A. and F. C. Little, LINE OF WALL that the ouly law for language is the | er has she been deluded or forced into | law of custom. In a famous grammar | oy wing any of it. | days it you're not careful. ander the firm name of Little Bros. using the COURIER than we are told “the English language re Last week a Boarder—I guess 1 can stand it If it | |'isn’t any bigger than the piece of ple quires the pronoun ‘it’ for all inani- | wou gave me. Detroit Free 1 Presa. mate objects’ but custom has so firmly | made the sun a he and the moon & she | that we have accept it. Thus it will { ever be. To secure the adoption of 8 | prior name reformers must bestls | themselves before custom gets posses | green Irish girl appeared among the household servants. She heard about the failure to treat the cat. “Sure,” said she, “give me the medicine and some lard, and I'll warrant she'll be ating all 1 give her!” She mixed the powder and the grease and smeared it on the cat’s sides. Pussy at once licked Frenks of Explosions, Gunpowder explosions have one re markable feature. | gons killed in such an accident are | always form? without clothing, but Meehan’ , : 2 : | frequently one ill have shoe slop of the field.--Mechan’s Monthly | both sides clean and swallowed all the | ie quently one foot will have the shoe The voice is the most common and at the same time the most complex of hu- | man faculties. When we listen to it, i we realize nothing of the many infie- | ences at work in its use. Yet it repre: gents the character, the mood, the tem- perament and the health of the individ ual when left to run in its own way. | 1f uncontrolled, it will develop niuch as a flower garden will develop; the rank and weedy nature will come to the front, and the tones of exquisite beau- | ty will be ohscured. Bad daily habits | in the use of the voice will give it | many disagreeable qualities. If con- trolled, the voice will keep its weeds in the background and permit only its beauties to be known. If cultivated, " ghe weeds will be taken out and the | flowers developed. — Pittsburg Press. physic. “Faith,” said the servant girl “everybody in Ireland does know bow to give medicine to a cot?” scene Painting. A good scene painter may get any- where from $400 to $1,000 for a scene. i The average price paid to the best half | in the air when the shock came will | dozen scene painters for a scene is $500. But there are a great many more scenes painted for $100 than $500. a m———— As soon as a married man gets a comfortable home built he begins to worry his wife by talking about sell- ing it.—Indianapolis Journal. Phere is nobody quite so busy as the editor who tries to publish a ten page newspaper in a four page town.— Washington Post. This is trne of horses also. If | one of the feet is in the air and an- | found torn from the foot that was on | the ground and not from the other. | | plosions, the foot that happens te be The bodies of per- | other on the ground, the shoe will be | When men are killed in powder ex | pe found wearing the shoe, while the | | | |e foot will be bare. | Making It Clear. | A newly appointed French mayor | inaugurated his regime by a notice to the following effect: «On the feast of ‘our patron saint | the fire brigade will be reviewed in | and in the worning if it raivs in the afternoon.” i | | | the afternoon if it rains in the morning | PAPER JUST RECEIVED. All the latest patterns and designs and at the mini- mum of price. Picture frames, room mould- | ing, etc. JOS. FLICK, Patton, Pa. Patronize the home print shop We are better prepared than ever to turn out commercial printing of all kinds and at prices that can’t be dupli- cated for good work. 01a papers for sale at this office for 5c a bundle. . | ] It is read every week by by any other means. hundreds of families and goes into the homes of the majority of the people of Northern Cambria county. The rates are low, just and equitable—one price to all and the small ad- vertiser gets just as good a rate as the large one. If your business needs a tonic, come in and let us talk the matter over with you or send us word and we will have a repre- bas been dissolved by ‘mutual consent. The business will be continued by E. T. and W. A. Little, who will pay ‘all debts and to whom all bills must be paid. Patton, Pa., August 1, 1906. Estate of Wiliiam J. Donnelly, Deceased. iven that letters testa mentary have been i dito the undersigned, executors of the estate above mentioned. All | persons indebted to the said estate are re | quested to make payment, and those having claims to present the same witout delay. | MARY AGNES DONNELLY, | JosepH H. REILLY, { Executors. 1 | | ! | { i i Notice is hereby | | | Ten Dollars Reward, The above reward will be paid for | the arrest and conviction of any one | destroying property at the Firemen’s Park or molesting anything ab that | place in afy manner. F. H. KiNkEAD, Manager. Patton, Pa., Sept. 7, 1906. Is this your paper ? Demonstration on Monday, Oct. 1. Given away absolutely free. MOORE'S RIR- TIGHT HERTER, The most wonderful heat- ng stove of modern times is on, exhibition at this store and will hold a Reception in Honor of the Reduction of Coal Bills By having in active operation a Moore's Air-Tight Heater. Slack coal will be used and the result will be the most heat you have ever exper- ienced. At the same time you are requested to watch the this happens because of The most modern invention known to stove-making, Moore's Air-Tight Heater is built like a furnace; the heavy sides is warmed by contact with { the room. casing through the bottomand tion and the resu 1t is an even temperature in every part o Wass... Be Here and BINDER & STARRE Moore's Everlast and only shown in \ ) fs a Moore's Stove. Never befor heating stove WILL BURN THE SMOKE. the fire-pot «nd dome, fre-pot and large radiating anp discharged throug See Moore's Air-Tight Heater. 1 T, Hardware, Tinyare. Paints and Oils, Patton, Pa : chimney and instead of the usual large volume of black smoke pouring out, nothing but dome are enclosed by an open, h the top. This mo ng Fire-Pot, e has such a statement been ma ornamental screen or casing. vement of the air causes a gentle but constant cireula- a thin vapor will be evident. Al de by any retailer or manufacturer, that a i The air entering this Souvenir Coupons to all Purchasers. aussi
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