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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-16
A DRAMATIC SPEECH.
The DeleRate's Big Hunting knife
Helped HIS OratOry.

"The most impressive scene l ever wit
messed occurred at a state convention"
said a Spokane CWAsh.) man. I'm 1889
q delegate from Spokane to the state con.
yeption owed to a member Of the third
house a large sum Of money. As security
the lobbyist held a mortgage on the dele
gates home. For certain reasons and 70
further certain ends the lobbyist desired
to be present upon the door OF this con-
vention and requested the delegate to give
up his seat to him. The delegate, know
ing that by so doing he would not alone
be false to his constituents but that he
would also enable the lobbyist TO further
certain corrupt schemes to the injury Of
the taxpayers, refused. Thsreupen the
lobbyist said to him, IL you don't give me
your seat In that convention, / Will fore
close the mortgage hold upon your home
and throw your wife and children out
upon the street The delegate, sorsly de-
pressed by the ruin that threatened him,
appealed to a friend for assistance. The
story spread like wildfre, and the most
intense indignation ensued. So bitter
was the feeling it engendered that had
tho lobbyist not escaped his life wovlA
unquestionably have been In danger. he
left the state and never dared TO return.
"This incident enabled Patrick Henry
Winston, the silver tongued, to make
probably the most dramatic speech OF his
career. The night the story leaked out
the caucus was held, and, taking this In
cident as his text, Winston made an i'm
passioned speech. When he came to Its
peroration, he walked down the central
aisle Of the convention, saying, DO you
know what would have done had that
man made that proposition to meP
"He then drew from his coat clasped
hunting knife, and springng open its
seven inch blade he held it above his head
In his right hand.
Had he made that proposition TO
me- he went on, I would have buried
this dagger in his foul breast and have
insulted my Deity by offering on the altar
OF liberty the most putrid hearted Shy
lock that ever disgraced this or any other
country! For an instant there ensued
a dead quiet, and then the convention
rose to its feet with a wild yell. The
instance itself had made a most painful
impression, and this speech coming on
top OF it so wrought ON those present
that had the man who caused 1t been
present no earthly power could have then
saved his life"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-16
THE EXPERTS THEORY.
II Was Too Inclusive and Weakened
Him as ~ Witness.

One of the older members of the Bal.
tImore bar tells this anecdote of the
late Severn Teackle Wallis as tllustrat-
ing the cleyerness and sarcasm Of Mr.
Wallis:
Mr.. Wallis was defending the will OF
a wealthy testatOr and, as the lawyers
say. when the estate is large lawyer
"Will wrestle with a will with WILL"
A prominent physician was called to
testify for those cOntesting the wiz
The doctor became restless under the
lengthy and exhaustive cross eXamina'
ton of Mr.. Wallis, and finally he petu.
Iantly exclaimed:
"Oh Mr. Wallis, I believe the tesla
tor was insane"
Mr. Wallis kept his temper and said
quietly: Doctor, you are the first per
son who has ever intlmated In or out
Of court that the testator was insane.
Why do you say he was insaneT
Il believe" the doctor replied that
every man is more or less insane on
some one subject"
as 1t your deliberate professional
opinion" Mr.. Wallis then asked, ''eX-
pressed here in court under oath, that
every man is more or less insane on
some subjectY
Eyes" the doctor replied; Il will say
here under oath that from my reading,
knowledge and experience l believe
that every man is more or less insane
on some one subject"
Then Mr.. Wallis said in that fine
tone Of sarcasm for which he was not
ed, Doctor, has it ever occurred to you
that you are insane on the subject Of
insanity"
Immediately the doctor fired up and
exclaimed, But, Mr.. Wallis, I am not
insane"
Mr.. Wallis arose and said: doctor,
according to your own sworn theory,
you must be insane on some subject. l
pronounce you insane on the subject of
insanity"
Court, jury and spectators laughed
aloud, and nothing more was said about
the testator being insane.-Baltimore
Sun.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

More than a million people are treat
ed in the hospitals Of London each
year.
Forty-eight thousand Turks have
been exiled during the last IL years.
This is nearly double Russia's record.
In the last % years the whale fish
cries have fallen off from 100000 TO
$4,000 barrels Of oil a year and of
whalebone from 100000 pounds 10
100000 pounds.
The Jefferson Davis house in Mont
gomery is to be bought by the Alaba-
ma legislature and, like that in Rich
mond, will be used as a museum Of
Confederate relics.
Canadians have ever resented Rud-
yard Kipling's allusion to the Domin-
ion as "Our Lady of the Shows" Gold
win Smith has now placated them by
calling it this land Of sunshine"
1t is estimated that Munich restau-
rants cheat the public annually out Of
100000 by selling foam in place Of
beer The fine for not filling a glass 10
the limit is S125 plus two weeks i'm
prisonment, but complaint is seldom
made.
One Of the probable reforms under
the new regime in England will be the
serving Of luncheon at the palace to
ladies attending drawing rooms. Hith-
erto a sandwich eaten in a carriage
under the eyes Of curious crowd has
been the only refreshment obtainable
at the most desirable but most tedious
Of functions.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-16
"HEAP SMELL"
Tke Indian Knew What He W@@O~@
and Where to Get 1t.

Some Indians from Buffalo BilPs
Wild West, arrayed in bright colored
blankets and an exceptional amount
or face paint, were taking in nAet sights
of the city one afternoon. They stroll
ed down Walnut street, single file, and,
headed by buck who now and then
gave grunt OF satisfaction when some
thing that pleased him caught his eye,
they halted IN front of drug store and
gazed at the window dispia, +. !
moment. Then the band filed into the
establishment and began to look
around.
The clerk thought the place was 60
ing to be besieged and that he was like
~ to lose his scalp, but when the "big
chief" who acted as spokesman, ad-
dressed him with the customary Indian
greeting of How" the clerk regained
his composure enough to ask the lndi-
an what he wanted.
Heap SMELL" was the reply.
Directed by the Indians finger to q
| showcase, the clerk produced bar OF
soap. The brave took it glngerly, re-
moved the wrapper smelled 1t and bit
into the toothsome looking article.
With a deep grunt of displeasure he
handed it back to the drug clerk. With
disgusted look he remarked, Heap
smell"
The clerk began to tremble, and the
Indian pointed to perfume bottle In
| the showcase. The bottle of perfume
was handed to him. The Indian held
It In both hands for a moment, closely
scrutinizing it. He slowly removed
the stopper, closely watching 1t as II
he expected 1t to explode, and took q
long sniff at the bottle, gave grunt OF
| satisfaction, handed the clerk some
money and led his band of braves out
Of the store, to the delight Of the fright
ened clerk, who had not been In the
practice of waiting on real Indians
| Kansas City Journal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-16
How to Walk Erect.

Many growing girls are inclined to
Gtoop, and we'll meaning persons often
advocate braces or shoulder straps as a
means of correcting the tendency. The
braces may force an upright carriage,
but, says a scientific writer, they do not
give the wearer any means Of maintain
ing it, since they prevent the exercise of
those muscles which should be trained to
produce an erect figure. Any exercise
which strengthens the muscles Of the
back and shoulders will aid in correcting
this defect Old fashioned mothers used
to drill their STOPPING daughters to walk
with a plate carried on their head, and
this is really very good practice. High
pillows and very soft mattresses are
blamed as an aid in producing this de-
feet, and without q doubt a fiat, rather
hard bed, with low pillows, is preferable
for growing children.-Scottish Ameri-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-16
THE PEDAGOGUE.

Not only is education free in New Zea-
land, but, where necessary, children are
conveyed to and from school gratuitously
on the government railways.
Pennsylvania university has a new
mascot. Down in the big swimming pool,
in the basement OF Houston hall, floats
Ben Franklin. He is a big duck, orig
inally white, though now dyed in the uni
Versity colOrs.
One of Booker Washington's college
professors at Tuskegee, the Rev. Charles
W. Wood, was once a bootblack in Chi
cago. A boyish contest in oratory, the
honors of which he carried off, started
him on his career.
Ellery Coke, Jr., of Philadelphia has
given an endowment fund to the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania for a perpetual
scholarship in memory of his father,
Charles Brinton Coke, a graduate Of the
class of 'G2, who was major in the
Sixty-sixth Pennsylvania cavalry during
the civil war.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-16
McKinIey's Black Suit.

A suit of clothes made of black wool
en- cloth which has never been through
the dye tub is probably the most re-
markable costume that President Nc
Kinley has ever owned. That he can
wear it, as one of a very few men who
have enough of the wool to make suit
of clothes, is due to the courtesy of
George w. Peterson, who owns flock
Of 10 black sheep, the only really black
flock in the country. Mr.. Peterson has
also given Senator Platt a quantity of
the same cloth. No dye Of any sort
was used, and the wool is as pure in
color and texture as when it came from
the sleeps backs.
AS this is the only known instance
in which black cloth has been made
without dyeing the wool, President Nc
Kinley will be n marked man when he
appears in his priceless suit Of clothes.
Mr.. Peterson, an amateur stock breed
er, who has a farm at AusterlitZ n.
Y, raised his black sheep at great ex.
pense and with much care.-Exchange.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-16
THE TROTTING CIRCUIT.

, Hornellsville, N. Y, opens the Lake
Erie circuit this year.
/ Henry Noeller, Buffalo, has purchas-
ed Amy Arney, 2:221a.
Walter X, PLAY, is now owned by
Ct. II. Camp, Bellville, Ont
Race meetings have been held at
Nashville continuously since 1902.
Prince II, 2:17%, cost his owner,
John Driscoll, Orange, N. j., $11O.
Leonard Bell, PIPE, is now driven
by Nathan Allen, Charlestown, Mass.
George Castle, Chicago, has purchas-
ed William Mac, 2:O514. Price private.
James Butler, proprietor of East
View farm, now owns Edna Simmons,
2:121s.
The notorious 1900 ringer Walter X,
2:0s, is in the stable Of Dick Benson,
Kansas City.
Welcome, 2:1015, is said to be the
fastest and biggest stallion in the stud
lo California.
Bethlehem, Pa, offers $4,000 in
stakes and purses, the largest amount
Tor q half mile track.
An old state law of New York limits
the speed of horses on any highway
to eight miles an hour.
r. S. Titley, Chicora, Pa, will train
d string this spring, among them King
Pointer, by Star Pointer.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-16
London's Future Population.

What will the population of London
be in 1850? This is no mere question
Of curiosity. 1t must shortly engage
parliament, for it is because the an
swers given to 1t are so divergent that
London's water supply question is SO
complex. Each plan that IS proposed
for insuring to Londoners enough wa
ter to drink and battle in is based on
calculation of London's probable popu-
lation 80 years hence. Royal commits
sions and experts have put the figure
at anything from 100000 to 50,0O0,-
600. Other authorities denounce these
conjectureS as absurd, and an increase
to 100000 is predicted as the more
likely imitation. A city of that popula-
tion is sufficiently appalling to put one
In love with the still more sober esti-
mate of Mr.. Pryce Williams, who in a
paper read some years ago before the
Statistical society argued that a limit
IS placed on all sublunary things and
that the breaking point in London's
growth will be reached when her chill
dren number 5000, ,000.-London Chron-
f0la
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Leicestershire is the greatest granite
producing county in the United King
dom.
Norway, Servia, Greece and Bull
garia are the only European nations
which have but one house Of parlia-
ment.
1t is estimated that in the world
there are at least 5000 men, women
and children who gain their living by
pocket picking.
On Wall street Southern Pacific is
nicknamed "slow pup" Ontario and
Western, "that old woman" Sugar,
"sweetness," and American Steel and
Wire, "swipe."
Jacob Riis says that one Of the worst
features of tenement house life Is the
sleeplessness caused by mixed ale hi
larity. Drunken revelry in one apart
ment keeps the whole house awake.
Two Belgian specialists who were
sent to Glasgow to study the plague
question decided that under proper
sanitary conditions the plague is not
SeIlOuS HlcAdCe III any AdAOPSAA
city.
The steel manufactures of the Unit
ed States, which two decades ago
were in their infancy, today control
the markets of the world and dictate
either directly or indirectly the prices
of iron and steel in all countries.
According to Malte-Brun, the most
accurate authority of his time, the
population of the world in 1904 was
64o,0OO,O 900. At the end Of 1900 1t Is
estimated at 1,5OO,OO0,0O0. The popu-
Iation in 1900 was probably about 63o,-
100000.
The mining laws Of Russia allow
the taking up of mining claims indis-
criminately by Russians or by foreign
ers. The only persons not allowed
this are Jews, clergymen and persons
not in possession Of their civil rights
In their own country.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-16
METHODS OF SUICIDE.
MSw Desperate Persons Adopt Pre-
VaiIinE styles of Destruction.

vsiIinE styles of Destruction.
"The remarkable methods several sui
cides have adopted in this city recently
call attention to the fact that methods
of self destruction are largely matters
Of suggestion" said a doctor. when
a man gets in that condition where he
wants to die, he has little inventive
ability and adopts the method that has
been brought to his mind. You will no
tice that after one person kills himself
with acid there follows a long list Of
acid suicides. 1t is the same with any
unusual method. One person gets up
an original way, and that inspires the
next one to try his hand until we have
n whole series of such grewsome nov
elites.
81 have proved this theory. Several
years ago l was discussing this feature
or suicide with several friends, includ-
ing the coroner. They ridiculed my
theory. l offered to prove it. 1t hap
pened that shooting and hanging were
popular just then. / wrote an article
for newspaper on the horrors Of
strangulation and pistol wounds and
explained the ease with which one
could kill himself with prussic acid.
Death from prussic acid, you know, is
absolutely instantaneous and, many be-
lieve, painless. There had not been a
suicide with this acid for more than a
year, but within week after the arti
Gle was published there were four, and
one Of the unfortunates had clippings
of my article in his pocket.
"Of course l was accused of killing
these four by suggestion, but / was
never arrested and do not feel guilty,
for when once a person has decided to
kill himself the method is a slight mat
ter No person in his right mind will
commit suicide. We all know in our
sane moments of easy ways to end life,
but when in the suicidal frame Of mind
nature seems to rob us Of our reason in
this direction, as II In desperate hope
of preventing the sacrifice. New York
Mail and Express.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-16
PAGER AND TROTTER.

The Lshighton Pa) fair will be held
Sept. II to 20.
Jerome Turner, 2:1513, now owned in
Texas, is hale and hearty at %.
The programme is out for the Listowell
(Ont) meeting June 25 to 27. There are
seven harness races; purses aggregatins
S2,150.
Scott Hudson will train the fast Jay
Bird FLY Hawthorne, 2, 2:2514, sister of
Ed Winter, 2:12&. She is in all the big
futurities.
Secretary Giles will give $4,000 for q
Crsscaus-Abbot race for Cleveland's
grand circuit meeting. But there is not
much hope Of his getting it.
James Butler Of East View farm, New
York, has bought OF A. Johnson, Brock
ton. Mass, the fast mare Edna Sim
mons, 2:121a, by Simmons, 2:2S.
1t is stated that the rival Rich Hill
(Mo.) PAGERS, Riley b, 2:00& and 8lon-
da Redwood, 2:11&, will meet In Q
match over the local track in June.
Mount Shasta is the name borne By the
8-ysar-old colt by Mckinney, 2:11A. out
of Hattie, dam of Monterey, 2'0ek, and
Montana, 2:16A. BE 10 owned By John
Rowan OF San Francisco and reported
fast.
Geers has found an incipient pacing
"phenom" at Village farm. 1t is Tha
Prince, 4, by Gerald Rex (son Of RsH
Americus, 4, 2:11A, and Geraldine, dam
Of Robert J, 2.0115), out of the dam Of
the pacing queen Lady Of the Manor
2:04A.
Greenlander, PIP, who holds the Amer
ican two mile record (4:32) and long held
the stallion wagon record (2:14hD, 10 now
at Red Oak, Ia, where W. r. McClin
took Of Essex has him. AS the sire OF
"a from 2:18E to 2:80. he is the leading
son of Princepa and at 10 is very viGo
rous and we'll preserved.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-16
STAGE GLINTS.

Nine. Bernhardt has played 112 diff
fersnt roles.
Fanny Rice is presenting a Nell
Gwynn play in vaudeville.
Miss Agnes Lane Of Chicago is the
only American member of the COM
pany travelling with Nine. Bernhardt.
"Alice of Old Vincennes," with Miss
Virginia Harmed in the star role, will
have an early production next season.
1t Is said that Olga Nethersole will
be compelled to undergo very serious
operation before she can hope to re-
sumo acting.
Melba says she will not sing in Amer
lea next year, but will go, with her
own opera company, to Australia, her
native land, for tour.
William II. Macdonald, the baritone
OF the Bostonians, will deliver lectures
On the art Of singing In several of the
cities his company will visit this sea-
son.
Charles Barnard, author Of "The
County Fair" has written another
rural play, Mountain Laurel" and
Archie Boyd will take the principal
part in 1t.
Selma Herman, who Is the heroine
in "a Young Wife," receives the lar
gest salary paid to any leading actress
not a member of q New York stock
company, so it Is said.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-16
A HiAfnric ThrOne.

The biggest episcopal throne in Eu-
rope is at the Exeter cathedral. Com
posed Of the very best oak, with mag
nificent carving executed by the most
expert designers of the day, the throne
scars upward in beautiful tapering pin
nacles, which rise up to the lofty roof
of the sacred ediacc. The throne is
not only the biggest, but one of the
oldest. 1t was saved from destruction
by the Puritans by the ingenuity of the
Cavaliers, who when the Roundheads
marched on Exeter pulled down the
throne and divided it into 800 pieces,
one for every day of the year. The
pieces were safely secured in many
hiding places, and when peace was re-
stored the pieces were put together
again without the aid of single nail.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-16
Called to nm Enaier Field.

We wonder II any men with white
skins are called to the ministry after
the fashion described by Booker t
Washington in his autobiography. He
says: "A colored man in Alabama, one
hot day in July, while he was at work
In q cotton field, suddenly stopped and
looking toward the skies said, 20 lawd,
de cotton am so grassy, de work am SO
hard, and de sun am not 50 hot dat
blieve dis darky am called to preachp
Chicago Standard.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-16
PEN AND BRUSH.

Jules Verne, now 70. has written as
many books as he is years old.
Mrs Craigie hit upon her John Oliver
Hobbies nom de plume by chance while
looking for a plain sensible signature to
an early paper
Edwin Austin Abbey, the American
painter, has been elected member Of the
famous AthenTum club Of London un-
der the rule empowering the annual eIec-
tion Of persons illustrious in science,
literature and art.
To oblige his friend, the great Cqvour,
Verdi accepted a seat in the Italian par
lament, but the proceedings bored him,
and he occupied his time setting the ora
tors speeches to music. The composer
was very religious. He had private
chapel in his home in which mass was
said daily.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-16
PITH AND POINT.

y We will all have to face the music
the funeral march-some day.
1t comes as natural for girl to like
her schoolteacher as for boy to dis
Nke his.
Some one should compose a song en-
titled You Promised Me- to be sung
after marriage. at-
People wear out more shoe leather
because they drag their feet than be-.
cause they get around lively.
Take an honest invoice Of yourself
at least once a year. No man ever
helped himself by overestimatlng his
ability.
Every one seems to be looking for
some one to work for him who will see
what needs to be done without being
told -Atchison Globe. ~
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-16
ARMY NOTES.

In our army 304 officers speak Spanish
fluently, 224 are handy with their French
and 1873 are well up in German.
One British regiment has been in mourn
ing for more than 4 century. This is the
old Forty seventh, the Loyal North Ian
cashire regiment. The officers wear black
blended with gold braid in memory Of
General Wolfe, who was killed at Que
bee.
Japan has greatly increased her cayal-
ry in the last few years and still more
recently added nearly 40 field batteries
to her artillery, and as the country itself
produces no horses suitable for this pur-
pose the necessity for importing them is
urgent.
The artillery Of the French colonial
army is composed of 6 field, 10 mountain
and 20 foot batteries. The headquarters
are in Paris with the relief depot com
prising field, mountain and 6 foot bat
teries The remainder are distributed in
Cochin China, Madagascar, the African
settlements and the French islands in the
West Indies and elsewhere.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-05-16
He Is A Wonder,

All who see Mr.. c. F. Collier, of Cher
okee, Iowa, as he is now, cheerful, erect,
vigorous, without an ache, could hardly
believe he is the same man, who, short
time ago, had to sit in chair, propped
up by cushions, suffering intensely from
an aching back, in agony if he tried to
stoop-all caused by chronic kidney
trouble, that no medicine helped till he
used Electric Bitters and was wholly
cured by three bottles. Positively cures
Backache, Nervousness, Loss of Appe-
tite, all Kidney troubles. Only soc at
Paules e. Co.'S drug store.