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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-22
SEEING A PICTURE.
Try To Look ut IL TRSouEh the Eyes
of the Artist Wh@ Painted II.


The first necessity Ar the proper ses-
ing Of picture is to try to see it
through the eyes Of the artist who
painted it, This is not a usual meth
oG. Generally people look only through
their own eyes and like or dislike pic
turc according as it does or does not
suit their particular fancy. These peo-
pie viii tell YOU "Oh, 1 don't know
anything about painting, but l know
what | like which is their way Of say
ing. IF | don't like It right of l don I
care 10 be bothered 10 like II at all"
Such an attitude Of mind cuts one
of from growth and development, for
it is as much as to say, II am very
well satisfied with myself and quite
Indifferent to the experiences and feel
ings of other men" Yet it 10 just this
feeling and experience Of another man
which a picture gives US. II you con-
slider moment you will understand
why The world itself is vast pano-
rama, and from it the painter selects
his subjcct-not the copy of II exactly,
since it would be impossible for him
to do this even If he tried. How could
he represent, for example, each blade
of grass, each leaf upon a treef So
what he does is to represent the subject
as be sees it, as it appeals to his sym
pathy or interest, and II twelve artists
painted the same landscape the result
would be twelve different pictures, diff
fering according to the way in which
each man had been impressed by the
scene-in fact, according to his sepa-
rate point OF view or separate way of
seeing it, Influenced by his individual
experience and feeling. Charles H. Cof.
dn in st. Nicholas.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-22

Then on May 81, 1873 some laborers
digging in the Campagna discovered a
sepulchral chamber. This resulted in
further excavations, and these in turn
revealed to the amazed inhabitants or
Rome the existence" to quote a con
temporary account. of other cities
concealed beneath their OWL
OF course the Roman catacombs, al
though the finest and most extensive,
are not the only ones Of their kind in
the world Near Naples, for instance,
some very elaborate ones are to be
seen. with subterranean church at
tached.
There are also others at Syracuse,
which are unique in that they are sup
posed to have been of pagan origin; at
Malta, beneath the foundations Of the
ancient capital OF the island; at Taor-
nina, in Sicily; at Alexandria, ana else
where.
The so called "catacOmbs Of Paris,
it may be mentioned, are also regard
ed by the best authorities as being
merely disused Quarries. But at Pog-
gio GajelIa. near Chiusi, the ancient
Clusium. are some remarkable under
ground works OF vast extent to which
neither this latter explanation nor that
given for the catacombs proper will
apply.
They consist, for The most part Of
low, winding, labyrinthine passages,
leading in and out of one another and
round and round in the most perple1-
ing manner, but constantly conducting
the explorer back to a large circular
central hall. the roof of which is sup
ported by massive cylindrical pillar
hewn from the living rock.
No plausible explanation has ever
been offered regarding the original
purpose Of this mysterious subterra-
mean maze. although some archRolo-
gists believe it to have been intended
as q place Of execution for criminals,
the condemned person being simply
turned loose therein and left to wan
der about in the cold and darkness un-
til death overlook him.-London EI-
press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-22
COMPENSATION.
All Things Are to BE Had IL One VIII
Lat Pny the Equivalent.

bdI I'ny the EqutNRlehV'
Life consists almost wholly of buy
ing. selling, paying. There are no
gifts. nothing that does not call for an
equivalent If we cannot pay for gifts
in kind we must pay In gratitude or
service or we shall rank as moral bank
rupts.
II | would have a good situation |
must pay for IL not only in labor, but
in promptness, intelligence, faithful
ness and good manners. II | would
have good service | must pay not only
in money, but In consideration, recog-
milton, appreciation, fairness. | can
hold no one TO me if | misuse him.
All things are to be had for the buy
ing. Would you have friends? Then
pay the price. The price of friendship
is TO be worthy OF friendship. The
price Of glory Is to do something glori-
Gus. The price OF shame is to do some
thing shameful
Friendship, glory, honor admiration,
courage. infamy, contempt. hatred, are
all in the market place for sale at a
price. We are buying and selling these
things constantly as we will. Even
beauty is for sale. Plain women can
gain beauty by cultivating grace, ami
nation, pleasant speech, intelligence,
helpfulness, courage or good will.
Beauty is not In the features alone; IT
is in the soul also.
Good will buys good will, friendli.
ness buys friendship, confidence be-
gets confidence, service rewards serv-
ice, and hate pays for hate, suspicion
for suspicion, treachery for treachery'
contempt for ingratitude. slovenliness,
laziness and lying.
We plant a shrub, a rosebush an or
chard, with the expectation that they
will pay US back We build roads,
mend harness and patch the roof with
the same expectation. We will trust
even these unconscious things to pay
their debts.
Some Of our investments are good
and some are bad. The good qualities
we acquire moderation, industry, cour-
tesy, order. patience, candor-are sound
investments Our evil institutions and
habits are bad investments, involving
US in losses We become debtors to
them, and they are exacting creditors,
forcing payment in full in money and
labor and sometimes in blood, agony,
tears, humiliation or shame. = From
Balance: The Fundamental Verify
by Orlando j. Smith.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-22
THINK OVER THESE.

Why are all cowpaths crooked?
How old must grapevine be before
II begins TO bearE
What wood will bear the greatest
weight before breakingf
Can you tell why leaves turn upside
down just before rain?
You can see any day white horse,
but did you ever see a white colt?
Why does horse eat grass back
ward and a cow forward?
Why does a hop vine wind one way
and n bean vine the other?
Where should a chimney be the lar
ger, at the top or bottom, and why!
How many different kinds of trees
grow in your neighborhood and what
are they good forI
Can you tell why a horse when teth-
cred with rope always unravels it,
while a COW always twists it into a
kinky Wesleyan Advocate.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-22
A CURIOUS TREE.
One OF Natures Queer Products That
Are Found In Africa.


The Welwitschia mirabilis is won
der OF the vegetable kingdom. 1t
grows on the barren land OF the west
ern side of Africa, where rain is al
most unknown and the only moisture
is that from dews which fall ut night.
This plant was discovered in 1860 by
DR.. Welwitsch, an eminent scientific
traveller. The welwitschia il a tree
which lives for many years, many
specimens being estimated az more
than 100 years old
Every year Of its life increases its
size, yet 1t never grows higher. Ris-
Ing just above the ground this strange
plant, looking like rough round table,
regularly enlarges by adding concen-
trio layers TO its circumference. The
fat upper surface of the trunk is very
hard and dark resembling in color and
texture the crust of an oveTbaked loaf.
The trunk attains the size OF from
fourteen TO eighteen feet in circum-
ference. but is never more than few
inches above the ground.
The welwitschia Is remarkable in
the fact that It never loses its first
two leaves and never gets any more
These leaves increase I'm size year aft
er year until they attain the length OF
six or eight feet or more. They are
Cat and Ientherv and frequently split
into numerous straps
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-22
Old Tine Remedies.

Strange as it may seem TO some, The
ingredients Of the witches caldron IN
Macbeth" ut least part Of them,
were once standard remedies among
Europeans. In the tenth and eleventh
centuries sovereign cure for ague
was the swallowing of a small toad
that had been chicken to death on st.
Johns eve, and a splendid remedy for
rheumatism was to fasten the bands
Of clothing with pins that had been
stuck into the flesh Of either toad or
a frog. Physicians frequently recon-
mended the water from toad's brain
for mental affections and that a live
toad be rubbed over the diseased parts
as cure for the quinsy.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-22
RELIC FROM THE STONE AGE
A Body From the Prehistoric Bury
ing Places of England.

Body Prom the PrehlstOric bury
ing Places of England.
In Somersetshre, England. may be
seen many "barrOws,' blwying places
Of prehistoric man. Long ages ago,
when the elephant and rhnoceros. the
lion and bear. the hyenu and wolf, the
great elk and the reindeer were among
the common animals Of England, prim-
tive man and savage beasts lived in
caves in this region.
At the entrance to these caves the
aborigines. clad in skins kept fires
burning for warmth and for protection
from the wild beasts. Ii was here that
they made flint hatchets, knives and
arrowheads Not long ago trench
was being dug within the mouth of one
of these caves for the purpose Of drain
ing
1t was found necessary TO break up q
stalagmitc floor of two thick layers
Between the layers was deposit OF
cave earth and stones. in which was
discovered the skeleton Of man Of
very great antiquity in an excellent
state of preservation. With II were
found several flint knives and fakes.
Experts who made a careful examina-
ton Of the skull. which has projecting
brows and receding frontal bone, have
decided that it belongs 10 the stone age
and Is OF type intermediate between
the paleollthic and neolithic ages.
Apparently the body had been placed
in a small passage leading off from the
great passages to the stalactite caves
and had been prevented from disturb
ancc by stones piled around It. The
stalagmite floor had formed over il all,
effectually preserving 1t to the present
day. -Harper's Weekly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-22

II you hold your fist AS tight as you
can hold 1t for fifteen minutes the IA
tigue you will feel when II relaIes is Il
clear proof of the energy you have been
wasting and il the waste Is SO great
in the useless tightening OF n fist it is
still greater in the extended and con
tiuuous contraction OF brain and nerves
in useless fears. and the energy saved
through dropping the fears and their
accompanying tension can bring in the
same proportion ylgOr unknown be
fore and at the same time afford pro
lection against the very things we fear
ed. The fear Of taking cold Is so strong
in many people that draft of fresh air
becomes bugahoo to their contracted.
sensitive nerves. Drafts are imagined
"a existing everywhere. and the con
traction which immediately follows the
sensation Of draft is the best means
OF preparing TO catch n cold
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-22
letter. of Introduction.

Letters Of Introduction should not
be worded in too complimentary OF
highly fattering terms. AS they are
left unsealed and delivered in person
II is embarrassing for the caller to de
liver them, The letter should simply
introduce the bearer, state that lie Is
a friend and that any courtesy or en-
tertainment shown him will be great
ly appreciated.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-22
0NIrk Turn.

Did you ever make any money on
the board Of trade:"
Yes, l made S175 there one day in
less than twenty minutes"
"Whew. What did you DO with itr'
"Oh, they got it back before had q
chance to see it."-Chicago Record Her
aid.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-22
A DeHnifIon.

Diplomacy, Lester" said the hen
pecked man, replying to the inquiry Of
his small son during, it may not be
necessary to explain, the temporary
absence OF the majestic wife Of the one
and mother OF the other, diplomacy Is
what makes man carve a turkey and
unselfishly deal out to his family and
the visitors their favorlte helps, includ-
Ing the only portions which he himself
really likes and at the same time look
like putty saint. Smart Set.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-22

That policeman at the second cross
ing is a misplaced humorlst."
What makes you think sol"
Il asked him today II he wore gloves
on Sunday. He said no; he wore 'em
on his hands. Cleveland Plain Deal
or
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-22
Rather.

Would you permit your daughter to
marry q titled roue?" asked Mrs. Old
castle.
Il don't know" replied the hostess
the Rooeys belong to a very old
fumilyT-E exchange.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-22

New York....,..,,..ar $50 500 735 66(
"Daily, tDaily except Sunday.
stops on signal or on notice to conductor
n Stops on signal to take on passengers 10
New York, Binghamton and points west.
T. f. CLARKE L. W. LEE
Gen. Superintendent Ser.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-22

weekdays. Daily. f Flag station.
Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run OF
through trains between SIcbury, WilliamspOrt
and Erie between Sunbury an5 Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrisburg, Pitts
burg and the West
For further information apply to Ticket Agent
W. W. ATTERBURY, J. X. WOOD
General Manager Pass. Traffic MFR
GEO. W BOYD. GEN Passenger Agent
Arizona republican., 1904-08-26

vital part in building the sons of Con necticut in the sinews of the nation. :" Is this statement as dubious in histor- ical accuracy as it is in rhetorical cor rectness? Did the men who made Con necticut differ materially from the oth- CT builders of New England? Those used strong drink freely-not wine, ex cept such as was of domestic manufac- ture but rum, the fiery rum of New England. On every occasion pure crystal water" was chiefly used as q mixer, nor was it too copiously used. There is no record of any difference between Connecticut and other states on this point and it is fair to con- cede that the sturdy ancestors of the Connecticut petitioners would not have stopped with breaking a bottle across the bow of the ship; they would have cracked more than one in drinking sue cess to the noble vessel.
Arizona republican., 1904-08-26
EARNED FIVE .DOLLARE WITH
 HIS TOE.

most unusual recovery of rinG is reported from Round Lake, in vest ern Lake county.
 few days ago Mrs. A. Lungren of Chicago was in bathing in the lake near the hotel and lost her wedding ring.
 She failed to notice her loss until a few hours after leaving the water. Then she did not know she had lost it in the water but offered a reward of & for the return of the ring.
 No clue to the ring was obtained until yesterdy when Charles Davis. a small boy, ran to Mrs. Lungren's room and holding out the ring laid claim to the :5 reward.
 Then it was that the recovery of the ring appealed to the guests as most unusual. The boy had been in bathing near where Mrs. Lungren had been q few days before and in some manner the ring slipped on his toe.
 The child did not know what had caught his toe and at first tried 10 shake it off. Finally he made his way to shore and found the ring securely hanging to the toe. The ring had been lying in about two and a half feet Of water-Chicago Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1904-08-26
"SPOTTED."

George is four years old and has just arrived at the dignity of his first knick~ erbockers-with suspenders just like pap wears. They were the pride of hls heart and at night he would take them off his trousers and clasp them tight in his arms when he went to bed. His mother found them there the other night, and as they seemed to be mak ing the little chap uncomfortable sh,. took them away and laid them on d chair -- his he'd.
 The next morning he had a long in- terView with his mother.
 Didn't you tell me, mammal" he said. that angels watched everything did?"
 "Yes, George"
 And they are watching me when sleep?"
 'Yes, my son they watch over you always. whatever you are doing
 Do they come right in my room at night?"
 Yes, dear the good angels arc everywhere, always"
 Then" said George, medita lively, T bet they've been monkeying with my 'spenders. .'-POrtland Oregonian.
Arizona republican., 1904-08-26
The Retort Courteous.

An OSHCtai Communication of more than usual interest comes from the assistant secretary of the navy in PeTAy t0 the protest from Connecticut against using wine at the forthcoming launching oF the new battleship which bears Ohe name of the state This is a pTaCtire tO which the w. C. T. U. and 0EheF estimable organizations cannot Occustom themselves. although as Mr- Darling suavely tells them in fis leIttF, they ought to find con- fort tn the thought that the wine thus cSprnSisG can never imperil the soul nUf. c0nSFlbute to the cup of human sorrow" But it is the existence of the wine as well as the use of it which these Esople deplore. They would put 1t away with a wave os the hand, as Ar. PoaaRap dismissed the subjects he found disagreeabie. Ut is ncon- ceivable." Fays MT. Darling, that the breaking of a bottle of wine on the Connect can injure her as bat tleshfp Og work the slightest injury to any msn." And he adds that if the traditional ceremony is offensive to many" as the petitioners urge. it is another cGSc of "evil to him who evil thinks"
 It Is always interesting when there is a departure from strict formality In an official document, and the as- sistant Eecgetary of the navy reveals a logical mind as we'll as grace of style in his argument with the unhappy citizens Of Connecticut. Possibly both qualities will be wasted upon those to whom his letter is addressed. though not upon the wider public who will alsr Fead it. One statement, however, he Iefs uncontroverted, doubtless for ofte&aI reasons. The petitioners advo- eaIsd the use of "pure crystal water" on the ground that it has played a
Arizona republican., 1904-08-26
PlIOENsX, ARIz., AUGUST 26, 1904
A Word With a rIeanIng.

The platform adopted by the demo- cratic county convention last Tuesday Is one oF those literary documents which continually present new and un- expected truths; in which hitherto hid den meanings are constantly disclosed. The platform on the surface of it is a clear and rather uninteresting docu- ment. There is nothing in it to which any faction of the party could offer a reasonable objection but the more it is studied the more is found buried in the debris of words composing the docu- ment.
 There ToF instance is the second plank: We give unqualified endorse ment 10 the splendid platform unani- naouslY adopted by the St. Louis con- vention, ste. Nov, nothing could be more HatvvAl than that democratir . convention should follow the lead of the national convention so that one in reading the platform of the county convention would not likely notice the apparently FUpernuous unanimously preceding the word adopted Why should it concern the democrats of bled whether or not the St. Louis con ventioa had been adopted unanimously If the attention of one were called to the unnecessary adverb he would sup pose thht t. Ras thrown in merely be- cause u was . word, inserted only for the purpose Of making the already long county pl&&t"Em longer by just that much.
 But Si is learned that that word was put Sn for Q special purpose and after delibers4tOh by at least two members of tAe platform committee. That word was intended SO express the disapprov- al os abe convention of a part of the st. louie platform, the gold telegram plauk, which by the action of the con- vehrlo:s late al night was made a part of tbe platform which had ben pre- } tnEisEy unanimously adopted. But the artts.T, making Judge Parker's tele- aFHsn a. pact Of the platform was not li,sn n1F5sOus, and therefore that part of the St, GoUis platform has not been endorsed by the democrats of MaricOpl county,
 This ts Q matter which should be brought to the notice of the national dcmOcEaitc committee which er- roRcously supposes that the par 3y. Is engaging in the cam patgn with closed ranks, solid against solid foe. It should be made known nE E.opus and Chicago that there tS ah anEidious schism which may not be discovered until it is too late. Let The tton. Thomas Taggart be in- forTDeA of thc hidden meaning of that word ''unanimously."
Arizona republican., 1904-08-26
USED STOLEN BILLS FOR CURL
 PAPERS.

That William Cope of 226 East Mar ket street is not minus $23 is due to the alertness of Policeman Fitzgerald and Gagin, who captured Mary Burke, colored. at Twelfth and Main streets early yesterday morning. The police say they found $23 in the woman's hair.
 Fitzgerald and Gagin were walking up Main street when they saw a wo- man running down the opposite side of the street pursued by a man. The police detained the woman. Cope eX- plained that the woman mad grabbed the money from his hand at ninth and Market streets and run down Mail stra=t
 The officers were about to release the woman when Policeman Fitzgerald noticed she had her hair done up in curl papers. Upon investigation the cur! papers proved to be United States currency of $1 and 8 denominations
 As the woman could give no satis- factory explanation as to how she came to have the money she was locked up on charge of grand larceny.-Louis ville Herald.
Arizona republican., 1904-08-26
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Arizona republican., 1904-08-26
POWER OF THE EVIL EVE"
Strange Story Told at Trial for Mur.
 der in France.

The suDerstitious belief in witchcraft and sorcery is still far more prevalent in rural France than would be gener- ally thought. A bricklayer named Merot,, living in the village of St George e-sur- Moulons, was so firmly convinced that a neighbor had the "evil eye and had cast a spell over him that one day in April last goaded into T state of terror he could bear it no longer and beat the presumed sorcerer to death. Merot was put on trial for murder.
 The accused told the court that what eXasperatcd him most was the nerve shattering influence the deceased pos sessed. The dead man was constantly predicting misfortunes that invariably befel him as foretold. Several times the prisoner declared the parish priest had tried to exercise the evil spirit from his neighbor, but without avail. One day, when Merot met his. victim. the latter said: "Hullo, not dead yet? You have only one more week to live" Flesh and blood, declared the accused, could stand these predictions no longer, and he there and then, it is said, des- patched his neighbor.
 To show his belief in the reputed sor- cerer's power was not due to mere im- agination. Merot related number of instances which he declared afforded proof of the dead man s uncanny gifts Thus one night, while in bed. MeIot said, he was about to expectorate on the floor, when the voice of the evil genius. who could not see. was heard from without to say: Spit on the right of the bed" How then" asked the accused, could he have known 1 was about to spit?" On several occa- sions. asserted the prisoner the sorcer- CT had given him stomach aches, and twice he had brought on pcrtial paral- ysis. He afterwards came and revelled in his (Merot's) sufferings. Several vil- lagers of Saint George-sur- Moulons were called as witnesses and in response to the judges question as to their opin- ion of the deceased, declared that while they had not absolute" belief in the dead mans power of evil, they were
Arizona republican., 1904-08-26

Will the American warships have to return to Turkish waters? The sultan is credited with a disposition to repud- late in part the agreement entered into Tn his name. and to insist upon a scrutiny of the list of American schools before the necessary permits are authorized. This may be only a device to "save the face" of the Turk ish government; but if it is another evasion the sultan must again be taught that we are in earnest. He is a slippery customer.