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The FretfuI Pnrcnpine.

H. the woods of Keewaydin there
once rOamcd very discontented por-
cupine. lie was forever fretting He
complained that everything was wrong,
till it was perfectly scandalous, and
the Great Spirit getting tired of his
grumbling, said:
You and the world | have made
don't seem to fit One or the other
must be wrong. 1t is easier to change
you. You don't like the trees, you are
unhappy on the ground and think ev,
erything is upside down, so I'll turn you
inside out and put you in the water"
This was the origin of the shad.-
Ernesl Thompson Seton In Century.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-06-09

DEAR NE! DON'T EVEN KNOW YOUR
NAME
dear didn't even find out his name.
I've got his picture. though, TO remem-
ber him by. See, Charlotte"
The governess gazed and bit her lip.
"A pretty hard face" she murmured.
lit isn't!' cried Allena in wrath. 1T
was just sanity when kissed him"
You kissed him! You dreadful
child! Come home at once. You.
Judge Raceway's daughter! Why, the
man might have had consumption
or-or germs. He may have given
them TO you"
He gave me his picture, anyway,
and you and your old germs can go
10 pot" retorted Allena impolitely.
Say, you needn't drag me along,
Charlotte Spicer. l can walk"
Curly stood irresolutely In front
OF the saloon. The crowd jostled him.
but he didn't move along. A fashily
dressed man seized his arm.
You're shaky this morning, boy"
he accosted cordially. Lets get in
side. I'll break a small bottle with
you. That will put you on your feet"
I'm on my feet now" returned the
other roughly. Let me alone"'
His companion stared. "Curlyw he
coaKed good naturedly. Come on,
nov. Don't stand here In the sun
Yes, yes, | know how fellow feels
sometimes. It's the nerves. Settle
'em, and you'll be all right"
You don't know how | feel. Joe,
and you never Will" smiling queerly
I've had an experience. Just say to
the crowd that I've cut my hair. and
ths sooner they forget Curly the bet
ter II will please me. Say I'm Todd
Shipman now, the same who came
among you two years ago, when
was kicked out Of college. Joe, I'm
twenty one today. Lord knows,
want drink, but don't take H. I've
q little money coming. and | was go
ing to blow 1t in good shape. but
something has changed my mind
You've been q good friend and square
Goodby and luck to you"
The muscular figure Strengthened
with half friendly, half warning
fash In the gray eyes.
A strong mOmentary pressure of fin
gers which We're quick at dealing
poker hands and Shipman's broad
shoulders swung down the street
Beats mew meditated his sporting
friend and, more softly, Maybe he is
right. though twenty -one-birthday-
new leaf-hum"
"Show him in." said the judge, a
bit testify. Right here in the library,
John. Turn up that lamp trite.'
He pored over the card. Cant be
Otis Shipmun's son" lac ruminated
Let's see TOdd's family name.
Why, 1t was ten years ago that boy
went off goodness knows where and
glud they were to he ia Of him. the
Wild rascal Seems TO lie | heard he
had done mighty N,il bat that didn't
cure him. | Imagine le5. / remember,
q curly headed S-ay eyed scamp,
bright as doilor. ICo bad! Too
bad"
When the visitor emerged from the
library after that ln"r rlpid con
versation he went straight l. the draw
ing room. and bis host, with puzzled
visage. pattrrcd upstairs.
Shipman stood under the great chan
delier. bronzed. well formed man,
the rings Of clustering hair low on his
broad brow He trembled at the sound
OF soft approaching steps
My father said you wished to speak
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-06-09

Sir" said the shipping clerk, Il
should like to attend my mother-in-
laws funeral tomorrow"
''You have my sympathy, young
man" replied the manager, with n sigh
long drawn out. II have been wanting
TO do likewise for thirteen years. ."-Au-
gusta Chronicle.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-06-09
A Match For Him.

At political meeting in Wales the
chairman, a deacon Of strong convic-
tons, but no sense of humOr, intro
duced a speaker thus: II haf to intro
duce to you tonight the member for
the Carnarvon boroughs. He hass
come here to reply to what the bishop
OF St Asaph said the other night about
Welsh disestablishment. In my opin-
ion, gentlemen, that bishop of Asaph
ISIS one Of the biggest liars In creashon;
but, thank gOodness-yes, thank good
ness-we haff match for him tonight"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-06-09

Weekdays. Daily. Flag station.
Pullman Paror ard Sleeping Cars run on
through trains between Sudbury, Williamsport
and Erie. between Sunbdry an1 Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrisburg, Pitts
burg and the West.
For further information apply to Ticket Agents
W. W. ATTERBURY, }. X. WOOD
Gen1 Manager Pass Irafhc Mgr.
GEO. W. BOYD, Gen'l Passenger Agent
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New 1ork..,.,,..,.,ar 800 500 735 66t
'Daily, tDaiy except Sunday.
fStops on signal or on notice to conductor.
Stops on signal to take on passengers iOI
New York, Binghamton and p oints west.
r. f. CLARKE T. W. LEX.
Gen. Superintendent. Gen.
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by the japanese beats anything in their ex-

by the Japanese beats anything in their ex-
perience. and is a safe indication that Jap
anese organization is superior to that of
any European power. The Decentralization
was, it Is true. conducted in good weather
and at a friendly port. but the harbor Is
described as intricate. the tides were strong
and there were no wharves. Landing oper-
atoms are difficult at all times, and they
furnish a good test of what an army can
do.
In an entirely different sphere the little
story of the Japanese and the Hoe printing
press that was told the other day Is sgnifi-
cant. The agent who sold the press made
a trip year or two later to see whether
the purchasers were using it successfully.
He found three Hoe" presses side by side
and he couldn't tell which one he had sold
and which the japanese had made for
themselves There are plenty of Americans
who would object to being called mere
imitators.'' and who yet would hesitate
some time before they would claim ability
to understand a Hoe press well enough to
supervise successfully the making of an
other like it. The better thing to say about
the japanese is not that they have been
imitators, but that they have been to school
to Europe and America, and that they have.
learned and worked enough, in some lines
at least, to become teachers In their turn.
If imitation of their kind is in any sense
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chair, and it is expected. that matters OF
some Importance to the delegates will be
considered probably in the way of aggreS-
sive movements, to accomplish the ends of
the society.
The last meeting of the congress will be
held this evening in the university hall.
Every pastor in this city has been request
ed to make the theme of his prayer meet
Ing this evening The World of Christ in
Believers
The Proceedings Yesterday Afternoon.
The presiding officer at the session yes
terday afternoon was Judge w. E. Cham
bers of the Spanish war claims commission.
Addresses were made by Rev. DR.. Asa 8.
Ffske of this city on "Periodicity in Char
acter Forming" and by Rev. DR.. James
Atkins of Nashville Tenn. on 1.-The Field
OF Hope in Religious Education" The lat
ter regretted the efforts of evangelists 10
convert adults in preference to children,
saying that it was almost divine impos-
slf1l1ty to change the moral life of an
adult Others who spoke were: DR.. A. r.
Taylor of Decatur ILL.,, and Rev L. j.
Naftzgar of Kokomo. Ind.
AT the evening meeting Justice John M.
Harlan presided, and addresses we're made
by Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew of New
York and H. ST. George Tucker. dean CT
the law school of Colum bian University Of
this city. The Bible and Civil Govern
ment' was the theme of the evenings dis
cuSSfOn.
Mr.. Tucker. the first speaker. took A
strong position in favor of tie separa ton
OF church and state. He declared that he
would not give his sanction to the PROPOSE
ton that the Bible and its organized agent
the church. shall control temporal power
saying that the rights given to man could
not be surrendered to any other power nor
their use by man curtailed without re-
sistance. He did not believe conscience
and civil power can properly invade each
others domain.
Senator Depew's Address.
Senator Depew was next introduced and
spoke, ip part. as follows:
The subject of the influence of the Bible
upon civil government is vast enough to
fill libraries, and yet it's affirmative proof
so transparent to be briefly stated But
however familiar to may be the inf1u-
ence of the Bible. 1t cannot oe too often
stated and enforced Each generation has
to be taught the same truths and eternal
principles which have been the inspira ton
and the strength of preceding CUES. Hap
PLY there Is no limit to the field of COM
parison.
We here tonight are believers in the new
life which came to the world in its govern
ment, its society and the individual MEM
bers of every community when the New
Testament was added to the old Never
theless the effect of the teachings of the
Old Testament can be found in the insti-
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JAPANESE AS IMITATORS.
Their Ability in Handling Torpedoes
and Landing Troops.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
The old custom of referring to the Japa-
nese as mere imitators' and letting COM
ment go at that has in large measure
passed away. Still, the idea dies hard, and
every now and then some. one rises to give
expression to it,
The events of the last three weeks have
made it certain for one thing that such
comment will never again be made by mill
tary experts. > The way the Japanese tor
pedo boats busted themselves at Port Ar
thur is proof enough that there was no inn
itation at least of the peaceable and polite
little torpedo boats the United States pos
sessed during the Spanish war.
London Times correspondent, the only
newspaper man who has yet reported his
personal observations of military opera
tons in Korea. shows what Japan can do
with its land forces. The way the Japa-
nese transports landed their men at Chemul-
pc, he tells us. excited great admiration,
and British officers are reported as saying
that the Improvement in methods adopted
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A Recording Compass.
From Public Opinion

Fr0m Public Opinion.
In the last number of the Bulletin de
Ia Soclete Industrielle de Marseille we
nnd described an apparatus invented by
M. He1t which automatically registers
minute by minute the direction of the
compass, so that by consulting the chart
which is the result it is possible to de-
termine what the route was that was fol-
lowed at given moment of the pas
sage The commander of vessel indi-
Gates to the heimsman the route which
the vessel should follow. but he does not
know whether this route is followed un-
less he Is continually observing the COM
pass The Heit apparatus gives this In
formation, registering every change in
the position of the vessel, every move made
by the helmsman, and the exact time at
which such changes occurred.
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tutions of every country which has insti-
buttons. and in almost every age The
Jews were numerically a small people.
They were repeatedly conquered and led
into captivity. but their captors are mem
cries and they are factors In every civilized
nation today. Our knowledge of the kings
who enslaved them in Egypt and of the
civilization of the country has been re.
Vealed mainly within few years by a dis
covery of the language and the reading
of the text upon monuments and from
scrolls rescued from the maus oleums OF
mummied kings.
High Rank in Civilization.
In all that constitutes material civiiza-
ton, superiority of manufactures and 81.
dustries. excellence in art, genius in ltera
ture, the Egyptian. Assyrian AMI Baby
lonian nations attained the highes. rank.
Pilgrimages are still made by scholars and
artists to the site where Paul spoke from
Mars Hill to the judges and philosophers of
his day. The art of Greece u the despair
of modern effort.
The principles laid down for government,
for law. for conduct In life by Aristotle,
Plato and Socrates have been models and
instructors for all succeeding ages and yet
their own structure OF government was to-
tally obliterated. The orator Cicero. and
the philosopher. Epictetus, and the emperor,
Severus, gave to their world truths of the
highest moment for conduct both In public
and private life. and yet they could not keep
pure the fountains of government or pre-
serve the muniments Of liberty. But the
Jew has passed through all these periods
has lived in, though apart from these sew
eral nations. There will be no dispute that
their preservation under almost impossible
conditions and their influence. great in pro-
portion to their numbers, Is due to the
power upon their lives, their conduct and
their activities of the teachings Of the Bible
alone.
The Bible as we have 1t with the Old and
the New Testaments. Is a dynamic force
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Francis Boot, a well-known musical COM
poser, died at his home in Cambridge, Mass,
Tuesday in his ninety-flrst year. He was
the second oldest graduate of Harvard Uni
versity.
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Tribute to Chief Justice Marshall.

Tribute to Chief Justice Marshall.
Chief Justice Marshall was one Of the
greatest judges who ever. lived, and his
work by far the greatest For thirty-four
years he continued giving decisions upon the
constitution which cemented into an indie
structioie Union the Republic of the United
states The Lords Prayer, which his
mother taught him before he could read
10 say at her knee almost in infancy every
ration of his day until the end of his long
lie. With great labor, with tremendous OPP
position and abuse, ne persevered in the
task OF creating the perpetual fortress and
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ne loved the answer to the petition, Our
atner, mo art in heaven, hallowed be Thy
Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven ;"
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After Illness of three weeks Ethel
Golding, the champion woman swimmer
died Tuesday in New York from Brights
disease. She was twenty-three years Of age.
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estimate. He recommends every. voter
to consult Mr.. ArKINsoN's. ~ r l>fF
We hope that the prompter will accept
81 200, 0O0, 900 as the official figure; also
eGen. BowLBs's 100000 dead. We judge
from the anti-imperialist documents In
circulation that death was unknown In
the Philippines before 1893. '"
A few more Esopus talks, and ATKIN-
SONS 81 zoe, 900 900 will have grown to
81, 400, OOO, 900 and BowLEs's 100000 dead
to 10000 Why not? There Is no limit
to the romantic school Of statistics, and
it's no trouble to make and chow figures.
Mr.. Roof said that the Judge was some
s45O, 600 900 out of the way In his first
estimate Of the Philippine expenses.
Now the Judge, the buoyant prompter
behind him. rushes toward ATKINSON
and round million OF error.
The promptes, whoever he IL, has a
good sense Of humor. He must be en-
joying himself hugely, at the ex-
pense, however, Of the Judges reputa-
ton for safety and sanity. When the
Judge was Judge he didn't accept the
most heated and fantastic assertions OF
counsel az authorities. ,...
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The Ineffaceable Odell.

With election day only two weeks of,
BENJAMIN B. ODELL, Jr., is still, as he
has been from the beginning, the prin-
cipal figure in the Republican State can
vass. With all the vast and powerful
machinery Of the Republican organiza-
ton, the efforts he has made to efface
himself and the studied attempts Of his
advocates to make the voters believe
that he is not the issue have failed. His
candidate for Governor is almost for
gotten. Not since PORTER ran for Gov
ernor in 1895 on the Democratic ticket has
q candidate Of one Of the great parties out
10 small a figure in State campaign.
In the Citizens canvass a different
picture is presented. Mr.. HERRIcK,
alert, positive, ready. stands forth as the
head Of his party and the strongest and
most virile figure in it. He asks no mans
leave to speak. He stands in the shadow
of no manager. He is his own manager
his own man. ,r.
II Mr.. HIGGINS is Of 30 little conse-
quenoe prior to election day, what would
he be in the Governors chair?
A vote for HIGGINS is vote for OpELI.
and Odellism. A vote for HERRIcK is q
vote for a man who will be Governor OF
New York in fact.
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In England, II 10 ,oonfined to the supper
iclstses.s In F9anSe the bourgeoisie
prefer their old friend, piquet. The
speculative part of the game seems to
be too swift for the German, who wants
everything safe and the future assured.
Skat suits him better, because he can
count the possibilities Of his cards to
fraction. No foreigner studies the game
80 thoroughly as the American does, and
no other nation seems to possess In the
same degree the traits essential for sue
cess: alertness, courage and, above all,
initiative. The American seems to carry
to the bridge table for his amusement
the same faculties that he fhds 30 useful
In his office. AS one writer puts 1t.
There has never been time IN which
there was such premium on good judg-
irnent in business affairs, sound combina-
tions of resources and taking advantage
of the mistakes Of others, and there has
never been a game in which exactly the
same qualities were so fully rewarded
az they are at bridge
1t Is amusing, it is interesting, and its
variety is endless. No one has any fear
Of dull day in the country while one
can play bridge. Whether it be before
tea or after dinner, bridge can be de-
pended on to fill the interval. II it has
done nothing else for the benefit OF hui
mainly, it must be admitted that bridge
has stopped the yawning places in
modern society.
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The Happy Ending.

The taste Of American audiences is
not to be criticised because two plays
from foreign source have recently been
radically changed in heshope that they
may be made to appeal more strongly
to the public. In one Of these father
In an outbreak Of rage kills his daughter
when he learns of her guilty love for a
Lieutenant, to avenge the insult to his
class. He is a non-commissioned officer
and the seduoer is, on account of class
distinction. unable to marry the girl he
loves. When the play in its English
form seemed too gloomy the end was 80
changed that the seducer and not the
girl was shot. OF course, nothing could
have been further from the purpose OF
the author. The whole motive Of the
drama depended on the caste distinc-
tions that exist in the Germany army
and are the present inspiration Of 30
many novelists and playwrights in Ger
many. The pistol that blew out the
brains OF the seducer also knocked all
reason out of the play.
In drama from the French recently
performed here, wandcrer, unable to
resist the call which draws him away
from every tie of heart and home to in
dulge his irresistible desire to keep to
the road, suddenly finds himself once
more among the members Sf his family.
He makes them happier by his presence,
and in the original drama, suddenly feel
ing once more the call to wander, he
leaves them to follow the only life in
which he is content. In the New York
performance of the drama he eventually
settles down sedately into the heart OF
his family. Thus is the poets theme
directly contradicted in the last minute,
which is opposed to every other line in
the play Every scene before that has
been intended to show that the desire
to wander through the world Is stronger
than any other feeling of this wayfarer.
The radical change Of motive in these
two plays is not such a reflection on the
taste of their audiences as it might APP
pear. New Workers. are not familiar with
the social prejudices Of the German army.
In their eyes an officer may marry the
girl he loves whoever her father may be.
So it seems entirely natural to per-
sons who are merely watching love
story that the father should kill the Sc
Queer rather than his daughter. In the
French play there is the objection that
the principal figure is no more compre-
hensble to our audiences than the Lieu
tenant. 1t seems much more natural that
this no longer youthful wanderer should
remain with his family than take again
to his peregrinations. Such changes do
not involve questions of taste. They are
rather questions Of comprehension. The
problems Of both these plays are equally
unintelligible to American audiences.