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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-10-19

A well known southern politician
who died just before the civil war not
mfrequcnly spoke Of an incident that
took place in his first term in congress,
In which he received a lesson in state
craft from the great Whig leader,
Henry Clay.
Il was a young man and an enthusi-
astlc Wing" he said and | entered
congress quiycring with eaGcrncss to
serve my party and to distinguish my
self. was on my feet shouting, Mr..
Speaker" n dozen times Il day. l OPP
posed even petty motions made by the
opposite party ana bitterly denounced
every bill, however trivial, for which
IT voted Before the session was
half over | had conuived to make my
self personally obnoxious to every
Democrat that | met
zone day after an fl tempered out
break on a question Of no moment
turned ana saw Mr.. Clay watching me
with a twinkle I'm his eye.
&C. he said YOU go fishing some
timcsT
"'Yes.
"Don't you find that the best rod IS
the one that gives a little at each Joint?
1t does not snap and break at every
touch, but bends and shows its
strength only when a heavy weight Is
put on it.
Il caught his meaning. | had seen
him chatting Familiarity with the very
men whom l was berating Yet |
knew when great interests clashed he
was the one man whom they feared.
81 set myself then to learn patience
and coolness. 1t is the strong, flexible
rod which does not break under the
big fish"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-10-19

Sam Pcmbcrton, who had been in his
younger days captain Of a whaling yes
sell was invited with his wife to take
tea at neighbours, and during the
meal some one passed the captain Il
plate Of cheese, whcreupOn his wife
became much agitated and exclaimed
Sam Pemberton, you be very careful
how you eat cheese. You know how
have to suffer whenever you do" All
who were seated about the table were
curious TO know how it was that Mrs.
Pemberton should suffer when Mr.
Pcmberton ate cheese, and SO the cap
tain explained after this manner:
"I'll tell We what Marian means. Ye
see, about Il week after I'd left tn
ship we were vlsitin' our daughter
Jane down IN tn city, an one night we
he'd for supper some cheese er good
deal like this, an as l like cheese
eat quite or lot on It, WAL, after I'd
gone ter bed l he'd tn greatest dream
We ever hccrd tell of. | dreamed thet
was aboard me ole ship, an there
Nuii UP SUN Va SUI aAA a. y ll'''A ~
] see there wasn't bat one thing ter
do, so | yelled ter tn furst mate,
Hcaye over tn how anchor Waal, he
tried. but somehow he couldn't do It,
whcreupon | sprung up an yelled,
stand aside, We landlubber an see me
hcavc it, An after tuggin' n good
deal over 1t went But. would We be
lieve me, thet ole bow anchor begun
ter hollcr: Sam pcmbcrton. sam
Pcmhcrton, what are yc cr dom Off
"Thct walked me UP. an what dew
ye s'posc I'd did,
"Instid Of THROWN over the bow an
chor I'd pitched Mar.lr out of bed"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-10-19

"sae here Ted I want to speak to
49,, ,, soi1 Miss Oswald
'o|, ,.',S.e,,,,, , ',,, -, , stoau :,
'',', - - -.
niocA surprise, Al i"S. Si'' i'''AS
wishes TO speak with me-
It's about Nell explained Miss Os-
wald.
"Bessie." he cried In mock horror.
"wban ono woman wishes TO sneak
about o,othar If il n mans fpu dutv
70 shut his oars rofnso 70 listen to
aa,o,,
..,-,..,, .,, ,otd
'Nl -,
win trace OF sharpness III i''i '0'','
Mine! he cried. ble'S your n'"i y
l never had a scandal | could call my
own, not even half interest in the
tamest md most unlntcresting bit of
ooos,n"
.1.s rorpactIr shameful tho way
- ao.ad .ou.ord +bo+ ,oor chnd -
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-10-19
The Gnincn Worm.

The famous guinea worm IS IN In
habitant of the tropical regions Of
Asia and Africa, existing in ponds
rivers and swamps. 1t pcneuatcs the
skin Of any portion of the human body
without being felt and when once It
finds lodgmeut grows to an enormous
length The body Of the creature sell
dom exceeds in diameter that Of 4
large pin. and if inhablts the flesh just
beneath the skin. When full grown It
is not less than twelve feet in length
and in order 70 accommodate itself
must wind several times around the
legs or body. Should the guinea worm
find n home under the human cutlcle
and grow to large size there is dan
ger Of modification setting In when
the parasite bursts, as 1t is sure to do
sooner or later In order to guard
against an accident Of this character
great care Is exercised in extracting
the unwelcome intruder The skin is
opened near one end Of the creature
and the body pulled out and wrapped
around a small round stick. This stick
is turned very slowly for days, or even
weeks, until tho entire worm has been
extracted.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-10-19
THE GOOD OLD TIMES.
A Text From Which Is Spun Lots of
Stun ard Nonsense

| take no stock in the lamentation of
the sentimcntalists about what they
call "the good old times" There is a
deal Of stuff and nonsense trOlled off
on this text. Every man over fifty who
Is not precisely n boor IS described as
"a gentleman of the Old school" We
need but turn to the English satirists
from Fielding to Thackeray to learn
that all the essential ingredients of
vanity Far" had their existence 100
or 200 years ago. In the proportion
that there were more nature and coars-
er fiber there were llyelier doings. In
proportion that there were fewer dra
matte persons upon the stage there
was better play for tho Individual. ]
confess that / like n little blood In
mine. Sincerity oven In wlckedness
has a flavor quite its own. But he who
fails TO see the world as 1t is and re-
fuses to take 1t as he finds 1t falls IN
eyltably bctwixt the three legged stool
Of very false philosophy and the
high backed chair OF very i'll judged
pcrversity, with consequences some
times serious ana always humiliating.
Henry Wattcre0n In Louisville Cou-
rier-JOurual.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-10-19
The Gorilla.

1t was not till 1917 that Or. Savage,
missionary stationed at the Gabun,
sent the skull Of a true gorilla 10 Sir
Richard owen, together with "a de
tailed description of the animal which
Owen named appropriately gorilla
savagci In 1851 the first complete
skeleton Of a gorilla that reached Eng
land was presented to the Royal Col
legc Of Surgeons by Captain Harris
and in 1888 an entire gorilla, preserved
in spirits was received by the British
museum from the Gabm The first
living gorilla exhibited in Regents
park was onc supplied by Mr.. Crosse,
Liverpool, in 1SS7.-London Answers
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-10-19
THE LOOK OF A CHILD
Its Pleading Power WINS Too Great
to Hc Resisted. ,

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.,,.. -, ,,.... '.t., ,I,l,,
y.L. h,a rf..n h-.,r nn tnn I,5d.r np
o,,,,,., ..I ,.,,'...,,I..,. +t,,,, 49,, ,,.oot
,.t Io...a,, ! l..,.,. ,...,.,. r,,,.,,..l A., INV
,iro v,s no.rtrd ort to ma Inv INV
donrbtnr WIN was onIv 1--WE ycara old
ot tI,,t t.ro That wa. frtn.p voorz
oro whom I,d inst attained some
measure Of df-fincfiop in tbr busfucss
world ana Crlt tbat couId afford TO
rnst on my oars awhile bHl never
h,o, , ,r,.inI.f,.,. man, lint rr..,f,.,,t ron
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-10-19

The gambling OF today Is a mild nf
fair compared with the cytant records
Of English society We shall never
again see the days when General Scott
won a fortune Of 100000 at whist,
chiefly by dint Of keeping sober. And
high play, it must never be forgotten,
IS a relative term When Lord Stavor-
dale gained I'll, 600 by single coup at
hazard, his only comment was that II
Le had been playing deep" he might
have won millions. When the dimen-
SiOns Of modern wealth are taken into
account the widest excesses ever wit
messed at the card table would have q
timid and parslmonious aspect to the
bucks of the regcncy.-Tlmes of India,
Bombay.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-10-19

In the London playhouses there IS an
air of comfort and quiet luxury not
always evident IN our own thcaters,
The auditoriums are usually very
small, but the seats and aislcs are
spacious, and the furnishings and dec
orations suggest a drawing Ioom rati-
er than n place Of public amusement.
The atmosphere is further anrrnHutcd
by the evening clothes Of the men.
which are compulsory. san Francisco
Argonaut
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-10-19

1t IS not aa u...aamJn - ~ 10 S'f.
fer for an elongated palate. wai.a
causes great discomfort IL y.rious
ways 1t is innamcl hy cold a"d 'hcn
aggravates persistent cs@@A. Il
brings a scasc OF oppression IN ones
breathing and it is sure to make it, II
felt in long continued taikins. Doctors
are generally looth To touch il. Ter.
haps the most quickly ehicacioas treat
ment recommended by them is gar
Cling with alum water just before
brushing tie teeth. This has been
known to work a radical bctterius Of
the distress. -Hearsou's.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-10-19

hANIJN-
that you should have grown suddenly
devoted to Nell, but as an old friend
wanted to point out to you that your
actions were open to criticism
"Only as an Old friendT'
"Only that, and nothing more" she
said steadily. DO you suppose that
even had we been more than friends
in the first | should care to admit it
after your shameless conductT'
1T was shameless conduct, wasn't
it," he said questionlngly. Il guess
Frank Troop thinks so from the way
he Is seeking to console her"
The only rcdeeming feature Of the
whole performance IS that Frank had
the manliness TO forgive her and avert
some Of the talk by paying her atten-
ton again"
Il think he likes the job" lnsinuated
Teddy. Nice to be rcscuer when
you are doing just what you want to
do"
Does that alter the fact that you
virtually froze Mr.. Buddlngton out?"
millionaire, and Frank has just enough
10 get along on
That's whore the trouble comes, is
itT He looked relieved. just be
cause / saved her from Buddy you
think that l should marry Nell because
/ am richer than Frank and can give
her half u million whore | cut her out
of the six figures"
You put It very badly" she OBJ
Jected.
Naked truth usually IS bald" he eX-
planned, but 1t IS the truth all the
same. | never thought you would re-
gard the mercenary side Of IL"
only because the others do" she ex-
planned "Do you suppose that 1t IS
pleasant for me TO hear an old friend
criticised IA you have beenT
do you suppose it IS altogether
pleasant for the old friend to have his
old friend cut up as you havef" he
demanded. Don't you realize that /
love you too well to care a hang about
marrying Nell|
"You-love mer' she cried in dis
gust.
Il love you" he repeated steadily.
IF you loved me you would have
faith In me"
Faith against facts"
Against appearances. Won't yoC
believe me when | tell you that It Is
all right and that both Nell and Frank
uDderstandf
"Can you look me in the eye and ask
me TO believe that" she asked scorn-
fully.
with pleasure both eyes" lie
came toward her ana took the fair
head between his hands.
Sweetheart" lie said tenderly, by
the love ! hold for you and upon my
honor as a man, tell you that it is all
right. Do you believe, o ye Of little
faithr
Bessie studied the clear brown eyes
intently for a moment, then with Il
cry she buried her head upon his
shoulder.
Il do believe" she cried passionate
ly, but, oh, Ted, why didn't you tell
me this beforeW
Because you applied gag law every
time / tried to speak," he explained
whimsically. Every time | opened
my mouth you objected. and | had TO
quit"
But it was all so strange" she de
Tended.
"It was funny" he corrected. "Do
you remember that Mrs. Bradley's one
idea is to get Nell married off to a
rich MANI
That's why she coaxed Buddington
here" agreed Bessie.
We'll, she was going to put Frank
out. In the cold and give Bud all the
running PesIre BuddlnEton got a
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-10-19

chance to break in I was on the Inside
track, and | was rich enough to salts
fy the old lady, who was not willing
to risI, a rupture for the sake of taking
a gamble on the whole million"
You were simply a fender against
Buddingtoug"
I was a thorn in his flesh" he
laughed as the memory of those times
came back to him Il virtually drove
him out of town and then dropped
back and gave the place TO Frank
again"
Ted" she pleaded can you ever
forgive meT'
Yes" he said promptly, the very
first chance YOU do anything you need
forgiveness for"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-10-19
BereSford'S
New Cook
Copyright, 1905, by a. NJ. d. Ogden
) .A.%.%.%SA. 90
By A. M. DAVIES OGDEN

Il don't care what she is-heathen,
Hottentot or bank robber," cried Mrs.
Beresford desperately She had fol-
lowed her husband into the hall and
now stood cliuglng to his buttouholo in
wlstful appeal But l muSt have
somebody. Here are the Witherses and
all those others coming to dinner and
no one to cook a thing l have tele-
phoncd the intelligence office, and Mrs.
Lewis says she VIII have girl at the
station for your train, so all you will
have to do is speak to her and bring
her along"
Bcrcsford gasped. "Nhat, meT he
calculated. Speak to a strange wo-
man in a railway station and ask her If
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-10-19
+ Inste of Fame.

When Thackcray was a candidate
for parliament from the city Of oxford
some one remarked to him that he
must be well known 70 most of those
whose votes he sought Now" said
Thackeray, laying down his knife and
fork and holding up n finger, there
was only one man among all that
went to see who had heard my name
before, and he was circulating II
braran Such IS mortal famew That
was in 1857 and Vanity Fair" had
been published ten years.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-10-19
Human Nntnre.

IT'S funny" remarked the thought
ful citizen.
Whats funny"
''The way a man who spends all his
spare time praying for the regeneration
OF his party will get indignant at the
suggestion that be Vote the opposition
ticket for once Philadelphia Bulle-
tin.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-10-19

N+.N , ''I r.s-'..'l ~ , WI - o ~ !
Daily, 'taliy eXcrp >dHday.
ltnps 90 SO 1Ri Of On notice 10 ccul5c.1 . !
"a stops ON signal to iSkc yu passengers for !
New YORK.. BInghdmian Aua p03uA west
2. Il. CLARKE :. " LH'
..-.t. Su'sviuIpttr~nt
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-12-26

arms, but had always been remark
able for an unusual amount of nerv-
| BUSINESS, almost amounting to horror,
with regard to anything of the kind, in
consequence of an accident, with a
| tragical termination which he had
| once witnessed. DR. jeremiah Cart
| wright, recalled at this juncture, here
stated his firm conviction that the
wound had not been self-,nflicted,
which he proceeded to prove, to his
own satisfaction and the entire be-
wilderment of everybody else present
bic expressions and a torrent of pro-
fessional phraseology which swept
everyone off their feet, but which, on
beng filtered down for the benefit of
the unlearned, merely amounted to
the following facts, viz, that the edges
of the wound, by which the bullet had
made it's entrance, were torn and
lacerated, as we'll as blackened and
burnt by the action of the gunpow
der, that the skin in the vicinity of
the wound was blistered, the bleeding
slight, and chiefly from the orifice of
exit, and the two openings in the
scalp nearly opposite each other.
DR.. Cartwright, having brought his
evidence to a conclusion, now gave
place to another witness, and one in
whose power it might be to help to
unravel the mystery. This last was
the guard of the 1870 train-an in
telligent looking man, who, with a
bandage round his head and one arm
in sling, bore tokens of the injuries
he had received in jumping from the
train while it was in motion.
On being questioned as to what he
knew of the matter, he replied, with
out any hesitation, that he remem-
bered the fourth carriage from the
engine well, and the passengers that
1t contained in that particular COM
partment.
WAS he sure that there was more
than one passenger in that compart-
ment of the carriage referred to-"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-12-26

| made up his mind that he had es-
capped as we'll as the other one
Being asked to explain himself, said
he didn't see much what there was
to explain. What he meant was that
he thought that If one gent got off
scot free, the other might have done
the same.
What did he mean by the other
having got off scot Free and what
was his authority for speaking as he
did,"
Why, it was simple enough. Being
in the rear of the train, he was con-
scious of nothing until he found him
self thrown violently on the floor.
Recovering himself, he jumped from
his van and alighted on his feet, but
was struck by a fragment of some
thing and knocked down. He rose to
his feet again, though suffering from
wounds in the head, hand an knee,
and saw sight the like of which he
had never seen before. With his KEYS
in his hand, he ran up and down the
line, hardly knowing what he was
doing. AS soon as he began to get
his senses back, which had been pref
ty well knocked out of him, he un.
locked all the doors of the carriages
that he came to, though they were
already unlocked on one side. After
he had done all he could. he went and
sat down by the side of the line. for
he began to turn faint and dizzy.
While he sat there he saw tall.
rather thin, elderly gentleman MAX
ing his way slowly towards him. who
limped little as he walked. AS this
latter came nearer he recognized him
as being the same individual who had
given him the tip, and told him to
keep anyone else from getting into
the carriage.
Witness noticed that his face was
CHASTITY, and that he breathed like a
man who had been running race.
but naturally put /. down to the ter
rible shock and the fright caused by
the accident. AS he came up to him,
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-12-26
CHAPTER XII.
The Other PASSENGER.

The inquiry into the death of Mr.
Silas Burritt was held at the Wheat.
sheaf," in the long, low room usually
dedicated to the flowing bowl and the
promotion of social intercourse.
The same routine having been OBJ
served as on that previous occasion,
DR.. Jeremiah Cartwright was called
to prove the finding of the body-its
position, appearance and subsequent
removal to the vestry of the old
church, and his examination of the
Misunderstanding in the discovery
of wound, with two orifices, showing
that the bullet which had caused it
had traversed the head completely
Other scientific evidence followed.
which is suppressed
Mr.. Edward Burritt was then called
and went through the form of identi-
flying the deceased as his father Mr.
Silas Burritt, merchant, of Timber
Lane, City, aged so. He entirely mega
lived the theory of self-destruction,
stating that his father, to his certain
knowledge, had not only never pos
sessed anything in the shape of fire,
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-12-26

m 1.-THE guard spoke te nIm and
slid, Glad to see you're safe, sir!
b ope the .thsr gent is the sape?"
But he only stared al him in g queer.
dRzed sort of way, without making
any answer, and passed on down the
line.
At last, after some debate, the YER
dict agreed upon was
".Wilful murder against some person
or persons unknown"
Ted Burritt and his friend the doc
tor left the place together.
What will be your next step in
the matter?" asked the latter.
First, to take my fathers body
home-then to look for his muir
derer!"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-12-26

Sure and certain he was "Ther

Sure and certain he was. There
were two of them He could swear
to it. Didn't one of them, the taller
OF the two, tip him handsome to lock
them in SO that they might have the
carriage to themselves for the jour
ney?"
And did you lock them in and are
quite sure that they were both to-
gether in the carriage when the train
started?"
Certain sure he was. He see them
both together in the compartment as
the train passed him, just before he
swung himself into his van"
Being asked whether there was any
thing about either of them that helped
to fix his attention upon them, he an
swered that "the taller and thinner of
the two-though they were both OF
them tall and ell-growed-s seemed
uncommon pertickler about picking
out carriage to his mind. He no.
ticed him looking into several before
he fixed upon that identical compart-
ment; and when he had, he beckons
to him (the guard and says, Look
here' he says, me and my friend, we
don't want nobody else getting in
here. we want this here carriage to
ourselves till we get to London, Take
this, he says, and don't you let no
body else in whatever So | says All
right, sir, and locks the door. and
thinks to myself, Anybody would
think as it was couple of honey
mooners instead of two elderly
gents
Gould he identify the body of the
gentleman who had been shot as the
companion of the other?"
He both could and would; except
that there had been sort of smile
on his face then and he looked very
different now. In fact, he had struck
him (the guard)-in spite of the tip
which the other party gave him-as
being by far the agreeabler and most
pleasant-spoken gentleman of the two;
and he had been most uncommon sor-
ry that he had, on recognizing the
body, because, you see, he had quite
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-12-26
CHAPTER xI.-Continued.

Know me? OF course he does! u
was the reply. Didn't | buy him OF
a drunken old Irish woman. and mend
his broken leg for him? And do you
think he's going to forget that, though
he is only a duck?"
They remained pacing up and down
the garden paths until it was quite
dusk; the doctor persistently con-
versing on cheerful subjects, and re-
fusing to allow the conversation to
take morbid turn.
At nine O'Clock supper was served,
consisting of boiled fowl and sau-
sages
You'll take leg and a wing and
a bit of the breast?" said the hos
pitable little man, as he piled his
visitors plate. you've got a trying
day before you tomorrow.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-12-26
PET LAID AWAY IN MAUsoLEUM.
Sharks of the Pacific Deprived of a
Toothsome Morse.

OOtHSof1G MOFSGI.
Juno, Mrs. George B. de Forests pet
poodle, who dropped into a dog heav-
en- via the chloroform route recently,
will not have to officiate as the cen
trail figure in shark table d'hote, as
has been the fate of many pets who
have died in Newport, says San
Francisco dispatch. The poodle, in
fancy box and surrounded by
thick wall of cement, lies In state
under the front porch of the De For
est villa, and her shade eventually
will glory in the possession of a real
headstone, of real marble, before
long.
When Juno became so old that
life was a misery, Mrs. de Forest,
with many tears, invested 25 cents in
chloroform and placed the drug and
Juno under the same washtub. June
emerged in such a condition that
funeral was an immediate necessity.
The health officers suggested that
the sharks out In the bay were In
need of poodle, but Mrs de Forest
vetoed the proposition, and Juno was
buriad in royal style.