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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-21
.sThe Woman In white"

In letter TO Charles Dickens, Willkle
Collins intimated the fact that the
great work upon which he had devoted
so much time was finished. but that
the finding of a suitable title had occa-
stoned him much trouble. Eventually,
feeling somewhat run down in health.
he left London for Broadstairs, re-
sort which was a favorite with both
Dickens and Collins. While lying on
the cliff In a meditative mood one
bright morning his eyes suddenly riv-
eted themselves on the white light
house which stood boldly out In the
foreground under the dazzling rays OF
the midday sun. As he gazed Collins
In a Bemiconscious manner addressed
himself in whisper to the light
house. you are an stiff and as state
ly as my white woman" said he.
white woman! White wo-the wom-
an In white Eurekal / have got it!'
And SO the book was given this curl
oualy inspired title.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-21
BRAIN QUALITY.
IL Is of Just as Much Importance as
the Quantity.


the Quantity.
The brain of Daniel Webster weigh
ed fifty-six or fifty-seven ounces, that
of Napoleon Bonaparte about the same.
This Is about three pounds and half.
These were exceeded by the brain of
Cuvier the great French naturalist,
which weighed between ffty-nine and
sixty ounces, and that of the French
surgeon Dupuytren, which weighed
ffty-eight ounces. The average
weight Of the brain of man Is about
fifty ounces and of women forty
five ounces. The maximum weight of
the healthy adult brain Is about sixty
four ounces and the minimum thirty
one ounces. Men of great intellectual
power have generally If not always
possessed large brains. The quality OF
the brain Is, however, quite as impor-
tant as the quantity, so that a large
brain does not Of necessity constitute
a great man. The size of the brain is
not in proportion to the physical de-
velopment Of the body, either in anil
mails or IN man. The horse has brain
less in weight than the smallest adult
human brain; that of whale seventy
five feet long was found to weigh not
quite twice as much as that of man.
Even In men there is no fixed relation
between the size Of the body and that
of the brain. A small man may have
large brain and a big man a small
brain.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-21
THE CODE OF HONOR.
DueIfnR aH IL Was In France I'm the
Time of RichelIeu.

Time OF H1chelieu.
The passion for duelinR, which had
cost France, 1t was said, between 1000
and 5000 lives during the twenty
years OF Henry Tvs reign, was at its
height when his son came to the
throne. The council Of Trent In 1543
had solmenly condemned the practice
OF single combat, impartially including
principals, seconds and spectators In
its penalty of accommodation. In
1902 an edict OF Henry pronounced the
"damnable custom of dueling introduc-
ed by the corruption of the century"
to be the cause Of so many piteous ac'
cidents, to the extreme regret and dis
pleasure of the king and to the irrep'
arabic damage OF the state that we
should count ourselves unworthy to
hold the scepter II we delayed to re
press the enormity of this crime"
A whole series Of edicts followed to
the same effect, but 1t was easier to
make edicts than to enforce them.
Degradation, Imprisonment, confsca.
ton Of property. loss Of civil rights and
death were the penalties attached to
the infringement Of the laws against
duellng. and still the practice prevail
ed. In 1926 Richelieu published a
milder form Of prohibition. The first
offense was no longer capital, a third
only of the offenders property was to
be confiscated, and the judges were
permitted to recognize extenuating
circumstances.
A few months later the Comte de
Bouteville thought f1t to test the min
lster's patience in this direction. The
Place Royale had long been a favorits
dueling ground, and De Bouteville
travelled from Brussels to fight his
twenty second duel here. In the heart
of Paris. IN deliberate defiance Of the
kings authority. The result was not
encouraging. Montmorency though he
was, the count went with his second
to the scaffold, and the marked de-
cYease from that time In the number
of duelS may be attributed either to
the moderation used in framing the
law or to the ineXorabe resolution
with which it was enforced.-MacmiI-
lan's Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-21
UMBRELLA AND SHOES.
Their Importance In the Eyes of tho
Indian Native.

India Is so vast that different eti-
We have no standard etiquette, no
; standard dress. We mostly copy Eu-
ropean etiquette while with Europeans.
! Even a Bengalese shakes hands with a
| Bengalese, speaks in English for few
! minutes aud then breaks forth into the
vernacular. We shake hands with q
European ON parting, but by mistake
again touch the hand to the brow In q
salaam, so we both shake hands,
| salaam and do the like, and no sober
J minded European ever cared for the
anomaly.
The umbrella Is the emblem of royal
| ty, the sign of a rajah, so natives
| generally fold their umbrellas before
| a rajah and not before anybody else.
however great. 1t Is not part Of the
! dress, but q protection from the rain
or sun, a necessary appendage, just
like the watch and chain. You might
! as well ask European to take of
his waterproof coat. A cody Is not
bound to fold his umbrella when
brigadier general rides past. But a
menial generally closes down the um-
brella on seeing his master, whom he
considers his king. But no Indian,
however humble, ought to fold up the
umbrella, even before a magistrate, be-
cause he Is neither the master Of the
humble passerby nor his superior OFF,
Ger, nor Is he bound to salaam him.
But if he does, no harm. In a word,
natives generally fold the umbrella
before master or a superior officer
and not any other citizen, however
great, and this Is no insult.
While going to see native chief in
his palace the native visitor or official
takes off his shoes II the reception
room has a farash and the rajah is sit
ting on his musnud. But If he Is re-
ceived In the drawing room, furnished
after the European style, the shoes
are allowed. In some states no ma
tives can go to a rajah without pu
gree. In others the pugree is taken
Off and tossed at the feet of rajah
1t is ridiculous in European from
the Hindoo point of view to order a
native to take off his shoes. This Is
what we ask our priest to do, so that
we may touch the dust of his feet.
A munshi when mildly rebuked by his
sahib took off his shoes, but recounted
the whole scene TO his better half, say
ing, ''Sala hamara gor ka gurds lenay
magtna" C'The brother-in-law wants
the dust Of my feet. .")-Indian Military
Gazette.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-21
Joseph Bonaparte.

Joseph Bonaparte fed to America
after the aundred days and bought a
home IN Philadelphia, where he lived
sey, where he passed his summers. He
was much liked in this country, but
could not make UP his mind to stay
here, SO returned to Europe, hoping to
profit by the changes Of government In
France. He was always disappointed
sud found himself al unwelcome guest
IN every country save England. He
finally secured permission to live In
italy aDi d ed IN Fi3cace in 1911
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-21
The French Idea.

The Flenchman Of the middle class
sacrifices everything In order to obtain
for his children some official position
or other, a mean one, perhaps, but a
sure ose leading after thirty years Of
penury to a pension verging on desti-
tuition. This is one aspect Of the decay
of the french race. 1t is easy to un,
derstaud that two races are not evenly
armed for the struggle for life if one
be made up Of asplrants to official po'
sition AMI the other Of individuals pos
sessing Initiative, daring and energy
For this reason do Latin races decline,
while Anglo-SaIo races grow and
multiply. Paris Steele.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-21
His SUGGESTION,

"That young woman Is not intelli-
gent, amlable or even decently courte-
GUS"
"Oh, but her father is worth a million
dollars
Then l think she should be required
TO display 4 notice to that effect"
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-22

power. His teachings 20 HIS disciples are
perect mine Of information on the won
ders OF that quality upon which successful
Christian activities must be based. And
the teachings thus instilled by the Master
are reflected in the preaching OF the dis
ciples and In their epistles and writings
after the death Ok Chris and Ills ssoen-
sion into heaven.
Moody at one time said to another
Christian, God is looking for a man to
whom He can delegate more power on
earth. The man 70 whom Moody spoke
did not understand him at FIRST. But the
great preacher referred to the amount Of
faith such a man would have to have and
which he realised must be more than he
possessed"
DIT Groh also referred to the workings
Of faith right IN the St. Marks congregation,
which had existed for twenty years with
only a small frame house Of worship. A
little over a year ago II was decided to
build a new church and. though there was
but little money in sight, the members
went ahead on the strength OF faith and
now have a building worth $4,000 and with
almost no debt. a practical example Of
the results OF faith.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-22
TWO LEAKS FOUND in THE LID
Nothing Doing for "WhisIIy Squad"
Until Well Along in the
Afternoon.

The demand for cold drinks to quench
the thirst as a result of the warm
weather yesterday. induced two saloon
keepers to try their luck at keeping open
their places OF business and they lost. The
police were too much for them The day
passed well into the afternoon before any
violations Of the Slocumb law were dis
covered, and then officers Ferris, Dunn and
He'll walked into the bar-room at the
European hotel, Tenth and Howard
streets and bought two bottles Of whisky.
Then they told the proprietor, John
Martig, and the bartender, Thomas Keogh,
to go with them to jail
Towards evening Sergeant Cook and
omcer Woodbridge found Emanuel Thomp-
sons place at 1872 North Twenty fourth
street acting suspiciously, and Thompson
was arrested. direct charge of violat-
ing the slocumb law by keeping his saloon
open and selling liquor on Sunday was
placed against Martig, while Thompson
was charged with keeping a disorderly
house.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-22
MRS. WALLACE TAYLOR At REST
school Friends OF Deceased and Army
Friends of Husband Particle
pate I'm Services.

Followed to her grave by scores OF former
schoolmates OF the Omaha High school and
war comrades OF her husband, Mrs. Wal
lace Taylor wife OF Colonel Taylor Of the
Philippine constabulary, was buried at
Forest Lawn cemetery Sunday afternoon,
after impressive services at the home Of
Colonel Taylor's father Cadet Taylor, Al2
Burt street, at 2 o'clock. Banks Of beau
tful flowers covered the casket during
the sermon by the Rev. r. II. jerks Of
the First Presbyterian church, and the
singing by the quartet OF the same church,
and were taken to the cemetery with other
floral offerings Of friends
The pallbearers. all members OF the
Thurston Rifles during the Philippine war,
serving under Captain Taylor as company
commander, were o. w. Auchmoedy, c. O.
sandstrom, p. J. White, J. T. Buchanan,
George Gillespie and p. A. Prnean.
The quartet sang the three beau
tiful hymns, IAN Art Thine" Jesus Lover
OF Ny Soul" and There Is No Night
There" The members Of the quartet we're
Fred q. Ellis, bass NJ. Schwartz. tenor;
Miss May Weaver. soprano. and Miss
Myrtle Moses. contraltO, Miss Nancy Cum
bingham accompanying on the piano. Mrs.
Jsnnison sang the solo. My Home Land"
Mrs. TayloTs death occurred at their
home ct uOil0. Philippine Islands, and the
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-22

better than the usual run of song illuStra-
lions. The Sutoliffe troup of Scotch mu-
sicians and acrobats add novelty to the
bill, This family Of seven persons appear
in correct Highland costumes. The
SATELLITES do some clever acrobatic stunts
and while their bagpipe and drum rendi-
tons are good OF their kind, they do not
attain popularity IN these parts. Kiners
and Moulin offer feats of strength and
balancing. some average and some thrilling
The usual interesting kinodrome pictures
conclude the bill.
"Pride of virginia" at the KruE.
On Sunday afternoon and evening Miss
Pauline Courtney appeared for the first
time at the Krug theater in the melting
and bewitching character Of Virginia Gra-
ham in c. II. Banther's four-act drama,
The Pride Of Virginia" Although Pau
line has improved somewhat since her last
summers engagement at the Bijou in this
city, she can not yet be spoken of as
phenomenon Of dramatic excellence. But
that Is not saying she may not some day
become one IL she lives long enough, for
nature has been generous in giving her a
strong healthy physique combined with a
rugged constitution, She is nature itself
and some day art may be added. The drama
deals in scenes of the civil war and the
scenes are in old Virginia. The story is Of
a young Vlrginian whose sympathies are
with the north He loves the girl, Virginia
who is none other than Pauline and the day
comes when she puts 1t up to him TO choose
between her and the north. He chooses the
north. She feels much cut up over his de-
cision and proves herself a veritable prin-
cess Of tears, but happily RECEIVERS from
the melting mood in time to appear between
acts and sing Il Want Somebody TO Love
Me" during which the man who operates
the searchlight in the gallery has difficulty
in keeping the red light focused on her.
There are no artiiciaIties about her sing
ing. Nature gave her a fair voice-and
nature predominates here also. But TO re-
turn TO the drama Her lover goes to fight
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-22

for his country and the rebel spy, Lutte
Ransom, whose name is Jack Dunn-and
who lives in Council Bluffs, tries to get her
lover killed as federal spy, and doubtless
would have succeeded had not Virginia got
hold of those papers" and come to the
rescue. Considering that the company is
Just starting out from Council Bluffs they
did well. The house was we'll filed The
present engagement will continue tonight,
Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
Ruth Grey at the Lyric.
Ruth Grey, the mystic, was at the Lyric
last night. The house was about half filled.
Blindfolded she answered questions which
had been written on slips Of paper by diff
ferent ones in the audience, in each instance
telling the name Of the one who had writ
ten the question. Her work was mystify-
ing to these present Her engagement Will
continue throughout the week.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-22
GREAT ACT BY HUMBLE MEANS

Lesson of Christ's simple Exhibition
of Divine Power Brought out.
Rev. A. A. Pfanstiehl Of Highland Park,
Ill, preached at Westminster Presbyterian
church Sunday morning from the text John,
KILLS. The theme was the lesson given by
Jesus in washing the feet Of His disciples,
and thus teaching them the lesson of hui
mility.
There Is a strangeness in this lowly act
OF Jesus in connection with the knowledge
that He possessed Of His power and ex-
altation over all things" said DR.. Plan
stiehl, yet It was but the lesson taught by
Jesus that It is not wholly essential to do
great things in a great way, but to do great
things in an humble way. 1t is not in the
storm and earthquake that God gives us
the real manifestation of His power. but
It is the still. small waters and small and
humble things Jesus exalted the lowly.
He chose the foolish and unlearned Of the
world that He might shame the wise, and
the weak things that He might shame the
strong
Power Of itself does not make one great.
Jesus, knowing all things were put into His
hands by the power Of God, took a towel
and wiped Ills disciples feet instead Of
grasping a scepter as manifestation of
His power. Anybody can handle a sword
or a scepter or occupy a world throne, but
not everyone can handle the towel, because
they are not strong enough Power is the
combination Of great and little things. The
Bible standard OF power was the ability to
get along without things and exercise
strength from within through the power and
faith in God In the soul there is no echo
but Of deeds that arc Gods deeds. 1t is
not in doing great. but In doing good things
that our best achievements are wrought.
There Is no greater power than the power
OF humble service. The lesson Of Jesus
humility is one OF the most beautiful and
impressive Of all His ministry. Braggadocio
IS the proof of weakness. There is no
strength that is lasting but that which
comes from Gcd. He who would lead In
power must lead in service. What are we
IN this world for? Surely not to sway the
social. financial, political or commercial
scepter nor to nurse our social respectable
ity. But we are here to do To plant
flower wherever a flower would grow The
Lord help us to make some one Ia .'py to-
day, should be our first morning prayer.
Let us do this thing in memory of the low
ing, humble, serving jesus"
Prior TO the sermon letter was read
from Rev. W. 8. Fulton of Point Breeze,
Pa, to the church board, in which he states
that he is very strongly disposed to accept
the call to the pastorate Of Westminster
church so cordially teSdered him. However,
before deciding TO do 50 he would first pre-
fer to have his wife visit Omaha. He and
Mrs. Fulton will arrive in Omaha sometime
during August, following a visit they are
DESTROYS of making TO friends in New York
and Kansas. DR.. Fulton's letter leaves lit
tie doubt that he will accept the call. He
expressed himself as much in love with the
west, and Omaha in particular and in con-
clusion he writes: II hope soon that we
shall make your people our people"
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-22
WONDERFUL WORKS OF FAITH

Possibilities of Christian Limited
Only by His Trust in God.
Rev. Or. Leonard Groh spoke yesterday
morning at St. Marks Lutheran church on
Path" and the wonderful things that are
wrought by the strong and abiding trust
OF the true Christian.
1.-THE possibilities Of the Christian are I'm
tied only by the faith which he has" said
DR.. Groh. This is the great keynote
which runs throughout the scriptures. the
Old and the New Testaments. Great
things we're wrought by the children OF
Israel by reason Of their faith in the olden
times. The account of the works OF Jesus
IN the New Testament are full OF in
stances of the workings OF this marvellous
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-22
Notwithstanding 8 Ryan Co.
FnIse AppeaI for CharIty.

DENVER, April a-Meyer Friedman.
president OF the Denver Chamber Of COM
merce. after a conference with the officers
OF the National Jewish Hospital for Con-
sumptives today, with their approval issued
a protest against the irresponsible utter
ances made recently concerning health con-
ditions in Denver. He said he efforts of
agents to collect funds by arousing SYM
nathy through statements that consump-
tives by the hundreds were houseless In
Denver and dying in the streets were cru
ely false and utterly unwarranted- Those
conditions do not exist in Denver.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-22
GRAVE INJURY FROM FALL
workman Seriously Hurt Externally
and Internally by Descent from
Building.

Igo Iozzo, an Italian living at TO South
Thirteenth street, was badly injured while
at work on the new bottling department
building for the Metz Brothers brewery,
Sunday forenoon. falling through an aper-
ture in the second floor, eighteen feet to the
first floor, striking his head on a pipe. His
skull was fractured, both wrists injured,
while there were internal and other in
juries Police Surgeon Arnaut was sum
moned and had the man removed to St.
Joseph's hospital in the police ambulance
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-22

The grip has been unusually prevalent
during the past winter, and in many cases
is likely to be followed by an attack of
muscular rheumatism. This Is the most
common variety OF that disease and least
dangerous. There is no swelling OF the
Joints and the pain is not so excruciatinR
as in acute or iniammatory rheumatism,
It is sufficiently severe to disable a man
however, and every movement increases
the pain. Keep as quiet as possible and an
ply Chamberlain's Pain Balm freely with
q thorough massage and you are certain
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-22

body was brought to Omaha by the hus-
band, who in the death of his wife was
doubly bereaved, their child being buried
with her Colonel and MCs. Taylor had
been married but little more than a year,
the ceremony having been performed by
American missionaries at Hong Kong.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-22

Waterman KILLED and Robbed.
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, April 21-The
dead body Of John Lapinsky, night watch
pany, was found today in the company's
ONCE here. He had been shot through the
head and heart. His purse, supposed to
are investigating, but no arrests have
yet been made.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-22

All goods sold at Rupermann's tewelry
store guaranteed as to price and quality.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-22

A. b. Hubermann, 40 years at s. F. Cor.
18th and Douglas: 30 years direct diamond
importer; sold at import prices
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-22
Now Look ont for Rh.umatism.

Iozzo was wheeling a wheelbarrow OF CO.
ment when he stepped into the hole.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-22
Nntcbmnn KiIIed nnd Robbed.

Mangum q Co.. LETTER SPECIALISTS
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-22
SUNDAY At THE THEATERS
ROsslls Knott in "Alios-sis-by- the Fire
at the Boyd
RICHARD cAaV:L" THE sURwOOB SHOW
Good Vaudeville Bill at the Orpheum,
Pauline Courtney at the KruE
and Ruth Grey at the
Lyric.

Miss Rosele Knott and company In Alice
Sit-by-the-Fire," a comedy in three acts,
by J. NJ Barrie; at the Boyd theater.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-21
Judge Scores Constables.
Says Luzerne County Can Get Along Much
Better Without Them.

"This court has reached the con
clusion that the county could get
along much better without constab-
les" declared Judge Wheaton last
Saturday when District Attorney
Salesburg applied for the appoint
ment of constable to fill a
vacancy.
The District Attorney declared
he wanted the man to obtain in
formation against speak -easies m
his district, and the court took the
appointment under consideration.
1t has been the regular thing for
years for every constable in the
county to report each return day,
that there were no speak-easies in
his district. There are, in fact,
between seven and eight hundred
in Luzerne county.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-21
DixOn's Great Work.
State Commissioner Looking After Water
Sheds.

One of the great results that
State Health Commissioner Dixon
hopes to accomplish is the clearing
up Of the watersheds of the entire
state, as an essential part of the
work of securing pure water for the
people of Pennsylvania and of thus
cutting down the yearly sacrifice of
lives to typhoid fever. This will
take small army of men in the
field, but DR.. Dixon believes the
money outlay that will be necessary
will be but drop in the ocean
compared to the annual loss to the
state from deaths and sickness
through typh id fever. There
were reported TO the State Health
Department during the year 1906,
24,42I cases of typhoid fever in
Pennsylvania. During the same
period 5000 lives were blotted out
by the scourge, nearly all of them,
it is safe to say, killed by drinking
polluted water. "And scourge is
the term we should use," said Com
missioner Dixon recently. I'VE
continually express a horrible fear
of the yellow fever 'scourge' or the
news that there were a half dozen
cases of yellow fever or cholera in
Pennsylvania would startle every
city, town and village in ,he state.
We would consider no money out
lay too great in the battle necessary
to stop the onward march Of such
a scourge. But we are just waking
up to the realization that the
scourge of typhoid is draining eight
or nine lives in Pennsylvania for
every day in the year, and there
are sixty-six persons stricken with
the disease for every day in the
year. The army of watershed in
spectors and health offic RS that we
hope soon to be able to place in the
field against this foe will, if given
the opportunity, wage battle for
the protection of the state that will
forever rebound to the health and
happiness and prosperity of the
people OF Pennsylvania" "