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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
FOREIGN HOTELS.
They Differ In Many Ways From
Those of Our Own Country

hUGJ 6lTeT IN mdnJ ways FT0"
Those of Our Own Country.
Hot water is not laid on" piDed at
foreign hotels, says the Travel Maya
zine. If you hear a gentle tap on the
door In the morning, you may inter
pret it as meaning that a copper ever
OF hot water has just been set down
outside for your personal use.
If you order @ bath, 1t will be pre-
pared for you accordingly, and sweet
voiced maid will give you notice when
1t is ready You are not expected to
operate the water valves at all, and 10
is doubtful if you would succeed II
you tried.
From a variety Of vacant rooms at a
hotel shown you you select the one
you prefer, with definite agreement
as to price You are not required to
accept humbly and thankfully. in blind
faith, whatever room the clerk deigns
to assign to you, as In America. 1t La
expected, however, that you will order
your breakfasts at the hotel, being free
to get your other meals elsewhere II
you prefer.
Electric light switches are not COM
monty turned on by q push button or
a fiat key, as In our buildings, but by a
small brass lever Many Of the best
hotels have a reading light In the
headboard of each bedstead
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18

II In to India and to the Arabs as
mlddlemen that Europe, and through
Europe America. owe the orange. The
orange crossed from Africa to Spain
with Mohammedanism, while probably
the crusaders are to be thanked for
bringing 1t to Italy and western Eu-
rope among their trophies Of the east.
The very name is really Arabic-"na-
ranJ'-and Of eastern origin, though
the legend that 1t comes from two
words meaning elephant and ''be
ILL.," because elephants ate oranges to
make themselves Ill, is absurd. Prob
ably in French the initial m is drop
ped OF from naranJ, with the final
m OF the indefinite article, just as
our IAN apron" represents "a napron,"
and the spelling with an "o' points to
false association with "or" (gold).-
Economista, Havana
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
HiNDOOS AT TABLE.
The Higher Their Caste the More
IrksOme Become the Rules.

The Higher Their Caste the More
IrksOme Become the Rules.
"In India" writes Sidney Low, "reli-
gion, with what seems a malLgn inge-
nuity, has occupied itself In heaping
complications round the two essential
functions of eating and marrying The
HindOo cannot take his food without
elaborate precautions against pollution,
and the higher his caste is the more
burdensome these rules are There are
some inferior castles in the south who
are not supposed TO approach even
within speaking distance Of the elect
A regular table has been drawn up OF
what may be called the degrees. Of pol
luton, so that, while some Of these low
persons can pollute a man of higher
caste only by actually touching him,
1t IS held that blacksmiths, masons,
carpenters and leather workers can
pollute at distance Of twenty-four
feet, toddy drawers at thirty-s six feet
and Cultivators at forty-eight feet,
while the pariahs, who eat beef, have
pollution range of no less than TWEEN
- -OAlC yuIuS anu lNcIfc
1.-The more sacred a Hindoo is the
more he is worried by his code of table
etiquette. The very high caste Brah-
man ought to strip off all his clothes
and, if possible, sit on the floor when
he consumes his food. He should not
eat anything which has been touched
by an inferior or non-HindoO or
drink water out Of any vessel similarly
defiled. AS the scale descends the re-
strictions relax until at last we get
down to the man of no standing what
ever, the sweeper, who is so wanting
In refinement that he can openly stroke
a puppy dog, and finally we reach the
outcast who can eat any kind Of meat
whenever he can get 1t and will even
drink out of cup which has touched
other lips
Luckily for the modern Hindoo
these burdensome prohibitions and In
functions are subject to certain con-
venient legal fictions. Sweetmeats, Il
appears, are not food and may be tak-
en- by anybody anywhere Not long
ago the Brahman pundits at Benares
decided that soda water Is not water
within the meaning Of the act, 30 to
speak and that ice does not count
Chicago News.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
The secret of being tiresome 10 In
telling verything-Voltalre
What He Wanted.

"How will you have your hair cut
sirT" said the talkative barber to the
victim in the chair.
minus conversational prolixity," re
piled the patient.
"How's that, sirT
with abbreviated or totally elimt
mated narrations."
"What"
without effervescent verbosity. Let
even diminutive colloquy be conspicu.
Gus by its absence"
The barber scratched his head
thoughtfully a second and then went
over to the proprietor of the shop and
whispered, 81 don't know whether that
man in my chair is mad or a foreigner,
but can't find out what he wants"
The victim had to explain that he
wanted the Job done In silence.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
ROYAL MESSENGERS.
They Carry other Things Beside
Government Dispatches.


Government Dispatches.
Very odd are some of the errands
done by the royal messenger service in
Great Britain. At an English seaport
for instance, a sealed packet which
was being conveyed across the channel
TO Windsor I'm care of the British for
eign Office became accidentally unfas-
tened in the custom house, and a guam
tity of cigars tumbled out. AS the
packet in question was invoiced as
containing important confidential gov
ernment dispatches" no little amuse-
ment was caused. Nothing serious,
however, came of the incident, for 1t is
a recognized rule that ''the king can
do no wrong" and neither, therefore,
can the kings messengers.
Besides, it is well understood that
the service is maintained for other
purposes than the nominal one. Dur
Ing the late Queen Victoria's reign
these messengers used frequently to
carry to the continent in sealed bags
supposed to contain dispatches shirts
and collars of a special make and pat
tern for one of the British ambassa-
dors, hats and bonnets for her majes-
TVS female relatives, all sorts Of Eng
lish knickknacks for the late Empress
Frederick at Berlin and even barrels
of native oysters for the embassies ct
Paris and Vienna.
For many years, moreover, 1t was the
practice Of the messengers to call each
week on their way back to England
at Brussels, where they received from
the court kitchens q box Of special
biscuits Of which Queen Victoria was
very fond and which she believed no
body could make as well as the head
pastry cook Of King Leopold's kitchen.
This box of biscuits was solemnly seal
ed up at the British legation with the
official seal and then conveyed with
infinite care to Windsor by way OF
Dover and London.-Chicago News.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
A LOAN REPAID.
The Fourth Earl Stanhope and tho
GentlemanIy Highwayman.


GentlemanIy Highwayman.
The fourth Earl StanhOpe when on
his way homeward late one dark
night was held up by the most gentle
manly of hlghwaymen, who preferred
his request for money or the noble
mans life in quite the incest way. It
happened that Lord Stanhope had not
any money with him and was disin-
clined to yield the alternative.
Your watch. then" suggested the
gentleman at the opposite end of the
pistol. That watch, the earl explained,
was dear to him. He valued it at 100
guineas and would not surrender It..
What | viii do he said, lis to bring
and deposit in this tree the worth Of
the watch in money, and you can call
and get 1t tomorrow night"
Done, m lord" said the highway
man.
The law knew nothing about this ar
rangement and the earl did as he had
promised. He placed the 100 guineas
where the highwayman might at his
leisure collect it. And there, so far as
he knew, the matter ended.
Years afterward he attended a great
banquet in the city and found himself
pleasantly entertained by an extremely
well known man whose signature was
good for a sum in several figures. Next
day came TO Lord Stanhope a letter in
closing the sum Of 100 guineas. Ac-
cOmpanying 1t was note begging his
acceptance of a loan granted some
years previously to the man who now
forwarded It.
That loan, said the letter, had ena-
bled the sender to gain new start in
life to make q fortune and to renew
acquaintance at dinner on the previous
night with his lordship. The city mag
nate and the highwayman of earlier
days were one and the same-London
Standard
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
AN ODD WAGER.
The Peculiar Bet a Foreign Prince
Laid and Won In Paris.

The Peculiar Bet a Foreign Prince
Laid and Won In Paris.
Gambling has always been a favor
ite occupation for the sons of royal
houses, but none of them probably
has ever exhibited so much wit and
ingenuity in his betting as a foreign
prince did at his stay in Paris.
He laid heavy wager with mem
ber of the Imperial club Of the French
capital that within two hours he
would be arrested by the police with
out committing any offense or pro-
voking the officers of the law in any
fashion. Accordingly, having clothed
himself In rags Of the most disreputa-
BILE appearance. he walked into one OF
the most aristocratic restaurants in
late. The waiter refused to serve him
unless he showed evidence that he
could pay. The prince at once drew
roll of bank notes from his pocket
and offered one Of large denomination
to the astonished attendant. The lat
ter took the bill and carried 1t at once
to the proprietor, who sent for the
police, in the meantime allowing his
strange guest to be served
AS soon as the authorities arrived
they arrested the incognlto son of roy
atty and took him to the nearest sta
ton, where Of course he was released
after he had disclosed the facts Of the
affeir.-New York Tribune.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
The Bosnian Roasting Jack.

A curious variety Of the old fash.
ioned roasting jack Is used by the
peasants Of Bosnia and Herzegovina
when roasting sheep whole, as ON the
occasion Of wedding ceremony. One
often sees near a running stream q
long pole having one end revolving
freely In a sock eted peg, while the
other. overhanging the water, is equip.
ped with miniature paddles. This is
the Bosnian roasting jack. The sheep
TO be cooked is impaled on the log,
fre Is lit underneath, and while
the current spins the paddles and the
pole merrily round the big joint Is
cooked literally to a turn.-W1de World
Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the Rec
tor, Church Wardens and Vestry of
Christ tNemnriaD Church in Danville,
Presented to the Court of Common Pleas
of Mont 'ur County, Pennsylvania, their
petition praying the said Court to grant
under tie provisions of the Act of As
sem1ly .pprov. d the Goth day of April
A. D. lStt, en- itled "An Act to provide
for tn. Incorporation and regulation of
certain corporations and it's supple
ments, certain amendments to the orig
inal charter of the said Christ tMemor-
ial) Church, upon which petition an in
terlocutory decree has been made as
prayed for, and that an application will
be made to the said Court on the 27th
day of May 1907 az 10 o'clogk A. M. for
the final decree in tle premises.
FRANK G. ANGLE. Solicitor.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
Diamonds In His Shoes.

Diamond ornaments in shoes bark
back to the days Of the Revolutionary
war and were worn by merchants Of
Boston in those days. Thomas Russell
of Charlestown, who died in 1896, was
one Of the most active of business men
of his day in Boston and the first to
engage in the American trade with
Russia after the Revolution His dress
was typical Of his time and is thus
described in an old print: "He usually
wore coat Of some light colored cloth,
small clothes, diamond buckles at the
knees and In the shoes, silk stockings,
powdered hair and a cooked hat and IN
cold weather a scarlet cloak."-Boston
Herald
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
THE TONGUE OF A BIRD.
An Organ Which Varies Much In the
Different Species.


Few people have given thought to
the subject of birds tongues. Many
even of the amateur bird students,
know little of the literature ON the
subject and still less from personal OBJ.
servation.
Birds must use their bills as hands,
and to some extent the tongues supple
eating birds extract the kernel from
the shell, which is cracked between
the mandiEles.
The full complement of bones of the
tongue consists of eight. The shape
raries considerably in different species,
and the comparative size very much
more, although there is a prevailing
general resemblance. The size and de-
velopment of the various bones con,
troll the shape and utility of the organ.
Well developed front bones mean
thick, feshy tongue, such as we find
in members of the duck family, while
small forward bones usually accom-.
pany small tongue of less Importance
to the owner, sometimes little more
than rudimentary. like that of the pei
lean.
Among such birds as have occasion
to protrude the tongue well bt
tip of the bill the hind bones a.
velousIy developed and greatly elon-
gated. for these are the bones on which
the tongue is hung.
The edges of the tongues of most
birds are more or less fringed, this fea-
ture being most noticeable In thin
tongues Most birds have greater or
less number of papillae-small feshy
projections, spinelke in appearance
and usually inclined backward-on the
upper surface of the tongue. These
are of service in working the food
backward toward the throat.
Some of the sea birds have very sim
pie tongues, which serve but little pur-
pose. The tongues of the honey creep
ers have very fine and long feathering
while those of the wood ecker are long,
slender and pointed, and the roots of
some species curve clear around the
back of the skull, up over the crown,
and their tips rest at the base Of the
upper mandible. With the exception
of the sapsuckers the tongues Of wood
peckers are capable of great protru-
sion, and the tip is barbed. The sap
suckers, however, instead of having
sharp, barbed tongues like those of
other w0odpeckers, have brushlike
tongues as a result of the degeneration
of the bristles on their surface into
hairs standing out from the tongue
rather than pointing backward.
Birds with long bills do not always
have correspondingly long tongues.
The kingfishers, with their dispropor-
tionately large bills, have short tongues.
The outer edges of the very long
tongues of humming birds are closely
rolled up into two tubes lying side by
side, by means of which the birds are
enabled to suck the nectar from flow
ers-New York Post.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18

Among the interested visitors OF the
marine barracks at Washington on one
occasion there was a party Of young
girls from a Maryland town, friends Of
one Of the officers of the barracks.
They proved much interested in every
thing pertaining TO the life and disci.
pline of the post.
''What do you mean by 'tapsT" ask.
ed one young woman.
Taps are played every night on the
bugle," answered the officer 1T means
lights out They play it over the
bodies Of dead soldiers"
A puzzled look came TO the face Of
the questioner. Then she asked:
What do you do If you haven't .
dead Older"-Harper's Weekly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
She Was Mistaken.

Permit me to ask you, madam"
said the lawyer, who was a friend Of
the family, your real reason for want
ing a divorce from your husbandT
"He isn't the man I thought / was
marrying" explained the fair caller.
"My dear madam" rejoined the law
yer, 'the application of that principle
would break up every home in the
country. y."-Chicago Tribune.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
Utility of Censors.

"When Maxim Gorky dined with
me-" said a literary New Yorker, "he
talked about the Russian censorship.
"He said that in the course Of the
Russo-Japanese war he had occasion
In an article to describe the headquar-
ters Of one of the grand dukes. He
wrote of these headquarters, among
other things:
"'And over the desk in his highness'
tent is large photograph of Marie la
Jambe, the beautiful ballet dancer
"Rcfore this article could appear the
censor changed that sentence to, And
over the desk in his highness' tent is a
large map of the theater Of war ~
Detroit News.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
An Irish Compliment.

An Irish gentleman said to an Eng
lish officer, do you know Mr.. x.
of -T The officer disclaimed having
that pleasure "Ah, he is very nice
fellow and a good friend of mine. But
he has been dead these six years. An.
shure, you're very like himw The Of
ficer said he had been compared to a
good many things In the course Of his
lifetime, but never before to a SIX
year old corpse.-London Spectator.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
CrustY.

The new stenographer's yellow hair
glittered In the food Of sunlight that
poured through the window Of the Of
fee.
But old Duke, the bookkeeper, had
no eyes for the girls beauty. He light
ed a cigar and set to work.
"Mr. Duke" said the stenographer.
Huh p the old man grunted.
"Look here" she said imperiously, Il
am sorry, but smoking always makes
me sick"
Then" said Duke, without looking
I'D. don't ever smoke. e."-New Orleans
Times Democrat
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
The Difference.

Small Boy-Pa, what is the difference
Pa-Well, let me see If can illustrate.
You know I am often discouraged, and
things don't look to me as II they'd
ever go right. Well, at such times /
can be said to be a pessimlst. But
years ago when | was a young man,
everything looked bright and rosy, and
l was always hopeful. Then | was an
optimist. Now, my son, can you un-
derstand the difference between a pes
simist and an optlmist? Small Boy
Oh, yes; one Is married and the other
isn't -Harper's Weekly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
Founder of tho Japanese Navy

The founder of the Japanese navy
was an Englishman named VIII
Adams, who went to the eastern seas
was cast away in Japan a couple Of
years later. He became a japanese
noble and constructor of the navy to
the tycoon, but was never allowed to
return to England He died about
twenty years afterward, very ingen-
iously leaving half his property to his
wife and family in England and half
his property to his wife and family In
Japan. After his death he was dehed
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
The Ostrich.

In its habits, methods of life and
prejudices the ostrich is one of the
most curious creatures of the animal
kingdom. 1t cannot be tanned, though
1t is easily trained to harness. When
taught to race it seems to delight in d
brush on the track or road with
horse. The gait of the ostrich Is
numbering sort of jog trot, which be-
comes delightfully."- easy when the bird
Is travelling fast Unhampered with
a rider and travelling with the wind
this muscular creature can outstrip
aQy horse
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
Matrimony In Central Africa.

Quails are plentiful at Lake Nyanza,
and after being shared in the grass by
the natives they are kept in small
wicker cages strung on long pole
stuck In the ground. When sufficient
number Of quails have been collected
they can be exchanged with a neighbor
for all the world like coupons-for
wiyes.-Brevet Major r. G. T. Bright,
@. NJ. G., in Wide World Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
cause OF His JOY

What are you looking SO happy over,
old MANI"
81 am rejoicing over the birth Of
twins"
Great Scott! l congratulate your
Don't congratulate me. Go and con-
gratulate Evans. He's the lucky man.
I never did like him" ."-Philadelphia In
quirer.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-18
He'll Gate.

Hell Gate. at the entrance of Long
Island sound. in the East river was
not so named because Of its dangers
md turbuance rs is generally sup
posed, but quite the contrary. The
early Dutch settlers called 1t Hell
Gate because 1t was a pleasant. beau
tiful passageway, IN allusion to its pic
turesque scenery, "helr' conveying the
idea Of pleasantness..- York Her
aid