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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-27


ourselves to a funereal pace such a
day as this and with such a pair of
stsppers?"
I'VE really ought to-" said she.
Dean laughed 1t was a pleasant
almost boyish laugh. His big shouI-
ders were squared defiantly.
The things one ought to do are gen.
orally unpleasant" he observed
Come on. Wen let them out once
more"
The girl shook her head.
''No! oh, no" she demurred.
"Afraid?" he questioned.
She nodded.
hamper us with in this by plot of
GrassT
mo; not of that" she replied. Afraid
OF you, think"
''Of met Oh. pshaw!"
Again his laugh rang out but the
girl turned to him with a sudden seri-
BUSINESS.
You make me rather afraid of you
at tines" she said You tempt me to
do reckless things. | don't know why
1t should be so, but 1t is. | would new
er in the world have thought of riding
here with any one else as l have with
you just now, and the strange part of
1t all is that enjoy 1t so immensely"
Enjoy what?"
Doing the reckless things you in
spire."
Dean leaned toward her quickly.
II wish 1t were So" he declared. 81
wish I really might inspire you to reck-
less deeds. l wish l might
Nov, please" the girl begged. with
heightening color.
'Oh, all right! said he good natured-
ly. II know the subject is tabooed
TIL observe the conventions you've i'm.
posed upon me ana Keep my tongue
to the funereal pace"
He sat Cor time staring silently into
the water. At last he Strengthened him
self in the saddle.
''Id like another gallop," he remark
ed, "a wilder one, madder one. I'd
like to get out of this little old park
and go somewhere where there's a lev
ell stretch of road aud no hampering
rules Of pace"
A light came into the girls eyes, She
threw back her head and gathered up
the reins.
$50 would l." she declared, trifie
breathlessly.
Dean swung about to face her. There
was quiet smile on his lips.
"Come, then" be said simply.
eve really shouldn't" she objected.
"Come," he repeated.
'rm afraid when you speak in that
fashion"
Come"
He turned the horse from the bridge
and headed for the gate at the farther
side of the park. The girl followed ST.
lently
where are you going?" she asked as
he turned through the gate and made
for the road that led into the coun-
try.
ITO place where we can let them
out to our hearts content" said he.
Up the road through the afternoon
sunshine they went at a sober pace,
but once the city was fairly behind
them Dean quickened the pace. Faster
they went and faster until they were
teamtlg along at a mad gait Across
level stretches and over the low hills
they sped. The two horses had caught
the spirit Of the gallop and tore along
at their best pace. The girls cheeks
were glowing; Deans eyes sparkled
Nth tha axcitament Of. IL
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-27
a Golf Outrane

The Earl of Wemyss was on n Fife
golf course on one occasion acc0mul.
pied H. an Cd cad lie, His lorGsh!p got
his ball on one oct aston so near the
hole that to play it was, as it appeared
to him, superfluous. So he simply tip
ped it in with the toe of his boot.
The caddie revolted instanter, threw
down the clubs and looked Mortified.
When he found words to speak it was
10 say, Hang it, me lord, gowfs
govt"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-27

berries, and also apparently of where
they had here and there plucked a
mouthful Of a peculiar kind of moss
or cropped off some little mushrooms
But the beasts themselves had evident
ly left the ridge, and we went on.
After little while the valley be
came so high that the large timber
ceased, and there We're only occasional
groves of spindling evergreens Be
yond the edge of the big timber was
large boggy tract, studded with little
pools; and here again we found plenty
of carbon tracks. 4 caribou has an
enormous foot bigger than cows,
and admirably adapted for travelling
over snow or bogs; hence they can
pass through places where the long
slender hoofs of moose or deer, or the
round hoofs of elk, would let their
owners sink at once; and they are very
difficult to kill by following on snow
shoes-a method much In vogue among
the brutal game butchers for slaughter
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-27
A Unioue Symbol of Freedom,

A curious custom is observed in the
village of Great Bookman, Surrey,
England. When the wife of trades
man goes Off for the usual summer
holiday to the seaside one or two ex
pert climbers ascend at midnight to
the roof Of the house and insert old
brooms in the chimneys as a sign that
the head of the house has the super
vision of the domestic arrangements
In addition to his ordinary work.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-27

noiSeleSSly tor1Cdrd.
a mile at stretch the stream ran un-
derground. In the rock masses Of this
alpine valley we, as usual, saw many
comics and hoary woodchucks.
The caribou trails had ceased, and
1t was evident that the beasts were
not ahead of us in the barren, treeless
recesses between the mountains of
rock and snow; and we turned back
down the valley, crossing over to the
opposite or south side of the stream.
We had already eaten our scanty
lunch, for it was afternoon. For sew
eral miles Of hard walking, through
thicket, marsh, and rock-slide, we saw
no traces of the game. Then we
reached the forest, which soon widen.
ed out, and crept up the mountain
sides; and we came to where another
stream entered the one we were follow
ing. A high, steep shoulder between
the two vallyes was covered with an
open growth of great hemlock timber,
and In this we again found the trails
and beds plentiful. There was no
breeze. and after beating through the
forest nearly to its upper edge. we be-
gan TO go down the ridge or point of
the shoulder. The comparative free
dom from brushwood made 1t easy to
walk without noise, and we descended
the steep incline with the utmost care.
scanning every object and using every
caution not to slip on the hemlock
needles. nor TO strike q stone or break
a stick with our feet The sign was
very fresh, and when still half q mile
or so from the bottom we at last came
on three bull caribou.
Instantly the hunter crouched down,
while l ran noiselessly forward be-
hind the shelter of big hemlock
trunk until within fifty yards of the
grazing and unconscious quarry. They
were feeding with their heads uphill,
but so greedily that they had not seen
us; and they were rather difficult to
see themselves, for their bodies har-
tree-trunks and lichen-covered boul-
ders.
The largest, big bun with good
but by no means extraordinary head.
was nearest. AS he stood fronting me
with his head down | fired into his
neck, breaking the bone, and he turn.
ed a tremendous back somersault.
The other two halted a second in stun
ued terror; then one, yearling, rush
ed past us up the valley down which
we had come, while the other, q large
bull with small antlers, crossed right
in front of me, at a canter his neck
thrust out, and his head-so coarse
looking compared to the delicate out
lines of an elk's-turned towards me.
His movements seemed clumsy and
awkward, utterly unlike those of
deer: but he handled his great hoofs
cleverly enough, and broke into a
headlong, -attling gallop as he went
down t. p. hillside, crashing through
the saplings and Gaping over the
fallen logs. There was a spur little
beyond, and up this he went at a
swinging trot, halting when he reached
the top, and turning to look at me
once more. He was only hundred
yards away; and though had not in
tended to shoot him Qor his head was
not good, the temptation was sore;
and was glad when, in another Sec
ond, the stupid beast turned again and
went off up the valley at a slashing
run.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-27
Terrifyinq, Indeed.

An authority upon chemistry was
lecturing before a well known WON.
ans club and illustrating his remarks
with experiments. All went we'll un,
til he paused moment and then said
I'm very sorry, but l must ask any
of the ladies who use face powder
containing bismuth to leave the room
during this experiment. as the gises
I'm about 10 set free have pecuiiai
affn1.y for bismuth and turn 1t pur'
pie"
Whereupon the entire audience save
three Courageous sfstsrs rose and fed
from the room.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-27
Fault Finding.

Nothing is easier than fault finding.
No talent, no self denial, no brains, no
character is required to set up in the
grumbling business, but those who are
moved by genuine desire to do good
have little time for murmuring or COM
plant.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-27
Satin Ashes

Small Nellie read aloud from her
Sunday school lesson as follows: And
the king OF Nineveh covered himself
with sacicloth and sat in ashes"
This was puzzler, and finally she
said, Mamma, what kind of ashes is
satin ashes ?"-Chicago News.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-27
Willinn 70 Taka Chances.

Willing to aEe Chances.
The Man-Td give anything II you
would kiss me. The Maid-But the
scientists say that kisses breed dis
ease. The Man-Oh, never mind that
Go ahead and make me an invalid for
ife.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-27
Mixed.

Mixed.
Mrs. B-owne-She's forever com.
planning, but think she merely lacks
stamina. Mrs. Malaprop-Oh, no; she's
got it; at any rate, that's what the doc.
tor calls her disease. She can't sleep.
you know.-Exchange
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-27

Most people who rob Peter to pay
Paul forget the last part of the con-
tract.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-27

SCE in September I was
camped on the shores of
Kootenai Lake, having
with me as companions,
John Willis and an i'm
passive looking Indian
named Animal, Coming
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-27

Copyright. 1898. by G. p Putnam's Sons.
Published under arrangement with G. p
Putnam's Sons. New York and London.l
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-27

ourselves to a funereal pace such a
day as this and with such a pair of
StaDpers?"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-01-17

LOCAL NEWS
,NNNNN~~ ~N~N~


II. A. Stricken and family have
moved to Window.
Judge g. W. Wilson was attending
court at Jackson this week.
Chas. KEEL, of Dewald, is reported
to be quite i'll with pneumonia.
Send the Advance to your relatives
and friends. It is better than letter.
FOR RENT-Four large living
rooms. Enquire at this Office.
Louis Meier of Bigelow was at the
county capital Saturday doing trad
ing.
Banker j. E. Sahlstrom of Bigelow
was Worthington visitor Wednes-
day.
Attorney Roy Lewis of Wilmont
spent Sunday here at the home of
JAS Montgomery.
Now is the time to have your har
ness oiled. We oil them for $l.OO.
Schmid 4 Snyder liz
If you need fur coat and want to
save from $500 to $500 on it, call on
Schmid & Snyder. 2t
Misses Clara Alderman and Ethel
Patterson returned last Saturday from
a ten day visit in the twin cities.
Bring your harness to Schmid &
Snyder and have them oiled for ST 90
a set, before the spring rush. 2t
| Nels Moberg came down from Du-
luth last Monday night for a visit
with relatives and friends in Bigelow
township.
Thos. Cunningham, one of the hust-
ling and substantial farmers of Her
soy township, was pleasant caller
Tuesday.
Mrs. E. E. Stanton and daughters
last Sunday visited at the home OF
her daughter in Ransom township.
Mrs. Morril Ramage.
Wanted-A good girl for general
housework. Modern house and good
wages. Country girl preferred. Ap-
ply to S. S. this Office.
! Ed. Moberg of Bigelow, wao call.
> er Tuesday. Ed is busy nowad avs
< pressing and shipping hay, Of which
7 he raises a large quantity every year
j. W. Fitzgerald, one of the sub
" stantial agxiculturists of Hersey, was
a county seat visitor Saturday, and
7 made this Office a very pleasant call
Mrs. Morton and daughters Ella
and Lillian, of St. Paul, passed
through Worthington Wednesday OIL
their way to Rushmore to attend the
l funeral of Mrs. Mcrton's mother.
There will be meeting of the
Commercial! Club Friday evening al
the Commercial Club rooms to take
up the matter of the Farmers Insti
tute. to be held February 4th and 9Th
J. F.~Cass came down from Read
I ing Tuesday to attend Oddfellows
lodge. Mr.. Glass; returned shor
! time ago from Ladysmith, Wis.,, where
he spent a few days looking afte
property interests.
. l.. n. Austin, who has been en-
- ployed in Walker & Austin's store a
Round Lake, came up from tina
,. place Tuesday for visit. He expect
a to leave in few days for Jefferson
i Ia, to ia ke charge of a newspape
q which his father has bought there.
y WANTED Local Representative
flor Worthington and vicinity toloo
is after renewals and increase subscriI
Il ton list of a prominent monthly mas
e azine, on salary and commissio
e basis. Experience desirable, but AZ
I, necessary. Good opportunity f
ei right person. Address Publishel
Box s., Station Q, New Z OIL.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-01-17

CO.. Paine of Hersey was a caller
last Saturday.
Virgil Fellows has taken a position
in the postoffice.
81. A. Everscle of Elk township was
caller last Saturday.
L II. Hawkins of Reading was a
Worthington visitor last week.
John Erickson of Org was in the
city Saturday doing trading.
Louis Olson of Bigelow was in the
city on business Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Saxon of Indian
Lake did shopping here Tuesday.
j. B. Williams of Lorraine is report
ed to be quite sick with pneumonia.
Miss Nellie Lyons returned last
Saturday from visit in Minneapolis.
Gay Allen is at Brewster, doing
job of carpenter work for Rudolph
Geyerman.
Oscar, Charles, and John Larson of
Route 3 were Worthington visitors
last Saturday.
The Dancing Club gave one OF
their pleasant social hops last Friday
evening, at the Maccabee hall.
O. A. selberg, one of the substan-
tial farmers of Bigelow township, was
county seat visitor Saturday.
F. M. Hickman came down from
Minneapolis Wednesday to look after
business matters and greet his many
friends.
G. L. Beard, the new manager of
the FairmoDt Creamery Co., made his
tour through this section the first OF
the week.
j. S. Kies left last Saturday on a
trip to Grunday county and other
points in Iowa, and will also visit in
Illinois
DR.. W. J. Dodge, who has been a
patient at the hospital for several
weeks, expects to be discharged in
the course of another week.
Mrs. Walter Clement and son, Dan
of Omaha, visited at the home of he,
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dan. Shell. a
number of days the first of the week
G. Christensen, prominent stocl
man of Jasper came down Monday
to look over Patterson Erickson Co.'S
Percherons, with view of purchas
ing stallion.
Miss Title Larson last Saturday
resigned her position in the postof
flee. Miss Larson made an emcien
and obliging clerk and the patrons
will miss her.
Mrs. j. G. Cocks of Kinbrae. passed
through Worthington Wednesday or
her way to Luverne, where she viii
be employed in JAS. Gibson's family
for few weeks.
F.C. Turner left the first of the
week for St. James, where he take'
the management of general store
for W. G.. Meyers, who consolidated
two stocks there.
C.P. Taylor of Reading left las
Saturday for Kellihan, in! the north
ern part of the state, where he in
tends to spend several weeks visiting
relatives and looking over the coun
try. .-=
John Larson, of Bigelow township
returned home on Tuesday from
visit to the twin cities and severa
points in the northern part of tn
state. He reports having had yer
pleasant time. =.#
Mayor p. A. Trip has traded hi
residence property south Of the Oma
n. ha track to Rev. G. n. Walker for th
latter,s stock Of general merchandise
at Round Lake, and, we understand
will continue the business there. Th
stock is now being inyoiced
ss2sS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-07
cyReNus coLe,s posrmoRrem.

A postmortem is a gruesome affair
and unless good reason for holding is
apparent is best omitted. 1t sometimes
reveals peculiar conditions. Conducted
with q purpose of concealment rather
than discovery, and by ones own
coroner 1t may become convenient
and comforting function. II one Is to
be both corpse and corner in propria
persona there is no reason why post
mortem especially of a political char
acter should not be conducted to the
credit of the coroner and the ag-
grandizement of the cadaver. The rev.
alations of the autopsy conducted by
Mr.. Cole upon himself appears to be
one of these most satisfactory of anat-
omical demonstrations.
Postmortems are gruesome affairs.
They necessitate much handling and
close inspection Of viscera and tissues
generally. Perhaps had another coroner
had charge of the one in question he
might have discovered adhesions COM
plications, etc. likely to he overlooked
or forgotten in an autopsy personally
conducted by the corpse.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-07
es. confirmed conviction stirred in.

tiles. confirmed conviction stirred In
tellectual activity.
1t was a good place for the boys
and girls to meet in day when court
ing was done shamefaced1y and love
sought covert from curious eyes and
the rude ridicule of the time. The
fifteen minute recess" gave Mrs. Jones
land Mrs. Brown time to exchange gos-
sip and household receipts. The school
directors got together then. Thompson
asked after his stray steer. There was
a little social session much needed
People came together In the flesh and
exchanged magnetic currents. The
| telephone does not carry or convey
| magnetism. 1t was human, not me-
chanical.
| And 1t was great fun withal. When
Uncle Jim" Stokes, abolitionist and
student of Fennimore Cooper. met odd
Tommy" Thompson, Virginian By
birthright. '49er. Indian fighter and
democrat of the old school on the
mooted question Of the wrongs Of the
black and red there was lightning like
action and ripping Of fur that might
have slammed two vigorous tom cats
hung across clothesline. Parliament
tary rules gave way to modified
Marquis of Queensbury code. Repartee
was rife and epothet not lacking. Each
had his partisans who cheered on the
fray. The Judges" lodged the loser
for days. Indeed, instances might be
cited when at the crossroads black
smith shop and cider mill nosebleed
and black eyes followed heartfelt criti-
cism of judicial sense and honesty But
this was always after the cider had
turned hard
Many a man has sat silent when he
would have given q horse to have felt
the courage to rise to oppose or sup
port before meeting of one kind or
another a proposition he favored or
feared. The debate drove away
much of this timidity It's training gave
the confidence to put into effective
words II only in a rude fashion. the
sentiments of the speaker. 1t afforded
some knowledge of the usages Of de-
Lucrative bodies and it is a great pity
that 1t has been abandoned The older
men OF the farms should revive it. Its
questions SHOULD be live ones in pol
tiles and agriculture. The younger peo-
pie will follow them and the school
house again become the center of the
community. Try 1T. 1t is worth while.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-07
gatres- Eeg1shlas arspItu guua qerrmher lsos

standpoint; probably a hard thing for
| him to do, but he must learn It.
| We advise him to spend at least
$50 a year In buying the very best
papers and books bearing mainly
| upon farm life but not these ex-
| clusively. Let him get three or four
good agricultural papers. two or three
Of tho best magazines. including a
first class magazine for his wife and
daughters, end some religious paper.
Let him spend few dollars In games.
Provide some sort of musical inStru-
ment.
Let him interest his boys in the
problems of the farm; discuss mat
tiers with them: keep files of the agrl-
cultural papers for reference. En-
courage them to invite their friends
in once In awhile to spend an avening.
Don't find fault II sometimes In their
high spirits they seem to be turning
the house upside down. Serve some
light refreshments. Let him get on
good terms not only with his own
boys but with the neighbors' boys
Let him enter into boy life as far
as 1t is possible for a man to do so.
This of itself will prolong his life,
for when man gets past middle
age. he Is likely 20 lose his interest
and his hold on HE unless he mlngles
wifi young people. The association
with old men is pleasant and some
of 1t is necessary. but the life Of an
old man depends largely on his keep
Ing young. and he can only keep
young by being in touch with young
life; and there Is no young life that
should be more attractive than his
own flesh and blood.
The same things apply to girls. If
'all work and no play makes Jack Y
dull boy" IL has precisely the same
effect on Jill. Encourage the girls:
give them an opportunity to get ac-
quaintcd with their father. Much Of
the happiness of the father In later
years depends on the attachments his
daughters make. He will make the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-07
An oLu CUSTOM WORTH RrsuRREc1,ne

Occasionally the country CORE
spondence" of county weeklies contains
an item like this:
The folks at the Silver Creek school
house have organized literary society
and are holding literaries once a week.
It doesn't seem of much Importance
whether Silver Creek has a literary
or not, does it.? But it is of Importance.
Lack of 'literaries" and other reasons
for gathering together mas resulted in
a commission appointed by the presi-
dent to inquire into country life He
wants to know among other important
things why there are not more "liter-
aries" like the one at Silver Creek.
One Of the Important matters for the
commission is to investigate into and
recommend remedy for the Isolation
of the farm.
A debate Of the old time was a
function in the personnel of attend
ance. People dressed up for it, combed
their hair, creased their boots and
generally smartened themselves. 1t
went beyond the spelling school which
was looked on more as a diversion.
Debates" We're serious business. From
IS to so all attended, took part, and
interest and were eager partisans. The
ancient balance of wrong done the ne
gro and Indian by the whites rose and
fell as the weight of augmentation
shifted. 1t was real question then for
men stood on the floor who had fought
redmen and risked liberty for the sur
reptitious privilege of sheltering black
ones in defiance of the fugitive slave
laws. Homely oratory, plain sense,
prejudice and class and
racial hatred blazed UP and added to
the heat of debate. 1t was interest
ing, how much so high school seniors
who are debating on live questions can
realize 1t was educative broadening.
In some ways it aioned for the general
lack, of libraries and opportunity for
research. 1t awose slumbering facul-