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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
EtrIIscan Naens

The famous Etruscan vases were
wrongly named, for. though made in
Etruria, they were the productions of
Greek genius. They are elegant in
form and enriched with bands of beau
tiful foliage and other ornaments, fig
ures and similar subjects of a highly
artistic character. One class has black
figures and ornaments on a red ground
the natural color of the clay; another
has the figures of the natural color and
the ground painted black. The former
class belong to a date about GOO i. G,
the latter date about a century later
and extend over period of some 800
or $50 years.-New York American.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03

Hearing noise in the street before
his house one morning, Robert Brown
ing, the poet, went to his window and
saw Il great crowd gazing at some
Cinnamon in gorgeous costumes who
were just leaving their carriages to
mount his steps, Presently they were
announced as the Chinese minister at
the court Of St James and his suit.
A solemn presentation having taken
place, Browning said to the Interpreter,
May | ask to what l am indebted for
the honor Ct his excellency's visitf'
The Interpreter replied, His eXcellen-
cy is a poet in his own country"
Thercupon the two poets shook hands
heartily. Browning then said May
ask to what branch Of poetry his ex-
cellency devotes himselfT' To which
the interpreter answered, Ills excel
lency devotes himself to poetical enig-
mas" At this Browning, recognizing
fully the comic element in the situa-
tion, extended his hand most cordially,
saying: Ills excellency is thrice well
come. He is brother indeed"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
EIoouence of the Welsh.

Here is little story of an English
man in Wales: "On the comparative
qualities of the English and Welsh
tongues let me tell of the Welshman
who saluted me in the Welsh. | was
compelled to confess ignorance. All
he said, turning fuently enough to
English, you should learn the Welsh.
MY wife was English, and she can
speak conversations now quite Well
II acknowledged my shortcomings
and admitted that | had always under
stood the Welsh to be a remarkably
eloquent tongue. Yes, yes, it ISIS SO,
said the native In Welsh Il man can
express exactly what he means. AS
for the English, | call it not a language
at all-only dialect
"'YOu haf noted that an Engllshman
or foreigner In speaking his language
waves his hands and arms about to
help out the meaning of the words, but
a Welshman who can speak Welsh
well he hass no need to move his
hands. In the Welsh he can say all
that he means '"-Chicago News.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
Misplaced Sympathy.

4 sympathetic Trenchman unluckily
bought an almanac that gave the dates
of the worlds chief eventR From that
day on he lived a life Of mourning
Thus on April 20 he had Grape on his
bat
Have you lost relativeT' a friend
asked. Not exactly" said he. But
today is = SAD anniversary for the
French people. On April 30, 1924, the
Chevalier Bayard died" On May .
he had Grape on again. "Still mourn.
ing BayardY said the friend. NO."
said he, "but don't you remember that
on May 2 great and charming poet,
Alfred de Musset, breathed his lastg'
On the 9th of the same month, "Whom
are you mourning for nowp' For an
honest man, General Caviagnac." On
the 30th, crying terribly, he said: "Ah
Joan of Arc! On this date, in 1431, n
handful of Englishmen and miser-
able bishop put the gallant maid to
death" On July 13 he took bath in
memory of the assassination of Marat
On the 10th Beranger's death gave him
a fatal shock On the 18th, having
read of Napoleon's departure to St
Helena, he felt better, but on the 23d
the bombardment Of Dieppe by the
English, In 1904. confined him again to
and died on the 22d, muttering, "In a
month the massacre of st. Bartholo-
mew"-New York Sun.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
Vanity of the Peacock.

Our favorite and much petted pea
cock, says a correspondent Of the Lon
don Spectator, can be kept happy amy
length of time looking at his reflection
in the window pane or in n looking
glass. He comes in daily to tea, max
ing no mistake about the hour, and
spends much time en- route in gazing at
himself as he appears in the glass OF
the French windows by which he en-
ters the room. If | am sewing and do
not speak to him when he, comes into
quite close, almost touching my ring
or needle, for he likes bright things,
till l have TO give up working and talk
to him as with a small child whom one
is afraid of pricking.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
The lows of Life In Africa

You must never walk barefoot on
the floor, no matter how clean it is, or
an odious worm called a jigger will
enter your foot to raise a numerous
family and painful swelling. On the
other hand he sure when you put on
boots or shoes that, however hurried
you turn them upside down and look
inside lest a scorpion, a small snake
or a perfectly frightful kind of cent?
ped may be lying In ambush. Never
throw your clothes carelessly upon the
ground, but put them away at once in
a tin box and shut 1t tight or a per-
feet colony of fierce biting creatures
will beset them. And, above all, qui-
nine!-Winston Churchill, NJ. F., in
London Strand.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
RunninQ For the Car.

If you feel like emulating Sherlock
Holmes try your luck occasionally
when you see some one run for a street
car. It's good, easy way to deter
mine the previous training and the
present occupation of the subject.
You will see one fellow dash easily
toward the car with a long, swinging
stride that usually means athletics, but
no special training In the sprint. The
old time college runner can be picked
out by the way he throws his knees in
front, like n high bred trotter
Some waddle, and you must relegate
them to the general category of busy
business men" whose duty to the desk
has robbed them of wind and waist
Others are getting more than their
share of ayolrdupois, but in spite Of
that manage to show you that they are
not out of it by any means. To that
type it Is veritable triumph to over
haul moving car and to swing on
without the assistance of the conduct
or.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
Sitting Bull.

TO look at Sitting Bull one would say
that he was always quiet and self con-
tanned. In fact he did usually keep
himself under control, but he was cruel
and almost heartless. He had prac-
ticed cruelty TO animals and men from
his childhood and as long as he lived;
he was full of passion and often very
angry He was always imperious and
insolent toward our generals the In
dian agent and other friends of the
great father at Washington, whom he
claimed to hate. He had great talent
and ability to plan campaigns and bat
ties and wonderful influence in bring
ing Indians together. Notwithstand-
ing all this, he was afraid of death.
and, though he planned the greatest
victory which the Indians ever gained
over white men, Sitting Bull himself
was coward and disgraced himself
even before his own people by running
away i'll the very face Of success
General Howard in st. Nicholas
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
Self Disnraced.

In Boston. as every one knows. the
symphony concerts are viewed in the
light of sacred ceremonials In this
connection the story is told of two lit
tie girls Of a certain family who re
turned from the music hall "in n state
Of mind" One of them carried an ex-
preston of deep scorn, the other an
air of great detection.
what is the matter, girlsf' asked
some member Of the household. WAS
the concert fine?"
ed Eleanor. "The trouble was with
Mary. She disgraced herself"
"Disgraced herself?"
"Yes; she sneezed in the middle of
the symphony Philadelphia Ledger.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
Folklore Stories,

The Journal of American Folklore
has some interesting folk tales of the
Nez Perces Indians:
"Once the sun fell down from the
sky just about sunYise. Mole caught
1t and held 1t up until people got there
and helped him to shove it back. The
sun had meant to roll along on the
ground instead of in the sky. 1t was
from holding up the sun that Mole's
hands are bent so far back.
coyote and Cloud ran n race. Cloud
bet storm and Coyote clear weather.
They started far away to the south,
and for awhile Coyote was in the lead.
Then Cloud made fruits of all kinds
to grow in front Of Coyote, and he,
looking back and seeing Cloud far be-
hind, stopped to eat In this way
Cloud caught up and won. This is
why we have storms in winter time"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
CHANCES IN GAMBLING.
The Rule OF the Unexpected at tbs
Tables In Monte Carlo.

The Rule of the Unexpected at the
Tables In Monte Carlo.
There are systems, some will say.
that will defeat the bank at Monte
Carlo. | have not found one. Two
factors settle all systems. One is the
banks limit, which prevents the dou-
bling system so often advocated; the
second, the extraordinary idiosyncrasea
Of chance. Red or black will Often
run in long series. l saw fifteen reds
come up in succession on one occasion
seventeen uneven numbers in an I'M
broken series on another. One even
ing on a losing day | was playing on
the first six numbers and persistently
for some hours the last twelve mum
bers invariably turned up. Once | saw
81 come up four times in succession
when mathematically it should have
taken IA coups to make it show thai
number of times, and still more strange
that on this occasion each time it
came up a gentleman had staked the
limit on the number-namely, 1So
francs-winning in ten minutes some
thing over 24.0O0 francs One readily
sees by these instances the unexpected
very often happens-in fact, more of
ten that not.-Arthur Hewitt in Bo-
hemian Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
MOntOur American
FRANK c. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa, Dec. 3, 1908.
Educated.

Mrs. 6. was in n Richmond hospital
and she was lonely. so welcomed the
advent of very black and very Ian
guild maid who came in one morning
to wipe up the floor. Some one new
to talk to, so no time was lost
81 have not seen you working around
here before. Aren't you new girlf'
Edmonia Willingly let the cloth slip
back into the bucket and sat fiat upon
the floor before answering.
"Yas'm, Is new. Is jest wnshin' up
de floor. But l don't work. Is edji-
kated."
"And where were you educated?'
was the next question.
"In a seminary" Then, with burst
of confidence: There was me an an
other girl workin in a house. She was
cook, an | was chambermaid, an we
had great times about who would git
de prize, but | beat" Then, after a
pause. "She was easy to beat, cause
she got smothered to death with gas
de night before de examinations come
Cleveland leader.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03


No other animal has been more modi-
fed by civilization and none reverts
more quickly to the original Wild type
than the hog. Three generations of
running wild sufice to turn TIL
smooth, round, short shouted razor
back or hazel splitter thin, lank. leggy
lop cared, snarp shouted, an Ishmael
in bristles, running like deer, If run
ming be possible. fighting as only :"
wild hog can fight when battle ia i'm
perative. The tusks. which have been
half obliterated in the process of civi-
lization, get back size and strength
At year old they are formidable. al
two murderous. at three or five more
deadly than sword. They afford :
certain index of age up to six years.
but are commonly broken In fights
long before that time. Wild boars are
very i'll tempered and when worsted In
nghting often revenge themselves by
ripping the bark from trees as high as
they can reach.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
PerlIs Of Our Dwelling Houses.

The scholars in one of the Fuchow
Chinese schools were recently desired
to write an essay in English on the
subject of (Which Are the Healthier,
Chinese or Foreign Dwelling Houses y
One young man ''spook" about the
matter with his Friends" and they
said that the Chinese building is
much better than foreigners" This,
he adds. was the senses of their de-
bate"
The foreign building is too helgh
and coverless and always built on the
top of the hill. In the summer time 1t
receives the most heat from the sun.
The people who living in it is the same
as putting in the stove, but in winter
1t is fully filled by the sharp air
which cut the faces of whom living In
it. So that the foreigner is compelled
to put themselves on fire. The fre
would do our bodies harm. AS we
were prepared our dinner; we put the
beef on the fire by and by the beef
dry in that case the of course man
would dry too" London Telegraph.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
He Explained.

At a school one day teacher, hav-
ing asked most of his pupils the diff
ference between an island and PENN
sula without receiving a satisfactory
answer, came to the last boy.
Il can explain it, sir" said the bright
youth. First get two glasses. Fill
one with water and the other with
milk. Then catch n fly and place it
in the glass of water. That fly is an
island, because it is entirely surround
ed by water. But now place the fly In
the glass OF milk, and 1t will be n
peninsula, because 1t is nearly sur
rounded by water"
The boy went to the top of the class
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
The Modern Carrier.

There is something at home that keeps
crying,
With the funniest kind of a squeak.
In bundle by mamma it's lyinE
And they just let me in for q peek.
When l ask them to tell how they caught
1t
The nurse walks me out by the ear.
And she says that an aeroplaue brought
it.
But know that a stori left me here.
have looked all around for some traces.
But l can't find the least bit of proof,
So l s'Pose It was due other places
And just dropped him down on our
roof.
And. though nurse and most all Of tho
others
Declare that it's true. it looks queer
For an airship to pedde new brothers
When 1 know that a stork brought me
here.
Well. 1 guess that I'll have to believe 1t,
Because they all say it is so.
But twas mean in the fellow to leave It
And never let any one know
My, 1t seems like the funniest thingi II
PerpleNes. for how can it be
That the aeroplane fellow should bring II
When the stork is the one that brought
me?
Charles r. Barnes in New York Sun.
In the Customary Place.
A we'll known English bishop some
time since lost his third wife A cler-
gyman who had known the first wife
returned from Africa and wanted To
see the grave. He called at the cathe.
dral and saw the verger
"Can you tell me where the bishops
wife is buriedT"
well. sir" replied the verger, Il
don't know for certain, but he mostly
buries 'em Pt Brompton." ~
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
When the Sun Grows Cold.

DR. Fridjof Nansen predicts the fate
of the earth in the far distant future,
when the sun grows cold. The sim
pie, low organisms, he says, will prob
ably live longest, until even they dis
appear. Finally, he says, all water on
the earths surface will freeze and the
oceans will be transformed into ice TO
the bottom. Some time later the car
bonic acid of the atmosphere will be-
gin to fall on the surface of the earth
in the form of snow. Some time after
that the temperature on the surface
will have reached about $50 degrees
below zero +. New oceans will then
be formed by the atmosphere being
turned into liquid, and the atmosphere
of that future earth will be only hy-
drogen and helium. The sun will 90
through the same process. 1t will con-
tinue in its way as dark star through
space, accompanied by the planets.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
He Couldn't Sac the Joke.

'The mother-in-la~ joke isn't half
as funny to me as 1t was when was
a bachelor" said a young New Yorker
to his old chum. i've got a pretty
good mother-in-law myself, and she's
visiting us now. That's all right too.
But here's my crouch:
whenever we go out In a bunch. as
we generally do, ma grabs the baby
every time we sit down-subway, ele-
waited, bridge, surface or ferryboat.
Just grabs the kid, you know, as If 1t
was her private property; exhibits It
In way to everybody near by, tells
the woman next to her all about how
to raise children and what she's doing
for this particular one: attracts gen
eral attention, you see. with my baby
as star performer and my wife and ]
sitting there without chance to say a
word and looking as If we wanted to
apologize for being on earth"
Don't think that's funny, eh?" said
his friend. How your sense of humor
has shrunk"-New York Globe.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
a Afloat on Hot Air.

Members of the house Of representa-
tives are fond of poking fun at the
fiorid style of speech affected by GER
tain congressman, who invariably con-
tributes much "hot air" to any debate
in which he may participate.
On one occasion the politician IL
question ventured TO air his views
touching a financial act under consid-
Grafton, when he drew the following
ribald observation from an opponent:
Our able and adventurous friend
has undertaken to present his viewu
upon this question. In this he re-
minds me of beautiful swan breast
ing the sea with arched neck and
wings outspread to catch the CLINT of
the sea, moving along in serene and
stately splendor, but blissfully uncon-
scious OF the unfathomable depths be
low"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
Walt Whitman's Pride.

Whitman's grandmother was a
Quaker, and the bard had been all his
life used, Quaker fashion, to sitting In
the house with his sombrero on If 1t
suited him to do so. One day, with n
friend. he entered the gloomy and half
empty precincts of Trinity church.
New York, and took back seat in the
obscurity ard for a moment forgot tc
remove his hat or was probably just
about TO do so when an officious verger
stepped up and requested him to take
it off. Walt, man ef immense pride,
not seeing fit to do so instantaneously
or being very slow in his mental proc
esses, was taking the matter into con
sideration for a second when the
verger knocked the offending hat off
his head. Walt picked up the huge
felt and, doubling it together. smote
the fellow vigorously twice or thrice
with it on the head and slowly left
the church, the red faced sexton fol
lowing and threatening him with the
law
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03

Many readers think insufficient exer-
else is responsible for worrying moods
Dare l whisper it," writes one cor
respondent. Though l am married
woman, with two bonnie BARNS, when
my worries and temper prove too much
for me l shut myself up in my room
and dance wild Scotch reel. l al
ways did it when / got In a temper as
a child as a sort of vent to my feel
ings, and | do 1t still and probably
shall continue to do so as long as I'm
sufficiently energetic"
Certainly Scotch reel ought to pro
vide enough exercise to exercise any
demon Of worry if lack of exercise Il
the cause of it.-Home Chat.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
sMO0T ON FORESTS.
Utah Senator Favors American Adop
tlon of European Forestry system,

Utah Senator Favors American Adop-
tlon of European Forestry System.
United States Senator Reed Smoot,
chairman of the commission appointed
by President Roosevelt to look into
means for the conservation of the ma
tional forests, recently arrived in Lon
don after a tour of inspection Of the
European forests.
He Is convinced by what he has seen
that the general principles of conti-
pental scientific forestry may be sue
cessfully applied to the United States,
although the character of the west de-
mands some modification in them.
Senator Smoot considers the forest
of Silwald, owned and managed by the
city of Zurich, the most carefully de
veloped in the world Such forests
cost more per acre to take care OF. but
yield u greater net gain because there
are arrangements for the utilization of
all possible products. Under the di-
recuon of the municipal government
sawmills, planning mills and excelsior
and tool handle factories are run.
AT Munich the senator amined the
experimental forest of the university.
directed by Professor Mayer. Mr..
Smoot considers that what he observ-
ed being done in the Black forest
would be of the greatest benefit in the
United States. Years ago the Black
forest was being destroyed. 1t has
now been greatly built up by the rig
orOus care of the German authorities
Every tree IS numbered, and stock is
taken each year.
In Mr.. Smoot's opinion the same
thing is imperatively necessary to save
the 1G4,000,000 acres of forest reserve
IN the United States at the present
time. He says the commission he
heads will probably advise an increase
in the United States forestry depart
ment to that end.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03

correspondent sends the following
to n remote rural organ of the people:
Our esteemed fellow citizen, Mr..
William NJ Puckleton. has had several
new No Trespassing" signs erected
on his place. We have had the pleas
ure Of perusing the one facing the
Hedgeville pike. 1t reads:
"Notis.-Trespasers Will be persekuted
TO the full eXten of . mean mungrel dogs
wich amt never ben overly soshibil with
strangers an l dubbel bari shotgun wich
amt loaded with no sofy pliers dam If
amt getin tired of this helraisin on my
property. Yurs respectful.
BILL PuCKLETON."
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
Mozart's Skull.

"If we were all constituted like Ham
let and could handle a skull as philo-
sophically as he" writes sentimen-
taliSt in n Hamburg paper 1--WE could
visit the Mozart museum at Salzburg.
enjoy the sights 1t offers and leave
there without finding any fault. Tn.
fortunately, however, we are not SO
cold, and therefore the protest which
make. Among the Mozart souvenirs
which are pointed out to the visitor, IN
the same line with the old plano, let
ters, manuscript music, portraits, etc,
is the skull Of the great master. 1t
matters little whether the skull is
really that of the composer or one used
for show purposes. The fact remains
that in the Mozart town, in Salzburg,
there seems to be no one who can
make the city fathers believe that the
exhibition demonstrates a lack of rev
erence which shocks many people"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
MYrt at the Game.

Myrtilla. when you go with me
To see the Giants swipe the Cubs
AS they have swiped some two or three
Less hitful and puissant clubs.
Ask me no more. why don't they hit
it?"
Cease, discontinue, stop it. quit it,
At crucial moments yesterday
When we were just about TO tie
The yawning score you queried Say,
Why doesn't Donlin knock Gy?"
Great grief Myrtilla did l know 1t
I wouldt be n daily poet!
why doesn't Her2os run 70 third2
Nobody's looking at him now.
Why isn't such "a play ahsurd2
What did he do theu2 what? Why7
How"
Myrtle, | love you dcarly-ouiy
Today I'm going by m" lonely.
Work Mail
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03

An instance of eXclusiveness main
talned under difficulties is reported
from the ladies' cabin Of an Atlantic
liner. All were sick except one lady
and a cat, which wandered unoasily
about. The lady venturcd to stroke
the cat remarking Poor pussy" The
cat was inclined TO respond ANA clevat-
ed its tail in token of good viii. when
from a nrighhoriug berth came in
choking tones tine words, Excuse me.
that is private cat,"-Argouaut
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
Almost Perfect Mammoth.

According to the st. Petersburg dis
patches, the expedition sent by the
Imperial Geological society to recover
the remains of the mammoth recently
uncovered In northern Siberia has re-
turned with its prize, which proves to
be the finest and most complete speci-
Of the animal was secured, having
been preserved undamaged by the in
tense cold. The whole skeleton is in
tact the head and jaws are perfect
except for two teeth. and the body is
covered with we'll preserved hide
and shaggy hair. The specimen is the
first ever excavated with the trunk In
good condition.