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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31
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Marpole, the executive head OF the
Canadian Pacific affairs In British
Columbia. was burned To death yes
terday at Spenoer's bridge. where he
lived with his wife and child. The
latter We're away at Kamloops, so
that no one knows how the fire oc-
CURED lie was 2S years old.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31

Fred II. Myers left Wednesday toI
resume his studies at the Oregon
college.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31

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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
THE PLAYFUL PORPOISE.
A Sportive Younsster That Had Fun
With Motor Boat.

Writing of motor boat trip on the
Black sea, Henry g. Rowland in Ap-
pleton's tells of the playfulness of the
porpoise:
That evening was lovely one, the
air of delightful temperature, very
clear, and the sea like a mill pond. A
big school of porpoises came over to
play with the boat, and the water was
SO sparklingly clear and of such a
CLASSY surface that we were able to
follow all their movements even when
they plunged to their fullest depth
They had not the slightest fear of the
noise of the motor, but swan danger
ously close to the propeller and fire.
quently rubbed themselves against the
sides of the boat.
"One sportive youngster kept getting
across the stem. For almost an hour
L lay on my face forward. with my
head over the bow, watching him. He
was playful as puppy and at last
invented a little game of his own. Ly-
ing across the stem, he would let the
curve of the bow roll him over and
over. presently disappearing to swim
back and repeat the performance. |
have watched porpoises in many wa
ters of the globe. but have never seen
any as kittenish as these"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
A Ghost Story,

Floors castle, home II the Duke OF
Roxbur%hc, was the scene of curious
psychioul mystery over a century ago
Sir Walter Scott relates the incident
John. third duke of Roxburghe, who
died in 1901 the celebrated book col
lcctor, when arranging his library en-
ployed neither Il secretary nor a libra
rian, but n footnan called Archie, who
knew every book as a shepherd does
each sheep of his flo K, There was a
bell hung in the dukes room at Floors
which was used ON no occasion except
to call Archie to his study The duke
died in st, James square at n time
when Archie was himself sinking un-
der mortal complaint. On the day
of the funeral the library bell sudden.
ly rang violently. The dying Archie
sat up in bed and faltered, Yes, my
lord duke, yes. | will wait on your
grace instantly And with these
words on his lips he fell back In bed
and died.-St, James Gazette
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
CLUB FOR OLYMPIC ATHLETES
Members of Yankee Team to Band To-
eether In an Orqanzation.

Members of the Yankee team which
defeated the cream of the worlds ath-
letes in the London Olympic games are
trying to keep the team intact by
banding together into an Olympic club
Harry Porter, the former Cornellian
who sports the winged foot and who
captured the high jump at the Oym.
piad, is sponsor for the idea. He Is
now completing plans for the forma-
ton of the club.
Charlie Dieges has struck off die
for the club pin, and the design, which
will be copyrighted, undoubtedly will
be accepted by the Olympians. Only
members of the Olympic team will be
permitted to wear the pin. James L.
Sullivan, the American commissioner
at the Olympic games; Mike Murphy,
the trainer of the team, and Matty
Halpin. the manager, are the only
ones outside of the athletes who will
be allowed to wear an Olympic EN-
blem. Mr.. Dieges has designed a pin
for them which is practically the same
as that which the athletes will sport
These emblems will be presented to
Sullivan. Murphy and Halpin.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
MARATHON'S ITALIAN VICTOR.
Dorando Pietri Tells How He Won the
New York Race.

That Dorando Pietri did far from
what he is capable of in the Marathon
race at Madison Square Garden, New
York. Thanksgiving eve was his opin-
ion as given In an interview to Il
New York World reporter the other
night
"Why, do you know" said Dorando,
''whlle training | always run the mile
in less than six minutes, but In my
race with Hayes the majority of the
miles required more than six minutes.
"What do | think of Hayes?
think great deal more of him than
did in London, for 2:56:1S 20. which
was Hayes time in England, is very
slow for the Marathon.
"My policy was TO keep ahead OF
Hayes all the time, and | had little
trouble In doing so. At the beginning
of the race | was n little nervous, rs
always am. but l soon got over that
and after the fifteenth mile | knew
that all | had to do was to keep cool.
did not plan to run away from Hayes
until the last mile, and when the time
came for the squirt | had plenty of
speed left and could have gone faster
If had needed to. | didn't have much
practice for the race. ran only
eleven times between the London and
the New York race
"Was | tired after the race? Oh,
no. | sat up and chatted with friends
until o'clock and then got up at I in
the morning and took a four mile walk
after breakfast.
Il am ready to run Longboat or any
body else. / shall stay in this country
for two months, and | want to get as
many races as possible. incidentally
! want to see as much of the country
as possible. | like America very much,
and l was very much impressed with
the splendid demonstration in my hon
OF on the night of the race"
In response to Il question as to how
he explained his collapse ut London
Dorando said; Il had no attendants
during the last two miles. and my
throat was parched. and my head was
so hot that l thought 1t would burst.
But l am quite sure that could have
finished without help. The officials
who lifted me up were my undoing.
How long have | been running? Five
years, but two of them | spent in the
army"
Dorando Pietri is a fancy confec.
tioner by trade and his home is at
Carpi, in the province of Modena,
southern Italy His inseparable com.
panion is his brother, Alpiano Pietrl
Dorando weighs Mt present about 13C
pounds and is about five feet eight
Inches tall. He says that he is much
over weight and expects to train down
to 100 for his next race
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24

George Meredith ana Rossetti We're
to take up house together, but it oc.
CURED TO the former to go and see
what the house was like first. He ar
rived at noon. Rossetti was not up.
But on the table was his breakfast
six eggs on as many slices of bacon.
The repast had been waiting some
time. The eggs were draining out their
lifeblood on the coagulating bacon.
Rossetti came in in dressing gown
otherwise just as he had got out OF
bed. He sat down and "devoured the
plat like an ogre Meredith sent him
a check for the quarters rent next day,
but he and the poet never kept house
together
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
The Broken Bottle Symbol,

The breaking of Il bottle over the
bow of a vessel ut launching seems to
be taken by many people as having n
convivial, sort of ere's-looking-at-
you significance, but nothing of the
kind is meant; neither has it any asso-
citation with Christian baptism, for
the name of man-of-war is given
months before the launching The real
thing typifed is sacrifice. Building n
town or setting Il ship aaoat was sol
emn matter away back in the dim past.
and such an act was not to be under
taken without devoting a life to pro-
pitiate the gods. Our refined and hui
name civilization no longer dares to
offer up prisoner or slave on such
occasions, and therefore n bottle Is
broken to symbolic the taking OF a
mans life.-United Service Gazette.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
Fixed Bayonets In London.

The privilege of marching through
London with fixed hayonets is enjoy
ed by but very few regiments, such
as the Royal fusileers, who trace their
origin to Cromwelrs trained bands.
which in later years produced so IA
nous Il captain as John Gilpin. After
the Royal fusileers. or perhaps even
before thea in point Of rcgimental
seniority, come the East Kent Bluffs. '
now the third Of the line. who claim
similar city ancestry while the Royal
marines for some reason or other also
enjoy the same fixed bayonet rights
in the city. \ battalion of the grcna-
dier guards was once impressed to
serve as marines, and hence they
share the privilege of the men who
are soldiers and sailors too" This
also explains why that grenadier bat
TALON has for its tattoo Rule Britain
nia'-as souvenir of the time when
its combative existence was of the
amphibious kind.-London Standard.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE.
Faith, Hope and Love Lighted 1t, Runs
the Pretty Legend.

When Ansgarius preached the white
runs the legend of the Christmas tree.
the Lord sent his three messengers,
Faith, Hope and Love, to help light the
first tree. Seeking one that should be
high as hope, wide as love and that
bore the sign of the cross on every
bough, they chose the balsam fir,
which best of all the trees in the for
est met the requirements. Perhaps
that Is good reason why there clings
about the Christmas tree In my old
home that which has preserved it from
being swept along In the flood of
senseless luxury that has swamped so
many things in our money mad day,
says Jacob a. Riis In his article. en-
titled ''Yuletide In the Old Town." In
the Christmas Century. At least so 1t
was then. Every time l see tree
studded with electric lights, garlands
of tinsel gold festooning every branch
and hung with the hundred costly
knickknacks tie storekeepers invent
year by year Ito make trade" until
the tree itself disappears entirely un-
der its burden. | have a feeling that
fraud has been practiced on the kind
" spirit of Yule.
Wax candles are the only real thing
for a Christmas tree, candles of wax
that mingle their perfume with that
of the burning fir, not the byproduct
of SOM coal oil or other abomina-
ton What if the boughs do catch
fire? They can be watched, and too
many candles are tawdry anyhow;
also red apples, oranges and old fash
ioned cornucopias made of colored pa
per, and made Mt home, look hundred
times better and filter in the green.
and so do drums and toy trumpets and
wald horns and a rocking horse refined
up in front that need not have cost
$40 or anything like it.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
The Mental Joq.

There is certain type of person, +"
said the business man, Especially in
New York, who seems unable to un-
derstand what is said to him-or her
unless the statement or remark is pre-
fixed by some catchword, usually the
word listen.
For instance, have Il stenographer
who simply stares at me in dumb
amazement if l say anything to her
without first saying Now, listen If
l begin to dictate letter to her she
will not write a word if l forget to
give that mental jog. When snap
that at her she will scratch like mad.
She is not the only one. The tele-
phone girl cannot take message un-
less it has that prefix. When | am
out oe the office and try to talk over
the wire with her must always be-
gin, Now, listen or else she is hope
lessly at sea and seems not to under
stand a word | say" - New York
Press
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
AN OCEAN MUSEUM.
Worlds Headquarters For Everything
Pertaining to Deep Sea Science.

pertaining TO DeeP Sed oCleHCe'
Work is being rushed on the Oceano-
graphical museum being erected ut
Monte Carlo that the building may be
ready for the inauguration, which is TO
Gake place next April. This museum
will be the worlds headquarters for
everything that appertains to the sci
ence of the deep seas. The idea of
founding such museum came from
the Prince of Monaco, who is also re
Bponsible for the magnificent work that
Is now being completed.
Appropriately enough, the founda-
tions are laid almost inNhe sea, from
which the southern facSde towers up
27o feet, the northern facade being two
stories above the level of the top of the
rock of Monaco. The building thus
covers the whole face of the cliff rising
from the sea and as seen from passing
boats is most imposing. The northern
facade is handsomely decorated, hav
ing sixteen fluted columns. two i'm
mense symbolical groups and series
of coats of arms. These columns,
which with their base and capital
measure 1910 meters, are cut out of
one solid piece of rock, and each
weighs about twenty-five tons. The
groups are each $50 meters i'm height
and have been sculptured out of one
block So are also the columns which
decorate the principal hall.
The principal entrance to the builG.
ing will be from the heights of the
rock of Monaco. From the entrance
hall there is a double grand staircase
in the same stone as the building, but
polished and embellished with sculp-
lures. Facing the entrance is the
salon d'honneur on the right con
ference hall and on the let Il large
exhibition hall. On the first floor is
another large reception room, which
will probably serve for meetings and
two exhibition halls. From this floor
the staircase leads ON to the roof,
which forms a large terrace 1900
meters square, commanding a superb
view of the coast.
The lower floor is almost entirely
given over to the aquarium, with its
large tanks with constantly flowing
sea water controlled by machinery in.
stalled in the basement of the building.
There IS also n large room which Will
be reserved for the dissection of fishes
and for the mounting of skeletons and
forms of fishes and submarine plants.
In the principal hall Immediately fac.
ing the entrance will be placed the
marble statue of the Prince of Monaco
which was exhibited at the last salon
In Paris
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
Notice.

That on aud after this date the sew.
eral Courts of Montour County Will be
held as follows:
The Second Monday in January, in
each and every year.
The Second Monday in March. IL
each and every year.
The First Monday in June, in each
aud every year
The Third Monday in October. in
each aud every year.
The Third Monday in December,
1908, the present term time for tie
Fourth Term of Court, to be return
day for all writs issued and made re-.
turnabIe thereto said Third Monday
nuf TO be a return dav after this year.
CHARLES @, EVANS, p J.
Attest,
THOS. G. VINCENT, Clerk.
December 7th. 1908.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
IF You Read This

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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
NO CRASH WITH EARTH.
Fear of New Moorhouse Comet Ri
diculous, Says Or. Brashear.

uiCuiouS, Gays LIT. 6TasneaTs
Or. John A. Brashear, the Pittsburg
astronomer, denied emphatically the
other night that the inhabitants of the
earth need fear any danger from a
collision with the comet recently dis.
covered by Moorhouse at the Yerkes
observatory.
THE spectroscopic study of this
comet" said DR.. Brashear Indicates
that not only is it composed of hydro
gen gas but also of cyanogen. Il very
poisonous gas. A sensational article
recently printed in New York tells us
that had this comet struck the earth
not n living being would have been
left upon it. But my own observa-
tions. with those of others, indicate
that If the comet had struck the earth
so thin is its gas that there would not
have been enough for one single atom
of ii for each block of our city.
"There would have been absolutely
no danger to the inhabitants of the
earth. The fact Of the matter is that
when the head or nucleus. of the
comet was 100000 miles in diameter
could see Il fifth magnitude star
through it without any apparent dimi-
mutton of light"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing counts have been filed in II g
Prothonotary Office in and for the
County of Montour and that the same
will be presented to the Court of said
County for confirmation Nj 81. on
Monday, the llth day of January A.
D. 1909, at the meeting of the Court
in the afternoon.
Account of Fidelity Trust Company
Substituted Trustee under the VIII of
Charles O. Baldy. deceased.
First aud Final Account Of f
Brennan, Guardian of Ell zaboth Mart
ley, person of weak mind and unable
TO take care of her property.
THOS. G. VINCENT. Prothouotary.
Prothonotary Office, Danyille, Pa.
Dec. 18TH A d, 1908.
DIT, "a, 81, il.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Bull CTiN
THE STEEL COACH-A TRAVEL SAFEGUARD.

The Pennsylvania Railroad now has in operation on its
lines Pittsburgh hundred passenger coaches,
dining cars baggage cars and mail of the asteel
type
The solid framework of these designed to resist
and minimize the dangers of COLLISION is further strengthen
ed by steel sheahng enclosing the body of the In
fact everything the coach is steel the window
frames cushions of the and the flooring Such little
lwor into the makeup of the COACH the plush
with which covered and the hair with which
they stuffed treated reproohng whilst the
floors thus rendering the coach at practically
ndestrucbe and thoroughly freproof. 1t is built like
tbrtleship
The coach is longer than the standard generally
the railroads of this country, and has comfortable
capacity of sixty ninety people according to the
STYLE of the coach.
The weight of the coaches give to them soldity
that greatly increases the comfort of the passenger.
The seats adjusted to more convenient space and
angle the all lighted with electricity and amply
ventilated in we'll by and thoroughly
tested methods
The interior finish of the coach plain though peasngto
The of ornamenatiou enhances the idea of
and the time absolute cleanliness and
al sanitation.
q cars IN the principal trains between
n York philadelphia Washington, and on the Main Line
b. Philadep and Pittsburgh. The number of cars
fu shops.
p.nnsvly 2airoad equipment is recognized as
,rl Of
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
More Worry.

ut used to be my ambition" said the
business man, ITO accumulate for
tune and then retire"
"Wcll" answered the friend, haven't
you realized it,"
NO. I've got the money, but don't
dare retire I've got to stay awake
night and day to keep somebody from
taxing it away from me"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
SEEDLESS APPLES.
Effort Will Be Made to Propagate
Them by Grating.

A seedless apple tree bearing a sweet
apple that looks something like the
Sheep Nose has been found on the
farm of C. Il. Bell at Eskridge, Kan,
says Topeka dispatch.
Samples of the apple were received
by the State Horticultural society, and
next spring an effort is to be made TO
propagate them by grating the buds
from this tree, the same as grating is
done in other trees.
1t is believed n variety of seedless
apples will be developed. The tree on
Mr.. Bells farm has been bearing three
years. There is no sign of seed. but
there is small core which apple men
think can be entirely removed by care
full propagation.
Few things are impossible in tire..-
selves. 1t is not so much means as
perseverance that is wanting to bring
them TO a successful issue.-Rochefon-
RHY
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
The TactfuI Doctor.

A physician in small town in north,
ern Michigan got himself into a seri-
Gus predicament by his inability to re-
member names and people. One day
while making out a patients receipt
his visitors name escaped him Not
wishing TO appear so forgetful and
thinking TO get clew, he asked her
whether she spelled her name with an
sc" or "i" The lady smilingly replied
"Why, doctor. my name is Hill."-Suc-
cess Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
Would Not Paw CHARGES

Tie was an impecunlous nobleman
with air castles in sunny France. Aft
er much deliberation he sent the fol-
lowing note to the pretty heiress:
Dear Miss-I love you, but do not know
how to express myself. How would you
advise? COUNT DE BUST.
And the heiress penned the follow
ing
Dear Count-EXpress yourself any way
you wish except c. o. d, as you are not
worth the charges.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
LEGAL Fiction,

Says Sir Henry Maine in his An
cient Law" "A legal fiction is the as
sumption which conceals or affects to
conceal the fact that a rule of law has
undergone alteration, its letter remain.
ing unchanged while its operation has
been modified. The fact is that the
law has been changed; the fiction is
that it remains what it always was"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
Cab Hire.

The price that one pays for taxi
today is just little different from
what was paid for, say, the hire of a
sedan chair in days of old. In the do
nestle accounts of Mistress Nell
Gwyn" we read: For chairing you to
Mrs. knights and to Mrs. Cassell's
and to Mrs. Churchill's and to Mrs
Knights, shillinSs. For chairing you
yesterday and waiting eleven hours
IL shillings pence. Paid 18th Oct
GT5."-London Chronicle.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
Erenzied Einancierinu.

Columbus Washington Johnson Smith
Watts de price er dem watermelons.
Mr. Jackson?
Mr.. Jackson (cunninglyJ-Ten cents
erpiece and l picks 'em; 20 cents er-
piece and you picks EN-, Mr.. Smif
Mr.. Smith-All right, Mr. Jackson.
guesses i'll take 'c!G al! ard yen picks
'em, eff you please Puck.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-24
Not cf That Nationality,

A gentleman was much annoyed by
having his head pinched during the op-
Grafton of hair cutting. The barber
apologiZed- and explained that there
was an unusual bump there.
"Are you phrcnologist?" asked the
patient.
''No, sir" answered the barber. I'm
a Swede London Globe.