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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-14
Drain- Man tryrone Power,

letter to the State Health oficer. to which the following is a reply:
 The State Board of Health.
 Montromery. Ala, Nov, 1, 1908. Dr. Oliver H. Harris. Mobile.
 Dear Doetor.--The Attorney den- erai is a very busy mau; he always has many questions before him for in- vestigation, consequently one cannon obtain an immediate opinion from him at any and all times. You must. therefore. exercise due patience In waiting for the opinion desired.
 So far as doctors prescribing tinct. ures and preparations of medicine that are made with alcohol. that can not be a violation of law, for the req son that pharmaceutical law requires these preparations to be made in ao- cordance with the pharmacopea.
 Whenever I get the Attorney Gen. erals opinion. will transmit it to you.
 Very truly yours,
 w, H. SANDERS,
 State Health Officer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-14
Duffv's Pure Malt Whiskey 6 Large Bottles, $5.5O
 I2 Large Bottles, 1000

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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-10
BRIDGE BUILDING.

John H. Mederer, bal. 8. Canaan cons 675 {
Nelson Con. co., bal. Clinton contract $40
Seaman q Brown, bal. Berlin IS
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-10
ELECTION EXPENSES.

w. G. Johnston & Co., supplies and reg.
DOCKS. Observation-Disclosures. Us ll3 40
Geo kehar, et al, delivering ballots rs 90
Election onlcers, rent etc, Feb. ....... 1853 SO
Lonstabl,s. attending elections ... 1900
b. F. Haines, printing Feb. ballots m 275 90
Nov. " ..--- 2eG 81
Wilson & Penuiman, pasters. IS
Penna. 6onstru, tion Co., booths ..... 40 10
William, Mathews, express. ......... AS
Sheritf7s proc. <in fonr newspapers. . 300 90.
Ontcers, rent. care boxes, Incl. Nov. :. l490 30
W. II. Lee. ct. al, computing returns IS 90
Herman Harmes, Senatorial " q 20
Henry llson, Congressional " % 20
A. ID. Brown, ypewriting.... .... 90
M. b. Allen, postage, expense blanks 700
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-10
ROAD ACCOUNTS

II r Schmitt, overpaid duplicate 1907 rs
w Penwarden,t taxes pd twice Oregon . 20
J W Flynn taxes on dead dog. -. a5
M Leonard overpaid duplicateHgOG 200
Judson Eldred, error in assessment | 90
q s Purdy, error Id sold taxes Berlin 27 IA
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-10
OLLECToRs' ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR 1903 e

sal43 81 S7 Os8O 49S0 6sSlais O2s 665a CAS-
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-11-19
Tried to Comply.

The manufacturer of a certain brand
Of cigar advertised it far and wide as
"the unparalleled-everybody smokes
It," One day he received letter from
q man with whom he was only slight
ly acquainted, running thus:
"Dear Smithby-I want one of those
cigars everybody is smoking. Send
it to me by mail securely done up In a
small pasteboard box. Your truly,
"BROWNSON."
Not even a stamp was inclosed for
postage, but Smithby took some pains
to comply with the request, and after
a lapse OF two or three days Brown.
son received by mail, duly packed in a
small box, stump of cigar three
quarters of an inch long. accompanied
by the following note:
Dear Brownson-Impossible to send
one that everybody Is smoking. but
here is one that fifteen separate news
boys have smoked on. Yours truly,
"SMITHBY."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-11-19
Oyerdid II,

An obliging young Pole named Kuno
was a waiter in speak easy. One
Sunday the place was crowded all day
Even at midnight there was still full
house. Some of the members OF this
full house were pretty full themselves
and the boss hesitated about letting
them leave. 1t would look suspicious
for them to stagger and lurch out OF
his speak easy. And so he said conf.
dentially to Kuno, the wafer:
"Kuno, Just walk down as far as the
corner and see If there are any police
men about"
At the end Of five minutes Kuno re-
turned, and the bartenders busy be-
hind the bar and the noisy drinkers
with their glasses and even the drunk
en- men propped on chairs in the cor
ner looked at him inquiringly. Kuno
with courtly wave of the hand, ush
cred in a brace of grim looking Off
GERS.
"Sir," he said to the boss, dare wass
no policemans on de corner, so l runs
to de station house an bring you two!
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-11-19
Doubtful Praise.

Mr. Faxon was the Oldest patron Of
the "select boarding house" In which
he lived, and his landlady sometimes
referred people to him for recon-
mendation of her table. His wish was
to praise the food highly, as he could
conscientiously do, but one day he
overstepped his mark.
I'm dyspeptic, SIR" said man who
had gone to Mr. Faxon to make in
quiries about the boarding house, land
my food has to be simple and well
cooked-no high seasoning, no indigest-
ibe compounds"
Mr.. Faxon looked at him with
bland and reassuring smile.
"My dear sir" he said in his most
impressive manner, you need have no
fears. All | have eaten in the ten
years | have been under Mrs. Browns
roof would not interfere with the di-
gestion of the most delicate baby, sir,
In the land"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-11-19
PEST EATING DUCKS.
Alton (lil.) Farmer Making Money
Fast Annihilatine Potato Bugs.

Alton OlI) Farmer Making Money
Fast Annihilatins Potato Bugs.
Joseph Junette, who farms one of
the job ranches on the Alton bluffs at
Alton, ILL.,, thinks he will engage ex.
tensively in duck" farming and edu.
cate the fowls to eat potato bugs at
81 day per duck.
Just now Junette is enjoying an In
come Of SIS day from fifteen ducks
which he trained to clear potato
patches Of bugs. He put the ducks in
pen and fed them on potato bugs
exclusively after starving them until
they were glad to get the bug diet.
Junette tried them first on his own
patch, which comprised several acres.
The ducks went through the patch
like a neigbborhood scandal. After
tbe performance Junette shut up his
brigade in the bug pen so they would
not acquire taste for other diet.
The ducks are in great demand on
the farms in Junette's neighborhood
Farmers are glad to pay $1.50 per
hour for the services Of the brigade.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-11-19
n Great Walker.

On July ~ lSlw the Newmarket
bells rang peal IN honor Of Captain
Barclays completed walk OF n mile In
each of 900 successive hours In his
first week Of II he had averaged less
than fifteen minutes for each mile
and In the lasi week more than twpp-
ty-onc. aud his weight had gone down
from thirteen stone four pounds TO
eleven stone But on July II he join
ed the Wachrrrn expedition In perfect
health as aid decnmp To the Marquis
OF Huntly. Captain Barclay who was
n Barclay of Try and unsuccessfully
claimed three Scottish 'cnrldumS. had
performed wonderful fcnts before the
Newmarket walk In 1901 he walked
l10 miles In nineteen hours I'm u mud
dy park In lS0S he rose one morn.
ing at s. walked thirty miles grouse
shooting dined at p m. walked
sixty miles to his house at Try in
eleven hours. did some business and
walked sixteen Lies to dance at a
ball. walked home by 7 n. IN and spent
the day pnrtridg shooting-in all 1870
miles without nleep for two nights
and three days AT twenty he could
lift half a ton st. James Gazette.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-11-19
origin Of Seals.

The origin of seals Is lost In the
shades of antiquity. In Assyrian and
Babylonian ruins seals still are found
and it is certain that their use passed
from those countries to Greece and
Rome, to all European countries and
from England to America. Originally
they were set in rings. The earliest
references to them in Biblical history
Is found in Genesis XXXviii, where II
is recorded that. pending certain nego'
tiations between judah and lamar
the widow of his son. lamar demand
ed a pledge and judah gave her his
signet and other belongings. And
when Ahab. king of Israel, tried tc
buy Naboth's vineyard and couldn't
his wife ,Jezebel wrote letters In
Ahab's name and sealed them with his
seal" In the Book of Esther, chapter
viii, 1t Is written that King Ahasuerus
said to Esther and Mordecai. write
We also for the Jews. as it liketh you
in the kings name and seal 1t with the
kings ring. for the writing which Is
written in the kings name and sealed
with his ring may no man reverse"
Seals doubtless were used long be
fore the stirring events described In
the quoted chapter of Genesis. but nc
one took the trouble to write about
them. From the time of Jeremiah tc
William the Conqueror the pen was
practically unknown to king, noble oil
peasant. so the seal was absolutely
necessary. Kansas City Star.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-11-19
POLAR PHENOMENA.
The Mirage and the Mock Sun of the
Arctic Regions.


Arctic Regions.
In the spring Of 1900 I changed
over to the steamer Corwin and sailed
for the Arctic ocean to establish a
trading station somewhere on the
northern shores of Alaska. Although
we went on purely commercial ven
ture. there was a good deal of talk
about the pole during the seven months
we spent in the almost continuous sun
light.
Or. Cook relates instances Of seeing
mirages above the ice ields-mountains
passing In solemn review and some
times inverted and standing on their
peaks-but he goes on to say that there
We're no forms of life. Mirage Is a
common sight even in lower ATTITUDES
than those mentioned by DR.. Cook. |
have seen the spires and domes Of we'll
defined buildings. whole cities, in fact,
appear above the horizon. sometimes
lingering for several minutes. or. again,
with their towers reaching up higher
mere thread. The "mock sun" is q
/ common phenomenon In the BerinG
sea. On the evening of June 2. 1900
perhaps 100 miles south of st. Law
renee island. about $3.50 o'clock and
past sunset. the sun was visible as
though half an hour high. but appear
ing as much flattened oval. Then
another sun more nearly round emerg
ed from the horizon beneath the "goose
! egg" rising quite rapidly until II
blended with the descending orb
Thereupon, instead of settling below
the horizon. the light was quickly dis
sipated in the air. This phenomenon
was probably due to the unequal den
sity of several superimposed stratas
of air producing refraction of the suns
rays from below the hOrizon.-Captair
Edwin Coffin of Ziegler Polar Expedi
tion in National Magazine.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-11-19
ELECTRIC SUBWAY FOR MAIL
Trains In Vienna Will Travel About
Twenty Miles an Hour.

Plans are now under consideration
for an underground electric railway
in Vienna, Austria, for the transmits
sion of postal matter. 1t is proposed
to link together the chief postotfice
and sixty-four substations and the
nine railway stations in the city. Let
ters, newspapers and parcels will be
carried over this line instead Of in
wagons through the streets. 1t is esti-
mated that the line will take the
place of $50 mail wagons and 700
horses, which now make some $500
journeys through the city every day.
The railway will be built in a sub
way five feet high and little less in
width. Each car will carry eighty
packages, which is equal to the ca
pacity of one horse mail wagon.
Trains of eight cars will be run every
twenty minutes from half past 5 in
the morning until 10 o'clock at night.
They will carry motormen, but will be
operated from dispatch stations and
will travel about twenty miles an
hOur
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-11-19
IMMIGRANTS AND The BIBLE.
Approaching Centennial Of the New
York Bible Society.

Plans are being perfected for the
celebration on Dec. of the centennial
OF the New York Bible society. A
feature of this celebration will be an
interdenOminationul meeting in Car.
negie hall on the evening of Dec g.
More than 100000 immigrants land
ed ut Ellis island during the last six
months. and each one who wished 1t
was given n copy of the Scriptures In
his own language by missionaries Of
the society. This work Is strictly un-
scctnrian, so that all persons, regard
less of creed. can unite In supplying
these strangers with the Bible. by con
tributing to the society. Thousands
Of sailors on vessels Of all nations In
the harDor have also been visited by
the missionaries of the society.
There are more than 300 pastors In
Manhattan and the Bronx and larger
number OF missionaries and other
workers who visit the needy in
homes. hospitals, prisons and other in.
stitutions. Many of them cannot af
ford to pay for the Scriptures that
they distribute in their daily visiting.
and over sixty of these workers have
been freely supplied by the New York
Bible society.
The society has distributed nearly
10000 volumes of Scripture in thirty.
seven languages during the last six
months in the city and harbor of New
York. The work is maintained by
voluntary contributions and church
d collections. The increased population
demands increased funds in order
that the incoming multitudes may bt
supplied with Scripture.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-11-19
NEW SOURCE OF RADlUM.
English Engineer Says There Is One
In Portugal.


That the recent discovery OF rich ore
deposits In Portugal will make possible
for the first time the manufacture of
radium In quantities sufficiently Inrge
for commercial use Is the assertion OF
Harry March. young English civil
engineer. who has come to this coun-
Try In the hope OF interesting Alneri-
can scientists aud American Cupitnl In
the Portuguese mines. He has brought
with him boXful of ore, specimens ot
which have been examined 10y miner.
alugiSts here and abroad. who declare
that the mineral contains large quanti-
ties of crystalline uranite. or what Is
technically known ns autunite. the sub
stance from which rudium is ex.
tructpd
Professor james f. Kemp. head of
the department of geology ut Colum-
bla. and other members of the staff
have seen some of the specimens.
According to one analyst. Allen f.
Walden of the chemical department of
Oxford university. who subjected the
mineral to the usual scientific tests for
radium. II Is estimated that the ore
contains nearly 720 miligrams of RAJ
dium to the ton. n new record. The
ore itself he found to he made up of
quartz thickly cr,iSted with yellow
crystals. These crystals when exam
ined proved to contain uranium, cal
cium and phosphoric acid and there
was no trace of other metallic or acid
impurities.
Up to the time of the discovery OF
the Portuguese deposits the chief ore
from which radium was extracted was
pitchblende. considerable quantities of
which are found in Bohemia and in
Cornwall England. The amount OF ra-
dium producing material In this sub
stance. according to Mr.. March. Is
about per cent. whereas the ore OBJ
tained from Portugal has been tested
and found to contain 33 per cent of
oxide of Uranium. e. b. Barboni. q
French chemist. after subjecting the
new mineral to careful tests. declared
that by reason of the ease with which
1t could be treated it was In his opin-
ion "at least three times superior as
raw material to pitchblende."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-11-19
huntinn For Iustica.

Justice is of course loudly demanded
by every litigant in court of law, 0It
1t is frequent intirmity of the human
mind to confuse justice with ones own
cause. The late Thomas b. Reed. ac-
cording 10 writer in Law Notes, used
to tell an amusing story to illustrate
this tendency.
He was once retained by an enter
prising client to prosecute an action.
On talking with the plaintiffs wit
',nesses Mr.. Reed found that their sto
ries were far from consistent. so he re.
ported the fact TO his client and ad
vised that the suit be dropped. The
client was somewhat perturbed, but
told the attorney he would have talk
with the witnesses and let him know
the next morning what he had decided
to do. True to his word. he dropped
in bright and early, wearing the cheer
full look of one who has fought th'
good fight.
1--WE seen those witnesses" he ex
planned, land they say they must have
been mistaken when they talked witt
you. They all see II alike now. I've
also seen some of the jurymen. anC
they think I'll win. Now. II there''
such thing as justice In law we can
Dose"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-11-19
Not Afraid.

Personal courage invests Its owner
with protection beyond that afforded
by outside forces An illustration OF
this Is recorded by General William Il.
Draper In his "Recollections of a Va
ried Career" where he gives this in
cident:
In 1864 Colonel Daniels Of the Sew
enth Rhode Island became unpopular
with some of his command. and 4
rumor spread that he would be shot
at the next engagement He heard OF
It. 1t was customary when guns had
been loaded for some time to have
them discharged into some convenient
bank. and Colonel Daniels took advan-
tage Of this Marching his regiment
out with loaded rifles. he faced them
toward a suitable elevation. and. TAX
ing position on the top of 1t and In
front of them as at dress parade. he
gave the commands. Ready" "Aimw
"Fire" and the pieces were discharg-
ed.
Needless to say. any man could have
shot him with little danger Of discov-
cry. and. needless to say. also. none OF
them did. There were no more threats
Of that kind In his regiment.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-11-19
The Monkey and the Pie.

An Indian faker had a monkey that
he had brought up from babyhood,
says an English writer. The pair We're
fast friends, the monkey being a faith
full attendant on his master and as
good as watchdog. one day the
faker made pie for dinner and left
1t 10 cook on a charcoal fire while he
went for a walk. AS the cooking pro
ceeded the savory smell was too much
for the monkey. 1t raised the crust
and tasted the chicken. Finding the
food very tasty, it ate more and more
until nothing but the crust remained,
Then 1t remembered its master, who
would shortly return hungry and ready
to enjoy his meal. What was to be
done? The sharp eyes of the monkey
detected some crows not far away, so
without loss of time it lay down on
the ground as If dead. BY and by a
crow came along and pecked at the
monkey, which seized the bird In a
twinkling. strangled it, stripped off the
feathers, placed 1t in pieces in the
dish, covered 1t over with the crust
and then contentedly awaited the re-
turn of the faker, to whom the whole
incident was related by an eyewitness
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-11-19
WORLDS BANKNOTES.
Shape, Size and Color of Paper Money
of the Nations.

Shape, Size and Color of Paper Money
of the Nations.
The only paper money that Is accept
ed practically all over the globe Is not
money" at all. but the notes of the
Bank Of England These notes are
simply printed in black ink on Irish
linen water lined paper. plain white,
with ragged edges. The reason that
badly soiled or worn Bank of England
note is rarely seen Is that notes which
in any way find their way back to the
bank are Immediately Cancelled and
new ones are issued. The notes of the
Banque de France are made of white
water lined paper printed in black and
white. with numerous NEUROLOGICAL and
allegorical pictures. They are In de.
nominations Of from 25 francs to 1000
francs.
Bank Of England notes are Of
somewhat unhandy size--b by inches.
South American currency resembles
the bills Of the United States. except
that cinnamon brown and slate blue
are the prevailing colors. German cur
TeuCy Is pIlulcu Ill green duu DldCh,
the notes being in denominations Of
from 5 to 1000 marks. The 1000 mark
bills are printed on silk fiber paper.
1t takes an expert or native to dis
tinguish Chinese bill from laundry
ticket II the bill is OF low denomina-
tion or firecracker label If for a large
amount. the print being in red on
white or yellow on red. with much gilt
and gorgeous devices. Italian notes
are all sizes. shapes and colors. The
smallest bills, s and 10 lire, are print
ed on white paper in pink, blue and
carmine inks.
The most striking paper currency in
the world is the 100 ruble note Of Rus.
sia. which is barred from top to bot.
tom with all the colors of the rainbow
blended as when a sun ray passes
through prism. In the center in bold
relief Is finely executed vignette in
black. The remainder Of the engrav-
ing on the note is in dark and light
brown ink.
The American practice Of scattering
strands Of silk through the paper fiber
as n protection against counterfeiting
Is ruique.-Harper's Weekly.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-11-19
TOLD 1T TO THE KAISER.
Carnegie First Obtained Permission
Then Went Ahead With His Story.

In II recent conversation between
the kaiser and Andrew Carnegie at
Kiel Mr.. Carnegie urged the kaiser to
visit the United States. assuring him
OF an enthusiastic reception. The
kaiser replied that such visit would
interest him greatly, but he could not
be away so long, being needed in his
own country. Mr.. Carnegie thereupon
related an anecdote, prefacing 1t by
saying that his majesty must not get
angry.
"Go ahead" said the kaiser, and Mr.
Carnegie told of n big American manu-
facturer who was overworked and suf-
fering In health owing to the persist
ence with which he overlooked every
detail of his business himself. Ulti-
mately his manager persuaded him to
make voyage. He returned recuper-
atcd and said to the manager:
You cannot think how delighted
was when | turned my back on the
factory"
The manager replied:
"You were not more delighted than
we were"
The kaiser saw the point and laughed
heartily
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-11-19
Why They Don't Speak.

A young lady whose beauty is equal
to her bluntness in conversation was
visiting a house where other guests
were assembled, among them the eld
est son Of rich manufacturer. The
talk turned on matrimonial squabbles
Said the eligible "parti:" 81 hold that
the correct thing for the husband is
to begin as he intends to go on. Say
that the question was one OF smoking
Almost Immediately l would show my
intentions by lighting cigar and set
tling the question forever"
"And | would knock the thing out OF
your mouth" cried the imperious
beauty.
"Do you know" rejoined the young
man, 81 don't think you would be
there!"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-11-19
DR.. ELloT's BOOK LIST.
Bible and Shakespeare Omitted Al
Publishers Suggestion, He Says.

Publishers Suggestion, He Says.
President Emeritus Charles w Eliot
Of Harvard recently said OF his five
foot library of best books that he was
paid by firm OF New York publishers
for picking out the list. Every Har.
ward graduate was surprised after the
commencement the other day To re-
ceive an announcement from the New
York publishers of the Issuance of the
books In Harvard crimson" binding.
DR.. Eliot when seen said:
"The list of books as mentioned is
very incomplete. expect when the
task Is finished to issue twenty more
titles. | will try to cOnfine the list to
sixty books. When the publishers ask.
ed me to select the books for a prop.
osition of this kind | was glad to do
1t, because | felt If my name as com
piler of the list induced people to read
the books great educational work
would have been done. My position
In this matter is thoroughly under.
stood by all who know me.
IL do not consider that my course
in acting as editor could be considered
as lending my name or what prestige
| might have for advertising purposes
as has been insinuated. 1t Is strict
business proposition, and naturally tia
publisher will advertise largely.
THE Bible and Shakespeare wer.
omitted from the list at the suggestion
of the publisher The reason, of
.
the Bible aud Shakespeare. The list
was originally intended to +" fifty
book list. Now. any good edition of
Shakespeare would take five volumes
the Bible would take three volumes
and there would be eight gone out OF
the fifty"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-11-19

at Lake Hopatcong, N. ]. There the
inventor will oversee the work of put
ting his boyhood's home together
again until finally it's soft gray walls
stand intact within stones throw of
his present mansion.
"There will be great contrast be-
tween the palace that Mr. Maxim lives
in now and the little house that he
was born in," said one of Abbott's
citizens, "but 1t won't be bit greater
than the contrast between little Hud-
son Maxim when he plodded out Of
this town at the close Of the civil war
to seek his fortune and the inventor
Maxim who returned years afterward
In a magnificent touring cara man
who had been honored by some Of the
greatest nations in the world"