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Arizona daily citizen., 1901-09-14
MOOnShine Still
Captured at Last.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 14-The laTS'
est and perhaps Oldest mountain "moe IA
shine" still, one that has been in oper-
alton almost since the civil war, was oe'
stroyed Friday by party OF revenlo
raiders in command Of Deputy Collect "
II. c. Hart.
The still was known as the "H--
Amorine," famous for the many bloody
conflicts that have occurred between
moonshiners and revenue officers. 1t
received its name from desperate
moonshiner who bore the reputation OF
having killed many men. Included in
his list OF victims was Deputy Marshal
John Cooper, who was shot from am
bush twenty years ago.
The "Amorine" still was cut to pieces
in front OF the Blount County Court
House, at Maryville, in the presence OF
several hundred citizens. It's capacity
was $50 gallons. The posse reached the
still early Friday morning, finding the
operators away.
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-09-14
SChOOlmams Union
A New Institution

PLAINFrELD, Wis, Sept. 1.-THE latest
thing in unions is the organization OF all
the school teachers in Adams County.
They have adopted wage scale and
agreed not to underbid one another. An
initiation fee OF 10 cents is charged. The
new order of things has caused much
concern to members of the school board.
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-09-14
The Great Strike
Ofthe Steel Workers

held later between President Shsffer OF
the Amalgamated Association and repre-
sentatives of the subsidiary companies
of the United States Steel Corporation.
The result OF the conference has not
been made public.
New YoRK. Sept. lit is understood
unoficially that the strike conference
was without results.
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-09-14

New YORK, Sept. l4--President Shat
fer OF the Amalgamsted Association ac-
companied by several officers OF the Or
ganization arrived here today.
After a meeting with NJ. r. Easley
secretary of Civic Federation, Mr.. Shat
fer communicated with President Sch
wab of the United States Steel Corpor
alton by telephone. A conference was
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-09-14
Business Suspended.

NEW YORK, Sept 14-All the stock and produce
exchanges closed out of respect to the dead Pres
dent.
LONDON, Sept I4.-The Corn, Produce and Cot
ton exchanges and Stock exchange closed today out
of respect for President Mckinley.
Flags were at half mast on the Mansion house
and at all public places
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-09-14
at tbe Capital.

WASHINGTON, Sept. I4.-After a conference be-
tween Secretary Hay and Acting Secretaries Glespie
and Hackett an order issued by direction OF the
Secretary of State closing all the executive departments
of the Government for the day.
WASHINGTON D. c. Sept. 14.-H has been ar
ranged that the remains of President Mckinley VIII
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-09-14

At the Tucson opera house tonight
Hermann the Great will present the
great illusion, "The Escape from Sing
Sing" in itself worth the price OF adj
mission.
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-09-14

Newest picture moldings-Brown's.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-13

ing for NICE fair summer weather, but
the men from Philadelphia waited for
nothing. One month ago a trim, Ameri-
can-bult yacht steamed into the harbor
of Boulogne. The name of her stern
was the John Silver, and the paint of
the lettering was hardly dry. for it was
a new name. the old one, perhaps, being
too well known. In the light of sub
sequent events the same is significant,
for John Silver was the name of the
wrecked pirate in Stevenson's story of
Treasure Island He it was who used
to sing Of
Fifteen men on the dead mans chest,
YO! no! and a bottle of rum.
But it is probably to late for regrets.
If the John Silver can be Identified; if
the treasure seekers can be identified
also, and it can be proved that they
actually lifted" the god of the Ad-
miral of Florence and the Lutine the
British government and the Duke of Ar
gyl would undoubtedly try to recover
part or all of the spoils and very
pretty international incident might grow
out of the cruise of the mysterious
yacht. But the three men from Phila-
delphia seem to have laid their plans
with great skill and to have covered"
pretty effectually their tracks" broken
the TRAIL the Western scouts used
to say. In the Lutne when she went
down was $S,o00000 in bar gold. 1t is
supposed that the treasure in the Ad-
mral of Florence was even greater
London paper in an interview with
'one of the bestknown American bust
ness men" in London quotes him as
saying: "Americans base surprised
Britain a lot already, but the British
will be simply aghast when they are
finally convinced that one of the shrewd-
est tricks ever played on them has taken
place in the last few weeks. mean
that the sunken treasure in Loeb Duan,
which the Duke of Argyll is to go after,
and the treasure off the Holland coast,
which LlOyds are to seek. will be found
missing. The facts should have been
kept secret but instead they We're blurt-
ed to the world, and what more natural
than that men of enterprise should try
to get the treasure for themselves?
Il am certain that all the treasure, or
a large portion of it, will be landed in
the United States within a week or two.
1t was a speculation to fit out the vissel
for the work. but it paid wonderfully
we'll, if my information is correct. Just
who was behind this daring hunt for
gold in the ocean I cannot say.Jnor can
l name the craft, but I do know that
three Americans from PHILADELPHIA
forestalled the Duke OF Argyll and
Lloyds.
After this let all the gibes about
Philadelphia being "slow'' be forgotten
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-13

The city Of Paterson, N. j., is going to
erect bronze statue to the memory Of
the late Vice President Hobart. The con-
tract was some time ago given to a
sculptor, and recently model of the
statue was received. Upon examinatAn
1t was found that the model showed the
subject to be knock-kneed and made him
looks as if he had gone to sleep over a
beer table. The model has been rejected.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-13

number of returned officers from
South Africa recently attended an exhi-
bltlon of moving pictures in London,
When in one of the South African scenes
they recognized an officer friend The
VIE OF the officer, on being told of this.
wrote to the manager and asked that
TINS picture might be put on on certa in
evening, When she would purposely
journey from Glasgow. She had not
seen her husband for over a year, but
at last observed him in group-on the
screen of cinematograph.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-13

Shert Line to Denver
w. II. MERRiMAN, Cenl. A9t.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-13
LETTER LIST.

The following is the list of letters al
vertised at Butte, Mont, for the week
ending March Z, 1901:
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-13

Somebody the other day in the hear
ing of Senator Hoar was lavishing praise
on Senator Wolcott of Colorado. The
Massachusetts man does not think such
a great deal Of the western man and
after listening for time he ventured
the opinion that Mr. Wolcott explodes
like Vesuvius, only with all the gas and
none of the lava
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-13

Rev. Daniel ]. Hauer Of Hanover. Pa,
said to be the oldest Lutheran clergy
man in America, has just celebrated his
ninety fifth birthday. For seventy-hve
years he has been a minister of the Cos
pei, having occupied the pulpit regularly
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-13

Professor Hubert Herkomer. a German
artist. has just finished an enamel por-
trait of the German emperor. His
painting is the largest enamel portrait
in existence. and was only successfully
completed at the cost of much patient
labor.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-13

Professor TAFT, who has just resigned
the chair of moral philosophy in Edin-
burgh university is inclined to be trife
dogmatic at time. On one occasion he
demonstrated to his own entire satsfac-
ton that golf ball could only be driven
certain distance. A few days later
bis own club sent a ball some thirty
yards further and the professor was
compelled to revise his decision.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-13
FOURTH-CLASS MAT
TER.
ELSEWHERE.

Frank Doster. chief justice of the Kan
sas supreme court, has served in va
riety of professions. He started as a
railroad engineer, was next soldier.
then an actor and finally lawyer.
Mrs. Isabella Bird Bishop, the traveller,
explorer and writer. has gone to Moroc-
co for two months of needed rest. Her
next expedition is to be through little
known and dangerous portion of Africa,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-13

His interest.-Wright-I believe the
copyright laws cannot be made too
stringent. Don't you think so?
Macum-Well, no; 1 don't believe in
copyright.
Wright-Ah! you are not interested
in journalism, Ell?
Mocum--Oh, yes, I am. I'm a scissors
manufacturer.-Catho Standard and
Times.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-13

Autograph letters of famous men will
be far more rare in the future than
now. Great men of today content
themselves with signing their names,
often with subber stamps, to type
written documents, and it will be hard
to get much sentiment from typewriter
manuscripts.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-13

for sixty-nine years. He was born in
Frederick Md, in 1906, has vivid recol-
lection of events in the war OF 1912 and
was great friend of La Fayette.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-13

Congressman Eddy of Minnesota claims
to be the homliest man in the house,
but fears that the championship is about
to be wrested from him by Marshall of
North Dakota. II have been awarded
the belt without dissenting vote" says
Eddy. but 1 fear that the honor will
be ruthessy swiped by this man from
the jack rabbit state. Say he must be
a terror if he beats me, though
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-10
Wooden Nutmeg Story.

Connecticut is called the Nutmeg
State" because humorous story de-
clared that audacious peddlers in that
section were in the habit of imposing
upon the people, as the genuine arti-
cles, ingeniously constructed wooden
nutmegs. 1t is authoritatively de-
clared that the production of artificial
nutmegs is one of the industries OF
Belgium. They consist of finely ground
injured nutmegs, mixed with about 20
per cent of foreign substances, and are
said to be so cleverly made as almost
to defy detection by the eye, especially
when mixed with genuine nutmegs.
The imitation can, however, be de-
dected by various simple tests, both OF
a microscopical and chemical charac-
ter.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-10
ARMSTRONG'S PROPOSED TEMPLE TO HEAVEN
drawn from Photograph Of the Original Plansl

Chicago and elsewhere came and
strengthened people in their infidelity.
A new cemetery few miles from the
old church was laid out, dedicated by
an infidel leader. The keys of the
church remained in possession of the
infidels, who would have changed it
into a dance hall but for a vigorous
protest. Children, whose parents felt
they must be christened or remain
nameless, were sprink1ed by infidels.
who used the formula. "In the name
of Liberty" Attempts to revive the
church only rendered the infidel spirit
more hostile at first, and more conf
dent later when a second minister
proved unworthy.
Now the Presbyterians are trying to
recover the ground lost. 1t is hard
work and but little headway is made
as infidelity when it once takes root is
exceedingly difficult to eradicate. And
the larhentable fact remains that a
congregation which numbered 400
originally, whose descendants are eight
times greater, were lost to Christian
ity by the unministeraAI conduct q IL
frst and succeeding p7tssA
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-10
Crossing the River Styx.

From remote ancient times it was
a custom in Greece to put . coin in the
hand of the dead. The Greeks of an
tiquity believed that when any person
died his soul must of necessity cross
the dark river Styx ere it could enter
the happy fields of Elysium. The boat
man on the Styx was Charon, and the
coin, which was by custom placed in
the hands of dead person was sup
posed to be Charon's ''tip" for ferrying
them safely over the dread stream. A
traveller in Greece thus describes a
Greek funeral: THE body was wrap
ped in new clothes and, more especial
ly, new shoes. Beneath the head was
placed pillow full of lemon leaves.
In the mouth was put bunch of vio-
lets, and around the temples chap
let of flowers. These, which are only
used for the unmarried, must be white.
A small coin was placed in the palm
of the hand" At Athens a small cop
per coin is dropped into the coffin. The
Chinese have a similar custom, though
in many cases with them the money so
used is said to be paper, and counter
felt. The custom is also observed in
some parts of Ireland, France, Spain
and Portugal. as well as among sever
al Indian tribes.-New York Weekly.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-10
Oldest Tree In Fxis tence.

The Oldest tree in existence is said
to be an oak. on the Island of Cos,
in Asia Minor, which, according to a
venerable German Investigator, has at
tained the age of 1900 years. The au-
thority has arrived at this conclusion
from a careful examination on the
ground. Tradition has it that the
Greek physician, Hippocrates, who was
born on the island, often assembled
his pupils under the welcome shade OF
this very trees branches. Now, Hip
pocrates came into the world 460 years
before the Christian era. and if this
is the same old tree. it has indeed
established a remarkable record for
longevity. The trunk of this ancient
oak has diameter of over twenty-sev-
en- feet.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-10
Sinking In Sight of Home.

Sinking in Sight of Home.
(Suggested by the fate Of the Rio ia
niero.)
Der the painless waste of the deep
they traced
Their way to the dear home strand,
With naught but the sky to guide them
by
And never a sight of land;
They had dreamed of time when their
native cline
Should loom DER the ocean foam
But never dread Of the deep-sea bed
OF sinking in sight of nome.
With laugh and song they sped
along
Their wake like the driven snow;
Though the proW's thick spray they
peered away
And the ship seemed cruel slow.
The days crept Dy; still the vaulted
sky
Was a sea-rimmed, wave-foored
Not hint of their fate at the Golden
Gate-
OF sinking in sight of home.
As the darkest hour is said to lower
Ere the burst of morning light,
So the brightest ray of hopes glad day
Was theirs on the verge of night
1.-THE land The land! o the sea
we've spanned!
Adieu to the world of foam!
O the hands we'll clasp"-a wail--a
gasp
They are sinking in sight of home.
The gray gulls shrek in the gray fog
reek
And the rock grins grim below;
But the hearts that yearn for the palm
and fern
Are choked meath the sea- -wrack' S
snow
Farewell for aye to the light of day,
Farewell to the stars of gloam-
In the hungry deep, to long, still
sleep.
They had sunk within sight of home.
S. w. Gillian, of Marion, Ind, in
Indianapolis News.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-10
Discoveries in a Sealed Mine,

Chemists had a rare chance in En-
gland recently for unique experiment.
A mine which had been closed hermet-
ically by an explosion near the mouth
Of the shaft was opened fifteen months
after the accident. The air within the
mine had been compressed enormously
by the explosion, and for twenty-four
hours after the opening was made,
it volleyed out with great noise. Dur
ing this time it was possible to gather
enough of it for analysis, and it was
found that its composition had been
altered SO completely by the explosion
and the consequent sealing of the
mine that the gas that escaped did not
contain any oxygen whatever. 1t con-
sisted entirely of carbonic acid gas,
f1redamp and nitrogen. But although
it was absolutely fatal to animal life,
it possessed wonderful powers for pre-
serving other organic life, as was dis
covered when the mine was purified
enough to permit investigation. All
the provisions which had been left be-
hind by the miners were found in thor
OuBuly SOOu COuultlOu. ne DTedQ was
dry, but perfectly sweet, and as edible
as biscuit. Bacon was found in as good
and pure condition as If it had been
freshly cut, and, most curious of all,
the water in the water barrels was not
only sweet and good, but it had not
evaporated at all. A large quantity
Of corn meal had been sent down just
before the explosion to be mixed with
thu drinking water. This was just as
good as 1t had been fifteen months be-
fore. The feed for the mules was per-
fSet and the animals ate it with relish.
The steel rails, the tools and all other
metal work in the mine were entirely
free from rust. Wire cables and ma
chinery were as bright as if they had
been polished. There was not a trace
of mildew on clothing or harness, and
the woodwork showed no sign Of deter
ioration.-New York Press.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-10
Especial letter.

Especial Letter.)
In the southwestern part of Sullivan
county, Pa, on the mountain which
rears its head over the valley in
which nestles the new popular resort
Of Eaglesmere, lies the foundation OF a
second Tower of Babel, the story of
which is remarkable one. The re-
gion was a wilderness when Peter
Armstrong of Philadelphia began the
building of the proposed mighty struc-
ture in 1864, but to this day there
come few of the mystic" ones who
weep over the failure of Peters at
tempt to take heaven by assault" :"
Hundreds of men worked at these
foundations, and thousands of men
and women hoped that by the building
of the tower they would be able to
climb the lofty ladder into heaven in a
material sense. Of all the religious
maniacs which have taken one text
from the Bible and made it, without
context, a moving religious force cer-
tainly Armstrong was the strangest.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-10
A New England Blue Law.

At one time. during the existence
Of the so-called blue laws in the New
England states, it was illegal for a
man to kiss either his wife or his chill
dren on Sunday. The case is recorded
of Captain Kemble, who, in the year
1856, after a voyage of three years,
returned to Boston and was put in the
stocks for twenty-four hours on the
day. of his arrival. His offense was
described as "lewd and unseemly be-
havior, for that he did publickly kiss
his wife on the doorstep of his house
on the Sabbath day." Many instances
of the kind may be found in Buckles
Introduction to the History of Civili-
zation."
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-10

ness Of wood shavings. A lot OF men
were put on to tramp that down to
about 16 or IS inches; the heavy tim
bers were then placed on the shavings;
next came the steel beams, placed cross
wise, and on top of these 10-ineh
square timbers. After these came
about fifteen hundred weight of cast
iron, covered with 3-inch plank and IL
inches of cork. On top of the cork
there were, again, 10 inches of timber,
and then finally came the anvil block.
The elastic shavings bed was intended
to absorb the heavy blow on the foun-
dation, and subsequent experience
showed that it admirably accomplished
it's purpose.-New York Press.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-10
Dark Day In New England.

The dark day" in New England oc-
Cured on May 10, 1880. The day dawn
ed as usual, but about $50 a. m. the
darkness came on, the cattle returned
to their yards and the fowls went to
roost. The people took their midday
meal by candle light, and later in the
day the darkness grew less. The leg
islature of Connecticut was in session
and one member moved to adjourn, as
to him it was evident that the judg-
ment day had come. Another member,
before this motion was put, remarked: :
The judgment day is coming, or it
isn't coming. If it isn't coming, we
have nothing to fear; if it is coming,
| wish to be found doing my duty.
Therefore l move that the candles be
lit"
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-10

He never quite saw why that expert
ment on the plains of Shinar was not a
success, and proposed to repeat it upon
the hills of Sullivan county. In the
early 40's Miller had failed to take his
followers to heaven on his specified as
cension day. Armstrong had been a
believer in Miller and had prepared his
ascension robes. AS the affair did not
come off, he thought awhile and con-
cluded that Miller was too theoretical.
He would go in for the practical thing.
Armstrong; Idea.
Peter Armstrong at last conceived
the idea that the trouble with the So
journers on the plains of Shinar was
that they had built their tower on a
plain instead of a mountain. He
thought over it deeply and resolved to
try to accomplish what the children of
Noah had failed in doing, but to seek
some high hill in some secluded forest
instead of ground similar to that on
which the Tower of Babel was built
He communicated his ideas to the rem
nants of the Millerites all over the
United States, and was encouraged.
Peter then began to look about for
the best place to build the steps which
should enable him and his followers to
reach heaven. He was a man of prop
erty and leisure. He looked over the
ground and finally fixed the place in
Sullivan county. He put in his money
and bought large tract of land. With
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-10
WHAT BAD EXAMPLE CAN DO
A Christian Community Made lnfidels by

Christian Community Made lnfidels by
a Dissolute Clergyman.
The Evangelist (Presbyterian), Of
st. Louis, shows the effect of the bad
example of a clergyman in Wisconsin
in its recent issue:
Bohemians swarm in Milwaukee and
the country tributary thereto, there
being over 1000 in that locality. In
the town of Kossuth the Bohemians
were Protestant. They formed a par
ish in 1864, built frame church and
sent to Bohemia for a minister. None
could be secured. A stone mason of
the town acted instead. In 1869 Bo-
hemian arrived in the settlement.
claiming to be minister. The peo-
pie received him gladly jubilantly-
for he answered their wish of years
However, he later. developed dissolute
habits, became hard drinker and was
forced to leave the colony. On his de-
parture almost the whole community
became infide1. 1t was a singular re-
vulsion Of feeling, growing out Of their
disappointed hopes. Infdel societies
Ivsss formed. Inndel speakers from
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-10
Seven Wonders.

The ancient seven wonders Of the
world comprised the Egyptian pyra-
mids. the mausoleum of Artemisia at
Halicarnassus, the temple of Diana at
Ephesus. the walls and hanging gar
dens OF Babylon, the colossus at
Rhodes, the statue of Jupiter Olympus
and the Pharos. or watch tower, of AL
exandria. The seven wonders of Amer
lea are; Niagara Falls. Yellowstone
Park, the Mamonth Cave, the Can
yons and Garden of the Gods, Color
ado, the Giant Trees Of California, the
Natural Bridge in Virginia and tho
Yosemite Valley, California.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-05-10

Other holidays commemorate events
OF the past; Arbor day speaks for pos
terity. John Frederick Oberlin, the ia
mogs Alsatian pastor, would not per-
NIT the peasant boys and girls to come
to communion until they had planted
at least two trees in their rock-strewn
valley. Had the great educator of a
century ago lived on the present site
of Chicago the university of that city
might not to-day be paying $4,000 for
transplanting single row Of big elm
trees on it's campus.