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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-08
GREEN GOODS KING.
Once Worth $5oo,ooo Is Now DIstrIb
 utInc HandbIIs on Street.

From the New York Sun.
 Distributing handbills to pedestrians. a
 little man with shabby clothes and a
 slouch hat pulled down over his eyes,
 stood on the north side of Forty-second
 street, near Broadway, on Saturday after
 noon His face was smooth shaven and
 his hair well tinged with gray. He had
 the sallow complexion of an opium fiend. Fifteen years ago he was worth s500,000.
 accumulated by buncoing his fellow man.
 The handbill man is Jimmy McNaly. who was known as the King of the Green Goods men.
 Two Central office detectives passed
 McNally on Saturday afternoon. having no idea who he was, but one of them remarked on his sallow face: That is a familiar mug said the other detective. Let us get a good look at it.
 and one of the detectives lifted the slouch hat from his face. The little man got an- gry and began to swear. He grabbed his hat and started to walk away. Hello, Jimmy" said the sleuth, "I didn't know you were down to this" My names not Jimmy" said the hand bill man as he walked away. 'Its Jimmy McNally all right" said the detective. 'I couldn't be mistaken about him. I knew he was broke. but I never expected to find him giving out circulars"
 In his day McNally was the best green goods man of the dozen men who made money pretending to sell counterfeit greenbacks to the come-ons. He started in early and at first worked for others
 Then he branched out for himself and he displayed more nerve than the man who taught him the business or any of his competitors.
 McNally made his headquarters in this city and worked in perfect harmony with the police until Byrnes became the head of the department. Byrnes drove him out McNally made his headquarters in New | ark and Hoboken and continued to dc | business. Then things got hot over there | and he had to quit. Under the name of l James Morris he moved himself and his business into Connecticut. He opened g | concert hall in Bridgeport and used 1t as l Turning joint"
 Then came the Lexow investigation here | and Jimmy moved west to get away iron | subpoenas. He turned up in Chicago afte, | the storm of the investigation had blowr l over and began again at his old game | The postoffice authorities got a good cas-, | against him and he went to Joliet fol | three years When he got out his none, | was gone and his old friends had no use | for him.
 | When Jimmy had money he installed | Nellie Maroux in a flat in West Thirty. | fifth street He bought her diamonds and | everything else she wanted. He ever | bought her a house on Seventh avenu. near Forty-third street and parted witf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-08

refused to eat, were taken i'll and came flying against windows and breaking into peaceful family kitchens through tho glass, much to the annoyance of the care full housewives The advent of the lays inside the houses reused the ailine cats from their maps by the fire and as fast as any cat took a meal from the body of a plump jay 1t was stricken with blind staggers and performed feats of con tortion on the kitchen rugs that sur prised everybody.
 Suspicion pointed to the ungathered crab apples that had been allowed to hang out on the trees and ferment by freezing and thawing, as the moving cause of the wild debauchery which pre- vailed all through the neighborhood. To test the hypothesis, a peck or more of the frozen fruit was gathered and fed to a yearling steer. Instead of becoming intoxicated and capering through the streets, as had been expected, the anil maj grunted for an hour or two and then fell down and died from stomach ache, without showing any signs of in- toxication. Specimens of the average ap- pies were sent and tested to learn how much alcohol they contained, and the chemist sent back work that a baby could hold all the alcohol he found in one eye without experiencing pain. By
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-08
Biq Salaries Abroad.
he New York Commercial.

From the New York Commercial.
 American business men have not mo nopoly of large salaries. The late MT. Cecil Rhodes used to get GO'Wo yea. as managing director of the Consoiidateo Goldfields, Limited. and MT. Huoo re- ceived $250,0OO a year as director oI lne sama comnanv. But there is at least one salary paid by an English bank to one oi officials which is co.ossal and magnifi- cent. The bank is the private nrm or J' S. Morgan & Co.,, and their lucky ser want is Sir Clinton Dawkins, whose sal- ary is understood to be s25o'Wo a year. Sir Clinton was private secretary .o Lord Goschen when, as MT. Goscnen, lne lstter was chancellor of the exchequer and made a great reputation for himself as financial expert. which he enhanced in official posI.lons subsequently ih Egypt and India. The Morgan nrm oe' cided that he was worth any salary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-08
GERMANS TO STICK
 TO BATTLESHIPS
Expert Says Naval War Without Them Has Been Shown to Be
 impossible.

Berlin, January 7.-"The only lesson to be drawn from the maritime events in the far east Is that 1t is impossible to conduct a naval war without large bat tleskips."
 The report that Germany intends to lengthen the course of construction for torpedo boat crews in view of the devel- opments in the present war. evoked the foregoing statement from a German na- val expert, which indicates that naval circles of Germany generally share the views of the navy department-that there is no reason to depart from the present theory of dependence on battleships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-08

s4o,o00 for 1t. While she was living In the Thirty-f1fth street fiat there came a Christmas when Jimmy decided he would show her just how much he thought of her. The day before Christmas he went to Tiffany's. First he bought an immense cut-glass pitcher and dozen tumblers to go with 1t. Then he purchased a necklace said to have cost $20,000. He took the cut glass and the neck lace with him to his hotel, filled the cut-glass pitcher with egg nog and drop ped the necklace in.
 Here" he said to his man. Take this around to Nellie and tell her Jimmy ' ants her to have a merry Christmas" :"
 Nellie stuck by Jimmy until he went to prison. What became of her then Jimmy only knows. She Init the pipe" as he did
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-08
Crew Picked Up at Sea.

New York, January 7.-Twenty-two sea- men, composing the crew of the Dutch steamer Andania, which was wrecked on Elbow Key December 29 while bound from this port today by the Ward llne steamer Esperanza from Mexican ports. The crew abandoned the steamer, took to their boats and were picked up by the steamer San Juan and landed at Matanzas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-08
A Little Mixed.

From the New York Times.
 John w. Gates tells story of friend with whom he spent a rather convivial evening a few weeks ago. When the time came to go home the other man went to the door first He returned in a few moments, and with owl-like sol emnity said to Gates:
 Say, John let me give you a friendly tip. There's two carriages at the door. Take the first one. The other isn't there. Good night"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-08
Will Extend Mississippi Line.

Mobile, January IA Register special from Hattiesburg, Miss, says it was an- nounced today at the general offices of the Mississippi Central railroad that the extension of that road from Silver Creek to Brook Haven will be commenced with in two weeks. This will open a through line between Natchez, on the Mississippi river, and eastern Mississippi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-08
Mrs. winsIow's sco.hino syrup

The best remedy for DIARRHOEA.y Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Sc othing Syrup" an4 take no other kind. Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS all PAIN. CURES WIND COLIC, and is twenty-five cents a bottle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-08
Iried to shoot onlcia.

St. Petersburg, January 7.-Dispatches to the Novre Vrer-ya from Ekaterino- slav say that nobleman named Ivanitz- ky fired at the chief of police at that place Friday. but missed him. Ivantzky was arrested but refused to state his mo- tive for attempting to shoot the official
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-08
And Why?
They Rely Solely on Pencil and Prescription Pad. We Do Not, But in the Treat
 ment of Our
 Patients

We furnish all Ruby and Blue Light Baths Electric Light Baths Baths Medicated Baths Medicated Medad Steam and Vapor limitations Electric Massage and other medium of modern science for making Thus, each patient cured than at 
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 PEOPLES
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-08

Perhaps it is not etched enough; send if to the Gawk Engraving Co. Peoples phone 27s.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-09
Wireless Telegraph Service.

Estsbli >hment OF wireless telegraph
service between number of coal re-
aion towns and Philadelphia ID one of
the possibilities of the near future.
The Philadelphia North American is
back OF the Enterprise. Scranton will
be the first city TO get the benefit OF
the service il It can be put into sue
oessfol operation.
r. j. Beamlsh, the strike CORES
pondent Of the North American who
spent some time in Shamokin during
the last labor troubles, accompanied by
q. >. COwenhOven, representing the
DeFOrest Wireless Telegraph Com pany
who furnished wireless report for
the international yacht races, went TO
Scranton last week TO look for a suit
able site for the erection of a tower at
that end
The North American has wireless
station on its twenty-five story build
ing in Philadelphia and the object of
extending the service 10 the interior
Of the state is to utilize il for news
and commercial purposes in which
event it would supplsnt the telegraph
wire system now I'D item of great ex.
pense to every metropolitan papr
1t is found that wireless reports can
bs sent from Scranton 10 Philadelph
stations which will be erected AT
Wilkesbsrre, Hazleton, Shanokin and
all other important citieF.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-09
NEW MACHINERY
MAKES FINE RECORD

The engine ana dynamo of the new
electric light plant stood the strain OF
the first nights operation in a most
remarkable manner and was something
of surprise even TO those i'll charge.
New machinery does not always do so
we'll From the time the load was put
OF Tuesday evening until daylight yes
terday morning, eleven hours and
plodding along without any variation
at the tate of two hundred and fifty
seven revolutions per minute. The
plant is certainly beauty and il is
gratifying that the new machinery has
made suci line record on the initial
night
Loafng about the light plant is not
encouraged, and outsiders are general
y excluded from the apartment con-
tanning engine, dynamo and switch
board. At the same time after the
plant is started rightly all persons who
wish TO witness the operation of the
machinery and present themselves Al
the Water Works for that purpose will
be very courteously shown through the
plant. a good manv persons dropped
IN at the plant last evening and Tues
day evening, but they were held up in
the boiler room and were obliged to
content themselves with what they
could see from distance.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-09
DOUGLAS JERROLO.
Some of the Caustic Retorts Made by
the Famous Wit.


When a prosy old bore stopped Doug
las JerrOld. who was hurrying on ur-
gent business along Regent street, with
the question. well, Jerrold, my dear
boy, what is going on?" Il am" retort-
ed Jerrold shooting past like IN arrow
from q bow.
Asked to contribute to a third sub
scription which was being got up for
a reckless Grub street writer, Jerrold
cried impaticutly. How much does the
fellow want this timeE' We'll, this
time think Just four and two naughts
will put him straight" Put me down
for one of the naughtS."
y lawyer replying TO the toast Of his
health drunk AT dinner of artists.
stammCrnd out that he did not expect
the honor. as law could hardly he con
Sidered one of the arts, whcrcupOn Jer.
rold interjccted one word only, Black
\ clergyman who was indecorously
and uncharirabiy dcnouncing the poor
for the number Of children they bred
wound up with the opinion that the
real evil Of tn" times was the surplus
population Icrrold nodded a hearty
assent. "C"rtainly the Surplicc popula
ton"
"Thcrc's one song in the Prologue, -
cried a musical bore to Jerrold. which
always carries me away" Would /
could sing it" CALCULATED JcrrOld.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-09
STRENGTH on
COUNTRY MEMBERS

The country contingent IN the Leg
islatuIe again asserted its power
righteously yesterday. The machine
had made the paper trust bill an org
snization measure aud the country
members refused to go along for OBJ
vious reasons. In the first place it is
most unjust proposition. It's purpose
is to give foreign manufacturing cor
porations equal rights and privileges
with such corporations chartered in
the State, though the home corpora
tions are held to greater responsible
ity. Th3 purpose was TO give the pap
er trust control of some plants located
in this State,
Representative zimmerman, of Mon
tour county, led the attack with a
speech of marvellous force and logic
and he was supported with equal
strength and eloquence by Mr.. Duns
more, of Tioga. The servants of tho
machine invoked every expedient to
| -ave the measure, but without sue
cess. 1t was defeated by failure 10 re-
ceive constitutional majority. That
is. there were only ninety-four affir-
native votes while 10} are required
| OF course there will be an effort made
TO reconsider the vote aud save the
bill. But that expectation will be dis
appointed if the country members are
faithful TO each other aud themselves.
Iu view Of this proof of their strength
| however, how can The country mem
bers reconcile themselves TO indiffel.
enoe with respect to legislation for
personal registration. They know that
the politics of the State is debauChed
by electoral frauds in Philadelphia
and PittsbuIR, and that there can be
no substantial improvement in the
political morals of the Common wealth
until the frauds are stopped. Yet with
the strength TO pass the necessary leg
islation they fail TO do so for some in =
explicable reason. How Will they ex-
PLAIN TO their constituents Harris
| burg Independent
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-09
VACANT HOMES.
Houses That Are Neither For sale
Nor For Rent.

Nor For Rent.
DO you know that there are several
hundred houses in Philadelphia the
owners of which keep them idle be
cause Of the death therein of member
of the family" said a real estate deal
er.
In the territory where | do much
business 1 can show you fifty houses
that have been idle from one to ten
years that you cannot rent for love Or
money. Many of them were deserted
soon after the death 0f member Of
the family and were left completely
furnished the owners even going to
the expense Of renting another house to
live in
"a beautiful home belonging TO an
eccentric old lady whom / know was
abandoned by her and her children be
cause of the husbands death five years
ago Several times have | endeavored
to induce her TO rent 1t, but my efforts
were unavailing The interior of the
house, / understand still contains the
beautiful furnishings it possessed when
the family moved away. In fact, you
can see the lace curtains at some of
the windows They have been turned
yellow by the sun.
Neither can you purchase the homes
referred to unless poverty forces such
families to dispose of them. Death
alone holds the key Of entrance. -
Philadelphia Telegraph
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-09
How's This :

We offer one Hundred Dollars Reward OF
any case OF Catarrh that can not he cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure
We the undersigned. have known f. J..
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
ions and financially able 10 carry our any
obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo o
o. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN. Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. Testimonials sent
rec. Price 75c. per bottle sold by All drug
gists.
Hairs Family Pils are the hest
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-09
ST. SWITHlN'S DAY.
The Old Superstition About July 10
and the weather.

The old superstition about St Swith-
In and the rain has very generally died
out There are STILL however, a good
many who incline to the belief that
such a notion must have had a basis
Of scientific fact or IL could not have.
obtained as il has done for centuries.
Some years ago the records of Green
wich observatory We're examined for
twenty years with a view to ascer
tanning whether as a matter Of fact
rainy July 10 is usually followed by
q rainy period approximating TO forty
days
1t was found that the years in which
st. Swithin's day had given no rain
were rather wetter during the follow
ing forty days than other years. 1t
was concluded that the tradition had
no meteorological facts whatever to
support H. Everybody has heard the
old story about the removal Of St
Swithin's bones ON July 10 and Of the
manner in which the saint resented It
by deluging the district. 1t is curl
Gus fact, but well authenticated, that
the good mans bones were shifted from
their original resting place in circum-
stances of considerable pOmp and
Splendor and without drop of rain
falling. The origin OF the superstition
was probably terrible flood which In
1913 devastated crops
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-09
or his Alto ne
EYecntnr's s Notice.


Estate Of Pmlip \ Forst, late of Ror-
ough Of DanviIle. in tie County Of
Montour ana State of Pennsylvania,
deceased
Notice is !trt by given that letter.
tesiamentary on tie above estate lave
been granted 10 the undersigned. All
persons indebted t. TIE said estate "a
required to make payment, and those
having claims or demands against the
said estate will make known the same
without delay to
PHILIP Il FOUST,
Executor of Philip A. Foust, deceased.
p. o. Address, Danville, Pa.
Edward Sayre Gearhart, Counsel.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-09
Easy and Quick!
Soap making
with
BANNER LYE

To make the very best soap. simply
dissolve a can of Banner L.ye in cold
water. melt ~ lbs. of grease, pour the
Lye water in the grease. Stir and put
aside to set.
Full Directions on Every Package
Banner Lge is pulverized. The can
may be opened and closed at will. per-
mitting the use of a small quantity at a
time. 1t is just the article needed in
every household. 1t will clean paint.
floors, marble and tile work, soften water,
disinfect sinks, closets and waste pipes.
Write for booklet Uses Of Banner
Lye free.
The Penn Chemical Works. Philadelphia
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-09
BREAKING OF THE VOICE.
IL IL Caused by nm Organic Change
In the LRrynN.


In the LRrynN.
The peculiar physiological causes or
what is called the breaking of the voice
are not quite understood. but IT is
known 10 depend Immediately upon an
organic change in the larynX, the organ
OF the voice, which occurs in the male
sex between the ages of fourteen and
sixteen. Before that the larynx OF
boys resembles that of girls but when
the voice begins 10 break the vocal
chords become heightened TT least one
third. the angle of the thyroid cartilage
becomes enlarged, ana the muscles.
which connect the organs OF the voice
with the hvDOid bone and the base Of
the tongue hecOmc elongated
While the change of form is taking.
place the voice is untitled for singing
and should be used only with great:
care. In other words. the breaking
Of the voice is due to the rapid de
velopment Of the larynx. which takes
place at certain ages and which leads
to change in the range Of the voice
The peculiar harshness of the voice
when il is thus breaking seems to be
due 10 a temporary congestion and
swollen condition of the mucous men,
brane of the vocal chords accompany
ing the active growth OF the whole
larynX.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-09
Executors Notice

Estate of Benjamin Weaver, late of
Cooper Township. in the County of
Montour and State of Pennsy lvanis.
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters
Testamentary on the above estate have
been granted to the undersigned. All
persons having claims against the
estate will present the same at once
to; and all persons inGt bted to tine
estate are required to make promp t
payment TO
AARON c. MAUSER, Executor
Dsnvi!le. Pa, r F. D.. No. 5.
or his Attorney,
Charles V. Amerman,
22l Mill St. Danville, Pa
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-09
A Guaranteed Cure For Piles.

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or protrud.
ing Piles. Druggists refund money if
PAZO OINTMENT fails TO cure any
case, no matter of how long standing,
In to IA days. First application gives
ease and rest. soc. If your druggist
hasn't it send soc in stamps and it will
be forwarded postpaid by Paris Medi-
cine Co. St Louis. Mo.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-09
HER RECOMMENDATION.
why General Spinner Gave One Wo-
man Treasury Position.

Why General Spinner Gave One Wo-
man n Treasury Position.
Here is the story as 10 was told by
herself Of the appointment under Gen
eral Spinner OF a woman clerk I'm the
treasury department.
1T was in 1864, she said, two years
after the appointment OF women bad
become permanent thing. ! was in
Washington visiting Il sister / made
up my mind that | wanted n position,
and 30, without saying word to any
one, went to the treasury and made
my own application. I simply walked
into General Spinner's office and said:
General Spinner. would Ike Il po-
sition IN the treasury The general
looked up careleSsly and then went on
with his work.
How long have you been in Wash
ington| he asked.
Three years
what influence have your he ask
ed
What influence" | stammered. 1
don't know what YOU mean ! was be
ginning TO get embarrassed.
Yes, influence he said. What con
gresham DO You know"
II don't know any | faltered. This
time the general threw down his pen,
ne
You've been IN Washington three
years and don't know any congress
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-09

1t seems TO have been blessing TO
Albright College TO have failed TO find
a city willing to pay sufficient sum
to secure its removal from its present
site, MyeIstown. The trustees of the
institution have purchased a large
tract of land adjoining the present col.
lege grounds and will make extensions
OF the buildings at an expense of $l00..
600
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-09
A DEMONSTRATIONS NOTICE.

Estate of Margaret Y. Grove, late If
the borough OF Danyille, Pa, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters
of Administrator d. b. d. on the
above estate lave been granted to the
undersigned. All persons indebted to
the said estate are required to make
payment. end those having claims
against the said estate, will make
known the same without delay to
NJ. G. YOUNGMAN. Administrator.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-09
Administrators Notice

Estate of II. II Furman, deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that letters
of administration have been granted
TO the undersigned on tie estate of II.
II. Furman, lare of Danville. VI Mnntour
county, Pennsylvania All peraGn4
having any claims against said estate
persons being indebted 10 said state
Will make settlemr mt al ouce with
0. f. FERRIS,
Berwick, Pa
or his Alto ney.
II. NJ. Hin-hlry. DanvilIe, Pa.
'anvllle. Feb'v. 10, 1908.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-09

The charges against the Northumber-
land county jury commissioners for con
tempt and improperly drawing p jury
list were heard before Judge SavIdge
Monday and lie entirely exouerated the
commissioners from all blame.