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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-31
BOUGHT BIG SAFES.
The Way Jay Could Brought an EI-
press Company to Terms.

press Company to Terms.
Recalling early days in the express
business, an officer of one of the largest
companies told this story of Jay Could:
Could and Fisk then had hold Of
the Erie" lie said, land the United
States Express company had all the
express business on the road. The con-
tract was about to expire, and Gould
wanted an arrangement more profita-
ble to the Erie.
The Ere's doing all the work and
you're making all the money Gould
said to the express people. You ought
to 60 soMe Of the work and give the
railroad a chance Mt the money
The cypress company officials de-
mur q ihntr profit, they insisted,
was NJ more than they were entitled
-. and thy refused TO shade the con-
tract PEI IS. Could insisted On de.
crease b-t tAay remained obdurate
and eventually let the Erie president
mderstand-What he very well knew
that 40 other company would compete
against the United States for the Erie
business. All the companies at that
time were Ia an agreement to maintain
rates.
"'All right, said Gould ut the conclu-
sion of the interview, you've no Objec-
ton, | guess. to my going into the ex-
press business for myself. 1t looks
+ betteg than railroadiag.'
The express people replied that
Gould could organize all the companies
he wanted to. They thought it was all
bluff, but things that came to their at
tentior. soon weakened their faith in
this idea. Gould was going around
among bis associates talking up an ex-
press company scheme officials of 9TH
er roads were told that Il new company
. would he in the field TO bid for their
business, and the papers began to talk
about the new Gould express company.
THE express officials, however, saw
none Of GOuld's money going into the
enterprise ANA stood pat. Presently it
was reported that he had bought TWEEN
ty-fOur big express safes. Was this
talk or WAS il business: the express
Iftl ''Nh''ll lii'IlN~''I\'~ 1 NY Ntl ~
work inve>tig1t"': ahd they discover
ed that the rcp)rj was true. Gould had
actually bought and paid for the safes
safes cost money in those days, too
and he was negotiating for all the 9th.
er equipment required.
Now. thoroughly convinced OF
GouId's sincerity, the express company
came to terms Gould got the best con-
tract from a railroad standpoint that
Lad been known up to that time The
! clause in the contract that the United
| States Express company considered
most valuable to itself was one stipu-
! lating the abandonment of Goulds ex-
! press plans.
1T was all bluff on Goulds part
except buying the safes For that mat
ter the purchase was, of course, part Of
the bluff. but Gould had actually
bought and paid for them uncondition-
( ally. Nevertheless he lost nothing on
/ the deal, for as soon as friendly rela-
! tiOns were established with the express
! officials he persuaded them they could
use the safes In their business and sold
them at 4 little better than cost
! Washington Post
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-31
She threw a glance at him.


1t was in 1912 that John Draper,
then a professor in the University Of
New York, made the first portrait pho
tograph. The subject was Elizabeth
Draper. his sister. Professor Draper
had the idea that in order to produce
distinct facial outlines in photography
1t would be necessary to cover the
countenance of the person photograph
ed with flour. This seems a strange
notion now, and 1t proved not to be
good one then, for all of Professor
Draper's early attempts were failures.
Finally he left off the flour and then
was quite successful. This SO delight
ed him that he sent the picture to Sir
William Herschel, the eminent English
astronomer. Sir William was in turn
delighted and made known Professor
Draper's success to the scientific men
of Europe. He also sent Professor
Draper a letter of acknowledgment
and congratulation, which has been
carefully preserved In the archives Of
the Draper family.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-31

The oldest bank notes in the world
are the dying money" or convenient
money, first issued in China in 2G97
B. c. One writer tells that the ancient
Chinese bank notes were in many rs
spects similar to those of the present
day, bearing the name of the bank.
the date of issue, the number of the
note, the signature of the official who
issued 1t an its value in both figures
and words. On the top of these curl
Gus notes was the following philosoph,
ic injunction: Produce all you can:
spend with economy" The note was
printed In 'lue ink on paper made
from the fiber OF the mulberry tree.
One of these notes bearing the date
1899 B. c. is still preserved in the Asi.
attic museum at st. Petersburg.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-31
AN OCEAN IN THE AIR.
The Queer Superstition That Once
Prevailed In England.

The curious superstition that there is
ar acean above the clouds is illus
trated by the following strange story
by an old English wr,er: ''One Sunday
the people of certain village were
coming out of church on a thick,
cloudy day when they saw the anchor
of ship hooked to one OF the tomb
stones, the cable. which was tightly
stretched hanging down from the air.
The people were astonished, and while
they were consulting about it suddenly
they saw the rope move as though
sOtne one labored to pull up the an
chor. The anchor, however, still held
fast by the stone, and d great noise
was heard III the air like the shouting
Of sailors. Presently a sailor was seen
sliding down the cable for the purpose
of untiXing the aLchor When he had
Just loosened it the villagers seized
hold of him and while in their hands
he quickly died, just as though he had
been drowned.
About an hour later the sailors
above. hearing no more of their conr
rade, cut the cable and sailed away In
memory of this extraordinary event
the people of the village made the
hinges of the church doors out of the
iron of the anchor" 1t is further stat.
ed that these hinges ARE still to be
seen there" bit of evidence much
like Munchausen's rope wherewith he
once climbed to the moon. If you
doubted the story you were confronted
with the rope
There is another queer tale about
this aerial ocean. "A merchant of Bris-
tol," it is said set sail with his cargo
for Ireland Some tin e after, while his
family were at supne'. a knife sudden
ly fell in through window on the ia
ble. When the merchant returned and
saw the knife he cleared it to be his
own and said tha on such a day, at
such an hour, while sailing in an un.
known part of the sea he dropped the
knife overheard. and the day and the
hour were found t. he exactly the time
when ii fell through the window" All
Of which was olce implicitly beley ed
by many ana regarded as incontrovert-
lble proof IF the existence of n sea
above the ky. One IS at a loss to con
lecture how that unknown part Of the
sea- connected with the rest of it. A
physical geography showing this would
be no small curiosity.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-31
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Do something for somebody. and do
It now
Thinking well doesn't count unless
you act wei.
Dent follow in the footsteps of your
competitors. Set the pace.
Life is not worth living unless you
live for the good you can do.
There are times when an ounce of in
genuity discounts a ton of energy.
The more sunshine there is in some
mems lives the less hay they make.
No man ever got a pain in his back
from carrying his neighbor's burden.
Many of our anticipated pleasures
are anything but pleasures after we
get them.
Some men are able to bear misfor-
tunes and some others have sense
enough to avoid them.
Only a mother can distinguish be-
tween the mlSchieyousness of her boy
and the badness of the boy next door.
Chicago News.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-31
Precedence In New York Society.

Precedence In New York Society.
A philanthropic society of New York
recently arranged a benefit perform
ance in one of the theaters A large
number of prominent women were to
act as patronesses. When the time
came to have the announcement cards
engraved the president of the society
was in a quandary. In what order
should he arrange the names? He had
never given the matter of social prece-
dence a thought. He referred his
troubles to one of the women. and she
said decisvely:
They must be arranged alphabet
ically or you will be in hot water at
once"
But some of these ladies are wives
of scientific men who are world re-
nowned and some are simply rich
Some are wives of army and navy
officers"
1T makes 10 difference. In New
York society the order of precedence Is
Alphabetical. and there is no other
e."-Npr York sun.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-31
Luck and n
WOmQn
Copyright, 1906, By p. c. Eastmeat
BY FRED MEERS...

"Close it up soon if you can" said
the manager I'VE have put some of
our best men on the matter, but they
can tell us nothing If we do not man.
age to locate the cause Of these rob-
berries we might as we'll go out OF bust
ness"
I'll do what l can" promised Dan
vers, "but if Symes and Taylor have
given up the case don't see where I
get off"
Neither do l." admitted the man
ager frankly, except that you seem to
have fools luck, and sometimes that is
better than good detective instinct"
Danvers bowed at the doubtful COM
pliment and took himself off. There
might be something in that luck the
ory. Since going to work for the bur-
glary insurance people he had more
than once stumbled against a clew
that developed into a conviction.
But this promised to be a harder case
than usual, and after he had inter-
Viewed the watchmen who were on the
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-31

ing before them a wheelbarrow with a
grooved wheel One of them carried /"
japanese umbrella painted black, with
which he preserved their balance while
the other pushed They dumped their
load on the roof and turned back.
When they had disappeared down one
of the scuttles on the other side Dan
vers stepped out again.
How long have you been with these
men?" he demanded. you don't look
like their sort"
They were with a circus" she ex-
planned. II ran away with Jim; that's
the smaller one. He watches me so
that | do not have chance to get
away from him"
as this a regular trick| he de-
manded. She shook her head.
Business is bad this year. The boys
can't get work. They were fooling one
night on the roof and found that the
wire was strong enough to bear them.
They used to carry me in the wheel
barrow In the show, and they got the
idea Of robbing the houses. They cut
the alarm wire and can come and go
as they please. When the men were
watching they walked right over their
heads"
I'D like to get after them" he said.
II could drive them down to the street
where the watchman is"
"If you won't tell I'll take you," she
volunteered. Don't be afraid. / can
do it."
She caught up another parasol from
the roof and spread it. Ride picka-
back" she commanded.
Danvers put his arms about her
shoulders and raised his feet clear.
Slowly she adjusted her weight to the
wire and began to make her way
across. Somewhere he had read that 1t
would not do to look down, so he shut
his eyes and hung on.
Once or twice the girl seemed to lose
her balance and for moment worked
the parasoI violently while she regain
ed 1t. Then she pressed on again, and
at last, with a sigh, she stepped Off the
wire, and Danvers opened his eyes.
They were on the farther side, and
Just beyond was the open scuttle.
LET me go back" pleaded the girl.
"They must not know that helped you
or they would kill me when you got
out You must never tell how you
made the trip. Pretend that you saw
them and climbed a fire escape. | am
going to be gone by the time you get
back to the house"
"But how can l reward you" he
questioned.
She threw a glance at him.
"I can get a divorce if Jim is con-
victed. My freedom is rich reward y
She kissed her hand to him in imita-
ton of the circus ring. and he watched
with admiration as her 1.-THE figure
sped across the open. Then he dropped
through the scuttle.
Bull luck, l suppose" laughed the
manager when Danvers reported the
next morning.
"Just that" assented Danvers," bull
iuck-and a woman"
But he would not explain the latter
part, and the manager imagined it to
be the girl he married on the strength
of his increased pay.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-31
7 aCKA|ShNEA 2Aiit" D
~ PLDDMSECkt; DIVISION
Delaware Lackawanna and Western
Railroad.
Ia Effect Jan. / 1905.
TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLG
EASTWARD.

7.07 a. m daily tor Bloomsbury, Kingston
Wilkes Barre AID Scranton. Arriving S"r:.l
ton at 9. AZ a. M, and connecting at Scranton
with trains arriving at Philadelphia at 3.4s 81
m and New York City at $50 p. IN.
1913 a. m. weekly for bloomsbury, Kingston
Wilkes Barre, Scranton and intermediate sta
lions, arriving at Scranton at l2.35 p. m al,
connecting there with trains for NV YoT,
City, Philadelphia and Buffalo.
I'll weekly forBloomsburg, Kingston w Ike,
Barre, Scranton and intermediate stations
arriving at Scranton at 450 p. n.
5.iS p. M. daily for Bloomsbury, EsPy, Ply
mouth, Kingston. Wilkes Barre, Pittstoi
Scranton and intermediate stations, arriviI4s
at Scranton at s.25 p. m. and connecting ther'
with trains arriving at New York City al ;
a m, Philadelphia 10 a. m. and Buffalo "a
TRAINS ARRIVE AT DANVILLE
9l5 a. hi. weekly from Scranton, rittstob
Kingston, BloOmsburg and intermediate sta.
TONS leaving scranton at 6.}5 a. M, where
connects with trains leaving New for Cit,
at g. 80 p. m, PHILADELPHIA al ! ~ p m. an6
Buffalo at 1870 d.. m.
1914 =. IN. daily from Scranton Pittstui
Kingston, Berwick Bloomsbury and interDls
diate stations, leaving Scranton at 10 a. II
and connecting there with train eaving Buff
\ % at2.25 a. m.
4.S3 y. m. weekly ON Scranton, Kingston
Berwick. Bloomsbury and intermediate sta
tlons, leaving Scranton at 55 y. m, where
come cts with train leaving New York Cit
1t 900 a m., and Philadelphia at 800 a. IN
eos p. IN. daily from Scranton. Kingston
Pittstop. Berwick. bloomsbury and inteTmt
diate stations, leaving Scra ton al 6.S5 2. Ii
where IL connects with trains leaving NeV
York City at 90 p. M. Philadelphia at IL
D. m. and Buffolo AT 9.3l a. m.
r g. CLARKE, Gen'l Supl,
u w IEE Ien Pass avt
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-31
Sincerity.

The only conclusive evidence Of a
mans sincerity is that he gives himself
for a principle. Words, money, all
things else. are comparatively easy to
give away. but when a man makes a
gift of his daily life and practice it is
plain that the truth. whatever it may
be, has possess an Of him.-.Iames Rus
sell Lowell.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-31
Convict Regiments.

At the beginning of the eighteenth
century the british army had a bad
reputation Mt home. and it was very
difficult to get recruits for it. For this
reason it was officially proposed to find
the men by an impreSSment falling on
"any sturdy hcggar, fortune teller Oh
the like idle. unknown, suspected fel-
low in the parish: or, If there be none
such. then any one that has already
been in gaOl or before justice Of the
peace for h.s idle disorderly life" The
advice was acted upon. Debtors were
released from prison on promising to
join the army or the navy, criminals
persons with no visible means of sub
sistence were marched off to death and
glory. The system worked out better
than might have been expected. In the
peniusular war. for instance, three new
regiments were composed entirely OF
convicts, ana one made for itself an il
luStrOuS name.
Inc IIuns.
The first mention of the Huns In his
tory is in China. b. G. 210. They con-
quered that country and were after
ward driven out by the Celestials and
marched clear across Asia. penetrating
the country now known rs Hungary in
$40 y. D. For y time they threatened
TO overrun the whole of the continent,
but were defeated in the heart of
France and driven back to the banks
Of the Danube.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-31
It's Not DiiticuIt Matter In II Modern
New York Hotel.


No crowned head ever pillowed itself
for a nights lodging with the satisfac-
ton Of knowing that under the same
roof there were n thousand persons
paid to look after It's safety, comfort
and luxury, unless that crowned head
found itself in a modern New York ho-
tel. where Il regiment of help" Is en-
ployed, consisting of clerks, chefs, pas
try cooks, meat cooks, bakery men,
soup cooks, detectives, watchmen, en-
gineers, electricians, plumbers, carpen-
ters, l1undrymen, dOormen. porters,
buffers. walters, stewards. wine and
cigar experts. decorators, messengers,
waiting maids and chambermaids.
Any peison with 81 in his pockets
can have the advantages Of this regi-
mental array of servants for one day
by paying the price of a room at any
of the greater hotels recently construct
ed in the metropolis, though, of course,
81 is the lowest figure Many of the
rooms cost double that sum a day, and
some Of the state apartments, with
hclTa-rns. = grrgCous parlor, private din
Ing "aa"l mi bath are not let for less
t.. n &tI@ or $l..:5 q day. Even the four
d i"r fatis have baths. but the price
OF r t.u 3.' pertinent does not include
usas. g. ..es. 'en Crawford in Success.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-05-17
COIL TICHTENS
ABOUT SCHMlTz
Mayor Stands Pat and has
Little to Say===Ruef
Now Happy

SAN FRANCISCO, May 17-Dr. Jo
seph Poheim, former police commission
er, has made a remarkable confession
in which he details Mayor Schmitzs
action in compelling him to vote for
the French restaurant licenses in or
der that Ruef might extort thousands
of dollars in fees.
Detective Burns relies on Poheim's
confession to convict Schmitz on five
charges of extortion in which he is joint.
ly indicted with Ruef
Mayor Schmitz declined to see any one
today in relation to the confession of
Abraham Ruef that he had given the
mayor $4,000 as his share Of the money
alleged to have been paid by the United
Railroads Co. to secure the trolley fran
chise
The statement that Schmitz had as,
signed in writing his official powers to a
committee of seven citizens is not gen
orally credited. The fact that such a
committee held a conference yesterday
with Rudolph Spreckels and Francis J.
Heney, probably gave rise to such a
rumor.
Detective Burns says he expects Mayor
Schmitz to confess, but the mayor has
given no indication Of such a plan of
conduct. He declines to see any one ex
cept his attorneys.
In appointing a citizens committee of
so few days ago the mayor said he
would be guided by their advice In
matters Of municipal interest. There
seems to be a general demand for the
removal of Chief Of Police Dinan whom
Governor Gillett has declared incompe
tent to direct the police department.
President Calhoun, TREY L. Ford ant
Thornwall Mullally of the United Rail
ways company apparently are but littlt
disturbed by the charge that they pais
100000 for the trolley franchise, ant
deny they paid the money. They ar,
devoting all their attention to breaking
the street car strike.
Ruef, now. that he has confessed, Il
improving In health and spirits.
His former associates believe he ha
not confessed, but is working q cleye
scheme to clear his own skirts and 4
the same time not benefit the prosecu
tion.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-05-17

is understood assistance will be provided
Mr., Goode in carrying the cases to the
supreme court.
It is rumored today that the test Of
the law by the Cottonwood men may re
suit In a combination Of interests in
north Idaho which regard the new meas
ure as unjust on the grounds OF per-
mitting certain classes Of mercantile
establishments to remain open that are
not carrying the necessities Of life or
stocks essential to the preservation of
life or health. while on the other hand
meat markets. grocery stores and such
establishments are closed under the Sun
day rest law.
1t has been stated today that word has
been received from north Idaho points
offering to subscribe funds providing a
complete test of the case will be made.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-05-17
ALUMNI MEET
TO ORGANIZE
High School Graduates
Meet at Banquer
Tonight

The first reunion Of the graduates
of the High school. from the time Of
tke formal opening of the institution
as an accredited high school. will take
place at the Raymond grill this even
ing when an alumni association will
b. ormed. All graduates of the class
have been invited to attend or send
their greetings. 1t is expected that
about so will be in attendance.
Superintendent of Schools r. N.
Wright will preside at the business
pc rtion OF the banquet, at which time
a president, secretary and minor off,
GERS of the alumni association win
be elected, beside a corresponding
secretary from each class. After the
business session Superintendent
Wright win preside as POSTMASTER.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-05-17
Preliminary Events.

Promptly at 230 o'clock this after
noon. Charleston and her ball team ar
rived on the Lewiston oasis in the
desert of despair armed to the teeth
with all mgnner of agricultural i'm
Elements, loaded on the sifnificant
waterwagon. with buttonhole boquets
of beautiful red radishes. the players
wearing uniforms one from each set
that Charleston has ever used, and cry
ing their battle cry of "C&n we beat
'em, yes by Gum" they were hauled
lip Main street to the corner Of Fifth,
followed by their corps Of nurses in
the ambulance graced with the sign
Of help the red cross. The Jolly crowd
turned to the Bollinger motel, where
there were met by the Lewiston band
and ball team. The latter were ar
rayed in robes of purple and fine lin
en- Overalls, straw hats. bandana
fandkerchiefs, rifles rusty from mts-
use and lemons galore were seen
prominently exposed on the persons
of Lewiston's delegation. While on
J. the march to the Normal grounds,
Umpire Mark Means lead the Lewis
ton crowd-protected by al pair of
! trusty six shooters and a 44-calibre
gun IN the hands of Howard Howe, he
stated that he considered his position
made safe.
Heading the procession was the
Lewiston Military band. Following
teh band came the Charleston delega-
ton loaIied onto their waterwagon
rext the ambulance car, then the Lew
iston crowd headed by Mayor Henry
Heitfeld and Rev. w. T. Eustei
marching abreast. A long line O.
carriages brought up the rear. Wha
followed after the teams reached thu
iall grounds would not look wen II
print.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-05-17
CHILDRT N LOST
WHILE FISHING
Two Sons of ]. F. Atkinson
Probably Drowned In
Graves Greek
Special to Evening Teller.

Special to Evening Teller.
COTTONWOOD, Idaho. May 1.-THE
community in the Graves creek section
was thown into a turmoil of excitement
this morning by the reported disap-
pearance of the two young sons of ]. F
Atkinson yesterday.
The news was received in Cottonwood
this morning and searching parties left
here to join the searchers on Graves
creek.
The boys are aged seven and nine
years and came as far as Graves creek
yesterday morning with their father,
who was bringing vegetables to Cotton
wood. The boys were to spend the day
fishing and were to meet their afther
at the creek crossing upon his return
from town.
When Mr.. Atkinson reached the creek
the boys were not there and after wait
ing for a time he proceeded to his home
on the breaks Of the Salmon river, be-
1ieving his sons had proceeded him.
When the homestead was reached the
children were not there and a careful
search Of the creek failed to reveal any
ciew as to their whereabouts.
The search was continued during the
night and the general alarm was sound
ed this morning.
Graves creek is located ebtween Cot.
tonwood and the Salmon river and al
this, season OF the year is running a
| considerable amount Of water.
The Atkinson family formerly resided
| in Cottonwood. where Mr.. Atkinson
conducted a blacksmith shop. They re
moved to the Salmon river last fall ant
| settled upon q homestead.