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The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-01
STOCK MARKET REVIEW.
Dull Depression Culminatcs in semi.
 Crash Toward Close,

New York, March @1.-Dull dnpres- sion hung over the stock market lead Ing up to something like crash at the last to-day. There were some de- vclopments which were pointed to as being responsible for the dron in prices. Tho tendency towards reac- ton finds more general explanation. however in the fact that the rise in prices had been pushed to it's rcaqibIa limits by all the devices available to skilled speculative leadership until the natural attraction of the high pricns established brought out pressure of selling which was beyond the caparitv of the supporters of prices to absorb. Adviccs coming to hand do not alto gcthcr confirm the claims of improve ment in conditions on which the latter stages of the advices were fostcrod
 This fact aggravatcs the tendency to- wards reaction. The special dcpross- ing factor to-day was the obscurity surrounding the intended course of those controlling the Erie railroad property. The adjournment yrstnr. day of the directors without promul- gating a plan for meeting the imprnd- ing financial requirements of tho com pany was disturbing to those holding the securities of the company. Re-
 sides the interest amounting to about half q million dollars on convertible
 bonds issues payable tomorrow and
 the $j,j00,000 of one year notes which
 fall due on April and which sold to-day at S2, there arc known to be 1 other heavy floating liabilities to be met The view that the company will
 be safeguarded from bankruptcy was founded on the great Independent rec sources at the command of the grcat
 banking houec which is the principal sponsor for the company. That this assumption of a means of roscue did not entirely reassure all holders of the
 securities was evident from the wide
 declines at which bonds of different
 classes of the company were sold on the stock exchange. There was sug- gcstiye sympathy in the movement of
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-01
(. W. MORSE GAINS DON'T.
Denial of Former Ice Kings Insol-
 ycncy Upheld by Court.

New York, March 3i, Judge Holt in the United States district court to-day sustained the demurrer interposed in the interest of Charles W. Morse in the Involuntary bankruptcy petition filed against him hy Receiver Hanna of the National Bank of North America and two former employees of the institution In sustaining the demurrer Judge Holt granted leave to amend the petition within ten days upon the payment of costs
 The demurrer entered by counsel for Mir. Morse denied that the former pres ident of the American lee company was insolvent and that Receiver Han ma and the two former employees of the National Bank of North America were creditors.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-01
NNTI.BICKETSuOp BILL

Albany, March 3l. Without opposi- ton the assembly to-day advanced to the order of final passage Assembly man OBrian's Anti-Bucketshop bill The measure would make it felony to operate a buckctshop In the State. The Cassidy bil which Is practically identical, is on the order of final pas sage in the senate
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-01

Under very heavy selling, stocks broke again in the last hour, with the closest approach to dcmoralzation that has been witnessed since the February break, which followed the January rise in stock. Erie was particularly weak, and this fact did much to induce sell ins elsewhere IL came out in consid- eIahle amounts between II and l3 S-4, Disagreeable rumors regarding the ccmpjnys future filled the air. It was apparent that the hear party was util- izing all the available rumors to de- press values Union Pacific, Reading. and the metal stocks also broke sharply.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-01
WALL STREET NOTES Liquidation of Monday Resum- ed, With Further Decline
 in Price. DEM0RALIZATI0N AT CLOSE Stocks Break Under Heavy Selling, With Eric Especially
 Weak.

The liquidation of Monday was re- sumed again yesterday, with further declines during the morning of to 3 points, making two days losses of to ! points in numerous issues. The sell ing was resumed right at the opening, and with but slight rally continued all the morning. Trading was at the rate of more than S00,OOO shares for i've hour session. Features of weakness were Erie, United States Steel, Union Pacific, and the metal stocks. There were only occasional exceptions to the rule. Colorado Fuel was strong, ad- vlncing at midday in the face Of gen eral weakness elsewhere.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-01
ANACoNDA MAINTAINS DIVIDEND

New York, March 3l. Directors of the Anaconda Copper Mining company to-day declared a quarterly dividend of DO cents per share. This is un- changed from the last previous quarter.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-01
SEAT BRINGS s65. .oOo.

New York, March 3l-A seat on the New York stock Exchange sold this morning for S65,OoO an advance of s5,ooO on a sale of yesterday.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-01

The rise in Colorado Fuel. in view of the supposed unsatisfactory conditions in the steel trade. was I mystery But traders liked to believe that there Is something in the theory that people identified with the United States Steel corporation arc absorbing Colorado Fuel They referred to the old story that once on time the Steel Trust of- fered 100 to 12O for control of Colorado Fuel
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-01

Northern Pacific continued to show relative frmness compared with Union Pacific, Reading. St. Paul and other prominent railroad issues. It dropped only fractionally under its last nights closing price in the early trading. Its seeming underlying strength was noted by the professionals. who were timid about selling it short.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-01
BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires of Horn blower x Weeks, members Of the New York and Boston Stock Ex- changes, New York office, 27 Center
 Boston, March 3l. 1908
 nnan IIIpb nm agr
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-01
CLOSING, PRICES,

Reported over private wires of Prince X Whitely, members of the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges New York office, 52 Broadway, and 10 Center street, New Haven. Conn.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-01

London sold about l5oOO shares Sn balance, mostly United States Steel, Reading, Erie, and Union Pacific.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-01
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires of Prince & Whltely, members of the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges. New York office, 52 Broadway, and 15 Cnnlnr alrnnl. Now LLnNen
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-01

Union Pacific was singled out for bearish attention, and this is likely to be the case from now on whenever the general market weakens on account of the supposed proximity of the s5O.000,- 600 bond issue. It was early driven down 3-i points to 124 3-i.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-01

The steady decline in United States Steel issues was not liked in Wall street. Much of the liquidation un- doubtedly represented distribution of stock which was taken under 30. with "a view to starting the bull market, Many of this weeks sales also repre- sented closing out of speculative ac- counts at loss.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-01
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The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-01
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The Prescott daily news., 1908-11-12
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT VOTING AT OYSTER BAY, N. Y.

other persons body"
 oscillations! That's mans love. And the more women between which he may oscillate the better, l suppose" "Please don't interrupt. It is. of course, necessary that the reactionary sentiment -
 Sentiment? You mean clockwork." -" fin the case of the two sub- jects'
 "Automatons."
 -" should be of an agreeable na- ture' "-
 "A grin painted on their faces"
 -" since the two vibrations facilitate the movement of all the atoms which In this way accumulate and emit their rays without disturbing the dffu- sion "-
 ''I suppose each heart is lighted tai low candleT'
 -"'this it is which causes the senti- ment known as sympathy V
 Machine sympathy. I'd stick pin in man who would offer me such sympathy"
 -" and which subsequently, causes love-"
 "Oh heavens! And this is love, Then I suppose cotton mills where shuttles are continually vibrating are brimful of romances. And think of the cases in watchmakers' shops where the watches all hang together to be regu- lated. How they must vibrate for one another! And is this the kind of love you are offering me?'
 My love for you is not a thing to offer. It can only exist with yours" Do bring the vibrometer and let us see whether we are lovers"
 "There is yet no such instrument. The nearest we can get to it is by the touch." taking her hand. Do you feel thrill? That's vibration in unison. This pressing my lips on yours is a more sensitive test"
 ''I think I do feel it just little" "Perhaps cardiac juxtaposition "A what"
 "I will illustrate. I fold you in my arms so that your heart will beat against mine. Thus"
 "Oh. professor, the three tests to- gether are"-
 "In you reactionary vibratory senti- ment"
 "I don't care what you call it. It's just too nice for anything
 F. A. MITCHELL.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-11-12
\ Practical Fashions LADIES' CIRCULAR OPEN
 DRAWERS.
JADE ES'

Paris Pattern No. 2539, All Seams Allowed.-Cut in one piece, these cir. cular open drawers are very easily and quickly made, and are particularly suitable for summer wear. They may be developed in thin cambric, nain- sock, batiste, jaconet or Persian lawn, and are finished at the back with plaits or a slight fullness regulated by drawing string. The deep ruffle of embroidery edging is headed by an in- sertion of similar embroidery, or, if desired the ruffle may be made of the material, edged with narrow lace The pattern is in eight sizes, 22 to 36 inches waist measure. For 26 waist the drawers require 13s yard of ma terial 36 inches wide, or 1 A yard AZ inches wide, with SIS yards of edging 51s or more inches wide for ruffles
 and 3R yards of insertion. If ruff
 fle is made of material seven-eighths yard 36 inches wide, or three-fourths yard 42 inches wide will be needed.
 To procure this pattern send 10 cents to Pattern Department" of this paper. Write name and address plainly, and be sure to give size and number of pattern
The Prescott daily news., 1908-11-12
Smoked Ham Diet.

Copyright, 1908, by T. C. McClure.l
 Bill Scott, as he was familiarly call ed, was lazy and shiftless.
 Like all lazy men, Bill Scott had an appetite. His appetite also had pref erence. He loved oysters, chicken porterhouse steak and clam chowder but what he loved above all was smok- ed ham. He liked it fried or boiled or baked, and he could never get enough of it. The only way he could get ham was to steal it, and many of the vil- lagers and farmers objected to his midnight visits to their smokehouses Among the objectors was the Widow Glenn, who had farm mile away She was also one of those interested in seeking to save Bill from himself Perhaps she was the only woman in the world who would have thought of combining ham with reform. The idea came to her fin dim, undefined way, but she kept at 1t until she worked it out. One day after being told by her hired man that he had seen Bill Scott scouting about the smokehouse the evening previous she entered into q little conspiracy. The door was left unlocked, the hired man hidden near by, and next night as Bill was taking ham off its roost the door was slam med shut, and he found himself a prisoner. When morning came the widow drove to town to see Mrs Clapn r,H .tp bar ko ited the house of hams and said to the captive:
 "Of course you have nothing to say, except that you were walking in your sleep Inst night, but now that you are wide awake l have something to say to Ing to give you all you want of it. Today you will eat it uncooked. To- morrow you shall have it fried"
 chair and jug of water were brought in. he was furnished with q knife and the door locked on him. and he proceeded to enjoy himself. He ate and he loafed and he slept. There were twenty smoked hams hanging above him and giving out their de- licious odor, and why should he weary his brain trying to solve national prob lens? He didn't Next morning the widow appeared and asked him how he would like his ham cooked for breakfast. He said he would take it fried, and he got it that way and a jug of fresh water with it. At noon he had 1t boiled, and at night 1t was fried again. The amount was not stinted. There was more ham than he had ever sat down to in his life. The next day and the next it was the same. On the morning of the fourth day. how ever, the prisoner said to his jailer:
 "Widder Glenn, if you don't mind I'll have taters and fried eggs for breakfast"
 But I do mind," was her reply. Here are twenty smoked hams going to waste for the want of eating You
The Prescott daily news., 1908-11-12
Loves Vibrometer.

Copyright. 1908, by American Press Asso- ciationl
 ''I fear, professor" she said. toying with her fan, that if I should marry you you would bH constantly referring everything to a scientific cause. If. for instance, you were so devoid of feel Ing as to forget to give me even a flower on the anniversary of our we'd ding you would excuse yourself on the ground that the photographic impress sion on your brain had not been suf- ficiently strong, whereas your action would be-well it would be just hor. rid"
 ''No; I should say that mental ac- tivity in another direction blurred the picture"
 Which would still be horrid. You are so steeped in materialsm that all sentiment has gone out of you.'' 'Sentiment You mean sentimental ism. And what is sentimentalism? ? Manufactured emotion. 1 say manu- factured emotion, for 1t surely is not natural. like anger. fear, pity. And how many couples does it tie up in matrimonial chains who are not fitted | for each other? With what result? | Misery and divorce.'
 "Then you don't believe in marriage for love. You would scorn those hap | py moments of lovers in the moon | light. among flowers, listening together to strains of sweet music"
 "Why not say with Shakespeare. To the lascivious pleasing of lute?' grant you that all these things induce passion, but is mere passion a sui ficient reason for inarriage?"
 "Of course not.' Indignantly.
 'The scientist, where he reaches a foundation for his faith, stands on bedrock There is where I stand in | the matter of love. We have attained to knowledge of what love Is. We may not always be able to determine if it exists between two people in a sufficient degree to warrant marriage, but I believe the day will come when it will be measured to a scale, just as we measure our weight temperature. pulse"
 "ln other words. q trained nurse puts a love thermometer on our hearts and reads zero. temperate, grand passion, as the case may be. People who sub init to such absurdity are indeed it to be under the care of nurse. A luna tic asylum is the proper place for them"
 Suppose in 200 marriages 100 of the couples are brought together by your moonlight. flowers, music and such like; the other hundred by a-well, call 1t vibrometer In the first hundred cases we cannot expect all to turn out happily. Let us assume that sixty are happy, thirty unhappy and ten are di- vorced. Now, if every case pronounced by the vibrometer to be genuine love say, 95 per cent, to allow for errors turns out happily if the amatory oscil- lations continue through long life, would you admit the scientific method to be the better?"
 "Oh, certainly! And if you should pump gas into me from one of your abominable machines that would make me soar in the sky I would admit that you are conjurer."
 "Now, 1 have said that we know what love is It has been defined by Dr. Scheibler of the Berlin Institute of Electro Therapeutics thus: The os- cillations in the interior of a persons body, as may be seen in the case of vibratory attraction, are in harmony that is to say, they are at the first movement in complete Accordance with the oscillations in the interior of some
The Prescott daily news., 1908-11-12

dote on ham, Pitch right in."
 "But my wife must be anxious about me- and l want to be going home"
 Your wife knows just where you are and is not at all worried. She hopes you will have your fill of ham,"
 Bill had raw ham, boiled ham, baked and fried ham, and he should have reveled in the occasion. It Is human nature to never be satisfied, and after the fifth day he demanded radical change of diet, even if only to raw sausage He had not tasted of the last two meals.
 "Oh but you must go ahead with ham," replied the widow. You have not quite finished one yet and there are nineteen others waiting to be eat en. Your second appetite may come back to you any minute"
 'I'd like to live on old crusts of bread for Il change, ma'am."
 But I couldn't think of it. You are a visitor. you know. and I should be ashamed of myself to offer you crusts."
 At supper that night Bill begged for raw turnips instead of smoked ham. At breakfast next morning he offered to eat potato peelings. The widow was firm.
 "Mr. Scott" she replied 'T don't think you are at all grateful. I am furnishing you the incest and sweet est smoked ham in all Herkimer coun- ty. and yet you kick at it."
 But smoked ham for five days, ma'am." he protested.
 But I'm giving you the chance of your lifetime. Think of being sur rounded with eighteen and a half hamsr'
 Hams and water, ma'am"
 "Yes, but I'm giving you chance to taste for it."
 Ham on the sixth day. the seventh and the eighth. The widow was bring ing more ham when Bill Scott broke down and said:
 "Ill sign the temperance pledge, maam, and if don't keep it this time may be sent to prison for the re- mainder of my days"
 And about peoples chickens and garden stuff, Mir Scott?"
 "May be struck dead if I ever med dle with them again"
 And work, Mir. Scott-what about work ?'
 "I'll work like nigger. Only try me"
 You have only been shut up eight days, and there's eighteen hams still left" unused the widow. "Can man reform on two smoked hamsY'
 "He can, ma'am-he can. Give me show, and if I disappoint you they may tar and feather me"
 And through the aid of smoked ham there was accomplished such change and reformation in Bill Scott as men had deemed impossible. and today his shortcomings are remembered only as legends He has worked hard and prospered. and aside from his antipathy for smoked ham there is nothing to distinguish him from the other vii lagers. M. QUAD.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-11-12
-.- G
No HaIf.Way Measuree,

T tried to compliment that opera singer but he seems offended"
 What did you say?"
 q said considered him tho greatest living tenor"
 You should have told him that he 10 the greatest tenor that ever lived and that after his death real music can survive euly by meaas of the pAoao- grapA."
The Prescott daily news., 1908-11-12
INHERENT LOVE OF THE SOIL
Characteristic That Is the Most Deep
 Iy Planted in Mortals.

The first man was a gardener, we are told. Certain it is that the first men were tillers of the soil, after they ceased to be wandering warriors. That is where we get our love of na- ture. declares a writer in the Kansas City Journal. That Is why we build parks and have flowers clambering about our premises. That is why we are strangely at peace when we get out into the mountains and lose our selves among the fragrant woods. That is why we loathe at times the smell of paint that is on civilization and long for the perfume of the life that is close to the green leaves and the wild flowers. That is why we are so happy when we camp out and why we are so reluctant to return. That Is why our earliest recollections of the "old farm" are the sweetest and ten derest of our lives. That is why we crack . joke at the simple life" and back to nature" and all that-when somebody is around-and why we know, away down in our hearts that the simple life Is the life most worth living and that we cannot get close to anything sweeter or purer than na- ture, Mother" Nature, whose sons and daughters we are, from whom we may wander far, but to whom we re- turn as prodigals, finding the prodi- gals welcome and the prodigars peace.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-11-12

Keep myself in peace. and thou shalt then be able to make peace among others.-Thomas Kempfs.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-11-12
Why He Wanted to Know.

pawnbroker was awakened in the middle of the night by furious knock, ing at his door Opening the window, he looked out and asked:
 What's the matter?"
 Come down." demanded the knocker.
 But
 Come down!" :. The pawnbroker hastened down. stairs and peeped around the door. Now, sir?" he demanded.
 T wan'sh know the time." said the reveler.
 There never was any heart truly great that was not also tender and ompassionate.-SOuth.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-10-14
Sfaate Humane Society

A movement is on foot to establish
humane society in the state of Ne
vada, the leaders in the movement
being located in Carson City 1t is
designed to make the organization a
part of the national one and to include
all parts of Nevada. The movement has
been inaugurated quietly in the capital
and will be contaminated in the same
manner.
There is considerable that such a
society can do in the State of Nevada
and much in the city of Carson. The
field is Il big one and no doubt the
movement will receive the support of
all citizens generally. Carson News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-10-14

The inspectors and clerks of election
III this precinct will be up against a
tough proposition in counting the
votes. Present indications are that
there will be 500 or more votes cast
AS the ticket is long one and each
name voted has to be read and tailed,
1t will take until noon of the next day
to complete the count This means
that the inspectors and clerks will be
at work without sleep from 7:3O Tues
gay morning until noon of Wednesday.
Happy Hooligan," the Western
Union messenger, complains that some
person or persons visited his cabin last
night and ramsacked and wrecked il.
He says there was nothing of much
value in the cabin. and the thieves did
not make very rich haul. He feels
bitterly, however, over the wrecking of
his cabin. He has an idea who the
guilty parties are, but thinks it is no
use to make II complaint against them
as the officers we'll not arrest them.
In this, we think, he is wrong. No man
is too humble in Elko to have his
wrongs redressed by the law. If
Happy has any proof to sustain his
charges, Judge Bruce will issue a
warrant for the parties and officers will
arrest them. If found guilty, they will
be punished. Happy must do his part
before the officers can make any
arrests