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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-15

but that it IS rgidly suppressed in his
public utterunces. His common sense.
sanity and geniality could hardly be
accounted for on any other theory
He has been called twentieth century
Puritan. charge rather to his credit
Denunciations were frequent during
his early days, as was to have been
expected of an outspoken Tcformer, but
gradually the criticism ceased. and ut
last he was hailed as Americas great
est educator, living or dead. Remem-
bering Horace Mann. Mark Hopkins
and others, that is a proud title.
Father Of the Elective System.
Taking the best and most advanced
ideas from European institutions. Dr.
Eliot built an American university.
lie did not believe that am educational
system could be trauspIangcd from the
old world to tie new but that we
must develop along our owu lines. lie
only insisted that we profit hy foreign
experience and adept the most up TO
date and enlightened methods one Of
the things lie fuu-nt most sUcuuously
was the idea thar minister's must hoe
made college pre- -leufs. IIe said that
one MIGHT as well insist that minister's.
without amy special preparation, be
placed I'm charge Of law offices or h1s-
pitfalls or Great Industries. lie tooE
sgctariauisn ont of the loals. lie
made attendance .u morning prayers
NfIrg. larry He ... .r.4. observed .-1r
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-15
By JAMES A. EDGERToN.

BY JAMES A. EDGERTON.
Y universal consent General VII
~ liam Booth, the founder and
b head of the Salvation Army, is
the grandest old man in the
world. Some sixty years ago, when he
began work in his native city of Not
tingham, England. he was jeered, in
suited and made target for decayed
vegetables and eggs. Now, at the age
of eighty, he has nearly 100000 con-
verts operates in fifty-four countries,
has all sorts of branch bureaus for So
cial betterment. is blessed where he
once was revilcd. respected where he
was held in contempt. Is received by
Kings and presidents with honor and by
the poor with ovations and looks over
a world that he has conquered by his
armies of peace.
For many weeks General Booths
followers and friends throughout the
earth have been planning popular dem
onstrations for his eightieth birthday,
April TO- and for the announcement
on that day OF his last and greatest
project, that of a University of HUI
manity, which will train students for
salvation work. This institution will
have branches in various cities in all
lands, New York and Chicago among
the number.
He is still vigorous. is in active
charge of his immense establishment
even to details, works from fifteen to
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-15

N Il Is WelCOIne news tnaC III appoint
ing American ambassadors to Eu-
rope President Taft intends to
recognize character rather than
cash. AS an earnest of this purpose
there could be no more fitting choice
than that of Charles William Eliot to
be our representative at the court of
st. James. In England and in Europe
generally Eliot is recognized as 1.-The
first American citizen" At home we
know him as the man who has applied
democracy, liberty and individuality
to education. He has been more than
the greatest president of our greatest
university. He has been the leader of
new departure in our entire educa-
tional life. Higher yet, he has dared
to say what he thought to be moved
in his utterances by motives of truth
rather than expedicncy. The thing
for which in the beginning he was
most criticised. lack Of tact is the
very quality for which in the end he
is most praised. There are cases in
which lack of tact" implies the pres
ence of honesty, candor and truth.
DR.. Eliot is seventy-fve years OF
age, forty years of which time he has
been president of Harvard. He is u
tall man, with broad shoulders and
deep chest, and despite his age is in
we'll nigh as good physical condition
as when in the old days he was one of
the crack oars in the varsity crew.
He is an orator of the highest type
and has a peculiar bell-like voice that
haunts the hearer. He is concise, u.s.
ing no more language than is neces-
sary to convey his thought, yet his
characterizations are peculiarly apt.
He has been said to lack the sense of
humor, n structure hard to believe since
he tells good story. The fact proba-
bly, is that he has humor all his own.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-15
eighteen hours a day and says he ex-
L. l.

poets to live to be $50.
However long General Booth lives,
it is safe to say that his gospel of
soap, soup and salvation" viii so on
3ndehnitely and his drumbeat will
still be heard around the world. He
believes in ministering to bodies as
well as souls and in making men hap
py here as well as hereafter. His
creed is that the way to regenerate so
ciety is to regenerate the individuals
composing society. with political
movements of any kind he has moth
ing to do. His appeal is to the indi-
yidual unit. and he uses cooperation
only is a means TO that end.
In person General Booth is tall-oycr
six feet-and spare He has a piercing
eye, nose like the beak Of an eagle.
high, though retreatiug forehead. white
hair and whittier beard. He is an
orator OF rare powers. being a master
Of appeal. deuuuciatinu. inveelirr. dciy
eZhor-aton hame'y wisdom and ancc.
dote. He is ass ready with the pen 81.
with the spoken word. tntn- not
common among orators 70 tGis unu-
sual combination ne odds such power.
rs an organizer and leader Than Cen
eraI S. olsclo~ once head of the British
army said THAT Booth would ur.
made % gr.#l military commanders A
man lar cam ..E. write and command
can move t.a world provided na hr.
sufficient fl,E purpose and eunreu.ra-
tiou. Booth hus aii these and several
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-15
Lapland Reindeers.

In April the Lapp lets his reindeer
loose to wander as they please, and
when the mosquitoes begin to abound,
about midsummer, he collects his herd
simply by catching one deer, fitting it
with a bell and trusting to instinct,
which leads the animals to gather into
herds for protection against the mos
quitoes, to do the rest In cool sum-
mer, when mosquitoes are few, this
instinct does not come into play. and
it is almost impossible to bring the
reindeer together.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-15

A correspondent of London Notes
and Queries contributes this anecdote
of Thackeray:
Thackeray once desired to succeed
Cardwell az NJ. p. for the city of Ok
ford and when returning from his can
vass said: What do you think, Card
well! Not one Of your constituents
ever heard OF me and my writings"
He prefaced Constituents" with n
strongish adjective.
Strange, If true. They must have
been starving in the midst of plenty.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-15
No Applicants,

Lincoln, sick with varioloid once.
turned grim face to his doctor one
day and let rueful smile appear
do you know, doctor" he remarked.
'1t's an i'll wind blows no one good?
I've got something at last that the
Office seekers don't want"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-15
The Time Not Ripe.

Anxious Patron-Doctor, don't you
think you'd better call in some other
physicians for consultation? Family
Doctor (cheerfully}-Oh no; not yet
There is still some hope,-New York
Weekly,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-15
a Strairl,t Tin.

Johnnie Ito new visitor)-So you are
my grandma, are you? GRANDMOTHER
Yes, Johnnie. I'm your grandma on
your fathers side. Johnnie-Well,
you're on the wrong side. you1l find
ut!-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-15
Horrible.

"That was an awful disaster There
was only one survivor. Isn't that ter
rible?"
Fearful What a bore he'll be"'-
Cleveland Leader.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-15
Endurance Test.

What do they mean by an endur
ance testY'
Two chaps Dragging about their re-
spective makes OF automobile. Lou
isviile Courier Journal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-15
Disseminated.

''Do you believe in the superhuman y
81 used to. but don't any more"
-Why?"
81 married m."-Chicago Record
Herald.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-15
Try This.

Fasten a key to a string and suspend
1t by your thumb and finger, and il
will oscillate like a pendulum. Let
some one place his hand under the
Key. and it will change to a circular
motion. Then let a third person place
MS hand upon your shoulder, and the
Key becomes stationary.-London Eek
press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-15
CORRECTED

Miss Kitty-Before you were mar
rfed. Mrs. Blunt. did your husband
bring you many flowers? Mrs. Blunt
Il didn't have any husband before |
was married. dear.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-15
Eliot as an Envoy
Qualifications of Harvard Unversys Greatest Head, to
Whom President Taft Has Offered the AmbassadoTship
to England-Snapshots of the Distinguished
Men He Has Been Asked to Succeed.

without battles, and the battles were
none the less real and none the less
fierce because contested on the fields
of thought rather than on the fields of
carnage. And all the time he was
leading them President Eliot was lust
as brave and outspoken in regard to
the evils in public life as he was con-
corning the evils of the educational
system. He opposed graft and corrup-
tion in municipal government as vigor-
ously as he did abuses in college ath-
letics. He approved civil service re-
form as ardently as he did the idea of
freedom of choice in education. He
laShed the trusts and the labor un-
ions at the same time, the one for
restraint of trade, the other for pre-
venting the employment of nouunion
men. He helped form the National
Civic federation for adjusting ques-
tions between capital and labor. He
favored the general education board.
negro education tariff reform and linn.
tied woman's suffrage.
Our Highest Type.
There is no posing about Charles
William Eliot, no effusiveness, no play
for popularity. On the other hand, he
is not cold, but human and kindly. In
his presence one feels the greatness of
the man, but also feels his innate dig
nifty and reserve. Despite his long
years of service, he is poor man and
lives simply. He believes In life In the
open and in daily exercise. He has no
forms of dissipation, either mental or
bodily.
Such a man as our representative to
England would be an infinite credit to
the nation. He would typify us at our
best. He is an incarnation of the gen.
ius Of Americanism, the democrat in
theory and practice, the product of lib
erty in its highest statement. There
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-15

No man knows the weight of another
mans burden.-Pliny.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-15
F-t-s-i-E-FE''F-F'!~s'-s''f'-!''F''l''F'-E''i'
By JAMES A. EDGERTON.

n L is welcome news that In appoint
y ing American ambassadors to Eu-
rope President Taft intends to
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-15
A CURIOUS PHENOMENON

A curious phenomenon was met
with when some of the deep, long
abandoned workings of the Com
stock mines became accessible. The
hot, silicious waters had partially
silicified the timbers as the geysers
of the Yellowstone have for ages
been silicifying and turning into
stone the trees in their vicinity. A
beautiful example of the delicate
fossilizing influence of the hot silic-
eous steam of this mine was shown
by a specimen sent the writer of a
piece of the impalpable soft fun
gus common on decaying mining
timbers, replaced by opaline silica
down to the minutest fibre This
was taken from one of the partially
silicified timbers.- Mining Science.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-15

swering this question, | will refer
you to the late State Bank and
Trust company, to the lamented Nye
and Ormsby County bank, and to
the pastor of the First Baptist
Church, colored.
O. Are you going to be reas-
enable or do you want US to give
you a practical demonstration of
what we can do when we have to-"
A. l am trying to be reasonable
even at the cost Of missing an OPP
portunity of seeing you give a prac-
teal demonstration of your meth
ods-possibly instructive to an at
torney anxious to learn any of the
points of the game, certainly en-
tertaining to a man able to appre-
ciate a joke.
SEND BILL AND ILL SEND
CHECK.
Humbly yours,
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-15

days. In anticipation of this, the
boys announced last evening that
they were going on a hunting trip
Mourning will be hung on the door
Of the justice court and for once his
honor did not have a word to say
All objections were overruled with
no exceptions noted. And there
will be a strange tale carried back
to Manhattan by Mayne-provided
he RECEIVERS to such an extent that
he can make the return trip.
Following the limitations refresh
ments were served. During the
evening the lodge decided to hold
a ladies night on December %, on
which occasion several new stunts
will be brought to light
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-15
RAILROAD STOCKHOLDERS.

the number stockholders of
the railroad
This doesn't by means that half or quarter or an
sixteenth of the stock held by simply that
OF the stockholders
railroad organized sixtythree
distributed its stockholders in
value empire.
big corporations forth
of stockholders and then
enacted the of which to limit the earn
capacity their politicians
cry THE widows and orphans
this defeats the ends of simple justice
that the widows and
o entitled to pity
hundreds times that widows
n able to buy stock
Dwelling a further the facts and figures
railroad condition. learns that the
all told.
these stockholders thousands of shares and
the millions that it be
the 49, must be
small amount perhaps down to five ten
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-15
SOMETHING DOING
AMONG The ELKS
LAST EVENING
GOAT WAS IN FINE TRIM AND
PROVIDED AMUSEMENT
FOR SEVEN

There will be seven familiar
faces missing on the streets Of To-
nopah today, for last evening the
Elks held initiation ceremonies
we'll, you know the rest. The can
didates who desired the privilege of
wearing horns were j. Wesley Stew
art, our fearless and lion hearted
postmaster; H. H. Atkinson, the
stern dispenser Nof the law in the
justice court; Lowell Daniels, who
listens daily to the local adherents
of Blackstone spouting knowledge
pellets in the district court; John
Grammley, the ticket puncher for
the Tonopah and Goldfeld road !;
Walter Drysdale, just back from a
trip to the coast where he spent
several weeks recuperating for the
ordeal; James J. Hefferon, who
wished he had taken the trip with
Walter, and c. E. Mayne, a stray
Elk who wandered in from Man.
haitian.
What was handed this bunch
must have come in case lots for
several hurry orders were placed
with the drug stores during the
course of the evening. ]. Wesley
Stewart notified this Office just be-
fore going TO press that he would
not be able to be at his post OF duty
today. owing to private affairs de-
handing his presence at home To
morrow, however, he will try to
venture down town IN his auto.
Grammley secured a substitute to
take his run this morning aud il
may be week before he is himself
again. As for Lowell Daniels. Il Is
thought that the district court will
hold no session today. Both Walter
nrysdale and Jimmie will be missed
from their usual haunts for few
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-15

Tonopan class matter
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-15
dire Threats
MADE IF BILL Was
NOT SETTLED
COLLECTION AGENCY CAUSES
LOCAL ATTORNEY MUCH
WORRY

Some time ago a local attorney
received letter from Chicago
collection agency asking that pay
ment be made on a certain bill.
The bill mentioned was not en-
closed nor had one ever been sent
from the firm which desired the col
lection. In response to the invita-
tion to settle, the following was
mailed to the collection firm:
Tonopah. New. Oct. Is, '09.
The National Legal(?) Service Com
pany, Chicago, Ill.
Most Courteous and Esteemed
Sirs: In reply to your communica-
ton of the 5th inst. | beg leave to
say that l will answer your most
courteous letter in full, and in the
same kindly spirit that pervades
your communication Indeed, with
such fear and trembling, lest the
strong arm of your righteous wrath
should crush me, before the arrival
of this message of peace, upon
which / base my hope of salvation,
did | sit in my Office, awaiting the
infiiction Of those "harsh methods,
which you are SO reluctant to use
that l dare not trust the mails de-
lay, and accordingly wired you cool
lect).
1t is not now, nor has it ever
been necessary to use the harsh
method to extract from my excheq-
uer the balance due on my account
which can't. under any circum-
stances exceed the munificent sum
of six dollars. But if you prefer
to give me practical demonstra-
ton of your prowess, and "show
me what you can do when you have
to- I will say that my native state
is Missouri and | am always willing
TO be shown.
Now in all my brief experience
upon this mundane sphere, extend
ing over period of thirty-one sum
anu ouhoi II lbE
been my custom, before harsh
methods" were used, or the "help-
ing hand was withdrawn, to send a
bill or statement of the demand
This YOU have failed to do, why?
II is easy to threaten suit, calam.
fly. death, and destruction, and yea
even worse-the soft football of the
gumshoe. but these things should
all follow after the day Of repent
ance has passed You say that you
have been reasonable. and I shall
deelaim, equally as loud, the reas-
onableness Of my demand, SEM
NJ 4 BILL AND ! SHALL sEND
TOU \ CHECK IN case you dc
not Wish TO comply with this very
reasonable request, ! shall continue
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-15

to welcome your interesting letters,
Though an attorney, | will in
deed shrink from the notoriety, ex-
pense and trouble" to which you
can put me. However, the Good
Book assures that mans days are
few and full of trouble and when
the vexations of life arise to per-
pick, we know that the Bible is in
deed divine. There will | go for
consolation.
/ will say one thing, which you
can consider food for reflection, and
that is, that a man, firm, collection
agency, or anything else, which will
condescend to write such epistles as
l have received, will not make much
of a success in collecting bills in
this country. There is nothing do
ing along the lines of intimidation
in Nevada, and especially is this
true with the legal profession, of
which ! am but a humble member.
iu' Z AZ lNtti VI ia wv puiIo iihS
them and only fear their cessation,
Moreover l do not believe that you
can get an attorney in Nye county
to sue brother attorney, or any
one else for that matter, for the
sum of six dollars or Whereabouts.
The attorneys of this town, and
county, are not doing a petty lar
ceny collection business, nor are
thov taking trading stamps with
dead horse bills.
| shall now answer your questions
in their order:
Q. us it your deliberate inten-
ton to wait until we use our harsh
methods before you pay any atten-
tion to us?"
A. No, if you send me a bill and
act almost like a human being.
Yes, otherwise l would be delighted
to have you proceed at once.
@. What is the trouble?"
A. Waiting for courteous let
ter containing a bill However, it
is no trouble, l assure you.
Q. "Why don't you answer our
letters?"
A. | like to have you continue
writing as | am having your letters
bound with the efforts of Lord Ches-
terfield-they bring that famous
work up to date.
Q. Did you receive the goods?
A. l did and was very pleased
with them.
@. us there anything wrong
with this claim, or is there some
thing wrong with your"
A. There is nothing wrong with
the claim, nor with me, but there
is something wrong, decidedly
wrong. both with you and your
methods Your Office is the orig
inal home of the Brain Storm. and
as YOU have agencies in so many
cities. | suggest that you procure
Harry Thaw as your correspondent
at the town of Matteawan.
9, Are YOU utterly dead 20
every sense of deoency. honor, up
rightness. morality, and honestly"
a. ! am an ettorney-at-law.
Q Are YOU an honorable. re-
spectacle member OF society. or are
YOU trying 10 evadc payment of an
honest deht?"
a. As modesly forblds my an
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-15
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-09-15
While Still ProcIaimios Himself
Only Original DiScoyefer
Commandet Decides to Wal
Until Df, Cook has Spoken.
WORLD WEARiES OF
ANGRY CONTROVERSY.
Scientists Want More acts Be-
fore Attempting to Award the
LaufeIS to Either of Alleged
DISCOVERIES of North Pole.


New York Sept. 14-CommandeI
Robert L. PearY, according To the dis
patches from Battle Iarbor. Labra-
dor today. has ass uneG a less ae-
grCssive attitude toNara lis rival. Dr
Frederick A. Cook. and with Dr.. cook
beyond the reach OF wireless on the
ocean. the flame OF the North pole
controversy must be fed by support
ers of the two explorers, rather thaA
by the principals
Dr. Cook has held his tongue
throughout with the assurance that he
would make good when the time
came. but until today. Commander
PearN hats flashed At intervals curt
messages from Labrador. questioning
the achievement of the BROOKLYN ex-
prorcr When interviewed today, how
ever, Peary said that he declined 10
enter into further debate until Mr..
Cook has issued his full authorized
statement At the same time the
commander emphatically reaffirmed
that II am the only white man who
has ever reached the North pole"
with the situation as it stands, the
world can only hide its time until Dr.
Cooks arrival in New York, who're he
is due on September 21 Meanwhile
plans for the reception of both ex-
plorers are being completed
The time of the RooseVelts depart
nrc from Battle Harbor, is stll ndef-
mite and the vessel will reach sgd
ney probably some time after Or
Cook reaches New York.
Little. if anything of weight. on Ell
ther side of the controversy was pro-
duced today Herbert Bridgman, sec
retary of the PearY Arctic club. who
is in sydney, declared as false the
story that Peary had appropriated Dr.
Cooks stores in the north. saying he
had merely saved them
Scientists have generally withdrawn
from the debate. pending the injection
Of more facts and less personal feoi-
ing while England and the continent
are becoming a bit weary.