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New-York tribune., 1909-01-14
To Steel Trust Stockholders:

dug of Common under SIS and Preferred under So Then
golden halo and to the raers with the price
decided the old Good Intentions
t1ng, the call Of modern methods
ahead the schedule
the world from realizing that
The price S5S when blew the blast
fos order Steel pool
Steepo
end to feels ropes end SO will look high Tor
Common
pool held the market Steamship Trust stock
Of fools for Wall Streets Trick
must before will be entitled the blue
Of fooldom
Let every stockolder arriving decision unload his holdings
n mind
He comparatively the
only buyer is the pool
That the because wants TO- but because
which
Ah That the pool tariff has been settled will
unload s8 the pool have sunk
public
public probably will have secured few millions
New-York tribune., 1909-01-14

Ponder drop and and drop means hdreuS VI
which hundreds or millions loss 10
the people
Well good thing tbungs of the whole American people V
brained few this particular one
permanently out OF
The Steel manipulated $50 1t was enp
game hunng SIS and before the tariff agitation was ude way
pis on
New-York tribune., 1909-01-14
I.s4o. 600 bushels with I

SAC. 600 bushels with ESQ 900 bushels needed
once. The Liverpool market easy and closed Il a
zd net lover minneapolis stock OF wheat has increased
100000 bushels in last four days but dispatches repord
that large flour sales had been made on Tuesday by
three OF the big mills at that point Fresh export
business Of ten loads was reported S. Louis an
nounced further sales red wheat accord
Ing TO edvices from Minneapolis, the offerings OF hard
winter wheat from Southwest entirely
ceased The local cash market closed follows:
No red, 81 o5 ss 9s1 05s elevator. and 81 81 s
adoat: No Northern Duluth 81 1874, and No 2 hard
winter, 81 Is 4 0 b afoat. CORN-During the fore
noon corn worked In harmony with wheat. advancing
about lsc in Chicago active commission house buy
ing small receipts and steady cables, Liverpool closing
= a "a net higher In tho afternoon. however when
wheat was strongest, showed disposition 10
react. and the close only trife higher than
the previous night. and about lowest point Of the
day Realizing a factor in this reaction. well
as considerable selling By leading commission house.
The total Western movement 4660 200 bushels.
pared with 1017.0O0 bushels year ago. No
mere was quoted eI4c elevator. and SIC p ahoat;
No : white nominal and No yellow 6fzc o b
anGat OATS-The market for oats was dr1n early in
the day on good buying by cash people but eased of
with corn near the close The local cash market
quoted, quoted as foilog.: Mixed % to 80 III 54g641c:
81 20 42 III. 56is 962c RTE-Market slow; No West
e.n &c noTnaI ;" New IoTk. BA Riot1i--Market
New York. BCCKWHEAT-New York State quoted
New-York tribune., 1909-01-14
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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-09
The N oise II abit.

4 personal experience first showed
the writer the possibility Of state Of
affairs where the habit of noise could
become as fixed as the habit Of drug
Waking one night In the quiet OF a
country house far from other habita
tions. suddenly beard the starting OF
the hot air engine which pumped the
wRter-cbus. chug. chug. chug. / lay
listening to its monotonous vibrations
and wondering mt the unusual hour
for pumping until | fell asleep, The
uext night the sound was repeated
On nrutiunng the matter 10 my hnSt
he confessed that he could not alerp IN
the quiet OF the country: that the sud.
den chang" from the roar OF great
city To the silence OF the woods was 50
great ~ "a cause him real suffering
.Ns his only way 10 rest he would leave
the house in tho middle of the n!g ii
start up IL" pump and. lying down in
nearby hammock. find sleep bruu- AT
him by the lullaby Of the hot air IN
eine. That man recognized that he had
the noise habit and finally conquered
it.-HoliS Godfrey IN Atlantic.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-09
capt. HERR|NCTON
A DELEGATE

Captain F. NJ, Helringtouyof Il is
city has been cho en- as. one of the
delegates of the Twelfth regiment TO
the annual meeting of the National
Guard association of Pennsylvania
which will be held in Philadelphia en-
Friday and Saturday of this week
The compliment paid to Company +
will be appreciated when it is ex-
planned that of the ten delegates chos-
en- to represent the Twelfth regiment.
only four are captains, one of these
being in command of the local COM
pany.
Brigadier General @. b. Dougherty
of Wilkes-B Barre is president of the
executive committee of the National
Guard association. The annual meet
ing will be held at Hotel Walton, the
first session beginning promptly at 8
a. m. Friday, December 10th. ..
The presence of Governor and Com
mander int Chief Hon. Edwin S.
Stuart and of the Hon. John E. Rey-
burn, Mayor of Philadelphia, is ex-
pected during the session. There will
be addresses by Lieut.. Col. L. NJ.
Weaver, General Staff, u. S. A. {;
Major Carl Reichman, gath Inf, U.
S. A. Capt Francis j. Koester, U. S.
A. Captain Charles d. Rhodes, 9th
Cavalry, U. S. A.
nk l.,
read by Col. Asher Miner, 9th Inf, +,
N. G. p, opening discussion on the
subject of The Restriction of Enlist
ments in the National Guard to Per-
iod of Not Less Than Three Months
Prior to Going to Camp" there will
also be "a paper by Lieut.. Col. Corn
we'll on Enlistments i'll the Army and
National Guard. How Shall the Nat
ion Recruit Its Army for Defense?"
Through the courtesy of the officers
of the Philadelphia command a buffet
luncheon will be rendered the dele
gates at Hotel Walton at noon and a
theatre party in the evening of Friday
December 10th. .s. ..... .. ..-,
The entire list Of delegates chosen
TO represent the Twelfth regiment is
as follows: Colonel Clement, Major
Straub, Major Updegraff, Major Foil
mer, Major Drumheller, Captain Her
rington. Company F; Captain Nor
row, Company A; Captain Hester,
Company G; Captain White, Company
G Captain Taggart adjutant of the
regiment.
The delegates will leave Sunbury
Thursday evening.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-09
THE MURDER CASE.

Yesterdays sessions of the Northum
berland county court at Sunburv.
where Joe Muleski Is On trial for the
killing of Wally Tomachefsbi were
mostly devoted to the presentation of
the prosecutions case, and "A very
strong web of evidence was woven
about the prisoner. .
A number of witnesses were called
by the prosecution and the movements
of Moleski were traced during the day
of September Both, the day on which
the shooting occurred The most dam
aging testimony was offered by Joe
Levinski, Wally's butty who was with
him when he was shot. They Were
walking along a road together, when
they saw Moleski sitting under some
bushes, and he said to them, "wat Il
yourself. {" They were scared and ran
the witness i'll the lead. He heard a
shot. but did not stop running until
he reached friends house. Wally was
not with him then Later the man was
found mortally wounded in the back,
and a full pay envelope which had
been in his possession was gone
The prosecution rested yesterday
afternoon and the defense was taken
up. The case will go to the jury like
ly some time today.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-09
THE COOLEST WEATHER

The rain Tuesday i'll this immediate
vicinity, at least, did not relieve the
brought to any appreciable extent.
The rain sank into the thirsty earth
As fast as it fell and while it thus
benefited the wheat it did not re-
plenish the streams. .,H W.. se
The rain was followed with q drop
in temperature which threatens to
freeze the small streams, cutting off
the only available water supply, thus
in some sections bringing about the
very conditions that have been SO much
dreaded. 1t would have required a
much heavier and more prolonged rain
to swell the streams and store up in
the earth a reservoir of water suffi-
cient to insure an unfailing supply
during the winter. ......-
Mercury stood at 80 degrees yester-
day morning. 1t grew colder during
the day. At p. IN. the thermometer
registered "a degrees. Mercury fell
considerably lower during the night.
The ground was frozen hard yesterday
and ice was making its appearance. 1t
was the first taste of real winter.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-09
sunshine and Dust.

There is more dust In the places Il
Illuminated by the suns rays than IN
those which we call shady. IL you
look along beam Of light as 1t strea ms
through,R window or a chink I'm the
door you will see innumerabIe dust
PARTICLES dancing about In the light
You win be told by most persons that
there is just as much dust In the non
illuminated parts OF the room as In the
more favored spaces, but you cannot
see the particles because the rays d.
not fall directly upon them You viii
think that this is eminently plausible
but 1t Is not the case. The sun falling
upon the air creates irregular currents
and these currents stir up the dust and
collect 1t In layers along the line OF
light; hence there Is more dust where
the sun shines than elsewhere. A Gu
rious experience in a museum gave
proof of this. 1t was noticed that
there was always more dust on the
glass cases exposed to the sunbeamS
than on those which were never touch
ed by the rays of the great orb, ana
this led to an inquiry, with the above
result.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-09
PREPARING
1t A PETITION

The act of 1909 making all road tax
cash tax is variously received in the
rural communities,
III several townships Of Montour the
cash tax Is popular. Mahoniup and
valley townships departed from the
work tax system several years ago and
flnd the cash tax practicable and pref
cradle in many respects. . ......
In other townships the cash tax WAS
defeated when it came to an issue and
the act of 1909 is on that account M.
popular. Men who for generation
have been accustomed to working out
their road tax-putting in a day now
and then when there is letup in
farm work-do not take kindly TO anv
innovation which compels them to go
down into their pockets for the cash.
The act of 1909 is exactly the op-
poslte of the former act, which proyid-
ed that the road tax could be chanped
to money tax by vote. The present
act requires vote to change the tag
back to work tax The court upon.
petition of fifty-two or more taxpayers
OF the township orders an election for
the purpose of deciding the question.
1t Is no secret that at least one town
ship of Montour county contemplates
presenting petition to court at the
next term asking that an election ba,
ordered to enable it, if possible, to go
back to the work tax.
The majority of the townships Will
probably accept the provisions of the
new act, paying cash tax. In some
of the townships the work tax has
been growing into disfavor for some
years past. On the face of it, it is de-
clared, the principle looks all right but
1t does not work out that way.
A prominent farmer of Derry town
snip states that so far as his observA-
tions have extended the work tax is q
| positive detriment. He does not deny
that there are conscientious men who
| give the township good days work
for the money, but he is quite sure
! that such men are too often in min
ority. From time immemorial, he says,
it has been quite customary to "go it
easy" while working on the roads, SO
that it has become quite notorious that
| for the number of men and teams EN-
ployed on any single day the showing
ON the road is poor both as to the
amount and the quality of the work
done. Speaking for himself lie says.
he has been watching the experiments
in those townships where a cashItsx is
! paid and he is convinced that under
that system good roads can be main
tanned at minimum of cost.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-09
Queer Sort of Borrow.

He was displaying with much pride
Q silver dollar pocket piece" d.
"0ne Of my best friends" he said.
patting 1t fondly. Have had 1t ten
years. and during that time have been
dead broke half a hundred times aud
in actual need or food and a bed quite
often. .sf4- 5aa o 49,.
"Whni!" II listener exclaimed. "Her..
a dollar from. sentiment aud so hup-
cry and sleepiessF ..s.- ., .r
Il didp't say So" the other repiic't
Il never went that far. iou >r..
when I'm 50 hard pressed | use 'H,
coin as collateral. borrow auothcr
dollar and give this one as security e.
TO be held TIL called for. Queer SORE
Of borrow. Isn't It? But the coins too
good a friend TO desert,"-New York
Globe
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-09

Tall hats, "pcarkin mp like the spirc
OF Il Strrple a quarter Of IL yard above
the cruwur." as sixteenth CeHiU y
writer dc>crihcS them. were known H.
the tiu3r ~ Elizabeth. ana the nuri.
tauS affected them until they merS,u
into the old fashioned bcuNrrS of oar
grea gTandfathcrS days. rnp hats ~
silk appcarcd lirst IN iiur"i,..,' auuUt
1900. and twenty years later >ilN bats
with telt bodies we're introduced irt"
England. About 1910 the Frrn II So.
hat was placed on the market aud al
once adopted in the familiar chimney
pot" shape There were several vari
cites OF il, such as the Wellington hat
with the yeomau crown; the AnSesrh
hat, bell shaped at the top. aud the
D'Orsay hat. with ribbed silk binding
and Il big bow. The color also varied.
Thus the Earl OF Harrington started II
craze for green top hats by wearing
one in his garden with the idea OF not
frightening the birds. He also tested
his silk hats by standing upon them
The top hat, however. was never so
favored by any great parsonage rs Il"
account for its general adoption.-l.ou.
don Answers
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-09
Marriage In Pieardy.

A Picardy custom, founded on a
broad bnsis of common sense as well
ss the idea Of complete partnership. Is
that which puts new bride through Il
kind of examination In the trade of her
husband. 1t may. OF course. have be-
5come something of q burlesQue. and
she bride may purposely show less dex-
Terity than she need. Still, the consid
Grafton OF the wife as a helpmate is
very clearly shown in the performance.
If the young wife's husband be farm
er, she will be asked TO harness a
horse aud cart and TO harrow a small
piece OF land. IL her choice has fallen
on an iron nworker. she must hammer q
piece OF iron If on a miller she must
measure out wheat from a basket at
the church door; If on smith. she is
supposed to be able to strike the anvil
II on sailor. she has 10 clean and
mend some netting. and so on with the
other occupations. Evidently the keep
ing of an Idle wife is not understood In
picnrdy. T P's London Weekly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-09
HAUNTED ALASKAN ISLAND
Ghosts OF Russian ExiIes Who Died OF
Starvation or Torture.

Ghosts OF Russian Exiles Who Died Of
Starvation or Torture.
To the south and west of Kodiak,
distant about 100 miles and forming
one OF the Semidi group. Is the island
Of Ghirikot, the haunted island of
Alaska.
Ens!ir"udcd Tor II great portion NJ
the lime with almuSt impenetrable fng.
this lnnciy isle ls an object OF terror tu
the natives. VITO calm II ss haunted
by the ghosts of Russian exiles. ,..
The natives wiH not eu near the is
land. Snying ii mGuus certain death 1"
invade the canny confines. nnd th"r"
are. few HcH IN the far north who have
the tem"rity to test the truth OF the
many ana weird tales tod OF this for
bddiu. and barren isiand.
Shipul SlrTs and sailors passing the
place assert that the a.nnizing cries ot
Russian Niles sent there To StHrve OF
die by turtur" are sometimes heard
on quiet nights. white the ciink ot
chains and The sound OF blows are tcs
tilted to- IN m AFFIDAVIT by a white mnn
who once attempted to remain there
for week aud who nearly lost his
reason -Tauans Tribune.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-09
Truth In lest

According to historical tradition, the
conquest OF Finland was foretold in
jest that soon became earnest by its
conqueror. Peter the Great, to his Jest.
er, Baiakireff.
Balakireff had veXed the c2ar by too
1mpudent n joke and had been summa-
rily banished with the menacing in.
Junction never to appear on Russian
soil again lie disappeared discreetly,
but one day not long after Peter, glanc.
ing out of window, saw his uumis-
taxable figure and quizzical counte-
nance jogging comfortably by. perch.
ed in country cart. lmpulsiveiy h,
ran down to him and demanded to
know why he had disobeyed.
II haven't dsobeyed you" was the
answer. 81 am not on Russian soil
now"
Not on Russian soil"
No. This cart load of earth that
I'm sitting on is Swedish soil. / dug 1t
In Finland only the other day"
Peter laughed, but he said, IF Fin
hnd be Swedish soil now, 1t shall be
Russian soil before long!" And he
made good his words.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-09
Oddly Named,

A Mr. Hudson, who had made II
large fortune as u dentist, Ind bHiIi y
very expensive country house near
Dublin. but OF such an extraordinary
construction rs 10 bid defiance 10 tue
criticism ni the architect.
One day after dinner at Curraus this
singular mansion became Il suhJeci oi
merriment for his guests. The question
for their Satirirai inquiry was. VIVA,
was its order of architecture" One
said it certainly was GreclaD. another
contCndrd II was Saxon aud third
thar it was oriental when their most
thus interpusrd:
Excuse lnc. gentlemen. you are al!
wrong II IL Tusk-un. From the ir
reGuIarltics OF the mansion and from
its proprietor being a dentist the lrish
call II Snaggletooth Hall."-London An
swcrs.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-09
MADE GOOD W|FE'S
DEFALCAT|ON
WILLIAMsPORT, Pa, Dec. 8.

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa, Dec. 8.
The whereabouts of Mrs. Mabel
Campbell, the defaulting postmistress
of the village of -Cammal. Lycoming
county, whose accounts were found to
be S1l0o short and who was believed
to have perished in the mountains
while hiding to escape arrest, were
disclosed yesterday by her husband,
Truman Campbell, who has sold his
belongings to square his wife's &C
counts. He has had two letters from
her. botl. being postmarked Elmira,
N. Y, and last night Mr.. Campbell,
who is 60 years old, wrote to her to
come back. The old man now tells the
whole story.
The day the postoffice inspector dis
covered the shortage his wife came to
him and begged him to help her Then
she disappeared. He found her tracks
across the soft earth to the bank, of
Pine creek, hardly. q stones throw
from their home. Fearing that she had
shouted in desperation, and his wife's
voice responded from across the creek,
where she had waded and was hiding
among the rocks. ..... ....... b..
She did not wait for help, but wad-
ed back to him and returned home.
The only asset in sight that he could
realize upon was his ginseng bed. Be-
fore daybreak the next morning the
old man was in digging up the roots.
BY noon he had dug an amount ap-
praised by the woman's bondsmen to
be worth s275, and this was applied
upon the deficiency. .s .
But that same evening Mrs. Camp
bell left again, and the belief prevail
ed that she had gone to the noun
tains. Since then the husband has as.
signed his interest in timber tract
to the bondsmen and this squares the
tion to be appointed. postmaster, and
is now waiting for the return of his
wife and the appointment from Wash
ington.
Mr.. Campbell says he cannot under
and what his wife did with the
s1l00, though it is we'll known that
her charitable disposition went so far
as that she kept two and sometimes
! three poor families in food. Mrs. Camp.
bell is 30 years younger than her hus-
band. They are the parents of II girl
now years old, and it is for the sake
of the little one as we'll as her mother
that the old man is virtually stripping
himself bare of his worldly posses
sions.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-09
DIPLOMACY.
a Vague Threat That Meant Nothing.
but Brousnt Quick Results.

A Vague Threat That Meant Nothing,
but Brousnt Quick Results.
The late Lurd salisbury sutIIp years
ago sent IL foreign uIhce emlSSary t.
make some demands ut South Amer
tcau republic. Before setting out on
his mission the emlssary. to whom his
lordship had explained the exact na
tnre OF the demands. desired to be IN
formed AS To the course to take If
after he had said everything. there was
u refusal.
oh" answered Lord Salisbury. "this
is not matter In which we have the
least thought of fighting. If the pres
ident refuses. why. you will simply
have to come home again"
The emissary went and had his sa Y
to the president OF the republic. who
biankly refused to give In. and the
diplomat retired to think things over
A few hours later he wrote to the pres.
ident: --
IL regret that your excellency does
not see your way to recognize the just
ness OF the claims which | have had
the honor to present | have now to
say. on behalf of her Britannia majes.
tvs government. that unless your ex.
cellency yields on all points which |
have named 1t will be my painful duty
to act on the second half OF my In.
structions."
Under this vague and significant
threat the president yielded at once. =
London Telegraph.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-09
Georqe IIt, and the Wiamakers.


When George III. ascended the
throne of England his wealthy sub.
jecis were beginning to leave Off wigs
and TO appear in their own hair, .'if
they had any" As the sovereign was
himself one OF the offenders. the per
ukc makers, who feared n serious loss
OF trade, prepared II petition in which
they prayed his majesty TO be gra
riously pleased to shave his head" for
The good OF distressed workmen and
wear u wig. as his father had done be.
fore him. .- fs s-r. s- . ......a. -.
When the petitioners walked to the
royal palace, however. it was noticed
that they wore no wigs themselves.
As this seemed unfair to the onlook-
ers they seized several OF the leading
processionists and cut their hair with
any Implement that came most readily
TO hand.
From this incident arose host OF
curious caricatures. The wooden leg
makers were said TO have especial
claims on the kings consideration. IN.
asmuch az the conclusion OF peace had
deprived them of n profitable source
OF employment: hence the suggestion
that his majesty should not only wear
wooden leg himself. but enjoin the
people to follow his laudabie example.