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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-12-02
LITERARY FORGER|ES
Versatility and CIeverness of a
ShreWd Scotch Lad.
FOOLED THE CONEOlSSEURS.

He Poured Forth Ills Extraordinary
Documents In Profusion to Supply
the Demand and Was Finally Elk
posed by Simple Little Slip.
From the days of lsidor hereafter,
who forged letters of the bishops of
Rome with such skill and success that
they were treasured for centuries in
the Roman archives. to the days of
Ireland. the notorious forger of Shake
Spearean plays and letters, and Chat
terton. the clever and ill fated boy
who died miserably in his attic. there
have never been wanting unprincipled
men who could forge ancient manu-
scripts so cleverly that leading experts
have been deceived.
But for versatility and cleverness
none of these forgers of past centuries
could approach the cleverness of a
young Scotchman who years ago pro-
duced long succession of forged man
uscripts which completely baffied the
connoisseurs Of the world. The true
and full story of these remarkable
forgeries is almost unknown and is SO
extraordinary that it may well be told
1t was in Edinburgh that this in
comparable forger practiced his arts.
and it was by an accident that he was
tempted to embark on a career which,
after spell of great success, involved
him in disaster One day the princi-
pal of an Edinburgh firm of lawyers
told one Of his clerks to clear out sew
eral boxes full of old documents, the
accumulation of many years. Among
them were several documents and au-
tographs the value of which the clerk
was quick to recognize, and he had no
difficulty in finding purchasers for
them. AS the supply was limited and
the demand constantly increasing it
occurred to him to supplement the gen
uine documents with others of his
own manufacture, and as he developed
a remarkable skill in forging and had
already won the confidence Of large
number of collectors he found 1t easy
to dispose of as many forgeries as he
could produce at very profitable prices.
Many of them were sold to collectors
in different parts Of the world. others
were disposed Of by auction. and the
remainder were pawned and sold as
unredeemed pledges. These forgeries
covered very wide range and includ-
ed autographs and letters by Crom-
well. Mary. queen of Scots; James VI.
Prince Charlie. John Knox. Rob Roy.
Burns. Scott. Thackeray. Carlyle. Sails
Clo1cfnna I NnIcnn and
many other men of note as well as
vast quantities of Jacobite correspond
ence
So cleverly We're the forgeries exc
cuted that the largest purchaser Of
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-12-02

Mrs. S. Joyce, Claremont, N. H.
writes; about a year ago | bought
two bottles Of Foley's Kidney Remedy.
1t cured me of severe case of kidney
trouble of several years standing. It
certainly is a grand, good medicine,
and heartily recommend it" Pulse
Drug Store.
John H. Foresman, prosperous
rancher of near Cottonwood. made
this office substantial call while in
the city the first Of the week paving
his taxes and attending to other mat
tiers. John found the county lust
stuck on $50 extra this year when it
come to asking him to "dig up!
Foresman, who has run threshing
rig for the past sixteen years, reports
the grain over his way Of better
quality this year than that of former
seasons. He threshed $4,000 bushels
OF grain during the forty days he was
out.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-12-02

SCOTS letters was gentleman who
as boy had carried most of the great
authors manuscripts from Abbotsford
to his Edinburgh publishers and was
as familiar with SCOTS handwriting
as his own, and the head OF the firm
that published Lord Byron's works
purchased forty letters purport-
ing to be Lord Byron's for the sum of
f12o IS Cd. A very large collection of
these manuscripts was purchased for
sum of over $4,000 and presented to
the Lenox library, New York. where
they were for some time regarded with
reverence as the chief treasure of the
library, and another collection was
presented to the city of Edinburgh.
Although these forgeries were pour
ed OH the market in such profusion. no
suspicion seems to have been aroused
They were accepted without question
by the experts and found ready pur-
chasers at large prices. Whether the
forger's success made him careless or
whether it was due to one of those re-
markable oversights to which the most
skillful criminals seem liable and
which bring their career to a close. the
forger was at last exposed through
mistake of which such a clever man
should scarcely have been capable.
Among the many forgeries he pro-
duced a poem signed by Robert Burns.
1t was called The Poor Mans Pray
err" and opened with this stanza
Amidst the more important tolls of state
The counsels laboring in the patriotic
soil;
Though Europe from thy voice expect her
fate
And thy keen glance extend from pole
to pole
teen verses. might well have escaped
detection with the rest but for the
fact that a gentleman to whom the
poem was shown discovered the iden-
teal verses in the London Magazine
of 1766 in poem addressed to the
laborer.
Thus it appeared that If the verses
were actually written by Burns the
poet must have opened them under
the pseudonym of Simon Hodge at the
very immature age of poet of seven
years. Suspicion once aroused. doubt
was at once cast on the hundreds of
other documents which had emanated
from the same source. The Lenox col
lection was submitted to the experts
of the British museum and pronounced
"a worthless lot of forgeries," and col
lectors all the world over awoke to the
painful discovery that their treasures
Of old manuscripts were scarcely worth
the paper they were written on. The
forger's career was brought to sud
den termination. He was brought up
for trial and sentenced to a term of
Imprisonment. thus closing career of
forgery which for daring, cleverness
and success has perhaps never been
equaled. York Press.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-12-02
THE ATMOSPHERE.
Without II There Would Exist q Queer
State of Affairs.

"'s"out " mere would Exist q Queer
State Of Affairs.
Without the atmosphere. besides the
inconvenience to breathing. great
many peculiar things would be observ-
ed that would seem very extraordi-
nary to us. The sun would rise
straight up in the morning into u sky
as black a> ebony. traverse black
SKY and sink down to rest at night
into black bed. No beautiful glories
or the sunset and sunrise would an
pear, no blueness Of the heavens be
seen, no red sun gradually growing
brighter but one that would rise as a
merry orb and remain thus all day. No
twilight and no daybreak could cheer
us, for there would be nothing to diff
fuse the light.
Unless the sun shone directly on a
thing we could not see it, Thus our
houses would have to be made Of
some transparent substance or else be
artificially lighted in the daytime. No
sootnlng shades would appear in the
landscape but everything would stand
out boldly and clearly, every object
casting dense black shadows that
would render invisible any one enter
ing them No voice or music could be
heard. for there would be no medium
to carry. 1t. No birds or insects could
hit about in the trees and above us.
Tor there would be nothing to enable
them to utilize their wing motion. No
clouds would be seen in the intensely
black sky, and no thunderstorms or
nigh winds would be possible. No
vegetation could exist, and no animal
could live. In fact, this old earth
would be as dead as Hector as far as
activity was concerned.
Yet this is the exact condition of
anairS on the moon. which has no at
mosphere and consequently suffers ev-
cry one of these disadvantages.
1t Is rather interesting to contem-
plate the successive events on the
earth II the atmosphere should be
quickly removed. The first thing that
would probably happen is that every
animal. insect. fish. bird and plant
would suffer violent explosion, for
each contains air at a pressure of fif-
teen pounds to the square inch on the
outside, which is balanced by an equal
pressure on the inside and would rush
outward on the first pressure being
removed. This can be shown by plac-
Ing the hand over an air pump and
gradually exhausting the air. The part
exposed will gradually swell. Another
illustration is when tornado sweeps
round house. taking the outside air
away for an instant Ii the house is
closed the windows and doors will be
blown outward with enormous force.
and sometimes the sides themselves of
the house are blown in all directions.
Chicago Record Herald.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-12-02

Batty 4 Oliver know every good
ranch and town property that is for
sale in Idaho county. See them. 24tf
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-12-02
Abstract ;!!l!3|
MISSING SATISFACTION
OF MORTGAGES

Do you know that there are
several hundreds of mortgages,
which hi i've been paid, but are
not satisfied of record?
Loan companies did business
IN Idaho county, years ago, and
the recor lis show many of their
mortgages remain unpaid.
Why?
y loan company either col
lects its money or forecloses the
mortgage, and as the mortgage
was not foreclosed, it must have
been paid,
When such mortgages are
paid, release is always issued.
The m prtgages has failed to
file the release for record and
same has been lost or DESTROYED.
Did ydu get an abstract when
you bought your place?
If not, would it not be wise
to get one and ascertain the
state of your title?
Get blu y.
The booklet 1.-The How and
the Why of an Abstract" gives
further information, send for
it.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-12-02

Great trees give more shade than
fruit.-German Proverb.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-12-02

Good Groceries at obbs-Miller's.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-27
Drops 70 In Custom House.

The wedding out from the customs
service in New York city of the
men who have been implicated In the
sugar frauds and other schemes to
cheat the government. but against
whom no evidence of actual commits.
sion OF crime has been obtained. be-
gan in earnest when Collector Loeb
announced the discharge of James f..
Vail. formerly deputy surveyor In
chrage OF the weighing division;
George E. Bedell. an inspector and
formerly chief clerk In charge of the
same division: James p. Hyland and
Joseph O'Carroll, foreman of weighing
districts, and eighteen other weighers
and gaugers. whose names are not
mentioned In the official report given
out al the custom house. So far as
could be learned. the men granted i'm
munity and retention of thai- Jobs
for testlfying against Philip NJ n at
his trial for cheating the gov mt
out of duties on cheese. are Included
among the men whose heads went into
the basket Whether or not any Of
the discharged employees will have to
face criminal charges later is a ques-
ton which both Collector Loeb and
United States Attorney Stimson re-
fused to answer.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-27
Rattlesnake Kills Girl.

Miss Belle Jones. eighteen years old.
daughter Of the leading merchant Of
Amsterdam. Ga. is dead from being
struck by great RATHER while walk.
Ing in flower garden of her home.
The snake was coiled under rose
bush and struck Miss Jones as she
was gathering flowers. The snake
struck the girl on the leg between the
ankle and knee and chung there The
girl ran screaming to the house. drag.
ging the snake with her. Her father.
who met her, snatched the snake from
her leg with his hands and killed 1t.
The snake measured seven feet long
and was Of enormous girth.
The marks on the girls leg were
over three inches apart.
Physicians were summoned. but
were unable to save the girl. She died
in terrible agony five hours after be.
ing struck by the snake.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-27

which the American Sugar Refining
company had paid to the government
on account of evasion of duties. was
regarded by the government as a COM
plete settlement for all Its undcrwegh-
~g frauds.
That amount. however. he said. af-
fected no other evasions of duty and
in no wise figured as to any other
matters. and the government pur-
posed to recover much more money
because Of frauds the trust had com.
mitted.
After the conference Mr.. MacVeagh
said that the sugar frauds were over.
shadowing In interest one OF the most
important phases of the whole inves-
tigation. the commission of frauds by
importers with trunks with false bot
toms involving losses OF millions to the
government
Collector Loeb explained that while
this had been possible in the past.
rules had been adopted under the
present regime which would prevent
such frauds In the future.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-27
ssttIed For Life With Wounded Buck.

Locked for half an hour in the horns
of a slightly wounded and dangerous
buck. stephen Chalmers. well known
as an author and magazine contribu
tor. engaged in life or death strug
gle in the twilight on Burn hill, eight
cen miles from Saranac Lake, N. Y.
Finally grasping with one hand his
shotgun. the stock Of which had been
broken by blow at the deer's head.
Chalmers discharged the load into the
bucks breast.
Chalmers first wounded the deer.
slightly stunning II. He dropped his
gun and reached for his knife to put
the deer to death. 1t was gone. and
before he could recover his gun the
buck rose to it's feet and charged him.
Chalmers hands were badly lacerated
by the antlers of the deer. but other.
wise he Is none the worse for his ex.
hausting struggle.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-27
Roosevelt Party Are WE'LL

Reports received in Nairobi. British
East Africa. from the Roosevelt hunt
ing expedition are that all the mem
hers are we'll and will return to Lon
DIAM Nov. 30.
During the hunting on the Guas Ing
hisu plateau Colonel Roosevelt and
Kermit killed four elephants for the
American Museum of Natural History
in New York.
The party took many other trophies.
including five horned CRATES leop
ard. roam bushbuck. a Jackson's
hartebeeste. an oribi. a singing topi,
a bohor and a kob.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-27
Taft's Niece to Wed.

New York. Nov. 24.-Mr. and Mrs.
Henry W. Taft, of SO West Forty.
eighth street. announced the engage
ment of their daughter. Miss Louise
w Taft. to George II. Snowden. of
Seattle. Wash. The wedding probably
will take Place between Christmas and
New Years.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-27
We will
help you.

If you are living in a rented house
you. no doubt. have long desired to own
Your own home and have made plans to
that end. There is no need to delay the
matter, when the Snow Hill Building
and Loan Association is ready to help
YOU, ana wnen you realize that the
money you have been paying out every
year for rent would have bought and
paid for home for you. then you will
no longer continue to pay rent.
Call and see w. d. Cordry, Jr.. Sec.
rotary of the Association and he will
explain how you can get the money to
build you house an and easy way by
which you can repay the loan.
Snow Hill Building and Loan
Association.
MARION T. HARGIS.
President.
w. ID. CORDDRY, Jr.
Secretary.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-27
Company Formed to Build AeropIanes

4 company. which announces that
II will ne able to deliver Wright
aeroplanes to anybody the first of next
May has been formed In New York.
Behind It are Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Theodore P. Shonts. Allan A. Ryan.
Morton F. Plant. Howard Gould. An.
drew Freedman. Robert J. Collier. An.
gust Belmont. Edward J. Berwind and
Russell A. Alger The company Is
capitalized at a million.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-27
Atlantic citx,s HUGE Profit.

Nearly slo.OOO.0OO in cash has been
deposited in the Atlantic City banks
as the profits of one of the biggest
seasons on RECORD. Figures shown
by reports Of the eight banks and
trust companies place the exact total
at sS.991.0i1. Local financiers declare
their belief that the addition OF depos.
Its in building and loan and other
funds will run the total seasons saw.
ings of the resorts population up to
s12.O00.000.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-27
Decree DiSsoIvlng Il to Go to
U. S. Supreme Court.
THE DECISIOA UNANIMOUS
The Worlds Greatest Corporation vIo-
lated the Sherman Antitrust Law
and is Shattered by Decree Of Cir
cult court-May End Monopoly.

The Standard oil company will ap'
peal to the United States supreme
court from the decision og the court
in st. Paul. Mimi. dissolving the oil
trust II is said the appeal will be
made regardless of the natupe of the
decree or the grounds on which II Is
based.
The case was heard In the United
States circuit court at st. Louis In
April. 1909. by Circuit Judges San
born. OF St Paul: Van Devanter. OF
Adams. OF st. Louis.
Judge Sanborn. OF 81. Paul the pre-
siding Judge wrote the opinion and
the decree. In which all the judges
concur. and sent them with concur
ring opinion of Judge Hook to Judge
Adams. in St Louis. who filed them
and entered the decree in that city.
The decree declared the Standard
OIL company to be combination In
restraint of trade, within the meaning
of the Sherman antitrust law OF July
2. 1890.
BY the decree the company Is re.
strained from continuing in interstate
business. together with all It's subs.
diaries. until after the dissolution or.
dered In the decree has been accom-.
plished. the decree TO go into effect In
thirty days unless an appeal is taken
in the meantime.
II appears from the concurring opin.
ion written by Judge Hook that the
company cannot do business under any
other form with the object of sitting
competition. for he says On this sub
ject that Il is thought that with the
end of the company the monopoly will
naturally disappear but should II not
do so. and the members OF the COM
bination retire from II. except one
who might perpetuate the monopoly
by the aggregation OF the physical
properties and instrumentalities. II
would constitute violation Of the
decree of the court
In the trial of the case the point
was made that the Standard OIL COM
pany was a benencent corporation In
that II. by reason Of economy of oper-
alton. reduced the price OF its pro.
duct. This, Judge Hook says, can have
70 weight.
II Is not a criminal case. nor has II
anything 10 do with the famous $685.
100000 fine. AS II is civil suit no
penalty will fall upon either the cor
poration itself or the seven men nam.
ed as the chief conspirators.
The case was argued by Frank B.
Kellogg. of st. Paul. and Charles B.
Morrison of Chicago. for the United
States. and John T. Milburn. of Buff.
falo: David r. Watson. of Pittsburg:
MorItz Rosenthal. of Chicago and
John G. Johnson. of Philadelphia on
behalf of the defendants. II was
brought to enjoin John d. Rockefeller.
William Rockefeller. Henry NJ. Flag
Ter. Henry II. Rogers. John d. Arch
bold. Oliver H. Payne. Charles NJ
Pratt. the Standard oil Company Of
New Jersey. and aboW seventy other
corporations. from maintaining COM
bination and conspiracy in restraint OF
trade to monopolize interstate and in
ternational commerce. and the decree
grants the injunction sought by the
government.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-27

PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards)--
CATTLE steady: choice. $6.50U7.
SHEEP steady; lambs lower: prime
wethers. $4.7565: culls and common
$1.50q2: lambs. $597.25: veal calves.
$8.50m9.25.
HOGS lower; prime heavies. s. IS.
mediums. $S.15: heavy Workers. tS.lt
ISIS; light Workers. s7S5Q7.90; pigs.
a. 7n6a7 ens rnnshs s7M5 Gx
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-27
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS.
The Latest Closing Prices For Produce
and Live Stock.

PHILADELPHIA = FLOUR steady;
winter low grades. $450M4.75: winter
clear. s4.90M5.10; city mills. fancy,
SCOOPS.
RYE FLOUR firm. at s4.S5@45O
per barrel.
WHEAT firm; No red. sl.14G
1.16.
CORN steady: No. yellow, local,
72m721kc.
OATS quiet; No. white. 45is
Acc; lower grades. 44iac.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens. 14iz
115c.: old ROSTERS. lie. Dressed firm I:
choice fowls. 16c.; old ROSTERS. 12c.
BUTTER quiet: extra creamery. Csc.
EGGS firm; selected. 39@41c.: near
by. 36c.; western. 36c.
POTATOES steady. at $4,000. per
bushel.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-27
sherman,s Daughter Asks Divorce.

Suit for an absolute divorce and
also for the custody of her two chill.
dren was instituted in Washington by
Mrs. Mary Sherman McCallum. the
adopted daughter and heiress of the
late John Sherman. OF Ohio. secretary
Of state. secretary OF the treasury and
senator. In her bill Mrs. McCallum
names Susie Mcdonald Hopkins as a
correspondent.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-27
Wounded Deer chases Hunter.

Edward Luckey. while hunting In
Pike county. Pa. near Stroudsburg.
had an unpleasant experience with a
large buck. Luckey wounded the buck.
which showed fight. and the animal.
swinging around. struck him with his
horns. Luckey becoming frightened
and the animal Infatuated. chase
started. with the man In the lead. The
buck had gone some distance when 1t
fell over dead.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-27
All Customs Frauds to BE Pressed.

Criminal prosecutions against the
sleeper trunk" customs frauds. pres.
sing OF indictments to avoid lapses
under the statute OF limitations and
customs investigation generally were
discussed at a conference at the treas
nry department In Washington.
Secretary MacVeagh. Attorney Gen.
eral Wickersham. Collector Loeb and
United States District Attorney Wise.
OF the southern district OF New York.
participated.
incidentally. Secretary Macveagh
announced that the s2000.000 odd
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-27
Paid $4,000 For a Colt.

James Y. Gatcomb. OF Concord. N.
H.. has sold TO H. II. Peck. Of Water
bury. Conn. for $4,000. the two-year-
old trottlng colt Guy Audubon. 2:24A.
by Audubon Boy u:59h)-Gaiety
Giri (2.1KZl
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-27
SAMUEL HI. TOWNSEND.

Attorney at Law. Snow Hill. Md. oiice opposite
C urt House. In Berlin office every Saturday
afternoon.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-27
A Reliable
Remedy
EIy's Cream Balm

% quickly absorbed.
Gives Relief at Once.
II cleanses, soothes,
heals and protects
the diseased MEM
brane resulting from
Catarrh and drives
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re.
stores the Senses of
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-27

Taste and Smell. Full size 30 cts, at Drug
gists or by mail In liquid form, IS cents.
Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New York.
The Newtown bee., 1909-11-05

a good farm. Will take it with or with out stock Can give good references. Frank Woicehowski, 5S Crosset tlace, Bridgeport, Conn.
 WANTED-To buy some live black skunks. Box 71, Long Hill, conn.
The Newtown bee., 1909-11-05

RESTRICT OF RoXBuRY. ss, Probate lI Court. Oct. 222., A.. D. 1909. Estate, of Earl II. Garlick, in said district, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of Roxbury. hath limited and allowed six of said Estate to exhibit their claims for set- clement.
 Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly attested, within said time, will be debarred recovery. All per- sons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 William E. Bradley, Administrator.
 67 Richards Place, West Haven. Ct.
The Newtown bee., 1909-11-05

TOR SALE-Holstein Friesan bull. Benie II De Kol Prince Hibma No. 45S50 H. F. H. B. A finely marked individual calved November 3, 1906. Also well marked son of this bull born October IA, 1909. Will sell these animals to the first bidder. L. F. Harvey. Romford, Conn.