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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-12-16
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

The secretary of the interior has ap-
proved the Colorado indemnity school
land selection for 1894 acres in the
Pueblo land district.
William ]. Calhoun of Chicago has
been appointed minister to China and
has signified his acceptance OF the
office.
Representative Taylor has secured
the issuance of an order from the
commissioner OF the general land Of
flee which will result in expediting
action upon the rights of way applica-
tion OF the Plateau Valley railroad in
Western Colorado. The application
has been tied up for nearly two years.
Representative Taylor. who has
been working to secure modern field
guns for the Colorado militia, has re-
ceived notice from the War Depart
ment that four modern three-inch
rifled guns will be placed at the dis
posal of the militia Immediately. The
four guns. with their equipment, are
valued at $9s.O0O.
Secretary Ballinger has temporarily
withdrawn approximately 2.734 acres
OF land along Chicago Creek. Colorado.
thought to obtain power site possibili-
ties. This withdrawal Is made for the
purpose OF enabling Congress to enact
such legislation with respect to the
disposition of power sites as 1t may
see fit.
Secretary Ballinger has announ ced
the restoration to the public domain
of approximately 1.976,0O0 acres CT
land in the states of Wyoming, Idaho
and Utah, withdrawn from settlement
as phosphate lands and found not to
contain phosphate with such reasona-
BILE depth as to make them workable.
The examination resulted in finding
391 900 acres OF land in Wyomong and
Idaho not heretofore withdrawn con-
tanning valuable deposits of phosphate
and these lands have been withdrawn
from entry. The total area of land in
Wyoming, Idaho and Utah withdrawn
as phosphate land is now 2.551,0C0
acres.
The Department OF Agriculture on
the 7th inst estimated that the newly
seeded area of winter wheat is 7.9 per
cent greater than the revised estimat-
ed area sown in the fall OF 1908,
equivalent to an increase of 2,449.0O0
acres. the indicated total area being
33,4S3.OOO acres. The condition Of
winter wheat Dec. 1st was 95.S,
against S5.3 the same day year ago.
On the opening Of Congress. Foun-
tain l.. Thompson. Democrat. was
sworn in as senator from North Da-
kota. He succeeds the late Martin
johnson.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-12-16
GENERAL NEWS.

Plans for twenty-six bar mills to be
built at Girard near Youngstown, o.,
have been announced by the Carnegie
Steel Company.
The appellate division of the Su-
preme Court of New York has upneld
the section of the Armstrong law, linn
iting the new business OF life insur-
ance companies in any year to $780,
100000.
Ten persons were killed and thirty
nine injured, six probably fatally. in
Ohio during the three weeks hunting
season which closed December 4th.
or those injured. many were crippled
for life Several lost foot. a leg cr
a hand. A few were blinded.
Walter Lonsdale. secretary to DR..
Frederick A. Cook, arrived at Christ
iansand, Denmark, on the 5th inst.
aboard the steamer United States. lie
said he had with him all of DR.. Cooks
records.
Prince Frederick Won Sayn Witt
genstein, of Prussia, who renounced
his princely rank in pursuance OF a
family agreement on account of hav-
ing married below his rank. has re-
cefved from Emperor William the title
OF Baron Won Altenberg. Frederick
married Marie Louise Vertling, q
woman of the middle class.
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headquarters of the various anti-sa-
loon force in New York City declare
that NO doubt exists but what Uncle
Sam will soon entirely abolish alco
holic stimulants in any form in It's
army and navy.
The leading express companies have
issued ciyculars advising the public to
express Ill packages as early as DOS
sible. II senders will start their pack
ages early, the express companies will
be glad to put labals on each package:
DO net open until Christmas"
Announcement is made at Bradford.
Pa. that the sixty hand-blown glass
plants of che country will apply for ar
ticles Of Incorporation under the laws
of Pennsylvania for a company to be
known as the Imperial Window Glass
Company of the United States. 1t will
be capitalized at $1o.0O0.00O.
The Orphans Court at Philadelphia
sustained the validity of the will of
the late Anna T. Jeanes. who left
much OF her fortune to charitable and
educational institutions. The estate
is estimated to be worth between 34.-
100000 and $4,000. 900. The will was
attacked by thirty-six heirs-at-law.
Eighty thousand persons are starv-
ing in Armenia. according to advices
received at Worcester. Mass. by En-
lily G. Wheeler. secretary Of the Ma
tional Armenia and India Relief AS
sociation. and 5000 orphans need aid
She says that unless aid Is sent speed
lily from America, a large number OF
Armenians will perish.
Owing to imperfect patching OF .
defective part in his machine. Antonio
Nice, France. on the 9th inst, while
flying for the first time in an aero
plane of his own invention. The ma
chine turned over at a great height
and the driver fell under 1t and was
crushed to death.
Captain Palmer +. Pierce of the
United States army. who is president
OF the International Athletic Associa-
ton. has issued call for the annual
meeting of that body in New York
City on December 2Sth and has an
nounced that the subject OF football
revision will take up considerable
portion OF the program.
The New York Times has printed
the remarkable narratives OF two men.
made under oath. declaring that they
were employed by DIR. Frederick A..
Cook to fabricate astronomical and
other observations for submission to
the University OF Copenhagen. DR..
Cooks records arrived at Copenhagen
on the sth inst.
In the prosecution at New York Of
six former employees OF the American
Sugar Refining Company. James Con
lon. n former customs weigher. tesu-
fled that although he had npprised his
superiors OF the existence OF fraud
more than ten years ago. nothing wus
done to punish the guilty persons until
after the death OF II. o. Havemeyer.
A large part OF the Gould interests
in the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany retired at n meeting OF the di-
rectors In New York and they and 9th
ers affiliated with the Goulds were
succeeded by men representing the
American Telegraph 4 Telephone
Company. the Hartman and the
Moore interests. George j. Gould.
chairman of the board and until re-
Gently accredited the largest individ-
ual stockholder. did not retire.
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twill protect you-w make you horscwse and and
from being cheated by doPes tricks when buying
selling trading and makes acquainted with the
tricks and handling methods of and certain class OF unseruP
dealers Many of the Of this book made
public time No such collection of Horse Trading
Horse Buying Horse Training and Horse Feeding information has
before been published impossible in this large
give complete list of the this sensational book
been prepared by DR. A S Alexander the
who has had upwards of IS years experience
in Horse Buying and Breeding.
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BOYS VENT TO CHURCH. +;
Rector Won All Their Marbles and They
Couldn't Play on Sunday. Y. ''0~
From me Washington Hcrold.

Many interesting stories are told OF the
late Bishop Wilmer Of Alabama, who was
noted for his wit and sharp repartee,- said
Robert W. Kennedy Of Birmingham, Ala.
A story (which is considered characteristic
OF the man was told by a Virginia minister
at a private dinner In Richmond not SO very
long ago. r.
when Bishop Wilmer was rector Of
the little Protestant Episcopal church at
tpperyille, Va said he. he was much
worried by the non-attendance at service
on Sundays OF the majority OF the young
men OF the community. On inquiry he
found that instead of going to church
they were in the habit OF playing marbles
for marbles in those days, 1t must
be remembered. was a much more serious
game than 1t is now, occupying much the
same position in the realm Of sports as do
billiards and pool In these days. s.,@f
" Bishop Wilmer, then q parson not we'll
known, determined to break up this prac-
tice. He himself had been an expert marble
player, in his boyhood. Accordingly one
SATURDAY he came across a number Of the
Bishop asked several questions. and finally
CHALLENGES the lot to play him FOR keeps
Much to their establishment the young
minister won steadily. and soon they had
TO 90 TO the stores to replenish their stock.
Toward the close OF the afternoon Mr..
Wilmer had won every marble In the town
in, a bag. hi, remarked. as ne walked away,
Now, gentlemen. since o can't play
at church." And he did" ~
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RIGHT SIDED TONGUE.
Is the Tongue Of tho Talkatiye Man Per.
son Who Can't Keep q Secret.


From the observations male by a ply
when quite still can be az eloquent in aivins
It's owner away a. when II IL wagging sixteen
to the dozen. This Is a hard fact for a silen,
man to swallow-in silence. His only
remedy Is to keep well 80 "a to obviate
the necessary injunction of the doctor
to put his tongUe out. for by this thrust
out sign the doctor shall know him.
The tongue Of the talker when obtruded
~nclines TO the right side OF the mouth,
We are asked to believe. whereas the sell
dom used tongue gravitates to the left
side. Orators, preachers and barristers
are endowed with right sided tongues.
Verbally parsimonious persons have left
sided ton CUES.
Furthermore. the tongue that shoots
out straight without turning or wavering
indicates a solid. reliable man Of affairs. b"
Tongues that turn UP indicate impractical
natures, A downward, dropping tongue
belongs to q person born TO poverty and a
ready eye for the hopeless eide of thi ngs.
The cruel tongue Hat ems and broadens
when extended. The delicate speaking
organ with curled UP edges is the property
OF an m aginative and artistic being. When
the tongue issues forth as Il gripped In a
dental wise. IL signifies q love OF life more
than ordinary
Finally We are warned that the individual
who thrusts forth his tongue to Its ex-
tremest verge Is q person to whom no secret
should ever be confded. for he Is an ire
sponsible chstterer.
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INDIAN nov BEATS HOUNDS.
Trailed Robbers Where Dogs Refused to

Nnsko0ee correspondence Hdnsas City Star.
Taking a trail that ~bloo6hounds refused
to follow. Willie Bryant. q fun blood Chero-
kee boy. 10 years old. led the way for Nifty
miles through some OF the toughest tim
bered country in the Cherokee Nation.
covering the entire distance In q day. and
with q posse surrounded and captured the
two remaining train robbers who made a
futile attempt to hold up . train crew at
Brasss yesterday. The hold up resulted
In q fight In which an oficer was killed and
one Of the robbers badly injured.
The feat Of Bryant in following the rob-
bers' trail is one Of the most wonderful
incidents In the history Of outlawry In the
Cherokee Nation. He has for several years
been known locally as the best trailer OF the
section around Braggs. He has inherited
all OF the instincts Of his forefathers in the
craft Of the trail. Naturally the local officers
who know his ability turned TO him a. Q
leader.
Sheriff Ramsay OF Muskogee county took
bloodhounds IN a motor car and rode twenty
miles to Braggs. bringing the dogs fresh upon
the robbers trail before Il was six hours old
The dogs refused to follow the robbers over
the rough. hilly and timbered country, so
Deputy Sheriff Clark placed young Bryant
at the head Of his posse and the Indian was
given his head. From Brasgs to Proctor.
the course which the robbers took. is fully
nifty miles. It Is In the foothills OF the Ozark
Mountains and through q section like this
there Ia every advantage In concealing q
trail,
The distance covered shows how uner-
ringly and swiftly the Cherokee followed
It. While the dificult task OF keeping the
trail was his. yet the members Of the posse
found the greatest difficulty In keeping In
At-kt - hss, ufhA. 1900
the posse was utterly exhausted and stopped
to rest Bryant and one man pushed on
half a mile further and found a cap thai be-
lonEed to one Of the robbers. They sent
back for the rest Of the men. who soon had
their quarry surrounded and closed in on
them. The outlaws did not put up a fight
and when arrested were unarmed. They
had either thrown away their weapons In
their flight to reach the railroad or else had
concealed them for effect when they found
are now In Jail In Muskogee.
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ness and distinction. In recent years The
place has changed considerably. A thriv-
ing business district has sprung up near
the railroad station. new streets have been
cut through the open country on the
outskirts and hundreds Of new dwellings
dence section. The Westfield Of ten years
ago is gradually disappearing and in its
place is rising a modern suburban town.
Fanwood and Scotch Plains, two closely
related settlements, are located on some
what higher ground that Westfield in
the midst Of a stretch Of fertile farming
country. Fanwood is situated imEicdi-
ately to the north Of the railroad. Scotch
Plains nestles close up TO the base Of the
Watching Mountains. extending back
between the hills along the course OF
Green Brook. Both places are old fash
Toned country villages surrounded on
all sides by thick woods. The railroad
by the residents OF both towns.
just beyond Fanwood the railroad
bears of to the southwest and runs
parallel to the mountains about two miles
distant from their base.
Plainfeld IL the second largest town
on the main line Of the Jersey Central.
Elizabeth ranking first. Its population is
railroad into two distinct sections. To
the south OF the tracks lie a number Of
big factories. to the north the business
district and the residential section.
The town itself is modern in every detail.
1t contains public and private institu-
Ions OF all sorts, banks and trust com
a theatre, a public library and art gallery
and a we'll equipped hospital.
Despite its metropolitan character
Plainfeld has residential neighborhoods
that are as quiet and as physically at
tractive as one would wish. The railroad
maintains four stations within the city
limits and provides very good train
service. The time of travel varies from
forty to sixty minutes.
' Dunellen is n small, homeliko town
extending from the railroad northwa I'd to
Green Brook. a shallow. winding stream
that later unites with Bound Brook and
flows into the Raritan River.
Bound Brook is an old established COM
munity, its original settlement datingback
to the Colonial period. The town takes
its name from a picturesque, swiftly
flowing little stream that forms the
boundary line between Somerset and
Middlesex counties. The settlement
has grown rapidly and in the last
few years has nearly, trebled its
portant railroad lines-the Central Rail
road Of New Jersey. the Lehigh Valley
and the Philadelphia and Reading. The
Raritan River and tho Delaware and
Raritan Canal. both OF which pass through
tho lowor. end Of Bound Brook, bring a
great doai Of commerce to the town. \
somerville Is the terminus Of the subur-
ban service maintained by the Jersey
Central on its main line, The railroad
divides at this point, forming t~wobranches,
n following the north branch Of tho
Raritan River. the othor the south branch.
Somerville is a thriving business town
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hoped q 500 Pound Sturgeon.

Wesibrook correspondence Nce London Dan
A 800 pound sturgeon found it's way
into, the fish pound formerly owned by
Asa Stannnrd. now the property Of A. W,
Stokes. or Monday night. The fish measured
o feet 3 inches In length.
When the sturgeon found herself n pris.
oner she made desperate efforts to break
out. but as the pound was a new one the
Efforts were fruitless. BY means OF ropes
the fish was got ashore and slain. There
were about ATTY pounds OF eggs discovered
said to be worth about 81 a pound, As the
fish itself brings about IL cents q pound, II
proved to be o valuable catch.
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Starting Indians A. Farmers,

Pierre eorrespondence st. Paul Dispateh,
The Cheyenne River agency will be
busy for some time to come, as the
dist ributlon Of live stock to Indians begins
to-day. To each head OF a family ia to be
given twenty-three, head of t~wo-year-old
mares, q wagon and harness, AGRICULTURAL
implements. ,fye cows and $50 In cash.
Ihis dlstribution means that TO any OF the
81 about $1,000 In value. either toward
startlng a herd Of cattle or beginning farm.
ING operations without any expense,
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and the distributing centre Of a prosper
U agricultural region. 1t is q very
old settlement and is laid OUT along gen
erous lines. The houses are spacious
and comfortable, with broad enoirclins
Clambering vines and the o%verhanging
branches Of ancient eims and evergreens
almost hide them from the view Of pass
ersby.
Two miles to tho northward are the
Watching Mountains. their densely
wooded slopes rising steeply from the
level. sunny plain. Roundabout is a pic
turesque region OF farms and orchards,
a quiet stretch OF genuine country that
still retains to a large extent its original
rural simplicity.
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distance that may be covered in an hours
ride. the limit OF time that the great
majority OF commuters will spend In
travelling to New York.
Elizabeth. the first stop Of importance,
is preeminently a manufacturing and in
dustrial centre. It has great mills and
shipyards. machine shops and factories
that extend in a broad crescent from the
Newark Bay meadows southwark along
Staten Island Sound. The business dis
trict OF the city centres at the intersection
Of the jersey Central and the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad viaduots, about which
point are grouped the banks and otiioe
buildings and the important stores and
markets.
Like other manufacturing cities in
eastern New Jersey, Elizabeth Is very apt
to be misjudeed BY the traveller whose
knowledge OF the town 10 based merely on a
daestinss ,s slimp pcs. caught ~ ba;d from %s The car Ss- win,
grfmy windows and towering smoke
stacks. 1t is only On closer Inspection
that the more pleasing aspect OF the place
Is revealed. A short walk to the north
ward brings one 10 broad streets lined
with stately elms and bordered with
splendid Colonial mansions. In their
rambling. old fashioned grounds no hint
vi tIIO ~ ntAa VIII NV W ~
turing district intrudes.
FL Mora and Lorraine are suburbs OF
Elizabeth that share in many Of the
substantial improvements OF the parent
town. They are Of fairly recent origin
and lie to the north and west OF the town
on slightly higher ground. Rents and
land values are naturally lower than in
been operating there recently and the two
settlements are growing rapidly.
Roselle lies about midway between Eliz-
abeth and Crawford. 1t Is an attractive
suburban town. consisting largely of
small frame dwellings Of the villa type.
Crawford H. one OF the most finished
along the line Of the Jersey
Central. It Is almost entirely a resi-
Dental town and IL populated by well
to do people. a large proportion OF whom
are New York business men. The Rah-
way River. q small stream that Ia navi-
gable for canoes n rowboats, winds
the centre OF the town. twisting
and turning in a series OF horseshoe bends.
The river is a clear. placid body Of water.
IDEAL for the oanoist. bringing the
shore are a number OF clubs and
the residences OF wealthy people, their
sloping gradually down to a
little bluff that rises from h waters
edge. The Casino. q spacious modern
structure facing, one Of the quiet reaches
Of tho river. IL the centre Of social life as
we'll as Of outdoor sport.
Although preserving to a great extent
It's natural rural charm the town Of
CRAWFORD Ia nevertheless Of considerable
Importance. II has an ex-
business district, police and fire
iepartments and all the substantial i'm
Of a modern CITY,
Wcstfeld 10 a very old place whose
tree lined streets and old fashioned
rambling houses have an air OF exclusive
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From Me Londgn Chroniclc,

From the London Chronicle. .sFf-.
Bjornson, the poet, who In now lying
seriously Ill at Christiania. was once seked
on what occasion he got the greatest pleas
ure from his fame as a poet. r.,.. ID i
His answer was: 1t was when a dele
CATION from the Right came TO my house
In Christiapia and smash ed al. the windows.
because when they had thus attacked me
felt that they ought TO sing something.
and so they hogan to sing Yes, we iove thfs
land Of ours They could do nothing eisef
They had 70 sine lhs song Of the man when
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AMONG THE JERSEY HILLS
PICTURESQUE SUBURBS THAI
ATTRACT COMMUTERS.
The Central Railroad Of New Jersey
teaches a Score OF Towns Along the
Railway n Harlan Rivers in the
Shadow Of the Watching Mount aims.

HeAcnes q score Of TOWnh AiOnS the
Railway M Harlan Rivers in the
Shadow Of the Watching Mountains.
In the thirty-fve miles between New
York and Somerville, the terminus OF its
,uburban service. the Central Railroad
t New Jersey ~traverses a beautiful stretch
II farming country watered by numerous
small streams and intersected by several
important rivers. Along the line are
acrhaps a dozen towns populated largely
hy the families Of New York business
men,. many OF whom occupy their coun-
Try homes the year round.
Although the settlements reached by
lie Jersey Central could not truthfully
he termed mountain resorts they have
nevertheless many Of the desirable fea-
IN the southern slope Of the First Watch
ing range. which here rises from 400 TO
80 feet above the plain. affords a good
Elevation and a sweeping view over the
surrounding country.
The central part Of New jersey. from
which the railroad derives it's name,
dlfers widely from the fashionable sum-
nor resort region in the northern part
# the State. The interior is a quiet
7lral section. a region Of farms and or
.hards. green fields and placid. winding
iyers, with here and there an old fash
.onod country village. The hills are low
and rolling rather than abrupt; the gen.
eral nature Of the country Is oPen and
veil cultivated rather than wooded and
,lntlled.
y The Jersey Central Railroad runs
outward from the lower end Of Jersey
il'y along the east bank OF the Bayonne
~fromontory, turns sharply to the west
ward at Bergen Point, crosses Newark
l-y on a long trestie and enga ges sio-
o"ssively Elizabeth, Crawford and West
field, just before reaching Fanwood,
which lies about two miles this side Of the
steep eastern slope Of the first Watching
Mountains. the tracks bear on to the
'n,thwest, follow close to the base Of the
ridge and reach Plainfeld. Bound Brook
ud Somerville.
This route, while seemingly roundabout,
Las advantages that other railroad lines
r,Hrning out Of Jersey City do not possess.
= avoids smoke filled tunnels and steep
sfades. and 80 materially lengthens the
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For the Daughter That wasn't Married,

From the Afchison Globe. .' ~
There will be.a very unique social affair
in Atchison early in July. A certain girl
has never married. and as all her sisters
married and enjoyed pretty clothes and
wedding presents her father announces
that he wants to do as well by her and will
give her O mock wedding. -
She will have as much money to spend
on clothes as she were to be a bride. and
give her a party and notify all the kin that
they must carry presents. as II to a bride.
Then he VIII send the girl on a trip to the
seacoast. where she can wear her new
clothes and have more fun than II there wero
a man tagging along. - TO- .