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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-12-01
THE SHIpWRECK
OF GLOOM
4 Lesson In Courage and In The
Value OF Lie.


tCopyfisht 1910. by American Press Asso-
ciafionl
Str Bartlett had not visited his #.
fce that morning. and u may have
been about noon when au elevator dis
gofgcd him Ou The level Of his own
place Of business lmmcd~ oily he
was aware Of the high kcyGS. hoyish
voice Of James. his handy man. crca.
turc ~ many duties and Of an ans.
ious. devoted fdelity.
There's lady waitr' for you.
said James shes in your room, she
is"
"what sort Of ladyY' asked Bart.
lett
n young lady" answered James.
shes been there about half an hour.
with n suit ease. never saw her be.
fore. She's got blue eyes, very blue
eyes She has And | guess she alut
focIin' wclls took her in a glass O.
water con g o. times an she drunh
it She was thirsty. she was
Bartlett shook his head lie could
not remember any young lady of this
kind And yet the eyes
china blue eyes. James," said he.
like the color that you've seen on %
fine cup and saucerf"
We'll, to tell the truth" said James
earnestly. II never seen such color
anywhercs bcfore-not on uothin'. I
didn't"
Bartlett spent some seconds in re
Election.
Go into my office" said he "and
see II there's letter from Mr. Carver
Of Philadelphia amongst my mail If
there is | want it,
Such communication was indeed
there. and James brought it out
It was the querulous letter OF n wor
ried and weary man, and 1t affected
Bartlett like the filing of a saw. for
his nerves were in no condition to
endure the catcrwaulings OF busi.
ness associate. Carver was afraid Of
big note OF Bartlett's which was
maturing in Boston bank.
You'll have to pull money out Of
the game to meet that note" he wrote
anu Nlihi w III ~ itpFl' US IHNAtiu VI
Il handsome profit. Wen be likely to
make a loss" And he went on to be
wall the loss as il it were already
made He declared that he was not
tit even to think OF the matter The
long siege OF illness in his family had
broken his nerve. And. though were
all Oh our feet again." he added, I'm
tho oughly tired out. We never should
have pulled through except for Celia
Gilbert. and now the poor girl has
broken down and must go home
nervous prostration, and pretty bad
too, I'm afraid. And she'll have to
travel all the way TO Boston alone
unless you can go over with her Fri
day night. | see by your letter that
yoell be going over Friday or Satur
day TO try to fix up some way to re-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-12-01
Must &c Rich.

"IIe must have money"
"What makes YOU think so?"
HE never takes the thirty days.
grace allowed on his life insurance
premiums. ."-petroir Free Press,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-12-01
Perm anent-

'Mr. Smith" spoke up the young
lawyer, 81 come here as representa-
tive Of your neighbor. Tom Jones, with
the commission to collect debt due
him"
Il congratulate you" answered Mr..
Smith, "on obtaining so permanent q
job at such an early stage in your
ureer."-Success Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-12-01
Hardly.

A Sunday school teacher, after read
ing the story of Auanias and Sap
phira to the Juvenile class. asked.
Now. children. why doesn't the Lord
strike everybody dead who tells heT'
"Cause," answered Il bright little
fellow. there wouldn't be anybody
left hardly. -Ch.ca,u News.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-12-01
The Wizard.

tits a remarkable thing said old
Brightboy at tea time, but can push
my saucer through the handle of my
cup"
The others glanced at the small han
die and gave the speaker a whitening
look.
"I can," persisted Brightboy.
''Do 1t, then" they challenged.
Calmly taking up his spoon. Bright
boy passed 1t through the handle of
the cup and then pushed the saucer
with II
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-12-01
prcr1 IL ssa WORN pterlE
rnaisns sssts - mob France 81 rsss.
Monopoly


Hpw industry BE- belaH sfafled ~
teafaH ineHnd vhlrh eiu ptts ide
rmrlotmrni fUf paopie IN The e4pf't
At present large husluvs. b. ftau.
acted in aru wurn pouhlps uhieh urp
imported from the ispnrh cuasi md
" g. hoped 10 rapture pnri at this
trade
Trlnl urdpe4 frpm several larep users
Of the pobhIps ntr on hHud mud ennrs
~ mrn nfr engaged IN srir,iine the
w'hblcs from the bpurh ~ Srntan aud
the nriFhbufinR villages
His Fsvorite opiate
Tshers in thraicrs handle some pe.
culiar people during n season. but the
experience Of the employee 0f chest.
nut street plas house was n puzzle for
some time 4 well dressed, middle
aged man would secure an end seat In
the front row almost every evening.
lie would tell the usher II he fell
asleep be- was not TO be disturbed un.
tll after the show No sooner would
the orchestra play the overture than
the ushors would notice that the man
was asleep At the close Of the nights
entertainment some one would rouse
the sleeper and he would leave with a
polite Acknowledgement one night he
explained his strange behavior:
I suffer from insomnia" he said
THE only relief get is when | sit
close 10 the drummer IN an orchestra.
There is something in the rhythmic
beating or the drum that soothes mo
to sleep Philadelphia Times
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-12-01
How to Open a Can of Corn.


One of the smallest of the little girls
in a West Philadelphia family had Of.
ten assisted her mother in preparing
the meals. She observed that her
mother, who was rather hasty. always
talked to herself when she had any
difficulty in opening cans of vegetables.
The little girl thought that the hasti-
ness was part Of the operation.
zone day she was visiting neigh
bor and went into the Kitchen to help
prepare n meal.
She watched the neighhor take can
of corn, apply the opener and remove
the top.
That's not the way to open can OF
corn" said the little girl
why, what other way is therer
asked the neiShhor.
We'll. you take the can Of corn ana
start to open it. and then you bear
down and the opener slips. Then you
say Darn this can: and finish It
That's the way my mother opens a can
of corn. n."-Philadelphi Times.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-20
WATCH THE COMPLEXION


Where 1t goes is evidently not "a
very serious matter as long as the lit
lie red spot. blemish or other skin dis
fignrement disappears as quickly as IL
does after q few applications of pos
lam. the new skin remedy \ peeul-
lar feature Of poslam is that ii is nat
urallv ~flesh-cnl0red and contains no
grease. so that when used ON The face
for the complexion, on for nimples. red
noses. or any other intlammauons,
hlemishes or discolorations it's pres
ence cannon be Directed. IT ean thus
be applied in the daytime the MATURE
al color Of the skin being Immediate
~ restored and the actual healing and
curing process accomplished in 70 Few
days. Poslam can be had Of any
pharmacist who sells pure drugs. -.
II. Briggs & Co. and j a. o'Reilly
make a speciality OF IT, Fifty cents
worth viii answer either for the trou-
lies mentioned or In curing ordinary
cases OF. eczema. Itching stops at
once.
ANY one who viii write % the Finer
aency Laboratories, No. % West
Twenty fifth street. New York, can SEE
cure ny mail. free al rbarge. g supply
sufficient 70 cure "a smali esZemN sur
face or clear a complexion over night
and remove plmrles ia twenty-topr
hours.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-20

PRESIDENT TAFT does not ap-
pear IN ardent admirer of the great
American newspaper
as
RIGID ECONOMY In the use Of
gray matter has been the motto of the
Econom, administration
sHN
UNCLE JOE CANNON is feeling
the first few p~remonitory prickles
which presage tho pre-empung 81 his
scalp.
A MASCULINE journalist has had
the appalling tcmerity to start q move
ment for greater simplicity ia cake
making
GOVERNOR HASKELL has been
eNonerated again. Uneasy lies the
head hat wears the oklahoma cNecl-
tiNrs hat.
THE MAYBRAN case = another
shining example n the fact d "a the
American citizen isn't satisfied un-
ga he is huncoed
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at
Tromhone-Spitixcn corner. after la
bored editorial defending Rigid Econ
oml -5pO degrees Fahrenheit In the
shadc-and no shade.
COMPETITION. saws standard oil,
is like Sherman's definition ot war
The would-bc independent operator
viii agree most cordially to his neat-
~ expressed sentiment
sNs
E4HHrr wIT,TcAN-n 80 l-ar,
lup Il S2oe eco sewer system-iets see.
lin ten years that would be $500 0
lin twenty years Sl6e. o0o.-eet "a
the comptome'er qyisk.
PASSING OYER the mere trifle OF
ihc halt million that the sewer system
is going Go cost the Economy admins
itratiou points with pride 90 the fact
/ thar 10 saved $500 on "a steam roller
49,
WASH r IT this Rieid Economy adj
minisiration that found out after "a
years advertising and months Of con-
Versat.on that IL didn't have Co adVer-
/ lis, for bids for delinquent side walks
AFTER ALI. there might De "a
poetic Justice IN making the same
Rigid Economy administration carry
ont that half million dollar sewer But
b. would Dee costly poetry for the tax
payer.
4 Long SUFFERING member of
the profesh down IN Arizona SAYS ia
we'll Tho Arizona star has this,
The editor has no easy job. tie H.
delueea with burdens OF every kind
the banker. the merchant DE
tanner. ms doctor. bis life \ SON ~
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-20

TnE NEW STATEHOOD Bill.

The new statehood bill-that Is, the
bin IL the FORM IN which IL came from
the BcVeridge committee, and w now
before the senate-is in much more
satisfactory shape than when Il
PASSED the house, early IN the session.
There have not been any radical
changes made In Il, but il has been
carefully revised an over, ana better
ments more or less important arc
made here and there all through Il,
one peculiar feature Of the bill Is
that according 60 the present word
ing. the new state is made to assume
and pay not only the territorial IN
dehtedness. but also the present In
debtedness Of all the counties IN the
territory. We doubt whether that
provision was Intentional. but there
would be no escape from It under the
present wording Of thu bill The new
state is also prohibited from paying
ar making any provisions 10 pay amy
Indebtedness that may have been or
may hereafter be declared invalid by
the courts -AhlHi ~ ~ E'A"NdhN 'f
Aeyed, il intended 60 protect the pub
lie Tfcas,irs against the payment At
time In the future Of the so-called
militia warrants. The clause re-
quiring the constitution to make in.
eligible TO state office or membership
ia the legislature an pcrsans unable
to read, write and sreak the English
language. Il retained, and viii meet
the opposition o. i considerable num-
her az our native citizens. Nearly all
tho spanish papers in the territory
have aiready declared their opposition
to II.
II the measure shall go through
congress al tho present Session, and
the constitution TO be made under IL
shall be duly framed and ratified by
the neoplc. the proclamation Of the
president admitting the new states
10 the union may reasonably be ex-
pccted about the middle 81 The SUM
Iner Of 1911.
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~ oun EyESIcnT FAuINGs

DIR. sedgwick, a distinguished biol
oaist connected with the Massachu-
sets institute. declares that al the rate
a. which the eycsight OF the American
people Is detcriorating az the present
time. Il will be hut a comparatively
little time before spectacles viii be AS
necessary 20 ever, one AZ Shoes,
An exchange undertakes 20 account
for his condition of things by the fact
that We wear cut our owes faster than
formerly because there Is so much
more L. see IA this country now than
there MAS q fow years ago. Thore
b. something doing every minute. Il
lays, ~ our municipalities of any size,
and the rubherneek brigade takes IN
nearly every citizen who is able 10 be
out or to sit up and take notice. Peo-
pie stare "a moving picture shows and
theA stt for hours Hlarine at the com-
pnnent parts of q Six SAW puzzle and
trying TO put u together They SIT
around in brilliantly lighted cafes
hull the night or more and work un-
der artificial lights during the daytime
~ maybe they $50 TO "a musical comedy
and look at the nondish light effect
called the light and dark flashed on
the stage from a spot light whec
which is whiricd So rapidly hat u
watch the effect for a minute make.
the brain r,ci.
a generation or two ago people
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-20
COMING TO THE CENSUS MAN.

In about three weeks from this time
the census man win b. on his rounds,
and ns good citizens we should all be
prepared to receive him, not neees-
sarll, with open arms. but with open
minds. and with q consciousness q
the fact that the entire effort upon
which the federal government Is now
expanding so much money so
much labor will owe fits success, its
correctness and its satisfactoriness
solely To the Individual answers that
we may make to the enumeratof,
hence It is to our interest as mem
hers Of the community and the nation
that we make prompt and correct an
swers to all Of his questions. Some Of
them may seem impairment. bnt they
are necessary, and VIII only be used
for good ends. Tho enumerator comes
10 sou strictly on public business. He
has no lightning rods to put up nor
books 10 sell on the side. and VIII not
appear later with %promissory notes or
tax notices, and no part of the infor-
nation ne gets from You win be used
20 give you away" therefore you
should receive him kindly and answer
him eheerfuily.
An Incident Of a consus taken long
years z is thus recorded by John q
Sake. the Vermont poet
Got any bovs2" the marshal said,
10 a lady from over the Rhine,
And the lady shook her flaxen head
And ciyilly answered, "Nein!"
Got any giris2' the marshal said,
10 the lady from over the Rhine,
again the lady shook her head.
And civiily answered. "Nein.t
Husband. Of curse r. the marshal
said
10 the lady from over the Rhine;
And again she shook her flaxen head
And clviliy answered, "Nein."
"The devi sou have the marshal
said
10 the lady from over the Rhine;
And again she shook her flaxen head
And civiily answered, "Neir.'
>sSm
Now. what do you mean by shaking
your head
And always answering Men?
"ich kann NIGHT English" civilly said
The lady from over the Rhine.
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rnE MiR,cLE MUST co,

Miracle apparently must go So
apparently must dorml which
reaches its climax in tho A%thauasian
creed pieesicd OF miracle ana dog
ma. cau Chrlstendom moral. social
and spiritual live. That rs Che abb
snfbine question of thc hour
Thus writes the historian. Goodwin
smith. ln his sgd little book. 80 Ref-
use but ia rruth into which he has
gathered "a series af letters thst oria-
naily appeared ia the New York sun
Professor Smith finds himself pro-
foundry moved hy the apparent melt
ing away II the nid theolory lie
CLASSES himself las an carnos inquirer.
Sseklne te find som, nru support ot
faith. any support that uui stand the
Test 81 modern reason Apart from
she Rhl. De- asks. have vs AMY rev
fiaiion ST. thf Nature thc wll. the
unity. the existence Of deity And
IA himself nsvers III must appar-
enti, hc ouncd THAT though we trem-
bile "a the Thought ~ have none %
The ono fact in nhioh DIS mind seems
only 20 rtss ohh ass;alas like hope
A. that of lhe qulin In ulan called
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-20

There never lived r. man whose
poHcv is more distinctly win. tie or
w%rangle. than Nelson Wilmarth AID
rich. That is one Of tre reasons why
he brings home Ire coos skins when
he goes out TO hunt. He Is on the
trail Of the tariff this sprinp--and he
hunted il to IS lair. ALa Ten, hav-
ing round the lair, ne re~inodelled anc
~refurnished that lair according e
plans made, blue printed and copy
riehted by y. W. Aldrich. One might
as wen take that fact as spoon vituals
now. as have 1t poured in through q
hose later on. MIR. Aldrich was the
supervising architect Of the tariff wall
-or there wouldn't have been a
trowel laid on it.
Aldrich has the same position on the
whiskers side of the halls of congress
that Uncle Joe Cannon used TO have
among the bare-faces. OF course. the
vice-president annoys Aldrich now and
then-though Mr.. sherman is very
considerate about tapping too loud
with his gaVel. And there are other
senators who have from time to time
worked over some of Mr.. Aldrich's
petted plans until the author of their
being could not tave told said plans
from a mess Of salt-rising bread. Still
AL these things taken into consid-
eratinn-anything that ONE before
the senate had best have Mr.. Aldrieh's
o. X, or the game win break up in a
row. And that especially applies TO
tariff plans. The tariff is where Mr.
Aldrich has his voting residence.
He's been in touch with it all his
life from the day he got his first job
AA IaA "a I..af~ fr "a 49, AlAga1l tr1narNr
house. He knows il forward, back
ward. north and south. and slantwise.
All the time that other folks have
given over 10 laughter and mirth and
frivolity and feeble jokes. Mr.. Aid
rich has put in studying the tariff
problem. He's completely forgotten
to be funny in the twenty-eight years
he has spent in the United States SEN
ate. but he hasn't forgotten how to be
so serious that the day of judgment
would look like a movin~ picture de-
vice beside him. The day that he got
on the floor Of tho senate and began
10 shake the fear of "A future life be-
fore the recalcitrant members-that
day he got what he wanted tariff
wise.
lie isn't a parlor entertainer. and
he has absolutely no social tricks to
amuse the company. But he is a mas
ter OF the art of seizing "A lot OF facts
from different places. n SO mar
shalling them that they would con-
vince the dead His one gesture is a
single swing from the waist line, pre-
cisely the same motion with which a
house wife scatters corr 10 the chick
ems. His voice is m-onptonous. and
his speeches are statistical, and on the
floor he looks like any other states
man-like study in black and white.
Bnt when he gets into conference he
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-20

spirituality. me qua lty which animals
have not ard which seems % poini
toward divinity and immortality. But
tho general impression M gets If
that OF a drowning man catching AT a
straw. II is n rather hopeless sort OF
book, though representative OF the
times. It's conclusions are thus
summed up:
That we mas be part or a UNI
versnl plan. moving onward with It 10
some divine end, and s%econding Il by
wen doing, is an hypothesis which
seems favored bN the moral phenom-
Of our consciousness, with the
or evil, optimism wresties IN
vain. we can only hope that II VIII
prove TO have been the hard school
master. and trainer Of good, At al
events, there Is no refuge for us but In
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-20

wins. Not in the past decade has
there been a man who stood wen a
fair chance Of defeating Aldr!ch, once
Aldrich got into the committee room
where a bit of legislation is being con-
sidered. Ills friends say that IT is be-
aus Aldrich is always right. Those
who don't like him St well say that il
is because he always seems right,
He was born in Foster. r.. J.. in
1871. which would make him about
sixty-nine years old now. And he
has y had a humorous thought
since the day Of his birth. II he
laughs il hurts him. When he was a
young man he. was poor and didn't
have time 10. When he got rich he
was too busy staying rich to fool
away time on mirth. Since he enter
ed the senate the stupidity of his fell
low members has eliminated any linz
gering germ Of humor that might
have survived the earlier years. And
vet he isn't curdled at all. He's sim
ply serious deadly serious. He can
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-20

! Of mind. o. course as wei as OF body.
We do not want an influx Of persons
Of putrescent morals or degenerate
ideals. But we do want the help OF
vigorous ana willing men and women,
not afraid to work, in the development
of the magnificent physical resources
Of this country. The very fact that
the immigrant has come to our shores
IL an indication OF a certain courag-
eous independence resembling that OF
our own hardly pioneers who pushed
westward beyond the mountains ana
converted the houseless wilderness IN
to a market garden.
The attitude Of the authorities
should be that OF welcoming the de-
sira Ole citizen, az we'll as excluding
the undesirable. Ne want the kind
Of men aud women who are sober and
diligcnt md thrifty, peaceably dis
posed. and more anxious to make a
living shqn 10 breed trouble. There IL
plenty of room for an indeterminate
number Of millions more than we
in this country today. We do not
need more laws 20 keep out those who
come with hope and ambition in their
hearts to the new world. We need
the impartial enforcement of sem
sible regulations which encourage the
right SORT OF men and women TO come
here as 10 a camp of refuge. an Eden
newly made from the overcrowded
countries beyond the sea.
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THE ALBUQUERQUE MORNING JOURNAL, SUNDAY. MARCH 20, 1910.


lups and downs, Snaps are few and
far between. ANA the man who ~
looking for one might as well eiNe
up the chase and buckle down 20 hard
work.
THE PULLING problem of the
author Of the blow which sent Billy
Patterson TO dreamland. loses import
|ance beside the query as 10 who
blowed on Felix's finances 20 Judas
|Iseariot.N
s#. f.
WH1SH-s-s-stttt-Bing,
Was that the eomet2
No. dear. that was merely Barney
Oldfield breaking his record again.
Barney has made the Empire state
Express look IKE q Santa he drag on
the Gloriesa hill.
THE AMERICAN Missionary is n
good fellow, said Roosevelt az ON
durham. ebut his wife is Il better fell
low Especially so. Mir Roosevelt
might add, If there are some ten or
twelve little missionaries playing
around the doorstep
STATEHOOD looks better than i'm
the memory az the Oldest NllahitAht
1t is always we'll 10 remember how
ever. that blessed Is ne who expects
nothing. for he shan not hr disap-
pointed. The higher NJ son get the
farther the drop and the auller The
thud.
- UNDERSTAND that pr. Smith Is
a great expert on appendicitis, said
The man from Houck's TANK. A. T..
Yes said the man from Gallup.
II wouldn't mind letting him operate
on me But ! wouldnf want to have
one of those labels pat on me Opened
by Mistake"
TT is ANNOUNCED that n soft coal
strike is now q possibility. sure Also.
we are threatened with q strike in
the building trades, the lumber Jacks
the janitors. the grocery clerks, the
messenger bows. the coal beavers the
hotel chefs. the garbage collectors, the
iron workers the steeple jacks. the
hut what's the use. The consumer IS
the only one who can't strike
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-20
WAY TO INDUSTRIAL PEACE.

The federal statute known as the
Erdman act, providing for mediation
in disputes between railroads and
their employees. has justified itself my
many excellent results. Acting under
II. the president OF the interstate conf
merce commission ana the commits
sionor OF labor rave brought about an
agreement in the Baltimore & ONO
difficulty. and now the same bene-
fioent means Of mediation has avert
cd the threatened strike by the fire.
men on the western railroads. This
resort to impartial adjudication is far
more worthy of civilized men than the
%barharous result Of a strike, and has
usually proved far more advantageous
10 both sides, as well as to the inno-
cent public,