the crrrifex, fiuday, Nov. ae, 1909. SAY ASTOR IS SAFE Family Believes Nourmahal Is at San Juan. CAPT. FURST SURE HE SAW HER Wireless Ecport by Way of Tampa Denying That Yacht Is at Porto Bico Declared Fictitious. New York, Nor. 23. William A. Dobbyn, secretary of the estate of Colonel John Jacob Astor, and the rel atives and personal friends of Mr. As tor say they are satisfied that the Nourmahal was seen riding at anchor on Nor. 15 by Captain Furst of the Bed D liner Caracas In the placid har bor of San Juan, Porto Blco. A cable message from Caracas, Vene zuela, said that the Nourmahal left Placer de los Estudlos, Santo Domin go, on Nor. 12 for San Juan, tearing some members of the crew ashore. One of the stories current here was that a wireless message from San Juan bad been received at Tampa. Fla., say ing that the Nourmahal was not at San Juan, but that a large steam yacht be longing to a rich Cuban was there and might bare been mistaken for the Nourmahal. The United Wireless Tel egraph company says of this In a mes sage from Tampa: "Absolutely no truth in report re garding wireless received here rla Key West about yacht Nourmahal not be ing In San Juan. Still trying to get San Juan." The report thus contradicted was the only basis offered for doubting that Captain Furst had seen what he says he saw at San Juan. As to yachts resembling the Nour mahal, yachtsmen say there are none, and as to large steam yachts owned by rich Cubans, they, according to Cu bans and yachtsmen both, are as scarce as Swiss battleships. The facts about the Astor yacht as reported, are that she sailed from San to Domingo on Nov. 12 and that she arrived In the harbor of San Juan on Nov. 14 and was still there on Nov. 15. A dispatch from Caracas, of which La Guayra Is the port, said that the Caracas of the Bed D line had arrived there and that Captain Furst reiter ated the declaration be bad given out at Willemstad, Curacao, that he had left the Nourmahal at anchor at San Juan on Nov. 15. Captain Furst knows the Nourmahal well, and the agents of the Bed1 D line believe that he cannot be mistaken when he says that he saw her. Any sailor who sees her even once Is not likely to forget her appearance. Mr. Dobbyn said that he bad not the slightest doubt that when the Western Union's cable was working between San Juan and New York or when the break between Jamaica and Porto Blco was repaired the report of the Nourmahal having been In San Juan on Nor. 15 would be verified. Captain Furst Sure He Saw Nourmahal Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. 23. Cap tain Furst of the Bed D line steamer Caracas was again questioned here re garding his statement that be had seen John Jacob Astor's yacht Nourmahal at San Juan, Porto Blco, on Nov. 15. He confirmed his earlier declaration that Astor's yacht bad found a port In the harbor of San Juan. When the Caracas sailed her captain had 'a view of the Nourmahal, he said, and did not notice anything to Indicate that the yacht had suffered from her ex perience in the storm. He said that he believed her to be "all right and safe." A passenger who arrived here on the steamer Caracas from San Juan states that he, too, saw the Nour mahal in the harbor of San Juan on Nor. 14. GENERAL CLAEKSON TO GO. President Taft Will Not Reappoint Him as Port Surveyor. Washington, Nor. 23. General James S. Clarkson, surveyor of the port of New York, will retire, from that office on Jan. 1, when his term ex pires, as President Taft, after confer ence with Secretary MacVeagb, has decided not to reappoint him. It la said that Deputy Surveyor Bich aril Parr, who detected the sugar weighing frauds, will be appointed sur veyor to succeed Clarkson. General Clarkson Is sixty-seven years old. He wag a warhorse of the Bepubllcan party and was chairman of the Bepubllcan national committee. In Iowa, where he spent the greater part of bis life, be Is regarded as a foremost citizen. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Closing Stock Quotations. Money on call was 4VJ per cent; time money and mercantile paper unchanged In rates. Closing- prices of stock were: Aml. Copper... 92 Norf. & West... tt Atcblson UTJt Northwestern ..U2U B. at O JWe Penn. R. H. ra Brooklyn H. T... 77 Reading US Cbea. AOhlo.... 87 Bock Island..... leu C. C.C&8LL.. 71 SL Paul .1S41& O. AH. lSMt Southern Fae...urst Erie SH4, Southern Br.... M Oen. Electric. ..US South. Br. pf... 6fc m. Central lfl Busar IB Int-Uet SI Texas Pod&o... St LouU. & Nun..JlU Union PaeUo,.J81 Mmhattin 110 U. a Steel....... m MleeourlFae.,.. O. B. Bteel pf...Ui X. x". Central. JHH Wee. Ualaa.... 17 CABINET Knox's Plan to Punish Ze laya Up For Discussion. PRESIDENT TAFT APPROVES IT Navy Department Hastens Its Prep arations For a Movement Upon Nicaragua From Either the Atlantic or Pacific Coasts. Washington, Nov. 23. The Nlcara- guan crisis brought about by the sum mary execution of the two Americans, Leonard Grace and Lcroy Cannon, was discussed at a cabinet meeting at the White House today. President Taft, it is said, approved Secretary Knox's plan to demand an apology and indemnity from President Eelaya and to seize the customs at Corlnto If the demand Is not promptly, acceded to. The president in leaving the matter In the bands of his secretary of state for execution. No information was given out at the state department as to the "certain facts" upon which fur ther corroboration Is desired before taking action. It was said, however, that the Inquiries to obtain the verifi cation of the "certain facts' wonld cause no delay. The department, It was said, has practically all of the important Infor mation at Its command, and the present Inquiries are not expected to develop any Important facta, although they may strengthen the case against Presi dent Zelaya. Secretary Knox will Immediately take all steps necessary to protect the lives and property of American citi zens In Nicaragua. The navy department has almost completed its preliminary arrange ments for a movement upon Nicaragua from either the Atlantic or the Pacific coasts. The gunboat Vlcksburg has arrived at Corlnto, where she will re main for some time. The gunboats Albany and Yorktown, now at Magda lena bay at target practice, have been directed to remain there for the pres ent Instead of returning north to San Francisco. The transport Buffalo Is on her way from Pichlllnque bay, Mex ico, for Panama, to be on hand In case It is necessary to carry a force of ma rines from Panama to Corlnto. On the Atlantic side the cruiser Des Moines arrived at Port Llmon on Nov. 18. She has been ordered to Grey town to report on the effectiveness of the blockade maintained by the revo lutionists. Upon the completion of this duty she will probably return to Port Llmon. The cruiser Tacoma and the gunboat Marietta are en route from Guantanamo for Colon. The date of sailing of the force of 400 marines at the Philadelphia navy yard has been advanced from Dec 3 to Saturday, Nor. 27. Secretary of the Nary Meyer will rerlew them at Philadelphia on Friday. The repair work upon the transport Prairie is be ing rushed as speedily as possible. These marines are going to Colon to relieve the marine detachment on the Isthmus, whose tour of foreign service has expired, but they can be diverted to Nicaragua If necessary. Senor Felipe Rodriguez, charge d'af faires of Nicaragua, has learned that he is not as welcome at the state de partment as before the present diplo matic crisis between Nicaragua and the United States. There was no studied attempt to snub the diplomatic visitor, but he was kept waiting until he got tired and left. Senor Rodriguez made no attempt to call on either Secretary Knox or As sistant Secretary Wilson. He arrived at the department and Informed a messenger that be wished to see Sec ond Assistant Secretary Adee. He was ushered into the diplomatic reception room, where he waited for about twen ty minutes. Finally be asked one of the depart ment messengers If Mr. Adee was busy. The reply was that the assist ant secretary was busy at that mo ment, but the messenger assured Senor todriguez that Mr. Adee would see him soon. Senor Rodriguez, however, would not wait any longer and departed somewhat hastily. He declined to dis cuss the trouble. It would not be surprising If Secre tary Knox sbould send passports to Senor Rodriguez, thus working a com plete severance of diplomatic rela tions, as the United States has not had a diplomatic representative at Mana gua for several mouths. HOPE FOB PEINCE IN HOLLAND Queen Looks For Brother For Little Princess Juliana, Her Firstborn. Amsterdam, Nov. 23. It Is stated that Queen Wilhelmlna expects to be come a mother again next year. The queen's daughter and firstborn child, the Princess Juliana, was born on April 80 of this year. The hopes of the queen and the peo ple of Holland are eager for a prince, who shall succeed to the throne of (TolUnd. Straw Hats. Head wear made of straw was al ready la bh among the ancfeat Greeks, but straw hats Ilka those wa wear did not oesM la to w la Harope bbUI half jjort ermons For a Theme: THE FAINT HEART. By George Clarke Peck, D. D. Text: "Be strong and of good cour age." Joshua, x., 25. It was observed by an ancient that "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady." Not only so, but "faint heart" never won anything worth winning. It stands before life's open doors hesitant, at the foothills of great possibilities trembling, in the presence of some supreme achievement afraid. Many a man Is poor chiefly because he has been afraid to trust his money In other hands than his own. What uninvested millions He hidden away In gunnysacks and under floors! All we need to start a panic la to sudden ly Increase the number of commercial "faint hearts." All the longed for commercial revival waits is a restora tion of confidence. So great cam paigns remain unwaged, great deliv erances unwrought, splendid conti nents unacquired and unsubdued be cause of our faint hearts. A census of such timid folk would doubtless make a long list, but such a list is never quite so depressing as when 11 Includes those from whom we have the right to expect better things. "The worst thing about some good people Is that they are such cowards." There is a species of cowardice which goes with respectability and belongs to great decorum. It is not by any means the cowardice of the wicked who "flee when no man pursueth," neither Is it the cowardice of the pure craven. It Is the exhibition of those from whom we expect a dllTer ent spirit of a NIcodemus in the Council Chamber; of an Erasmus in the Reformation. It is said that certain enraged beasts invariably wait a sign of ter ror In the eyes of their victim, and with the first intimation of such ter ror tho animal springs to the attack. Thus the forces of evil watch for some sign of weakening on the part of those who are set to defend the right The mere blanching of a cheek, some first evidence of faint-hearted-ness, is all the signal the enemy needs. But to say that men and causes are defeated by faintheartedness is like ascribing death to "heart failure." The question still remains as to what In duced the falntness. "Conscience," perhaps, which "makes cowards of us alL" There Is no moral weakener like a sense of personal demerit. Few of us can carry comfortably and jauntily a guilty soul. That state of mind which needs no accuser acts like an inward paralysis upon the soul's best powers. Faintheartedness Indicates also want of conviction. Some one says that a bank never succeeds until its president takes It to bed with him. .But this Is only another way of say ing that a man must believe tremend ously in the work to which he sets himself. "He starved his business," explained a mutual friend by way of accounting for a certain commercial failure. "He never put himself Into it" Nor can a man put himself into his task until he believes In his task. A faint heart Is often a confession that Its owner's soul Is not yet en gaged. But the fundamental cure of cow ardice must be had from God. To be convinced of His Immense opulence of resource, to know that He has a greater stake In us than we have In ourselves, to believe that He never sends His children on foola' errands. Is one part of a sure cure for timidity. "The secret of the Lord Is with those that fear Him." And those who in the best sense fear the Lord are not afraid of anybody else. Our Father's World. This is our Father's world. He loves us and Is watching over our lives. This Is the world In which Christ died to save us. Only our own hands can defeat the blessed purpose of God's love. Only our unbelief can turn the divine good into evil for us. We need never be defeated; we need never falL Whatever our sorrow, our discourage ment, our defeat, our failure, there is no day when we may not look into the face of Christ and say: "It is well." Curbing the Appetites. If the biceps require the dumb-bells, if the Intellect require mathematics, logics and classics, so the appetites and desires require careful disciplin ing If the fullest life is' to be obtained. Bev. A. A. Brown, Episcopalian, AJcron, O. The Reality of God. After 60 years of public life, I bold more strongly than ever to the con viction, deepened and strengthened by long experience, of the reality, the nearness and the personality of God. William E. .Gladstone. Truth. Truth begins Its work in the soul also at the center of humanity. Rer. W. W. Wlllard, Congregationallit Aurora, 111. Our Faith. Our experiasoM art usually alB&flr reactions from ow Milk. . Their Engagement 1 -a b"- They were under the apple trees at the farther end of the garden, Molly in the hammock and Jack in a loung ing chair near her. Molly gazed at him dejectedly, a mist of tears In her eyes. "Her red Hps quivered. "I havo done all I can, Jack, but he Is so per sistent" "Well," she stammered, "It amount ed to the same thing. He told mo ho should not give up until I told him I was promised to someone else. That" despairingly, "is the only thing that would keep him away." "Then," said Jack, still calmly, with out so much as the quiver of an eye lash, "you must become engaged, of course." "Engaged! To whom?" she exclaim ed. "Why. to me," a slight accent of surprise in his voice. She looked at him doubtfully for a moment and then said, anxiously, "It It wouldn't bo too much trouble to you, would It Jack, Just for a few weeks?" "No trouble at all," airily, "glad to help you out little girt." He leaned forward slightly as the front gate creaked, then moved to her side and quickly slipped a diamond ring from his little finger and placed It upon the third finger of her left hand. "It was my mother's, you know," he whispered. Down the path came a tall, earnest-looking young man, whose dark eyes lighted up as he saw the girl In the hammock. He made friendly greeting to the man be side her and then said, "Come with me for a spin, Molly. My car Is In fine condition this afternoon." Molly flushed and looked quickly at Jack, who, with a broad smile, turned to the other man. "Jim," said he, "I have designs on Molly's afternoon, and in fact on all her afternoons hereafter. You should feel flattered, Jim, that our first announcement Is to you." For the space of half a minute Jim re mained motionless, a grayish pallor settling upon his face, then with an effort he said quietly, "My sincere congratulations. Jack and Molly, dear," he could not restrain the tend er note in his voice. "I wish you every happiness-." He turned on his heel and left them. The two who were left looked at each other with strange emotions. They had grown up together, the prop erties of their parents adjoining, and each being the only child. They had always been like brother and sister, one ready to help the other out of any little difficulty, and never a word of sentiment between them. With a little catch in his voice. Jack murmured, "Poor old chap." Molly was weeping softly, but there was a look of relief on her face. He sat down In the hammock beside her and placed bis arms around her. "Don't cry, honey," he said, "he won't bother you any more now." "I know. Jack, but I can't help feeling sorry for him, al though truly It was his own fault Ho fixes his mind upon one object and never gives up until be Is thoroughly convinced his pursuit Is hopeless." "Well," said Jack, slowly, "I don't know that that Is a very great fault" She glanced up at him quickly, and something in his look made her ex claim, "Jack, don't you dare to kiss me." "What's the harm? We're en gaged, you know. But of course if you object " trying to speak indiffer ently. The next two weeks were heavenly ones for both Molly and Jack. She was relieved of all persistent suitors by the announcement of her engage ment and, he was also relieved by their absence from Molly's, side. He could not remember when he had had her so entirely to himself. One evening when they were occu pying their old place under the ap ple trees, Jack suddenly remarked that Jim Withcrby had gone abroad. There was silence for a moment and then Molly said in a strained voice, "Then, Jack, our pretence can end now. Here is your ring. It will not be hard to explain to our frietds that we have changed our minds." In an Instant he was beside her. "Molly, Molly," he said, unsteadily, "I cannot give you up. I love you, dear, with all my heart I have always loved you, and during these past weeks I have hoped you would learn to love me In the way I wish. Tou cannot know what I have gone through each time a new candidate has presented himself to your affections, nor what a blissful relief has followed when' I knew you were not intending to bestow them. To tell the truth, Jim worried me more than any of the others, for ho Is more worthy of you than anyone else I know, poor old chap. Molly," pleadingly, "tell me what I want to know, dear. Besides, how pleased your mother and my father have been this past fortnight We must not dis appoint them, Molly." Despite his attempt at calmness there was an undertone of anxiety In his voice which he could not conceal. The girl had listened Intently. Final, ly she murmured, so low he could scarce hear the words, "No, we must not disappoint them. And, Jack," hesi tatingly, "If you truly love me you may kiss me." He took advantage at once of the permission. Ten minutes later she might have been heard to murmur, "I always felt it was you I was waiting for. Jack," and after a very audible punctuation his reply came, "I will do my best to make up for lost time." LOUISE BROWN. Still Under the Spell. Youngwed I want accommodations for my wife. Hotel Clerk Suite? Youngwed You bet your life she U. Boetoa Treason yt $15 FHIMPROFITflBLE Gtta Out Apple, Plum and Cherry Trees and Is now Comfortable. Fort Collin, CoL Leas than eight yoars ago, Rov. 0. K. Mots, a Penn sylvania minister, Invested $76 In raw land from which ho Is now reaping a rlth harvest of money. The laud con Blsts of a fifteen-aero tract threo miles north of this city and a quarter of a mile from the terminus of tho eloctrio line. Fifteen years ago It was appralsod at $1.25 per acre, being considered worthloss except for grazing. Llttlo ovor seven years ago the Rov. Mr. Mcgg bought the tract for $5 an aero. Ho set out 2,000 cherry trees, 700 plum and 250 apple trees. The land Is not Irrigated, but there aro reservoirs near by which afford some underflow, and can be reached by the deepest roots. It Is now valued at $1,000 an acre. The cherry trees, which aro not yet all In bearing, yielded 1,000 crates, one-third of what the orchard will pro duce In a full crop. One thousand crates of plums have thus far been shipped, and this represents about one-half that crop. Apples aro Just ripening, and will also yield well. The net profit on the, tract this sea son will probably be $8,000. The own er Is still an active minister, and tho revenue from his Colorado orchard on an original investment of $76 Is bo much "easy money." COLLEGE WOMEN BEST WIVES AKD MOTHERS, Cincinnati, Ohio. 'Tho col lege bred woman la better equipped, mentally and physi cally, than her sister who has not been to college. "The college woman makes the better and happier wife and mother. "The college woman is more helpful, both in her home and In aiding to upUft humanity in general." Such, In effect. Miss H. Cary Thomas, President of Bryn Mawr College, told the brainy and good looking members of the Association of Collegiate O Alumnae, at their convention at the University of Cincinnati. Miss Thomas is chairman of the committee that has gather ed statistics about college wom en in the United States. In her report, she prisented figures which she said proved conclus ively: ' That 778 out of 1,000 college women enjoy excellent health. Only eight college bred wom en out of a thousand have ill health. When women and men aro educated together there Is no greater number of marriages between them than when they are educated apart College women marry strong er men than women who have never sported gown and mortar board. College-bred women choose their husbands more evenly ly than other women do. They choose wealthier husbands, on the average; the husbands of college women earn one-third higher salaries than the hus bands of women who never learned to conjugate "amo." Each college-bred mother who has been to college has three and six-tenths children on the average, which is to say that ten college-bred mothers have thirty-six children. Ten women who have not been to college have thirty-five children an average of three and five-tenths each. THIS A MARRYING JUDGE. Only One of Her 8ex to 8lt on Bench She Likes Ceremony for Others. Belolt, Kan. Judge Mary H. Coop er is the only woman probate Judge in the United States. Judge Cooper was appointed by Governor Hoch upon tho death of her husband, who had been probate judge of Mitchell Coun ty, Kan. "What part of the work interests you most?" she was asked. "The issuing of marriage Ucenses and performing the marriage cere mony," she answered. "Is your service different from most of the others?" "Yes, I believe it differs slightly. For instance, I have eliminated the word 'obey' for the bride." Childless Man Cautious. Kansas City, Mo. Henry KoUar, a real estate man, who died recently at his home, 501 Gladstone boulevard, did not want any controversies over his property. Neither did he care to have some unknown claimant take the estate. So in his will Kollar in. eluded this provision: "I havo no children and so far as my knowledge extends, -I never have had any; yet, to guard against any mistake on this subject I bequeath to each person who shall legally establish that he or she is a child of mine, the sum of $10." Mr. Kollar left an estate val ued at $100,000. New Lake Full of Eyeless Fish. Silver Lake, Ind. Three miles southeast of this city a subterranean lake has burst Its confines and has submerged the highway to a depth of 20 feet for a distance ot ISO yards. The newborn taka seats be fM wtth syals- ftsh. It Is AH a Matter or Taste. A strange fact Is told by travellers who declare that the Arabs in tho de serts of Africa havo contracted a vio lent dislike to running water, and will only drink from stagnant pools when on Journeys. This has become go much a matter of habit that whllo the most poisonous-looking water agrees with them perfectly, pure run ning water will in a few hours mako them violently sick. This prejudice against fresh water is common amongst the animals of the desert also, and is frequently acquired by European travellers. At first how ever, when the latter drink of stag nant water It produces nausea and even fever, but when once the system becomes Inured to It running water affects them In precisely the samo way as it affects the Arabs. Her Answer. An Atchison girl had a proposal of marriage Sunday night and asked a week to think It over. She went to all of her married sisters. One. whd used to be a belle, had three children, did all her own work and hadn't been to the theatre or out riding since she was married. Another, whose hus band was a promising young man at tho time she was married, was sup porting him. A third didn't dare say her Ufe was her own when her hus band was around, and a fourth was divorced. After visiting them and hearing their woes, the heroine of this little tale went home, got pen, ink and paper and wrote an answer to the young man. You may think It was refusing him, but It wasn't She sold she could be ready in a month. MARTIN CAIMELD Designer and Man ufacturer of ARTISTIC MEMORIALS Office and Works 1036 WAIN ST. HONESDALE, PA. EiraMsjl Tested Glasses Fitted O. G. WEAVER, GRADUATE OPTICIAN, 1127X Main Street. A. O. BLAKE, AUCTIONEER. You will make money by bavins me. Bethany, Pa. BELL PHONE 9-U Time Card In Effect Oct 31st 1909. SCRANT0N DIVISION Stations L utr Hi 7 JWATN.T. J1QCI.T) 7 45. . . n . - I . I - Tret T (STXF nioi It Ml " ...Usncocs.... " " ..sunignt.... " " Preeton rant " " Wlnwood... " -Porntelle... " " .Orson .. " PUaswtMt. " " ..UnlonUile.. 14 .PoreK cttr. " " GWndaleYa " H. .Ctrbonane. Wblta Brtdffl " jurneisfd. " " Jtrmrn.. " " ..Areslbald.. 115 2S0 Hi ass 4 10MUI4N 491 no miis 4tt 441 sot ilT IN 1014U11M uo mlit os sim s 11 11 It SI 11 fed S49 t sou art 14 trail ma 141 wocuim (4 04 MM 10, OM 418) sei SI Wlttton. " Peckvais -..01rnbant " . .DIokaoa.M H ...Tbroop froT14fio .3 4M SSM 4 41 S 1441 4Mrt 411 i iiVBerenioa 4 Ml 4l r jL&mioukl trtlas lar careoadau Mr MM pejpJSttBSur. Aaluoaaf tntas Wave SS Uu Yara tat Osrceasal s ss a at outy aaisa p. m. uty SBBday. J. 0. Anraioi, J, X. Wvita. H B4rir st kw Tark. TtvnmtAtmt, ADDS DT TUB dTIZKN i IB i eciiou SM10M S4C10 4K; I4KI0 40 IMI0M" ISglOM SMiOSH - ssfiioatl" SMI0M" SUMO IN SUlOlM
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers