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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-01

1t is simply wonderful the business
we are doing. Ladies come to us for
styles and cloths they can't get else
where, because they have found out the
strength of our large stock which is
full of news gloriously interesting to
all women who love to dress we'll.
Our "Suit Leader
All wool Chcviot, homcspun suits,
made and lined in the best possible
manner short jaunty fly front Jack
cts, silk lined.
The new box plait skirts, best per-
caline lining, and these suits are worth
Just $3.50,
Our special price is $1,000.
Beautifully Tailored Suits, pretty
enough to satisfy most every taste, at
$500.
And if you want better suit here
is where you will find them at
$3.50, $40, $22.5O and $2j.
Jackets.
Covert Venetian Cloth, tan and
cadet, Others get So, our price 81.
Black Capes, all styles, short and
long, from So 80 to $3.50.
Children's Jackets, 0Sc. to $500.
The largest line of Separate Dress
Skirts in town.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-01
Muslin Underwear
at old prices
Those are tee big facts you want to
comprehend.

Short Skirts, prettier tnan you'd
expect at these prices.
:;Sc, SOC, 75c, 90
Long Skirts, lawn rutlIe, tucked,
and Hamburg trimmed at
zoe, 3Sc, S1..j, $50
One lot long skirts that cost from
$500 to S2,oS, They are slightly
soiled, your choice at 81 go
Night Robes all styles and quail
ties, difficult to equal impossible to
surpass for value. We have not the
space to describe them but here are
the prices, SOC. G0c., zoe, SIC,
500 to $3.50 each.
Corset Covers that are wonders at
1Oc., sc, G5c., sSc. and SOC.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-01
BASE BALL.
Yesterdays Games.

Philadelphia, II; New \.rE. Is,
Brooklyn, ); Boston. ,: Chir2o, 81
st, Louis. 6.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-01
THE STOCK MARKET.

To-day's Transactions of the New
York and Chicago Exchanges re-
ported by private wire to
j. G. Davis, Montpelier.
And Burnham & Co., Barre.
Chicago Produce Market.
-. CHICAGO, May |.
The closing quotations of the lead
ing futures yesterday and today
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-01
Dress Goods.

Black English Mohair, nothing bet
ter for general wear, they will not
wrinkle or musS.
As in. Mohair, fine quality, at 45c.
As in Mohair, superior quality, at
7jc.
so in. Sicilian, worth SIC. at 7jc.
As in. MOhair, worth $l.00 at SOC
45 in. Silk Mohair at S175.
Cheviot SutingS, black and navy,
extra quality, 75c., 81 and 1926.
Homespun and Zibeline Suitings in
the prevailing colors. These are very
wide, price sc. and 800.
Beautiful line of plain and novelty
goods at only SOC.
The Conservative, 1900-06-07

reduce rates could be used to stop re-
bates. And it amounts to this that
instead Of going at the rebate paying
line by the infection of penalties and by
peremptory mandamus to compel it to
take all business on the same terms, the
promoters of this bill propose to punish
all the honest lines in order to hurt the
one that is guilty!
1.-The fact is that the prevention of
rebate paying would be greatly assisted
by the repeal of the fifth or anti p pooling
section of the law. This is a matter of
expert knowledge, upon which there is
no disagreement among experts. AS
was we'll said by President Hadley, 1t
may be stated as a fact of history that
no nation has succeeded in prohibiting
discrimination and pooling at the same
time Section 5 of the law was simply
a blunder. If your friends want to
know how track buyers of wheat can be
protected, let them study the situation
which exists where railroads contract
with each other for the equitable appor.
tionment of traffic.
"In the transportation service the
cheapest is by no means necessarily the
best. The true desiderata are efficiency
in operation together with stability and
equality in price. 1t is therefore a re-
quirement of law that the rates of COM
mon carriers shall be alike to all.
Whatever tends to effectuate this
requirement is desirable whatever tends
to break it down (as does the fifth Sec
ton of the law is undesirable. Every
man has a right to know the rate paid
by his neighbor, and to enjoy the same
rate himself fluctuations in tariffs are
also harmful to business interests.
"Thus we see why agreements among
railroads to maintain legally established
and reasonable rates differ from comb
nations to support prices in other
industries. The people do not want
fixed prices upon merchandise they
believe conditions are best when they
CdA DuJ UAC plOuuOco u tAC 1ulIA UuO
mine, the factory and the packing
house at the lowest price in an absolutely
open market. But in the business of
common carriers and other public or
quasi public services, the people properly
demand a fixed price, the same to all.
whether or not section 3 may now
be called nugatory depends upon entirely
different considerations. We here leave
the domain of mathematics and enter a
region controlled by theoretical prin-
ciples of Justice, where men will always
disagree in their application to particular
cases. The section in full is as follows
THAT it shall be unlawful for any
common carrier subject to the provisions
Of this act tO make mr. give anv undua Or
The Conservative, 1900-06-07

traffic, to any undue or unreasonable
prejudice or disadvantage in any respect
whatsoever
"Most of the important rate contro-
versies under the law have arisen under
this section. This will be the case for
all time. Every shipper imagines that
his rate situation might be improved,
and cudgels his brain to find some basis
for the claim that some other shipper or
locality or description of traffic is more
favorably treated in the tariffs. Claims
of this character are constantly arising,
and will never cease to be presented.
Some of them are well founded. Hun
dreds of such claims have been adjusted
since the enactment of the law through
the agency of the commission, either
informally by correspondence or after
hearing upon formal complaint. Mean
while thousands of similar cases have
been adjusted by the carriers themselves.
This work is constantly going on. The
principle laid down in this section of the
law is continually appealed to, and it's
justice as well as it's authority is con-
stantly recognized. Shippers hastily
assert that the section is nugatory when
their personal grievances are not
promptly corrected, but it's authority
has been thoroughly established by court
decisions, and every day witnesses it's
application and enforcement somewhere
and in some form.
"The variety of cases which section 3
controls is infinite. Let us consider a
few concrete cases as illustrations of
what is involved and what the law can
do. I think that no violation of section
3 exists that a be proved to the salts
faction of a court, which that court can
not and will not promptly correct. In
any case of demonstrated infraction of
Sec. 3 land Sec. 4 as welD the federal
court can issue it's injunction requiring
the undue preference Tor the violation
of the short-haul rule) to cease abso-
lutely and Immediately. By this I do
not mean that the court mas an unquall-
fed power to prescribe the n in
which the correction shall be made
Though usually it would amount to that
in practice), but it has ample jurisdic.
ton to define the undue preference or
the unreasonable disadvantage and to
require that it shall be corrected.
For example, the commission con
sidered a case where it appeared that
the rate on railway ties was 25.1 cents,
while the rate on other lumber was only
IL cents, and where it was evident that
the rate on ties was intended to be pro-
hibitory against the shipment of ties
away from the line of the road in ques-
ton. The commission believed this was
unreasonable ~nreiudicjaI to shinnars of
The Conservative, 1900-06-07

rate IN ties. AS it could not advance it's
lumber rate to 1918 without losing a
large section of it's traffic, it would have
to reduce it's tie rate.
$50 also in the case of relative rates
upon wheat and flour; the court has
power to make an order enjoining the
continuance of the unreasonable dis
advantage of which American millers
complain, which would compel a parity
of rates if the court so required, or the
establishment of a reasonable differen-
tial, if so adjudged.
Gin all cases of this character the
remedy is with the courts, and is close
at hand. 1t does not take over twenty
days to get a preliminary injunction
order, if a prima facie case can be made
out. This is the method prescribed in
the act for regulating the maladjustment
of relative rates. The jurisdiction of
the courts has never been minimized by
any decisions whatsoever. 1t is fully
available today and has always been
open to every shipper. How then CAN'T
be charged that Sec. 3 is nugatory?
"We find, then, that neither sections
1, 2 or 3 can in any proper sense be
called nugatory at the present time, nor
has the jurisdiction of the court to
enforce them become in anywise in
operative.
"Section 4, the famous short-haul
clause, is also far from being nugatory.
This was the most prominent provision
of the law in the early days of it's ad-
m~inistration, and rates were changed in
all parts of the country in order to bring
them into conformity with the intent of
the section as expounded by the com
mission in the Louisville & Nashville
case. In the making of tariffs at the
present time this section is kept con
stantly in view and is universally
observed, except in cases where the
carriers believe themselves to be justified
in making exceptions by reason of differ
ing circumstances and conditions.
"The original Interpretation of this
section by the commission has been fully
sustained by the supreme court. 1t is
true that a few years later the commits
sion changed it's construction in a single
particular, which the court afterwards
disapproved but it is absurd to say that
this decision made the section nugatory.
"Section 7 also is in full force and is
universally obeyed. The carriage of
freight is continuous and undelayed
throughout the United States from every
place of shipment to every place of desti-
nation. No complaint of violation of
this wholesome provision has been
heard.
"We have thus examined every de-
claratory section of the law and have
entirely failed to find any justification
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30
NEWS OF HORSES
AND EIORSEMEN.
The Abbott's Mile in 2:03 ia the
best Ever Made.
WORLDS TRoTTING RECORD.
The Farmers Fair Associations Race
Programme : High Jumping at
cdcricksburg-Bird Eye and
Crow are Winners.

The Abbott is now the champion rotter,
his mile in 2.0312 against time, at Terre
Eaute on Tuesday, placing him halt
second ahead Of AIiX, 2.03&a, VINO had he'd
the championship since 1894. The first
quarter was trotted in 3l$a seconds, the
second quarter in 80 IL, the third quarter
in .291s, and the last quarter in .3li2. The
middle half was rotted in one minute
fiat. while the third quarter, in 2912, was
the fastest quarter ever trotted over that
track.
At Readville, August ID, The Talbot
started TO beat his record OF 2.06 Ii made
last season, and trotted in 205M. At
providence, August 30ti, he started 10 beat
2.C5M, and trotted in 2.G.A. At Hartford.
September 18th, he started TO beat the
wagon record Of 2.09l4, and trotted in 20512-
At the Empire City track, New York,
September 18th, he started to beat 20ia,
and trotted in 2.04.
Ed. Geers gave Tbs Abbott three warm
ing-up miles prior to the trial The first
heat was in 30. the second heat n 2.2I,
and the third mile in 2.20 fiat. Two run
ners, one driven by john Dickerson and
tie other by Charley Lyons, accompanied
the gelding on his trip.
THIS new king OF trotters was bred by
c. ]. Hanlin on the Village Farm, at East
Aurora. n. Y He was foaled in 1888,
is a well-forne6i, handsome bay gelding Of
fine size, and was sired by Chimes, a304
(son Of Electioneer and Beautiful 3sils},
dam Nettie King, 2.20A, by Mambrtno
King (son of Mambrino Patchenl; second
dam Nettie Murphy, by Hamlln Patcnen;
third dam by a son of Kentucky Whip
His record last year was 2G5R. and was
made at the Empire City track on Septen-
Der Sth. The time OF his mountaineering
mile by quarters was .Slsl, 1-o2A, 1-31A,
203lA.
The following table shows the reduction
of the trotting record in the last hundred
years:
Year. Horse. Record.
1SG6-Yankee .........................22.5
lS10-A horse from Boston. 4Slh
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30
On Honest OHcnr.

Some weeks aso it was announced in
these columns that our Council had failed
to mako the regular annual settlement
with Sergeant D. ". Garrett, and it was
eken stated that he had been allowed 70
act without a bond. All this was a series
of dereliction on the part of the Council.
but the town was fortunate In having an
honest and hus;ness-lke officer in Ser
geaut Garrett. Recently the Finance
Committee of the Council made the long
deferred settlement and found the Ser
geaut,s accounts correct to cent. After
about seventeen years of service in collect
ing the town revenues Sergeant Garrett
comes out with clean papers. thus eNem-
plifying the fact that honesty III a pubic
ofticerais better security than any bond
Bedford Democrat.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30
Some New Inventions Whici1 a
Knowing About.

cake left carelessly in a bowl or lying
on the edge OF the basin in i pool of
water 10 dissolve or soften until the next
user picks it up? James T. MoltrIp, Of
Beaver Falls, Pa. has designed the hold
ing device shown below. with the idea of
saving soap ana enforcing neatness at
the same time. The base OF the device
IS provided, with a bolt, which passes.
through tho edge Of the basin, and has a
nut TO screw up underneath until the base
is rigid. The soap is forced on the Torked
ends Of the drainer. being held in place
by the serrated face Of the prongs. The
connection between the base and the fork
is formed! Of q pair of flexible wires, and
a drip-cuo catches what little water re-
mains on the cake after it attains its up
right position. When it IS desired to use
the soap the-cake is graspedl in. the hands
and drawn into the water, the flexible
stem allowing it to be held under either
faucet. and instantly returned it to u
vertical position when released.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30
Improved German Brush.

1t is well known that the ordinary hair
brush will in q short time become COM
pletely filed up around the base Of the
bristles with dust, hairs and other refuse,
and il is such a difficult matter to remove
this accumulation that it is often neglected
for a long time. Thus disease germs find a
Judgment III the brush and are transferred
TO the scalp when the brush is in use. In
the picture we show a brush which can be
readily opened. and each row of bristles
separated from the others to facilitate the
removal Of all foreign matter from around
the base of the bristles. Each row is
mounted on a separate bar Of wood or
metal, AMI all the bars are pivoted on a
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30

last, the black seIdins Grow, in the stable
of Ira c. Nelson. of this city surprised
the talent by winning che rs class, trot-
ting. in straight heats. and raducing his
record from 2.29i. TO 2.25ti in the second
heat There We're rive horses m the rae,
among them being SlivcrlliF; ana the tg5t
bay gelding Strecter. Crow is six Y ars
old. and by Rupee, 1885, dam Adtua by
Dictator, second. dam Lightfoot, By aaus-
brine Time.
One of the most promising s-year-0lds
ct Walton Farm, Falls Mills, VA, Is tne.
chestnut geidiug py Red Leo. 2;;22i;lI. o,lt OF
Perrette, 2::222 II. by Juror 2:2.t LII 81 is
well marked, having a white face and four
white legs TO hooks BROAD R0lt..
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30
Substitute for the Ear Trumpet.

Here is a simple and convenient ar
arrangement which the inventor claims is a
good substitute for the ear trumpet, The
device being INTENDED for use in theatres,
at the opera or at other public amuse-
1nents by those whose hearing is defective
Two devices are provided. which are the
shape of half a hollow truncated cone.
aluminium, hard rubber or other material
being used in their manufacture, and each
collector is formed at the upper edge with
a slotted keeper, through which a tape or
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30
DOMESTIC GARBAGE BURNER.

the place of a short section of pipe to the
range, and, while it does not obstruct the
passage of the smoke, yet there is sutfi-
cient heat passing up the pipe TO car
bonize the solid garbage placed therein.
The hopper is readily opened to deposit
the waste, and when closed the odors pass
up the chimney with the smoke What
ever remains after the carbonizing pro-
cess is readily emptied into the firebo3,
the hopper tlting downward for that pur-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30
Fills the Pine without Waste.

Filling a pipe from a pouch of tobacco
is a task which cannot be accomplished
without more or less waste, to say nothing
of the time usually consumed in the opera
ton, and SO perhaps smokers Will be
pleased with the improved pouch illus
trated in the cut, which was recently pat
ented by David H. Allen. of Miamisburg,
O. The inventor claims that the pouch will
not only fill the pipe quickly, but also
avoids the necessity of taking the tobacco
in the hand. which generally results in
smiling it. The mode of operations is as
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30
TOBACCO POUCH WITH PIPE-FILL-
ING DEVICE.

follows: The operator loosens the draw
strinf, of the bag and inserts the charge
nozzle in the bowl of the pipe. The to-
bacco is shaken into the charging end of
the bag. and the operator with his finger
readily feeds and presses into the bowl
of the pipe the desired charge of tobacco,
the surplus being shaken back into the bag
and the draw-string again frightened. There
is no opening at the rear of the filling
compartment, but the fabric is sufficiently
loose TO allow the finger TO be inserted be-
tween the folds to manipulate the to-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30
DESTROYS the Kitchen Refuse.

In spite of the facilities usually provided
for the removal of garbage in a large
city. the refuse often becomes a nuisance
in hot weather, especially so if the collec
tors do not come around for some hours,
in which case the process of decay is sure
10 set in. with all the danger of disease.
For this reason it seems 10 us that the
invention of Charles r. Harris, of Will
Transport, Pa, which we here illustrate,
should prove useful to the careful house.
keeper. The device is adapted 10 occupy
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30

cord is passed to attach it TO the head.
A fat elastic tape is preferable. as this
may be adjusted without the necessity of
tying AS only one ear trumpet Of the
usual pattern is generally provided. and
this is not always of a convenient shape
for use in theatres, &c, it may be that
this arrangement VIII be a practicable one
for its purpose. even if the trumpet is
preferred for individual conversations. The
new collectors can be adjusted on the
head and never given q. thought during
an entire evening, leaving both hands free,
and generally relieving the mind Of the
care of the trumpet William g. Ehrhardt,
of New York city, is the inventor.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30

George w Sctellerbach of Joplin. NO.
has taken 4 very peculiar means of curing
people of desire 10 smoke or chew
tobacco after eating. His idea is to pro-
vide a substitute for the tobacco which
can be used in combination with the
tooth-pick. 1t is well known that n person
is inclined TO carry 4 toothpick IN his
mouth after eating. and by constructing
she pick so that it viii give a pleasant
taste 10 the person using 1t the inventor
claims that the tendency TO smoke or
chew IS avoided. The toothpiek is OF the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30

ordinary quill kind. the pith being removed
and a wad OF cotton packing inserted IN
its stead. This wad holds in place a fill
ing OF any desired material the Inventor
mentioning eum-champhor, licorice root
cinnamon bark, a small quantity of syrup
or honey. The person using the PICK VIII
upon moistening the cotton packing, draw
from the ingredients their pleasant favor,
and win thus enjoy the use OF the tooth
nick TO such an extent that it viii furnish
a substitute for the usual smoke or chew
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30
Grnasn-snot Hc,norer.

In the illustration we show q woman's
invention, which seems to be a practical
idea and fully capable OF accomplishing
the purpose for which it was designed.
1t is nothing more nor less than a pair
Of cylinders placed end 10 end with a
device at the centre TO receive section
Of cloth 1t is intended for use in remov-
ing grease spots from cloth when it is not
desirable or conyenient to wash the whole
garment. Each cylinder is provided with
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30
Lines TO :, Frfcna.

It's long since we parted, for gentle May
Was touching the earth with It's freshest
green:
Blue was the sky and mild the air.
\ fairer day WAS never seen.
There WIS fresh music in the ripping
There We We're new notes IN tie brides
song;
Fair were the flowers in sunny nooEs.
And sweet The hours all the day long.
I stood ami looked Ger fields so fair.
OF sprouting corn and waving grain,
An things seemed awakened to new life,
To an things spring had come again.
al. but 10 this heart OF mine, 50 tired,
With pain ana loss and sorrows deep,
A longing to be glad again
Filled all my being, could but weep
Then I remembered the words YOU said
The night you came 10 cheer my way,
oh: friend dry thy teac-sta1ned eyes
And look for things again more gay,
For you. hope waits to whisper now
OF other joys ana blessings rare.
Some stars are lett in heaven, II You but
look.
The lights are agIow to guide you there"
These words have rung all through my
brain
These summer days gone BY,
Like balm, they fell on my wounded heart.
Like oil on troubled seas, 1 cry.
There's more comfort in one true friend
Than il all earthly things beside,
For lovers come too Oft and go,
Like the ebb and swelling of the tide
SO friend OF mine. thank thee well
For comfort thou hast kindly given.
I'll strive 70 make my sorrows here
Bat stepping stones to heateu
I'll live for duty and III strive
To bravely walk on to the end.
And murnur NOT, come veal, come woe,
II time still holds thee my true friend.
MARGUERITE STUART,
Buffalo Junction. Va
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30
weHaye All Observed.
..ar-rhev ave heginning 10 have TINE

Gray-They are beginning 10 nave tSpe-
writers on the stage.
Black--I know; but it's a piece of affec-
ration. No typewriter that ever Tses In
wanted ran begin to write as rapidly as
the average actor with the common, every.
day pen,-Boston Transcript.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30

rod. inserted in the back Of the frame Z l1eSS
loose ends of the bars are bevelea and fit
snugly under the edge of the back. which
holds the bars securely in place when the
two sections of the handle are brought
together At The erIs of the handles is;
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30
The Modern Maud

Maud Muller in the summer sun.
Golfed like sixty and called it fun.
"Oh. Judge, demurely faltered She
.sWill you kindly make a tee for me?''
But the Judge replied, with manner bland,
My dear Miss Muller, haven't the sand,''
And Maud concealed her wounded heart.
Laughed and said, You think you're
SMART
Detroit Journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30

tray cure AID prevent dIsease-keep the
: IKE pleasure in stating 10 you thar
m Dav!d's Liver Pills have done me
r,.,ra coed than any medicine / have
ever tried for dyspepsia. and stomach
John A. POWELL. Crozet. Va.
prfca q cents q box everywhere
OWENS & MINOR DRUG Co.
Opposite Postoiiice.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30

a spring catch which locks the two parts
automatically. To clean the brush the
catch is opened and the two portions OF
the brush turned on The pivot pin, wnen
the bars can be tilted out separately or in
a body. The inventor is Leonhard Roth,
of Canth, Germany.