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Evening journal., 1903-12-10
Stole a Phononranh.

For stealing a phonograph from Ho-
gan's restaurant at Delaware City. John
l.. Hunt was arrested in this city yester-
day by Pltrolman Cornish and returned
to Delawars City.
Evening journal., 1903-12-10
psIsmare soIdier AItsr pension.

John Holzer member Of tho First
Delaware Infantry during the spanish
American War is after a pension. lie WIS
injured by being thrown from a freight
ersin while returning to camp at Middle
town after being away on a leave OF ab-
lsence.
Evening journal., 1903-12-10
TOTS SEND JOURNAL
LETTERS FOR OLD KRISS
December 10, 1908.
Dear Santa Claus
I am a little girl. years. old. I want
a rag doll a go cart and candy nuts
and oranges and table cloth.
From your little friend.
Elsie L. Talley.
Hollyoak, Del.
wilmington, Del.
December 10, 1908.

UIIT 0UIIII NIIUEV-
I am n little girl 10 years old and
go TO bed every night at 8 o'clock.
want YOU to bring me a go cart a doll
lie set of dishes and a sled and some
candy and some nuts don't forget Bob
by and little Helen. Your friend.
Mary Dolan.
Evening journal., 1903-12-10

h Glass Postmssters Appointed.
shington, Dec. 10.-The following
q class postmasters we're ap
ed: New Jersey-Newark, James
ays; Somerville. q. w. Cooper;
sylvania-Gray's Landing. Rush
; Heating. Thomas ]. Callahan;
teller. william A. watkins;
IL, Perry M. Brooks.
Evening journal., 1903-12-10
Union Fire Company's Ball.

The Union Fire Company wild give itsI
second aruual bail tonight iu Turn Haal
Several visiting iremon will be present
as well as number Of Councilman.
Evening journal., 1903-12-10
LoaIess Mans Quick Recovery.

Chester Dec. 1O.-A remarkably
quick recovery has just been effected
at the Chester Hospital. Five weeks
ago James Hickey was run over by a
freight train. Both legs were ampu-
tated twice, but he has recovered suf-
ilciontly TO move about the institution
IN a rolling chair, which he is able to
manipulate without assistance. The
resident physicians say that Hlckey's
recovery from the effects of the double
operation is the quickest on record.
Evening journal., 1903-12-10
VIM. LawtOn, 81 srSse4. SAa.s'
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

r EDUcED PRICES on two of the new
modern houses, north side of Fifth
St., west Of Van Buren St. See Charles
&c. Kurtz, IoII Market St., opposite
Court House eod-to-ianI
Evening journal., 1903-12-10

Itching piles? Never mind If physicians
have failed to cure you. Try Dosns Oint-
ment. No failure there. 50 cents, at any
drug store.
Evening journal., 1903-12-10
E. B. Riley.
E. B. RILEY

The Christmas rush is on.
We can give you better ser.
vice in the mornings, double
amount Of coupons given
every morning this week, be
tween the hours of eight and
twelve o'clock.
Evening journal., 1903-12-10
Umbrellas

Children's umbrellas, SOC,
75c and 81.
Ladies Umbrellas from SOC
to So.
Mems umbrellas from SOC
to So.
Towels make a useful pres
ent, four extra large, fringed,
damask towels, at 25c, is we'll
worth the money.
At SOC we are showing a
wide range of good towels.
Table linen in patterns
.2I yards at 81 and $2.25 foi
the plain and hemstitched.
Evening journal., 1903-12-10

Group Instantly relieved. DR.. Thomas
Electric OIL. Perfectly safe. Never fails.
AT any drug store.
Evening journal., 1903-12-10

Every family should have its nousohoid
medicine chcst--and the first bottle in o.
should be Dr. Woods Norway Pho Syrup.
Natures remedy for coughs and colds.
Evening journal., 1903-12-10
Mexican

Drawn-work doilies, scarfs
and table covers, beautiful de
signs from 15c to So.
Hand knit bedroom slippers
all sizes and colors, infants
SOC, childrens 60c and 75c,
ladies' S1.25.
Evening journal., 1903-12-10
TO .

You can't afford to pass
these goods by at these
|prices.
|ards Cashmere at l5c
|om 25c.
|rds 3S-inch all-wool AL
Ltross at 25c from SOC.
rds 3S-inch all-wool Ba-
|ste at 25c from SOC.
Evening journal., 1903-12-10

We can't say too much
about our furs. Every piece
perfect. Make your selection
now, We will hold until
Christmas.
Evening journal., 1903-12-10
Blankets

Cotton and wool blankets
59c to S..
Evening journal., 1903-12-10

Our 'time is limited,
and our prices are low.
Ask to see our 10c
Lining at Sc.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26
GOWN GOSSIP.

A faddish handkerchief has little
pocket in one corner with a buttoned
flap to hold car fare.
Bishop tab stock collars are made Of
two fine embroidered handkerehiefs,
one forming the collar and the other
plated to the center to make the tab.
Long or short, plain or plated, ones
skirts must flare at the hem. Special
underskirts are designed to wear with
walking skirts that this flare may be
effected.
Frou frou frills and RULES are not
seen on the handsomest petticoats,
their places being nsurped by shaped
yolants, which are a mass Of lace me-
dallions and embroidery.
A new summer collar OF stiff linen IL
a turnover, the usual height in the
back, but sloping gradually to half
that width in the front 1t is very
cool. Stout women will especially APP
preclate this collar.
The wide mourning hats, with their
graceful wells Of net bordered with
Grape, are an Improvement on the close
bonnet swathed in Grape. The hats are
much cooler. generally cheaper and
are, ais a rule, becoming. New York
Post
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26

says an exchange The post Office scan
dals are to Be thoroughly Investigated, and
the raseals brought to the surface. The
President has assumed personal snpervis-
ion Of the work and will not rest until the
corruption has been eradicated and the Of
fetal atmosphere purified The fact that
it is proving bigger task than was con-
templated shows that the discoveries were
timely and that had not the expose come
as It did, the disease might have spread to
many other branches Of the seFtice. Public
opinion indorses the President for his ac-
tiyity ID uncovering the post office scandal
and will endorse him to the end. /"
The President is doing his duty No
especial credit is due him for that He
could not do anything less without beeom-
Ing party to the rascality. The pity Of
the whole affair is that there could be so
many dishonest persons IN 80 high posi-
tions
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The most lofty clouds measured last
year were at height Of 36,G00 feet
and moved at 1a9 miles an hour
Professor Darwin says that ultimate
" the day and the month viii be
equal, being equivalent to fifty-ave Of
our present days.
The experiments Of Muller prove that
If microbes be placed in a gun barrel
the wound made by a bullet fired from
1t would be infected by the microbes.
The opinion Of Sir John Herschel
that the southern portion Of the Milky
Way under tue Southern Cross, il near
er TO us than the northern is quoted
against the assertion Of Professor Wal
lace that we are in the center Of the
universe.
A star with period Of four hours
and thirteen seconds has been discoy-
cred photometrically at Potsdam, Ger
many Hitherto the shortest day OBJ
served is that Of a star IN the cluster
Of Omega centauri. which has a period
Of seven hours and eleven minutes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26
ABOUT THE STATE.
Items OF Interest Cleaned From Our
Exchanges.

Items OF Interest Cleaned From Our
Exchanges.
Benjamin =. Warner celebrated his 98d
birthday with friends at the home of his
son, G. b. Warner, Of Front street, Bur.
lngton.
Word was received last evening BY Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Aud of Burlington that
the condition OF their son, Paymaster q.
r Aud, who has been critically i'll at San
Juan, Porto Rico, is better. Mr. Aud
has been granted sick leave and will come
to Burlington as soon as he Is able.
At the annual corporation dinner OF the
University Of Vermont, President Buck
ham announced that, as the result of the
decision to raise S1,000,000 centennial
fund to commemorate the hundreth ami
versary Of the university next year. $780,
600 had been pledged by Frederic Billings
Of Woodstock, and that j III. Converse Of
Of Philadelphia had announced that he
would give 500, 600, or $4,000 for every
$1,000 raised.
w. Nj. Mead, farmer living on the
West Proctor road, Monday completed his
first crop Of haylng, Mr.. Mead has in
stalled in his barn what is called a green
grass silo, the only one of its kind In the
United States. lie experimental with
this silo year ago and it proved sue
cess. The rainy weather which is now
prevailing makes 1t much better for this
process of making hay He expects to
cut his second crop Of hay in about a
month.
L. W. Thompson has resigned bis posi-
tion as assistant general passenger agent
Of the Rock Island railway for the lines
west Of the Missouri river, to take posi-
ton with the National Life Insurance
company Of Vermont. Mr.. Thompson has
been with the Rock Island railway since
1854, and is one Of the best known rail-
road men in the west. He began as New
England passenger agent of the Rock Isl.
and in Boston, and afterwards was general
excursion agent Of the company in Chica-
CO. In 1898 he was appointed assistant
general passenger agent, which position
he has held ever since.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26
TRAIN AND TRACK.

The Pennsylvania Railroad company
has begun work on d 100000 termi-
nal at Washington.
Americans are entering upon the con
struciion OF seventy mile electric
railroad in Porto Rico.
French railways are making special
arrangements so that dogs may travel
comfortably for long distances
For the comfort Of its employees IN
the outlying districts one Of the Rus.
sian railways is institutlng travelling
baths.
An electric line direct to the summit
Of Mott Blanc IS to be commenced
without delay by a French firm Of rail
way engineers
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26

Jesse Weldon, writing in the Swanton
Courier, says, "a glance at the time table
Of the through New York train does not
disclose any great advantage to the travel
ing public who may desire to save time en-
route. This train occupies six hours and
half between St. Adams and White Riv-
er Junction, distance Of 100 miles a
rate Of about 10 miles an hour What
does Jesse expect2 With the equipment
the road possesses 1t Is doing the best it
eau, and the Grand Trunk does not seem
to desire to improve the equipment He
ought to be thankful that there is a New
York train over the Central.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26
SOME MAINE EPITAPHs.

She lived with her husband fifty
years and died Iii the confident hope Of
a better life.
John X q1ilied in the battle Of Shi-
loh) was born III the state OF New York,
where the wicked cease from troubling
and the weary are at rest.
Here lies Barnard Lightfoot who
was accidentally killed in the forty
fifth year Of his age The monument
was erected by his grateful family.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26
Nnnn1enn ma anr.ia.

Napoleon cared little for cards and
was no gambler. He would PLAY some
times with his mother, aud one game is
recorded with her on the island Of
Elba IN 1914, when the somewhat ava
ricious dame refused TO pay the mon
ey she had lost, and Napoleon called
out loudly, "Pay your debts madams
pay yonr debtsm
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26

Some workmen while digging gravel
at Wenden, saffron-W Walden, England,
unearthed a very rudely decorated
cinerary urn containing quantity OF
dark earth mixed apparently with the
cremated remains of a human being
The urn is probably 1900 years old and
Of Celtic origin.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26
pnrl. nnsI finncer.

Many English doctors are convinced
HAT the eating Of pigs flesh in differ
ent forms Il greatly responsible for the
increase OF cancer. They point out that
IL is most common among the poor,
whose chief meat Is that Of pigs, while
The disease Is extremely rare among
the Jews
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26

Sir Thomas says let the best boat wini
but II that boat is not the samrock III he
viii be back again with another in another
year. He's going to keep after the bloom
ing mug until he gets IT.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26
bombay Roads.

The streets of Bombay are excellent,
as are generally the main roads
throughout India. They are thorough
" macadamized or metaled and made
smooth BY heavy rollers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26
vAGABoNO BOB
Dogs Gallant Rescue OF a Babe In
Kansas City's Flood.

Kansas City's Flood.
BIASED on an incident Of the Kansas
City fioodl
Bob was vagabond. If you had seen
The limp OF his legs and the lay Of his
His gaunt yellow body, disgraeefully
lean
You had vowed be was only vagabond
cur.
In alleys ana back yards he skirmished
for food.
Receiving full often curse in its stead;
Hungry and shelteriess. surely no good,
What does it matter when all is salda
Canine or human, what matter? ! say
Shove them and cuff them and kick
them along,
The vagabond outlaws that get in our
Place for the mighty and room for the
strongl
The yellow Missouri that leaps from his
lair
Deep hid in the mountains and onward
DER Hmitiess plains ana by cities to
where
70 me bright Mississippi his waters are
The yellow Missouri. grown mad in bis
might,
Swept aside every barrier that stood in
And numbied. aohol am king de-
In ruin work and in men that I slay
And his torrent swept down on werld
unaware,
And women and children and men were
his prey,
And Death was his brother. who walked
everywhere,
And the faces Of mortals were white
with dismay.
A babe IN a cradle was rocked 70 and fro.
Tossed hither and thither mid iiotsam
and wreck
with only grim Death ana the angels to
know
A mariner wee on a pitifui deck
With only grim Death and the angels2
Not SO.
On mound over yonder a vagabond eur
Heard the vail Of the babe, like the sum
mons OF woe,
And the spirit Of heroes in him was
astlr.
Now, vaeabond Bob, now outeast, what
The chaam is wide BY the mad current
And reacuez bark with Death at the
suli over the waters that waillns is
borne
think that he shivered one moment ~
dread;
4 ] think that he doubted ere outward ne
sprung.
See now IN the current the vagabond
head
! The debris. the fiotsam, the wreekage
among.
1 Still onward and onward, through eddy
ana swirl
Sucked downward, tossed upward, the
cradle his goal;
4 In chaos OF waters with madness
\ awhirl
And it's oh to be fine, like dog sans
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26

The earliest European paper mills
were located at Falriano, In Italy in
1150. The Arabs first brought the Sc
cret Of paper making to Europe, they
themselves having learned 1t from Chi
nese prisoners Of war.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26
Nfnhoeanv Trees.

In cutting a mahogany tree plat.
form must first be erected and the tree
Is cut some Ten feet from the ground.
Heavy. thorny butuesses make the
cutting OF the trunk nearer the ground
an impossiM,.ty.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26

The Waiter gently hintlng) Excuse
me, but you've forgotten something.
The Guest indeed Well, please
give it to me, my honest fellow kan
sas City Independent
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26

Just when the sun is peeping Ger the
scene
The ieeman plods his way from door to
door,
And when you go 70 find the lump, I
ween.
You see a drop Of water; nothing more.
-Mashington star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26
nwarf trees.

Il French writer explains that when
the japanese grow dwarf trees they
simply do what nature herself does IN
bleak shores, high mountains and 9th
er barren spots.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26

$50 you don't like dialect storiesf
tsNot much. The trouble with dialect
is that after you have managed to spell
it out you forget what the story was
about. Washington Post.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26

The Vaughan Store cannot afford to
misrepresent their goods. Our 9Sc Satur.
day special IS startling bargain,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26
An odd Chandelier.

A chandelier made Of human bones
adorns the ceiling Of a church in Seid-
litz, Bohemia
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26

mocks, croquet sets, ice cream freezers and
oil stoves, at Boston Bargain store.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26

Consult the eye sight specialist for
glasses at w Holtons.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26

"A S100 muslin wrapper Saturday for
500 at Yaughan's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26
ITNGLEs AND JESTS.


There was a little girl,
And she had a little curl
Just where the maiden had it IN the fable.
II hung there through the day,
But I've heard her brother say
That at night It's place was on her eress-
ing table
New York Times
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26

a $1.50 black petticoat for csc at the
Vaughan Store Saturday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26

Situations Of this kind at this
season are increasing. lisa case
Of demand and supply"
See that you are supplid with.
a good. Suit before demanding an
answer TO your "suit."
Let Us cloths you and you can
DO the rest.
GrsYs, blues, olives and browns
are the cOlors.'
Worsteds, cheyiots, cassimeres
and flanneIs are the cloths.
Single breasted, getaways and
frocks are the styles.
Comeghere for the fit.
Suits Ready-to-wear, $500 to
5000.
Suits Made-to-order, $500 to
$4,000.
Rogers & Grady Co.,
TOP 70 TOE OUTFITTERS.
Quinlen Building, Barre, Vermont.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26
2,043

copies, the largest paid circulation Of any
daily paper in this section.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26

The average daily circulation Of the
Barre Daily Times for the week ending
Saturday was
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-26
Saturday Bar8ainSl
BLACK PETTICOATS.

Our Saturday Specials viii be the biggest bargains have ever offered
100 Ladies Black Picoats made good material silk finish 2nh
ue and fancy paDg around bottom. beauty and one q inc sad
m IN our regular stock To make this special memorable occasion
placed 100 S125 Peto sale Saturday Special at
only csc each. than each customer See them in window
MUSLIN AND PRINT WRAPPERS.
We have about 100 Muslin Wrappers fight os also SO Print Wrap
p in pink bue-Wrappers manufactured self at SOO eabu
they finished well enough suit have cut the price nearly
nea Some get S0O for m Our price Saturday will be only
SOC. Think Of I'll $500 Wrapper for soc.
Such Bargains as These VIII Crowd Our Store so Come Early
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-14

the Office with their paperT at 4 80 p.
m, and IL requires three hours 70 de-
liver, some. OF course, not getting
their paper until 7:30.
Arrangements are pending. how
ever, tor a contamination that will
make it possible for the entire city to
be covered by O'Clock, so We ask
indulgence until this arrangement is
completed, it now being well on the
way and will come, as have all other
promises made by The Progress under
it's present ownership.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-14
The Lucedale Progress.

The Lucedale Progress is the name
of a paper that has been established
at Lucedale, Miss, with Mr. I. K.
James, as editor and publisher. There
is no better point on the NJ. }. q K.
C. railroad than Lucedale. 1t is by
far the prettiest town on the road and
the culture and refinement of her cit
izenship is shown in the handsome
business structures and lovely resi-
dences.
We feel snre. knowing the people
of Lucedale and the editor of their
paper as we do. that The Progress,
under Mr.. James guidance will be
ably edited aud not lack for patron
age.
There is nothing that speaks sc
we'll for a place as a good. we'll pat
ronized paper, and this Lucedale will
now have.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-14
LEVEE IMPROVEMENT.
Twenty States to be Represented at
the Convention 70 be Held in
New Orleans.
special TO the Daily Progress.

special TO the Daily Progress.
New Orleans. Oct. Il. On October
q will be held in New Orleans the
convention of the Interstate Missis-
sippi River Improvement and Leyee
ASSOCIATION. and at the sessions TO be
held then many prominent men vii,
advocate government control OF tie
Mississippi levees in ord II that the
vast tracts. some 10000, 900 acres OF
now useless swamp lands in the states
of Mississippi. Louisiana and ArkeE-
! sas mar be reclaimed and brought IN
TO cultivation, Ii will be argued
that state and private control of The
levees will never result in the recla-
| nation of this vast aud rich Territory
| for the rea ION that the necessary
funds e|snot and cannot be available
for manysyears to come. III at with
A decade or so the world will require
| twice AS much cotton as it does tocay ;
that the cotton fields of the south are
now producing practically all the cot
| ton thew can be made TO grow; that
this now useless territory, which il
about three times as large as Holland.
md rs rich as the valley OF the Nile.
q Americas only hope to continue
supplying the world with all the cot
on ii requires; that the question OF
government control is purely ma
ronal one because every state IN the
union will be benefited either in the
sale of the new crop or the sale OF
supp les and manufactured articles to
the new population; that the state
revenue now going into levees should
be turned into educatiorai channels
where il Is badly needed.
1t will also IL shown that wherever
the government has taken charge OF
the Mississippi lsvees absolute success
has followed: government ievees dc
not break, The state levee boards
will not be criticised for the reason
that considering the dlfncultles theS
encounter their work has been al
that any reasonable mind could ex'
pect
Delegates TO the convention are
expected from ct least thirty states
and territories. The railroads have
granted one fare rates for the roant
trip. Special invitations have been sen
to many prominent men and many OF
these are warm advocates OF rhe plan
and purposes Of the levee association
have advised the committee that the,
+ will attend Elaborate plans for TIL
: entertainment of all the delegates ar
now being perfeated. These plans 0
? entertainment will include trips t
j several of the large sugar and cottol
0 plantations, inspection of the leyees
etc
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-14
Notice.

Armory OF Company G, 2nd Battalion
End Regiment. Nj. N. G..
AL. M mbers of Company c, Second
Battalion, Second Regiment, Missis
sippi National Guards, are hereby or
dered to report at the armory for drill
at p m, on The first and third Won
DAYS of each month, instead of every
Monday ss heretofore, until further
notice, Any member failing to ORGY o,
neglecting to report will be punished
under section OF Code No. 1911. BY or
der of jill. BUSCHhANN.
FIG. GILLIs, Capt. Comd. Co. c
19-l4-4t First Sergeant.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-14

Boss, yer ben talkin' so much bout
dat man whit yo' calls Mars "A.
K" dat lie don ben roun dar ter sec
dem dar Shloss Brudders clothin' an
[ kin now see whar yo's ben tellin'
OBJ de troof, kaze da sho wnz de hot
ties scots lie seed But, den. boss,
yer see dat da' wuz too rich fer dis
niger, caize when axed de clerk
how much wood I hab ter suffer ter
okkerpy er suit an he tell me u
dolIas'. I dom tole him Eyer amt
talkin' ter dis here niger, Gaze !
nebber am ter hab dat much money
all in one nile
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-14
To Subscription Patrons.

To those who are served with pa
pars through cur carrier system and
find it late when the paper reaches
them, we desire to say that TINS IL
necessarily so, for some. especially
those whose places come on.the wind
up of the routes, as the boys leave
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-14
Timber For Sale

have in bod : seven hundred acres
of fine Long Leaf Pine for sale. SIX
miles South of M;,cee. near The 6. & S.
|. railroad For further information
address the Undersigned at Weathershy
simpson equity, Miss.
10 IA mo. D. S. MCCALLUM.