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Arizona republican., 1903-11-15
John Sharp Williams.

The Hon. John sharp Williams. rep r,,5entative in congress from the YaEo0 distict of Mississippi. having been e:e- vated to the leadership Of the demo- cratic party in the house. finds the footlights of publicity glaring upon him. Some of his fellow citizens are inquiring what scrt of a man he Is. while others are suggesting that in him the democracy has at last found its Moses, and that he is likely dack horse for the presidential nomination next year.
 It may not be flattering to the pride of MT. Williams that he is unknown to a large degree in the north. east and west. but his promotion to a place that has been filled by Randall, Carlisle Crisp, Bailey and men less easily re- membered, ought to be a sufficient re- compense. for 1t is no small honor to he d party leader in the house of repre- sentatives. The biography furnished by MT. Williams to the Congressional Di- rectory informs us that he
 was born July 30. 1854. at Memphis. Tennessee; his mother having died. his father. who was colonel of the Twenty seventh Tennessee volunteers. Confed- crate States army, being killed at Shi- loh. and Memphis being threatened with capture by the Federal army, his family removed to his mothers family homestead m YaZoo county .Mississ- inpi: received a fair education at pli- vate schools. the Kentucky Military institute near FIlnIfO.t. Ky. the University of the South. Sewanae, Tennessee. the University of Virginia. and the University of Heidelberg in Baden. Germany; subsequently studied law under Professors Minor and South all at the University of Vtrginia.'
 and the. eafter I.actised law and poli- tics. planting cotton as a sort of side line. He entered congress with the Fifty-third house, and has served con- tinuously ever since.
 It appears at a glance that, although young. MT. Williams is a seasoned statesman. and that he has a great advantage over most other southern men in being eligible for the presiden- cy. Born in 1854, he was too young to fight against the union, and if his par ty would abandon its delusion that all southern men are barred from consid- eration. there is no reason why he might not build a. record in the next six months. which would make him a strong candidate for his partys nom- ination next summer.
 But 1t is safe to assume probqb- ly. that Mir. Williams will make the same mistake all other democratic leaders have made in recent years-he will interpose a mulish opposition to all the policies of the republican ad- ministration in the vain belief that blind opposition will have the approval of the country If. however, MT Will ha1ns should pursue a more enlight- ened course. and steal all the good thunder possible from the republicans, he might easily make" himself into statesman of national size.
Arizona republican., 1903-11-15

to deal with the rami1cations of the inquiry, but said he would do his best. When still another order came from the postmaster general instructing him to cut the abstract to 6,000 words, the fourth assistant threw up his hands and said it could not be dcne. The postmaster general was inslstent, however. urging that he did not wish the report of the scandals printed in punches, and wanted the abstract made sc brief that any and every news paper would print it all. Then. it is said. MT. Payne and MT. Bristow urged once more their opposing views on the president. who took MT. Payne's view.
 Had MT. Bristow been an ordinary statesman, there would have been nothing surprising in his confession of inability to condense his report or in any apparent pride in throwing upon his countrymen an avalanche of words. But MT. Bristow is a newspaper man. a graduate of the country newspapers. it is true, but the average country ed- itor knows how to tell a story in a few words. And. given time, any edi- tor of a daily paper could take MT. Bristow's report and condense 1t into an abstract of less than coco words. Many editors could tell it all in three columns and leave out nothing of inn portance. MT. Bristow's plea that he can't reduce his million-word report to a readable size must be taken as confession that he has forgotten his training in the newspaper profession.
Arizona republican., 1903-11-15

Blud.-. We're afeard at if you an. tn Pannymayans got mkt up you'd inter fere some with tn Transit acrost tn Issmus. That's mostly what we're here fer now to see at tn Transit aint ob-. structed none Tn United Stai-S thought It had been doin' that fer Fifty Yeers by keepin tn Raleway open bur we jist Discovered at we been Remiss an aint performed our whole Duty ae cordin' to tn Treety of IS an Forty Six. We been lett,n' a lot of hills an about 45 Miles of Land an Rox grow up be- tween tn Oshuns at we ort to have kep cleened out an we're agoin' to do it now. Mebbe some fokes d say at we're agoin' to bild q Canal but We aint. We're merely agoin' to remov, Obstruckshuns at prevents tn Tran sit of tn Wotter fun Oshun to Oshun.
 But we can't stand here all day tellin you what that Ole Treety meens You ort to "a knode that yourselfs. You've had a haf cenchery to study tn Doccyment Move on now. Don't you land. We aint goin' to let you an tn Pannymayans git to htin on th Raleroad Trax an git Greese an Bud on tn Rales sos at tn Enjine II slip ar Obstruct tn Transit agin tn Pervis huns of tn Treety. Gwan now"
 Tn Clumbyans sends Postle Cards to tn other GuvermenCe in Center an South Amerryky an sez on em, We got to stand together or you'll all See your Finish. Tn first thing you know tn United Staites II be keepin' tn Transits open acrost tn Andes Noun tains all tn way fun Pattygony to tn Caribbon Sea an you'll all ketch your Deth oe Cold"
 Tn Center an South Amerrykan Staits don't make no reply immejit but Cuby Butts in Sayin5 at she'll stand together. She aint got no Sympathy she sez with these here little Mush- room RepubliX at Springs up so Peece- ful an Quiet. They ort to Raise Hell fer severle Yeers,' sez Cuby, 'an Squeel when they Is gittin' licked SOS at Powerfe Nashun at gifts tired Of tn Racket II come an free 'em an pay all tn expenses"
 Caby sez to Clumby, You ort to do like Spane done to make tn Rebels come back, Use Force
 Tn other Latin Republix sez at Fl Clumby likes that kind of Brekfuss Food an wants to be a Sunny James she can use it but fer tn Present, they'll stick to Grape Nuts an Try-a- Bita an Plane Oatmeal till tn United Staits gifts to keepin' tn Transits open in their Mists.
 LITTLE JAMES.
Arizona republican., 1903-11-15
Los A N c ELES P R F. F F. R R ED LIST.

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Arizona republican., 1903-11-15
Democrats to Defeat CaraIp

According to the Associated Press dispatches from Washington, the dem- ocratic senators have determined to oppose the ratification Of canal treaty with the new republic of Panama. should the administration enter upon negotiations with that country.
 It Is possible. of course. that the democratic minority in the senate may defeat canal legislation. for there has been nothing yet to indicate whether the republicans will make the matter party question. But 1t occurs to us
Arizona republican., 1903-11-15

It is observed that in recent years political oIators are not maknig such long speeches as they used to. It should be remembered that this state = ment refers to political orators and not to men who believe themselves tn b. such. The real live political orato-. is real chary of wearying his audience and he is perfectly well aware that the tedious
Arizona republican., 1903-11-15

Independent candidates for office do not seem to fare very well at the hands of the voters nowadays. In the recent mayoralty campaign in New York city many bets were made that Devery would get 15.O0O votes, and yet he pclle1 only 2.935 in the whole city. The fol lowing is the record fer indeOenlert candidates for president: Palme-. nat ional cemocrat in 1896; received 132.424 Vcies: Lowering prohibition. received in tho same year 13?. .O07; Wooley. rohi- bition in 1900 received POI. .36S; Deb. SOC ial Democrat. received in the same year .4. .5a2: f,a! ker. peoples received in Ihe same year 50.l92. and Malloney. .sDcia}iSt labor received in the same ye2: :5. ljO all over the United States
Arizona republican., 1903-11-15
The Handy Hatpln.

Once more the high utility of the feminine hatpin has been demon strated. A young lady in New York essailed by a negro. jabbed him with her handy hatpin. and he was so dis ebled that a mob socu overlook him and bore him off to jail. We expect to see. before many years. battalions of ladies armed with hatpins in all the standing armies of the world.
Arizona republican., 1903-11-15
OPTICAL GOODS
ADOLF FRESE
PATENTS

PATENTS-H Hazard Harpham. Los Angeles. Send for free book on patents
Arizona republican., 1903-11-15

that it ought to be somewhat embar- assing to the democratic leaders to de- feat an isthmian canal after their bowling for years that the only oppo- sition to the waterway came from the republicans
Arizona republican., 1903-11-15
A National Bore,

Regardless CT forgetful of the snut he received from the republican eau GUS last winter. Congressman Crum- packer has reintroduced in the house of representatives his bill to reduce southern representation in congress in proportion to the reduction which has taken place in the negro vote. Crum- packer has become a national bore.
Arizona republican., 1903-11-15
EMPLOYMENT AGENTS
MACHINERY, ENGINES, ETC.

Hummel Bros. & Co.,, 116-lls E. Secon St Carefully selected help.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-15

The state Of New Hampshire has ex-
pended thousands Of dollars IN the build
ing u a state highway through the White
Mountains, but is being repaid in much
larger proportion There is in this a di-
rect lesson to the state Of Vermont. It
Z pays to keep the highways in good condi-
ton, If not by state appropriation then by
the towns individually. New Hampshire
is getting back what she paid out and
more, too, ia the increase Of summer pat
ronage. Her beautiful White Mountains
would not be the magnet that they are, for
city visitors, were it not that the highways
to the various points Of interest are kept
in good condition. One Of the plea
sures Of summers outing in the noun
tains as elsewhere is the opportunity for
travel either by motor car, tally.ho or sin
gle team. The strong reason Why New
Hampshire retains her summer patronage
and, in fact, increases it, Is because the
highways are kept in more than passable
shape
This, lew Hampshire people know, and
that's the reason the state legislature is
willing to lay out considerable sums OF
money, which expenditure in the midst Of
the mountains, might at first thought seem
an utter waste. The work Of completing
the roads has been under way this sum-
mer but owing to the scarcity Of help it
was not finished. However 1t win be tax
en- up again next summer, and in addition
to the appropriations already made it is
expected that the next legislature will de-
eide to make a still further outlay besides
reimbursing private individuals. When
the whole work Is done New Hampshire
will have a stretch Of fine state highway
covering the principal points In the White
Mountains, made at considerable cost to
be sure but sure to be paid back many
fold.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-15
ABOUT THE STATE.
Items Of Interest Cleaned From Our
Exchanges

Items Of Interest Cleaned From ouI
Exchanges.
Charles Densmore, aged SO, dropped
dead Of apoplexy at Lyndonville Monday
while at his work in the railroad shop.
A freak Of nature in the shape Of a cali
with two heads, two necks, three back
bones and two tails was born in Glover
recently.
viii Jerome Of West Glover, while out
cunning October 6, rested the muzzle OF
his gun on his foot and the gun was dis
charged causing badly shattered foot.
Capt Harry B. Chamberlain, U. S. A..
has arrived in San Francisco after the
completion Of a tour Of duty in the Philip
pines and is expected to make a visit al
his home in Fairlee in few days.
F, ]. Webster, who has been in the EN-
ploy Of the Vermont Marble Co at Proc
tor for the last two years, has won schol.
arship at the University Of Pennsylvania
and has entered upon the study OF medi-
cine in that institution.
Homer McDuffee died Monday at Iyn.
donville his death being caused by blow
from waterspout which he received sat.
urday while standing on top of car. He
was freight brakeman He seemed to
suffer no great Inconvenience until Mon
day morning, when he was taken violent.
ly worse and died in a few hours
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-15
sANcTUM soLiLooUlEs.

At the head of modern martyrs
stands the boy baby in family of
rls.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
An Ohio man who resigned d post.
mastership has been adjudged insane.
His attorney put up no defense. Den
yer Post
The Allegan man who eloped with
his mother-in-law should be punished
if for nothing else than the violation
of our most cherished traditions De-
troit Journal.
Emperor Wilhelm and Emperor
Franz Josef kissed each other three
times when they met. There are a lot
Of drawbacks about the business Of be-
ing monarch indianapolis Journal.
Were they not youched for by com.
petent and serious minded astronomers,
one might suspect that the four little
comets which have been discovered
lowering about the Milky Way are be-
ing brought up on the bottle.-B Boston
Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-15
SCORING NoTEs.

Swift 2iO7, holds the geldins race
record
There are twenty new 2io trotters
to date
Rhythmic, 2Oo&. has the 1908 trot.
ting record.
Anabrieve. 210la, is now the fastest
Of Elyria's sixty standard trotters
Little Fred, who recently paced to :
record Of 2:091a, is Of unknown breed
ing.
Barney oldfeld the American auto
racing champion, is to retire from ac-
tive competition this winter.
Jimmy Ryan again is mentioned as
the possible successor to Pat Donovan
as manager Of the St Louis Nationals.
Moriarity, the Chicago Nationals
new outfielder, is said to have the
strongest throwing arm in the Nation
al league.
Hank Griffin has refused to meet
Jack Johnson in San Francisco. He
has not forgotten the last whipping he
got from johnson.
Benny Yanger may be matched to
meet Ben Jordan now that Young Cor
bett has failed to come to terms With
the English champion.
Jim Corbett says that Bob Fitzsim-
mons is "alI in,' but a prominent sport
said the other day that Corbetts ten
rounds with Champion Jim Jeffries did
not dope" with Lanky Bob's seven.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-15
THE ROYAL sox.

The German kaiser's daughter is tax
ing course in cooking.
The empress dowager Of China, one
Of the most remarkable women Of the
age, is III, and the doctors say she can
not live year
King Alfonso Of Spain recently dis.
tinguished himself by shooting d fero-
cious bull stampeded from herd that
was being driven through the streets
Of Madrid.
The Prince of Monaco, on board his
yacht Princess Alice. has undertaken
an expedition to ascertain the cause OF
the death Of sardines along the Brit
tany coast
Queen Alexandra has a favorite tea
pot which is often in use when the
queen is at sandringham. IT is ex-
ceedingly curious. very old and is said
to be of priceless value. The teapot
is in the shape of stout Dutchman
sitting astride a barrel of wine
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-15
HINTS FOR HEALTH.

A cold n the head may be greatly
relieved by plugging the nostrils with
cotton wool soaked III glycerln.
A soft linen cloth which is employed
for no other purpose is better to use
when bathing the eyes than sponge.
To ease soft corns rub a little oil OF
peppermint over them. A piece of it's
sue paper placed between the toes and
renewed every day will frequently cure
a soft corn.
The possessors Of dry scalps should
know that they are more liable to early
grayness than their friends with greasy
mir, but that this Is quite preventable
by regularly feeding the hair with the
oil 1t lacks
The eyes should be bathed every
night before retiring to remove any
Gust that might have gathered on the
has during the day. Cold water should
be used. although iukewarm water is
good occasionally.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-15
when che woods are rurnin, Brown


Lots OF folks have left the country.
They have hurried into town.
For the days are CROWN shorter,
And the woods are turnin' brown.
They can't see no beauty in 1t;
Those town folks are blinds a bat,
When they'd rather have the city
Than the woods as looks like that
Jest love them giant oak trees
With their arms a-hangin' down,
And the acorns droppin', droppin',
AS the woods are turnin brown,
And the crows among the branches
Calm out, from tree to tree,
Make me wonder If they're Gavin
To each other about me.
Now there amt no use a-sayin'
That all nature wears a fFown,
jest because the grass is yeller
And the trees are turnin' brown.
No such thing; they're only smilin';
IT'S their way to sing a song,
Cause they've kept the birds and flowers
In their shade all summer long.
have walked through half the country.
But there's nothin' / have foun'
Quite so comfortin and restfui
As the woods a-turnin' brown.
I've grown old within their shadow,
Old and purity nigh as gray,
But there's nothin' that know Of
That's as dear to me as they
Edna Perry Booth IN Ladies' World For
October.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-15

Old gold and silver wanted at refners'
prices in exchange for goods at F. f. Burr's
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-15

me navy department has recently
placed a contract with a Pittsburg
man for the manufacture Of $4,000
fuses for shells, says the Philadelphia
fress This fuse, or exploding device.
was Invented and developed 81 ]. ~
semple Of Pittsburg. II IS arranged
" that the shell cannot be exploded
py an accidental fall Of even ffty feet
yet when fred from the gun the fuse
Incomes armed" and Is then SO sensi-
I'VE that the shell win burst on strtE-
lng ilght resistance, such as a rope or
the branch Of a tree.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-15

No better truism has been uttered than
that spoken by President Roosevelt at
Washington yesterday during the unveil-
ing Of the Sherman statue when he said,
1.-THE life Of duty, not the life Of mere
ease OF pleasure--that is the kind Of life
which makes the great man as it makes
the great nation" This American re-
public was not founded on the life Of ease
and pleasure, but rather its foundation is
the rugged one Of hard work, discomfort
and self-denial
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-15
Savings Department.

Deposit books issued, interest credited
Jan. ! and July / in each year at the rate
OF 8 IL per cent per annum.
Drafts on London a specially.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-15
A Hummer.

Cyrus Townsend Brady has a friend
who had been TO visit a young married
couple
Can Toms wife sewY' inquired Mr.
Brady
Il didn't find that out" replied his
friend. ''but she can rip and tear ali
right - Philadelphia Ledger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-15

The Waterbury Record has the follow
ing good word for Barre citizens Barre
city has some excellent examples of self
made men. Men who started in Barre,
when II was small town and have grown
right along with it, until now It is a good
sized city. 1t is this class Of self made
men that have been instrumental in push
ing Barre granite, which has made both
city and state famous and known the
world over
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-15
Household Goods at Auction!
Saturday, October 18th, at 200 and 700 O'Clock p M
will sell at public auction at the City Auction Rooms

Ny household goods which tie following partial white and enamel Brass Bed
e one white and enamel Cot and Spring. white Spring
Pillows one Morris Chair upholstered Rocker Seat SIX
Dining Chairs one Piazza Chair Center Hngs pair Of Pou
and Rod one China Clock lot Pictures Refrigerator one
steel Range style Perfect" good Wood Heater Pip for each
Stove one Gasoline Stove with Tank Cupboard one Kitchen Table
Wash Tub lot ee Glass and Tnwa Lamps
other articles
O. II. Hale, Aucioneer
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-15
JTNGLES AND JESTS.


The melancholy autumn days return
And many an erstwhiie gay ana festive
soul
Who seemed In summer to have cash to
burn
Is Worrying now about the price OF coal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-15

You should not forget the sale of ladies'
fleece-lined hose, two pairs for 25c, and
also ladies' walking skirts for S2.98, Sat-
urday, Oct. II, at Perry q Camps
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-27
MRS. BEDELL SURPRISED.
Friends Call at Her Home and Present Ter
With Punch Bowl.

Mrs. J. F. Bedell, Of Main street,
was agreeably surprised Tuesday
evening by a number of her friends
who called at her home in q body. 1t
was about Z O'Clock when the guests
arrived. q
At 8 O'Clock II grand supper was
spread before the guests and before
they left for homo they had another
surprise in store when they presented
her with a punch bowl.
Those in the party we're Mrs. A. NJ.
Donaldson, Miss g. Rogers, Mrs.
George Moore, Mrs. Rudolph Hoehns,
Mrs. George Hoehns, Mrs. @. Del.
porte, Mrs. George Smith, Mrs. Ed
ward Cuny, Mrs. g. M. Winant, Misses
Ethel Rogers, Kate Hoehns, Miss
Saunderson, and Lydia Little.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-27
GnIIieo nnh LINN VII.

Galileo's wit got him into trouble
when he put into tie mouth of Sim
plicio. The foolish opponent of the
Copernican theory in his Dialogues"
an argument that Pope Urban VIII.
had himself devised, and insisted on
Calico incorporating IN the work.
Calico made S.mSlic.o quote it as an
argument he had from a very eminent
and learned parsonage" The enemies
of Calico persuaded Urban that he had
been made game Of" and this was the
offensc of which Calico was guilty. 1t
was nc, for unfolding the theory that
the sun stands still and the earth moves
that Calico was tried b. tho inqGisition.
Urban himself had supported the
Copernican doctrines, both as cardinal
and as rope.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-27
NEWS ITEMS.

The teachers hau an interesting
pedagogical meeting at the school on
Saturday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry D. Brewster
and Miss Grace Brewster, spent Sun
day with Mrs. S. NJ. Brewster, of Sc
warren.
Miss Dorothea b. Boynton, spen I
Friday night last with Miss Mary A.
Seamans.
Mr.. Irving R. Valentine attended a
card party in Railway on Friday night
last.
Mrs s.. 3. RatLbun is seriously i'll
Mrs. S. NJ. Brewster and Miss
Helen Brewster, were in New Bruins
wick on Saturday.
Mr.. Harry B. PerLee, who for the
pest year and q half has worked in
the DeLamar Copper Works, at Cart
elet, will leave for Peru on Tuesday
next.
DR.. James Kent, of New York, spent
Sunday with his cousin, MIR. Richard
Child.
Mr.. George Rathbun has accepted n
position in the DeLamar Copper
works and began work there on Mon
day last.
Miss Rita Demarost spent last Sun
day with her erlndn other, Mrs. Fanny
Demarest.
The Builders CT the Methodist
chruch, will be enter tanned at an af-
ternoon tea al the homo OF Mrs. Dom
ey of Green street, Tuesday, Decem-
Der II, at 3 o'clock. Full Attendance
is requested. 1t will be a business
meeting and election OF officers.
The Fair and supper in the NJ. E,
church parlors on Thursday evening
was q success. The ladies deserved
great credit for the way they worked.
The fsIcy-tehl~4i - ekz-N Tas. ~.
A. Gillian, Miss Carrie Ensign, Mrs.
Kate Turner aAd Miss Sadie Valen-
tine, realized over SIS in their sales.
Mr.. Orourk, of New York, will
spend next Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
T. B. Hart, Jr., of Sewaren.
Tho schools in this township were
closed on Thursday and Friday of this
week.