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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-15
The Times Daily Short Story.

boys saw 'em and went OF to tell the
big cattleman that his little bird had
flown. Steere was kind Of paralyzed at
fust, but the more he thought about
measly clerk takin his gal away from
him the madden be got He mounted
the fastest horse he could find and dug
out in the direction Joe and Jennie had
started. He followed EN- all right
enough till he came TO where the road
forked; then he took the wrong fork
This Is why they got to Park City long
before him. If they was goin' to cit
married, they'd a. had time enough
for dozen hitchin's before he come
up but Joe hadn't no money to support
a wife. They was jist follerin' the in
stincts Of two children Of nature. It
beats anything the way SIGH will run
their heads into moose jist for little
fun
WAL, the weddin' was over, and the
guests was all a-slingin' a lively leg In
the dinin' room, the tables bein' piled
up agin the wall A fiddler stood on a
BARI scrapin' away and calm Ladies
changer 'Alaman Ieftr and all that
Joe was a-slingin' Jennie In turn cor
ners' when all OF a student Steere rode
up to the open door and begun to pump
lead into the room. The change that
come over that dance was remarkable
There was a screamin' Of wimmen and
swearin' of men, though none Of the
men raised a gun. for they never sup.
posed Steere would be shootin' that
away onless he was backed by dozen
or more Of his cowboys back in the
dark holdin the drop on the crowd.
"Then was when Joe showed up
Catehin' sight Of steere outside and
KNOWN well what was up, he drawet
with his left hand, for steere hat
winged his right and begun shootin'
movin' for'ard at the same time. Jen
ME she got out bis other weapon, an'
as soon as he had emptied the frs
| handed 1t to him, and he kept on pump
i In.
"One OF Joe's shots knocked the BIZ
cattleman onn his horse. Then one 0
the men said TO Joe, Ye little fool. 81
out Of this while ye have chance
Some on em HURLED Joe and Jenni
out back door and they made track
for home, leavin' steere to be carrle
upstairs to a room, where he lay TO
month not KNOWN whether he wa
a-goin' to turn up his toes permanent
or not.
meanwhile some Of the people toll
him If he ever shot into q dance agi
they'd give him a chance to dance hin
self where the grass was too shor
The express company, hear.n' abou
the incident, put Joe in charge Of thei
treasure IN transportation. givin' biz
a big salary, and be married Jenni
ak months after they went to the wee
din at Park City Since then Joe ha
twice saved train from robbery an
been loaded down with rewards
"No sir, We can't always tell abot
mans pluck from his appearance
Joe Eggleston is one Of them mild eye
felIers that We want to steer clear o
But nobody knowed 1t till he turned 0
Phil Steere.'
VICTOR S. BERNARD
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-15
sAlNY PlsToLs FoR PoLlcE
why kansas Captain would Have
Officers Garry No other Kind.

Why Kansas Captain would Have
officers Carry No Other kind.
IF / were arming a police depart
ment said Police Captain Weber Of
Kansas City the other day to a reporter
Of the Kansas city Times. no man on
the force would be allowed to carry a
pistol with a blue steel barrel. / would
see that every officers weapon was
nickel plated and was kept just as
bright and shiny as It could be made.
Why would I have only shiny pistols2
Why. for the moral suasion they convey.
There is something terror inspiring
about the CLINT Of light on a highly pol
lshed pistol barrel that Il entirely miss
ing in the appearance Of blue steel
barrel.
MANY a criminal resists when placed
under arrest and threatened with a dull
colored revolver who would have eapit-
ulated Immediately had the officers
pistol been brightly. polished That is
the case even when the weapon Is
merely held ia the hand ready for use;
but a shiny pistol barrel. to a man who
is looking into it, appears three times
as big as a blue steel pistol barrel OF
the same caliber."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-15
BLUE EYED JOE E9aEST0N



"Who's that slender, blue eyed, ten
derfoot looking fellow over thereq" in
qulred a passenger Of the stage driver
during a change Of horses, pointing to
man standing in the door Of the express
sfiice.
"ThatG That's Joe Eggleston. He
amt so meek as be looks Jist ye get
up alongside Of me on the box for the
next relay and III tell you somethin'
about him"
In few minutes the driver got the
reins in between his fingers, the man
holding the leaders let go and they
flung away down the road
WAL, as TO Joe Eggleston," said the
driver when the pace had settled down.
u always thought Joe quiet, molten
sive chap with no great spunk till his
affair with Jennie Robbins. Jennie's
people were poor enough TO eat gopher
meat, and as Jennie was as purity as a
pictur' and had all the men in the
neighborhood In love with her they
wanted her to make good match
Jennie was only fourteen at the time
they set their hearts on her marryin'
Phil Steere, a big cattleman, but she
had all the monkey shines Of woman
OF twenty. She wasn't havin' much Of
a time when Steere asked for her, SO
she didn't object, thinkin' that with his
money she might make things hum.
He was forty, crossgrained and mean
as sawdust-
"She hadn't much more'n said yes
when along comes Joe Eggleston, nine
teen years old and as fair lookin' for a
man as Jennie was for gal The
men didn't think much Of him. He
seemed timid sort Of feller and
most OF the time didn't even carry .
gun He was a clerk in the express:
Office, and man that dabbles in ini
isn't gmerally much good for blood
But the wimmen all seemed to cotton
to him. He had way Of lookin at EN-
out OF them blue eyes Of his'n. At anl
rate him aud Jennie jist went togethei
like two magnets. Joe knowed tina
she was laid out for Steere, but tina
didn't keep him from bein' about will
her a hull lot
zone day Joe SEE to her, SEE be
Jennie there's goin' to be weddin
down at the City hotel in Park City
Park City was a relay station for th
stage line, and. as TO parks, they wa
on the maps Of the town that was t
be. What dye say, SEE Joe. TO q
goin? After the pair git hitched there
to be a dance.
an 60 with ye, Joe, she SEE, but
Mr. Steere finds It out he'll put hole
enough in yer body to make a culende
Of ye. Have ye got a gunT
There's plenty of guns in the Office
SEE Joe III take q couple along j
case Mr., steere gifts on to us.
"They lit out after dark, but, as ba
luck would have It, one Of Steere's Cow
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-15

Washington, Dec. l4.-In accordance
with the recommendation Of Rear Adj
miral Henry 9. Taylor, chief OF the bu-
reau of navigation, the European
squadron after the close Of the winter
maneuYers in the Caribbean sea will be
assigned to the south Atlantic station,
the south Atlantic squadron to the Ca
ribbean station and the Caribbean
squadron to the European station, thus
giving the officers and men 4 change Of
scene and duties
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-15
sample Of Edward vII,s Repartee.

NJ. A. r. tells new story on King
Edward. 1t occurred during the recent
visit to London Of President and Nine.
Loubet. His majesty escorted Nine
Loubet to dinner. She was noticeably
nervous, but succeeded in asking about
Queen Alexandra's health and the gen
eral welfare Of the kings children
Nine. Loubet finally asked, And what
viii your majesty make Of your sonY
u hope to make him king Of England
some day." replied the king. And, de
spite her nervousness, the good lady
could not but laugh at the quick an
swer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-15

Icebergs in the arctic regions are mel
ther SO large nor so numerous as those
seen in the antarctic seas, but they are
usually loftier and more beautiful. with
spires and domes. When the sun shines
on them they look like d fairy city.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-15

Mrs. William e, Chisholm, a widow
Of College Point, \. y. has set aside
plot on her estate for the burial Of her
dogs. says the Rochester Union and Adj
vertiser Mrs Chisholm's sonsln-law is
a stepbrother Of the present Duke Of
Marlborough.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-15

Topeka. Kan, Dec IA The faculty
of Washburn college has ordered that
the Socialist club Of the college dlscon-
tinue its meetings It is said to be
the result Of letters received from
financial supporters of the college say
ing they would withdraw aid unless
the club was suppressed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-15
nelrinn 60 Trnst.

London, Dec. IA dispatch to a
news agency from Brussels says that
at meeting Of glass manufacturers
held there it was decided to form
Belgian glass trust
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-15

washington, Dec 1.-the following
fourth class postmasters have been
appointed:
New York West Cation, Louis Bar
nard
Pennsylvania Lowell, George a..
Fisher; Rector, Il. B. Aukney.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-15

Messenger Boys Novel ErranG.
A messenger boy was recently in
structed to meet pet donkey at Char
ing Cross, lead it across London and
dispatch it from Euston.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-15

Tokyo, Dec II. Russia's reply has
been received, The Russian minister
has informed Premier Katsura that
Russia entertains JaPan's proposals,
probably with notifications.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-15

The only three men who have been
elected three times TO the mayoralty
of Birmingham, England. married
three sisters.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-15
No CURE 4 ooLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Br0mo Qninlne Tablets
an druggists refund the money Il y falls
10 cure. Il. w. Groves signature Is on
each box. 25c.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-15

The Turks are but one-sixth Of the
population OF European Turkey
Evening star., 1903-07-11

Saving 5O6 or More to Every Fuel Consumer.
Making Handsome Dividends for Every StockhoIder.


The Doyle Burner is nesexperiment. We are not
selling stock to demonstrate anything to de-
velop anything. nor to prove nything. Mr.. Doyle
and his associates spent oveS 5000, 900 In those
preliminaries. and the result il that Doyle stoves
and furnaces have been made. sold and USED since
August, 1901. The result Of that sale and use is
that today the company cannot, I'LL the orders now
in hand without immediate increase OF temporary
facilities for manufacturing When It Is making
on the largest part Of its output 10O% NET per
annum on the capital employed, the management
naturally desires to increase the business rapid
ly as possible. and thus make 1OO% on good deal
larger capital.
For those who would like to zee the Doyle
Burner at WORK before investing there are demon
stratins plants in Chicago. Pittsburg and WASH
ington. Inquire Of us how to see them. The books
Of the company show the profits claimed, and as
In any other legitimate business, are open to in
vestigatiOn when necessary.
The company OWNS THE PATENTS covering
the Doyle invention for THE WORLD.
AN INVENTION THAT SAVES THE WORLD
5095 AND UPWARD ON IT'S FUEL COST BE-
SIDES ABOLISHING SMOKE, HAS IT'S MARKET
ALREADY MADE. This saving amounts to HUN
DREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS annually.
Evening star., 1903-07-11
BLUE PRINT PLANS.
Designs for Proposed Railway Bridge
to Span South Capitol Street.

Col. John Biddle, the Engineer Commits
sioner. has received from Chief Engineer
William II. Brown of the Pennsylvania
the proposed railroad bridge across South
Capitol street This bridge will be along
the lines leading from the South Washing
ton viaduct into the 1st street tunnel bring
ing trains from the south into the new
union station.
the bridge to carry our new Virginia ave-
nue. tracks over South Capitol street"
writes Mr.. Brown. land we send you here
with two blue prints of the same for your
examination. If you find the plan satisfac-
tory to yourself. / would be glad II you
would approve one of the prints and return
1t to me. as we would like 70 start this
masonry at an early date.
You will notice that We giving you
two sidewalks of thirty feet width each.
measured along our center line, whereas the
general plan approved by the Commission
ers scales only about twenty feet. i also
send you d plan OF the solid floor bridge
which we are using on our Newark elevated
railroad, and which We propose to use at
Washington. Also a print of the style of
columns we are using at Chester These
notice that the base of the column is be-
meath the curb line. so that all that shows
is the main shaft of the columns. There
will be no bracing between the col Imns. ex-
cepting the brackets at the tops of the
columns and under the floor"
Detailed plans of the superstructure of
the bridge will be filed later
Evening star., 1903-07-11
Philanthropic Taste Spurned.


Kindhearted women. Some years ago en-
deavored to bring JOY to- the little tene-
ment house victims by presenting hun
dreds of them with pretty new hats at
Easter. something over half dozen Of
the ladies acting as volunteer milliners
In the pursuance Of their charity they
toiled early and late, depriving themselves
of rest and many pleasures.
For three years the hat distribution was
continued. but this year only plants were
distributed. The hat beneficiaries became
very critical. suggested models and trim
mings. and would not always accept their
themselves would make the transfer after
they left the meeting place. In some in
stances the little mothers refused positive
ly to have aught to do with the gift, and
left 1t. Naturally such behavior discour-
aged the amateur milliners and they aban-
doned their unappreciated task.
Evening star., 1903-07-11
THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE.
Reasons Why Our Mother Tongue
Should Be Called English.

From the Toronto Star.
Somebody has beeen writing to the New
York Sun to protest against it's being call led
the English language any longer. This
man seems to think that the Americans
have more right to it than the people who
saw it first. Granting for a moment the
absurd premise that the Americans and the
English are two different peoples. 1t may
not be out of place to mention one or two
reasons why the language should continue
to be called after the English.
The chief one is that the English made
the language. Chaucer rescued it from a
welter of French and Saxon and gave 1t
form. Spencer wrote his Faery Queen in it.
These pioneers of English are still studied
and admired in American universities
Shakespeare made use Of it to produce the
greatest dramas in the world. AS late as
the end Of the nineteenth century there was
a great theatrical manager in New York
perhaps the greatest-who presented
Shakespearean plays. in English at that
and at great profit, to American audiences
This seems to indicate that Americans still
take an antiquarian interest in the Ian
guage. Milton, II we remember rightly
found 1t good enough to employ In Para
disc Lost" and few other metrfcal trifles.
He also wrote a prose masterpiece in 1t,
the Areopagitica, the Freedom of the Press.
on which the United States has acted. al
though the essay was couched In foreign
language.
There are people, even in New York. who
contend to this day that Milton couldn't
have done better If he had known Ameri-
can. Coming down to the eighteenth CEN
tury, a great mob of more or less distin-
guiished leterateurs could find no more
suitable vehicle than English, They did
fairly well in it, although. of course. 1t has
not the resources of the real Fourth of
July American. Goldsmith struggled with
1t long enough to create few things that
still charm the heart and please the fancy.
Dick Steele and Joseph Addison showed
what the essayist could do with 1t when he
tried hard. Lawrence Sterne managed to fit
his irish humor into 1t, and cracked jokes
without drifting into slang.
Pitt. Fox. Burke, Sheridan delivered fam
Gus 0rations in 1t, some Of which pleaded
for those very Americans who are now
repudiating the brave old language. Dean
Swift demonstrated that satire made no de-
mands Upon it which 1t could not fulfill. At
this jancture. Or somewhere near 1t, Samuel
johnson gathered all the words together.
and put them into dictionary which is the
father of all dictionaries in the British en-
pire and the United States. Some of John
sons words are still in use, although many
of them are quite unintelligible to the aver
age American. 1t is probably out of graft
tude to Johnson that the United States
doesn't cut loose from English altogether.
In no other way can we explain why col
lege professors, magazine writer's, novelsts
and people of fine taste in the United
States continue to go to these eighteenth
century writers for their style
Evening star., 1903-07-11

George Green, colored, who gave his age
as twenty-five years, was arrested at a
secondhand store on d street by Detect
ives Tyser and Trumbo this morning and
locked up on charge of housebreaking.
During June. 1901. the residence of ex-
Policeman Dorsett was broken into and a
revolver belonging to the police department
was stolen. as were also several other ar
dcles. The officers were In the store this
morning when Green entered and offered
the revolver for sale. Seeing that the wea-
pom belonged to the department. and know
ing that Green had no right to 1t. they took
him into custody. and on reaching head
quarters found that II was the one taken
from Dorsett's house
Green claims that he purchased the re-
voiver from an unknown colored man about
three years ago.
Evening star., 1903-07-11
Separate Applications Necessary.

Charles F. Hendricks of 626 F street has
requested permission of the Commissioners
to install a new advertising device. known
as electrical bulletin boards. These are to
post want advertisements, theatrical an
nouncements and special reports Of news
items. The police department has reported
that one of these boards will be located
upon residence street Commissioner
West moved that the writer be informed
that the license law must be complied with
before permit could be issued. A refer
ence of the paper to the electrical depart
ment was also moved. The acting electrt-
cal engineer has moved that the applicant
bs informed to make separate applications
and that the electrical part Of the work
will have to be done by a licensed electrical
contractor.
Evening star., 1903-07-11
CHICAGo's EARLY HISTORY.
Plan to Inform School Children and
Their Parents Of It.

From the Chicago Journal.
To educate school children and their par
ents in the early history of Chicago and to
mark the city's historic spots with perma-
nent tablets. the Chicago centennial pro-
moters have appointed a committee on
education, consisting of E. G. Cooley,
superintendent of public schools; Prof.
Henry w. Thurston of the Cook County
Normal School; G. A Osinga principal of
the Otis School: Prof. J. w. Fertig, secre-
tary Of the Chicago Historical Society:
Mrs. Herman ]. Hall of the Public Parks
Association: Miss Jane Adams of Hull
House. and Prof Edwin Erie Sparks of the
University Of Chicago. chairman
In the matter Of tablets. assurances have
been received that make 1t certain many of
these will be placed permanently. Among
the first ones will be on the public library
and the court house. The first will COM
memorate the Fort Dearborn military res
ervation and the second the various court
houses of the past
The educational work In the schools will
take the form of stereopticon lectures to be
given centennial week. These will Illus
trate from original sources the beginning
and early history of Chicago. printed
lecture, properly prepared by Prof Edwin
Erie Sparks. will be read to the pupils of
every public and parochial school in the
city. In all instances the stereopticon pic
lures will accompany the lecture The
educational committee also purposes to
have the lecture read and the slides shown
in the school buildings which have assem-
bly, halls during evening. All talks will be
given free by volunteers of ability
The committee also intends to have the
lectures translated into various foreign
languages. these to be read in school build
ings situated where the foreign population
is large In this end of the work the va
rious social settlements will be asked to
aid. The educational committee will give
every resident of Chicago a chance to learn
something Of its early history.
Evening star., 1903-07-11
DOCTORING SCALES.
Putty and Other Devices Used to Give
Short Measure and Cheat Customers.

Putty and Other Devices Used to Give
From the New York Tribune.
You can depend upon 1t that in any city
where there is not an efficient bureau of
weights and measures the poor are being
defrauded.' said James B. Reynolds be-
fore the Summer School of Philanthropy.
This Is true Of all classes. but especially
of the poor for when a man is down there
are ten times as many people ready to hit
him as when he is up.''
Mr.. Reynolds had been asked, as secre-
tary to the mayor. to speak on municipal
action in relation to the welfare of the
poor. He was fortified with an array of
balances possessed Of profit-making bias.
of gouged-out weights and loaded scale
pans. and what he had to say about the
bureau of licenses and of weights and
measures was particularly Illuminating for
in few cities Is any Importance attached to
this field Of municipal activity.
These bureaus" said Mr.. Reynolds. deal
primarily with businesses in which the two
parties to a transaction do not meet upon
an equal footing, as in the pawnshop, en-
ployment agency and pushcart peddling.
Here Is a scalepan taken from pushcart
stand. 1t was used In weighing out cher
ries. and the four or five inches Of putty
which lined the inside of the thing were
placed there for a purpose. You paid for
so many cherries and for so much putty
when you bought of that dealer. Some
times a metal ring takes the place Of the
putty.
Recently there was an investigation of
the weighing in the fish market, where the
pushcart men were obliged to congregate,
on account Of the insanitary conditions
prevailing on the street. Out Of fifty-three
spring scales twenty-eight were short two
ounces or more. One mans scales were
short twelve ounces The method of weigh
ing with these scales wa5 to jounce the
being taken. The needle was sooner or
later sure to pass the figure bargained for.
but the purchaser never knew whether 1t
belonged there or not. Now we insist on
stationary beam, so that the weighing pro-
cess Is not such a springboard exercise"
Speaking of the fraudulent weighing in the
sale of coal in London. Mr.. Reynolds said:
II believe that even worse practices prevail
here. because we are more clever and en-
terprising than tn. Engltshsn
In conclusion. Mr.. Reynolds pointed out
the relation between private and public ef-
fort for the welfare Of4the poor. Govern
ments must be more or less conservative"
he said. 1T Is the province of private
philanthropic enterprise to experiment.
while the government shOtld stand ready
to draw from the experience so gained,
doing for the many ~hatz:prtvate philan--
thropy has done for the few. Some Of the
best work of the municipaf government in
New York has been due to the initiative of
the Charity Organization Society, the Set
Elements and other organizations"