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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-02

be some laugnable turn to end the af- fair.
 Are you afraid, M. Beveriey?'' she demanded after short waiting in silence.
 He laughed now and whipped the air with his foil.
 You certainly are not in earnestT' he said interrogatively. Do you really mean that you want to fence with meW
 ''If you think because I'm only a girl you can easily beat ne, try it," she tauntngly replied, making level thrust toward his breast.
 Quick as flash he parried, and then a merry clinking and twina1ling of steel blades kept time to their swift move ments. Instantly, by the sure sense which is half sight, half feeling-the sense that guides the experienced fenc- CTS hand and wrist-Beverley knew that he had probably more than his match, and in ten seconds his attack was met by time thrust in opposition which touched him sharply.
 Alice sprang back, lowered her. point and laughed.
 "Je vous salue. M. Beverley!" she cried, with chfldlike show of delight. "Did you feel the button?
 "Yes, I felt it,'' he said with frank acknowledgment in his voice. tIt was cleverly done. Now give me chance to redeem myself.''
 He began more carefully and found that she, too, was on her best mettle; but 1t was a short bout, as before. Alice seemed to give him an easy open ing and he accepted it with a thrust. Then something happened that he did not understand. The point of his foil was somehow caught under his oppo- nent's hilt guard while her blade seemed to twist around his. At the same time there was wiring and jerk, the like of which he had never before felt, and he was disarmed, his wrist and fingers aching with the wrench they had re- ceived.
 Of course the thing was not new; he had been disarmed before; but her trick of doing it was quite mystery to him, altogether different from any that he had ever seen.
 ''Vous me pardonnerez, monsieur" she mockingly exclaimed, picking up his weapon and offering the hilt to him. Here is your swordr'
 Keep it," he said, folding his arms and trying to look unconcerned: you have captured it fairly. I am at your mercy; be kind to me-
 Mime. Roussillon and Jean, the hunchback, hearing the racket of the foils, had come out to see and were standing agape
 You ought to be ashamed, Alice" what she had done. Girls do not fence with gentlemen"
 "This girl does," said Alice.
 "And with extreme disaster to this gentleman said Beverley laughing in tone of discontinue and resignation.
 ''Ah, m'sieu', there's nothing but dis aster where she goes," complained Mime. Roussillon t'She is destroyer of everything. Only yesterday she dropped my pink bowl and broke it, the only one had.'
 And just to think" said Beverley, ''what would have been the condition of my heart had we been using rapiers instead of leather buttoned foils! She would. have spitted it through the very center'' -N
 Hike enough" replied the dame in- differently. "She wouldn't vince, either-not she"
 Alice ran into the house with the foils and Beverley followed.
 we must try it over again some day soon,' he said. 'sI find that you can
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-02

 ! ALICE of OLD ] ]. VINCENNES ] ,x By MAURICE THOMPSON 1 s@ s@ by the BOwEN-AaERRILL
copsrish. 1900. by the BOwEN-nERRrLL COMPANY
CHAPTEk VI.
By MAURICE

ssS .sS,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-02
TIME TABLE
HIGHLAND DIvrsron.


 Trains leave Meadow street station Tor Boston, Hartford and way stationi at 100 and S:3S a .m.: 1y:3S, 3:30, 8Of P. m.
 Trains arrive at Meadow street sta non from Boston. Hartford and wa, stations at S:05, 11:40 a. m.; 1:45, O:2t and TBS D. m.
 Ira1ns leave Meadow street staticr TOT New York. Fishkill Landing. Dau Dury and way stations at S:13 a: 10 and l:5O and 6:24 D. m. Ira1ns arrive at Meadow street sta Ilon from New York, Fishkill Landing DanDury and way stations at S:36 In.' l234 and s.O4 D. m.
 SUNDAY TRAINS.
 Leave Meadow street station at s Sa0 lo'O5 a. nl.; 200, 5.O5 and ZOO p. m. Arrive at Meadow street station af o:oU, ll:3O a. m.; 4:50. :50 and S:5d D. m.
 MERIDEN BRANCH
 Trains leave Dublin street station for Mfddletown and way, stations at 9:0a a. m. and 6:15 p. m.
 Trains arrive at Dublin street station from Middletown and way stations at 7:oO a. m. and 3:5S D. n.
 Trains leave Dublin street station for New Haven by way of Cheshire al zoo, 8:43, 1:1O q. n,: 1:50, 4 .o4 D. ID Trains arrive at Dublin street ste. ton from New Haven by way of. Cheshire at 9:33 a.Nm.; 1:05, S:2O, 600 7:45 D. m,
 SUNDAY TRAINS.
 Leave Dublin street station for New Haven 5y way of Cheshire at 7:50 O. m.: 5:50 D. m.
 Arrive ar Dublin street station from New Haven by way of Cheshire al $50 a. m.:. $50 D. n.
 NAUGATUCK DIVISION. e-.:sss Trains leave Bank street station fos New York. Bridgeport, New Haven and other places south at 6:35. T.5S 11:1s a. m.; TAO, 3.O5, 4:4o, 6:15 and 8:00 D. m.
 Trains arrive at Bank street station from New, York Bridgeport, New Ha ven and way stations at TIA, S.2a 9:05. 1O:55 Fa. sm.: 1:24, $40, 6.3o. 6.4s S:4S D. m.: 19:80 a. m.
 Trains leave Bank street station fes Winsted and way stations at S:2S 10.55 a. ms $40. 5:20 CWate1ville on ly), GAS and S:4S p. n.
 Trains arrive at Bank street station from Winsted and way stations at e:3S 7:55, 11:13 a. m.; 3:05. 5:46, (Water ville) 6:15 D.. m.
 Trains leave Bank street station for Watertown and way stations at 6:45, S:2S.. 11:17 a. m.; 1:30. 3:45, 5:10, 6:l2 6:b3, S:53 and 11:20 D. m.
 Trains arrive at Bank street station iron, Watertown and way stations ni $40. TAT, 10:42 a. m.; 100, 2:56, 4:30 5:51. 6:45. T:45, :1e D. m.
 SUNDAY TRAINS. : Leave Bank street station for New York. Bridgeport and New Haven al 7:05. $50 a. m.; 1 40, 5:10 and 500 D. m Arrive at Bank street station from New York, Bridgeport and New Haver at 0:53 a. m.; 1:24, 7:52, 1O:10 D. m. Leave Bank street station for Water town and way stations at 9:58 a. m and 2.O3 D. n. Arrive at Bank street station from Watertown and way stations ar 6:M l a. m. and 4:5S D. m.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-26
BOYS AND PUPS
somsdmss ths Likely Ones fufn o@
Disappoiaiinsly

Rows are a good deal like the pups
that fellows sell on street corners
they don't always turn out as repre-
sented. You buy a likely setter pup
and raise a spotted coach dog from III,
and the promising son OF an honest
butcher is Just as like as not to turn
out n poet or a professor. want 10
say in passing that ! have no real
preiudice against poets, but believe
that IL you're going to be Milton
there's nothing like being mute, In
glorious one, as some fellow who was
n little sore on the poetry business
once put it. OF course a packer VINO
understands something about the YER
satility of cottonseed oil need never
turn down orders for lard because the
run of hogs is light, and a father VINO
understands human nature can turn
out an imitation parson from a boy
whom the Lord intended to 60 on the
board of trade. But on general prin-
ciples it's best to give your cottonseed
oil n Latin name and to market II on
its merits and to let your boy follow
his bent, even If 1t leads him into the
wheat pit.-From Letters From q
Self Made Merchant to His Son." by
George Horace Lorimer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-26
ADVICE TO BOYS
Get the Primary Business Virtues Into
Your Character

Boys are constantly writing me Tor
advice about how to succeed, and when
/ send them my receipt they say that
am dealing out commonplace generan-
ties. OF course l am, but that's what
the receipt calls for, and If boy will
take these commonplace generalites
and knead them into his job the mix
ture III be cake.
Once a fellows got the primary busi-
ness virtues cemented into his charac-
ter he's safe to build on. But when a
clerk crawls into the office In the morn
ing like a sick setter pup and leaps
from his stool at night with the spring
of tiger I'm a little afraid that II
sent him to take charge of branch
house he wouldn't always be around
when customers were. He's the sort or
a chap who would hold back the sun
an hour every morning and have 1t
gain two every afternoon If the Lord
would give him the same discretionary
powers that he gave Joshua. And
have noticed that he's the fellow who
Invariably takes timekeeper as an In
suit. He's pretty numerous in business
offices; in fact If the glance Of the HUI
man eye could affect clock face In
the same way that a mans country
cousins affect their city welcome
should have to buy new timepiece for
the office every morning.-From Let
tiers From Self Made Merchant to
His Son." by George Horace Lorimer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-26
HARVARO'S BIG CHANGES.
Women barred From the Yard at
This Years Commencement,

Women Barred From the Yard at
This Years Commencement.
There are to be radical changes in
Harvard's commandments, beginning
with this year. says Boston special to
the New York Evening Journal.
In the first place, women are to be
debarred the yard and the alumni are
thus to be afforded opportunity to
make all the noise and drink all the
punch they choose, free from the es.
pionage Of wives and mothers who
may happen to be members of the w.
G. 7. U.
Then the distribution of diplomas is
to cease. The number of persons emit.
tied to these documents has grown SO
large that 1t has been decided to deliy.
er them from several places instead of
from the stage of Sanders theater.
Moreover the diplomas themselves
are to be very different from the tradi.
uonal sheepskin, huge in size and not
overornamental In contents. A much
smaller parchment Is now to be the re.
ward of scholarship, and much more
art is to be displayed in the getting up.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-26

may be clearly understood it will be
sea story has grown from recital to re-
cital. To be candid, it has progressed
from the collision Of an Ohio river tow
boat with bridge pier to the highly
dramatic account of an i'll omened YES
sci which set sail on Feb. 10 without a
rat in the hold and the water in the
well only kept down to bilge depth by
the constant action of the steam siphon.
Every one will understand that this
deft perversion Of facts had as it's only
object the entertainment of others. My
wife was always sure of treat for her
guests, no matter how Unexpectedly
they might arrive. The piano might be
out Of tune, the monograph records
ruined or the pingpong balls lost, but
my wife had only to launch the CONVEX
sation into the well worn ways of ocean
travel, and then she was free to devote
her mind to the serious problem Of pre-
pairing presentable repast from the
remains of previous meal. On more
than one occasion my graphic descrip-
ton of the agonizing pains of slow star
walton has created such an appetite in
the minds, or, rather, in the digestive
apparatus, of my auditors that they
subsequently devoured manipulated
mutton under the pleasing impression
that they We're dining on chicken GRO
quotes.
1t is perhaps needless to state that
the fame of my sea story spread be-
yond the confines of my own home.
The marine word painting was all the
more appreciated because of the geo.
graphical location of our inland city.
AL the club they were never tired of
listening to the tapping of the waves
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-26
STORY OF BOOTHS BURIAL.
Pallbearer Says Redheaded Corpse
Was Substituted For Assassin.

Pallbearer Says Redheaded Corpse
Was Substituted For Assassin.
Basil Moxley, veteran doorkeeper at
Ford's Grand Opera House in Balti-
more, who has known all the theatrical
celebrities of the last half century, de-
clares positively that the body buried
in Green Mount cemetery as that Of
John Wilkes Booth is the corpse of
some other person, says the New York
World.
Mr.. Monkey was moved to break his
long silence by the story that came
from Oklahoma that man who died
there recently declared ON his death
bed that he was really Lincoln's as
sassin. Mr.. Monkey said:
Certainly the body buried in Green
Mount was not that of Booth, for was
one Of the pallbearers, and l can safe
ly say to you that there never were
any two things in this world which re-
sembled each other less than that body
did John Wilkes Booth. l had known
Booth all my life and was very close
to the family. l saw the body several
times. The hair on the dead mans
head was of reddish brown color,
while Booths was as black as Jet.
Mrs. Booth, the mother of John
Wilkes, was naturally nearly prostrat-
ed with grief at her sons action and
the stories Of his horrible death in the
barn and later the report that the gov
eminent had taken charge of the body.
In order that the affair might become
thing Of the past as soon as possible,
some friends determined that 1t would
be best to bring the body here (Balti-
more) and bury 1t in the family lot in
Green Mount. Through these friends
Mrs. Booth applied to the government
for the body. This brought matters to
a crisis, for l do not believe that John
Wilkes Booth was ever killed in that
barn, and If any one was slain it was
some innocent man who knew nothing
Of the real assassin.
"At any rate, it was incumbent upon
the government to furnish body to
make good its report that Booth had
been killed, and 1t did so. Well, of
course we were all very much surpris.
ed at first-the four of us who were
selected as pallbearers. We conclud.
ed that it was better to say nothing
more about it than to raise another hue
and cry which might kill the mother,
SO we kept our discovery secret, con.
soled the mother and buried the body
as that of John Wilkes Booth"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-26

IN. lin business long ago. II ought not
10 be permitted anywhere. sufneient
wages should be paid walters and o'h-
er employees without practically re
curing the public to put up for large
mart II is estimated that the tips In
a FIRST class place are sufficient TO
about double the income Of an average
waiter. and the tax IL puts on the pa
irons Of such places Is becoming more
and more burdensome.
The public. at least outside OF chi
cago. has no particular concern In
this strike of the walters. but II II shall
prove an opening wedge In the aboli-
ton of the tipping system everybody
who has occasion to dine at hotels anu
restaurants will be mighty glad that IL
occurred.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-26

Now that the Cape to Cairo railroad,
the dream of the late Cecil Rhodes, is
nearing the Zambezi river, tourists will
soon hear the cry, "All aboard for Vic
toria falls" These falls, which were
discovered and named by David Liv-
ingstone in 1855, are 600 miles from
the Indian ocean and 1900 miles from
the Cape Of Good Hope and are the
only ones that exceed Niagara in
height and majesty. The gorge
through which the waters boil after
their drop Of 400 feet will be brldged
SO that the globe trotter will be able
to gaze upon the big cataract's beauty
from a car window. 1t Is said the
roar of Victoria falls can be heard four
miles. The world moves so fast that
in few years there will be no more
darkest Africa"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-26
3des OF the me

s,-J5sF The c6Trr -ides OF the me
talllc life raft. three MINUTES
start. they sal Siahhh-
sr,eze al,aft the miEzen. and Il was
bowSprits 10 BEHAVING pins that 'laFA
Russsll could not overhaul me In an
evenings time.
Whenever a guest Of distinction was
prrsent at the club my sea story was
expected as matter Of course lpoh
such Occasions | would make the wind
mar through the rigging and the an
.l.or chain rattle through the hawse
hole. Every time the vessel careened
would bury her rail under breaker
and then. AS she righted herself, you
could fairly hear the water gurgiihs
out through the scuppers
But 10 return TO the French admiral
and the affair Of honor which has been
Town talk for a fortnight. Personally
[ have done everything possible 10
ouiet the wild rumors regarding the
encounter in the banquet ball, but they
rcoccur so persistently and are so
grossly distorted that feel forced TO
plain statement OF facts.
Ii seems that the fellow had been
foisted upon the club by an obscure
member named briggs. For two even
inrs this obtrusive Frenchman had mo-
nopolized the general conversation and
wearied she members with verbose ac-
counts of alleged adventures in hve
quarters of the globe. On the thlrd
night Bradlee was delegated by the
long suffering ones TO wait upon me
and demand my immediate presence on
nnnnlfN
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-26
Possible Blessing In Disguise.

1t is possible that good to the general
pubic may come out of the Chicago
walters strike should the hotel and
restaurant proprietors carry out their
threat to forbid their employees to
take tips. 1t is proposed to cut off
tips as a means of getting even with
the walters for demanding increased
pay and not because the hotel men and
restaurateurs desire to save their pa.
irons expense and annoyance.
If these proprietors had been at all
anxious to consider the public and save
their patrons they would have shut Off
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-26
9IEENIKa!s4ls[,l

To andfrom Quebec c oiebrook North STRAIT
ford, Lancaster, North Conway, foston'
Portland and all points in the State
ofMaiae and Maritime Provinces.
In effect June Is. 1908.
TRAINS LEAVE North Stratiord as fol
lows. FOR Colebrook and BeeCher Falls at
1 @ 40 a m, OF. 5.33 and 9.33 p. m.
For Cookshire. bud well Junction and Lime
pidgr nj % 40 a m. and 2.O7 y. m.
For Quebec and all points on the Quehee
Central Ry. 2.O7 p. m.
For Lancaster 400, 6.55 aud 11.5o a. IN.
and 3.O7 p. m. -.
For Quebec Junction, Portland ard East
rrn ooints q So IL 90 a. IN. and 3.O9 p. IN.
For Boston, via Portland, q 5S 11.oo a.
m aud 3.O7 Il. IN.
GEoF. EVANS,
Vice President and Gen. Manager.
FE. BOoTHBY, G. p. IL T. A.,
PORTLAND, ME-.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-26

NAUTICAL nomenclature has al
N ways possessed for me an I'M
accountable attraction. As II
is a harmless and inexpensive
within have humored il 10 the extent
II ornamenting my rather extensive
vocabulary with such terms as splice
the main brace" and half seas over.
As a matter of fact, | never saw
bark. brig, sioop, ship, schooner or
smack In NY life. and could not, no
matter how great the necessity, lden-
tify pinnacle. capstan or spanker
boom. Notwithstanding. | can tell
sea story that introduces in their prop
or places hull. bowsprit and a mann
crOsstree.
NV intimate friends know this story
by heart, but never tire of hearing me
recount it, They aver that | saturate
II with all the realism of transatlan-
tic voyage, and if but keep the vessel
rising and falling a moment too long
| in the trough of the sea many are al
fected with all the symptoms of mai
de-mCr.
When strangers are present during a
recital of the story l frequently try to
abridge 1t, disliking 10 cast a gloom
over the company. But the moment
my friends perceive that | am minded
to scuttle the ship and send all TO the
bottom in forty fathoms of water they
cry out:
And how many of the crew escaped
on the metallic life raft with the Ger
man passenger
Then | know that the fourteen hide
Gus days beneath a tropical sun with
only a gill of water in the cask and a
ships biscuit in the passengers pocket,
the thirteen delirious nights, with mad
dening dreams of bubbling fountains
and bountiful banquets, all must be
gone through with. Though my own
throat grows sympathetically dry and
my lips are ready to crack open at the
thought of the driving salt spray, still
must the daily lots be drawn and the
horizon scanned in vain for passing
sail.
Those who have never told sea sto'
ry cannot appreciate the accompanying
: strain upon the raconteur's nerves.
Having all the natural endowments of
; great actor, l unconsciously put my
J whole soul into the scene and suffer
pang for pang with each member of the
i'll fated crew. BY the time the Glouces
, ter whaler removes from the metallic
life raft the remains of the crew (the
, first mates thigh bone) and the de-
mented German passenger | am in al
most the same condition as the single
, survivor. Upon several occasions
have gone SO far as to represent my
| self as being this same unfortunate in
dividual, my Teutonic cast of counte
nance materially aiding the deception.
In order that my position in the af
fair of honor with the French admira
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-26
A Case of Satan RebukinE Sin.

II il decidedly refreshing to ind
Russian newspaper delivering an er-
hortation on the dangers OF religious
intolerance I'm other countries than It's
own. Yet the Moscow Gazette, which
Is held to reflect the sentiment OF the
governing class of Russia. undertakes
to rebuke France with every appear
ance of righteous indignation for the
policy which she has adopted toward
the religious associations. Her con-
duct, It says, is terrible example to
the ignorant elements Of the Russian
population.
"In Russia, as elsewhere" remarks
the Gazette, there are many elements
of ignorance, many half educated ana
unenlightened people, who may see In
the action of the French government
an approval Of their false ideas on
false progress. We hope that France
never supposed that We were drawn
toward her exclusively by the advan-
tages Of an outward alliance. Russian
sentiment was purer and more moral.
But even from that point OF view we
ought to ask ourselves what would be
the advantages that would offer COM
pensation for the prejudice caused by
this example to the least enlightened
section of our countrymen. Ought we
to consider even as solid the outward
advantages Of our relations with a
country whose government is under
the domination of socialists
This rebuke will scarcely be relished
by Frenchmen, however much they
may be amused by the cynical impu-
dence Of 1t, and the Paris press Is like
ly to remind its Moscow contemporary
rather sharply Of certain incidents In
Russia which 1t conveniently forgets.
The Gazette appears to be wholly una
ware that anything out Of the ordi-
nary has lately been going OIL in Fin
land, Bessarabia and other parts OF
the Russian eT
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-26
Boston & Maine R.R.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
In effect October ID, 1902.
Trains leave Newport

Trains leave Newport
For st. Johnshury at 7 90 n. m, IL 50, :,
II 20 and I'll 30 p. m. Return at 3 Os to Is
and 10 70 a. ~, 20 anu r r. F 90
II % and III 80 p. m. Return at ~ 10,
- 2s and 80 a. m, 3 % and 3 30 p. m.
For White River Junct at 90 a. m, o.
and II 25 pm. Return at liz so and 90 a.
For plymouth at 90 a. M, IL SO and
III 80 p. m. Return at 80 20 and 80 a.
III + o"S Concord at 90 n m. IL So. II 25 &
III 80 p. m. Return at 6 90 aud IL O3 a. m.
1905, 8 ~ & 10 10 p. M
For Manchester at 90 a. m, y 30. IL 70
a m , 9 O6 80 o6 p. IN.
For Lowell at 90 a m, l 2 So, II %
4 III 80 p. M. Return at 80 10 80 a. IN.
For Springfield, Mass. at Z 90 a. m. a II 20
D. m. Return at 9 % a. m. 10 p. m.
For Nashua Junction at 90 a. m, 2 90,
II 25 All 30 pm. Return at 10 Oh n ii VA
a. M, y 81 50 SO p. m.
For Boston at 90 a. m, 2 So, ! 70 n
I'll 80 p. m. Return at a 10 "a. m, 80
IS 80 p. m.
Trains leave Groveton tor
Lancaster a Z Is a. m, 2 33 & 30 p. m
Return at 40 a II 81 a. M 8 80 p m.
Littleton at 10 a. m, 2 33, 90 p. M
Return at 10 ~ a. m. ! 20 p M.
Wells River 10 a. m, 2 SO, a so p, m.
Return at So a. m. % p. m.
Plymouth at 10 a. M, 33 6 90 p. m.
Return at 90 a m. & 90 p. m.
Concord at Is a. NJ, . 80 & 30 p. m.
Return at 90 a. m IL 90 p; m.
Manchester at 10 a. m, IL 33 a g 90 p. m d.
Return at 10 Il II 81 Il. m.
Nashua Jet. 10 u. m. / 33 90 p. m.
Return Mt II o. a. m.
Springfield at Is a. m a 6 80 p. m. Re-
turn at % a.. m.
Boston a 10 a. M, IL 80 & so p. M .
Return at 10 a.
Ter. Runs daily. Daily except Monday.
All other trains run daily except Sunday.
DANA J. FLANDERS,
Gen. Pass. * Ticket Agt