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The Washington times., 1903-12-29
LOCAL MENTION.
Postofice Department

Fosl0Ince department.
First Assistant Postmaster General.
Dead Letter Office,
Washington.
Messrs. Wilson & Mayors. 40
Auctioneers,
1223 and 1929 q st. NV.
Washington, d. c.
I have the pleasure to acknowledge
receipt OF your statement covering the
Annual Dead Letter Sale as conducted
by you in your auction rooms IN this
city during the week commencing Mon
day. December Il, together with certi-
fed check for sixty-six hundred and
forty-Dine and 5000 dollars CSC. $3.50 in
settlement OF the proceeds OF the said
sale, less your commission. and TO
thank you Tor the promptness with
which you have rendered your returns.
These Dead Letter Sales have been
held annually for some forty years or
more. and 1t may perhaps be INTEREST,"
Ing to you TO know that the sale which
you have just finished has been the
largest by far, both as to the quantity
Of matter disposed OF and the amount
realized, In the history of the Office, and
II has besides, been one OF the most
particular
ton OF the excellence OF the servJ>s
rendered by your house
Your location, the arrangement OF
your rooms, and your facilities in gem
preciated by the patrons OF the sale,
ana the courtesy and patience with
Wnlcn you handled the immense crowds
In attendance during the six days and
nights and the personal attention OF
both your Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Mayors
70 even the minor and most ordinary
details contributed to the gratifying re-
suits attained
While it was your frst experience
with Dead Letter Sale, your success
was so pronounced as TO merit the
heartiest congratulations
Very respectfully yours,
(Signed) D. p. LEIBHARI)T
III rl.la.1
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MONEY OR LIFE.

ST. JOSEPH. Dec. superintendent
Perkins, of the Burlington road. has re-
ceived a letter from Watkins. Mo, say
ing that unless he deposits 5000 IN a
spot designated by the writer, "Odell
Garter. ss would kill him on sight
Mr.. Perkins notified the postoffice au-
thorities
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YOUNG C0RBETT EXPECTS
TO KNOCK HANL0N OUT
BY YOUNG CoRBETT.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 81 viii
knock Hanion out this time. He will
fnd j am a different man from the un-
trained boxer he met before. and II he
goes half the distance he'll be lucky It
IS foolish 10 try 10 pick the round I'll
end the battle in. but you can bet the
limit that I viii win with a knockout.
The Washington times., 1903-12-29
New Calendars.

j. W. Cole. District passenger agent
of the Seaboard Air Line. has received
a consignment OF pretty calendars for
1904. The calendar is a companion piece
TO that of 1903, being printed in colors,
showing a typical plantation of the old
South. half hidden in luxuriant foliage
the red-topped quarters" peeping from
behind high white fence. In the fore
ground are the figures of an ancient
nanny" and uncle" bowling and
"scraping," in the quaint costumes OF
ante-bellum days.
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YAWN WRENCHED Jaw;
FAMILY FLED IN TERROR

YORK, Pa. Dec. Civilian Hoover,
a resident of Holland. York county.
awoke from nap and yawned. when
his jaw flew out OF its socket. He
couldn't utter "A word. suffered intense
pain and started TO hunt UP his family
When they saw him tanning the air
with his face distorted, they were ter
ror-stricken and ran from the house.
He had TO come to York TO find doc
tor.
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HANL0N is CONFIDENT
OF DEFEATING CORBETT
BY EDDIE HANLoN.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 29.-Young
Corhett has been champion long enough.
Tonight he win lose his title and III
win it. ! expect hard. fast night, but
] have no fear OF the outcome. 1 cannot
say how ] viii win-on points or with
knockout Either way win be satisfac-
tory. All I can say is that I am going
TO win.
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CORBETT And HANLON
TO BATTLE TONIGHT
Both Men Are Reported in
Excellent Condition.
CHAMPION DECIDED CHOICE
His Backers Batter Odds Down to 10
to Can 0utpunch
Opponent.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Dec. 29.-with
the referee question decided upon after
a long and quarrelsome session. not a
hitch remains in the championship bout
between Young Corbett and Eddie Han
lon. which takes place at Mechanics
Pavilion tonight. Both of the contest
ants declare themselves to be physically
tit for the fray. which is the aii-absorb-
ing topic in the sporting world TODAY.
not alone in this city but an over the
country as we'll The entire country
seems to be interested in the battle fer
supremacy between these two little
knights OF the prize ring. Notwith-
standing thee that the champion is
a 10 to favorite in the betting, the lit
tie coast fighter Is not without backing
and Eddie has friends. who look for him
to take the measure of the Denverite IN
jig time when the two meet tonight.
Corbett Is Confident.
Corbett IS displaying more confidence
for his tilt with HanIon than he ever
before displayed in any of his battles
The champion is so confident of beating
IianiOn that it is reported from those
in the know that the little Denverite
is practically going TO wager his last
penny on himself at the ruling price
Corbett stock has taken a boom as the
result OF the report Of DR.. Apple. who.
after examining the champion. SAYS he
is IN much better condition than he was
just before his fight with McGoxern.
The condition being all right it is mere
y question Of weight. which is prac-
tically decided however
champion also examined Hanlon. and
says that the Californian is in perfect
trim. From this il looks as though
both men would enter the ring In prime
condition. and the long end OF the
purse would go to the better fighter
II Hanlon has caught Corbett in the
same poor condition that he found him
the last time he would without doubt
have e chance 70 win. but he viii find
Corbett at his best a. tough nut TO
crack. II Hanlon can win tonight he
viii be a better man than Corbett with
out the shadow OF a doubt.
Hanlon Is Clever.
Hanlon is a hard, clever fighter. and
it viii take a good boy to whip him. but.
giving him full credit for this. and then
allowing him some, il must be admitted
that the champion has a slight edge on
him; and. above all. the punch Han
Ion beat Yanger TO the floor, and even
dropped the champion on his face, but
there was none OF the sleepy stun In his
NIT. 1t may, be that he is figuring on
winning the championship on a decision.
but II both men are on their feet at the
end Of the twentieth round Hanlon
must have a long and decisive lead TO
get the decision, IL the verdict of the
referee is on the square. II the mill is
anything Ike an even fight there will
be great yelping among the fans for
Hanlon AZ the end Of the go, as Hanlon
is red-hot favorite here. In the face
OF this It viii take pretty square ref
cree to render a decision as he believes
just.
The Washington times., 1903-12-29
VALUE OF MINERALS
MINED IN YEAR 1902

Quicksilver TO the value Of 81. 49, 4s.
some SS2.242 worth OF cinnibar, S144. 209
Of flint. $3.50. 424 OF feIdspar. and S9s.144
OF fullers earth were mined in the
United States IN the calendar year 1902
according 10 report OF the census
bureau.
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LIVES WITH BROKEN SPINE.

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Dec. 29.-Shot
through the left lung and through the
spinal column. by bullet that severed
the spinal cord. last spring. Antonio
TOlaski is still alive in the Allentown
Hospital He is perfectly contented.
but paralyzed from the hips down.
The Washington times., 1903-12-29

A pretty folder in colors telling of the
beauties of the Sunset route to the Pa
cific Coast has been Issued The folde,.
shows an the first page sunset Il,
southern California. the red glow light.
ing the orange and fig trees: a fountain
and the bell tower of a monastery. the
latter partly hidden In deep foliage. and
two monks resting from their labors A
pretty piece in coiors is a sunset on the
Capitol here In Washington; another
shows famous Jackson Square In New
Orleans; a third Chinatown in San
Francisco, and a fourth, IN attractive
tints. displays the Yosemite Valley.
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Purity and Tonic Value

Combine in making 'sMuenchener" the
Ideal beer for home use. Phone 30 Nat.
Cap. Brew Co for case. ? doz.. S1-25.
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m WRInHT SPECl LIST
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Phone, Day or Night, North-s5sF.
Treatment for Wasting and Nervous Diseases
Men and Wemen; Nervous Prostitution cured AMI
preVentedi new cure for Catarrh Hours: DaiIy-
70 Z; Sundays, to / Consultation free.
uo2e-tf
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NEWS OF RAILROADS
AND OF RAILROAD MEN
Railroad Literature.

to be one Of the largest ever held in the
South
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Order Skaters Flowers Tor
Gas Radiators.
Oil Heaters

New year Day. 18th & I; III Pa ave.
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German Specialist
In all Chronic. Nervous. and Special Disaass,
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schmid's for pets. ~ 18th ii
The Washington times., 1903-12-29

Three hundred styles at S2S5. Keene's
Shoe Store. sos g Street northwest
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-28
Action Smoke Louder Than Words.

Deacon Bones-'1 heah somebody
done broke into Mistah Browns
CHECKING coop last night"
Nose Jackson-'1 hope yo' don't
s'pect me, deacon?"
Deacon Bones-"I won't say I does,
an won't say doesn't, but / invites
mahself to dinnah wiv yo' to-day, jes'
de same"
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-28
Mlndham County Refoymer
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

MISS FIERCE Will be pleased to meet the peope
" nfa'tleooro for Manicuring Hairdressinp.
ooaip ana Facial Treatment, shampooing. by
appointment at their residences. or At M .
Walnut street. ~
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-24
The Safer Guide.

In spite of the assertion of the St
Paul Pioneer Press-a mighty poor
authority, by the way, as to Repub-
lcan sentiment in Minnesota or else
where-that Minnesota and the North
west ARE to-day almost unanimously
in favor of tariff revision" the Boston
Herald is oppressed by the fear that
Minnesota Republicans will continue
to vote the Republican ticket The
Ierald's fears are we'll grounded. That
is precisely what Minnesota Republic
cans may be depended upon to do. Tar
if tinkering sentiment in Minnesota is
chiefly stored away in the thought res
ervoirs of the fellows who write edi-
.orials for the metropolitan Republi-
can newspapers. 1t does not exist
among the Republican rank and file.
The best proof of that is the fact that
the largest Republican vote is polled
in Congressional districts where the
Republican candidates are the most
hostile to tariff tinkering. If you are
looking for real political sentiment
You will find election returns safer
guide than foolish editorials.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-24
WITH THE
VETEDANN

the brigades that had been sent to
REINFORCE him and the regiments, bat
talions and companies that had drifted
to him when their own divisions were
broken up, chung to the roads. even
after Braggs men were in their rear.
When night came the Army of the
Cumberland retired to the line of Mis-
sionary Ridge, but it still held TT e
roads and it still held Chattanooga.
The supreme effort of the Confederates
in the West had failed of it's object
The great battle on the West had been
fought for Chattanooga, and after the
tremendous struggle Rosecrans held
IL.
This was the fact that discouraged
the Confederates and gave new cour
age to the Unionists. 1t is the fact
that is uppermost in the minds of the
surviving veterans of Chickamauga to
day
There were blunders on that field
There were mistakes of a mystifyins
character on both sides. But wheI
you ask an old soldier VINO fought
under Thomas or Palmer or TurchiI
at Chickamauga forty years ago
Were you whipped?" he answers
'.Well-we held on to Chattanooga
you know And that is the answer -
history.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-24
Diplomatic Conductor.

0nce in a while-a great while
you come in contact with a Taneyrand
in the guise of street car conductor.
Yesterday a motorman passed by a
Grand Army veteran who had signaled
at the corner, then. thinking better of
it, stopped about the middle of the
block. The warrior hobbled along
like a man with locomotor ataxia, and
when he reached the platform was
painting, red and fierce Things in the
neighborhood~ began to hum like an
other Antietam, but before an explo-
sion occurred the conductor, jerking
the bell strap, remarked cheerfully:
THE metorman thought you looked so
young and spry that he didn't suppose
you wanted him to stop, sir" That
simple expression, with its little fat
terry, was as oil on troubled waters
San Francisco Bulletin
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-24

One Catches Less Water by Walking
Than RUNNING in a Downpour.

One Catches Less Water by Walking
Than Running in Downpour.
do you know" said the observant
citizen, sthe habit of running through
the rain is based on definite fallacy!
1t is a common habit But does it tend
to minimize the amount of water fall
ing on person exposed to the rain?
l am convinced that it rather aggra-
Yates the situation BY experience, in
passing the distance of block, rum
ming one time and walking the other,
and at times when the rainfall was
about the same, I found that my
clothes picked up more water and
were consequently damper when COW
cred the distance in a run than they
were when walked.
There seems to be good reason
for the rather curious fact. Rain falls
irregularly. Sometimes there is a
space of five or six inches between
the falling drops, as we have noticed
on smooth surfaces, like a stone flag
ging, and again only the fraction of
an inch will separate the drops. Water
occasionally falls in sheets, but this
is not usual. But while the fall is ir-
regular, considered-withr respect to the
perpendicular lines described in the
descent, looking straight ahead and
through the lines we will find before
us sheet of water that is well-nigh
solid. We can understand that run
ming against this sheet of water will
have very much the same effect wind
would have if its direction forced the
rain into our faces. We simply pick
up the water and the fact that the
spaces between the drops, perpendic-
ularly considered, are greater than the
spaces in any given direction horizon
tally will explain to us the fallacy OF
the whole thing
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-24
Monument to wiIder's Brigade.

The most imposing tribute on the
famous field of Chickamauga commem-
crates Wilder'sA Lightning Brigade of
mounted. infantry, which was one of
the most important factors in the
bloody fight.
The survivors and friends of the
brave brigade have raised to it an
enduring testimonial. which was dedi-
Gated on the fortieth anniversary of
the battle with solemn ceremonies.
Eighty-five feet high the massive stone
tower stands, overlooking all the field
like a great lighthouse by day, for it
can be seen all over Chickamauga.
and is a guide to traveller and to
tourist.
Within, granite steps wind to the
top, which is a great stone balcony,
and thus the monument is an observa-
ton tower as well as a memorial to
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-24
TOOK RISK IN COUGHING.
hangers That Consumptives Fun il
Getting Shaved in Colorado.

hangers NAT CCnSumptlVeS hun IN
Getting Shaved in Colorado.
The man in the chair coughed sud-
denly and unexpectedly. Don't do
that again. exclaimed the barber,
with an unwarranted display of rita
ton. The man in the chair resented
in somewhat lurid language this re-
striction of his personal liberty and
intimated that he would cough when
ever he felt like it. All right, then,
cough your head off, but don't blame
me il l cut you" returned the baNoer.
There was no more coughing, how
ever and the man in the chair made
his escape without injury. But as he
paid his check at the desk, he re-
marked to the boss barber:
Say, you want to give some nerve
tonic to the fellow who just shaved
me-"
.tOh, don't mind him." replied the
boss. Hes from Colorado and he's
used to shaving consumptives. He was
telling me the other day that he's been
in the business for over twenty years
and has shaved everything from a
16-year-Old boy to an OctOgenarian
drunkard, but his nerve went back on
him when he drifted into Colorado
Springs and started to shave the con-
sumptives who hang out there Ever
since then man with a cough gives
him cold chills. Out there, he tells me.
not a day goes by that some Hunger
doesn't get cash in his throat while
being shaved
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-24
My Lady.

My Lady.
She walks unnoticed in the street:
The casuel eye
Sees nothing in her fair or sweet;
The world goes by.
Unconscious that an angels feet
Are passing nigh.
She little has of beauty's wealth:
Truth will allow
Only her priceless youth and health.
Her broad, white brow.
Yet grows she on. the heart by stealth,
i scarce know how
She does a thousana~kindly things
That-no one knows:
A loving woman's heart she brings
To human woes:
And to her face the sunlight clings
Where'er she goes
And so she walks her quiet ways
With that content
That only comes to SinleSS days
And innocent:
a life devoid of fame or praise,
Yet nobly spent
Pail Mall Gazette
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-24

declaration of the Republican national
platform of 1896, virtually p1edging
protection to American sugar pro-
ducers. FIR ROosevelt's attitude is
held to By violation of that pledge of
his party. Yet, as President, he has
committed himself unalterab1y to Gu
ban reciprocity, and as members of
the party of which he is now the of
fetal head the Republicans in congress
are supposed to follow his Lead
AS to the action, or non-action, of
the beet sugar interests, we are not
authorized to speak, but we think it
very questionable whether the real
friends of beet sugar will withdraw
their opposition on the theory that a
.fve-year treaty with it's reduced tariff
proviso is preferable to continued agi-
tation. 1t is much more reasonable
to suppose that they would prefer to
have the treaty beaten once for all in
a fair fight, with the certainty that it
can never again come up under a Re
publican administration as aNdisturber
of peace inside the Republican party.
The San Francisco Chronicle may be
considered good authority on this
point In an extended article of ap-
proving comment on the attitude of
the American Protective Tariff league
in opposition to reciprocity in com
petitive products, whether with Cuba
or with any other country, the Chron-
icle recently said:
with all the capital seeking invest
ment in this country, has any one
heard of a new sugar factory even Sc
riously proposed in this state since
Cuban reciprocity was threatened?
| r7l--
prevail"
AS to the less noisy bit more eff
fective" opposition to Which the Sun
refers as dominating the situation
we assume that the Tariff league and
those who share it's beliefs are re
ferred to. The esp fits, and the league
is perfectly willing to put it on and
wear it. The Tariff league opposes
any break in cur present tariff bar
riers. 1t opposes the Cuban treaty be
| cause it is convinced that, as the Sun
says, .'such a treaty would be breach
| in the walls through which would fol
low treaties with France, Newfound
| land, the Argentine, Canada, and per
| haps with others, to the entire de
rangement of ur present system Also
because the Cuban treaty would be al
act OF bad faith and grossly uHfail
| toward the domestic agricultural in
terests, which have been guaranteed
| protection in the production of sugar
| and tobacco. With reasons such as
| these for foundation and backing il
| is not difficult to understand why this
| group has been, and still is, the effec
tive force in opposition to the Cubar
| treaty" Opposition based upon prin
ciple, upon fair play and square deal
| ing generally is effective. ThaJ il
may continue to be effective in shap
ing the action of the Republican part.
in congress is profoundly to be hoped
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-24
I'm Growing Old.
My days pass pleasantly away;
My nights blessed with sweetest

My days pass pleasantly away;
My nights are blessed with sweetes
I feel no symptoms of decay:
Il have no cause to mourn or weep
My friends are neither false nor cold,
And yet, of late. often sigh
I'm growing OLE!
My growing talk of olden times
My growing thirst for early news,
Ny growing apathy for rhymes,
My growing hate of crowds and noise
Ny growing fear of taking cold.
All whisper. in the plainest voice,
I'm growing old.
I'm growing fonder of my. staff:
I'm growing DINNER in the eyes;
I'm growing fainter in my laugh.
I'm growing deeper in my signs;
sr sroWins frass OF OF my eo1d
I'm growing wise: I'm growing-ye8,
I'm growing old,
I see it in my changing taste:
1 see it in my changing hair;
I see it in my growing waist:
A. thousand signs proclaim the truth,
As plain as truth was ever told.
That, even in my vaunted YOUTH
I'm growing old!
All. me, Ny very laurels breathe
The tale In my reluctant ears,
And every boon the hours bequeath
But makes me debtor to the years.
Fen Flattery's honeyed words declare
And tells me How young you are."
I'm growing old.
Thanks for the years whose rapid flight
My somber muse too gladly sings:
Thanks for the CLEAN of golden light
The light that beams from out the sky,
Those heavenly mansions to unfold,
Where all are blest and none may sigh,
John Godfrey Sake.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-24
Gain Home Markets First.

We have pointed out that there is a
500, 00O, COO market for sugar right
here at home which we can capture
for home producers if we will. Like
wise there is S5O,000,O 900 market for
raw silk worth trying for. and there
are also markets for many other mill
ions and hundreds of millions of dol
lars worth of products Why not gain
these home markets for our own labor
and capitar before worrying about less
profitable foreign markets to be got
ten only through treaties and barter:
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-24
The Encampments at Boston.

In addition to the Grand Army of
the Republic and the Woman's relief
corps, the Sons of Veterans have also
decided to hold their national encamp-
ment in Boston next year. Undoubt-
eddy all these organizations will re
ceive a warm welcome from the citi-
zens, as there is no more patriotic city
in the United States than Boston, and,
what is more. there is no state in the
country that has done more for the
Union soldier than has Massachusetts.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-24
|H[(JflOR|
Tor The DkN1
Voice Culture.

Voice Culture.
Z Ike the looks Of this bird. What
Is it WORTH
"Only So. ma'am. and it's cheap for
that parrot He learned to talk by the
new method"
Whats that"
by making him listen to a phono-
graph"
..Does he talk like a photograph"
Exactly, ma'am.
81 am glad you told me. Show me
some other bird