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THE AIJTHoR oF acANpIDE. :,

And his plays, and his odes, and his epics- will they ever again find an ap- preciative reader? It is not probable To read one must be awake, and no one can read a single canto of the Hem riade. which once was deemed to be superior to Homer, without overtaken by slumber Again, 1t was as drama tist that Voltaire first won the worlds admiration. Concordet detected in his plays sense of art as of nature, which were absent, said he, from the bar barous tragedies of Shakespeare, and to-day the plays of Voltaire are no more fitted to be read in the study than to be presented upon the stage. But though we exclude the mass of Voltai- res works from consideration, though we cannot cali him critic who wrote the famous or infamous, essay on Shakespeare, which D'Alembert read before the French Academy in 17T6, yet Voltaire would be assured of immortal ity even f. his notoriety had not made him known to those who have never read him. "Candide" and his Let ters" are an inperishable title to fame. With these in his knapsack, voltaire may march through the centuries, dis carding as he goes along all the tedious verse and prose by which he won an ephemeral glory. Exquisite in style, mordant in irony, "Candide" is the wit tiest satire upon optimism that ever was penned, and Voltaire's "Letters'' present to us in the very gayest of terms the brilliant life of a brilliant epoch. The man of genius who com posed these masterpieces need not ask our attention for false philosophies, crude Newtonisrns, futile glimpses into the obvious.--B -Blackwood's
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PLAGUE OF SEA WATER.
What Happened to City That Washed
 Itself With Brine.


 Itself With Brine.
 Several years ago the City Council of Hastings, England, tried the experi- ment of employing sea water for water ing the streets and flushing the sewers, and its example was soon followed by the local authorities of a number of other towns on the coast. The waste fitness, not to say folly, of using for such purposes water that had at con- siderable labor and expense been filtered to the highest attainable degree of purity seemed obvious, and, though, of course, it involved the installation of a separate system of pumping stations mains and hydrants, the fact that the supply was inexhaustible and itself cost absolutely nothing was so evident that | it was strange that his scource had been neglected so long.
 The sanitary and economic results seemed more than to justify the inno- vation, for, to say nothing of it's slightly antiseDtic action, the hygroscopic pro- perty of the salt caused the effects of each watering to last for a much longer time, and the surface of the roadway was believed by some to be more com pact and cohesive than when fresh wa ter was employed. Besides the re- l trenchments of the new system pre- sented direct source of revenue in the demand by many private householders for a salt water service to their bath rooms, so that they might enjoy the luxury of sea-bathing at home. | But a few years experience has un- fortunately brought about no small disillusionment; the owners of carriages complain of the destructive action of the salt mud on the varnish and paint, and the tradesmen complain of the in jury inflicted on goods of all kinds by the salt dust and it's subsequent deli quescence.
 l Lastly, the users themselves, the local authorities and their customers have discovered that the salt water exerts such a corrosive and generally destruc- l tive action on metal pipes and fittings that the number of persons contracting toi d9tllestiS %sappiy ilelo idnSlI run 1 200 to ?, and the leakage from the joints of the streets mains has caused the death of the trees planted in the best streets and promenades, so that the l engineer to the corporation that had been the pioneer in the movement finds himself compelled in an exhaustive re- port of it's experience, to admit that the system has proven complete failure. Chicago Chronicle.
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THOSE POLITE JAPANESE.

They are not the polite and courteous people I expected to find them, and which we have read they were. They are very industrious, and for cleanli- ness I don't think they have an equal in the world. But their egotism is in sufferable. Their success in the Chi Japanese war and the compliments paid them for their action at Picking, have, as an Englishman expressed it, made them rather "eoeky.. :. They now imagine they are invincible and could defeat any country in the world. Every foreigner with whom have talked on the subject expressed the opinion that while they wouldn't like to see Russia do it, a good thrashing is what the Jap anese badly need.
 You get good treatment at the hotels and shops when you spend your money, but in other places you are stared at, laughed at, and no pains are spared to
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ofertory-''Mange Cradle" ..Neidlinger Organ postlude ..................Barrett CHRIST CHURCH, WEST HAVEN.
 At Christ church, West Haven, to- day, Christmas day, at 7:30 a. m., holy communion, I0:00, morning prayer, ser mon and holy communion. Programme Of music for Christmas day, Atheistan Mills, Organist and choirmaster: Organ prelude. pastorale sonata. Rhonberger professional hymn, Adeste Fidelis; Venite, Robinson; Te Deum and Bene- dictus, B. Tours; Introit, There Were Shepherds" Vincent; Kyrie Eleison, Gloria Tibi, Creed, B. Tours; hymn 59; offertory, 'sHark! What Means Those Holy Voices" c. B. Handley; Sursum Corda, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Gloria in Excelsis, B. Tours; Ablution, J. Barnby; recessional hymn 5S: organ prelude, Hallelujah,' Handel. The of fertory will be sung by F. N. Kelley of the Pennington avenue church, Hart ford.
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PRESIDENT AND MRS. HADLEY
 RECEIVE.

Informal Reception for Yale Students
 Remaining in New Haven
 President and Mrs. Hadley, assisted by a few friends, lyats evening enter tained the Yale students who do not live here, but are spending the vaea- tion in New Haven. The reception, which was very informal, was attended by fifty men. They were given Christ mas presents from 2 pretty tree, after which they enjoyed merry games, espe- cially the new and exciting game of Pit" Light refreshments Of old Eng fish Christmas pudding and ice cream molded in the shape of Santa Claus and frappe were
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CHRISTMAS CANTATA AT DAvEN.
 PORT CHURCH.

At Davenport church next Sunday mornings service, at 10:30 o'clock, will be devoted to the rendition of Profes- sor Horatio Parker's cantata, f"rhe Holy Child.' The chorus of twenty four voices will be directed by Dr. D. A. Jores, and the soloists will be: Soprano, Miss Ruby Street; alto, Mrs. E. D. Jones; tenor, Frederick W. Post; bass, s. W. Dudley; organist. Samuel R. Bishop. as
 The choir will consist of the follow ing members: Sopranos, Miss Dacey, Mrs. Goodyear, Miss Hough, Miss Klock, Mrs. Loveridge and Miss Street; altos, Miss Hart. Mrs. ID. A. Jones, Mrs. p. D. Jones, Mrs. Lettney and Miss Lum; tenors, Dr. Barber, Messrs. Bron- son, Evertz, Hotchkiss, Patton, Post and Welch; basses, Messrs Doolittle, Hamilton, Drs. Holbrook, Jones and Sperry. s-.
 The programme, by title, is as fol- lows: Tenor solo-The Angel. =Chorus--Night in Bethlehem.
 Alto solo-Visit of the Shepherds.
 Chorus-The Manager Throne.
 Soprano and tenor duett-Cradle Male chorus-Procession of the Magi. Bass solo-The Prophetic Song.
 Chorus--Hynn of Praise. ~.,
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geTI .97F N7H77I f15F 7V97 E-71 E-515.T- ' 5-T CHRISTMAS TRADE OVER.
Was Not So Good as Last Year Though Y. Better Than 1901.


 Now that the Christmas shopping is practically over the merchants can find time to look back and review the Christi
 mas trade as it has been this season. Although not as large as last year, &C., cording to a majority of the reports, the trade has been better than in 1901 and 1900. The weather this year has been
 excellent for the shoppers and that the trade did not excel last year was not
 the fault of he weather man. In spite of the lowering skies the
 streets last night were crowded with shoppers, especially with women who, following their usual custom, left their shopping until the last minute. There
 were busy times at the stores last even- ing.
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LEANDER KING.

The funeral of Leander King was held from his late residence in Essex yesterday afternoon at 2:30. Rev. w. E. Lanphear, pastor of the First Con- gregational church, officiated. The in- terment was in the King plot in Pros- pect Hill cemetery.
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ST THOMAS, CHURCH,

The services in St. Thomas church Christmas day are holy communion at a. m. and morning prayer with ser mon and holy communion at 10:30. The rector will preach. In accordance with the custom the offerings will be for di- ocesan missions.
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dred. Thus it will be seen that Con- necticut has more than its share, and the chances for an appointment in the departments at Washington from Con- necticut are very slim the coming year. the postal service outside of Washing ton
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CHRIST cHuRcH.

The services at Christ church on Christmas day will be: Holy commun- ion, 7:sO a. m; morning prayer, 10 a. m; holy communion. at which Eyres service will be sung, 1o:SO a. m.; even- ingsong, 500 p. m.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-25
THE CHRISTMAS SERVICES.
FEATURES IN MANY OF THE
 CHURCHES.

Watch Night Services Held at ths MefhodIsE Churches Last Evening Special Programmes To-day at th'
 Episcopal ehurchsS-serVIcss at St Msry's To-day and Other Churches.
 At the First Methodist church Sum- day the pastor, Rev. Dr. Henry Baker will preach at the 10:S0 sermon sub feet, 'The Christmas Mystery" At I:St D. m. there will be peace sermon, with an address by the pastor; subject, "The Christmas Creed"
 Last evening there-was union watch night service of the Epworth and Trim ity churches at the First church, which was well attended.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-25

St. Pauls church Sunday school has it's annual Christmas festival next Mon- day afternoon and evening at the parish house. The younger children of the Sunday school attend in the afternoon and the older at night.
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CHRIsTMBAs SERVICE -iCHURCH
 OF THE MESSIAH. g#

At the Church of the Messiah Sum- day evening at eight o'clock the Christ mas Carol will be rendered by MT. Ros- COG Reeves, the dramatic reciter and charater impersonator. This story, most appropriate for the occasion, will be presented in the sympathetic and impressive manner which characterize MT. Reeves work. A large audience is expected to greet him.
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AT HOWARD AVENUE CoNGREGA-

II
 TIONAL CHURCH. The Christmas services of the How ard avenue Congregational church will be held next Sunday. In the morning the service will include sermon by pr. W. J. Mutch, the pastor, and appropri- ate music by the choir. In the evening the Christmas entertainment by the Sunday school, under the direction of J.. B. Foote, the superintendent, will take place. The following is the musical programme for both services: ..., .-
 Morning.
 s'The New Born King. Ashford And There Were Shepherds" ... Pearls Awake, Put On Thy Strength ...... ............. ......... t.. '.'.... Wlillanls Offertory--'A Angels Message .Dressler t'Hail the Joyful Morn. Schneider Organ postlude Handel
 Evening.
 Organ prelude .Fianer "A Savior King Ashford r.Wfile Shepherds Watched" ...... Parks
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AIT SIT PATJI,s.

At St. Paul's church to-day (Christ- mas day) there will be holy communion at 9:3O morning prayer and sermon by Rev MT. Stokes at 10:S0. .
 Saturday tSt. Stephens day) there will be morning prayer at 10 o'clock.
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AT TRINITY, IN BRANFoRD.

At Trinity church services will be held this evening at 7:30, and on Christ mas day at a. m., and 10:3O p. m. The following is the musical pro- gramme to be given at the 1O:SOservice: Prelude -offertory in Db....T. Randall Anthem Awake, Awake, Put On Thy
 Strength
 Ie Deum .-....s.......s...d r. DdnhS. Intelate .... ................H. P. Banks Introit hymn, No. 50. Gloria Tibi, 4O7.................Hu .Hutchins Hymn No. 51.
 offertory-"The New Born King''...
 coco. ........... .LEspoie Holy Communion.
 Sanctus, PTS, Church Offering. Hymn No. 224.
 Gloria in Excelsis, 451. .Hutehins Recessional-''Nunc Dimittis" ........
 .... ...... ........!.......E. A. Clark Postlude-"Festal March" ...... .Calkin George H. Thompson, organist; Frank
 G. Tester, director.
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sT ToHN,s E E. cHITRCH.

ST. JOHNS P. D. CHURCH. Morning prayer, sermon and holy com
 munion, 10:30.
 Processional hymn Angels from the
 Realms of Glory' Smart Chant-Venite. 5s, Chant-Gloria. s% 2 Te Deum in B fiat. Stanford Benedictus in B flat...... ..... Stanford Hymn-.While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks.
 Kyrie in B flat. .... .......... Stanford Gloria Tibi in B fiat............ Stanford Hymn "Sing, Q Sing This Blessed
 Morn \. .....s................. !. .oIldrt Anthem -"Unto Us Child is Born
 :. .... .....s................. PefclVdl Sanctus in B fiat. t...............S Stanford Eucharistic hymn" Bread of the Gloria in Exce1sis, old chant.
 Nunc Dimittis in E fiat... Barnby Recessional hymn" Hark! the Herald
 Angels Sing ............ Mendelssohn
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SERVICES AT ST. MARY's CHURCH

SERVICES AT ST. MARY'S CHURCH.
 At St. Mary's church to-day there will be solemn hig mass at a. m., with Rev. Father Heagan as celebrant, Rev. Father Linahan as deacon, and Rev. Father McGonagle as sub-deason. At the 10:3O mass the celebrant will be Rev. Father McShane, with Rev. Father Hea gan as deacon, and Rev. Father Me Gonagle as sub-deacon.
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AT ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH.

- ! All AlO4N7 LO IIIL4IN1a4S NH UINS1LI'
 Christmas services will be held to- day, both morning and evening, at the Zion German Lutheran church, corner Davenport avenue and Ward street. At 10:30 a. m. the pastor, Rev. Frederick A. Ottmann, will preach. At 6:S0 p. m. the children will have their Christmas service There will be a large Christ mas tree, and the children will recite and sing and will be presented with gifts and bags full of good things. The evening service will be in charge of Organist Max Dressler. The public in- vited to both services.
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sT. FINANCES lcHuRcH.
Solemn High Mass, 1O:SO a. n

Solemn High Mass, 10:S0 a. m.)
 Prelude Orchestra and organ. Kaliwoda Kyrie X, <. ...........V Hammered Gloria .. Hammered Credo $. .Hammerel Offertory-Adeste FideIis Novello Sanctus <. Hammerel 8Agnus Del Hammered Tantum Ergo .Lambillotte PostIude Orchestra and organ. Wagner Quartet--M -MMrs. L. Sullivan, Miss Ma rie Ward, A. J. Bowen, J. E. Blatch- ley; director. ". J. Rohan; organist,
 Miss T. A. Rohan.
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POStIude lOrchestra anu UTgdIl.J n 71- Quartet-Mis Mary Sullivan, soprano; Miss Mary Lynch, alto; Louis Lau- tenbach, tenor; William Crab, bass; Fichtl's orchestra.
 Sermon at the 10:sO7o'clock mtss by Fa- ther Foley. :.
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ofertory-''Manger Cradle" ..Neidlinger
 Organ postlude ..................Barr
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The music at St. Mary's to-day will be as follows:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-07-23

When one considers that tributary
to Washburn there are over 500
miles of shore line-including
the islands. it can readily be
seen that there is great
country to draw upon Tugs, scows,
and steamers find that from this
they have great business in trar S.
porting products. 1t also gives
great territory that could not be
secured in any country except where
there was a great waterway. The
firms in which John A. Jacobs, OF
this city, is interested, and is the
manager, are pressing this advant-
age to their own use. Mr.. Jacobs
has two companies, one being the
Fowler Jacobs Company, and the
other the Elmore- Fowler Jacobs
Company. Their business is the
handling of tamarack, which is
manufactured into piling and ties;
spruce-which is used for pulp wood;
hemlock-w which is manufactured in
to lumber and ties; and cedar, of
which shingles, posts, poles, piles
and piling is made. The companies
do most of their work by letting
jobs and contracts, although they
do a large independent business,
and keep a big4tug and a scow busy.
Their product is scattered largely,
and great deal of it is shipped a
long distance. But it tains great
value, and therefore brings a good
profit. Mr.. Jacobs informs US
that he has been making many con-
tracts with settlers to take the class
OF lumber and material wanted off
their land and deliver it to him.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-07-23

logs in Bayfield, county, and are
now engaged in cutting large
tract at Little Girl s Point, which
is on the shore of Lake Superior.
The RittenhOuse & Embree
people only have $4,000, 900 feet
of standing timber left, but this
will not affect the mill which will
continue to operate, saving by
the thousand for timber holders
for many years. Rittenhouse &
Embree owned large tract of
tim Der in the vicinity of Sioux
River which they lately finished
cutting. During the winter
their pay rolls have averaged
about $4,000 a month, as they
employ usually between 125 and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-07-23

200 men. At present they have
camp of so men at Little Girls
Point, engaged in rafting logs.
These logs are towed by their
own tug, the Robert Emmett, to
the mill in this city, where they
are manufactured. And then
the ium Der is carried by water
in the company's two steamers,
the Oregon and Foster, and
chartered boats, to the markets
in Chicago and down the Great
Lakes.
There were sixty boats tied
and took on either whole or
partial loads of lumber at the
docks of the Thompson Com
pany il this city last year.
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straits and which had for sever
al years had hard fight to keep
running. Within a year or two
things began to look different,
and today it is counted among
the splendid institutions Of the
city. The plant uses for it's
material the waste that in form
er years was consumed in the
burners of the big saw mills
about the bay. A member of
the firm made the statement to
the writer that every saw mill on
Chequamegon bay had burned
more than the cost of their mill
plant in their burners. But
there is no more of this. Every
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-07-23

This gives good employment to
many of the new corners. At pres
ent the firm is operating a camp at
Otter Island, one of the Apostle
group. They also have contract
at Mason, in the Southern part of
Bayfield, county, for the clearing OF
forty.six forties of land. Large
tracts of hemlock, tamarack, spruce
and cedar are to be found in certain
localities, principally il the south
ern part OF the county, also north
OF Bayfield, and west across the
county from that point. The, in
terests of the company give en-
ployment in one way and another to
about 200 men the year round. The
company has good mill in this city,
which can be used for the maDufac-
ture of lumber, shingles, etc. It is
now being remodeled for a tie and
shingle mill, and will have capacity
Ia the shlngle department OF 20, 900
per day. The company have found
that there is very little swamp lands
in Bayfield, County, which has made
it necessary for them to bring most
of their products good ways. In
addition to their mill in this city
they are about to put in branch
concern near Hurley. "A large part
of the ties are disposed of to electric
railroads, while shingles, poles, etc,
find very ready market. Large
shipments are made into Indian
Territory, Texas, KanGas, Nebraska,
and Iowa. Mr.. Jacobs firms repre-
sent the push and activity charac-
teristic of the manufacturing insti-
tutions of northern Wisconsin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-07-23

Nothing goes to waste about this
plant except the smoke, and the
firm is figuring upon using that.
The company has a large plant,
ample yard room, splendid rail-
road facilities, and everything
that is required for the use of
their business. The company
had a pay roll last year of 800
1864. The business has in
creased so rapidly that they will
expend not less than $35, 900 for
labor this year. They employ
about seventy-fve persons, and
are one of the institutions that
keeps going the year round. No
attempt has been made to oper-
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Akeley & Sprague's Lumber Ih=
duStry.

The Akeley & Sprague mill is
a concern which does a great
deal of it's own saving and in ad-
dition manufactures a large
quantity of lumber for the Ed
ward Hines Lumber Company
and others concerns. This mill
was formerly known as the
South Shore Lumber Company,
but is now managed by M. A.
Sprague, of this city, and HI. G.
Akeley. of Minneapolis, is the
other member of the concern.
During the past twelve years the
average cut of the mill has been
100000 feet of lumber a sea-
son. Last year the company had
a small cut, butithe figures never
theless show the enormous capa-
city of the enterprise. The fol-
lowing was the cut last year:
Lumber, feet, 29,O67,OOO.
Lath, 100000
It took ffty-six boats, carry
ing full and partial loads, to
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operations of the company in
the woods the roll will foot up
over $1OO, 1000 a year. The saw mill
plant employs 100 men while the
planning mill operated by the
company employs 70 more men.
The rail shipments will likely
average about 100000 feet per
month. Akeley q Sprague are
now operating two camps on the
line OF the Northern Paclnc rail-
road in which 100 men are en-
ployed.
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kenfie1d & Lamoreaux

There is no better evidence of
what thrift, industry and perse-
verance will accomplish in the
manufacturing world than is
demonstrated by the success of
the firm of Kenfeld & Lamor-
eaux, whose business is the
manufacture of wire reels, GRAFT
ing and heading. Six or seven
years ago this firm purchased
a factory that was in financial