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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-13
Notions and SmaIIWarGs.
For Our Birthday Sale,

OI 0QI LII lllGeaJ odtN,
MEMS LEVER CUFF BUTTONS.
Were 15c and 25c pair.
Sale price &c pair.
ODD LOTS OF JEWELRY.
Belt Buckles, Hat Pins, Finger
Rings, Sash Pins and Bracelets, were
Sale price &c
METAL WRIST BAGS.
Regular price poe
Sale price 127ac each
BLACK LEATHER WRIST BAGS.
Regular price 25c.
Sale price 10c each.
WOMEN'S BELTS.
Silk or leather. regular price 25c
Sale price 10c each.
PIN CUBES.
Large size. black white and colors
Sale price sc each
pLATED LEVER COLLAR BUT
TONS
Sale price 1c each.
TOILET SOAP.
Sale price cakes for sc.
SHIRT WAIST SHIELDS.
Double covered. regular price 25c.
Sale price 1Sc a pair.
CREAM SATIN NOTE PAPER.
Regular price 19c a pound.
Sale price lac a pound.
SHELL HAIR PINS.
Amber and black, regular price Zoe
ia dozen.
Sale price 19c dozen.
STAMPED LINEN STOCK coll
LARS.
Regular price 17c.
Sale price &c each.
STAMPED LAUNDRY BAGS.
Regular price 25c
Sale price 15c each
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-13
CHAPTER xAxI.
CAPTAIN THOMAS OF TIE ROYAL
JAMES

~ y HEN Blackbeard's lit
NEzNAN tie feet anchored in
s3SWalV& Topsail Inlet, Stede
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-13

flaw in it, it was . very
fair happiness which
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-07-26
The Worlds Best Selling Book.

The Bible is the best selling book in the world.
1t leads, and by a long interval, all other publica-
tons in copies purchased in the ordinary chan
nels of trade, without regard to what may be
called the official distribution. Every bookstore
which undertakes to carry a full line of stock
sells the Bible. Several important corporations
confne themselves to the manufacture and sale
of Bibles, and others find in the Bible their lead
ing feature. Of no other book can this be said.
Speaking some time ago of the Unsuitable demand
for the Bible as an article of merchandise, an
officer of the Methodist Book Concern. which
till recently issued cheap editions of the Bible.
said: "Like all publishers, we have to keep watch
of the sale of books in general, even the most
popular, so as not to get overstocked. b.
never occurs in printing Bibles. We just keep the
presses steadily at work, and if we happen to find
that we have forty or fifty. thousand copies on
hand. 1T gives us no uneasiness. We are sure to
sell them, and we go straight ahead printing!
From Henry Rutherford Elliot's e"The Most Popu-
lar Book in the World" in the July Century.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-07-26
The Cars Life saddened by Distrust.

An atmosphere of suspicion and gloom, pro-
duced by the constant sense of impalpable dan
ger, overshadows the spirits of everyone at the
Russian Court. This is the reason why the an
nual visit to Copenhagen or Fredensborg is SO
eagerly anticipated, and so thoroughly enjoyed
by the Russian Royal Family. At Fredensborg,
although the Emperor is guarded by a consider
able force of detectives, they are not in evidence,
and duringI his stay he is accompanied only by
one or two aides-de-camp who are generally per
sonal friends. The extraordinary feature about
Nihilism in Russia is the extent to which the up
per classes sympathize with the efforts of the in
t~ellectual proletariat to bring the present system
to an end. The Tsar never knows who are his
friends and who his enemies. An abiding sense
of distrust is the result, and hence the passion
ate affection that His Majesty feels for his wife.
whoce faithful counsel and patient sympathy are
the bright spots in one of the saddest lives in
Europe-Arnold White in Everybody's Magazine
for March.
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The Late Summer Fashions.

While there are no radical changes in late sum
mer styles from those of the earlier season, the at
t~ractive suggestions are developed and the ex-
tremes toned down. A frock of the fascinating
lingerie type must needs be accompanied by one
of the new three-quarter coats of delicate tinted
taffeta If one wishes to be smartly costumed.
The taffeta used to make these pretty wraps is of
a soft, ~lustrous quality. Very pretty summer
frocks show a bodice or hip woke of smockino
the sleeves also being shocked, either at the lower
or upper part, or possibly both. No other trim
ming need be employed with the shocking. the
glrdle OF lowered ribbon providing the finishing
touch While dressy gowns have extremely full
sklrts' growing fuller all the while, the smartest
tailored effects show the fulness only around
the bottom, and this is achieved by plaifs in var.
Gus forms, laid fiat around the hips and fal1ino
out below with the killed effect around the feet
10 De thoroughly approved, such costumes nnst
nave hat' shoes and all accessories to match i,
color' or there must, at least, be perfect harmonv
among them. All the fancies of the last fow vaars
seem TO have been combined in this eason,s sf11aa
ana with the most artistic effect. Pink;nn 49,
come IN again, and ruches and pipings annear On
almost every summer dress. It is . wb;te 80
LOT the little folks. and from the top of the mic
ture hat to the tip of the slippered toe the fa q
Ionaole little maid is all in white-From IT,
Deilneator for August. l
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-07-26
Western Etiquette.

Delegate Rodney of New Mexico related this
incident in the Congressional cloak-room:
II was travelling through the West a couple of
years ago." he said, "when our train stopped at an
eating place for dinner. The woman who kept
the place was evidently an fastener, and was
quite anxious to spread around her the cultured
habits of her section.
"SWil you please give me a knife for my pie 2
said one of the men eating dinner.
"FWe don't eat pie with a knife here,' replied
the woman quite severely.
"'Then, madam remarked the cowboy, quite
unabashed, will you please get me an axp"-
Washington Post.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-07-26
An Adroit Answer.

The celebrated physician, Zimmerman =
Frederick the Great in his last Illness oao :,
as the story is recorded in Salad Tor the ooo'"'
the king said to him:
"You have, I presume, helped many a ma LII
another world"
This was rather an unexpected thrust TOT ILL
doctor. but the dose he gave the king in return
uas q indicious mixture of truth and fattery:
Not so many as your majesty, nor with SO
much honor to myself"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-07-26

no frills and IS one of the plainest members of
the House, for though a man of large family, he
has all the instincts and outward appearances
of a literary Bohemian. He is as easy as an old
shoe. $3.50.
To analyze his popularity is not so easy. But
it can be safely said that it is not his beauty
which first attracts one, for his ~pulchritude is of
the singed-cat variety. Indeed, I do not think
him so beautiful as Uncle Joe. On this point
there would hardly be enough dissenters in the
House to demand the yeas and nays. Uncle Joe
has a ruddy complexion that matches well with
pink carnations, now universally recognized as the
insignia of Republican leadership. John is some
what swarthy and has a sort of compromise com
plexion on which his party ought to be willing
to get together, but it is healthy and natural.
He has never used any skin food or done any
grating. Uncle Joe has also a sort of cockey
look, as if he knew he would get his hay all in be-
fore it rained, putting his thumbs in the arm
holes of his vest, and ofttimes timing his cigar
up a few degrees from the plane of his orbit just
to emphasize the security of American institu-
tions. John has a fercer mien, is somewhat more
combative in appearance, holds one hand to his
ear (for he is slightly deaf, and in the heat of
debate his hair seems to rise up and cry for liber-
ty. He has a sort of lean and hungry look, as if
it we're always just before dinner, while Uncle
Joe wears ON all occasions a postprandial aspect,
suggestive of that peace and plenty which COM
ports we'll with certain planks in his party plat
form. John misuses tobacco a little now and
then, and Uncle Joe has been known to use cigar
ashes to keep the moths out of his clothes. There
are, in truth, some points about these two men
as like as their family haling ports in old Caro-
lima. And though fastidious critics may assert
that the line of beauty never touched either one
of them, still they both look good to me.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-07-26
Mixed.

Chauncey M. Depew recently called at the
house of a friend, where he attracted the atten-
ton of a bright boy of eight. The boy asked MS
father, "Who was that mang" when the Senator
had departed.
"That is Senator Depew," answered the father,
"the greatest story teller in the world"
A few days later the Senator called at the
same house, and the small boy advanced and
said, "I know you"
"Indeed! And whom am Iw
"My papa says you are the biggest liar on
earth."-New York World.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-07-26
THE HOME CIRCLE
When Stars are in the Quiet Skies.

When stars are in the quiet skies,
Then most I pine for thee;
Bend on me then thy tender eyes,
As stars look on the sea!
For thoughts, like waves that glide by night
Are stillest when they shine;
Mine earthly love lies hushed in light
Beneath the heaven of thine.
There is an hour when angels keep
Familiar watch DER men,
When coarser souls are wrapped in sleep;
Sweet spirit, meet me then!
There is an hour when holy dreams
Through slumber glide;
And in that mystic hour it seems
Thou shouldst be by my side.
My thoughts of thee too sacred are
For daylight's common beam;
I can but know thee as my star,
Ny angel and my dream;
When stars are in the quiet skies,
Then most / pine for thee;
Bend on me then thy tender eyes,
As stars look on the sea!
-Bulwer Lytton.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-07-26
UNCLE JOE AND COUSIN JOHN.
A Delightful Sketch of Speaker Cannon and Leader
Williams of the Lower House of Congress-Both
are of North Carolina Stock.
.Bulwer Lytton.

In the July number of Leslie's Monthly Maya
zine, Adam Bede, the Minnesota Republican Con-
gresham, known as the "Humorist of the House"
contributes a delightful sketch of Speaker Joseph
G. Cannon and the Hon. John Sharp Williams,
Democratic floor leader in the House. From
this article-which must be read in full to be
properly appreciated-we make the following ex-
tracts:
Born in North Carolina, of Quaker parentage.
on the 7th day of May, 1886, and bereft of his
father when only fourteen years of age, Uncle Joe
began browsing around in his youth and making
overtures to the world for a meal ticket, which
was never denied him. Following the course of
Empire and the course of least resistance, he
went early to Indiana, and after a few years in
the Hoosier State, treked on to Illinois, where his
unique personality soon attracted the attention
of his fellows and has slowly grown to the full
and rounded measure of the nation. .....
A Tar Heel by birth, a Yankee by parentage.
and a Westerner by adoption, familiar with farm
ing, banking and public life, he knows an asset
from a liability in business or politics, and is an
all-round American of the g~entlest type-the
~uniquest thing that has happened in his day and
generation. He is his own mascot. -. Humor
drips from him, even as oil from Aaron's beard.
But let it be known that there is not in Uncle Joe
Cannon even a trace of eccentricity.
He is a cosmopolitan American with no pro-
vincial hatred of State, section or nation, for.
like the Irishman, he holds that a man ought to
love his native land whether he was born there
or not, and he loves New England, while he also
has a kindly feeling towards the Southern people.
for many of his relatives, scattered throughout
Dixie, have ever been identified with the South.
He came over the border and got vaccinated be-
fore the war, or he might have been quarantined
on the other side. Like Lincoln. he came from a
Southern State to Indiana and then to Illinois to
enter the practice of a lawyer. Like Lincoln. too,
he knows not only a vested right but a vested
wrong when he sees one, nor is it a too far CRY
from Uncle Abe to Uncle Joe. He believes in the
people. He is safe.
As to Leader Williams, John is the link be-
tween the old and the new. He is a man of
books, of travel and of education, but he wears
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-31
ALLIANCE FRANCHISE HOLDS
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
Admirable Programme Is Presented
by Little Folks Whose Efforts
Gain ADDlause

The Alliance Franchise held its an
nual meeting at the Native Sons Hall
yesterday afternoon. A great crowd
of French citizens was present. Ap-
plause and enthusiasm greeted each
number on the programme.
}. NJ Dupas, vice president of the
society, was chairman. Among 9TH
ers who took prominent part in the
proceedings were: NJ. Etienne Lanel.
Consul General of France; M. Daniel
Levy, Alphonse Bousquet, ]. LAMBDA.
Eugene Lagallet, V. Gardet, A. Luz
sinchi, Aloise Gless, A. Roncovieri,
Pierre Calou and Charles Videcoq.
The programme consisted of songs,
recitations, monologues, two dainty
little comedies and a Spanish dance.
In all Of these. the young people ac-
quilted themselves admirably. Those
who took part were: Misses Ida Isa-
belle Fredericks, Ida Champion. Alice
Cassassus, Irma Vercoutere. Irene
Delsol, Helene Raymond. Francine
Lonari, Ursule Duane, Emma Pour
roy, Eva Ancion, Annita Whelan.
Louise Forget, Mathilde Ferrie. Mar
guerite Cassao, Louisette Aubert
Helene Walter and Helen Joyce. Will
liam McCafferty gave an interesting
monologue. At the conclusion of the
exercises, prizes were distributed to a
large number Of pupils who were es-
pecially proficient In the French lam
Euage.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-31
AID FOR CHURCH

OAKLAND Oct. 80 - The ''Ghosts of
Hallowe en- will hold forth in the halls OF the
Gienwood at Fourteenth and Washington
streets tomorrow night for the benefit of the
choir fund of the First Christian Church. An
excellent programme has been prepared and
several new features OF Hallowe' en- will be
introduced. The social is to be given under
the direction OF the Ladies' Aid Society The
following will have charge: Mrs. VIII league
committee; Mrs. Frank Nebeker programme
committee; Mrs. James Potter, refreshments
committee. Those in charge OF the different
booths are as follows: Salad Miss Maud Hen
doughnnts. Mrs. George Peterson and Mrs. II.
ID. McAneney; pumpkin pie. Mrs w A. Hall
and Mrs. j. Norris Hubbard; apples and nuts
Misses Mabel Gray Merle McAneney, Grace
Mrs. r. ID. Holmes. whose ability as a
scientific palmistn has been recognized at
many social gatherings of Oakland will be
present to tell people what dame fortune holds
In store for them. The public is cordially in
vlted to attend.
Mrs. George H. Lee of Fruitvale gave an
afternoon tea at her home, Latham Terrace
last Tuesday the following ladies being enter
tanned. Mrs. O.. Childs OF San Francisco.
Mrs @. Thorp of San Francisco Mrs Garry
Wright Jf Oakland, Mrs. J. r. Goody of
Ffuitvale. Miss Eva Atwell of Fruitvale The
lovely Lee home was a picture of beauty.
ALAMEDA. Oct so-E K Taylor has re-
turned from a three weeks business trip
through Tulare County.
Mrs. A. A. Taylor wife of the editor of the
Santa Cruz Surf. is the guest of Mrs. P. s..
Halle of Post and Madison streets.
Arrangements are being made by the Teach
ers' Club for reception to be held in As
sembly Hall In the Alameda High School on
the evenin- OF November IL.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-31
CADETS PREPARE FOR
ANNUAL MILITARY BALL

OAKLAND, Oct. 80. = Elaborate
preparations are making by the Of
ficers and members of Company N,
First Regiment, League of the Cross
Cadets, for their annual military ball
OH Wednesday evening, November 16.
at Maple Hall. All the entertainments
given by the local company heretofore
have been very successful and doubt
less the coming affair will be no ex-
ception to this rule.
The members of the committee in
charge Of the arrangements are:
Sergeant J. L. Flynn, Lieutenant j. " Fitz-
simmons, Sergeant q. l.. Courtney, Sergeant
j N Gallagher, Musician James Martin
Floor manager, Captain III. j. Leonard; as
sistants, Lieutenant j. j. Gillck and Lieu
tenant J. v. Fitzslmmons
The committee in charge of the fair
for the benefit of the boys school of
st. Anthony's parish has decided to
continue the fair one week longer.
There will be a special entertainment
every evening this week except Tues
day. Owing to that day being the day
of the Feast of All Saints, the fair will
be closed on Tuesday evening.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-31
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
SATURDAY ocroRER 20

William and Katherine Eide to Warren
Dibble. lot on + line of Cough street 10 n ~
Greenwich. $40. 1891 N 26h degrees
W 1871 ;91s, Z 50:0A. 81. w ST. S 1915: $40
Lloyd r. and Louise J. Weaver TO William
H. Hannah, lot on line OF Vallejo street
29:6 w OF Fillmore. w % by n o. also undi-
vided sixth OF lot on w line OF Fillmore street
SO n OF Vallejo. N by W $3.50: $40
Alice G. b. and Abraham Gartenlaub to
Lloyd F. Weaver. lot on n line Of Vallejo
street. 29:25 w OF Fillmore. " O:311 N B6 u
0:3b, 3T:1, to beginning: $40
Lloyd F. and Louise j. Weaver to William
II. Hannah, same: $40.
John @. Jury to Maud A. Jury lot on NE
corner OF Eddy street and Bourbin place. E 2s
by 100; gift.
Edward II. AigeltinEer to Gernania Trust
Company, lot on n line OF Ellis street III g w
OF Steiner w 25:6 by 1875; also lot on w
line of Bourbin place. IS n of Eddy street N
80 by w 90; $4,000.
Same to Central Trust Company. lot on N
line of Ellis street. II Z OF Pierce. E "a by N
1875; 5000.
Louis A. and Augustine Meyer to Albert T.
Muller, lot on f line of Baker street. 30 S Of
John g. Jury to Maud A Jury, lot on n line
OF Clay street. 81 20 w OF Spruce. W so by N
100: gift.
Thomas Ind to Cecilia Walsh and Mary a.
Dornom lot n line of Eighteenth street, 1855
f of Noe, f % by N ia; $3.50.
Realty Improvement Company to William s.
and Edith c. Morse lot on W line Of Devisa-
dero street, 35 N of Fourteenth, 25, W S4.14
Sc IS. OS6, r S1-016; $40
Robert stevenson to Mary Stevenson lot on
line Of Clay street. 212 IS W of Leavenworth,
W 42:e. S 6s:6. W 20. 60. = 62;o. 1878;
gift
Edward r. Dore and Gas trustees) MARY n
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-31
GIRLS ESCORT
A HICHW WAYMAN
Stranger Assails and Robs
a Woman Who Accepts
Him as Her Protector
IN FEAR OF A NEGRO
Telephone Attache Attacked
by a Man Who Offered
to See Her Safely Home
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.
1915 Broadway, Oct. 80.

Oakland Office San Francisco Call.
1016 Broadway, Oct. 80.
To be knocked down and robbed by
the man whom she had accepted as all
escort to her home was the expert
ence last night of Miss Annie Sille-
man, a telephone company employe in
San Francisco, who lives at 954 Fifty
fifth street, this city.
1t was because she feared footpads
that Miss Silleman allowed the young
man to attend her when she left the
Key Route train at 10 p. m. last night
at Lorin Station. Miss Silleman. was
returning home from San Francisco.
On the boat and the connecting train
she saw that negro was closely
watching her. The young woman be-
came alarmed at the fellows per-
sistent stare and appealed to the train
conductor. He advised the girl to con-
tinue on to Berkeley instead OF leaV-
ing the car at her station and then
ride back. In that way she would
know whether she was really being
followed.
At this juncture a pleasant spoken
young man offered his services as es-
cort to Miss Silleman. He said he
had overheard her conversation with
the conductor and would be glad to
see that the young woman arrived
nome unmOIeSt6d. MISS SllIoman un-
suspectingly and gratefully agreed to
the proposal AT Lorin she alighted
with her escort. They walked along
Adeline street toward Fifty-fifth
street, conversing.
Suddenly Miss Silleman was seized
and knocked to the ground by her
champion. He gagged her with his
hand, but she managed to scream. In
her struggling she twice made an out
cry and attracted the attention of per-
sons who were in nearby residence.
Her assailant, fearing that his victim 8
cries would bring help, freed Miss
Silleman, grabbed her hand purse and
fled.
The girl got to her feet as quickly
as she could. Unnerved and shocked
by the sudden assault, she fastened to
rapidly as she could.
The purse, which had contained
Miss Silleman's commutation ticket
and some money, was found empty to-
day near the Key Route electric pow
er station on Yerba Buena avenue.
While they were walking from
Lorin Station, the footpad told Miss
Silleman that he was an electrician
employed in San Francisco. He was
about % years old, of medium height,
stocky physique and dark complexion.
The police have taken hold of the case
and are hopeful that they may be able
soon to identify Miss Silleman's as
sailant.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-31
WAR STILL NECESSARY.


Rev. F. S. Brush of the First Presby-
terian Church selected as his sermon
topic The Worlds Hope of Peace, -
and in part said:
A warless world seems indeed a far-off d.
vine event A preacher is almost afraid to
speak on such a subject lest he be accused OF
being impractical Yet the visionary of to-
day is the conqueror Of tomorrow. In spite
OF o. All apparent incongruity and IN spite OF the
distance that universal peace lies in the fu-
ture, let US still work and pray for this grand
When James G. Blaine was Secretary OF
State he called a Pan-American Congress.
Delegates met at Washington from all the
Governments Of North and South America.
The public press hailed the event as marking
the end OF strife and among the various
peoples of the New World. Within twelve
republics had each other by the throat. Even
Mr. Blaine laughed at the absurdity OF the
situation. Only a short time before the Rus
sian-JaDanese war the Gar called an Inter
national Peace Congress to discuss the possi-
bility Of doing away with war as a means of
settling disputes.
But we are not discouraged. We should not
laugh at these apparently futile attempts.
fruitless attempts before the end is reached.
Our duty is 10 talk and preach the duty and
the beauty OF universal peace. Also its econ
omy and common sense 1t is not 100 years
yet since duelng was done away with in this
country as a means of settling personal dis
putes. And Dr. Beechers sermon was one OF
the most potent factors in creating the mighty
tide OF public sentiment that did away with
the barbarOus customs. Doubtless In 100 years
the world will look look
on dueling, as something unworthy of rational
human beings
We take courage. too when we think of
how OF every nation are raising up
against war a means Of deciding differ
ences. Why right from Russia comes the
message Of Tolstoy himself. the strongest pro-
test OF the literature of the age. And rather
strange to say from Russia, too, came Verest-
chasrin, the noble painter who sought to so
picture the horrors of war that mankind would
turn from II In disgust. The German Kaiser
has paid the tribute to the power of the artist
Of forbidding the display of his pictures in the
German empire.
The greatest argument against to-day
is that from the side of economics. 1t is too
costly TO suit this calculating age. The waste
of war is frishtful. II is estimated that the
Civil War cost America s., 600 900, 900. The
slaves could have been bought and paid for
with 81 .O00, 00O. 900. In other words. peaceful
solution Of the difficulty would have meant
81. 600 COO 600 in the pockets of the people.
The glory and beauty of Greece have been
sung by fnnumerable poets Athens stands
forever in the imagination the acme of art
Yet the architectural beauty Of Athens was
due to the fact that for thirty years Pericles
turned its revenues from war into the build
ing Of the city The money devoted to war
in the United States would give a granite sea
wall TO every harbor and make every city a
marvel Of beauty for its public buildings.