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For Twenty Next Nearest Esti- mates-Twenty Al-Nista panoramic cameras, making pictures 5xG. bxS, 5x1n 5x12, 5x16 inehes with the regular daylight loading films; specially ground. extra rectilinear lens; value. $50 each
 For Four Next Nearest Esti- mates-Fonr Edwin guitars; solid rosewood; ebony fngerboard; pearl and ivory inlaid sound hole and edges value. $50 each.
 For Four Next Nearest Esti- mates-Four Edwin guitars: solid rosewood; inlaid. ebony fngerboard head; value. S45 each.
 For Six Next Nearest Esti- mates-Six Edwin mandolins: deep Italian model; twenty-seven ribs, rosewood; hand somely marquetry inlaid value, S45 each. mates-Four "Ader vioins" Stradivarius; ebony trimmings; excellent tone. with bow: value. $45 each
 For Ten Next Nearest Estf- mates-Ten heavy quadruple silver plate five piece tea sets; artistic Gesgn of applied flow CTS in latest French gray finish; gold lined: stamped with guarantee of American Sii- yer company value. SI2 each.
 For Four Next Nearest Esti- mates-Four Edwin guitars: solid mahogany: richly inaid; value. $40 each.
 For Ten Next Nearest Esti- mates--Ten Columbia graphophones. with spring motor; very elaborate cabinet; thirty inch hammersd brass horn: 100 needles: two part needle box; value $40 each
 For Four Next Nearest Esti- mates-Four Edwin guitars concert size; solid rosewood nlaid; value. S36 each.
 For Ten Next Nearest Esti- mates-Ten Grand Rapids ballbearing sec- tional bookcases; solid mahogany: leaded glass: four book sections; value. S35 each.
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DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.

These 5000 prizes, valued at $40, ,00O, are all the finest of their kind to be obtained in the market and their quality is guaranteed by the well known firms from which they were purchased. They will be distributed 10 the winners on the absolute merit of their esti- mates by the Central Press Associa- tion of Chicago. In case of tie for any individual prize 1t will be awarded jointly. Participation in this contest is not confined to our readers, as the contest is being ad- vertised in a number of other pub- Iications, the subscribers to all of which have an equal opportunity to share in the distribution of the prizes.
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CONDITIONS OF THIS
 GREAT CONTEST.

This contest is based on the total vote to be cast for the office of President of the United States and will close at midnight, November Eth, 1904. The official figures of the government will determine the result, and the prizes will be award- ed by committee of dislnterested judges. Estimators will receive a certificate for each estimate and these will entitle the holders to such prizes as they may win. When the contest Is decided each estimator will receive a printed list of the successful estimatOrs.
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HOW TO MAKE AN ESTIMATE,

It costs you nothing to be en- titled to participate. You pay only the regular price of the paper and you get free a chance to win one or more of the 5000 handsome and valuable prizes. You are entitled to one guess for each twenty-five cents paid on subscription account, provided remittance and subscrip- ton are forwarded together, but no estimate will be allowed on a remittance less than one dollar.
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ADDITIONAL SPECIAL PRIZES FOR EARLY ESTIMATES

For correct estimate received before August Conover Cabinet Grand Upright piano, value $500 For correct estimate received after ust and before August l5 Conover Cabinet upright piano, value S450.
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For nearest correct estmate received after August 5 and before September 1, Kingsbury upright piano, value S4OO.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES OF THE AGE-HERALD

Daily and Sunday one $500 Daily and Sunday. nine months. 600 Dailr and Sunday. six months. 400 Daily and Sunday. three months 200 Daily and Sunday. two months. 1855 Daily (not including sunday). one year,. 500 Daily (not including sunday). nine months. 4.5o Daily mot including sunday). six months. 300 Daily (not including Sunday, three months l.5o Daily (not Including Sunday. two months. 100 Sunday only, one year 200 Sunday only, six months. 100 Weekly. one year. ......-.................. .50
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before Sept 5 Kngsbury upright piano. value S37S
 For nearest correct estimate after September and before Oct l. kngsbury upright piano.
 For nearest correct estimate after October Is, one kingsbury upright piano. $325.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09
NO REFRESHING A NOVELIST

Mr. Speed Mo late deputy clerk of the of Missouri who
abruptly dismissed from office had
the Of his life to writing
indirectly
inflicted individual The
Jail day herself
her children while the supposed to punished oang comfortably his
stemheate cell and taking his three bounifu meals
he
his wife be carried but similarity
painful ,
indications had
his loss of the deputy rkhp But the advertisement has
apprehensons his dismissal office
artificial demand his book only induce him
the of his life writing novels stimulate him fendh activity
Ble who military
his imperial majesty the German of his having published
obcuriy which consigned feehy engaged
in :
that he would be summy discharged he should write novel, it
cuai infinite relief
of the public
opposite followed
mdustouy business what they had undertaken merely
pastime.
punishment a Missouri novelist Is deep problem
Indiana sending novest the legislature in
withdrawn novel
o badly that
o the in Missouri
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09

been applied for by Alexander Forbes of
Glasgow, Scotland. The applicant asks
for a space of at least 100 square feet,
and incloses a circular of an exhibit he is
at present conducting at the East End
exhibition in Glasgow. The possibilities
of the concession are shown in few SEN
fences from the circular. which says in
part:
''The riddle of radium. This new ele-
ment is valued at 100000 sterling per
pound. To u ton of it Pierpont Nor
gan. Carnegie and Rockefeller would be
required to realize on all their stocks and
make common purse of the proceeds.
Even with this they might have to borrow
a few millions.
"Rays are shot out from radium at the
rate of 10000 miles per second, form
ing new record between matter and mo-
ton. The rays are 100 times faster than
the fastest meteor known. A piece OF
radium is calculated to continue in full
activity for two million years. Radium
without being energized in any way gives
out light, heat and motion. The machinery
of the future will be hitched to radium.
Such is the wonderful luminous power of
radium that Sir William Crookes was able
to read a newspaper bv the light given off
by the letters of the word 'radium' writ
ten in a solution of radium on a plate of
zinc-blende"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09
FROM PRIVATE To
CHIEF OF STAFF

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 9.-Lieu-
tenant General S. B. M. Young having
reached the age limit prescribed by the
regulations. was today retired from active
service and Major General Adna r. Chat
fee was sworn in to succeed him as chief
of the general staff. The formal ceremony
took place in the presence of Secretary
of War Root and number of the highest
officials of the war department and prom
inent officers of the. army. Subsequently
the new chief of the general staff was
taken on a tour of the department and
formally introduced to the heads of the
various bureaus.
Lieutenant General Adna r. Chaffee, the
new chief of the general staff, has the dis
tinetion of having risen from the ranks
to the head of the army. His rise may
be attributed to the constant display of
soldierlv qualities, blended with rare good
fortune. He came into special prominence
as commander of brigade that took a
leading part in the battle of Ell Caney
during the war with Spain, and later he
distinguished himself as commander of
the American troops in China in the
troublous times following the "Boxer" up
rising.
General Chaffee was born in Ohio in
April, 1912, and entered the service as
a private in the Sixth cavalry in July,
1861. Two years later he was commission
ed second lieutenant becoming a first
lieutenant in February, 1865 He won his
first heutenancy on the battlefield of Get
tysburg and was moved up to the grade
of captain for gallant service at Dinwiddie
Courthouse. Subsequent promotions to the
rank of major and of lieutenant colonel,
successfully, were earned in engagements
with Indians in Texas and Arizona. He
also served at one time as inspector gen
eral with General McCook, and later still
as sub-director of the cavalry school at
Fort Riley, Kan.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09
DR.. JORDAN
IN TROUBLE

SEATTLE, Jan. 9.---Dr. Eugene Jordan
of this city is being sued in the superior
court for $4,000 by Henry Z. Oldt, editor
of the Pacific Coast Sportsman. The doc
tor is charged with alternating the affec-
tons of 0ldt's wife.
Mrs. Oldt left her husband early in
December on the steamer Queen for San
Francisco. During the trip, respondent
over her trouble, she is said to have
jumped overheard with her little daughter.
The complainant alleges that Dr. Jor-
dan and Mrs. 0ldt were seen together the
day she left for San Francisco and he
holds the doctor responsible for the loss
of wife and child.
DR.. Jordan denies that Mrs. Oldt is dead
and claims that the affair is scheme to
blackmail him.
The Seattle police are working on the
theory that Mrs Oldt left the steamer at
Victoria and is now hiding somewhere
in the East. The case is attracting great
deal of attention here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09
INSTALL OFFICERS
OF BEN HUR LODGE

Tacoma court No 2, Tribe of Ben Hur,
installed officers in their hall in the Odd
Fellows Temple building last night. The
ceremonies were conducted by e. L. Hiber-
~, deputy supreme chief of the state. Fol
iowln"c the installation a program consist
rendered. y ~ n
The main feature of the evening. how
ever; was floor drill by the ladies under
the leadership of Mrs Henry.
The officers installed We're: Past chief.
William r. Westlake; chief, John Pen
gilly; judge, Miss Bessie Hoffman: teach
keeper of tribute, Mrs. M. A. Henry: can.
tain, Arthur B. Eaton; guide. Mrs. Guyer;
keeper inside gate, J. NJ. Glovd; keeper
outside gate. Frank Richardt Ben Hur
p. L. Hiberly; Rabbi Joseph. James L.
HOWE; master of ceremonies, William
Sulser; mother, Mary A. Henry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09
The Home
TO ABOLISH THE WORD "sPINsTER."
BY CYNTHIA GREY

LONDON Bachelor women in London
have combined to Danish the hated term
spinster from their midst. A club has been
formed by some half dozen unmarried
society ladies. and spinster is shortly to
disappear from all the legal documents
and finally from all British dictionaries.
The club had its origin in Bond street
tea shop, where party of women met
to discuss the hated word and to form
a committee to adopt drastic measures for
stamping it out. A ladies' bachelor club
was the result.
The club is to welcome members who
are eligible under these conditions: Girls
who have received proposals of marriage
and are bachelors from choice, not necessi-
ty; young women brave enough to con-
fess they never have enjoyed an offer of
marriage. Engaged girls are allowed and
nearly every variety of the unmarried wo-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09
A ROMANCE on THE OKANOGAN.

We expected wedding in Happy Bot
tom today. We saw young man and a
young lady go past our house to near
neighbours and stop for the preacher. The
preacher walked about six miles and
wasn't there by a mile and a half, and
stopped and didn't come any further and
the young couple sent some one to see
what was wrong, and when they found
him he was stalled, and what do you sup
pose stalled him? He had on new coat,
and it was one of those long tailed preach
er's coats and it had him just tagged cut.
SO / guess he made it back home. Then
the young man that wanted to marry hop
ped on a mule and lit out on the hunt for
some one else to tie the knot. At s
O'Clock the poor girl was still waiting the
arrival of her intended husband, and the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09

man. Marriage is regarded as a possibili-
ty, so the club members who desert the
ranks pay no fines and are subject only
to loss of membership. 1t was first sug-
gested that the new club call themselves
an anti-spinter crusade, but this was Civ
ing an unfair prominence to the hbelous
word they meant to abolish, and bachelor
was chosen instead. Why bachelor with
an original meaning of cowherd, is so
much to be preferred must sumply be an
association of ideas.
One of the original members of the club,
which has been formed with all serious
ness, has influence in high quarters and
intends to make valiant effort to see
that spinster no longer makes hideous cen
sus returns and other official documents.
They hope their efforts at passive re-
sistance will have the cooperation of their
American bachelor women cousins.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09
FROZEN EARS
FROZEN TOES

NEW YORK. Jan. 9.-Not in many
years has New York had SO many snow
storms as this winter. These have been
followed by big drops in the mercury and
numerous complaints are heard of cold
cars on the local surface and elevated
lines. To such conditions is attributed
the prevalence of pneumonia. Efforts to
remedy the matter have failed, as the
reached by the present laws. Perhaps
the legislature will amend the laws so
that death-dealing cars will be eliminated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09
TO AVOID SORE THROAT

Chronic sore throat may be cured by
sponging the chest and rubbing daily with
cold water. rubbing brislxly with a coarse
towel and applying alcohol. Do not wrap
up the throat too warmly. but accustom
it to do without superfuous neckwear.
This will render one much less susceptible
to colds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09
CONVENTION
is CALLED

SEATTLE, Jan. chairman Ellis
Morrison of the Republican state commit
tee has issued call for the convention
February ID. The convention must be
held before May 81 to elect delegates to
the national convention to be held in Chi
cago William P. Reynolds is the delegate
to the state convention from Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09

The explanation given is that during the
approach of such storms the atmosphere
becomes loaded with moisture and the
damp, moist heavy air resting upon the
milk produces acidity and spoils it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09
CLASSIFIED ADS.

WANTED-List your houses, lots, ranches
and lodging houses, and, in fact, every.
thing in the real estate line, and we will
find buyers for them We will also fur
nish you with frst-class help on shortest
notice. such as walters, cooks dishwashers.
etc. Puget Sound Employment g. Real
Estate Agency, l4O91z Pacific Ave Phone
Main 1856.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09

in the dairy. The plan is to start fire
in the room where milk is kept whenever
a thunderstorm is seen approaching. This
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09
REALTY TRANSFER

A deed recording the sale of lot 9, block
635, Ainsworth addition, to NJ J.. Her
riott was placed on record yesterday. The
was 1850.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09

R; |. ELLIOTT, 3l3 Fidelity bldg, phone
Red 6S62 Patents guaranteed at lowest
cost; Send us your ideas. We make maps,
machine drawings, traoings, blue prints.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09
HE WAS BOUND TO SAY SOME
THING.

Emigrants, when they land in New York
are strong in the belief that YOU can DIG
up money in the streets. Nobody can dc
that but the asphalt trust
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09

A newspaper correspondent predicts
that congress will move slowly and ac-
complish little. That correspondent must
congress never did anything else.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09
THE CATASTROPHE UPON THE SOUND

Early this through driving Death gd the waters
0 nearV ictora.
Scores cried help The rolled and washed and then with
sulen closed steamboat passenger
The Clam suddenly overwhelmed
while close a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09

History repeats
itself in fashion as
in fact. The side
curls of 1904 are
worn today with a
simple little dinner
gown very like the
tea gown of 100
years ago. The
curls are stripped
of a flower or two,
however.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09
HARBoR OF CHENIULPo, PRINCIPAL PORT OF KOREA.

saw"
while | was sauntering along the
Boulevard Haussamann, in Paris"
This is a prophecy. Mr.. Bryan is no
more proof against the when l was in
Europe" bug, than you and your friends
were.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09
TO EXHIBIT THE
QUALITIES OF RADIUM

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. "a concession
to exploit radium at the Worlds fair has
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09

An Iowa mob dispersed at the request
OF a congressman. Strange people, those
out in Iowa.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09

Il Always make New Year resoIution.3
Il never do"
Il never fail to make one. It's alwavs
so much easier to break than one Won
make any other time.'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09

Mr.. Bryan is coming home. Now in adj
dition to that dear old line of talk, we'll
get a variation like this:
ION Friedrichstrasse, in Berlin, l
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09

WANTED - Plain sewing; children's
clothes a speciality. Mrs. Jensen, l7Ol
Yakima Ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09

Another of been added
Such terrible disaster following closely the heels of the Ioquo
holocaust and the fhul train wrecks of the last fortnight well calculated
set the public pulse beating with apprehension No
be The fact wildly brought home all that those who down
the ships, those the land by rail, take risks
Even the usually
monster, seeking all whom
There these tragedies Men with all OF their
gnu to be unable provide for lenng materially the risks of
travel The when will but
o a ofa
sympathy CaIm
win be deep and while unavng will flow those who
full
The Seattle "P, describing suicide said yesterday: He last
long look Mt his hands
the lake.
his hands before him and jumped head the lake"
a
double probable "the last
r standing acoma hal
not The s dead.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09

Everybody in the choir is sore," said
the leader to the minister.
"Why, what can be the matter?"
"They think you are trying to poke fun
at them"
that?"
Because you want them to sing Just
Before the Battle, Mother"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09

cake and chicken was ate before the squire
came, who proved to he the pennyroyal
pecialist.-Okanogan News.
Rosa-Sprinkle a little brick dust on IL
and keep it in dark place.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09

TO PREVENT SQUIRTING OF MILK.
Experiments IN Sweden have shown that
the well known effect Of thunderstorms in
souring milk may in great degree be
avoided or counteracted by artificial heat
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09
SHE WOULD HAVE HER LITTLE
FLING.

The United States may be drawn into
war, but thank heaven we have Nels
Miles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-09

A large crowd was in the court rom
and they enjoyed it very much when Mr..
Turnbull picked ex-Judge Farnley's speech
to pieces.-Idaho Times.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-13
BE AN OPTlMIST.

To be an optimlst is the surest way
TO overcome the trials of life and meet
its misfortunes with any expectation
of coming out of the encounter uLburt.
The person who takes the opposite
view of life has simply affiliated with
the greatest ally misfortune commands,
for it is impossible for anyone already
convinced that the undesirable condl-
tions by which he may be surround
ed are inevitable and necessarily per
petual to effectively combat them.
Never yet has the discouraged man
been known to succeed-at least, not
until after he had first conquered ana
driven out the gloom within himself.
To win in the world it should be re
membered that the best. there is in q
man in the way of energy must be con
stantly on tap, and that 1t will admit
of no adulteration.
"There is something magical" saw
n contemporary, "abouJ hopeful,
buoyant dispos!tion-not mere leVlty,
but healthy, hopeful buoy aucy that
seems to ward off misfortune. Perhaps
for much the same reason the devil IL
said TO fee at the sight OF the cross
Such disposition is an iliuminant that
never fails TO dispel the darkness Oi
cncroachlng misfortune, revealing the
true nature OF what happens and thus
by affording a glimpse OF its real pro
portions, insures selection of the
most effective means with which tC
meet the unpleasant and turn it TO the
greatest advantage.
But if for no other reason be an Cp'
timist because it provides escape from
the torment OF worry, aud insures
hearty and genial welcome on all sides
by all kinds of people Society ha
the right to expect the very best tina
earth can give.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-13
NEW BETHEL ITEMS.
News and Personal Items from
That Community

Mr.. Will Brown and family, who
have been living in Dawson, have
moved to Mr.. j. |. Roberts place. Mr.
Chapman and family have moved here
from the wiregrass. We are glad to
have these two families with Us.
Mr.. S. J. Sem bought young mule
Tuesday and started home with Mr.
Slade. When they reached the town
branch they fell over in the water.
This is bad example for these old
men.
Miss Willie Pearl Roberts, who has
been the guest of Miss Berta Slade, re-
turned TO Dawson Sunday.
Miss Annes Pilsbury opened her
school here Monday with a full at
tendance.
The friends OF Mrs. Mollie Bell are
glad to know that she is able to be up
again.
MIR. and Mrs. Bob jolly spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. S. j. Sem.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-13
GENERAL John B. GORDON is DEAD
Soldier and Statesman Passed Away At
ter a Short Illness.

MIAMI, FLA, Jan. 9.-Lieutenant
General John b. Gordon died at his
winter home here at 1905 tonight.
His fatal illness, which overlook him
last Wednesday, was congestion of the
stomach and liver, following an attack
of acute Indigestion, TO Which he was
subject.
General Gordon died after being un-
conscious nearly all day. The begin
ming of the end occurred this AFTER
nooa, serious complications setting IN,
aud by night his physicians had aban-
doned all nope, as his kidneys refused
TO secrete and uramic poison was very
decided.
His death was quiet. He fell peace
fully TO sleep, ana all was over.
General Gordon, Who was u years OF
age, was one OF the most conspicuous
figures OF the southern confederacy.
He was three times elected TO the
United States senate from Georgia,
and was twice elected governor of the
state.
His remains we're taken to Atlanta
for interment.