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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-20
POLES AND
WIRES DOWN
Many Craft Ashore Along
Cape Cod.
"A FEAR OF FATALITIES
Cape Cod District Wholly Cut Off by
Tangle Of Telegraph
Schooner Leaning
Sunk
"A FEAR OF FATALITIES


New Bedford. Mass, Dec. 19.-The
storm at Martha's Vineyard was the
most severe since the November blow
Of 1905, and in every part Of the island
storm communication by telephone Is
paralyzed Poles are down and thor
ioughlares are impossible, except where
shovel brigades have cleared the way.
Nothing like it has been experienced
for several years. At Vineyard Haven
a large feet OF vessels sought shelter
Saturday night and early Sunday morn
/ ing, and 50 far as can be learned no
lives have been lost. Three sehooners
went ashore, two dragging their anchors
IN the harbor, and a large three master
going ashore ut East Chop, Just north
tof the Vineyard Highland wharf. It
viii be several days before the telephone
wires are again in working order. It is
ESTIMATED that, with the fall Of a few
days ago, there are 90 inches Of snow
on a level on the island. 1t is drifted
/ in some places quite badly.
! The storm was of about is hours, du-
ration and for the length Of time was
one of the most severe known here.
+ The shipping which was caught in the
harbor had come in after ample warning
Y Of the approach Of the disturbance had
been given, and had the wind been in
any other direction they would have
found safe harbor. This morning there
were evidences that another storm was
approaching and activity to make neces.
sary repairs was manifest before there
should be a further fall Of snow.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-20

Negro graves In South America are
sometimes cnriously garnished with the
bottles Of medicine used BY the depart
ed In their anal illness.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-20
Organ of Paper.

A church organ IN Belgium is com
posed entirely Of paper. the pipes be.
Ing rolls of cardboard The sound Is
sweet and powerful.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-20

Boston, Dec Communication with
Cape Cod by telephone and telegraph
broken off by Sundays storm, was still
interrupted today, though hundreds Of
linemen were at work making repairs
Trains were delayed and news from Cape
points BY mail and messenger could not
be received here today much before noon.
The telephone lines were intact to War
ham, about 50 miles from Boston and
Buzzard's Bay, SIS miles from Boston,
could be reached by telegraph, but as
these points are about 80 miles from
points on the southern side Of the Cape
and about Is miles from Provincetown,
at the end OF Cape Cod, practically no
news had reached either place since Sum
day evening. Such additional informa-
ton as had been received indicated that
the earlier reports Of storm damage had
mot been exaggerated The snow is from
two to four feet deep and IN many
places drifted so as To block highways
and street car lines. The wind, which
blew at times 40 miles an hour, had
strewn the Cape with broken telegraph
poless trees and other wreekage.
No additional news had reached either
Bnzard's Bay or Wareham early today
about the many vessels driven ashore
at Vineyard Haven or concerning other
marine disasters along the Cape shore.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-12

What Boy Can Do.
These are some of the things a boy can
do: ..9 $50
He can shout so loud the air turns blue;
He can make all sounds Of beast and
bird,
And thousand more they never heard.
He can crow or cackle, chirp or cluck,
Till he fools the rooster, hen or duck,
Hescan mock the dog, or lamb, or cow,
And the cat herself can't beat his
g. meow"
He has sounds that are rufHed, striped
or plain; "a
He can thunder by like a railway train.
Stop at the stations a breath, and then
Apply the steam and be off again. :.
He has all of his powers in such COM
mand,
He can turn right into a full brass band,
With all Of the instruments ever played,
And march away as a street parade.
You can tell that a boy is very ill
If he's wide awake and is keeping still /;
But earth would be-God bless their
~noiseI t@ s sx., .s..-
dull old place If there were no boys.
Endeavof World.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-12
A DAY, MORE Or LESS.
Crossing the international Date Line
in the Pacific Ocean.

Crossing the international Date Line
in the Pacific Ocean.
Few incidents of a trip to the Phil
ippine Islands, which SO many Ameri-
cans now have occasion to make, are
more interesting than the crossing of
the international date line, that imag-
mary boundary where. in going west
ward, 9 day is dropped from the calan-
dar, and In going eastward one Is AIDED
A California Congressman and his wife
happened to reach 1t, on the outward
trip, at midnight of July 3, so that they
woke up 20 find the next morning the
5th, and that they had los. the ma
tional holiday for the first time in
their lives. To have a September 23
for two days in succession ON their
return would, on grounds of sentiment,
be an insufficient compensation.
The teachers who go out on the
transports to the Philippines usually
arrange elaborate Entertainments to
signalize the date line. One of their
number is often dressed up as Nep-
tune, and other characters follow in a
procession around the deck. The fes-
tivities are made as fanciful as the
resources and Ingenuity of thes party
permit. Sailors on merchantmen as
Well as passengers on the fast mail
steamers, are accustomed to observe
the day. with some celebration.
One of the old governors Of Massa-
chusetts, on being asked to speak at
State normal school which he was Wis
iting, submitted this conundrum:
would a person who had travelled
around the world 365 times in an east
early direction be a year older than
the records in the family Bible show
ed? If not; why not?" The governor.
explained that such traveller would,
actually have lived one day more for
each trip than the calendar. showed as
having passed. @E @5.+ E
In practice, the length of the trip
around the world is such as to diseour-
age most people from adding to their
days by this rounda bout process Tray
elers between New York and Chicago
are constantly having days of twenty
three of twenty-five hours, accord
ing to the direction in which they are
going.
Like the boundaries Of our standard
1me-betts on this, continent, the inter
date. line has been SO drawn
as to occasion the least possible incon-
venience. It. deviates from the one
and eightieth meridian enough
to leave all the islands as wei as each
continent wholly on oHe side socs the
other, -. :. $50
Patience Is the king afrapteatMs ]
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-12

antelope spring to their feet, run a
short distance and then stop to look.
l made quick shot at one, which
dropped, and on going to him I found
him not dead though desperately
wounded The animal had been stand
ing, broadside on, his face toward my
left. The ball had struck the left ell
bow, splinter1ng the olecranon, passed
through the brisket, broken the right
humerus, turned at right angles and
gone back, cutting several ribs, broken
the right femur and turned again at
right angles and came out through the
inside Of the leg and struck the left
hook joint, which it dislocated and
twisted off, SO that it hung by a very
narrow string of hide. I never again
expect to see SO extraordinary a course
for rifle ball.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-12
A Kind Word for the Typewriter,

A Kind Word for the Typewriter.
1t is not surprising that "a defense
of the woman stenographer, by one of
them," is given conspicuous place
in our esteemed contemporary, the
New York Sun. So much has been
said in the light and airy persifage
of the press about the flirting and friv-
olous typewriter that a mistaken idea
has been created regarding this hard
working and invaluable attachment of
every busy man. The impression is
fostered that the young woman stenog-
rapher Of our times is more or less of
a breezy, bleached, blonde creature,
who divides the time that belongs to
her real duties among various diver
sions and entertainments which do not
properly come to a refined and intelli-
gent woman. In this suggestive situa-
ton it is unnecessary to say that the
stenographer does not always appear
in the most favorable light. Just why
license has been taken with a class of
young women who, perhaps more. than
any other, deserve commentator and
praise, we do not understand. The
successful stenographer, who is now
known as the secretary" rather than
the typewriter of the establishment,
wins her way solely by merit, and in
we might say all, prominent es-
tablishments, success is won by indus
try, integrity and honesty. Some Of
the women secretaries in New York
hold places of a most confidential char
acter. 1t is in their power ofttimes to
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-12
Remarkable Shot at Deer.


Perhaps more remarkable shots
have been made at antelope than at
any other. American game, says a
writer In Outing. This is natural, of
course, since,e~ being usually in plain
sight, they were often shot at from
great distances; and many man,
making lucky guess at distance, and
holding just right, has been enormous
" proud of a very long shot that
killed.
OF such long shots few were sue
cessful, but those that were so often
made for the rifeman who fred them
a great-but wholly undeserved repu-
tation, I myself made the most ex-
raordinary shot at an antelope that
ever heard of, which, however, has
nothing TO do with good shooting. but
rather with the erratics course that a
rifle ball may take. With several
scouts, white men and Indians, I rode
over hall. to see three or four buck
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-12


by Western college
Unless all against padded
fully requires not only nvening
invoked tackled
will smiling
football practice
probably the spanking machine Of
. ' ~
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-12

oo inhn1te harm, and yet, in all the,
annals OF betrayal of trust. the con-
spicuous absence Of the private secre-
tary Is noticeable. This is the best
evidence that woman can keep a Sc
cret, If 1T is her duty to do so. 1t is
ume that the commonplace, and too
eften contemplate. filings at the wom-
an typewriter should cease They are
no longer amusing; they are not even
excusable.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Modern English Woman,
At one time the English woman had
reputation-and the comfort of hav-
ing come by it rightfully- the worst
dressed woman in Europe or America,
according to the law of fashion. the
most practically dressed, according to
the law Of common sense. And now?
She observes the mode more scrupu-
iously than the Partisan and throws
common sense to the winds, as if
eager to make amends for the crimes
Of her addressed past. I do not mean
that she can as yet rival the Parisian;
it is not in her nature to; but. she
devotcs her energies to the attempt
with such zeal that she rushes to the
other extreme. Anticipating the hours
and their obligations, she appears at
high noon in gowns that, in the previ-
GUS phase, she would have reserved for
dinner. She shops in chiffon and mus
lin. She faces the winters cold in
lace, and the summers deluge in Slip
pers and open-worked stockings The
most abominable climate in the world
cannot check her ambition, nor the
dirtiest town put restraint upon her
frivolity. There was time when it
was the American who was supposed
to be the foolish one, indulging in a
round of diamonds and silks.
Now, If in Bond street or Piccadilly,
you see useful tailor gown, neat linen
skirt, stout, well-made boots, you may
know the wearer for an American The
tables are turned, and it is the Eng
ltsh woman who must be held up as
the model Of extravagant inappropri-
ateness. No one living in London can
have failed to note the change, but as
yet there is no Teufelsdroeckh to
chronicle it.-Elizabeth Robins Pen
nell in The Atlantic Monthly.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-12

An infant should be given no food
containing starch until it cuts it's
teeth. Starchy foods include biscuits.
corn -four, tapioca, sago, rice, potato,
etc. An infant cannot digest any of
these until its teeth are cut. Violent
noises and rough shakings or tossing
are hurtful to baby and should be
avoided as much as possible Infants
should never be put into a sitting pos
ture until they are at least three
months old, when they will probably
sit up of their own accord. They
should be carried fat in the nurses
arms, for If the little back is at all
curved it may lead to curvature of the
spine or chest disease. Until children
are six or seven years old they Should
have twelve hours sleep every night.
In addition to this q nap for two
hours, either in the morning or after
noon, will do a great deal toward keep
ing them bright and well.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-12
Blessing of Educated Wives,

So long as women were absolutely
ignorant, men could pass as wise on
small capital; but the growing mind
Of woman lifts the mind Of man with
two great forces and sex-at-
traction. Large-brained mothers make
better men, and the sweetheart who
is wise as well as kind can do won
ders will her lover.
Lord Chesterf1eld's advice to his son
is clear on this point. He strongly
urges him to marry a woman who is
wise as well as rich, handsome and
well-born, "for,,' says he, s'thou wilt
find there is nothing more fulsome
than q she-fool''
To-day, with our new knowledge Of
the laws Of nature, with our great adj
vance in freedom of thought and ac-
ton, there is still less excuse for us.
We know now that nation is best
by the position Of its wom-
:.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-12
Gone

Edyth-When I refused Charlie
night before last, he threatened to
blow his brains out.
Mayme-Well, he didn't. He pro-
posed to me last night ~srI
Edyth-Indeed! Then he must have
got rid Of them in some other way.
News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-12
Faulty Machine.

Mrs. Newlywed-No, 1 can't say
that I think much of my new sewing
machine. 1t is disappointing.
Mrs. Oldgirl-Why, it is very good
make. What seems to be the trouble?
Mrs. Newlywed-I don't know, exact
ly, but when tried to sew some but
tons on Mr.. Newlywed's shirt yester-
day, it broke every last one Of them.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-12

Man would rather propel the bicycle
of pleasure than the wheelbarrow Of
necessity.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-12

A large rart Of the machinery now
being used to; re-establish destroyed
sugar mills in Cuba is coming from
Europe.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-12
Tonxue-Twistera,

IOngue-IW1Ster0,
Here are some sentences that will
amuse you. Give them to your friends,
and have them say each of them over
as rapidly as possible. .-..
Six thick thistle sticks.
Flesh Of freshly fried flying f1sh.
Two toads totally tired tried to trot
to Tedbury.
The sea ceaseth, but it sufficeth us
Give Grimes Jim's great gilt gig
whip.
Strict strong Stephen Stringer
shared slickly six sickly silky snakes.
She stood at the door Of Mrs
Smiths fish-sauce shop welcoming
him in.
Swan swan over the sea; swim,
swan, swim! Swan swan back again.
Well swum swan!
Susan shineth shoes and socks;
socks and shoes shine Susan. She
ceaseth shining shoes and socks, for
socks and shoes shock Susan.-Wom-
ans Home Companion.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-12

Don't restrict your seasoning to the
deadly monotonous salt and pepper.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-12
Little Stories and
Incidents that Will
interest and Enter
tain Young Readers

losses he had met in his business, and
mother was saying, in her sweet, COM
forting voice, how sorry she was, and
how she would try to economize and
help him. Murray lay awake, longing
to help, too. When he went to sleep
at last, there was an idea tucked away
in one corner Of his little brain. It
woke him up the next morning, and
carried him out to the stable to talk
it over with Midget, his little Shetland
pony. For really Midget and the IDEA
were very close relation And the
tiny dog cart was a first cousin, too.
After breakfast Murray took a sheet
Of paper, carefully folded, down street
to one Of the newspaper Offices, and
handed it to one of the men,.
"It's 'vertisement," he explained.
counting out pennies on the counter
"Wiu you please to 'vertise it?'
The man read the paper under his
breath, a queer twinkle growing in his
eyes.
"Warnted! bundles to Cary by Lit
tie boy and a Pony who's father has
got to connymize."
Don't you want to put your address
on it?" the man asked, soberly.
'Oh, yes, forgot bout thatv' Muir
ray looked very important.
Suppose we say, then" the man
continued, "Send orders to PONY"
this Office heyT"
Murray thought that would do very
well, and it would be so nice to go to
the newspaper Office for his mail!
When, the next day, he did go, how
delighted he was to find in the "Pony''
letter-box four letters, and every one
Of them beginning something like this:
If the Pony whose father has lost
his money will come round to --
street, he will find bundle to carry"
And after all the bundles were car
ried-such lots of them!-how delight
ed Murray was to count the bright
dimes, jingling them one by one, and
to see how proud his father was, too!
Youths Companion. ..--.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-12
CHAPTER III.

Sitting in the coffee room of Muddle-
toms Hotel. his slippered feet planted on
the old-fashioned brass fender. the man
who had come to Worcester thought ont
the incidents of the day, and sketched
forth a map of progress for the NOR
row. Warm and dry, and at his ease, the
wan face Of the masquerader of an hour
ago came before him more often than he
had bargained for, the girl being apart
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-12

!. Patience Is the king ofrant 4:
hhnet g - ! - - g
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-09-21
Star Route With Z. z. . .

Hon. A F. Lever through his u
tiripg etfJrts haa secured s dasIy
service on Star Route 203l3 fron
Gilbert to Dupler, with free delivery
along the route. Ssid service COM
menced Mooday 19~h. Gen. Shai-
lenbergar, Second Assistant Post
master General, has always shown a
desire t? give our people j1st and
ample mail service, and We appre-
ciate his kindness and in recognizing
the claims of our wnrthy Congress-
man, who is now absent in the dis
charge Of like duties, looking after
the interest of his constituents.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-09-21
White Rock Whitt!:1gs.

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Rsv. ". A. Julian, who hss Deer
with his daughters, Mrs. J. Z. E6rd
o; Little Mountain, and Mrs. ) q
Ballentine of this place, during :oe
Summer, leaves today for his nome IL
Melrose. Fla
Mr.. J E. koon has his re= gi2.
merry in fall blast, and is giving a2i
versal satisfaction.
The Joint Council of Bethel 0ssto.
rate will Ineet, D. Y, 10 Mt. Vernon
church, at White Rock, Saturday bs-
fore the second Sunday in O::ober,
at 10 d. m.
The Educational Rally s: :ais
place last Thursday was grand SIC.
cess. Our most sanguine expects
tions were surpassed. Prof. Z 2
Settler represented Newberry Collage
Wells are drying up in this section.
Cor eiderable fever is reported.
MIR. George Rooms family has been
especially afflicted. His SOD Willie
is at this writing very low. o1t it
seems that his condition is somewhat
improved.
Our churches will be represented
at the Joint Conference in New
Brookland next Friday to Sunday.
Rev. S. G. Ballentine will 20 to
Atlanta the fifth Sunday in Ocsobe-,
to fill an appointmentin in the Lutheran
church in that city.
The phone service is being extend
ed in our community. One is now il
the Lutheran Parsonage at this place
S. 3. 3,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-09-21

Chocolate for cakes, a. the Bazaar.
Arizona republican., 1904-02-14
THE AMERICA. GIRL.

The prevailing tendency seems to be to eulogiZe this young lady with fer vor calculated to create jealousy a. mong her British sisters. At any rate my own feeling is that the American girl deserves all she gets. I have seen good deal of her. not only in England but on the continent. She varies. like the offspring of all nationalities and it may he said of her as Of the little girl in the nursery rhyme, that when she is bad she is horrid." But at her best she seems to eclipse the damsels of all other nations. I don't know quite how she does it, and not being a poet could not describe the process if I did. It is not that she is exceptionally beautiful. But she has such an irres- sistable way with her; she is such an adept in the art of looking nice; she is so witty and good humored, and she enjoys life so thoroughly. In short, had I tC decide. like Paris, between the rival charms of bevy of modern beauties. I think an American giri would probably take the apple Conse- quently I rather envy the English peers-whether or not personally re- pulsive-whC are able not only to fin1 American brides. but handsome dow ries thrown in.-Henry Labouchere in London Truth.
Arizona republican., 1904-02-14
DEVELOPMENT OF CUBA
Employment of California Capital to
 That End.

finder ordinary circumstances if would be remarkable to see Califor- mia capital going into Cuba, but the or igilation of such a deal lies in the fact that William H. Carlson. formerly may or of San Diego, and now of the Carl sor Investment company. Los Angeles. was appointed by the late President Mckinley as United States railroad commissioner to Cuba. While on that island MT. Carlson became interested sage of the reciprocity treaty with Gu ba. he has through eastern and local capital put an enormous tract of Cuban land on the market to eastern home seekers. full account of the novel transaction was published in Hearst g Los Angeles Examiner of December 17 and 22, as follows:
 (From l.. A. Examiner Dec. F. 1903.
 Seani-trOpical agriculture has proved attra to a number of Los Angeles cscStalists who closed a deal yester- day through the agency of William H Car son for the purchase of 150,0oC acres of land in Cuba comprising the Sabinal peninsula, long famous in his- tow as one of the landing places O! Christosher Columbus about 400 years ago. In fact, it is a matter of histori- cal record that during his first voyage he wrote that he never beheld such a
Arizona republican., 1904-02-14
CONFEDERATE COINAGE.

It is 2 matter of history that the en- tire coinage of the Confederate states consisted of four half-dollar pieces. The obverse side had a goddess of lib- erty (same as the United States coins) in an arc of thirteen stars, in her right hand a shield of conventional design with Liberty thereon, and below the date-1S61. On the reverse side was an American shield beneath a liberty cap. the union containing seven stars representing the seven seeding states the whole surrounded hv a wreath at the left cotton in bloom, at the right sugar cane. The legend was, "Confed- crate States Of America" In the ex ergue, Half Dol" The borders were milled and the edge was cerrated.
Arizona republican., 1904-02-14

It was the prettiest sprinting you ever saw. TEe getaway was clean, the struggle for the lead superb aud the dash for the tape most exciting. The gun men forgot to keep their eyes peeled" and they yelled like cr8zs Indians.
 We'll Ryan won by a hair. Every body was satisfied except the runners. Gibson looked like a dead man when he reached the training quarters. He ran to win, and when he realized that he was beaten he expected a rain of
Arizona republican., 1904-02-14
ONLY sec PER toT-@A DOWN AND @4 PER MONTH.

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