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THE MISSING CHERUB.
II Came Back All Right. but Little Too
LAte for the Days Auction.

Now said the auctioneer, we have
No. 1874 Of the catalogue. Colonial mirror
and as he spoke two attendants produced
from behind the screen drawn across the
end of the room the mirror referred to,
which they placed and held up between
them on a table standing on the auctioneer's
platform, where all could see it.
"A handsome. three plate mantel mirror
Of Colonial design" the auctioneer con-
tinued, with full gilt frame. How much
am l bid for it? Will you give $50 foy it?
Twenty-five? VIII you start 1t at S20?
Fifty would be a moderate price for 1t.
three plate Colonial mantel mirror, with
frame full gilt, and adorned with two
cherubs, beautiful and attractive piece
Of old time furniture. How much am
bid to start itp
Did ! say two cherubs? see there lie
but one," the auctioneer went on, glanc-
ing at the mirror as he spoke, to the mystery
Of some. at least, OF his auditors, but when
these had looked again at the mirror they
saw that up under the top moulding OF
the frame at the upper end OF one Of the
two gilded strips that crossed the mirror
from top to bottom, dividing 1t into three
plates, with the narrower plates at the
ends. was a cute little cherub. There
should have been like little cherub at
the top Of the other strip, but one cherub
was gone. And then they understood.
""There IL one cherub missing said
the auctioneer, -and we will sell the mirror
as IL stands, shy one cherub.
we have the other cherub, now, said a
modest voiced man who appeared at this
juncture from behind the screen, addressing
himself TO the auctioneer.
-The missing cherub has been found
the auctioneer resumed in his even, well
modulated tones. 4and now we can offer
the mirror with no part lacking. How
much am bid for the three plate Colonial
mantel mirror with full gilt frame? How
much am bid to start it?-
But now nobody seemed to want to bid
on it. Whether the auctioneer's frankness
had been too much for them, or what,
they were not inclined to bid; and after he
had dwet upon it for moment longer
I'VE will pass the mirror for to-day"
said the auctioneer, -and restore the missing
cherub, and offer it to you again, in COM
plete form tomorrow.
And now we have lot No. i7ss OF the
catalogue, a
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Lieoriee Grows wild Along the Tisris.

From Wt Baltimore Herald. -
bundle OF llcoricG root-slim. rough sticks OF
tobacco brown wood-lay on the counter and the
sailor took one up and began to chew Its end.
Il have seen the place where this stun grove
wild" he said. do YOU know where that Isl"
Can't say do" replied the druggist
"It Is along the banks" said the sailor. "of the
Tigris and the Euphrates. The lIcorice is wild
plant In them parts. II stands three feet high
and Its roots reach the water. For miles and miles
the lcorice patches spread, and the smell Of them
nils the air. II Is sweet heavy smell.
I'm them parts they cut the lcoricc plants regu.
larly and they use the poor. crooked. imperfect
sticks for nrewood. The good clean. straight
sticks they bundle up-just like this bundle here
and ship TO England and America. Some OF tho
sticks 20 10 druggists. 10 be sold cheap or given
away. but most OF them. nearly all OF them. go TO
the snun and tobacco manufacturers. What fort
Why. TO be used in sdulter-I mean In nsvorns
tobacco and snur.s
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queen Makes Money From Dairy Products.
From Success.


Tis an old story that the kings OF Bavaria
have long derived a very considerable profit
from their breweries In Munich. and now
from n neighborinR corner Of Europe come
the details OF another instance of royalty
in business Wilhelmina. Queen OF Holland.
is making money by selling milk and butter
As child Wilhelmina kept chickens. =
She loved them dearly. had pet names for
most Of them. fed them to the queen y taste
literally and. quite incidentally. made
pocket money out Of them. With her acces-
sion to the throne the barnyard was for
gotten. but perhaps the royal state has be-
come q matter of course, allowing the
uueenly thoughts to travel back to the more
prosaiC pleasures OF other days.
Whatever the reason. not long ago Prince
Henry bought for his royal wife, several
COWS. which are placed on the rich land ad-
joining the palace al Loo. These prospered
so wen and their milk and butter added so
much to the deli ghts Of the palace table
that the queen decided to engae ee Ia the
business oil dairyinE. The manager OF her
estates has since visited all the famous stock
farms OF the country and has purchased
thirty-four Of the best cows TO be had in all
Holland These have Joined their fellows
who led the way In the experiment, and
dairy products are now on sale under the
palace auspices. for the venture has proved
far more than eelf-supporting
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RECALLS AN OLD TRAGEDY.
Account OF . shooting IN boston. written
on Old Tables Drawer.

BosToN Dec. 24.-An old table built OF
heavy walnut in this city more than 100
years ago, and now owned by Henry H.
Goodman, business man Of Chattanooga.
Tenn, recalled an old-time tragedy, that
startled Boston more than a century ago,
When il was sent to shop to be cleaned.
While the repairer was at work upon the
table he found story Of the shooting
affair written on the bottom of one of the
drawers.
Mr.. Goodman purchased the piece of
furniture from man named Thompson,
who previously bought it at an auction
sale in Chattanooga; and the new owner
discovery and to learn further. II possible,
the history of the table.
The story Of the tragedy, as found on
the drawer, was as follows:
If any one ever finds this, they will get
the history of this table as my father gave
it to me. 1t was bought from John Cav
thorn Il Co., furniture dealers, OF Boston,
Mass, in 1742. He used it in his Office
and home for twenty-seven years: At
his death. my father, Samuel Singleton,
came into possession Of it and used it in
wholesale broker. -.
1T was behind this table that he had a
sad experience. One evening about z
O'Clock, as he and my uncle, John Singleton,
were preparing 10 go nome, he seateo
masked men, who afterward proved to
be Robert Henry and Jake Holston, entered
the office. One of them, Rob Henry, shot
my father through the left shoulder. Hol-
ston shot at my uncle, but missed. As my
uncle pulled his pistol, Hoston made for
the door, but he did not reach it, as he was
brought down by a bullet through the
shoulder. He recovered. and was SEN
fenced to the pententiary for twenty-one
years.
My father shot Henry through the
heart, aud he fell on the right hand end of
the table, where you can SEE blood stains.
We have had the table for fort,S-tbree years,
and value it very highly, BID will sell 1t
to Blackburn Il Co. to-morTow,>as / need
the money very bad.
oct. I, 1S4S. WILLIAM SIEGLBToS.'
The marks Of the blood referred to In
this statement of so long ago are plainly
visible on the table even now, Mr.. Good
man saws.
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CANDLE LIGHT. IN NEW FORK.
still. With Lamps, the Only Kind In. Parts
OF The Branx-East Side Uses II, fTeo.- .

Still, With Lamps, the Only Kind In ParU
OF The Branx-East Side Uses II, ,Teo.- -
While the city of New York is troubled BY
the cost of public electric lighting, sofiA
thousands Of its inhabitants, SO far as do
nestle illumination Is concerned have not :
yet fully emerged from the era Of the candle
All over the upper Bronx people still cit
by the evening kerosene lamp and go to
bed by candle light Once you get away
from main thoroughfares only the we'll ;
to do or those engaged in active business
have electric light or even gas. on is aii
economy to the poor and luxury 10 the'
rich.
The poor trim their own lamps, and have
only few; the rich have many, II they.
have any, and the use Of oil complicates the
servant question. II Is probable that o
large and brisk family accustomed to do
it's own work would still find it profitable 10
set up old-fashioned candle mouIds and
manufacture its own light.
On the East Side. somewhat the sarffe =
conditions prevail. Coal oil is the favorite
light with thousands because ii Is the cheap, :.
est. But candles are used for special pur-
poses, and the city probably consunes t..
more candles now than at any other time &
In its history. = ''.' I'D -
The cheapest candles on the East Side
are some wnlCn arc eofu fOr Jewish 00ro~.
Inonial purposes. They belong to an earlier
period than the familiar moulded candle, /.
for they are tallow dips. Those candles,
rather lees than half an inch thick. and about 4
Ave inches long, sell by the bunch at eight
cents for forty. 'r- ."
Gilbert White discovered, nearly one
hundred and thirty years ago, that in his
parish Of 'Selborne the rush light was The
cheapest possible illuminAnt for the peas
antry, and bemoaned the fact that poor folk ..
would buy half penny candles. which In their +.
draughty cottages burned out in two hours, =
instead Of tallow-dipped rushes, which we're
much cheaper. The half penny candle yieldadf /,
light at the rate Of farthing an hour; the
rate per hour Of the rush light was less than
a tenth OF a farthn g, and an enterprising,
peasant family That did its own dipping
could reduce the cost to thirty-third OF a
farthing an hour. 70. ...i = -
Gilbert Whites rush lights would cost a
good deal more in New York city today. Z"
but, as in his day, go in this. the cheapest
light is still the oldest. the tallow dip, The.
art Of dipping candles, however, is almost
lost. II Is practised on the East Side now
only by few recent immigrants from
Europe, who have brought with them
strange customs and petty economics
which the New World forgot more than q +.
generation ago. -.
The sun., 1904-12-25

Ny two dogs were not long In starting ono.
The day was trihe warm, but that bear
gave the dogs the deuce and all Of run
II was two hours, ! guess. before be came
tearing by where was 30 ! could get 2
bullet found him, and the big fellow stopped
In his tracks so sudden that It made me
sBut he didn't fall He was quite a long
shot away, l was pulling up TO give HIM
snothsr bs, s slug when G% sSpPssd s,S yn 1 %
wide open. There that bear stood right
where he had stopped when my bullet hit
him, and he was shrinking away almost
like toy balloon with hole punched IN IT,
The dogs hadn't come up yet, but ~ could que,
soon came on the scene in full cry, BY
the time they got there, though, that bear
had shr1Ink 80 that he looked like a pelt
hanging on fence, and stood there star
ing at the sight. The dogs kept right on
toward the bear. and when they got to
within couple Of yards Of 1t saw them
come to stop and act the queerest- kind.
Il don't blame EN- said /. That bear
is enough to scare panther into fits.
-The dogs kept on barking though, and
tracks to see that shrunk-up bear- which
had been bigger around than barrel Ave
minutes before, he was 30 fat, 90 sfouching
away, and he got out OF sight before !
could recover sense enough TO, shoot !
guess II was a minute before got myself
together enough to go over to the dogs,
which. to my further amazement, hadn't
started on the trail after the bear took itup
again. / wasn't so much surprised nt 1t
when got to them, for soon figured the
situation out
THAT bear had been simply rolled round
and loaded up with fat when we started
him that day, and the long run had heated
1t up so that the fat had done the only thing
1t could do-just melted. And when my
bullet ploughed a hole in the bears side It
was like knocking the spigot out Of barrel
Of cider. Out of the bear the melted fat
began to spout
sThe bear stopped to let It spout, he was
so glad Of the relief. The fat ran out, and
the bear shrunk and shrlnk. When the
dogs came along they struck stream OF
bear fat. That fat hardened about 'em, as
bear fat will, and when l got over there
those dogs we're stuck in 1t solid up to their
knees. And the bear got away.
Yes, sir, said Col Furlong, Il wish you'd
bring along pair of those alligator bears
with you when you come over again, Brother
Damn. Just as like as not we can start a
race Of 'em here that will help. us out con-
Siderable
The man from Florida sauntered over to
the desk and looked over the register.
A. Damn he muttered. ss he came to
his name. A. DAMN
Then lie picked up the pen and ,emphati-
cally writing @Chump' after his name, told
tho clerk he guessed he'd go to his room.
The sun., 1904-12-25
ensd him He did, indeed. by all the saint
In tho calendar"

ened him. He did, indeed, by all the saints
In the calendar
A year passed. Tho abbess Of the con-
vent and the daughter OF Maese Perez,
herself musician OF note, we're talking
In whispers.
The church. In former years so crowded.
was almost empty now save for one or Two
'You nee, there Ia no one here, my child
The The abbess was sssying 'to play for u.s.
Il am afraid the girl replied. 'Msten,
will tell you:
me to play i came here to practice q little.
The church was empty and dark. hut BY
the faint reflection Of the light before the
high altar saw dim figure sitting before
the organ. 1t was my father!'
The abbess looked kindly at the young
aDo not be frightened, my child. Your
father is In heaven, and 1t is far more hkely
that he will inspire you on this holy night
than appear to give you fright. Co. now
The daughter Of Maese Perez made her
way very obediently to the organ loft and
with trembling fingers pulled out the stops. .
Mass began. Nothing unusual occurred
until the time Of the Conservation. AZ that
first sound came a cry from the organ
The abbess and some Of the nuns rushed
there. Maese Perer's daughter, leaning
rigidly against the door, was pointing to the
organ. Their eyes turned in the direction
indicated. There was no one at the organ,
and still it went on sounding like the voices
Of archangels, in burst Of mystic Joy.
did not tell you 80, neighbor' There's
some mystery In all this ] presume you
all Seville. The Archbishop is furious, and
with good reason. Think OF his having
missed the miracle at the convent and
listening instead to the crazy discords
which that wicked organist played.
Il told you that man could never have
played the music we heard last year on
Christmas eve. It was lie. That music
came from another soul. There Is mystery
in all this, my dear believe me!'
Yes, there was mystery 4 deep and
Maese Perez
The sun., 1904-12-25
THE COZ IN BLANKETS.
Mount ed Police Learn How to Keep Warm
while on Trzfflc Duty.

1t is pretty cold work at this season
that the mounted policemen detailed for
duty In regulating street traffic are called
upon to do, and it is pretty cold for the
horses, too, required as they are to stand
motionless in one spot for long stretches
Of time.
1t was easy to protect the horses, in some
measure at least, from the cold by putting
on them the regulation department blankets
OF buif with the word Police appearing
in cloth letters on the sides, but 1t was not
quite so easy to provide protection for
the men.
This has been accomplished, however,
by letting them wear blankets, too. which
are worn about the hips and legs. The
blanket for the man Is laid across the sadd g,
and then the ends on either side are wrapped
forward over him in such manner as to
envelop his legs and feet. .r
So horses and men are now both blank
eted; and IL the blankets around the mems
legs are not exactly picturesque, they serve
their purpose well, and they do not look
at all inappropriate.
The sun., 1904-12-25
wo,ve, numerous in Northwest.

Tuo Hnrbor CORE spon derce 81, Paul Dospdtch.
According TO statements made by settlers.
wolves are causing more trouble tn year
than for many years past. II is chair that
the animals this year are more MI erons
men when alone In the northern woodN
The only explanation for the boIder attf-I
tude OF the animals is that fewer deer than
season by hnnters who desire only the heads
OF horns ~ trophies, and Rave the carcaees
IN the Tllas ms Is aeeSnnsed 1 me i3r, not by
because through the absence OF snow in the
woods during the open eebsop Iees Vppof~
tunity was afforded 20 kill the big ssme, g
The sun., 1904-12-25

'Come or the moose said. 'off the lake.
Or you will wish you had at length
The lion gave his name a shake,
Az II to show his great name strength.
As you desire like your vim.
A social lion, perhaps you are:
II 90, you'll soon be IN the swimi'
The sun., 1904-12-25
When Mr.. Hippo went TO skate

When Mr.. Hippo went TO skate
Out on the geologic lake,
The animals OF lighter weight
In chorus cried; For goodness sake!'
The bull moose sought the nearest shore,
The lion. smiling soornfully,
Remarked with still more soornful roar,
sSo behemoth can friahtan mel.
The sun., 1904-12-25
The hippo tried q fancy strut

The hippo tried q fancy strut
Then came the universal jar
He calmly said I'm no star, but
fancy have cut start
.I'll take you in, the watchdog cried,
IT'S criminal to be so stoutl'
The hippo merrily replied,
First you will have 10 take me outl'
The sun., 1904-12-25

'Wait, waltz the lean giraffe exclaimed;
you bet it's weight" the hippo said,
For he would jest II he we're named
moment later with the dead.
They saw the brave life saver stretch
His head athwart the icy wreck,
And heard this from the rescued wretch
1--WE gained the bomestretch by q neckl'
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-07-15
rIIAnrER no

CHAPTER ilia
AN ACT Aholishlng the Necessity of Eli
ing Reasons OF Appeal, Being In Amend
ment of Sections I, ., and OF Chapter
sia of the General Laws. and OF Chapter
gb2 OF the Public Laws
PASSED March ~, i90l
II II enacted by the General Assembly NJ
fellows;
Section / section ~ chapter ela " the
General Laws Is amended go as to read as
follows;
section / Every person nggriovcd by
the sentence of any district court on any
complaint for amy offence that is within
the Jurisdiction uf such court to try and
determine. may appeal from such sem
tcncc to the common pleas division of the
supreme court iu tho spmc county: the
appeal 60 ba claimed Within Ave DAYS after
the passing of such sentence. such appeal
may hc claimed either I'm the court an.
pcalcd from or in the onicc of tho clerk
~ such court or az the iail, or NJ the
state work house aud house of correction
or at the state reform school, before any
Justice oi the suprom" court or hpforc tho
Judge or clerk of thu court appealed from
or bCfore any of the persons authorized TO
take hail at the pcnsl institutions of the
state
Sec I? section of chapter eia ~ the
General Laws is amended so as to read M
follows,
"scc . Upon every claim of appcnl tho
appellant. to obtain DISCHARGE from immr-
dato imprisonment shall ho required Ia
eive recognlaancc in such sum ns the per-
son taklag the rccognizanco shall direct.
with surety or surCtios to the satisfaction
of such person conditioned that the np-
pellant will appear Va the court appealed
to- ana thoro prosecute his appeal with
eject. and abide or perform the order or
sentence of the court appealed to in such
case. and that he viii Ia The meantime
keep the peace towards al tho people OF
this state, ana such rccoEniznucc SHAH be
taken hy any of the persons before whom
appeal may ho claimed "
Sec. B. Section . of said chapter 2i1 IN
amended so ~ 10 read ns folowsi
"Scc r. In all snch appeals the assign
mont nny of Eaid appeal ease shall be ln
the common pleas division Of the supreme
court " In Providence county. on the
flrst Monday of the month exclusive Of
August and September whose first Mon
certify the foregoing to be true copies.
Attest CHARLES =. BENNETT,
Secretary Of State.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-07-15
-<eith's NOW Theatre

One Of the most notable productions
ever given at Kei,h's by the Albec Stock
Company will be that of the coming
week, when an elaborate production OF
OF Sardou's famous play. MADAME Sane.
Gene will be given. with the title role
OF this play the names of several OF the
worlds most famous actresses have been
connected, among them Madame ejane,
Ellen Terry. Katherine kidder. Blanche
Bates, Ada Rehan and others. while the
role OF Napoleon In this play has been In.
terprsicd by no less great an actor than
Sir Henry Irving of whose eharae,eriza-
lions this ranked ss among the most In
teresting. 1t Is long time sinee thls
play has been given In this city, and iu
presentation by the Albee Company 10
certain TO attract large crowds The
theme OF this play 10 too we'll known to
need telling now. The p,riod 10 that of
Napoleon. and Il exposes the chickering's
and petty jeslousies of his court. giving
clear picture of the Little Corporal"
himself as he was In the bosom OF his
own family and also the washerwoman.
who became . Duchess, the warn. hearted
Madame Sans.Cene, or MADAME Don't
Care
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-07-15
SAUNDERSVlLLE.

The remaining buildings on the knoll
known as Hog Island" . little weu Of
this village, were destroyed by fire carly
Wednesday morning. The largest mouse Z.
known a. the Hotel Danielson. was oecu-
pied by man named Suinburn, X. Il.
Taft. the owner being located al Brighton
Park tor the summer season. An sd.
joining house was rented by James II.
Russell a blacksmith employed by W. II.
Bowen of North Seituaic. The fire
started In the Hotel and when discovered
1t had got 90 good hesdway that moth.
ing ,uld be done but to get out quickly.
This Is what Mr.. Suinb urn. his bart, ndsr
and his family did. The Russell hou,e
soon caught and all that eould be dor .
then was 10 save some furniture. II will
be remembered that tho old MILL famous
for its glove fights, burned some time sgo.
The Island" now stands forlorn and des.
olate.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-07-15
EVANSVILLE.

The mill Ia running full time aGain.
A. a. Sack 10 spending the summer a,
the Pier.
Oscar Ausrs market IL filling . long
telt want.
Pawtuxet water has been Installed on
Ailendale avenue.
William Swales 10 soldering this week
at the State Camr.
Paul and Emil Petcher. the musical ar
ts,s. are 'pendingI,heIr vacation.
Highway Commissioner Sweet was
here on Wednesday looking over the
Lymansyille streets.
Busine" 10 good at the woonssqustueket
Casino. The Centerdale people held .
social there on Monday night and on
Tuesday evening Philip Barnes gave an
illustrated song entertainment.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-07-15

upon rhe general treasurer in favor OF
each town I'm said union for the payment
OF one-half the proportional amount SO
certified; Provided. the amount paid to
any one union shall not exceed seven hum
dred iiftS dollars which amount shall be
paid for the salary OF said supcrintend-
ont 90
Sec. 3 section s OF Chapter ll0 Of the
Public Laws H. hereby amended So as 10
read as follows:
'Scc. 3. I'm case any town or city not
unitcd with any other town or city for
the purposes of this act shall annually
pay at, least hft,'u hundred dollars for
the salary of "A superintendent Of schools,
such town or city shall he euttlcd To sew
en- hundred hfty dollars from the state
treasury, which amount shall be paid
toward the salary of said superintendent,
and the commissioner of public schools
shall draw his order for said amount
upon receipt of IN" proper certificate
from the chairman ana clerk ~ the school
committee uf said town.
See, 4 THIS act shall take effect on and
after it's paHsags ana all acts and parts
Of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed.