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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-03
SIZE OF OCEAN STEAMERS.
Increased Over Fifty Per Cent Durins
Quarter of Century.

Increased Over Fifty Per Cent During
Quarter of a Century.
The average length Of ships has In
creased some 80 to 90 per cent during
the last quarter Of a century, The
455 feet of the Britannia of 1874 seem
almost Insignificant compared with the
702 feet of the latest White Star Liner
Cedric and the 76O feet of the project
ed Cunarders. The L. 0O-foot vessel will
assuredly not be long in coming.
Berths are even now devised to accord
with this standard, and entrance locks
and craving docks are also being
heightened. A few years back 500 feet
were considered an extreme dimension,
nowadays this is deemed very moder-
ate. The length of an entrance lock
does not, of course, absolutely limit
the size Of vessels.
The beam Of ships has increased
more rapidly than the length. The
beam Of the Brittanic was 10 feet and
ratio between length and breadth of
about 10 to l was maintained fairly
well until ten years ago, when the
Campania was built with a breadth Of
65 feet to a length of 900 feet. At
present the dimensions exhibited in the
Cedric and Celtic, length $50 feet,
breadth rs feet; the Waimer Castle,
length $40 feet, breadth Ga feet, and
other recent vessels indicate a decid-
ed tendency toward the establishment
Of a ratio Of 8 to l. The maximum
beam does not yet exceed Is feet,
which Is amply covered by entrance
locks and passages 80 to 100 feet in
width, constructed fifty years ago IN
der the regime of paddle steamers.
Consequently the increase in beam has
not had so perceptible an effect on
dock construction as the increase in
length.
Only in depth has the progress Of
naval construction been less marked.
The draught of the Campania, 23 feet
in 1893 was no greater than that of
some vessels twenty years before. The
latest German types have a loaded
draught Of only 20 feet, while the most
modern British vessels attain to 80
feet, but in neither case is the increase
proportional to that of the other dimen-
sions. This discrepancy Is due 10 the
difficulty Of obtaining adequate depth
Of water in approaching channels and
over the stills of existing docks.-Cas-
sier's Magazine.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-03
Joke that Cost a Dollar.

John R. Mclean and the late Frank
Hatton left a Washington hotel one
evening for quiet walk and business
talk. AS they were meandering down
a residence street, Mr.. Hatton saw an
Irishman approaching with an IN
steady gait, and told Mclean he would
have some fun with him.
When they met, Hatton accosted
the half-inebriate, pushed him up
against a wall, handed him a half>6ol
lar and said:
"Take that money, and quit TELLING
the neighbors that l don't pay my
debts"
The Hibernian gripped the money
gazed at Hatton, saw instantly that II
was joke or mistaken identity, and
replied:
"YeE fergit that it was a dollar yer
borryed."
And Mr.. Hatton had to give I'D an
other half-dollar.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-03
RARE AMERICANA cATALoot

historical Documents in Europe AEa
Listed ia $50 Volumes.
catalogue Of remarkable kind Id
at the moment being completed In Lon
don, says the London Chronicle. It is
an index of the manuscripts referring
to the period OF the American revolu-
ton which are in the archives Of Eng
land, France, Holland and Spain.
For about thirty years its compila-
ton occupied the late Benjamin Frank.
lin Stevens. who was 50 well known as
dispatch agent here for the American
government It was the pet task Of
his life, as well as Of his leisure hours
and ne left 1t almost finished --thanks
to the considerable staff which he had
working on it. There is not and there
never can be another catalogue just
like it and its inevitable destiny would
seem to be the library of Congress at
Washington.
The period covered dates from 1853,
when the rumblings Of the American
revolution began, to 1888, when the ire
mendous chapter for which 1t stood In
the worlds history could be summed
up. If 1t was time Of the sword, it
also was time Of the pen, as Mr..
Stevens catalogue index proves. In
1t there are entered no fewer thanc161 :
600 documents, compiled in three di-
visions. First here is catalogue in
fifty volumes Of beautifully written
manuscript of these documents, as In
Dictated by short titles. Then comes a
chronological index in a hundred vol
umes. with subscription of each docu-
ment and It's contents. Finally an al
phabetical index, arranged according
to the writers and receivers of papers
or, in the absence of names, the sub.
jects-runs to thirty yolumes-in all
$50 volumes Of manuscript. At one
time proposal for a grant in aid Of
Mr.. Stevens undertaking was made in
Congress, but it did not come to any
thing. This was not for want of ap-
probation Of the catalogue, but be.
cause it is always hard to get big
Parliament to attend to small meas.
ure. The index has hem valued at
100000, but, being unique, it may be
said to be without money and with.
out price, ..'
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-03
NOT { oop.

e,N.e to my arms, my datling;
Sorne. for the nishtfan Il near; rs.
y 80 ana thy mother shall SEND thee
~ ~ dreamland with never d fear. ~
eone. and thy mother shall sing thee
1 lullaby softly and love-
ding thee to rest and to dTearnland
Tre darker the day doth grow.
And as thou sleepest my dear one,
visions win come 20 her eyes
visions Of thee, strong In manhood,
Noble and gentle and wise. "a 80.
Her heart viii glow at the picture,
Thrilling with joy and with pride,
VET the tears sadly fall as she presses
Thee close, little. one, to her side.
And she knows that always at twilight,
wherever, wherever thou art.
The same little lullaby, darling,
She'll sing to thee down In her heart
Boston Transcript.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-03

perate case; and on an impulse de-
termined that I would seek her and
take ghostly counsel from her. / re-
membered that she haunted the up
per floors.
l went up beyond the floor on which
my room was situated and found my
self in darkness. Then, suddenly,
even as tried to mutle my footsteps,
I saw a dim light in the distance
the light of a candle. Down the
length Of the corridor there advanced
toward me the stately small figure of
Great-aunt Janet; so real that she
might have stepped straight out Of
her frame downstairs. She held the
candle high, and I thought, looking at
her as she advanced, what presenta-
BILE old lady she was.
It took me a moment or two to find
my tongue, and then, fearing that she
might disappear before l had had time
to state my errand, / clasped my
hands and blurted out what l had to
say.
"Great-aunt Janet! Sweet Great
aunt Janet! Have mercy upon me and
help me! l love the dearest girl in
all the world-and her name is Dora
and l haven't dared to tell her so
before. If you can show me the
way"
Jack, dear, if you would hold the
candlestick-"
I caught the candlestick-and Dora
After a breathless interval, during
which the lovely little face had been
pressed close to mine again and
again, and 1 had seen, even by that
dim candle light, look in the blue
ewes 1 had never hoped to see, she
gave -er explanation.
81 was in love myself, Jack, and I
thought there might be some other
unhappy lover who wanted advice or
Or consolation. So l thought would
be Great-aunt Janet-and l dressed
in these things-and l came out
lust in case-."-Indianapolis Sun.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-03

edge a liking for Brownlng-these are
minor matters indeed; but it Is over
just such trifes that many of us waste
precious moments and more precious
brain matter. Let the man and the
woman shake himself or herself free
from the coils of what "they say" or
chow it looks" Let them be big
enough not to bother about such little
things. Let them think less about
their own persons and more how to
enjoy and profit by and be good in the
big, interesting world of people and
things which is all about them.-Home
Companion.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-03
OUR sELF-CONsCIOUsNEss.
Always Wondering What Our Neigh
b3rs Are Thinking.

Always Wondering what our Ne1Eh'
bors Are Thinking.
Thoreau Enthusiastically says;
"If YOU want to know a mans faults,
ask his friends. They will not tell
YOU. but they know" 1t is because
we believe SO thoroughly in America
and Americans that we interest our
selves in trying to find out our faults.
One such occurs to us to which 1t
Seams worth while to call attention.
This is our self-consciousneSs-a thing
which does a vast deal toward hin
dering the freedom Of the individual
It Is this continual consciousness OF
self that makes us Americans SO rear
full of what our neighbors think OF
us, that hampers us in our thought
and that makes us less able to act as
our right reasoning would dictate Inc
Englishman, for instance, sails along
calmly ignoring the whole world. Th1s
attitude is provocative Of much hu-
NOR at his expense, but does he not
do better by himself than the man
who is continually looking from right
tn left to see what people about think
of him? The latter is so busy that
he has no time to realize himself
"NIind your own business and endeaV-
or to be what you are made" says
the Ouotable Thoreau.
THAT is what we need to have drum
mod into us from day to day. How
people take our jokes, how they like
Tho cut of our frocks or our coats,
what they think of our sitting in the
second balcony instead Of the orches-
+ra of q theater. whether they think
we are affected because we acknoWl-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-03

the Dutch or Holland mill. The
windmill of this form is used to pump
water for a town herd of cows vary
ing from so to 100 head near Grand
Island, Nebraska. Mills of this STYLE
are mounted on tall, slender towers,
or upon milk houses, sheds or barns.
For the four fans covered with duck
are often substituted six fans of thin
lumber The smallest Of them. are ten
to twelve feet in diameter. the larg-
est being about thirty-six feet across.
The canvas sails are fitted with brass
eyelets and fastened on with rope.
The sails are removed or furled when
in disuse.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-03
Police Protection in Citiea.

According to the last bulletin of the
United States Department of Labor.
the average yearly appropriation for
maintaining the police department in
the six principal cities in America ia:
New York, $10,OO0,OOO; Chicago, ST..
100000; Philadelphia, 100000; Ros-
ton, $1,70000O; Baltimore, 500 900.
This is equal to So per capita for New
York, 81 for Chicago, $2.75 for Boston,
1925 for st. Louis and $1.75 for Balti-
more.-Omaha Bee.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-03

HOW THE BATTLESHIP HATSUSE LOST,
Inc destruction OF the Hasuse by off
e disaster
an rather than piece of naval
displacement
the cost Of million The
sion Of
strewg the high with The revised
officers and 1878 blueacke
board the Hasus while bukets
injured Seven officers thirteen
injured
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-03
HOMEMADE WINDMILL

Used to Pump Water for Herd of 100
Nebraska Cows
The windmill represented in the &C
companying illustration is described
in bulletin No. SO, issued by the Uni
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-03

Many a man goes broke because Of
the winning ways Of women and gam
blers. a--a ra...-.t ...-..
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-03
,Japet's CApdIestitk.

~~~~~~~

.66 IN her day-mind you, / said
in her day--the old lady was
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-03
Why She LIS Happy,

Bessie Kitty is going to be married
and she tells me she is the happiest
woman in all the world.
Aunt Jane-Must be going to have
a model husband.
Bessie-Don't know. She didn't saw
anything about him. But you should
see what daisy engagement ring she
has.-Boston Transcript.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-03
WhifRWash-

Mr.. Newlywed-We shall need some
whitewash for the cellar.
Mrs. Newlywed-Yes, dear; would
you mind running down to the drug
store" for some lime water--or is II
lime juice they usef-Philadeluhia
Record.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-09
TALK OF THE TOWN.

Buy Ladd's Cream Bread at GrImn's
store No. Barre,
Ginghams for 12ae, a fne assortment, at
Veale & knights.
See McWhorters window for the latest
and best things In mems, soys and chill
dren's caps.
The Ladies Aid society Of the Congre-
gationai church viii hold their annual
sugar social in the church paTlors, on
Monday, April 18th from i to p, m. The
sugar has been obtained from some Of the
best sugar makers in town. Admission l5e
The Varsonvenne will be danced for the
first time 10 this city at the chiIdren's ball
Thursday evening. April a. Every
mother who has had children in the school
the past season, viii be presented with a
complimentary ticket. The price of adj
mission for spectators win be p cents
Marks Bros. Company, supporting May
A. Bell Marks, will commence a week s
return engagement at the Barre opera
house next Monday evening This com
pany played a weeks engagement here a
few months ago and in the minds Of many
1t was the most satisfactory repertoire
company that has appeared in Barre In a
long time. The company is a capable
one and gives strong support to May A.
Bell Marks, whose acting is characterized
by remarkable intensity and perfectly le-
climate and artistic methods Special
ties that are up to date are introduced be-
tween acts at every performance. Even
ing prices 100, 15c and 25c; matinees
Wednesday and Saturday 10 cents.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-09
RECORD OF THE PAST.
No stronger Evidence Can BE Had
in Barre.

Look wen to their record, What
they have done many times IN years
gone by is the best guarantee for
future results. Anyone with a bad
back; any reader suffering from urin-
airy troubles; from any kidney Ills, will
ind in the following evidence proof
that relief and cure is near at hand.
/. II. Hooker. contractor and build
ep.of 10l Prospect St., says II doc
tored and used almost every known
remedy for my Kidneys, but nothing
did me any good. There was con-
slant dull pain just over those organs
and I could not sit but short time,
for It made me so nervous that l had
to get up and walk around, Kidney
weakness which was very annoying
and painful through the night existed,
while in the morning there was dis
tressing retention. / was very pa0
when / heard Of Doan's Kindey Pills.
I got a box at p. A. Drown q co 3.
drug store, No. As North Main Street,
Barre vermont more out Of curiosity
than expecting results. Well, AFTER
using ii, / felt so encouraged that l
continued the treatment and took hve
boxes in all. I felt better in every
way than ] had for a number Of years.
I never used medicine that did me
as much good as Doans Kidney PITS.
Doan's Kidney pills are for sale by
all dealers Price SO cents. Foster
Milburn Co, Buffalo, n. Y, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name-poan's--and
take no substitute,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-09
Barre Gas Bonds

We offer for sale at par and accrued interest.
subject to previous sale, any part Of $4,000 Of
the First Mortgage Registered per cent Coupon
Bonds Of The PEOPLES LIGHTING. HEATING
AND POWER co.. Of the City Of Barre. vt, In
terest payable January ! and JulY I, denOmtna-
lion $500: The Barre Savings Bank and Trust
Co.. Trustee.
The proceeds Of these Bonds are to be used in
completing the construction Of gas plant at
Barre.
E. K. DUNBAR & CO.,
I59 Devonshire St.. Boston, Mass.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-09
d. A. kirkland.

Brick Mason, Plasterer and Contractor; all
materials furnished at lowest market prices,
Satisfaction guaranteed. d. A. KIRKLAND.
0fice Room g. Miles Granite Block; Office
hours to p. M Telephone, l04-l2.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-09
HE BARRE DAILY TIMES
SATURDAY. Arm ., 1904.


when he said he didn't need insnrance2
If he didit, his family did when they said
that they would have been penniless with
out It. 55th year, doing business in 80
states.
The National Life Insurance Company
OF Vermont tMutuall ORGANIZED In
1850. S. S. Ballard, General Agent, n. B.
Ballard, Local Agent. Rooms and 3,
Miles Block, Barre. Vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-09
HAIR GOODS.

Mrs. C. s. Meaker, % Jefferson St. my agent
will BE glad 70 furnish Hair Goods, Wigs Er8nl
Pieces, switches, etc, II not IN stock, at shoft
notice from my Manchester store. Thanking
the public for their liberal patronage IL sha
past and soliciting a c0ntinuNnoasaf the sa1ne
10 the future for my agent and mySslt I ana
yours with AL respect, 8. III X0Kh. s
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-09
Nonoa

Anyone wishing to buy second hand
goods would do well to call at the A.
Tomasi Block on the corner Of Merchant
and Main street, third floor Joseph Cal
eapni,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-09
Notice to Granite cutters.

Keep away from MONTREAL, CAN
ADA, until trouble there is settled. Alex
Robertson. Secretary Barre Branch, G. G.
N. II. 81
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-09
1910.

Doyendo lasciare Barre per m0tivi d
Interest," metto in vendita la mia Mobigla,
tano aryisati G. Calcagni, A. Tomasl
block.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-11

ONCE Constructing Quartermaster
Astoria. ore, August GO, l9OI.-Sealed
proposals. In triplicate. will be received
Mt this Office until 10 o'clock q, m,
September "a, 1904, and then opened
for the construction OF frame pump
house, removing and resetting old
boiler. smokestack and machinery fur
nishing and setting two new boilers
and smokestnck and make connections
with wells; also change IN distributing
of water system and the setting and
connecting Of four generating sets for
electric light at Fort Stevens, ore,
United States reserves the right to re-
ject any or all proposals. Plans can
be seen and specifications obtained at
this Office, Envelopes should be marked
proposals for construction and I'D
dressed Captain Goodale, Quartermas-
ter. Astoria, Oregon.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-11
STEAMER MAY HAVE SUNK.
Distress Signals Shown Of Massa
chusetts Coast.

Highland Light, Mass, Sept TO-
About $3.50 last night surf man at
Pamet River Life Saving station saw
the lights of steamer heading north
up the coast Shortly after the vessel
sent up distress signals and for more
than half an hour the signals were con-
stantly being made. Suddenly they
ceased, the lights disappeared and s
believed the vessel went down. An hour
later boats were seen by the surfman
trying to make a landing at Pamet
river through the high surf.
The patrol warned them not to at
tempt and they pulled outside the
breakers, awaiting daylight
The crew Of Cahoons Hollow station
reported that steamer believed to be-
long to the lighthouse service passed
that station early last night and may
be the one sunk.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-11
BANKER HELD BY eRleANos.
Narrow Escape and Severe Aardships
of the Victim.

/ Fort Worth, Texas, Sept lO.--A dis.
patch to the Record from Roswell. n
NJ, says:
Banker Eiland has returned to his
home at Portales, n. NJ, and verified
the story that he had been held By
brigands in the state of Sonora, Mex
leo. He has lost so pounds in flesh
He is known as conservative business
man and the story that he had fallen
into the hands Of brigands who de-
manded ransom from his wife at Por.
tales, N. NJ, was not doubted. He was
forced by the bandits to write to his
wife and to sign the name of George
Reese. He said:
Il was captured August by four
men and they robbed me of every
thing had. think It was In the state
Sonora, Mexico. They Immediately
carried me to the mountains and | was
made to walk every day and was fed
very little. AT night / was tied with
ropes. On pain Of instant death the
bandits made me write the letter to
my wife demanding the ransom, COM
PEELED me to sign the name of George
Reese and made me misspell the name
The letter was mailed from the town
of oputa They changed positions
every day and marched me through
the mountains until the night of Au-
gust 30, when / made my escape. /
secured a sharp rock and cut the ropes
that bound me and left while they
slept
For four days l wandered through
the mountains In search of a road, liv-
ing on berries, rabbits and young birds
and finally reached a railroad at a
distance Of go miles from where
started.
Il beat my way on a lumber train
to Douglas Ariz.. and then went TO
Ell Paso, Texas, where I borrowed
money on which to come to Portales.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-11
The Worlds Fair Route.

Those anticipating an eastern trip
or u visit to the Louisiana Purchase
exposition at St Louis, cannot affort
to overlook the advantages offered b'
The Missurl Pacific Railway. which, OF
account OF Its various routes and gate
ways has been appropriately named
"rhe Worlds Fair Roc:e."
Passengers from the northwest take
the Missouri Pacific trains from Dem
yer or Pueblo. with the choice of either
going direct through Kansas CITY, OF
via Wichita, Fort Scott and Pleasant
I'M.
Two trains daily from Denver aud
Pueblo to ST. Louis without change,
carrying all classes OF modern equip.
ment. including electric lighted obaer'
walton parlor cafe dining cars. Ten
daily trains between Kansas City and
st. Louis,
Write or cali on W. c. Mcbride, zen.
eral agent. ist Third street, Portl,nd,
for detailed Information ana llustrat.
ed literature.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-11
Fearful Odds Against Him.

Bedridden, alone and destitute, Such,
In brief was the condition Of an old
soldier by name OF j, ], iiayens, Yer.
with Kidney disease and neither doe
tors nor medicines gave him relief, At
length he tried Electric Bitter. II put
him on his feet In short order and
now he testlhes; I'm on the road to
complete recovery" BEST on earth for
liver and kidney troubles and all forms
of stomach ana bowel complaints only
soc. Guaranteed by Chas, Rogers
druggist.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-11
A Boys Wild Ride for Life.

With family around expecting him
to die, and son riding for life, is
miles, to get DR.. Kings New Dlscov-
cry for Consumption. Coughs and Colds,
W. II. Brown, of Leesville, Ind. en-
dured deaths agones from asthma;
but this wonderful medicine gave In
stant relief and soon cured him. lie
writes: Il now sleep soundly every
night" Like marvellous cures OF con-
sumption. pneumonia. bronchitis.
Coughs, Colds and Grip prove it's
matchless merit for all throat and
lung troubles. Guaranteed bottles soc
and s1OO. Trial bottles free at Chns
Rogers drug store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-11
AS scHLEY SAW 1T.
Famous Admraps Autobiography Soon
to Be Issued.

Famous AdmiraIs Autobiography Soon
to Be Issued.
New York, Sept. 1O.--Announeement
that Rear Admiral Schley will shortly
publish his autobiography entitled
Forty Years Under the Flag" is made.
About one-third of the book will be
devoted to the Spanish war, concerning
which the admiral will says in his
preface: ...
I'm the chapters which relate to the
operations against Cervera's fleet the
purpose has been to record the events
from the writer's viewpoint, to crIti-
cize in spirit of fairness, but with
out malice, bearing in mind that wher-
ever it has been necessary to refer to
apparent Inconsistencies in the state
ments Of others, the author has en-
deavored always to avoid unnecessary