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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-03
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Ing Iady's pocket He was caught
before lie could get away On set rid of
the plumber, i pocketbook with the Id.
dy's initials oil II and So III bills in ii,
WHO are your asked the Inspector.
What'll you do for ms If / saye the
state expense by owning up ana plead
ing guiltyf"
"Tm quite sure the Judge win take
or the usual time
All right I'm Jim Boise
The prisoner was sent away, but tho
next day be was brought 10 again.
What's your game asked the In
spector.
Haven't auy game except To get d
short term Z
You're not Jim Boise. Jim Boise Il
serving 1 term now Cfots& telegram
this morning from the warden that
he's where he was put seven years
ago
Cant help that I'm Jim Boise
The inspector took UP a photograph
lying on the desk before him and look
ed from 1t to the prisoner
1T might have been your picture
seven Or eight years ago. Singular case
this. / must look into it
He did look into It and found thae
seven years before John Joslin, owing
to hts resemblance to Jim Boise, had
gone to serve twelve years term III
prison,
One morning John Joslin emerged
from his cell, put on the clothes he had
taken off seven years before and pass
ed down a corridor Of cells amid a
shower of congratulations
aPardoned!e
Good luck 10 you | hope sou won't
get caught next time
These were some OF the remarks
made to the man who had under a mis-.
take served d seven years sentence
The next morning he alighted from
a train and walked over a road he had
often walked before, The birds were
singing lib the trees, the dew glistened
I'D the sun, the air was laden with i
fresh country oior The man walked
till he came to cottage. Its paint had
worn away, the fence had rotted. but
IN the windows we're neat white cur
tains AS the gate clicked behind him
pale overworked woman appeared
at tie door. with cry she rushed
forward ana fell into his arms Sew
eral half starved children gathered
round, looking up at the man ana won
dering who he was.
Courage, sweetheart he said then,
looking at the children THANK God,
we are All here Wen begin again. !
am still strong and can work hard.
Wen get plenty TO eat and paint the
house and fix the fence and make ey-
erything tidy"
How comes K, John, that you are
outl Have you been pardonedT
Yes, pardoned fer a crime / never
committed. For seven years the state
has kept me away from you and the
children, forcing YOU to work for them
and me to work for the people All
the amends they make me Is d par
don
who pardons the state. Johnfe
WILLARD q IRVING
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-03
4 CITY Planting . Forest.

According to the bureau Of forestry
In the United States department OF ag-
rieulture. Los Angeles, Cal, has 5000
acres OF brush land called Griffith park,
which It intends to convert into i com
mercial forest This win be the first
instance Of a city in the Unlted states
creating a forest Under IFS co-opera-
tive offer the bureau Of forestry had
last summer III Los Angeles four Of its
experts making d comprehensive plant
ing plan FOR the forest This plan was
completed at the end of September
The idea is to convert a waste piece of
land into productive forest, which
will nes only pay for rs creation and
care though the sale Of mature timber
but Will prove constant source Of
pleasure ana recreation for The citizens
Of Los Angeles. 1t is an entirely prac-
teal plan. and Los Angeles deserves
credit for its progressive spirit Other
cities could very proiitabiy follow this
very excellent eyanfnlp
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-03
The Gallant Exploit of Major
lachibana at LiaOyang,
WOUNDED, HE STILL LED
Details Of a Charge BY a japanese Officer
and His Men on One Of the Strong
est Of the Russian Positions
His Death on the Field.


The Hills Like the 0utspread I'm
gers Of q Hand is what the Chinese
call the range which interrupts the
plains like an immense irregular
breakwater FIVE miles In front 81 Lao
yang The hero Of the taking 81 those
hills Is Major Tachibana. once cham.
berlain @ the crown prince. says the
special correspondent of The New York
Post writing from iiaoyang Under tile
date of Sept Is.
We met him on outpost duty south
Of Anshan. ne was genial beyond most
Japanese officers. We spoke Of 1t after.
ward He nearly emptied his field
boxes treating score Of us to beer.
Il was he who handed about tile old
fashioned Yankee candies, those econ
yersation lozenGes of orr childhood.
on which ID pink there were printed
such phases as. May / SD Oh the
fence and see you 70 byg and Il can
never live without you, and sDo you
love me as ! love your no receive
these nearly forgotten sweets in the
middle Of Manehuria was somehow
more impressive than for soldier near
the isolated battle line 10 give us On d
parching day almost the last bottle
Of beer thar be had.
We remembered him and spoke Of
him, thinking Of the lozenges and Of
what pretty primary romanees they
recalled. One day as we were going
over the Shusanpo battlefield seeing
our first japanese ana Russian dead,
Lieutenant Sataki said "0h, you recol-
leet the officer who entertained you
at the Anshan outpostf lie died In
the charge this morning lie WIS over
there on that hill
We had often asked for something
about him lie seemed like d friend.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-03

and not many do IN the far east. Not
TIL today did we learn the eircum.
stances Of his death They we're gal
liant and soldiefly They have made
him tie hero Of tie fight Of the Hills
Like Outspread Fingers He was
there commanding the first battalion
Of the Thirty fourth regiment 81 the
Fourth division the battalion, the fegi-
ment and the division which did The
most gallant service Of those forty
eight hours They had no beer and
no candy then. They had some hard
crackers and pint Of rice each dur.
ing two days and two nights
THIS report Of his conduct comes
from Corporal Seiichi Irchida. who al
tended his wounds
0n Aug 80 the center Of Tie Rus
sian forces WAS on the hin to the right
Of the pass II was the best defended
place 10 progress could lee made
against it There was no cover for an
approach as the tall millet had been
prposely cut away by the Russians
That night some japanese erawied
on their bellies till they came close 70
the hills base They stayed there in
the morning, 200 yards from Russian
trenches, In holes they dug with their
finger nails and sword hayonets be-
hind comicas Chinese graves They
saw tile gray balloon rise high above
the hills and fell il YVES pereeiving
everything
Some survived to return aud tell
what SORT of obstacles had 70 BE over
come Wire crisscrassed between
posts and set below tie surface and
under the wired areas round smooth
sided holes ten feet deep. from tAe cen
ter Of each Of which rose 4 pointed
wooden stake to impale those who
tumble in There were spaces not SO
entaAgled, very narrow if men tried
to approach that way they would be
massed IN small passages, the range
Of which tie Russians had and Oh
which they kept steady watch.
The Thirty-foHrtl moved up. Major
Taehibanas battalion WAS In the frsi
nav ~ maui cDtAbE Va AAfF 0BNtEANAseus
ineffective II rushed at the enemy 4
inuenchments like angry waves The
intrenehments part way up the slope
at length were carried. The Russians
climbed back 10 the earthworks on The
crest These also were attempted. the
major Id front of his men Many fell
Bullets came not only from rifles on
the crest. but from the air. where
shrapnel were sending down douches
Of lead bali Presently there were
hills Of men to Be trampled over. Tile
untouched soldiers. eyes fixed HIGH
ahead thinking raptly and sihgly 81
storming 70 the top, charged Oh
Sword hayonets were Fixed to rifles
sud cleaned III the sun
The FIRST battalion reached the top
lts baynnets coilided With those 81
the enemy The major cut down
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-03
WALL STREET LAMBS.

Some folks are fond Of prime roast
beef. some other folk like ham, but
Wall street when boom is on wants
lamb. lamb. iamh!New York Herald.
The stock market booms; the crops
are all in: the country Is richer than
ever before. In the midst, however, OF
the swelling anthems Of prosperity
there needs also be heard the small
voice warning the outside investor to
beware the perils of a rising market
THAT which has been sent up may come
down soon. Boston Transcript
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-03
PAR DONED
forIginaL1

1originaf1
Good graciousg
what's the matter madam
My purse It's gonef'
4 lady in 4 trolley ear held up d reti.
cule which lad been slit from top to
bottom.
Conductor, said gentleman sit
ting opposite. stop that man getting
Of the platform. He was sitting be.
side tho lady"
Several men rushed for the man re.
ferred to and held him.
whats the matteri3 he asked.
Somebody's robbed that lady. You
were sitting beside her.
Suppose was / didn't rob her.
..poIiceg yelled the conductor. ring
ing the stop bell and Reckoning to d
policeman lettering On the sidewalk.
The man Of law suddenly frightened
tip at the prospect Of something to do
and hurried to the car The suspected
man was taken to a police station and
searched. but nothing was found on
him. But there was nothing remark.
able III that These thieves all have
pals, to whom they can pass the
swagn
The next morning the eulprit was
brought UP for examination. and the
lady who had been robbed appeared
against him.
What's your nameg asked the In
speetor
John JosIin
The inspector looked at him with the
air OF ono who was not to be thus in.
posed upon
Jim Boise, lie said you're the
most impudent crook that has ever
figured in the police courts. But you're
fool to work this town | know 81 d
dozen Indies you robbed a year ago
who can be brought 10 swear to your
identity Your picture Is III the rogues'
gallery, and vet you play your pranks
With as much assurance as if you had
never been up before
II am not Jim Boise. am not d
crook, and never robbed any one
The inspector certainly did not ex-
peet the man 10 acknowledge his guilt.
He sent him away and forgot him the
Iext moment Ia the next case.
At the trial the Inspector was as
good ais his word The state produced
nine women who testified that they
had At different times and III different
ways been robbed By the accused
Boise had been convicted before On
their testimony, had been sent 70 the
penitentiarg and lad escaped It was
only necessary for the state attorney
to prove that he was the same man,
and, this being done concluslvely by
the women be had robbed and a com
parison Of bis features with his pic
ture in the rogues gallery. he was sent
to prison, With the added term, be
would serve twelve years. The prison
gate changed behind him and the
world forgot him
Seven years passed One morning o
man was brought III charged with pick
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-03
nteh rrn.,, tins

Although tile head walters and por
tiers of German and Austrian hotels
often have to pag Up to $1,000 4 year
for their places. their fees are So lib
eral that many 81 them, after some
years OF service, are able e start ho7
tells Of their own
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-03

/ have found two very new ana. to
my mind, very useful articles of home
decoration in the north section Of the
palace Of varied Industries one Of
them Is wall covering to take the
place Of paper without sacrificing any
Of the decorative qualities TINT wall
papers afford The material il d duh
finish oilcloth IN countless patterns
suitable for wall decoration. which may
be applied BIZ any decorator in the same
manner al paper The chief advantage
is that IT may be washed with soap,
water and sponge and the room be
kept always fresh and bright Tt hasn't
the habit Of showing three cornered
white spot whenever chair or table
strikes against II. The tough cloth pro-
teets the wall BY the use of solid
colors with the figured patterns the
decorator may show bis skill II many
effective designs
The other material also for tie wall.
II m oiicloth backed with clay and
embossed SO as to have the appearance
of embossed leather. An expert could
scarcely distinguish between the cloth
and the leather. and for ill practical
purposes the cloth IS quite as useful
and beautiful. Many handsome de-
signs have been evolved embracing
numerous colors and metallic shades.
This should not be confused with that
old and familiar decorative material
lincrnsta walton The principal uses
Of the new leatheriike cloth is III panel
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-03

Two states only Of all the forty five
have given the china painting anna
teurs Il chance ID show their art and
skill. These are Missouri and Indiana.
Missouri may have done II because
She had million dollars to spend, but
Indiana must have done 1t because 1t
desired to do handsome act for the
ladies' Of artistic bent like the Amer
lean school Of china decoration be-
cause II seems 20 enforce all other
schools, from royal Vienna III East
Liverpool. O. With 50 much FROM
Missouri and Indiana. what might We
not have from the forty three other
states and few miscellaneous terri
tories The subjects are as varied as
the idiosgncracies OF the human mind,
from Longfellow to Tom Thumb, from
bowls for benbons to bowls for punch.
Portrait miniatures are remarkably
well done There are tea sets, choco-
late sets, lemonade jugs, lamps, tobac-
60 jars. caDdelabra and plaques all
expressing the art Tint ii developing
In the homes Of file unprofessional
people Of the country. But for the aei
Of these two states an art Of far reach.
ing influence would have been over,
looked Kansas has recognized 1T to
the extent Of having d small display in
the state building.
Fair Grounds. st. Louis
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-03

work. dados. friezes and screens. Win
so many attractive materials at hand
1t is easy to see that revolution 10
home decoration Is impending
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-03

YOU win have to look for the Swiss
chalet to find 1t. for the chances are
that you won't stumble on #, though
It always seems to have plenty Of Wis
it0rs. 1t is tucked away ia the court
Of the Palace Of Varied Industries. off
tile liBe eff travel tt Is two sforied
and thoroughly Swiss NIusie boxes Of
many voices viii play for you. Swiss
young ladies Will show you wonderful
carvings Swiss furniture will be Of
fered to you tables that look IKE 4
years work condensed into single
article for hundred dollars Carved
animals VIII threaten won. ard easved
pictures Of many kinds viii interest
yoli Ladies viii rave over the en-
broidered gowns and laees from St
Gall, silk ribbons from Arbon. hand
embroidered medallons from Erlen-
bach and silk shawIs from Zurich.
The chalet il full Of prettiness Of every
sort. the product Of the admirable skill
of the Swiss people
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-07-07

band fills drunkard's grave, as she stood
by the grave OF the wealthy saloon keeper
who had taken his money: "Ah! you are
on level with my husband now" Yes,
death places us all on level. Where are
now the vast armies of the Assyrians,
Grecians, Persians, Romans? As with the
warrior so with the peaceful, as with the
rich so with the poor. Millions have gone,
millions more are on their journey.
"The boast of heraldry, the pomp of
power,
And all that beauty, ali that wealth ere
gave,
Await alike the inevitable hour.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave"
III. The Decay of the Leaf is Sometimes
Hastened by External Circum-
stances.
1t may be affected by insects, excessive
moisture, excessive cold, ETC., ETC.. Then
often the leaf is plucked from the tree
while in full bloom.
THE wicked shall not live out half their
days" God gives every man so long to
live. if he takes care of his body (which
is the temple of the Holy Ghost) he will
probably live out his appointed days. Yet
how often we see people called from time
into eternity just at the moment when
their brightest hopes are about to be
realized. Moses has led Israel through
the wilderness. He has borne up under
their murmurings and backslidings, and
at times he has had to stand alone when
1t seemed ais though his shoulders could
not carry the care and responsibility
placed upon them. Yet he has looked for
ward to this glad moment as the time
when his character shall be vindicated
and he shall lead the people, triumphantly
lead the people into the Promised Land.
But now the command comes from heaven,
Moses, ascend Nebo to die!" All! this
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-07-07
A New Isothermal M ap.

Commissioner Watson, with the as
sistance of Section Director Bauer Of
the weather bureau, has prepared the
first thermal map Of the State ever
published. The map shows the mean
temperature Of the entire State, which
Is divided into three sections. The
map when compared with California,
the great fruit growing State, shows
the superiority Of this State in the
fruit growing section. Several years
ago California had a map of this kind
printed and used among the northern
capitalists with the result that thou
sands of dollars were brought into the
State and invested not only by the
fruit growers but by truck farmers and
others interested in planting.
In California there is only one sec
ton of the State in the same class with
tfis State, and that Is a small area
around Los Angeles. The figures are as
follows: Annual mean for entire State,
63; lowest, Greenville, SO; highest,
Beaufort, 81; annual mean for spring,
GO; annual mean for summer, 79; an
nual mean for autumn. 65; annual
mean for winter, 49, Several thousand
of these maps will be printed and used
in the north.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-07-07
Taken From Train and Lynched.

Scranton, Special-Three months ago
Carlo Williams, a negro of Lake City,
killed Thurston McGee Of the same
place in the court at Kingstree. About
eight men, armed and disguised,
boarded and searched the local passsn-
ger train passing Scranton at 7:07
o'clock and found the prisoner. They
suspected he was being taken to Flor
ence. The men held consultation and
about eight men were stationed at the
cattle pen at the north end Of the de-
pot. One of the mob tagged the lin
tied train, No. 80. Then about eight
men, armed and disguised, boarded the
sleeping car. The conductor shouted
from the door that there was nobody
in there and themob searched the whole
train and took the negro from the
sheriff in the day coach. They then put
the negro in buggy and with fiendish
shouts made for the woods. Not single
shot was fired. The party who boarded
the train were all disgusted. The agent
at Scranton lett the depot few min
utes before the limited arrival and re-
turned after the train was brought to
a standstill. He left, he says, to avoid
being compelled to flag the train. The
mob was in town As minutes before the
arrival Of the first train.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-07-07
WALTER BLOOMFIELD

II wasn't aware that Mr.. Price had
any literary ability"
"Well, he hasn't much, believe; but
if he had, he couldn't employ it to
any appreciable extent on a financial
paper. The Investors Guide certainly
affords a wide field for flights Of the
Imagination; but then, you know, such
flights must be confined within the
narrowest possible limits, and ex
pressed with consummate art, if they
are to be effective. Journalism Of ev'
cry kind is rather fat just now, in con
sequence of a dearth of events Of the
first class-wars. earthquakes, pesti'
lence, panics and the like. Perhaps
you have noticed for yourself what
fine crop Of big gooseberries was
raised during the summer, and how
sportive the sea serpent has BEEN
mo; can't say that have. | was
never a very diligent reader Of news
papers; but 1 remember an article
which appeared recently in one OF
our English reviews attacking the
whole class of literature to which jour.
nails such as yours belong. The mo-
tives which the writer's attributed to
stock brokers and the press represen-
tatives were very bad. Surely, the
law doesn't permit such people to rob
the public?"
Certainly not; that is privilege
which the law reserves for itself"
Does Mr.. Price find his new duties
congenial" l inquired. You will
pardon the question, but really they
must differ so extremely from his life
at Holdenhurst Minor that l am Curl
Gus to know"
He appears well satisfied" replied
uncle Sam; land his former calling
causes his editorials to be received by
people outside the financial rings with
a trustfulness not always warranted
by results"
II dare say he is justified by the
change in his sphere of action"
NO doubt; he is q moral acroDat, anu
can stand upon his honor"
1 had forgotten that in New York
there is only brief twilight, and was
surprised by sudden darkness. My un-
Gle rose to leave, and accompanied
him as far as the street. 1t had been
arranged between us that I was to
call at his Office in the Mills Building
at 10 o'clock the next day, when l was
to accompany him to his house in
Thirty-forth street. Greatly elated by
what I had heard, which assured me
the girl of my heart was not yet won
by my rival, 1 re-enetered the hotel,
consumed an unreasonably large guam
tity of buckwheat cakes and coffee,
and then retired for the night
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CHAPTER XIX.
MRS. SAMUEL TRUMAN CAT HOME"

MRS. SAMUEL TRUMAN CAT HOME"
"Of course you did not expect to
find so many people here" remarked
uncle Sam, as he introduced me to
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Wollaston,
OF Boston.
mo, indeed I did not. uncle"
81 had forgotten that to-day was
Mrs. Truman's first AT Home since
her return from Saratoga. This is
Mr.. Increase Mather; and these are
his partners, Mr.. Union voorhees, and
Mr.. Austin Gilmer."
bowed. and the next instant there
entered Miss Ely Kennedy. Miss
Bertha Kallmann, and Mr.. Dennis
O'Connor, to all of whom was in
troduced by my uncle.
This is Mr.. Ellis Thomas; and these
ladies, Miss Paulina Jackson and Miss
Inez Juarrez"-the last superb beau
ty of the Spanish type, with jet black
hair and dark flashing eyes.
Already my uncle's guests numbered
some seventy persons, and l was won
dering how many more would come
when Miss Hattie Christison and MI.
Rosenberg were announced.
"Ahw exclaimed uncle Sam, as soon
as he caught sight Of the latter; this
is my very special and most dear
friend, Aaron Rosenberg. Ernest, my
nephew, permit me to recommend that
you make this gentleman's qualities
your daily study; but sharpen your
wits before you trade with him. Should
you prevail against him, there will re-
main but one merchant worthy Of your
prowess; and him you shall know by
his horns, tail and trident"
"You flatter me much, Mr. Tru-
man." said the gentleman referred TO.
bowling very low; land yourself yet
more, for notice that in all our trans
actions you invariably come off best
Further discussion Of this matter
was prevented by the entry Of another
party of ladies and gentlemen; and
nv uncle's drawing room, one of the
most commodious and richly furnished
salons have seen, soon contained as
many persons as it would comfortably
accommodate.
Dear Ernest" said aunt Gertrude,
laying her hand gently upon my shoui-
der. II am so sorry that have all OF
these people here to-day; but had no
thought of seeing you until 1t was too
late to postpone my AT Home Where
have you been all day? Your uncle
told me that you were to meet him
down town at 10 o'clock"
"Yes; 1 met him at his office by
appointment. and he showed me over
the Mills Building and the Stock Ez-
change, and introduced me to some
of his Wall street friends. After that
we lunched at Delmonico's."
Here my aunt had to leave me to