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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1904-11-15

and Tom Tom run away. booking
for their sweethe8rts Alan suG
Jane. they drift iuto the resl- 1l
Toy and, where Contrary Mary
Plp-r becomes chief costume
maker in the Master Toy maker
IS abtishm-ut. where ne manu-
features dolls who can walk aua
talk.
Alan and Jane accidentally
wend their way into Toyiand toa.
and when they discover that th-y
are followed 10y Barnaby and
Msrmaduke. the detective &c
Toyland, they hit upon the idea
of Disgusting as the living dolls
who are to have a parade ju Tow
land. ID is then that Contrary
Mary Piper fondIes aud makes
love 20 Alan, believing THAI he b,
a doll which closely reseu bl-s
the real Alan. The situations
which follow are intensely inter-
esting, as Alan is afarajd g. re-
veal himself. although his heart
is bursting 10 declare himself ga
his lady love and tell her that he
is the real Alan and not a dCil-
Soon after occurs the famous
Toyland march, which II pro-
nounced by the most critical ~
the critics, as the most delighttui
piece Of stage work seen in years.
During this march the celebrated
Toylsud March is played. which
Huneker, the famous musical
critic OF the New York sun. de-
claFed clasic equal q GOuDod's
March Of the Marionettes. ana
said by Alan Dale II the New
York Journal % surpass anything
London had ever seer.
The finale Is reached, when
through his treachery, Barnaoy.
having discovered Alan : identity
forces Contrary Mary 70 marry
him, or declares he will expose
Alan as the murderer of the
Master TOy-makeg, Just as ms
plans appear 10 come % fruiution.
Alan not being claimed a. the
husband by any of the widows 81
Toyland, which would cause his
pardon 10 be granted. Barnsby
drinks poisoned wine, dying
instantly; and Contrary Mary
who il then a widow, complies
with the statute Of Toylsnd law,
which says that any widow can
marry a condemned man and
save him, claims Alan a. her
husband. and all the fairy story
book celebrities md their troubles
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1904-11-15

A prominent baCulul
OF Columbus remarked
a few days ago. III p
had a wife I would set
tie the servant pro
blem, I would get Is
club and q gas stove.
We furnish the gas
stoves. Cook with gas
Columbus Light S.
Power Company
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1904-11-15

You will miss the best minstrel
attraction of the season ii you
fail 10 make arrangements 10 go
to Columbus Theatre on Novem-
Der Is and hear Barlow & Wilson.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1904-11-15
He will be located in
Columbus for One Month
And vii Practice Physical Treatment
by Massage, ths Greatest Treatment
of the Twentieth Century

Prof. Golden thoroughly understands
his profession. He graduated in Ger
many II years ago, in 1888 Take ad-
vantage of this opportunity and go and
get your treatment. All physicians will
tell you it IS the greatest treatment OF
this age where any one understands this
great treatment and how to treat il in
its branches. Prof. Golden is no
NJ. D., bat he does understand this
physical treatment. This IS just what
YOU are looking for. 60 and see him
and be convinced. He will give you
plenty OF testimonials from Mississippi
and Tennessee people whom he has
cured.
Office Hours from . a. m. 10 o o. m
lt will be remembered that Prof. Col
den was here months years ago, and
made some remarkable cures.
Those who are not able to call on
Prof. Golden he viii call on them free
OF charge.
At Commercial Hotel
Columbus, Miss
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1904-11-15
Wanted.

A gentleman desires room and
board with private family. Cen
tral location. Will pay good
price. f. B. Commercial office.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1904-11-15

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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-22

wounded one Of them, a poor lad OF
nineteen. and he had been left there
untended among a thousand real and
imaginable horrors. A corporal named
Ovtcharon volunteered to fetch him,
and. taking another man, set off ia the
pitch dark. They lost their way.
When the lightning flashed again we
saw them running quickly up a wrong
hill, and the top Of the hill was crowd
ed with Jap infantry They never
came back
~rhe hail bad ceased, but the thunder
and lightning rumbled and flashed as
before. Then there was lull- Pitch
darkness ensued, and we waited ia
tense terror. with the Japanese, as we
knew. creeping up the hillside In over
whelmmg force. One man laid down
his rife. crossed himself and began to
pray. Another followed his example
ana the sight Of these two white faces
hanging. as It seemed, in the black air
gave ME a nightmare feeling.
'sTo break the suspense the men We're
ordered to fire volleys every half min
ute down the slopes. But the rifle
flashes gave our position away, and the
japanese. who had dragged machine
gun up the hill, poured in tempest Of
lead. We crept few yards down the
slope for shelter waiting yainly for
supports or orders from headquarters.
Neither came
''The Japanese decided TO end the
fight with the bayonet IN the last
faint flash Of lightning we saw them
In confused thick mass not fifty
yards away. We poured in yolley
and must have killed many. but the
rest rushed US. There was no idea OF
lighting. Our men gave way before
the rush like an acrobat's paper hoop,
and In a shouting, screaming mob we
raced down the hill Seven men were
| bayoneted and a few shot down But
it was nerves, not bullet or steel. that
lost the fight
Next morning, when the enemy had
cleared Off party set out to bury the
dead. Seventeen among them We're
Japanese. But among our corpses
were two. unwounded, who had beer
spared by butiet and steel, but slain
BY lightning
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-22
&c nrmn and LIE.

fsaThere Is no reason why young per-
sons should not cultivate each others ae-
atiaintanee from behind hymn books.
Rev. Nj. 81 Williams Of Chicagol
e0n Jordan's stormy banks" she sang
He cast a wistfnl eye.
Her voice In joyous accents rang
He heaved longing sigh
Her face was beautiful TO see
Beneath her bonnets hrim.
He thought OF her alone but she
Thought OF the hymn and him.
aFrem Greenland,s Icy mountains TINS
She sang and slightly frowned
His meaning glance had seemed anliss
in sorrow he was drowned
But then 80 midas coral strand
The syIiables she formed
with aH the grace at her command
And then his heart was warmed
Poor man, he had no book from which
no sing. and SO the maid
Discreetly then began to hitch
The volume to his aid
He thanked her with another glance
And then took IN the tune,
Her eyes from hymn to him wouit
dance
They were acquainted soon,
e0h day Of ioy!8 Her voice was sweet
As notes from dulcimers;
Their fingers then began 70 meet,
And his hand closed on hers,
Fnll soon they walked adown the aisle.
The church was hustled and DIM
Hers was a brides delighted smile
Thanks 20 the hymn and hin
w. D, Nesbit "a Chicago Tribune
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-22
PARROT RooTER IN CHURCH.
Feathered Baseball Fan Advised Pastor
TO Slide During Sermon.

Dearly beloved nay text today IS
Run. run for all that's IN you Good
Hold I'll Hold III You're safe, all rightF
The Rev T. G. Warren was about 70
begin his sermon in the Washington
Street Methodist Episcopal church at
Poughkeepsie the other morning when
some most sportive and irreligious ex-
presslens foated into the church from
the other side Of the street. says the
New York World
brethren. began the minister again.
Guess that's going some. Run. It's
good for two bases, easy. Slide
All the people nearest the north side
Of the church, and therefore nearest
the profane voice, looked very serious.
Deacon Kahn said TO Deacon Hoyt;
tits that miserable parrot again. ana
he's getting worse than eyerl'
So he was. The parrot. hanging out
side the window Of Mrs Raymond's
boarding house. never before rooted
So yoclferousl3 And with good cause
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-22
INCIDENT
OF THE WAR
Russian Officers Story OF the
Fight at KhVantSuitsui.
TERROR OF NIGHT SURPRISE
Experience Of Russian Battalion At
tackled by the Japanese Dur
ing Terrific
Thunderstorm.
TERROR OF NIGHT SURPRISE


me night at knyantsuftsul. IN Man |
churia, an incident Of the Russo-Japa- |
nese war, is thus described By sublieu
tenant Grigorenko. says the London
News:
killing men BY daylight, with the
blood lowing before Your eyes, is hor-
rible enough, but it is nothing com
pared with the hldeous uncertainties
ana suggestions Of terror Of mid
night surprise IN my first night at
tack We fought two enemies, for AM
extraordinary thunderstorm ragged all
the time.
"This took place at khyantsuitsul
during the Haieheng business. was
asleep so soundly from exhaustion that
| did not hear the firing and yawned
and nearly went to sleep again. when
my denstehk came in and shook me-
He pulled me out tunieless, giving me
my sword and revolver.
II rushed out into the scene Of APP
palling confusion The whole world
around, 1t seemed, was being bonn
barded. not with shot and she'll but
with gigantic hailstones which banged
my bare head so hard that ! put up
my hands to protect ii. Then there
was bright flash Of pink lightning.
and on the hin beyond | saw three
| companies of our battalion lying fiat
on the ridge and firing | rushed up,
GREATNESS and stung BY the hail and
took up my position. Two officers lay
on the ground dead or wounded. No
| one else had been hit. But every few
seconds after the lightning flashed a
roar broke from the japanese rifles
beneath. which | should have taken
for thunder had 1t not been preceded
| by storm Of lead
aEvery moment we thought we We're
| being surrounded The men shot wild
". One bright fash which iiiekered
three or four times showed about thir-
ty faces peering over black ridge Of
rock. The men poured in a yolley.
Then some one swOre, and ! heard Cap
tain Khrebtsoff shouting, Idiots, don't
fire; those are our men
'srhe men from the ridge soon crept
up, terrified and pale as ghosts, 50 pan
ieky and nervous that they would have
haYoneted their own mothers We he'd
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-22
The Little Japanese.

once / knew Japanese,
with a little blue chemise,
Socks and sandals and a pretty paper
fan
Lady foot and dandy hand.
RIieroseonically planned
ana ne didn't seem at all lighting man
He was neat and he was clean,
Most delightful to be seen:
He was spotless he was spick and he
was span
He was sugar, he was spice
He was everything that's nice
And he didn't seem at all a fighting man,
He would greet You with q smile
Which would carry half a mile,
Sweet as summer and expansive IN ia
plan,
He would nod his beaming noli
Like polished little DOLL
And he didn't seem At all lighting man,
which is why ia give lot
could l camp upon the spot
where he's winning bloody laureis for
Japan
Just to watch him wading In.
with that smile above his chin,
For he didn't seem at all a lighting man.
Bertrand shadwell IN Boston Transcript
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-22

for the previous day finished the sea-
son of the hudson River Baseball
league. With poughkeepsie winning the
championship
Most Of tie players board with Mrs.
Raymond For several sundays poly
has been annoying Mr. Warren's con
gregation with her baseball lingo. The
other morning she mingled some swear
words with the lingo Of the diamond
and that was the last straw. Deacon
Kahn Just got right up from his pew
walked over to police headquarters and
demanded that the parrot be suppress
ed.
CHIEF McCabe telephoned to Mrs
Raymond, who promised TO mutile Fan
the parrot, hereafter whenever there
are services iii the church
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-22
The Times Daily Short Story.
xCSC

-Four years passed without the Brins
leys seeing anything Of Walter Greer
He never returned to Albany, and no
trapper on fur dealer reported having
met him after lie left the Brinsleys-
There was secret between Brinsley
and his daughter. FOR the father ad
mitted to her that he had seen Greer
once after he left the cabin. He would
not explain when or where, and Alice
could not help suspecting that her ia
Their had been instrumental in her low
ers disappearance Brinsley not only
endured this suspicion from his daugh
ter. but saw that she was pinine
for her lover and feproached himself
for sending Waiter Greer from her.
Indeed, whenever a stranger stopped
al the house the father would hope
that Alice might fancy him and be con.
solea. But love cannot be 50 easily re
placed, and Alice took no interest ~
amy Of their visitors
When the Indian troubles which oc,
cured In that region In 1890 came on,
the Brinsleys were III a very exposed
position. Brinsley had dealt with the
Indians for years and had a great
many friends among them. Relying
upon this fact. he neglected to 80 fol
safety to the settlements or to put his
cabin into condition for defense, de-
claring that if he was to be attacked
some Of his friends among the redskins
1 wo,lIa GIVE him warning
one evening after supper he was sit
ting III his cabin while Alice was put
ting away the dishes. Suddenly g win
dow pane was shattered and an arrow
/ buried in the woodwork opposite
IA warning" said the trapper .
/ told you that in case Of danger
would be advised
/ ut may be an attack said Alice
/ with whitened cheeks. Going to this
arrow, she examined It. A thong O
deerskln hung from ii, to which was
tied i biz of paper The girl seized I
and read
III sou ever come near my cabin agaii
10 deeoy my daughter away l VIII Civ
YOU a bullet Of the same ealiber as tn
one to which this is attached,
Father
Brinsley drew near and read thu
identical note he had shot to Greer
Alice. turning the paper, saw writing O
: the other side, either in red ink o
blood
i Indians win attack as soon as you
: lights are out WALTER GREER.
/ one glance into each others eyes
ana without 4 word they sank on th
door. crawied ont into the darkness
and fed 10 safety
soon after d band Of Indians wa
captured and with them Walter Gree
! He had been seized by them four year
before and to save his life entered ii
n tribe. Being With the party that Il
: tended attacking the Brinsleys, he ha
shot Che note written In his own bloc
ais a warning.
e Alice Brinsley was made doH5ly hal
I py. Her lovers return destroyed Il
j horrible suspicion with which she ha
Z regarded her father and gave her 4
ID husband the man whom she ha
long loved ANTHONY DEANE.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-22
TWO MISSIVES.

foriginall
Many years ago there syed in the
Mohawk valley a pioneer who made
his living by trapping wild animals
and selling their surs He lived in his
frontier cabin with only a daughter, q
girl Of seventeen. Of a sunny DISPOSE
ton. two merry, bright eyes and pair
81 rosy cheeks. Very naturally. Daniel
Brinsley adored bis daughter Alice
ana feared that some young fellow
would take her away from him When
the expected trouble came It came all
of a sudden. Walter Greer, young
man engaged ia buying skins for q
Dutchman IN Albany, then sim q from
tier settlement, made some purchases
Of Brinsley, saw Alice and fell desper-
ately in love with her Before leaving,
he proposed to take her away with
him as his wife.
Alice was as much struck with the
handsome FUR trader as he was with
her. but she would not leave her ia.
Their. Greer used every argument IS
induce her TO alter her decision, but
when he found her Interchangeable went
back to Albany with a heavy heart. i
was not long, however, before he came
again. pleading his suit Alice still de
olined 10 leave her father to life Q.
loneliness, but 1t was plain that sh'
was weakening. Greer left her encour
aged To hope that she would at las
consent and went northward in searci
Of furs That night he bivouacked j
the forest about three miles from tn
Brinsley cabin Gathering wood, b
made fire. cooked bis supper and
having eaten il. lighted his red ella,
Powhatan pipe With his back restin
against the trunk Of d tree be smokes
and thought Of Alice The freight O
the leaves above hiekered merrily, rt
Winding him Of her eyes The smok
wreaths brought to his recollection th
thick coils Of her hair. Indeed, in g
ierNfhlDS hDDNt slAAu AAAA was NAstDtN
the irellght lurked the features Of tn
girl he loved
suddenly he heard something striE
the tree above his head, then II
sound Of distant rifle, while again'
bis cheek fiuttered bit Of paper Sci
ing It. he found that It hung by strii
ID bullet hole III the tree. Unfaste
ing the paper, be took it to the fir
light to examine It. On one side WI
written:
If Won ever come near my cabin aga
10 decoy my daughter away VIII St
Won bullet Of the same caliher as =
ma n which phis is attached.
DANIEL BRINSLEf,
This was bitter interruption 70 7
lovers dreams He knew that Brin
lev could see him by the hrelight, biz
SELF unseen. Therefore. without shol
inc any especial emotion, he folded =
note and put it In his pocket
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-22
Ma n,onda 400 Years Hence.

Al Professor Mason states that flair
haired girls are disappearing In less
than six centuries there win be no
blonds left. This imminent peril,
says the London Globe, is as alarming
as the rumor that we have only enough
coal fer 10000 years
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-22

IS opposed to the concayity Of the teeth
on the inner surface Of the box cylin-
der There's the secret The steam
strikes the concaye teeth of the revolv-
ing cylinder and is detected against
the immovable teeth. whence It is
again detected to the teeth Of the
moving cylinder and so on through its
tortn0us course 10 the exhaust, giving
tie movable cylinder impetus all the
way. The rotary engine, the dream OF
mechanicians for generations. is at last
a success. The ore ! have mentioned
IS the Parsons long cylinder with
high speed. A 5000 horsepower Curtis
turbine is also here in operation, two
epoch makers in engine building. The
reason why the turbine IS 50 much In
favor is at once apparent The abb
sence Of reciproeaung parts reduces
vibration and the necessity for great
number Of parts, and therefore the
weight is far less, only about one
eighth the weight Of an engine OF the
same capacity. The force Of the steam
is also more completely used.
l may add that the speed Of the Par
sons turbine here in operation Is 5000
revolutions per minute. IT goes around
sixty times while you say scat II
is creased lightning in cage. A.
tached to the revolving shaft, in order
to make practical use Of the power
is the twenty eight inch revolving
field OF 400 kllowatt turbo generator
whose speed at the rim is over 1000
miles per twenty-four hours, about Boz
miles per hour or five miles a minute
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-22
The cook wa. Loaded.

A restaurant cook arrested for steal
ing provisions In London was found TO
have Concealed on his person three
apples. shoulder of mutton, a pound
Of butter, a pound Of sausages, half 4
pound Of jam and a package Of cocoa
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-22


Perhaps should have mentioned
first the huge generators that stand
thirty or forty feet high, for they catch
the eye like a cyclone cloud on the
horizon. Here are four engines, each
exertIng a power Of 5000 horse Here
also is the largest engine fiji the world
rated at 5000 horse. but exerting each
evening when carrying its full load
&, 400 horsepower 1t Is a combination
Of the vertical and horizontal types,
two pistons working on one crank. The
cost Of such an engine is Si50,000-
One quite overlooks the scores Of
other engines in his awe Of the mon
ster masses OF brilliant and lifelike
metal that swing their mighty arms
with tireless energy and make the
night brilIiant with scenes more fas-
chatting than the fairylands Of story
books. But the little fellows are here
iii all sizes. Some Of them click like
liz dancer in his clogs. as If to work
were their only delight. Others have q
complex series OF clicks on account Of
their fancy cutoffs that have supplant-
ed the old fashioned steam wasting &c
centres. All these sounds are as music
to the lover Of machinery, and to the
Americans love OF machines that per
form the countless tricks OF manu-
facture is due bis ability to make more
goods for dollar than any citizen Of
any other nation.
Fair Grounds. ST. Louis.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-22

EARLY English silver pennies We're
minted with deep cross, and when
change was wanted they were broken
up into haifpennles and farthings.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-22
neln,rnrn,s 1870 rree.

Ia Yeadon township, Delaware coun-
ty. Pa, is what is said to be the lar
gest tree in the state. The circum-
ference Of the trunk is thirty-three
feet and the spread of its branches 115
feet
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-22

This must be an age Of pumps, no
matter what other kind Of an age II
may be. Here Is pump for every
kind Of purpose that pump may be
used FOR, from wind to water. But the
greatest pumping plant In operation
here IS the underwriters battery Of
force pumps which constitute the one
great protection against serious fires.
No city ever had such a tremendous
pumping energy attached to It's fire
protective system. Fourteen pumps
with steam up all the time and under
slow operation, stand ready instantly
to throw $4,000 gallons Of Ngater a
minute in any part Of the system
These pumps are set to maintain q
pressure Of 100 pounds to the square
inch at all times, and fifty-six fire
streams may be thrown at one time
In the great exhibit palaces are turret
nozzles on high platforms that viii
throw d three inch stream with force
enough to sweep the buildings almost
clean Of exhibits if occasion demand
ed, food that would reach the high
roofs and tear out the sides Of the
building,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-06-18
$BARAGA DEPARTMENT;

E. 1. Real was at Marquette last
Sunday.
Mrs. G. H. Krause, daughter and
son, OF Keweenaw Bay, left Friday
for st. Louis, to visit the exposition.
A number of Baraga people at
tended the commencement exercises
held in L'Anse Friday evening.
Alex Schroeder, who removed to
Plymouth, Wis, few months ago,
returned to Baraga Wednesday to
spend the summer.
A. w. Stark, agent at the D. S. S.
Il A. depot, attended meeting OF
the Order of Railroad Telegraphers
at Marquette last Sunday.
Miss Toddish, who has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. ]. Weiss, for the
past few months, returned to her
home in Marinette, Wis, Thursday.
Moses Bishop shot and killed a
big black bear while fishing near
Chassell Thursday Of last week.
BPuin tipped the scales to Boz
pounds. This is the second beal
killed within two weeks, and severa
others have been seen.
J. ]. Byers & Co., OF Baraga, thu
contractors for the laying of thu
brick pavement on Sheldon street
Houghton, began their work Mon
day morning. The first section o
the work will extend from the juno
4 tion of College avenue with Franklil
streetto the Michigan house.