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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-16
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m EFFECTS THAT HEooAH pEscRtPT ION,
If fashion had decreed otherwise
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n Here are a few hints from All excep--
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German Val. Ailovers ats...... 7bc. 70 s1.b0
Tenerlffe and Irish Crochet Aovsrs at pa. 80
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-16
DODGE ARRESTED s.
TEXAS RANGERS

\ LAREDO, TEX. Feb. 49, e. +. Dodge.
wanted In New York city on 10 cha rye ct
Houston, and who was recently released
on bond OF 1900, pend ng the he r!l!s Z
of an appeal taken by Dodge "a galnst his
extraditlon from TEXTS. was to-d ~ AIS
rested at Alice, Tex, by Texas ran gers,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-16
Nv AssocIated .Pre \, I. I 5l5iI

HOUSTON. TEX. Feb l5, Attorney
Kappenburg for G. r.. Dodge has made.
ARRANGEMENTS for cortestlns the arre ].
will be Instituted at Beeville tomorrow:
Dodge Is at Alice tonight with guard
OF rangers, ~ E# Ss3 5vis l.sqs3A s43
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-16
SET DATE FOR VOTE
ON PANAMA TREATY,

(By Associated I'ress.) ~ 5I6
WASHINGTON. Feb. Is. The Senate,
In executive session to-day agreed to-
vote on the ratification of the Panama
Canal treaty on February "a,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-16
Death Of q, Marshall,
Especial to The Tlmes-Dispatc

ARIOTTEsYILLE. VA, Feb. lb.--
Mr., GAINESVILLE Marshall, an old Conted-
crate soldier, and one OF the most sues
cessful farmerl OF northern AlbemaEle
died yesterday at his home at Advance
Mills, at the advanced ago OF seventy
nine years. AZ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-16
7Kathleen Mcfarland Lafferty.

Mrs. Morgan Treat has the sympathy
Girl, Kathleen MFarland Lafferty. which
Occurred Sunday morning at 3 clock :
the Virginia Hospital The child was a
little more than ak years OF age. The
funeral viii take place at West FONT
to-day at 8 r.. Al. h s3 " N N
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-16
I9-inch Guaranteed
Black TAffeta, Csc.
AN ORDINARY $50. QUALITY.
"a REGUL LAR 75c. GRADE HERE.

II q
s The heading tells it all-our guar
5antce covers the subject---furtller COM
lnent on its goodness would be super
.Auous. Just ten pieces here, and Rich
mond shoppers know a bargain. Hadn't
you better be q,1ick? NJ.
V I'll bargainsin Black Taffeta doesn't
interest you, here are colored effects. u
Odd patterns and quaint yyeaves are
characteristic Of the new silks. Look
gatthese---$ .;si .S ls3 y; {58
Chiffon Foulards Jasper patterns. $50
NJ Loulsne, pin checks and stripes 65c. TO ~
Sg affetas, pin checks and str pes. coo. TO- ~
Jah," swell Ponsee \. 4. 4. B. ~ Z
BurlIngham SIX Burlaps {. =. \. \. b. SO
Cloth OF Gold, you'll like eIt. 81 so
WAIST AND \ u IN q @TAFFETAs IN 81 DIE
M FERENT$ SHADES. CHI N 35
For Waists and Llnlngs, extra heavy, all sk3
1e lnches wide 90. yard
100 Pairs 81
SIPS Linen Pillow Cases. 96c.s
I'll 4sxss Inches, strictly all linen, heavy round
thread, nicely laundered, an economical addition
to any linen chest. (Annex.) l5ss E
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White Madras.

IA GOOD 81s 2.ao. QUALITY, Or &12Ac.
N A fine White Oxford Madras, some witt, mer.S
cerlzsd stripes, an exceptional material for shirt.
waists and summer dresses, at. 1910
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-16
French Batiste.
New Dress Goods.
ZOE NOW ANp FOR .lLATER. /.

Fo l NOW AND FOB LATE y q.
That M chairs enter largelyinto the
5vogues for spring is news that ought
to delight many women, for there is
nothing that we know Of that gives bet
ter$service or more Of 1t h. \
P,an Mohars, standard colors Doc to 81
Fancy Mohars, dots and stripes Too /
@ Novelty MohaIrs, exclusive ~ LOO 30
Mohalr sultngs, fancy mixtures e. 4 I
These other Dress Goods are COM IS.
8mendable for style and goodness and and
remarkable for little prices --
ss.lnch 1atete, plain or corded ~. SOC
ss.Inchss Albatross, all shades 800
5s-Inch Irvine Etamne, navy onl 500
45.Inch Knob volIes, cream and scolors.. Doc
45.InehS EoInes all shades. 81 1
44nct, Fancy Knob volles ~ 90
Is: Inch voes, heavy weaves.. 7tc 70 ~ 10
N N
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-25
cRAFT1NEss or THE SPIDER.

Some years ago. in Otago, when run hing the level over an open piece of ground. l noticed clue-the secret few evenings before by MT. Gillies- whereby the presence of a burrow may be detected. My mind at that time being full of the subject of the trapdoor spider and her work, be- gan at once to look for the door.
 In spite of the most careful search my efforts were unavailing and I was about to give up the quest when mX eve was attracted to small round patch which seemed to be engaged in a peculiar sucking motion. The spi- der, disturbed at my approach, had rushed to the surface and was tugging at the door to keep it shut. As I knelt there, examining the nest, was joined by one of the chainmen. After regarding it for some time in silence, he said: Looks as if he'd thought it out, doesn't it?'' Simply, the spider had.
 The soil at that spot was clay, hard and baked, an the cunning little de- ceiver. with the deliberate intention of drawing attention from the nest, had made the mouth to stimulate a crack in the ground. What made the concealment more complete was the crafty way in which the crack was continued beyond the lid into the ground eitself. Even though I knew the door was there, it's exact position, when closed, defied detection. Long mans Magazine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-25
MUD BOUND BURGLAR.


 Honest John' Corbett. the veteran city jailer, has probably arrested as many criminals in his time and en. gagged in as many desperate lights as any man in the police department Last night while seated in the police station he told of one of the first burglars he ever arrested in Seattle.
 Tn those days said Corbett. eve didn't have any uniforms or anything like that. was walking a beat down where the Grant street bridge is now. saw burglar as I believed. with sa bundle under his arms. I took after him and he ran
 s'The tide flats were just as muddy then as they are now, and that thief ran out into the mud The tide was clear out didn't want to get all over mud, so I shot a few times at the burglar. I shot away all the shells r had and missed every time. I ouit then. I waited there on the beach keeping even with the burglar when he moved, until the incoming tide drove him in and got him. It was either jail or drowning, and that feJ- low went to jail. Seattle Post-Intel- ligencer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-25
TOOK THE BOYS SUGGESTION.

A travelling man relates that while riding on the new Orient line between Harper and Anthony few days ago, one of the side rods of the engine broke, and the other side stopped on a ,.dead center,'' so that when the repair was made it was impossible to start the train He says
 ..sThe engineer, the conductor and all the passengers took turns going over the thing and trying to devise a way 10 make It run. Finally boy came out of the field where he had. been lloughing to see what was going on- He crawled through the wire fence and sat down on the bank and famed himself with his straw bat, If you'd back that last car up the grade an let CT come down kerchunk, that 'ud start 'er, he finally suggested deliber- ately.
 ."rhe railroad men sniffed contempt uously, but the passengers sided with the boy. Finally the conductor gave orders that the rear car he uncoupled. No less than fifty passengers caught hold and pushed the car up the grade. Once at the top the car was let go. The loose coach gained momentum as il came down hill. and in spite of the engineers admonition, to let her come down easy,' the emergency battering ram crashed into the train with q tremendous thump. The engine was bumped off center all right. Kansas City Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-25
PARKER DEPENDS
 EICHT-HOUR LAW

The New York state court of ap- peals, by vote of to 2, ruled that the eight hour and prevailing wage law was unconstitutional, on the ground that the legislature exceeded it's authority in fixing hours and wages for public work
 Chief Judge Parker presented strong arguments against this deci- sion, and in writing the dissenting opinion of the minority of the court, said 16G N. Y, page D: "The reas- oning by which the decision about to be made is sought to be supported fails to persuade me that it is other than judicial encroachment on legis- lative prerogatiye If stat ute, which seems to be regarded by some as vicious ins it's tendencies. at- tempted to regulate the question of wages as between citizens of the state so as to effect even in the slight est degree the basis on which one citizen should contract with another, then not only would much of the discussion which this statute has invoked be relevant, but the decision about to be made would be unques tionably sound.
 1sI nothing of the kind, and the statute not only omits to express any such purpose, but it is so carefully guarded as to leave no room for doubt that the legislature, approaching the limits of it's authority, intended to and did sim ply provide with certainty that those who work directly for the state or uD- on public works within the state shall receive that which may be term ed going wages in the locality in which any particular public work is being carried on.
 "The position of the state enacting this statute is precisely like that of an individual who for any reason deter mines that if it be q. little more than honest, as that, term is usually em- ployed. it. is not more than just to pay for q thing what it is fairly worth and that the principle should be applied as we'll to the compensation of labor as to the payment for material
 E s.Who denies the power of the legis- lature to fix the rate of compensation for the mayor, the comptroller, the DO lice commissioner, the clerk, the at tendant and the messenger? If any one does I have not heard him. Why may it not then fix the rate of com pensation of the engineer in charge of it's heating and ventilating apparatus, it's skilled mechanics or it's street sweepers ?"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-25
Y UNIQUE GREER.

Dick O'Leary of this city, prevented by physical infirmities from following the common pursuits of men, has de- yised a new method of earning a live lihood With his donkey and his lit tie cart, his megaphone and banner he goes all over the city and advertisess anything from a baseball game to social and dance.
 Dick O'Leary was once one of the strongest men in the city, As q DOT ter at one of the hotels he handled heavy weights with the ease ofsa pro- fessional strong man. Tn the flower of his strength one night he awolSe the. next morning to find himself crippled and helpless. After weeks of inactivity. and as result of careful nursing, Dick recovered sufficiently to
 go to work on light jobs, but his mal7
 a0y had not been conquered. His
 strength gradually gave way, and in
 the end he found that he could not
 walk
 A good many men would have given
 up under the circumstances, but O'Leary was plucky and determined to find some plan of earning a living for himself and wife. He took his cue from Billy Clark, the famous town
 crier of Nantucket, only he decided to improve on ClIfk s u1elHOuS. F1e IedI- ] ized that for the scheme he had in mind originality was q prime requis- ite. So he went to friends and asked kthem to get him a donkey Through Eanother friend Dick was fitted out with a little cart. \ megaphone com pleted the outfit. His first appearance on the street made a decided hit.
 Crowds of boys followed him wherever 1 he went, and it was evident that he 1 would have no trouble in attra cting I notice.
 1 !, At. first the business was precarious l and there were times when Dick and his donkey went hungry. But he has now become an institution recognized l by those who want certain things ad- yertised, and not day passes but he l traverses the city ill his donkey cart. 1 He is a vast improvement or the salldwiof man, because he talks to the public through his megaphone, while ! his donkey and cart lift him above the level of the town crier. The affection from which he suffers is generally
 known and sympathy brings in some part of his trade.--New Bedford Cor respondence Boston Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-25
GOOD TYPEWRITERs SCARCE.
Yet High Salaries are Paid to the
 Experts

Ks E < 55 595 The supply of expert typewriters and stenographers falls far short of the demand. Yet expert stenograph- CTS and typewriters can easily com mand salaries of from $2O to $50 a week, so wonderfully has this field of work broadened since the pretty type writer of ten or fifteen years ago stepped into business offices and rout- ed men clerks in the same line.
 The work has gradually taken the place of the teachers position which used to be the, goal of many a girl. Commercial schools are filled with pupils in stenography and typewrit- ing. while in some offices apprentice girls pay as much as $250 for the pRiFilege learning the technicalities of the trade.
 Butt as in so many other fields of labor, the great complaint of inefi- cfent work goes up from the down town offices and the uptown shops. Great corporations, banks, large esL tates and business interests of many kinds are unable to get first class workers in this field.
 The trouble seems to be- that the expert stenographer, as soon as she attains d. position commanding a large salary, at once aspires to have her own office and employ girl clerks. Within the last ten years hundreds of these offices have sprung up.
 But there are too many very young girls taking up the work and seeking places which they are not fitted to
 Gill. There are also certain firms and persons who will persist in searching after low salaried employees in this field under the impression that they can get as good work for small amount as for a decent salary.
 But this idea is far more erroneous in this profession than in any other. A good expert stenographer and type writer knows quite well that she can command good salary and that there are plenty of places waiting for intel ligent and business-like girls who can take care of important correspon- i dence
 The old impression that used tc prevail as to the frivolous qualities { of the typewriter clerk has died q 1 natural death. The work is better done by women who understand il l than 1t ever was by men, even in the task of law reporting. <. But the wo j men who command big salaries arc ] entirely serious in their work, anG many of them mount eventually te 1 places of great confidence in tho l affairs of large houses.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-25
STILL A TEACHER AT 70.

William Campbell of Dickinson coun- ty has taught school every year since 1855, excepting three years spent in the civil war. He has taught contin- uously in Kansas for thirty two years, and most of the time he has had charge of country shool
 Many of the pupils every year are younger than his own grandchildren, but he has the youngest heart of them all. What with his wages and other earnings he has managed to buy fine farm and at 70 years of age he is still following his profession. Abilene Re
 Hector.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-25
CHANGE CUBAN COLONY.
kiles Have Left New York and Stu, <, dents and Tourists Come In

: < dents and Tourists Come In. ' New York city has never had a very tlImefous Cuban colony, and there has sken since the close of the Cuban war
 h almost complete metamorphosis of < Jim character, not in numbers. h. FyEead of ruined sugar planters and leir2 families, expatriated soldiers
 sho had served in the patriot army and
 5r whose arrest q reta Td was offeree
 T the Spanish government, Cuban
 aerehants, shipping men, lawyers and
 sachers, the present Cuban colony in New York city is almost entirely made
 10 of transients- students commercial irummers and the sons of Cuban par. ,nts making tour of the United States.
 During the year preceding the strug- de for Cuban independence some of the best blood of Cuba found an asy. sum in the city of New York, which iWas the headquarters of the various revolutionary juntas and the recruiting placesof Cuban sympathizers general y With the close of the war, the ac- knowiedgment of Cuba's Independence ind a. general amnesty to all those who shad incurred the hostility of the Span. sh authorities, the men of substance aud the families of men of business and social prominence returned t6 Cuba. From that time dates the change in the makeup of the Cuban colony there.
 The destruction of property and the devastation of plantations in Cuba has iceased.q Well to do and ambitious Gu, bans can make a livelihood for them selves at home, and a majority of those who come here at present do not come to stay. They are only tempo rary residents and generally leave New York as soon as the business which may have called them there has been disposed of. There are practically no Cubans outside of the borough of Nam haitian in the city of New York.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-25
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-25
WOMAN SHOE BINDER AT s5.

This city has without doubt the old est woman shoe binder in the country She is Mrs. Sarah Mclaughlin. who lives with her daughter, Mrs. I. Her man Cash She is now in her eighty fifth year. and does a good day's work every day in the week, binding shoes on her machines, that stand in q sunny place in the sitting room of her pleas ant home She takes great amount of pleasure in her work, which is her hobby, and unions and labor questions of all kinds are subjects which interest her but very little.
 Mrs Mclaughlin has been using machiries for more than thirty years, and during that time has worn out half a dozen of them.-Boston Globe.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-25

e IA 5 T GO z- IT .Aa Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought s's.a'''' ss z17zs zszszx
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-25
| sPELLBINDER OF 90.

One of the most conspicuous figures in active politics in Oklahoma is Gen. eral w. B. Hardy, secretary of the Kaw Indian tribal council. General Hardy will be 90 years old in about two months, but his age has not pre- vented him from taking the stump. On a number of occasions he has address ed large crowds, and he expresses the intention of continuing as long as the campaign lasts.
 General Hardy is an uncle of Con- gressman Curtis of Kansas. He likes politics and wields a powerful in duence among the Indians of the ter ritory. He appears to be not more than 60 years old, although he served through the civil war and has expert enced hardships in other ways during his long life.-Kansas City Journal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-25

1 bot Lydia Pinkham's Compound .95c 1 bot Paine's Celery Compound. .99c
 1 box Little Liver Pills .25c
 1 bot Nervura .95c
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-25

O "A SIT 0 z saars tba s Ths Kind You Haya Always Bought s's5ss''' q N1zazzZl
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-25
70 HUNT STAMPS WITH

pkg Macaroni ................ .12c jar Jelly .................... .15c box Cocoa .................. 25e lbs Salt Pork ...........5-..... 25c lbs Sausage ...........-...s 24c lb Pickled Pigs Feet 10c ID Pickled Tripe .............. .10c lbs Lump Starch .......... 2Oc pkg Cornstarch ...........s......10 10c ID Pepper 9c
 Large Broom ......,.......-s.....3 35c
 cans Sardines ................. .15c bot Swamp Root, small. .50c jar Beef Extract .............. .35c bot Royal Glue .-..........s.s.. .10c bot Root Beer Extract. 10c bots Malt Extract ............2 25c
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-25
F R E F

$1 worth, 10 Hunt Stamps, with S2 worth, 20 Hunt Stamps, with $10 worth, 100 Hunt Stamps, with $S worth, 80 Hunt Stamps, with
 $4 worth, 40 Hunt Stamps, with $2 worth, 20 Hunt Stamps, with $3 worth, 30 Hunt Stamps, with '$2 worth. 20 Hunt Stamps, with
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-17

and my back ached, and my whole
body was so strained and cramped that
1 was on the point of giving it all up
when-that blessed old Topham came
in.
He set the big box down with bang
THAI nearly cracked my head. He
turned on the lights and stood whist
ling Tommy Atkins. And then sud-
d -ly there came a soft call, -Topham!
Tophami'
1 leaned back and bit my fingers till
knew / wouldn't shrek. The English
man listened a minute. Then the cafl
came again, and Topham creaked to
the door and out.
In a twinkling was out. too, you bet.
Mag, He hadn't opened the box at
all! There 1t stood in the middle Of
the space framed by the three glasses.
1 pulled at the lid. Lockedi I could
have screamed with rage. But the
sound OF his step outside the door
sobered me. He was coming back. In
a frantic hurry / turned toward the
window which 1 had unlocked when I
came in four hours ago. But 1 hadn't
time to make it. I heard the old fell
lows hand on the door, and tumble
back into the box in such rush that
the curtains were still waving when
he came in.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-17

audience. afternoon or evening, that
isn't dead-gone on her.
Guess who's my latest" she said to
me this afternoon, while we four Char
tiles stood in the wings waiting. Top
ham-old Tophami"
1t all got clear to me then In
minute.
Topham-nothing!" sneered. 'Beryl
Bighead, Topham thinks Of only one
thing-Milady's 5ewel-box. Don't you
fool yourself"
"oh, does he. Mass! Wen, just to
prove 1t, he let me try on the rose
diamond last night. There."
It's easy to say so but I don't see
the proof. He'd lose his job so quick
it'd make his head spin If he did it."
Not if he did. but If they knew he
did. You'll not tell?"
mot me. Why would 1? don't be-
lieve it, and 1 wouldn't expect anybody
else to. I don't believe you could get
Topham to bulge from his chair in
Gray's dressing-room If you'd"
"What'll you bet?"
'I'll bet you the biggest box Of cho-
coIate creams at Huyler's."
'..Donei I'll send for him tonight,
just before Gray and her Lord come,
and you see"
How'll see? Wherein / be?"
well, you be waiting in the little
hall, right off Gray's dressing-room at
seVen-thirty tonight and-you might
as well bring the creams with you"
Catch on. Mag? At seven-thirty in
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-17

the evening / was waiting; but not IL
the little hall off Gray's dressing groom.
1 hadn't gone home at all after the
afternoon performance-you know we
play at three, and again at eight thirty.
had just hidden me away till the rest
were gone, and as soon as the coast
was clear 1 got into Gray's dressing
room, pushed aside the chintz curtains
of the big box that makes her dressing
table-and waited.
Lord. how the hours dragged! 1 had
MT had anything to eat since lunch and
it got darker and darker In there,~and
hot and close and cramped. / put in
the time, much as could, thinking Of
Tom. The very first thing I'd do after
cashing in, would be to get up to Sing
Sing 10 see him. I'm crazy to see him.
I'd tell him the news and see If he
couldn't bribe guard, or plan some
scheme with me to get out soon.
Afraid-me? What Of? If they found
me under that box I'd just give 'em
the Beryl story about the bet. How
do you know they wouldn't believe it?
oh, don't care, you've got
to take chances, Mag Monahan, If you
go in for big things. And this was big
huge. Do you know how much that
diamonds worth? And do you know
how to spend fifty thousand?
1 spent it all therein the box-every
penny of It. When I got tired spend
ing money desed a bit ana. in my
dreams. spent it over again. And then
! walked and tried to fancy new ways
Of getting rid Of it. but my head ached