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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-18
w. B. Erect Form COrSetS.

Erect Form Corsets made Of French
coutile, double boned, have front and side
supporters. fan shape front and medium
bust, lace and fago,ing trimmed. This
Corset will appeal to ladies Of refined
taste.)
We are here showing six Of their best
numbers. Being different shapes, they
win fit almost every form.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-18
w. B. Erect Form COrsetS.

Erect Form Corsets made Of French
coudle, with princess hips. has front and
side supporters. Corset trimmed with
fagoting and lace. Price. Sl.5O.
Erect Form Corsets, short French
model Corset for slender people, lace and
embroidery trimmed. Price. $500.
Many are looking for these better goods.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-18
SONGS
For SO Cents.

Sylyie," the big Boston hit; In
the Vale Of Shenandoah" BY Harris;
4 The Girl Of Ny Dreams" BY Harris.
All are regularly sold for age each, but
by fortunate purchase we offer them,
while they last, as above
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-18
W. B. Erect Form COrsetS.

Do not hesitate 70 get into Corset
that will give you shape, has comfort and
Will wearone that your dressmaker viii
be pleased 70 fl a modern, styled dress
over.
Erect Form Corsets made Of coutiIe,
with medium hips, has front and side
supporters and medium bust. For slim
people. Price SLIGO. please notice.
A coutile eorsetwi,h supporters for $500. J
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Erect Form Corsets.

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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-07

owe you, even without your reminder.
You want the tunnel story confirmed.
have already unguardedly said it was
true. 1t is so, every word you have of
IT, and more. Sit down" And Haver-
ly gave him briefly a score of details
that would send the headlines into the
wood letter case, with double column
pictures.
Now you have the entire thing.
owed you a debt, and l have put its
payment into your hands. You need
not see Richmond. He would deny it
all on the Scriptures. But | may he
suspected of confirming the rumors,
and if l am you can judge for your
self what will come of it. VIII you
promise not to print it?"
Hackett thoughtfully twisted his
mustache and made no reply.
II do not mean a libel suit. But be
careful what you do. Won't you for
old times sake" asked Haverly.
Il promise to be careful" replied
Hackett. And the two parted as cold
blooded business men do.
Hackett left the Richmonds' house
with the power in his hands to shatter
regulations and perhaps a life's happi-
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-07

80 long. But If you will allow me we
VIII begin our acquaintance exactly
"here it left off," said HaverIy.
certainly" said Hackett. 81 have
'rleu to find you; heard you were in Eu-
rope' out two letters came back to me
unopened"
Yes, went to the Mediterranean on
d iong cruise on the Duke of Westmin-
s.ers yacht, then to Egypt, Italy and
.ne continent and am home Just a
week" said Haverly.
And found a place on. daily
newspaper and have taken trips all
over the city every day or two for
news that ranges from a prize fight
- society wedding. make a fair sal
ar' ana have some hope of climbing
up near the top of that ladder we hear
50 much about" returned Hackett.
lou still believe in that ladder?
tou used to have all sorts of theories
~ college. remember. and you used
~ experiment with them on me-" re-
P''' MS friend. do you really be.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-07


TO a sensational story. The
nnonle's names are Richmond,
and there are to be an expo
srre and scandal that will Shake up
81, .ou.n" the city editor of the Globe
said. .,o
peoples regulations, so be careful of
.,,o Facts" the managing editor said.
Henry uackett was receiving instruc-
.i,,,s IN cover the chief news story Of
.ho dav Hnckett, tall, ruddy, full of
courage TO cope with almost any phys
tool nrobIem, was always making ex-
rorimeuts in tse philosophy of human
ufo He was a fairly well tried man on
tho staff of the Globe and had the rep
ntation of never having failed to secure
q story to which he was assigned.
"Hold up your reputation and make
turn columns of the affair Give us a
breezy account Of Richmond's manipu-
Iaton of the tunnel stock as well. You
have lust time to find him at his home
before our last edition goes to press"
said the city editor as Hackett took up
his coat and hat.
He hurried out and took a cab. The
address given him was in the wealth
lest part of the city, three-quarters of
an hours rapid drive, and he felt this
was an occasion where a five cent car
fare was incompatible with the impor-
lance of the story. He knew the Rich
monds were rated as semimillionaires.
He had but the briefest information of
the subject of his errand; scarcely more
than the peoples names. But he knew
that Richmond himself was a shrewd
old man who would probably detect the
full drift of the most carefully worded
question at it's first utterance, and as
the cab rocked him from one side to the
other he framed in his head plausible
tale of rumor which might lead Rich
mond to talk of the tunnel stock deal.
The cab rolled up to the Richmonds'
house, and Hackett, telling the driver
to wait, hurried up the steps and gave
his card to polite servant, upon whom
the effect of the cab standing at the
door had not been lost. He waited a
few moments in the library, when some
one entering the room behind him said:
"Is this Mr.. Hackett7"
The voice was surprisingly familiar.
Hackett turned and saw Ridley Haver-
ly, well brOnzed, slender young man
of his own age. faultlessly dressed, a
bunch of vioiets in his coat. Haverly |
seized his hand, threw his arm affec-
tionately over Hackett's shoulder and
exclaimed:
"The very man l wanted to begin
systematic search for! Have not heard |
of you since commencement at Harvard |
two years ago"
You are the last man l expected to |
meet here" returned Hackett, taking |
Haverly's hand in both of his and al |
most crushing it in delight.
You cannot think hold you in very
loving remembrance, as l have good |
reason to do, to have lost track of you
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-07
BREAD,
BITTER and
A FRIEND
By HENRY C. GUEST
Copyright, 1903, by G. n. Lurie

,wwFRE. Hackett, we have clew
~ TO a sensational story. The
nnonle's names are Richmond,
and there are to be an expo
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29
PERSONAL CHIT-CHAT.

John Snyder, baker in the United
States navy and stationed at Mare island
on the Pacific coast, has come into for
tune Of $3.50 900 left by his father. Sny-
der, who has received honorable dis
charge, had been four years in the navy.
The fortune is in bonds, real estate and
cash.
Ex-Gov. D. L. Russell, of Wilmington,
N. c.. sent to Washington by Miss Mary
c. Darby, postmistress of Wilmington,
to secure her reappointment, failed in
his mission, but secured the place for
his own wife, and then offered Miss
Darby the place of assistant, which she
Indignantly declined.
George F. Baer, president of the Phila-
delphia & Reading railroad, is popu-
larly supposed to have deep hatred of
John Mitchell, but recently he gave
some indication that he has grain Of
admiration for the president of the
United Mine Workers. What do you
think Of John Mitchell, anyway ?" whim-
sically asked an acquaintance of him.
"He's wonderful man." said Mr.. Baer,
promptly. Hes an Irishman who can
keep his mouth shut"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29

;aame aby which l,a Il most amili1rly
known. Ile has carried II from boy
hood. OLe day on his way to school
little Tim picked up q Il revenue beer
stamp: He thought it was . dollar bin.
It had been raining and the stamp was
wet@so when he reached the school he
pinned the stamp on the wall near the
stove. The teacher asked him what. he
was doing and he replied that he was
trying to dry that dollar" The boys
caught on as boys will and from that
day to this he has been known as "Dry
Dollar Tim" Since that memorable
day Tim Sullivan has learned a great
deal about the medium of exchange.
He has over a million and half of
dry dollars now. He owns theaters.
race horses and race tracks and he is
as we'll known in the sporting world as
in politics. Most of DRY Dollar's' ed
ucation he picked up in the streets.
His school days were few. He began
to- make money by selling: papers and
most Of the information he picked i'm
was gathered from the papers he sold
and from the racy talk of the streets.
TO this day he says his reading is con-
fined to the newspapers. He buys a
lot OF them and reads them all. When
he is through with them he has little
time for anything else.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29
RAILWAY RuMBLES.

Miss Agnes Mullen, recently appointed
advertising manager of the Monon rail-
road, is the only woman in the world
holding such position.
Kumassi, in Ashantiland, is now con-
nected with the coast, $50 miles distant,
by railroad. Trains began to run in
October. The line was begun in 1898.
In 1878 nearly all (99.5 per cent? of the
Russian railways belonged to private
companies; in 1901 these companies
owned only 1876 per cent. of them. In
Germany private railway ownership
decreased in the same period from 50 to
9 per cent.
Frank Seaman, Of New York city. is be-
lieved to have taken, with his family, tho
longest continuous private car trip ever
made. His vacation during the past sum-
mer and fall lasted little over quar-
ter Of a year. His log book is decidedly
Interesting and the following is a sum-
mary: Time. 101 days from New York:
Travelled in car over 1850 miles: tray
eled by boat over $50 miles; travelled on
horseback over $50 miles; travelled In
stages over 300 miles; in 10 states and
Mexico.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29

down on an historic group of southern
military heroes. There were Wade
Hampton and M. c. Butler, those fine
types of the rebel brigadier' about
whom Ben Butler used to storm; Isham
Harris, OF Tennessee; Malone, of Vir-
ginia; John B. Gordon and Colquitt, of
Georgia.; Walthall, of Mississippi,
whom Lamar used to say would have
succeeded Lee if Lee for any reason
had fallen by the wayside, and whom
Senator Hoar describes as the finest
type of southern statesman: Zeb
Vance, of North Carolina, the idol of
the old north state. In the senate now
there are only three or four. Cockrell,
of Missouri, had an enviable record
So had Morgan and Pettus of Alabama.
Another interesting survival is Bate.
of Tennessee Bate limps about on a
shortened leg to show for his expert
ence in fighting the battles of the con-
federacy. Bate is known among his
colleagues and has been known for
years as the man who never smokes a
lighted cigar. He is never without a
cigar in his mouth. but it is always
what is known as a dry smoke. There
is reason for this to which the Ten
nessee senator rarely refers. During
the civil war he was riding into action
once with his brother by his side. He
was smoking a cigar. A bullet sped
by, caught his cigar from between his
lips and speeding past killed his com:
panion. From that day Bate has never
lighted cigar. And he never will.
Bate rarely opens his mouth in the
senate, but he is now one of the most
experienced members of that body, He
is serving his third term.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29

VI COMuQAuClS vi
the federal side who excelled him. Yet
for the greater portion of the time
after the close of the civil war until
his death his fame rested under a
cloud among some of his own people;
because after swords were transformed
into agricultural implements he allied
himself with the opposition party.
At the close of the war Longstreet
became republican and he remained
a republican until the end Some of
his neighbors, forgetful of the splendid
services he had rendered the confed-
eracy in the field, ostracized him. They
refused to recognize him at the re-
unions of confederate veterans and for
years he lived as a stranger in a
strange land. Now that he is dead per-
haps his reward may come, but the
tragedy of his life cannot be obliter-
ated.
Oflateyears he has been a resident of
Washington occupying the sinecure po-
sition of railroad commissioners, which
was occupied before him by another
confederate soldier, Joseph F-D John
ston
There is little in the physical ap-
pearance of the gray-haifed old man to
remind one of the dashing corps COM
mander of 40 years ago. The inevita-
bic ear-trumpet and the sightless eye
were pathetic "reminiscences of a he
roic past
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29
As THE Ayg DECIDES,

Failure Of leaders to perform their
duty and remove loose coal hanging in
q mine, which renders the place IN
safe for other employees to work in. IS.
held. in Tradewater Coal company VS..
Johnson (Ky.), 81 L. r. A. 161,. to be
the negligence Of the master and not
| Of the fellow servant OF machine
mans helper. 1...>.- s..S
The fact that an accident ruptured'
a kidney because Of its cancerous con-
dition is held. in Fetter vs.. Fidelity
& G.. company (Mo.), 81 L. r. A. 459,
not to prevent the accident from being
the cause Of the ensuing death of the
injured person, independent of all
| other causes" within the meaning of q
policy Of accident insurance held by
him. , .!
The owner of the building required
by statute to be provided with fire
escapes is. held. in Carrigan vs.. Still
we'll (Me.), 81 L. r. A. 1853. not to be
relieved. from liability for their alb
sence by the fact that the building was
in possession Of tenant, where the
statute requires notice to be given to
him in case they are found to be- I'M
safe and imposes a@penalty upon him
for neglect to comply with recon-
menda>ions in regard to them.
Where a certificate of fraternal
beneficiary society is payable only to
certain specified persons and the men,
Der dies without leaving anyone who
is entitled to be made a beneficiary
under his certificate it is held, in
Warner vs.. Modern Woodmen of
America (Neb.), L. R. A. COB, that no
equitable rights accrue to either the
creditors or the estate of tho deceased
member and that the fund contem-
plated by the certificate will revert to
tho society.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29

Powers is a man of ability and he is
also a thoroughly good fellow. He is
one of the few members who has man
aged to attract the attention of the
house during his first term in congress.
When he landed in Washington to be-
gin his congressional career the first
thing that impressed him was the utter
insignificance of the new member un-
der the hard and fast system of prefer
ment which prevails. He lay around
for few weeks, wondering why he
ever consented to come to Washington
at all, and calling himself all sorts Of
names. He talked around among some
Of the other new members ana found
that most of them felt about as he did.
Then he had an inspiration.
He organized the new members into
a club, which he called the Tantalus
club, because it is the fate OF the new
member to be constantly hoping to get
somewhere and never reaching the
goal. He got them all together for a
dinner He was made president bytac-
clamation, and the t1rst dinner ,WaS
such a, success that they had an6heL'
and another. The beauty about the
dinners was that the members who
would never get a chance to talk in
the house under the rules could be rec
ognized and show what there was in
them. The Tantalus club dinners be-
came a feature of Washington. Ev-
erybody wanted to go to them and no.
body could get in. The old members
for once had to take subordinate po-
the new men and he speedily became a
factor to be reckoned with. If he were
to stay in congress he would cut big
figure, but he is going to leave
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29


right it is hard to say where his am
bition will carry him. For he has plen-
ty of ambition and he has plenty of
capacity. He has an acute mind He
has ample assurance. He has industry.
He has a wonderfully attractive per-
sonality.
If Beverage were not in politics he
could make handsome living with his
pen. It is possible, too, that he might
make great success in business. His
closest friend is George w. Perkins. of
the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co.
Beveridge ran into George w. Per-
kins in Indianapolis when both were
ambitious young fellows with their
way to make in the world. They met
for the first time on a trial trip that
was made on an Indianapolis trolley
line and they were attracted to each
other at once. After that trip one Of
the big financial magnates of Indian
apolis asked Beverage what he
thought of his new acquaintance. ,~
II believe" said Beverage, who was
then boy lawyer, that Perkins will
be the most powerful financial figure
in the United States" .-':.*H
Perkins was then a life insurance
man and there was no superficial indi-
cation of his future. But before long
he was called to New York and he is
rapidly advancing to the position
which Beveridge picked out for him.
The two are great chums now. They
spend all the time together they can,
and each goes to the other for advice,
but neither ever asks the other for q
favor. That is the compact between
them. n: .:a%. z't E. & ID
z LOUIS A. COOLIDGE
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29
MN ESQ ia NEy
Omcers Elected. !

9. N Cosgrove Of lie Sueur was elect
ed for a third term as president Of
the State Agricultural society at the
closing session Of the annual meet
ing; B. F. Nelson of Minneapolis,
first vice president; and Chester. R.
Smith of St. Paul, second vice presi-
dent. were also reelected, but ,ex-
changed places, Mr.. Smith becoming
first vice president and MIR. Nelson
second Secretary E. w. Randall and
Treasurer F. J. Wilcox will no doubt
be reappointed by the board of man
ayers at their. next meeting, Jan. 10,
ut the Merchants hotel, St. Paul.
Of the board of managers N. S.
Gordon, Crookston; j. C. Curryer
Mankato; j. NJ. Underwood, Lake
City, and L. D. Baird, Austin, hold
yer. William E. Lee, Long Prairie,
whose term expired, was reelected
by reclamation; Colonel w. NJ. Lig-
gett, dean of the state agricultural
college, was also reelected with lit
tie opposition.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29

The speed experiments which have
been made over the military railroads
between Berlin and Zossen with cleo
trio cars, and which have attracted at
tention, everywhere, were completed
been equipped with apparatus for meas
uring the resistance of the pressure OF
the atmosphere, repeatedly made the
trip over the whole distance of the
railroad between Marienfeld and Zos-
sen, length of 14.5 miles, at a speed
of from 1875 to 1866 miles per hour.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29

Japanese house servants seem unu-
sually scarce in New York just now.
Just what has become of the supply,
whether they have left the metropolis
to go home and 60 to war, nobody
seems to know. At any rate, they can
not be found at employment agencies
nor by advertising. Ordinarily Jap
anese servant or two can be picked
up whenever wanted, and there has
been a pretty steady demand for them,
especially to work in bachelor apart
ments and as Wallets.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29

The theater habit in Chicago has
been shown in remarkably striking
manner by the Iroquois disaster. It
is interesting to estimate the amount
Of money which Chicago people will
save should the Sc theaters, closed by
the mayor, remain shut for month.
A fair calculation, based on the aver.
age attendance at the theaters. places
the figure at $1,O00,000. Without
doubt Chicago has been spending a
million dollars a month on theater
amuSementS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29

American leather, both sole and up
per, has been imported in somewhat
larger quantities than last year by
British shoe manufacturers, owing, it
is said, to their increasing orders from
the colonies Not only is the British
shoe made chiefly Of American leather
and by American machinery, but even
tae metal hooks and eyelets are prac-
tically all imported from the United
Statnc
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29

Maj. Gen. Long
street and Gen.
ord 1.-TWO of
the greatest SOL
diers in the his
tory of the repub-
lie.
Of the generals
of the confederacy
Longstreet ranked
easily among the
first three, and in
the opinion of mill
itary experts there
were not more
than that number
-E
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29

New York doesn't see any immedi.
ate relief in the matter of handling her
enormous school population. Sta
tistics just handed in to Mayor Nc.
Clellan show that last year there were
514,425 children who attended the pub.
lie schools. This is an increase of Z
per cent. over 1902, and at this rate
it is believed the attendance for this
year will reach fully $4,000. School
houses are being built as fast as mon
ey can be raised and the work done.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29

One of the most remarkable islands
in the world is located in the Gulf of
Mexico, about ten miles off the west
ern coast of Florida, It is charted on
the maps of the photographic Office at
Washington. and is known as Snails
island. 1t forms one of the long line
of little sandy islets which extend oHt'
ward from the coast of Florida and are
known as keys. The peculiar char
acteristic of Snails island, as it is
called, is that it completely changes
color TWICE day, producing most
beautiful effect to the vision of pass.
ing tourists.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29

Mr.. Justice Brown, Of the supreme
court Of the United States, is in at
least one respect an imitator of Linz
coin; he blackens his own Shoes Aft
err rising in the morning he gets into
his underwear and socks, then puts
on his shoes and plies the brush. His
shoes always look better than those of
any other member of the court, great
minds being careless, as a rule about
pedal appearances The justice is
enormously stout, and at times finds it
difficult to see his shoes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29

y L Ills present
term. That will
be sad news for
younger men in
the house and for
many of the older
men, too, for that
matter. But Pow
ers thinks he can
make a good deal
more money by
going back to has
profession and he
says that the life
of a representative
is dreary and I'M
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29

trict in new York,
Tim Sullivan. Sui
4ivan is a Bowery
boy and is proud
of 1t. He has
fought his way up
from the bottom
and at 40 years he
is one of the most
influential demo-
Gratis in Greater
New York. Over
on the East side
n o b o dy W o,u5l d
think Of speaking
of him as Con-
They all call him
|" or DRY. Dollar"
> Is perhaps the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29

To fire a four-inch common shell
costs SIT, a six-pounder 1886, a one
FOUNDER $1.14. Every ship has a bat
teW of Colt automatic machine guns
which fire cartridges in stream fed
from belt at the rate of 400 min:
ute. Four times year each man fires
two belts on one of these guns. 1t
takes little over two minutes and
it costs about 81 a belt.