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The Washington times., 1904-03-09
WlLKESBARRE STREETS
LIKE THOSE OF VENICE

WILKEsBARRE. Pa. March 8
Backed up by unbrozen ice gorges.
which SO far have defed all efforts 10
break them. the mighty flood OF water
on the Susquehanna is still rising. and
hourly works more damage as it sweeps
along IN it's new bed
All records for floods were broken this
morning when the dial showed that the
water stood 90 feet G inches above low
water mark All towns and hamIcts
along the river for eighty miles are
watersoakcd and damaged by the tor
rent
WillIesbarre found itself verfta ble
venice this morning. The water stood
three feet high on River Street. and the
The Washington times., 1904-03-09
ONE HUNDRED PERISH
IN CAMBODGE WRECK

PARIS March s.-OmciaI details have
been received of the loss of the French
steamship Cambodge from Rangoon.
India, on February II. for Europe. of
the coast OF Cochin China. II IS beIiev-
ed that 100 persons perished with the
vessel.
The steamer was wrecked in a tor
rinc storm. A series Of huge waves
broke over her. and she finally sank In
eight metres OF water. Help was sen.
from Saigon
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RUSSIANS FORTIFY ANTJJNG
TO RESIST THE JAP ADVANCE

LONDON. March 9.-The Russian and
japanese censors continue to suppress
special dispatches and TO block the en-
terprise Of the London journals The
war news is steadily shrinking IN com
pass and declinirg in value. OmciaI
bulletins from boz. sides are more re-
markable for omissions than for positive
information.
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Mrs. Moran Alarmed.
POSTMASTERS NAMED
IN THE NEARBY STATES

The following fourth-class postmasters
We're appointed today:
Maryland-Edmund Perry. Cross
Roads, Charles county, Clayton o.
EaIle. Eakles Mills. Washington county.
Virginia-James Humphries. Gibbons
Station, Lee county; Wilson Decatur,
Miles, Stafford county; Harry ).
Sharp, FeTdon, Hanover county.
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TONGUE TO BE CUT OUT.

NEW YORK, March 9-Thomas Ma
guire, for fourteen years the treasurer
Of the Fourteenth Street Theater, in this
city and well known in theatrical
circles throughout the country. will go
70 the Skin and Cancer ITospital on
Saturday where his tongue will be ro-
moved. The operation is serious and
his many friends watch the outcome
with anxiety. He has been q sufferer
for some time.
The Washington times., 1904-03-09
PRESIDENT VISITS
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL

President Roosevelt, accompanied by
Commissioner of Corporations Garfield
walked from the White House TO the
home 0f Postmaster General Payne at
/ O'Clock this afternoon.
Mr. Payne is IN with gout. but is inn
proving and hopes 70 be out tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1904-03-09
WEATHER REPORT.

There has been d decided fan in tenn
perature in the lower lake region and
eastern New York and generally
throughout the plateau districts. ii Is
somewhat warmer in Kansas and the
middle Missouri valley
The western storm viii move east
southeast curing the next thirty-sf,c
hours. causiag rain tomorrow IN the east
gulf States. Tennessee. the Ohio valley
and the lower lake region. II will be
somewhat warmer tonight ana tomor-
row IN southern districts, and warmer
tomorrow IN the Ohio valley and middle
Atlantic States.
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REVOLUTION PENsIoNER DEAD

RICHMOND. Va, March 8.-AIrs. Re
becca Mayo. one Of two remaining pen
sioners OF the Revolutionary War on
the rolls Of the Pension once. died
Monday at Newbern. Va. al the age Of
ninety.
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Repetition of Last Nights Scenes Expected
Unless Strong Arm of Militia Restores
Order in Ohio Town.
SPECIAL GRAND JURY WILL
INVESTIGATE THE OUTRAGES
Judge Mower and Mayor Bowlus Express
Indignation and. Declare Purpose TO
Punish LaWbreakerS.

" to the use Of the soldiers. who have
proceeded to make themselves thorougn-
y at home.
The Washington times., 1904-03-09

There are rumors that the attempt Of
the Japanese admiral to block Port Ar
thur by sinking ships in the channel has
been renewed, and there are fresh re-
ports OF artillery practice by the fleet
operating against Viadivostol, but de-
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TEMPERATURES
TIDE TABLE

itlgn tlle tDcty 900. ... .2.38 o.
High tide tomorrow. a. NJ. 3:O5 3. I
Low tide tomorrow. .s:12 a. m, 1856 D. 7
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
NOTICE.

Montgomery, Ala, Dec. 23rd. 1904 In order that the children and those desir- ing to do may participate to the fuiiest extent in discharging Fire Crackers. ROCK cts and all other fire works that are not prohibited by law. The Mayor has desig- mated the following named places where such Fire Works may be discharged dur ing the Christmas Holidays, ending Janu- ary End. 1905. violation of law dangerous both to life and property and subjects the violator to heavy penalties. Parents. Guardians and all who may have control custody of children will instruct them as to the places desig mated and the penalty for violating the or dinances ot the City of Montgomery. The City Wharf. River Front.
 City Property. Cypress Pond.
 City Property. Old Reservoir, head of Monroe Street.
 Vacant Lots, head of Madison Avenue. Vacant Lot, West side of McDonough St., intersection M. & E. R. R.
 Todd's Lot Circus Grounds, Goode Street Vacant Space in front of Hammer Hall. Vacant Lots. intersection of Gennetta Ditch and S. Hull St.
 Figh & Williams Brick Yard. West End. Vacant Lot north of and adjacent to Sel- ma R. R.. West End.
 Haas Property, Highland Park near Baso Ball Park.
 The Vacant Lot foot of Martha Street near R. R. Shops.
 The Vacant Lots South Perry South of Finley Avenue
 The space in Capitol Square. North of Confederate Monument.
 The Vacant Lot between Alabama and Scott Sts. S. Perry St.. old Hussey Prop erty.
 Tringuar Square, intersection Bibb. Gold waithe and Wilkinson Streets.
 Grounds North Side Swaynes College.
 A. GERALD, 7t & . Chief of Police.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
Harper's Monthly Magazine.

In Harpers Magazine for December there Is published for the first time 8 letter written by Warren Hastings to his secretary, giving his own imrE Ees- sions of his trial, his opinion of the famous speeches of Burke and Sheri- dan, etc. Of the opening speeches he writes:
 "of the s5 days thus employed 1a were wholly consumed in long speeches. by MT. Burke in the genl. opening, by Messrs Fox and Gray in the opening of the Benares charge, l by MT. Anstruther in the close of 1t, 2 by Adam & Pelham in ye opening of the Begun charge and four by Mir. Sheridan in closing it:--besides occa- sional Harangues of considerab ble length in the intermediate Process. Of these I will send you copies; though ! think you will never bear to read them. I have not yet seen the last myself. People admire this as a per feet model of Eloquonce. Many think it turgid nonsense, and much of 1t if fairly reduced to writing certainly is so. If my Judgment of it may be trusted, it consisted of impudent as- sertions of facts which were not in proof; dull, dry & fallacious applica- tions of the Evidence, which he mag nified. and suppressed. as either served his purpose; of some Wit. but much more buffoonery; of gross Invective, & foul Language throughout; many flights of fine Imagination; much Bom- bast. & even unintelliglble Declama- tion; and Patches of highly wrought Oratory. evidently got by heart & Of perfect Composition had 1t borne any just Relation to the subject. l can truly assure you that few pages of the Spectator, few Extracts from Sternes Sentl Journey, or scraps from Bouffon, inserted at proper Intervals between the application of the Evi- dence to ye charge, wd compound just such a Speech as the best part of Sher- idans. Would you know the general character of all the oratory that has been exhibited on this occasion, take it for granted you will have the Con
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
...,n have I studied the Art,
,,pnvo, of the Authors.

carolvn Wells in The Bookman. When Earth's last book has been
 printed and the types are twist
 ed and pied,
 When the Smallest Maynard has per
 ished and the Lttlest bro"h nus
 died, ,.,i ooa We shall rest. and faith. we shall need
 1t. for The Century, at pest, Till the Houghtons cease from Mlfhin
 and the Scribners are at rest. And those that were good shall be liar
 pers: they shall sit with tho
 Putnam chaps
 And write on Doubleday Pages, or an
 L.. c. Page, perhaps They shall have real Britons to draw
 from-Macmilian and hegah
 Paul, .. rhav shall wait an age for their state
 ments. and never get tired at all! And only Mcclure shall praise us, and
 only McClurg shall bless; And no one shall write for an Agent
 and none for d Private Press Rut each for the joy of the writing
 and each in his separate star Shall write the book as he sees 1t, for
 the Dodd of Meads as they are!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25

While he's tellin' us all bout Old Christmas times when he's a Kid, He est cracked hickernuts, he did. Till they's a crock full. mighty nigh! An when they're all done by an by, He raked the red coals out again An telled me, Fetch that popcorn In, An old three-legged skillet-an The led an all now, little man. An yer old Uncle herell show You how corn's popped, long years
 ago
 When me an Santy Claus was boys On Pap's place in Illinois, An your Pa, too, wuz chuns, all
 through
 With santy!-wisht Pad be here,
 tool.
 Then with late afternoon Uncle Sid- ney takes all three, me, Etty and Lee Bob" to get the tree. Then while tales of Christmas-tide are filling all little ears with great expectation, comes the sounds of sleighbells and who but old Saint Nick-himself!
 Then of all the joy and fun-and fire! all by accident, the little folks must read for themselves on this merry Christmas morning!
 The illustrations. many and good, are by c. M. Relyea and Will Vawter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25

spot for bacteria to enter
 To enrich the blood and increase the red blood corpuscles, Dr. Pierce wears ago found a vegetable compound, which he called Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov- cry, that would quickly cure the bad symp- toms by increasing the red blood corpus cles and thereby feeding the nerves on rich blood. This Medical Discovery also acts upon the digestion and assimilation of food, 90 that the blood gets its proper elements from the products of digestion. Feed the lungs, stomach and heart on rich red blood and you have surely healthy body which will throw of the germs of disease which Turk everywhere. Get as near natures way as you can. A medicine made entirely from botanical extracts and which does not contain alcohol is the safest. D. <1erce's Golden Medical Discovery contains neither alcohol my narcotics.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25

T walked way to wannamaker's and back" said our hostess day ago at dinner; "so that l could give ten cents to the Salvation Army post"
 Why, couldn't you find one nearer?' cried the one who can't take joke. "Gracious" laughed the hostess; T was saving car-fare. Self-denied to give, you know"
 An" said the one who writes jokes but can never take one.
 There is sometimes the fly in the amber. The Pretty Boy told that he had seen a man passing hand the Sal vation Army man at the pot a quarter of a dollar with a motion at the pot, not caring to stop to put it in himself. The Pretty Boy had a sudden notion to look back the man put his finger through the wire and the quarter in his pocket But this is something that has happened perhaps once among mil lions of times. Everybody of all classes everywhere has the deepest and we'll deserved confidence in the salva- tion Army people. The lasses are often sunburned or chilly looking un- der their quaint bonnets. but always the most cheery, pleasant faces. feel glad whenever I see one. Another fragrant sight is the chimney of the "American Volunteers" built up about two feet high on the sidewalk. Over this stands a Santa Claus looking man with brown suit like St. Nick edged with cotton snow. peaked cap, and cot ton beard.
 May the poor be happy today with the gifts and goods that these great organizations have gathered for them. It is not the. what one might call, the organized, recognized poor that suffer In New York so much as 1t Is the in dividual Without the backing of red tape or some sort of institution the one who begs work has hard time in the great city.
 worth of an introduction. Does it mean the person introduced is worthy? Cq does 1t say to the one to whom 1t is addressed: My eyes is on you,' as it were Does the dispenser of charity almost unconsciously to self feel: If I do not help this conner my friend my acquaintance will know of 1t and shall be called careless, uncaritabie.
 The dread of another's eye. of an- others opinion is great. won der how much 1t influences us in all our dealings with our fellows The toy-sellers on the side walks always interest me greatly Here the man with tin automatons is setting out his wares, all wound up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25

text: and they are the finest that mor- taI Rard has ever sung. in this species of Poetry. since Poetry was invented. ''In vain have l studied the Ars,
 With abuse to bespatter the foe'
 A,a shoot if like mud from cart,
 With the true Ciceronian flow"
 The manuscript of Hastings's letter is nub,ished now by permission Of Lord St Oswald, in whose collection 1t IS preserved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
Personal and Pertinent.

Merry Christmas to All! How
 blessed to be in Alabama today where half the woods green, where may be a late rose blooms in sheltered cor ners of gardens. where sweetly the mocking bird sings! Here all the city looks like a Christmas card. Snow falls always makes me think of Christ mas cards for there Is where we get most of our snow scenes down South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25

The man who sells rubber spiders has himself the worst mechanical auto- mation like mice: They won't bites Look alive! Can't hurt! Made of rub- Der! Come from Mexico! and the rest Of it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
Closed all day Monday give Employees Christmas Holiday

Here two tin man in gaoves go through the motions of boxing. There a tin dog walks off on his hind legs shaking his forepaws. The tin market woman slides along with her market basket.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25

"A Defective Santa Claus,' by James Whitcomb Riley
 Little Boy! Halloo! Halloo!
 Can't you hear me calling you?
 Little Boy that used to be,
 Come In here and play with me"
 That is what we all want at Christ mas time. The Little Boy who used to be to play with me" To some the little boy is a dear. dead self, a brave little boy full of love and trust and faith. A little boy that hardly seems Ia whit like this wayworn old man of today. To others the little boy is the little brother, chlefest. best, most pro- tective of playmates. To others the little sweetheart gone to the grown world, somewhere somewhere.
 But Old Santa Claus is still with us. Dear old fellow So gay, so lively, so generous. Not a defect about that old fellow, and. it is no Defective" verse that Riley has written of the joys of the farmhouse Christmas,
 Uncle Sidney" Is the boys delight the uncle that tells such stories of when mother was a girl, who knows when the weather Is just right" for Santa Claus and the reindeer. The uncle who knows tust hCw 70 roast po- tatoes in -le ashes. How to
 aSalt an butter 'em, an blow Elm cool enough for us to eat An me-o-my. they're hard to beat!
 Not a bit of fireside fun is 1t that Uncle Sidney doesn't know, and so;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25

The Salvation Army leave their gyp- sy kettles at every corner or so. and out in the snow all this snowy week
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25

The man with the round magnifying glass, like a boys round marble ale ways has a crowd and how his lecture spins away.
 The shops are gorgeous, but oe course their really artistic shows have been newspaper copy these three weeks or more.
 The book stores are enough to set one mad with desire, desire to have and to give of the treasures that are therein. Heaps and heaps of Christmas trees, little comicaI colors and little sprawl ing hemlocks are in heaps before for ists shops and family groceries. Christi mas bells and Christmas wreaths adorn every house. shop, window. Ev- anywhere Is put forth a sign of the glad gay season. And with the rest of the world we cry: A Merry Christmasi. 4 Glad New Year!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25

Salvation lads or lassies are standing by the gypsy kettles calling: Keep the pot boiling! Keep the pot boil ing.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
Grace Church with the sheet of snC

Grace Church with the sheet of snow about 1t. the edges of snow on every corner and arch and peak and point is d very impressing Christmas card. By the way one of the department stores has Grace Church represented in it's rotunda and out the church doors the singers entertain the immense crowds that tostle each other in every store
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
with reproducti paintings and ph Iver Is from a q ,dward Penfeld.
 The Smart Set.

The contents page of the January Smart Set Is the first indication of the excellence which is to mark the maga- zine for 1905. The Smart Set was long since conceded the title of "the maga- zine of cleverness," and its plans for the coming year already embrace a list of new contributors whose names stand for the very best in the fiction and verse of the day. With George Barr McCutcheon. Frances Aymar Matthews. William R. Lighton, Emery Pottle, Ru- pert Hughes. Edward Boltwood and Herbert D. Ward standing out from among twenty-seven other names, most of which are widely known. and espe- cially familiar to Smart Set readers the January number promises well for the coming year.
 The novelette,, "The Coming of the King" by Frances Aymar Mathews, is a most delicate mingling of light hu- nor and touching pathos. The scenes are laid mostly in Provence, and the story concerns a charming American girl whose life weaves itself into that of an ancient French family, who, in their secluded corner of the world have all their lives waited loyalty and unquestioningly for the day when the heir of the House of Bourbon should return to his own and set upon the throne of France.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
ACROSS COUNTRY.

The signs of the times point to an enor
 nous increase of intelligent public interest in health: to a new generation with purer, stronger blood and therefore more active,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
A SpriR of Mistletoo.

Encased in a paper soft and white. tied with scarlet bow. Within a grim old trunk there lies sprig of mistletoe. Old guns, the hilts of broken sworus' ana rusted spurs declare That no white hand of dainty dame had placed the love-gage there. Oh. strange it looks. that relic of a far-off Christmas Day. Among the souvenirs of war so deftiy laid away!
 Sent in by Q Friend"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25

The title-page of "The Girl and the Kaiser" recently Issued. showing the author as Pauline Bradford Mackie. This is the Pauline Bradford Mackie. This is tha maiden name of Mrs. Herbegt N. Hopkins. whose husband is professor of Latin in Trinity College at Hartford. Both Professor Hopkins and his wife have made places for themselves among the modern noyelists of America. ''The Torch" Professor Hopkins book published last year. attracted consider able attention as an incisive attack on com mercial influences in university life. Mrs Hopkins has quite long list of stories to her credit. The Washingtonians" and ''The Voice of the Desert being perhaps the most important. The Girl and the Kaiser. is noteworthy for its intimate. friendly ani exaggerated picture of Emperor William the Sudden. For the first time in fiction we have a portrait of him. not . earicatura.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
MAGAZINE NOTES.
The Metropolitan Maea.iue.

MctfOROhtam M1KuBEmCs
 The January holiday number of The Metropolitan Magazine Is especially strong in short fiction and contains, as well. a number of striking illustrated articles from the pencils of well-known writers.
 One of these papers. entitled "An Artist in Bermuda" is by Charles Liv- ingston Bull. and tells of wondrously beautiful denizens of the tropic wa- ters which encircle that favored island Mr Bull has spent much time peering through the clear waters of Bermuda at the fauna and flora that inhabit their depths. He pictures not only in words. but with clever drawings, the life of the Bermuda seas.
 The opening feature of this number is $40o prize story by George Gibbs. decidedly one of the best things that this artist-author has ever turned out. It is entitled, "Found-A Musician" and is a pathetic and sympathetic recital of the trials of real artist and his struggle through a destitute existence in New York. There are drawings by the author A breezy Western story hint of the modern conditions of cattle raising, and tells how one plucky. stout-hearted little wo- man fought her way to suc- cess under them. The illustrations are by Will Crawford. Albert Kinross, in His Realized Ambition" voices the hopes of the modern war correspon- dent. while Theodore Roberts in fDay of Valor" catches the spirit that drove British privateers into the teeth of the foe in days long past. Joel Chan dler Harris has another inimitable Uncle Remus" tale. the old darky on | this occasion relating to the enraptur- ed little boy the secret of Brother Rabbits Laughing Place" D. H. Sothern, who has made himself known as an author through the pages of this magazine, contributes a charming mon- ologue hitherto unacted as well as un- published. Other fiction includes a light story of love and mystery by Por- | ter Emerson Brown, and a clever and l humorous sketch by Gelett Burgess, as we'll as a strong installment of the se- rial The Princess Passes"
 l The poems in this number are numer- ous and more than pleasing. A strong contribution, The Half Breed" by W. A. Frazer, Is illustrated by Charles Sarka; a quatrain is by Paul Laurence Dunbar; '"rhe Children's Gifts" Is a timely rhyme by Ernest Neal Lyon, while "The Wedding Guest" by Flor ence Wilkinson and ITO New York at Christmas' by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow are characteristic of the e-writing of these two women. Carolyn Wells has written a highly amusing Primer of Literature.
 The entire number is sumptuously | illustrated with reproductions from drawings, paintings and photographs. and the cover Is from a drawing in colors by Edward Penf1eld
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25

IenefOuS
 Saving
 Specials. Not often do you read of such truly great saw ings on absolutely new merchandise as are told of below; were it not for our great desire to immediate ly invest the money in Spring Goods we'd not sacrifice these stocks at such figures now. Sc Apron Ginghams at Sc a yard.
 7c Unbleached Canton Elan :el at 4 3-4c a yard. 25c Hernstitched Linen Huck Towels at t9c. F t-2c Percales at g t-2c a yd. Sc Outing Flannels at 6c a Yd. I2t-2e Boys Winter Hose at t0c a pair. $t.25 Heavy Crochet Bed Spreads at 98c. t0c Outing FIannels at , 3-4e yard. 6c Calicoes at 4 t-2e a yard. $2.O0 Heavy Cotton Blankets, extra large size at $t.49 a pair.
 soc Ready Made Sheets. 21-2 yards long, at 3oc. 15c Pillow Cases, sizes 45x36 at tOc.
 $I.5O Women's 26 inch. fast black Gloria Umbrellas at 98c.
 121-2c Linen Heck Towels at 9c.
 25c lO-4 Bleaehed Shooting at 21c a yard.
 HANDKERCHIEFS that We're slightly mussed or soiled from handling during the holiday rush will be on the bargain counter to close out at greatly reduced priees. !,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25

"A Defective Santa Claus" by James Whitcomb Riley.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25

Not a bit of fireside fun is it that Uncle Sidney doesn't know, and so;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25

4fsalt an butter 'em, an blow Elm cool enough for us to eat An me-o-my. they're hard to beat!