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The Washington times., 1904-01-28
SPECIAL NOTICES.

SPECIAL NOTICE-The annual meet
ing OF the stockholders of the Rosslyn
Brick Company will be held at the New
Rammel Hotel, North Royal Street
Alexandria. Va. at z O'CLOCK p. N
FEBRUARY l. 1904.
T. r. HAIGHT. Secretary.
JAZZ. 22,24.26 $3.50
NOTICE TO PRIZE wINNER-LocaI
AS, l. b. Z. W., Washington, d. C,
hereby gives notice that the holder OF
coupon No. IS wins watch. and holder
thereof is requested TO present sarae
within thirty days TO NJ V. MURPHY.
No. sos Fifth Street northeast. Wash
ington. d. C ja21-T
SPECIAL NOTICE-To whom it con-
Germs. All goods belonging TO Mrs. May
Miller will be sold at auction. JAM
AIRY 30. 1904-W. F. REAMER. ja26-5t
OFFICE OF THE WASHINGTON GAS
LIGHT COMPANY. January Is 1901
The annual meeting of the sharehold-
ers OF the Washington Gas Light Com
pany for the election Of directors and for
such other business as may properly
come before said meeting. VIII be held
at the office OF the company. 41S Tenth
Street northwest. MONDAY. FEBRU-
AIRY /. 1901 AT II O'CLOCK NJ The
polls will be open from u o'clock noon
to ! o'clock p. IN. WILLIAM b ORME.
Secretary. JalS-l4t.exSu
The Washington times., 1904-01-28
Credit and Easy Payments.
The Hub Furniture Co.,
AUCTION SALES.
JAMES W. RATcLIFFE. AUCrIcNEE


Executors and Trustees
Sale Of Valuable Improved
Real Estate; Large Three
story and Basement Brick
Dwelling, with Side Lot,
No. 224 Second st S. E; 3
Two story Frame Houses,
Nos. 2l2, Cid, and 2l0 o
st. S. E.; Two story Brick
House, No. 641 Second St.
N. E; Two-story 1O-room
Brick House, No. Ia ~
Street N. W.; Three story
Brick House, No. 3l2 Third
Street n. W.; Two story
Brick House, No. 1892
Twentieth Street N. w;
Two-story and Basement
Brick House, No. l712
Tenth Street N. w.
The Washington times., 1904-01-28
Unconscious Imitation"

Witness had never discussed Croft
fasteners with Machen. At first her
initiating ef Machens name did not
resemble Machens closely, but later
she unconsciously came 10 write IL as
Machen did There was no intent 10
deceive and Machen did not tell her TO
-tmltate his handwriting.
Court then adjourned 1'stil 40 D. m
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18
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course, he began practice in Boston.
and his success was instantaneous.
For ten years after the death of his
wife, Peter Burt conducted the farm
of his forefathers. One after another
of his sons and daughters, as they
became of age, left the old home,
never to return. One night after sup
per Peter Burt informed the remain
ing children that he was going to sea.
He had bought an interest in a whal-
ing vessel. and would sail from New
Bedford in a week. To Sarah-the
eldest of the children-he gave three
hundred dollars, together with in
structions concerning the manage
ment of the farm. He did not know
how long he would be gone-it might
be year or it might be five. With
some tenderness he kissed the weep
ing orphans, and tramped down the
road in the direction of bingham.
Five years later the Segregansett
dropped anchor at New Bedford. None
of The crew that went on with her re-
turned. Peter Burt sold the cargo.
paid off his men. disposed of his in
terest in the ship. and on the follow
house He was greeted affectionate-
ly by his son Joseph. who for a year
had lived alone in the old house. A
week later the boy was sent to school
in Boston, and Peter Burt began his
solitary occupancy of the ancestral
home.
Shortly before Peter Burt's return.
Robert had married. and the old man
was delighted when the young couple
made visit to the old farm. The
following year John Burt was born.
and Peter Burt journeyed to Boston
to witness the christening.
Two years later Robert Burns Burt
and his wife were instantly killed in
railroad accident. The train crashed
through a bridge. 1t was winter, and
bitterly cold. OF the fifteen passen-
gers in the car occupied by Robert
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A Luxurious Bed,

An Indian potentate recently order
ed from Paris a bed which will rival
the rajah's bed in the Arabian Nights.
1t is of satinwood. richly carved. and
ornamented with silver plates in re-
pousse work. adorned with bouquets
of roses, pink and corn. the rajah S
coat of arms being placed at the head.
At each corner stands a statue of a
girl one French, one Greek, one Span
ish and one Italian. Each is tinted ac-
cording to the complexion of her race,
and wears a suitable hued wig, either
black, blond, chestnut or auburn.
These maidens have movable eyes.
and their only ornament is gold
bracelet round one arm. which waves
oyer the sleepers S head either fan
or a yaks tail fly fapper The fur
ther enjoyment is heightened by an
ingenious arrangement in the mat
tress. which. as soon as any one lies
down, plays selection of Gounod's .
airs.-Ohio State Journal.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

Burt, but one escaped. A child, two
years old. was found warmly wrapped
in its travelling blanket. uninjured, on
a cake of ice. few minutes after the
car plunged beneath the water. 1t
was John Burt.
In the opinion of his neighbors,
Peter Burt was crazy from the hour
the news came to him. Strange
stories were whispered concerning
Captain Burt, as he was then called.
Belated travellers along the lonely
road saw lights burning through all
hours of the night. They heard the
old man talking or praying in loud
voice.
Upon the death of Robert, Peter
Burt went to Boston and buried his
dead. With fearless eyes he saw the
pride of his old age lowered into the
grave. Robert Burns Burt was care
ful lawyer. and his will covered every
contingency. 1t appointed his father
executor of his small estate. and in
trusted him with the care of his son.
Peter Burt placed the boy in the keep
ing of a competent nurse. and re-
turned to his farm.
Save for the occasional smoke from
the chimney, there was no sign that
Peter Burt existed throughout the
three months that followed. His son
Joseph called at the house, but was
not admitted.
At the end of this period the old
man emerged and was seen in Hing
ham. For the first time in years he
spoke to his neighbors, who noticed
that his hair was as driven snow.
and that his face shone with
strange light. In the calm manner
Of one controlled by an unalterable
conviction. he stated that he had
made his peace with God and was in
spired by Him He had received the
gift of prophecy and of understand
ing.
When John Burt was seven years
old his grandfather brought him to
the old farmhouse. With the boy
came his nurse and her husband,
William Jasper. the latter charged
with the duties of hired man. Thus
John Burt began his life on the farm.
When John had mastered his let
te-s and primer he was sent to school
in bingham, taking the regular course
for five years. Then a private tutor
came from Boston. Five days in the
week the boy studied under this
Young mans direction, and made rap
id progress. With his stern old face
lighted with 10y and pride, Peter Burt
would listen to the recitations.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18
All Right Again.

Opal, Wyo., May 16.-After suffer
ing terribly for four or five years. Mr..
A. j. Kohner of this place. has been
completely restored to good health.
His case and its cure is another proof
of the wonderful work Dodd's Kidney
Pills can do. Mr.. Kohner says:
For four or five years l have been
sufferer with Kidney trouble and
pain over my Kidneys. | thought
would give Dodds Kidney Pills trial
and | am glad | did so. for they have
done me good work and | feel all
right again"
Many cases are being reported
every week in which podd's Kidney
Pills have effected cures of the most
serious cases.
These strong testimonies from earn
est men and women are splendid tri-
butes to the curative properties of
Dodds Kidney Pills and Judging by
these letters. there is no case of KID
ney trouble or Backache that Dodd's
Kidney Pills will not cure promptly
and permanently.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18
Spool Building.

There is nothing more interesting
for an ingenious boy or girl. Given a
lot of spools and ball of florists wire,
so much can be done that 1t Is impos-
sible to give detailed description. To
collect spools Is much easier Job
than the old-fashioned practice of col
lecting buttons. Old buttons are
sometimes valuable in piecing out a
set, but empty spools are usually
thrown away. A person of enterprise
can always collect them. and tho
smallest and most insignificant is not
to be despised. A coming architect
can plan a house, and the builder of
a suspension bridge can string his
spools securely on wire and produce a
complete and steady structure. Strong
little taborets may be made of them,
If there is solid wood for the table
part; the spools may be used for the
legs and supports. A trash basket
may be made of them, strung one on
top of the other. with wooden bot
tom. and lined with gay cretonne. The
smaller spools make pretty picture
frames. especially If painted white or
green They may be used in a hun
dred ornamental ways. they may be
collected from dozen different
sources, and they are sure to provide
amusement for innumerable rainy
days.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18
College of Journalism.

Joseph Pulitzer contributes to tho
North American Review for May an
article explaining the purpose and
scope of the College of Journalism
which he has founded and permanently
endowed in Columbia University. In
cidentally he also reviews the criti-
cisms which his plan has evoked, ana
gives his reasons for holding that "spe-
cialized concentration and education at
college will improve the character and
work of journalists, and so promote
the welfare of the Republic"
The supreme end of such an institu-
ton, as viewed by it's founder. is "the
welfare of the Republic" Its object.
he says. is ito make better journalists,
who will make better newspapers
which will better serve the public HIS
article ends with this admonition ana
appeal: ~
"Our Republic and its press will rise
and fall together. Any able. disinter-
ested, public-spirited press, with
trained intelligence to know the right
and courage to do it, can preserve that
public virtue without which popular
government is sham and mockery.
cynical, mercenary. demagogic press
will produce in time people as base
as itself The power to mould the fu-
ture as the Republic will be in the
hands of the journalists of future gem
erations. This is why | urge my col
leagues to aid the important expert
ment which / have ventured to endow.
Upon their generous aid and co-opera-
tion the ultimate success of the pro-
Jest must depend"
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18
CHAPTER TWc-continued.


Prince growled. John looked up the
read.
There's someone coming" he said.
Jessie turned and saw Miss Maiden
approaching. She looked at her mud
dy feet, her bedraggled hat and her
splattered blouse and skirt.
"Ill get an awful scolding." she
said, half to herself and half to the
boy. Then for the first time she
scrutinized John Burt. She noted
that he was well dressed; that he
was not barefooted. like most farmer
boys, and that he was handsome and
selfpossessed.
DO you belong to the riffraff?"
asked Jessie, lowering her voice so
that the approaching governess
should not hear her.
Never heard of it," replied John
Burt in puzzled smile. What
is it?"
Il don't know" said Jessie; but
my papa don't allow me to associate
with the riffraff, and l forgot until
Just now to ask you if you are rim
raft"
A look of pain came to the honest
face of the boy. Before he could
speak Jessie turned to meet Miss
Maiden.
why, Jessie Garden, what have
you been doing?" With a cry of dis
may the governess dropped an arm
full of flowers and surveyed the wreck
of the sailor suit.
Jessie looked penitent indeed as
she gazed at the muddy SHOES and the
torn stocking: but contrition is a fee
BILE flame in the heart of child.
Never mind the old clothes.
Govie." she said. Watch me catch
crab! l can do it just splendid"
Jessie, lay that pole down and
come away with me-" said Miss Nal
den sternly. How dare you play
with a strange boy! What would
your father say? Come with me at
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elder Blake had purchased the old
Leonard farm, and so had become the
nearest neighbor of Peter Burt. There
were several children in the Blake
family, but this narrative has concern
only with James, the eldest, a boy OF
John Burt's age.
The two farms were separated by
creek which, at place called the
Willows, widened to pool, famed as
a fishing and swimming place. one
June morning John was seated on a
log spanning the narrow neck of this
reach of water. He had landed a
bass when the cracking of twigs and
the swaying of the underbrush on the
farther side of the creek attracted his
attention.
moment later boy emerged
from the thicket. He surveyed John
with an expression more of contempt
than of surprise. The new conner was
a tall, well-formed lad. straight as an
arrow. quick and graceful in his
movements. He also carried rod.
which he rested against the log; and
for a few seconds he calmly gazed at
John Burt.
"Hello,"
Hello" answered John Burt.
"Fishin'?"
No; swimming" replied John.
think you're smart, don't ye?" re-
sponded the strange boy as he baited
his hook Crazy Burt's boy. amt
ye? No objection to my fishin'. have
you?"
There was taunting sarcasm III
his voice. and defiance in his air.
Without waiting for reply he cast
his line into the water.
you can fish as long as you please
on your own side of the creek" said
John sullenly. For halr an hour no
word was spoken. John caught four
bass during that time. while Jim
hooked only eel grass. Then he cast
his line across the pool, dropping it a
few feet from Johns line.
John Burt's face flushed angrily.
Keep on your own side!" he com
manded
III fish where | darn please! This
isn't your creek" retorted Jim Blake
with a defiant grin. IF it is, what
are you going to do about it?"
AS he spoke John brought his hook
near the surface, and by a sudden
twist ''snagged" Jim Blake's line.
with a jerk he whipped the rod from
his opponents hand. Young Blake
was furious. John calmly towed the
rod across the pool, unsnarled the
lines, and threw the rod on the bank.
Obeying boys first instinct, Jim
looked for stone, but found none.
Then he jumped for the log. Drop
ping his rod, John Burt also sprang
forward. and they met in the center
of the bridge.
TO be .continued.l
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

Unless a man is his own master ho
can't master others.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18
CHAPTER THREE.
John Burt's Boyhood.

For two hundred years the Burt
house had withstood the blasts of
winter and the withering heat OF sum
mer. Time had worked upon the
rough exterior until it seemed like
huge rectangular rock. weather-worn
and storm beaten. The small plateau
on which it stood sloped northward
to the sea. Rugged rocks to the west
stood as a wall, frowning at the quiet
beauties of salt marsh and cedar
ywamp below. To the south were
patches CT meadow wrested from
wood and rock by generations of toll.
Through this fairer section a brook
wandered between banks festooned
with watercress. Old settlers knew
the locality by the name OF Rocky
Woods.
When Hezekiah Burt died, Peter
Burt inherited the hold homestead in
Rocky Woods. He was young giant
with the shoulders of a Hercules AT
the age of thirty he took to wife the
fairest maiden of the surrounding
country. and to them a son was born
and christened Robert Burns Burt. A
year later the mother sickened and
died. Inc gTlei Ol refer buit was
terrible as his strength. For year
he remained prisoner in his house;
then returned to work, and for two
years labored with the energy of
demon. His second marriage followed.
He led to the altar the daughter of a
poor farmer, and of this prosaic union
seven children were born.
After fifteen years of work and sor-
row the patient wife folded her tired
hands closed her weary eyes and
sank into that sleep which awakens
not to toll. If Peter Burt loved his
second wife, he never told her So If
he loved her children, his expression
of affection took peculiar form. He
made no secret of his favoritism .or
Robert Burns Burt. the only child of
his first wife.
Robert was boy of whom any
father would be proud. At twelve he
was sent to school in bingham. At
nineteen he entered Harvard, gradu
at,ng in four years with honors. Al
.e.- two more years devoted TO law
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18
CHAP ER FOUR.
James Blake.

John Burt was fourteen years old
when he first met ia mes Blake. The
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

once!" She gathered up the flowers
and took Jessie by the hand.
Goodbye, Prince! Goodbye. John
Burt" Jessie waved her hand gaily
at her fishing companion as Miss Nal
den turned into the path leading
through the woods.
He was real nice. and you're aw'
full good. COVE, not to scold him.
were the words that reached John
Burt as he carried his basket of crabs
to the wagon.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18
Steepest of Mountains.

Mount Mckinley is known to be
the steepest of all the great noun
tains of the world, and it is unlike
most other great peaks from the fact
that arctic conditions begin at its
very base. The prospective conquer
er of this immense uplift must pick
his path over broken stones. icy
slopes. sharp cliffs and an average
slope of As degrees for at least H.
600 feet.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18
poos That Smoke Pipes.

These two dogs. Dewey and Ruth,
are the pets of a Minneapolis man.
Their skill at balancing pipes between
their teeth is but one of the many
clever tricks they have learned. In
justice it should be said that the pipes
are never lighted, but the dogs enjoy
them. all the same, and anybody who
tries to interfere with the after-diDner
smoke must watch for a fight.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children.
Successfully used by Mother Gray. nurse
in the Childrens Home in New York. euro
Constipation. Feverishpess. Bad Stomach.
Teething Disorders. move and regulate tho
Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30. 600
testimonials. At all druggists. 2sc. Sample
FREE Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy. N. Y.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

Maude-You had no business to kiss
me. Aleck-1 never combine business
with pleasure.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-18

If man praises his wife's cooking
he will never have to pay alimony,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-24
Dollars or a Man

An incident of the big fire in Minneapolis last week.
is worthy of comment.
Jacob Miller, member of the fire insurance patrol
while at work helping to put out the fire in big build
ing fell down the elevator shaft
When the man toppled into the shaft his COM
rades ceased pouring water into it for fear that Miller
might be drowned
1t critical moment
Any cessation of the work of the fire fighters meant
spread of the disastrous fire. Hoping to rescue Miller
the remen relaxed their vigilance for several minutes
and in that brief interval the fire became uncomfortable
1t ate up three-quarters of million dollars worth of
property before its appetite appeased Whereas, if
It had been controlled at the decisive moment the loss
would have been held down to few thousand dollars
Nevertheless, the hesitation of the fremen did credit
to brave hearts,
Accustomed to risk their lives in the protection
OF property and knowing the danger of delay they put
the premium upon one human life.
TO save man they would put hundreds of thousands
Of dollars in jeopardy.
They did well.
They put the man above tile dollar-a living soul
over and above material things
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-24
World of Sport

for jobs in the umpire class. This Is
a letter he recently sent to a league
president:
81 would like to get job umpiring
in your league. have had good and
plenty experience. l umpired six
weeks in the Pacific National league
last summer, and am still alive.
MY voice isn't very good, but 1t
don't have to be, for the people stay
very close to me during the game and
afterward. Now. in regard to salary,
will make a proposition to you that
1 think would be a good one for you
to use for all your jumps. l want $40
every game I am mobbed by q thou
sand people or more, $40 for 500 or
less. IS for every time I am called
hook-nose or hit with a pop bottle or
rock
Cicero J. Hamlin, the dean Of the
trotting turf, IS years of age. is re-
ported to be dying in a sanitarium
near Buffalo, N. Y. For 80. years
Hamlin conducted the famous breed
ing establishment, Village Farm. at
Aurora, N. Y, and brought to the
front more 2:10 performers than any
other man. At one time Village Farm
the world and there are still a dozen
records held by that product.
Coast people are kicking over the
manner in which Terry McGovern
used them for advertising purposes
in connection with the proposed fight
with Young Corbett. Terry wrote a
letter telling the bunch to sign up
for Corbett on any terms. Then he
renigged hard and, it develops, was
all along planning for boost for his
new play, Fame and Fortune"
loon business at st. Louis, not having
made any money, and now he's going
to poster the lecture platforms with
a lecture upon Boston and it's historic
spots. Won't that be a funny stunt?
An ex-prize fighter describing classic
Boston.
Your Uncle Owney Patton's star
performers are in the lead in the city
league bowling tourney from which
the bowlers going to the congress
at Milwaukee are to be selected.
Last night the Occur d'Alenes roll
ed against the Warwicks and defeat
ed them with a margin Of 27 pins.
The Occur dAlenes' total score was
1887 and the Warwicks' score 1850.
The big New Years shoot Of the
Spokane Rod and Gun club is to be
the event of the shooting season here.
Twenty members have already en-
tered for the shoot, which will start
New Years morning at Natatorium
park and continue through the day.
WILLIE B. GOODE
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-24
THE SHOPPER

She was shopping.
Christmas shopping.
SO were three hundred other women
in the same store.
But she had grabbed the plated
ash receiver first.
"How much is this?" she said.
"Forty nine," said the salesgirl for
the 18th time that day.
"Cents?"
Eyes"
ooh, dear"
"Would you like IT,"
II don't know. I can't say. Is it
suitable present for gentleman"
eft is considered So
"Have you any like it for At cents|
mo, but we have some china ones
for "a"
ooh, but want metal one"
well, this is the cheapest we have
of this kind"
would you give him this, or a
neck tie?'
I'm sure I don't know"
Gould you show me some neck
ties?"
mo they are on the other end of
the aisle"
"Well, I suppose you may wrap
this up"
It is wrapped up.
ooh. dear. can send IT like thaty
at depends"
Can I exchange it If he does not
like it?"
Eyes"
"Come to think of 1t, I perfer that
pipe rack for SO cents. guess you
had better wrap that up instead"
No wonder salesgirls get the holi-
day face.