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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-07
BANK OFFICIALS ARRESTED.
President and Cashier Of Buffalo Bank
Taken Into Custody.

Buffalo, N. Y, Dec. Warrants are
out for the arrest of Richard Emory,
the former president, Paul Werner, cash
Ter, and III. Ludeckc, assistant cashier
Of the defunct German bank. They are
charged with having sold a draft on
the City National Bank of New York,
knowing the institution had no funds
10 its credit there.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-07
THE BARRE DAILY TIMES
WEDNESDAY. DEcEMBER J. leO4.
Weather Prediction.

Snow in northern portion Of New Eng
land fair in southern portion tonight
Thursday fair
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-23
RRFIECT1oNs OF An OLD GOAT.

It's an infamous SANDER and an in
suit to put my portrait on book beer
sign. What ought to be there is the
picture of some dirty-faced, red-nosed
old bum that drinks the stuff.
If l run the streets everybody
throws stones at me, and if I take
refuge in the alleys, they say I'm
looking for meal of tin cans. That's
why / sometimes associate with the
policeman on the block.
/ always consider it compliment
when girl with wad of gum turns
up her nose at me. / don't chew
gum myself.
think mighty little of man that
tries to raise beard like mine. If
nature had wanted to make goat of
him it wouldn't have stood him on
his hind feet and made him walk
that way.
There's another thing. I don't
smell half as loud as beer, and yet
people who hold their noses when
I'm in sight will crowd around the
grizzly's cage in the park and cackle
with delight.
A boy is the meanest thing that
grows, and the older he grows the
meaner he is.
I've got as good right to reflect
as anybody has.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-23
YOU ALL AND WE ALL.

For some time there has been run
ming in New York paper an amusing
discussing of the expressions "you
all' and I'VE all" and in few in
stances efforts have been made to
shoulder these oddities off on the
South. The expressions are frequent
ly used in the South, aud often by
persons of high culture.
It is not at all uncommon to hear
an educated man ask "How are you
all?" by which he means to inquire
about all the members of all particu
lar family. So educated men and
women frequently say 1--WE all get
along nicely here" by which they
mean that "all members of fami-
1y," and so on. 1t is more direct
way of saying the thing. 1t conveys
the idea clearly enough, and it is not
open to any objection on the ground
of "vagueness and uncertainty" Of
course, these expressions are used
only in talking. Persons who con-
stantly say ''you all" and 1--WE all''
would never think of writing it in
this way. "You alp and 1--WE all
are spoken, and not written, just as a
great many persons who are capable
of writing, and do write, the most
exquisite English, butcher all the
rules of the grammar and euphony in
conversation. But it is doubtful if
1--WE alp and ''you all' can be charg-
ed up to the South exclusively.
They are rather American provin-
cialisms, and are to be classed with
certain departures of speech noted by
the late Herbert Spencer, departures
looked upon as shocking and barbar-
Gus by the Englishman. But why
should breath and time be wasted in
saying things in runabout fashion |?
Why ask "How are the members OF
/. the family?" when "How are you
all?" will answer the same purpose {
Suppose one is asked his present
place of residence, shall he wade
through the painful detail of the law,
and reply that he lives on a certain
lot "situate lying and being in a
certain county, and certain State,
and in the United States of America,
and give the metes and bounds, and
the meanderings of lines, and certain
blazed blackjacks which have marked
its proper boundaries from the time
of the first inhabitant? Not much.
Time is too precious. The quick an
swer, no less than the quick action,
is one of the impressive idiosyncra-
cies of the age. 1--WE al" and "you
alp may not conform to the rules OF
grammar, but it 'says what it means
and means what it says" Still it
is not peculiar to the South to say
that all the people use the expressions
1--WE uns" and "You uns," expres-
sions peculiar to Arkansas, or certain
parts of the State, but by no means
general.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-23
SHE WAS sUCCEssFUI.

The young man was bringing to
bear all his limited attainments as a
contortionist in his efforts to see round
the tall, wide hat worn by the sweet
girl in front of him at the matinee.
The young woman whom he was
accompanying saw him, and pitied
him. Then a knowing smile passed
over her face, and she leaned over
and whispered loudly enough for the
girl with the big hat to hear:
. "What lovely hat that girl in
front of you has p
He looked fierce, but said nothing,
and the owner of the hat stared
straight ahead at the stage with a
pleased expression.
''What pity it is" the young
woman with the knowing look re-
sumed, 'that she doesn't know it
isn't on straight"
The girl in front made convulsive
grab, and shifted the hat to one side.
Then it didn't feel right, and she
pushed it away over on the other side,
only to hear in the commiserating
stage whisper behind her:
Poor thing She'll never get II
straight now !"
1t was too much. The girl IN
front reached up with resolute
hand, unpinned the hat, laid it in hel
lap, while the young man cast
glance at his companion which wa:
eloquent with undying admiration
and eternal gratitude.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-23
oBEYED ORDERS.

A certain captain, who shall be
nameless, having been ordered on for
eign service gave a farewell dinner to
his regiment.
Addressing the men before they
commenced to eat, he said:
"Now, lads, treat this dinner as
you wouldsthe enemy"
After dinner he discovered Private
Robinson slowing several bottles o.
champagne away in bag. Highly
incensed, the captain asked him what
he meant by such conduct.
"Why, sir" said Robinson, I'm
only obeying orders"
LOBBYING orders !" roared the cap
tain. "What do you mean :"
"Yes, sir, was the answer. "Yot
told us to treat the dinner like al
enemy, and you know, sir, when W.
meet an enemy those we don't XII
we take prisoners.
Collapse of captain.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-23
THE WEEPING WILLOW.

After the South Sea bubble in Eng
land had collapsed, one of the specn-
lators who had been ruined went to
Smyrna to mend his fortunes. He
was a friend of Pope, the poet, and
sent him a box Of figs. In the box
Pope found the twig Of a tree. He
had just established his villa at Twick-
enham. He planted the twig by the
shore of the Thames, not knowing of
what tree it was. 1t grew, and was
a weeping willow, such as the captive
Jews wept under on the banks of the
rivers of Babylon. That twig was
planted in 1872. In ITS one of the
young British officers who went to
Boston with the British army, brought
a twig from Pope's gardens, then a
huge willow, expecting when the ire
bellion" should be crushed in few
weeks, to settle in America on some
confscated lands of the rebels" /"
where he would plant his willow.
The rebellion was not crushed. John
Parke Gusts, son of Mrs. Washing
ton, and aide to General Washington
at Cambridge, going on errands to
the British camp, under flag of truce,
becane acquainted with the owner or
the willow twig (Which was wrapped
in oil silk.
The disappointed subaltern gave
the twig to Custis, who planted it
near his home, on his estate at Abing
ton, Va, where it became the prog
enitor of all the weeping willows in
America.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-23
PLANS THAT WENT WRONG.

Once upon a time, before every
body had learned to attend strictly to
his own affairs, man and a maid
were in love with each other, but,
though this was patent to all their
friends, neither of them knew it.
However, their friends said unani-
motsly: eve will demonstrate it to
them and write triumphant Q. E. D.
upon their wedding morn"
Therefore, the maid never was in
vited anywhere that she did not find
the man invited also; nor was the
man invited anywhere but that he
found the maid likewise a guest.
Furthermore, the man always was
detailed to take the maid in to din
ner, and they could not so much as
glance at each other without every
body else having an errand out of the
room, and society became vast man
ufactory Of opportunities for them TO
revel in each others company alone
and undisturbed. Now, before this
had time to become habit with them,
both the man and the maid penetra-
ted the dark plot.
Whereupon the maid tossed her
head, saying: "They needn't think
I have only one chance and i'm
mediately betrothed herself to an i'm
pecunious fortune hunter whose only
recommendation was his title.
And thereupon the man hastily
married himself to a grass widow
from Chicago, whose reputation, they
do say, was responsible for the big
fire.
Consequently all their friends nod
ded their heads sagely, and whisper
ed to each other, Didn't 1 tell you
so ?"-Akex. Ricketts,.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-23
BE GAVE THE REASON.

Uncle Silas, an inveterate- horse
dealer, was, one day called upon by
an amateur in search of something
fast"
"There," /" said Uncle S., pointing
to an animal in a meadow below the
house, there, sir, is mare yonder
who would trot her mile in three min
utes were it not for one thing"
Indeed !" said the amateur.
"Yes,' continued Uncle S. "she
was four years old last spring, is in
good condition, looks we'll, and is a
first-rate mare, and she could go a
mile in three minutes were it not for
one thing ]"
"What is it p was the query.
"That mare" resumed Uncle S.,
"is in every way a good mare; she
trots square and fair and yet there is
one thing only why she can't go a
mile in three minutes"
"What in the name of thunder IS
it, then9" cried the amateur, impa-
tiently.
"The distance is too great for the
time" was the old mans reply.
"WHAT A wonderful painter Reu-
bens was l'' remarked Mr.. Jones, at
the art gallery.
eyes," assented Mrs. Jones; it is
said of him that he could change a
laughing face into sad one by sim
gle stroke"
"Why," spoke up little Johnnie,
in disgust, my schoolmaster can do
that !"
s'DID IT ever occur to you that
news is like an egg {"
Full of meat, you mean e.
''No. If it's bad it should be
broken gently"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-23
is of the more venturesome to Ian

its of the more ventureSOme to Ian
caster are subversive to strict reghla-
ton as to cut of garment and style
of headgear. The silent monitions
from milliners' windows and clothing
store fronts the meaning glance of
the eye and open remark of those
they meet in passing, create quiet
feeling of rebellion in the hearts of
the insuficiently disciplined young of
these isolated people which finds vent
when the home centre is reached.
Even now the Amish wagon is not
distinctly square yellow vehicle, for
not only is the top dispensed with by
the less sedate, but these in turn have
degenerated to "runaboutS" and
''spindles," and even top buggies are
seen on Amish highways. But per-
ish the thought that the quaint, elon-
gated Sabbath services will cease, that
the midday feasts and social gather
ings will be no more, and that them
nocent plays with their wealth of os-
culation will be ended by the en-
croachments from outside. Rather
let this religious oasis in the heart of
Lancaster remain as it is with its
charming eccentricities of outward
dress and manners and customs
where the barns worshipped in are
suggested of the Manger of Bthele-
hem, the frilled caps of the women
reminders of the aureoles of the saints,
and the untrimmed locks of the men
of those of Old Testament prophets.
"The groves were Gods first tenn
PIES" and two thousand years ago
the evangelists preached on desert
plain and mountain side, and by the
shores of river and lake, with no roof
but the sky. Spired and domed pal
aces, called churches, with velvet
padded floors, cushions of down, stain
ed-glass windows, surpliced choirs
and pealing organs, were not then
deemed necessary accessories to heav-
enly recognition. So the Amish barn,
with its lingering scents of the fields
of summer in its broad mows, and
which we ridicule or tolerate as our
moods direct, are more in consonance
with the places of worship of the
early Christians. Instead Of being
religious Outlanders, rather have
these simple minded Amish gone back
to the first principles of our faith,
with their deeds of brotherly kind
ness, their simplicity of dress, their
in running streams, their
feet Washings and humble modes of
worship, and their critics gone far
ther away from it in ways of luxuri-
Gus worship to gain a luxurious heav-
en.-T S. K, in NeaOtoam Pa.)
Enterprise.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-23
For "THE UNION"
THE GOING AND COMING OF CHRIST.
BY EsMERALDA o'BoYLE.

The men of Galilee uplooking, stood,
And gazed upon the form of Jesus, as He rose
Beyond the mount, the valley, and the wood,
Beyond the storied stream that outward goes
Towards greater depth and swifter tide,
AS they, those men. should go for greater
things,
And bear the teaching of the Crucified
As with the swiftness of the Mornings wings.
When will he come, to make the earth rejoice
With all the galdness of new-found grace
When will we hear the SaviOur's far sent voice
When shall we see the glory of His face?
AS they were promised, who 'stood, looking up'
So we through them were promised long ago,
By Him who drained for us the bitter cup,
Whose own sure coming He alone doth know.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-23
For 1.-THE UNION"
W HY?
BY FLORA STEWART EMORY.

wonder at times why I love you so.
You and your great strong arm,
That holds me close to your thr0bbing heart
Shielding me from all harm.
1 wonder why did the whole world swear
Your love was false and your soul untrue.
l would stand in glory and loud declare
My faith untouched and my love for you.
All, why? Because in your precious eyes
AS they hold me in your power,
Lies truth as deep as the summer skies
And high as Babylon's tower.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-23
Collapse of captain.

DAuGHrER-"Oh, mamma, I do
wish 1 were pretty" Mother
"You needn't, dear; sensible men
think very little about beauty"
Daughter-"But it isn't sensible men
I'm thinking about, mamma it's
Charlie"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-23

MIsTREss-''So you want me to
read this love letter to you 7"
Maid-"If you plaze, mum. And
I've brought ye some cotton wool ye
can stuff in yer ears while ye read it !"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-23

"TH1s IS the drawing-room, eh ~
tentatively remarked the house agent
who was looking over the property.
YES" replied the tenant; but l
usually call it the court-room-I have
got seven daughters, you know"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-23
FoR "THE UNION" "
THE CALENDAR.


Index of time for brain and heart,
Variant ever as variant Art.
Red letter days lead choirs Of seven,
BY crimsoned path from earth to heaven:
There's space to write the days between.
Write words Of cheer, deeds ever green,
Write hope for fear, Joy for the tear,
Write quickly 'Tis end of the year.
There are strains of music, bugle call,
Take the old calendar down from the wall.
II.
A new one in the old ones place,
Waiting with an attractive face;
Its days all pure and white and clean.
There's space to write, each day, between,
Write brave and good nor beauty mar:
Each dawn for thee, q morning star
Step to times music through life's maze,
Then thou shalt stand at end of days.
There are strains of music, bugle call,
Write in the new calendar on the wall.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-23

THE AVERAGE woman's idea OF
heaven is a place where there are no
servant girls.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-23
CHARACTER IN MOUsTAcHEs.


Women who wish to know the
character of their men friends should,
if they wear moustaches, observe them
closely.
AS the form of the upper lip and
the regions about it have largely to
do with the feelings-pride, self-re-
lance, manliness, vanity and other
qualities, or the reverse, says Stray
Stories.
When the moustache is ragged, as
it were, flying hither and thither,
there is lack of self-control. When
it is straight and orderly, the reverse
i s the case, and other things, of
course, taken into account.
If there is tendency to curl at the
outer ends of the moustache, there is
tendency to ambition, vanity and
display.
When the curl turns upward there
is geniality, combined with love Of
appreciation. When the inclination
is downward, there is more sedate
turn of mind not unaccompanied with
gloom.
1t is worthy of remark that good
natured men will, in toying with the
moustache, invariably give it an up
ward inclination, whereas cross grain
ed or morose men will pull it oblique-
1y downward.
HE WAS scratching his head with
his penholder and seemed to be in
considerable doubt about something.
"My wife's at Brighton and I'm
writing to her." he exclaimed.
"Well?" returned the caller in
quiringly.
"I don't know exactly what to say.
If | tell her I'm lonely she may be
sympathetic and come home"
"Then why don't you tell her
you're getting along very nicely con-
sidering the circumstances"
81 thought of that, but it's likely
to make her suspicious, and then
she'll certainly come back by the
first train"
A CERTAIN very mean man wenl
to a railway station booking office
and said
"Gimme ticket to Newport"
"What NewNftr" asked the
clerk. "In MonmOdthshire or In Isle
of Wight"
ST don't care. Whichever's ths
cheapest
Lors OF men would rather be brig
adler generals of laziness than cap
tains of industry.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-23

A LAWYER may be color blind, but
he knows red tape.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-23

Lors OF men would rather be brig
adler generals of laziness than cap
tains of industry.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-23

A CERTAIN very mean man went
to a railway station booking-othce
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-30
4 MOUSE THAT SINGS"
Nan who Caught 1t says II Marbles
Like q Canary

Singing mice are rare. but corre-
spondent writes from Yorkshire asking
whether we can give him any informa.
t1on about specimen he captured.
lie adds, ut has been warbliny lust
IKE a canary for the last month in our
workshop. and although have it in q
cage 1t still continues to sing"
That mice do occasionally Sing" IA
onoenlable. Some observers say that
thelr song Is softer, sweeter and
more delicate than that of the canary,
which one can believe quite easily
Otnefs go SO far as to compare 1t TO
that OF warbler or even piping bull
Dnch. But the question as to why they
ilft up their voices in this tnneful man.
ner Still remains to be answered
Three explanations have been sug-
gested:
FIrst.-That all mice are potential vo
| cai1Sts and can learn to sing, by imita-
ton, from singing birds
Second.--That many mice possess an
exceptional talent for mimicry, together
with Il keen sense of the ludierous
Ihird.-ThHt some mice are subject
! to bronchitis and that the SO called
| song is only the wheeling Of rodents
which suffer from the distressing corn
| plaint
A certain amount Of color is given ia
| the last theory by the fact that mouse
| which was caught by the neck In Il
wire trap not sufficiently strong to kill
| 1t "sang" while its throat was under
! compression, but never again during
It's subsequent life as captive.--Lon-
| don Mail
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-30
St. Patrick's PuPgatovy.

Medieval songs and legends, which
are rich in all sorts Of mythical and
fantastical lore. locate the entrance to
St Patrick's famous "purgatory' on
the island Of Iough Derg. Ireland. The
opening itself was through a cave, the
existence Of which was revealed to the
saint by Christ who informed the good
Patrick that any one with the moral
courage to 20 down into the cavern
would be saved the pangs Of the real
''purga tory" after death. Patrick built
a monastery at the entrance of his
earthly ''purgatory' and secured the
way to the pit by an iron gate provid-
ed with strong chains and locks Of
peculiar and intricate workmanship.
Lough Derg. next to Jerusalem. was
the most celebrated spot on earth dur
ing the middle ages. Thousands visited
''purgatory" every year, and the whole
island had the appearance OF a popu-
lOus city
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-30

securing the only means by which they
nav be able to improve the cities in
that manner absolutely necessary for
h,m to be improved for them to keep
mace with the spirit Of progress per-
yadinc the cities of America TODAY.
and which must pervade the cities of
Arkansas if this state is to keep
abreast with her sister states. 1t is
| tax which can in nOwise affect those
outside the cities of the first and sec
ond classes, and to those cities it will
prove a boon which they are anxious
10 get And whatever is a good thing
for the cities is a good thing
FOR all the people, for whatever causes
the cities to increase in population and
business is of great advantage to the
country people. because it affords
them better markets for their farm
products. 1t is to be hoped that every
voter outside the cities of the first and
second classes will vote for this pro-
posed amendment, thereby doing them.
selves as well as the cities good turn
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-30
JADE AS MEDICINE.
IL Ia ua~d In Various Ways For Man y
Dfseases In China.

IL Ia lA~d In Various Ways For MANI
Dfseases In China.
Everything In China Of any rarity
whatever is certain to be dragged into
the pharmacoppia Of the Chinese physi-
clan. Jade is no exception to the rule.
1t may he swallowed as a powder or in
little pieces the size Of hemp seed for
various stomachic complaints. Even
pNkmarks and sears may be Obliterat-
ed by being daily rubbed with a piece
Of pure Jade 1t is also considered to
be "f :, moist nature. and we read OF
an jmprria, favorite of the eighth cen
t'lry WHO WIS cured Of excessive thirst
by holding u fish shaped jade in her
mouth md so when tile tomb Of the
great commander. Ts'ao Ts'aO, third
century. \. d.. was opened POO years
after his death, among the usual oh
jec!s &t0ilnd i'm snch circumstances WAS
a large silver bowl full Of water. That
the water had not dried up was ac-
counted for by the presence in the bowl
Of jade boy three feet in height.
Jade is chiefly brought from the
k'un-lun. or Koulkun, range. between
the desert Of Cobb and Tibet; from
Khoten or 1lchi in Yarkand, and from
Lant'ien. on the Belurtagh mountains.
still farther to the west In the tenth
century, A. d., the latter was actually
known as the Jade hills district
though it does not appear that any jade
has ever been found there.-Profeseor
Herbert A. Giles in Nineteenth Cen
fury
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-30
PERVERSlON OF JUSTICE.

The Fort Smith Times in comment
ing on the acqnittal of DR. Parchman
on the charge of numbering Chas. ToI-
son, says:
The courtroom was crowed. but
there was no demonstration of ap-
proval, in fact, in the courtroom and
throughout the city, the verdict is
very coldly received Only two per-
sons spoke to the acquitted defendant
and walked out of the courthouse with
him. In Fort Smith the verdict is gen
orally condemned as perversion Of
justice"
So far as the Graphic has heard ex-
preston on the verdict of the jury,
without exception, it has been con-
demnatory. 1t is such mstrials as
the Parchman case that causes the
public to so largely lose faith in the
courts as a means of melting out JUS
tice. and while one abortion like the
Parchman case does not justify con-
demnation Of the jury system, it does
aid in creating feeling of disgust
with the tendency of the juries to rem
der their verdicts on sentiment, and
not according to law and justice