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New York. New Haven
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JANEARY a 1no.


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 apoes 1i 9 not connect for New Britain. o T sarlor car limited.
 U. M. SHEPARD. c. T. HEMPsTEAn
 Gen. Supt Gen. Pass s'-, A 1t
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SPECIAL NOTICE TO VOTERS.

' & ! Registrars will be in session in the dIf- ferent wards at the following places, conl- mencing Friday, February 6, from 12 noon to 3 D. m, for the purpose of making an enrollment of the legal voters of said town
 who wish to take part Ill the primaries to be held this spring. No person shall vote or participate unless so enrolled. See Chapter 176, Public Acts, 1901. 1st Ward-Konold's coal office, No. Ill Church street, February and F, 1901. 2d Ward-Barber shop, 292 Oak street, February and 12, 1904. Sd Ward 173 Congress avenue, Febru- ary and F. 1904. 4th Ward-529 Howard avenue. Febru- ary and F. 1904. 9th Ward % Warren street, February 5 and 12. 1904
 9th Ward -7e Hamilton street. February 5 and 12. 1904 7th Ward-t73 Hamilton street. Febru- ary and IF. 1904. Sth Ward--Tailor shop, 902 State street, February 5 and F, 1904. 9th Ward-3S3 Dixwell avenue, February 10th Ward-Barber shop, 2S2 Elm street. February and F. 1904 11th Ward--Drug store. 2S2 Grand ave nue, February 5 and 12. 1904. 10th Ward-Barber shop 2e5 Grand ave me. February and 12, 1904. 18th Ward-sS6 WhalIey avenue, Febru- ary and 12. 1904 i4th Ward-34 East Grand avenue. Feb ruary and 12. 1904. 18th Ward Engine house, Forbes avenue, February 5 and 12, 1904
 FRANCIS S. HAMILTON, FRANCIS W. FOLEY, j2s-so:f2-4 General Registrars.
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THIRTY DIE IN DESERT.

Laborers Perish Trying to Cross Bad
 Lands os Nevada.
 Salt Lake, Utah. Feb. Thirty dead bodies have been found near Dead Mans We'll" in the center of the Ne vada desert. by an advance party of surveyors. who are laying out the route for Senator W. A. Clarlzs railroad.
 They were all laborers who had tried to cross the desert. and had perished in the attempt.
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.if!os iSs q. B0sT9N a \, via sDringela-.1is, 1i5 a. m. 25.55 555;5o' s sS;52 p. m. Sundays'
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NEW HAVEN STEAMBOAT LINE
New York, the South and West.
Steamer RICHARD PECK in cornm,ss,on

Steamer RICHARD PECK in commisglon.
 FROM NEW HAVEN-Steamer Ieave. y:lo a. m. daily except Mondays, due New York 1:l5 a. m. Passengers are priyilered 10 board steamer at any time after I0:00
 FROM NEW Y0RK-Steamer leaves 4:0o P. .on m daily except Sunday, due New Haven
 steamer arrives st and departs from Belle of Clarkson street, New York. ''' -os.
 For tickets and staterooms apply at the oince oda on Belle Dock, also at Bisfop < ca. New Haven l' \ :, N II
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begun to live. The order of our text will soon prevail. but to him to whom 1t has become Christ to live. it shall be gain to die.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-03
IN IMPRESSIVE REBUKR.

DR.. Seward Webb was entertaining a large
shooting party at his estate in Vermont Sport
was excellent, and every evening after dinner
hunting stories were told in the smoking room.
Nearly all the stories were true, but there was
one guest, young man. who pulled the long
bow 4 little He pulled is more than little on
one occasion and after he had concluded a story
evidently impossible, DR.. Webb took him In
hand.
IN 81 I was shooting in the Rockies" said
Or. Webb. II was after grizzlies. trailed griz-
Fly 20 a high peak one day. I advanced toward
it along the edge Of a precipice three hundred
feet high Getting good shot at last let drive.
but missed. The big bear came for me then Iiks
lightning. took aim again, but I was about
to fire my foot slipped, fer, and my gun
dropped from my hand and rolled over the preci-
pice- There lay. unarmed and helpless and
the maddened grizzly not six feet away
Here DIT. webb paused and lighted cigarette
The imaginative young man rrowncd impa-
tiently.
-wen?" he said We'll? Go on What hap
pened?'
Or. Webb. looking him calmly IN the eye, re-
Piled
The grizzly devoured me-"
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NO. said he.

Well, this FISH, I explained. haunts the
Maine coasts. II comes ashore every morning,
before the sun has melted the frost. and from
the rocks and tree trunks and grass blades il
scrapes with its blunt teeth enough OF this
cold food 90 last II FOR the day II can never
be caught in the water, for the reason that il
VIII not rise 20 bait Sometimes though men
catch it ashore with their hands Its flesh is
considered q celcacy. and brings s. - u pound
''Pietro sueered.
NOW I viii tell you he said about my
unce's mule Ny uncle kept this mule in
wooden stable, and he fed it on popcorn One
day the stable took fire. and the popcorn in
the mules STALL shooting up into the air. de-
seconded all about the unfortunate animal in
soft white flakes. These fakes the mule mis-
took for snow. He imagined that he was in a
snowstorrn and froze 10 DEATH"
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GOOD GROUND FOR ACQUIrT4L.

At the banquet IN Washington that concluded
the recent convention Of the Board Of Trade.
Congressman Robert Adams told 1 story OF John
Fow. the Wit OF the Philadelphia bar.
AT the beginning Of his career. when he
was very young" sad Congressman Adams,
Flow defended a desperate criminal in a hope
less case He argued this case well and elo-
Quently but the evidence WIS al against him
many less resourcefuI lawyer, throwing up
his hands. would have abandoned the unequal
struggle in despair.
But Fow was resourcefuL He steered his
case Oh to the end, and his concluding speech
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He GOT THE EGG.

Talk about Yankee shrewdness." said the
travelling man II was In n little tavern I'D IN
Connecticut not long ago. and farmer came
IN with eggs to sell The transaction took place
IN the barroom Of the establishment The pro-
prfetor agreed to take two dozen, and when the
farmer came to count over the contents OF his
basket he found that he had twenty-five eggs
The proprietor wanted the extra egg thrown In
for good measure The farmer didn't see It that
way, and they argued the matter. AT last the
proprietor said he'd take the twenty-five eggs
give the man a drink and call 1t square The
rarner agreed and pociketed his money.
Now whatu you havsr asked the proprte-
tor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-03

Mark Twain Mark Twain welcomed AIr. Grim
Minis and told him an amazing story.
Lying" he said. is noble accomplish
nent. and II should be encouraged When we
hear a good lie We should repeat it. giving TO
the liar the praise that is his due.
There is a good liar in Florence. HIS name
Is Pietro To incite Pietr0 10 one VI his loftiest
flights, I said 90 him the other day:
- Did you ever hear. Pietro. Of the fish that
lives on frost"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-03
TRUTHS FROM THE DESERT.

The dog barks. but the caravan passes or
The caueTs Kick Is soft, but It takes life away.
The camel carries the load; the dog does the
painting.
A dervish once travelling through the desert
met a camel, and said to him: Friend. your
LIP Is crookedP The camel replied: What is
there straight about me that you take exception
70 my up?'-(Century Magazine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-03

ne, the cay after the animal was taken away.
But said 7. how about the forty bushels
cora a. s. busheI that you fed himw
oh said NJ. Cassatt Z didn't expect 10
make anything the corn --lCoIlier's
Weekly.
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- - - -.-.
l.
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The Yankee farmer WAS ready with his reply
Sherry and egg.' said he."-CWashingtoz
Post
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HEND4CTTY EXTRAORDINARY.
John 2. CrtunIns. during his tour Of Italy.
&c not neglect . visit the FTorentine villa of
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VOICES OF THE PRESS.
Popularity of Roosevelt.
(San Francisco Chronicle }


OF course there is opposition to the
re- nomination of the president, and it
is as persistent and malignant as it is
secret and treacherOuS. 1t is headed
by the great army of bOodlers and
bosses who will fight to the death the
nomination of any president VINO can
not be scared, cajoled or deceived.
Every man who has been caught in
evil practices or placed under sus-
picion during the recent searching in
vestigatiOEs of the civil service is an
active supporter of anybody to beat
Roosevelt" In hearty accord with
them are the land sharks and all
dabbleTs in shady transactions with
the federal government. To these.
also. ale joined = large number OF
active and INSCRIPTIONS promoters
and spectators who thrive by the
manipulation of stocks of doubtful
value and who viciously oppose the
president rs the apostle of publicity i'll
corporate affairs. Many of this class
are rich and influential. They are i'm
portant contributors to the campaign
funds of any party whose candidateS
they approve. regardless of the plat
forms' on which they are running.
Finally, there are Il certain number OF
republican senators who have become
accustomed to dominate the White
House. and object to President RoOSe
Welt because he is beyond their control.
These are the principal elements of the
opposition to the president, and there
is no question that there is Il real
power in the combined forces. Under
ordinary circumstances it would be
sufficient to prevent the nomination of
any candidate against whom they
might unite.
Unfortunately for them the people
are for Roosevelt and determined to
have him. And their reasons for
wanting him are the precise reasons
for which the opposition object to him.
He is upright, vigilant, fearless and
uncOmprOmiSing, and as such he APP
peals to the popular heart as no recent
president has done. A born leader ana
Il born tighter, the people admire him.
AS a lifelong advocate of the purity
and economy in public affairs, they
trust him. AS the most vigorous up
holder of the great American Ira
ditions. they propose to back him un.
The nature of the influences opposed
| to the president are so perfectly under
stood that they are regarded as the
strongest evidence of his fitness for
his great office. The fact that Wall
street gamblers refuse to contribute 20
his campaign will bring to his support
ten times more voters than could be
attracted by the fireworks and spell
binding which Wall street money
would pay for. This being the general
public feeling, successful opposition to
the president in the convention cannot
be hoped for. 1t is therefore very IN
| likely that it will be openly displayed.
The current rumors about Hanna or
| others are simply ''feelers" put out to
see what comment they will evoke.
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STOMACH ON FIRE.
)nIy A Skeleton Crouching by A
Stove,
Mrs. Doherty Has an Extraordinary
Experience and Undereoes Marvel
Gus Change.

Mrs. f. Doherty, of No. 115 Coates
street. Moberly, Mo-, is a convincing
witness Of the power of medicine to eff
ect an astonishing change in the
human system. She is today a picture
# robust health, and yet she is known
herself and to her neighbors as a
woman who, five years ago, barely
scaped death from progressive
.maciatiOn. Her story is as follows:
I'm 1896 1 began to have distressing
,ttacks of Indigestion that continued
or two years. My stomach was con-
family sore and burned as if it was on
ire. 1t became finally SO delicate that
t would not retain even plain water
Iy inability to take food reduced my
weight gradually until it fell down to
iinety-eisht pounds, and faintness and
iiZZiness kept me in bed most of the
ime. l was really starving to death
nd besides l was extremely nervous.
The doctor was perpleXed because l
vas so run down. He gave me tOnics
which did me no good, and prescribed
.xerciSe which / was too weak to
attempt.
"One day when I was so faint and
hilled that l could do nothing but
rouch down on the floor by the fire,
ny father brought me box of DR..
Villains Pink Pills for Pale People.
found on trial that they would stay
N my stomach unlike everything else.
really felt better after three doses
md | kept on using them. Food began
o taste well and to stay down. The
,ain and the burning in the pit of my
tOmach lessened and at last went
lway altogether. My weight began to
Increase until it reached 165 pounds
md my nei%hbOrs. who We're convinced
hat l was wasting to death before.
we're aStOniShed at the change. L
esuned my housework and have
hardly had occasion to call a doctor
since. ] have recommended DR.. Will
Jams Pink Pills to several friends, and
{ say to the pale, thin ones
particularly. If you want to get strong
md we'll take DR.. Williams Pink Pills
or Pale People
These pills cure stomach trouble by
heir tonic action, building up the d-
FESTIVE organs and enabling them to do
he work that nature intended them to
10. Artificial ferments and predigested
GODS weaken the stomach in many
asses. Medicines should not do the
stomach's work but should put it in
condition to perform its natural
unctions. A diet book giving useful
Information will be sent free on re-
luest.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People are sold by all dealers. or will
re sent postpaid on receipt of price.
fifty cents II box or six boxes for two
dollars and a half, by addressing DR..
Williams Medicine Co.. Schenectady,
Y. Y. They are never sold in bulk. by
he dozen or hundred. None of the
genuine pills leave the laboratory eX
ept in boxes bearing the well-knOwn
trademark.
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AUGUSTA, WINTHROP
4 GARDINER RAIL WAY,

Change Of time on the Winthrop d ToEus
Oi''si0hs' In ef1e 18th Tuesday. Dec. l.
cars leave Augusta for Hallowell and
dardlner every half hour on the hour ana
H Hat Hoaf at iF9m 4 NJ to 10 p NJ. for
Sunday time same as above except carr
leave two hours later in the morning.
lars leave augusta for Winthrop $50.
~ 80 @ 1919, 20 ., a n, .25o. 80 21. ia
lights only So P " NJ And Saturday
! Cars leave Augusta for Winthrop Sun.
s aayS 49, e. 7 Ie5.0 1Sso s fSe M 1850 A. NJ 0
Cars leave Augusta Tor Togus SIS. sM
he 2ar. on,the hour to 10 2. N.
Cars Save Togus for Augusta where
connectf8ns are made with the Gardiner
and Winthrop lines and A. M. Com
half hour until $50 r. Nj. 1880 P. M. for
day $50 Al M. - Is 70 sun
Cars leave Winthrop for Augusta
where connections are made for Haliowell
1850 ll.so q, NJ: $50. $50: $50. $50. $50. $50
p 3; NJ at s ASa Saturday nights for Aususts
Sunday time from winthron O.. ro,,ov..
80; $50. LIE A M. l5o. $50. $50. So
The $50 A. 4. car from Winthrop con.
h nsst a. dAngus s with early M c. trains
The 1880 A. NJ car leaves N. c. r. R.
due at Winthrop from Portland and Lew
The winthrop i,ne 10 equipped with
large easy riding. night wheel cars and
make the trip In one hour. Baggage car
ried on all trips. ~ =, -
All ears run to M {. station In Win.
sive. tT ~ -
Cars leave Gardiner for Augusta where
connections are made for Winthrop and
Togus lines every half. hour fifteen min
utes before and fifteen minutes past the
honr from 6.15 A. M: -, SIS PM Tho
9.1 p. M for Hallovk1l only. l06 P. NJ.
for Hallowell and Augusta only.
Sunday time same as lAboRe except that
cars start two hours iafer3n the morning.
ISssS ssss- nov28df
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RAILROADS AND STEAMBOATS,.
ZIY2sg TO
81 i&llCfESl
Arrangement Of Trains In Effect Oot
II, 1903.

Arrangement Of Trains In Effect, Oct
r., 1903.
Pullman Car Service:
Bangor At '.6S A. M; and Caribou At ~
TRAINS LEAVE.
LEAVE Portland. 1915 p. NJ: Augusta
1853 A. NJ; Waterville, lao A. N. Bangor
s.55 A. M; Arrive Millinocket at as A. q, N
NJ: Caribou, 11@ P. M: Fort Fairfield
loo A. NJ: Van Buren,. 2.25 p. NJ.
LEAVE Portland. 1o.45 p NJ; Augusta
25e NJ; Wateryi,e; TX Ra a. M; s 51a,
Works, 1905 A. NJ; Patten, 11.5o A; N.
Ashland, $50 p NJ; Fort Kent. AS p. M.
Houlton. 1856 P. M; Pressure Isle. 2.46 p
NJ; Caribou. sls p "a van Eurt i,a 30
field. Sos P, M; Dover and Foxcroft. s.$
A: NJ; Greenville. 11.2o A. n
LEAVE Portland. l0.25 A: M: Augusta
BIS P. M: Arrive Millinocket. 6.0S =. NJ
Patten. TO P. NJ: Houiton. Sis M
Pressure Isle, 9.57 p. NJ: Caribou. los p
NJ; Fo IT, F SdrtI 1G15 g F; n .r,,,
Ecr, $50 P. NJ: Dover. ;cs ?. n; ouilford
726 p. NJ: Greenville. $40 p. NJ
TRAINS ARRIVE.
LEAVE Greenville, 6.35 A. NJ: Dover
los "A. NJ; Arrive Bangor, $50 A. NJ.
Leave Bangor, Waterville. Augusta
LEAVE Fort Fairfield. Sos A. M, Car
tbou, $50 A. NJ; Pressure Isle. 6.28 A. M.
Houlton. $40 A. M: Ashland 645 A. M
Patten, $50 a. M; Milinocket. IO23 A. NJ;
Katahdin Iron Works. 10.20-A. M: Arrive
Bangor. Los P. M: Waterville, 3.0S F. n
Augusta, 3,H p. M
LEAVE Van Buren,, 955 A. M: Caribou
u 20 A. M: Presque Isle. T. Ii p. M: For
Fairfield, H. 3J A. NJ: HOuItOn / X p M
Patten. 2.55 p. M; MiIlnocket, APO P. NJ
Greenville, 3.3 p. M; Monsoon. $40 P. n
Guilford, Al P. M; Dover and Foxcroft
SOS P: NJ: Arrive Bangor, TBS p M; Wa
teryilie, 81 P. M; Augusta. 1923 P. NJ.
LEAVE Caribou, AIS F. M; Fort Fair
held, $50 F, M; Pressure Isle, 44y p NJ;
Houlton. $40 P. M: Millinocket, 8.43 p
a.: Arrive Bangor, 1l.45 P. M; WatArvile
Leg A. NJ; Augusta, go A. NJ
GEORGE n. HOUGHTON,
TraG1c Managce
W. N. BROWN,
Superintendent.
Bangor. Oct 2. 1909,
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PROTECTING Reckless Investors.

England is more harsh than America
in its treatment OF promoters, whose
bubbles burst. 1t is doubtful II
Whitaker Wright, whose death by
suicide Immediately followed the seven
wears sentence given him by the Lon
don court, would have come under the
dspleasure of our laws. had he con-
fined his operations to this country.
There are scores and hundreds of pro-
moters in this country who carry on
opera tons not unlike his. though sell
dom on such a gigantic scale. without
fear OF fine or imprisonment, but the
English courts show a greater dis
position to check the promotion of
financial enterprises on "A questionable
basis. Wright, n poor boy, got his
start in a Colorado mine, and had
wonderful success in winning the con-
fdence of the English nobility and
banking people, and with those IS
tools he guled the English people.
When the crash came it dragged down
many lofty names, but Wright showed
himself as loyal as he was unninchinS
in the face of misfortune, and de-
stroyed all evidence that would in
crimminate others.
Eut the English theory in Furnishing
those who lead investors to put their
money into bOttOmless financial enter
prises is to protect the innocent and
ingenious public. Many will seriously
question however whether these people
observe any protection. Our laws ana
customs allow a man to be wise or
foolish as he pleases in his invest
ments. following the common law
maxim that the buyer must look out
for himself. And it is undoubtedly
true that most people go into unques-
tionabic financial enterprises. get-rich-
quick $, h, mes and wildcat projects
with their eyes open, knowing in the
great Majority of cases that the in
vestment is an unsound one, but hop
ing to be the lucky one in the lottery.
or to unload on others before the crash
comes.
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An Old Fife,

iAmong the relics in the State House at
augusta is an old fife bearing this i'll
cription: ION this fife was played the
DEAD March at the execution of Major
sEroud shot thro' with gold. the while l
muSed
Sad memory woye amoung the curios
Showed this dumb pipe austerely inter
fused
With annals of Il long-departed year
With passion-freighted deeds that stirred
amain
The fiery blood of patriots, and still
burn
llorg our veins with scarce less urgent
glow.
AS we renew old rapture and old pain
Feel valor. triumph. scorn-of friend and
That Mountaineering fancy can dis
ern.
Draw near and read the faint, time vel
lowing line
Precisely traced along the life's Scared
side
BY one who loved such virtue as old wine:
This played the march when Major
Andre died"
But gaze beyond this grave memento cast.
Like wandering wait on wave-deserted
heights.
Far thro' the gathering mist and read
That tragedy of an heroic past
Feel the relentless pulse-beats of that
breed
OF sires who wrought. thus grimly. for
their rights.
Did heaven deep sapphire glow. or gloom
a frOwn?
Were hlshed the winds, or tuned in
lofty psalm
That far October day at Tappantown?
All, Natures mood boots less-the Man
was calm,
None calmer brooked. unbanched, the
vast concourSe
OF troop and citizen; none deeper breath
If incense drank from cool autumnal
airs;
Listing the shriling of this pipes thin
voice
AS 'twere for festival, that dirge of
DEATH
This peer of England's bravest caviiiers!
The solemn pageant faded long ago.
The throeS of other wars, mid civic
strife
Full fierce and century-long, have dulled
the woe
OF that old war which gave the nation
life.
The fifer's lips are dust. All search is
vain
For aged chronicler who might recall
The scene. The gallant foeman other
ways
Serves his great Leader other where
OF all
The vanished spectacle. this fife still
stays
Could breathe that selfsame dead
march DER again.
"A. l.. II. in Maine Farmer.