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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-08
CAPTAIN FOR The klfLts
SUCCESSOR TO CAPTAIN JOHN
SON TO BE ELECTED TONIGHT.
lieutenant Wilkins May Be the Ma,--
Companies Preparing to co TO Wash.
ington to Attecd Inauguration.

he members Cf C~;Epany G, Ian
'Ina1on Rifles, viii meet 4, Tho a",n.,~>
h2ll tonight Ct ciol, c,clcck ,c e!cc.
4 captain 10 succeed Captain r. \
.)ChnsoE, who Was recently retired Il,
lis own request
There ere sevc:al asp!ranls ic: INC
ca?ia:ncv CT Company G. but TIC .nn
eral ''e'icl is Ih"t li,,llrnam r +.
wilkins who is new in command q;
the company. will b. elected
y S"ccessor 10 I.ic, lnnant Wilk:r
viii a',o be elected ari i, is nnd":-
stood tha.. Second Lieutenant c. 4.
Aioolc will 10 promoted
Orders were received hr ;"uienant
WILKES from Adiulaht General ~
Nailt yesterday 10 hCh' an clc.lior il
srl'', = carlain and Gll vacancies IS
may occur ~ Tic election
Must Attend Drill
nc nlcmhcrs II Company G.. New.
port News Light Infantry. havn hcn,:
ordered 10 attend dill tonight III niul,;
'ef'ch arc all l!t" Wht 10 not ~.
'f RI and who cann0, si,Cw a rood II
cuSr for Ihcir ahScrcc will HAY.
charges preferred against Them ana Ia.
'c,u;maliialot
Can'aM ii'rho,t stated last nici;i
That The members CT his compan. ary
becoming too negligent in regard "a III
lending drills and lha, 10 VII lal;,:
strenuous treasures e compc. ,At.:,.
I" n moro :egula.
Both Tho local companies arc prc.
Pa: ire - 90 70 Washin.lt:n 10 attcn. /
!he inancuraticn CT Preei.!cus i,ooSc-
Ntlt On March i. Committees. have
been soliciting s,,hscri ions tc 6efrav
INC expenses CT the trir. INT ,!lev
h7Tc mot With poor success Thn cen;
mitlcc will visit the merchants :nd
business men OF this city again il. 4
few Ia"s: end they hope 10 raise SUI
tiricnr money
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-08
DEMU2REkS OVERRULLD
DAMAGE SUIT CASES SET FOR
TRIAL TOMORROW.
Judge Blackstone Refused to Sustain
Contention That Conrtibutary Negli-
gence was Shown in II. r. Ry. Case.
Judge Blackstone in the Circuit

Court yesterday. ovcrrulcd ilcmurrcrs
10 the declarations OF the plaintiffs in
the cases of Ruber; y Weymouth
against the Hampton Roads Railway
and Electric Company ana l.. X. vii.
son against the same company.
Mr.. X. g. Bickford counsel for the
defendant. demurred to the declara-
ton on the ground that they showed
cCn,ribu,ary negligence. Mrssrs
AshhE \ Read. attorneys for the plain
lllfs. argued against This contention
ana we're sustained by the court.
! nc cases arc ST. for trial tomorrow.
Weymouth and Wilson were motor
man anl conductor respectively, for
NC defendant company and wore scr
onsiE injured several mouths AGO in d
fHaf-rnd collision on the line Each
sues sD. Slo.onu damages
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-08
Survivors BROUGHT First News.
NEGRO BABY BURNED TO DEATH
Mother Cannot Explain How it Hap.
pened-lnquest Today.

\ negro child about three years old
was burned to death at tie home Of
It's parents. l2l1 Twenty-ninlh street.
yesterday afternoon about ) o'clock.
The child.s mother won't 10 store
near her homo and left The baby III
the house BY itself. When she re
turned home she found the body
burned to a crisp, lying on the floor or
the room. She cannot explain how
the chid's clothing caught fire.
The body was moved to an undertake
ing establishment in the Rockets 10
DC prepared Tor burial
Coroner Gary was notified OF the
death. An inquest may be held This
morning.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-08
OPPOSITION 70 NELSON BILL
Chamber Of Commerce Committee
Sends Resolution TO Representatives

The committee appointed by the
Chamber of Commerce to take steps;
toward opposing the bill introduced
by Senator Nelson. Of Michigan. in
the United States Senate. which would
prevent foreign going ships from load
ing parts Of cargo At different ports.
has drawn lip 4 set OF resolutions ana
mailed copies to Senators Martin and
Daniel aud Congressman Harry |,
Maynard. Copies OF the resolution
nay" also bcrn sent to tho business
organizations Of Norfolk. Ports
mouth Charleston. Savannah, NON
orleans. Galveston and Pensacola. all
o. which shnn1 DO Interested III tho
opposition 10 tho measure
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-08
CAPTAIN WAS FINED.

X Caplan, enc al Tho Hluodtieiu ss.-
loon kr"uers who was arrested on The
ro;tl ri last Sunday Was fined sine
and costs Ter selling liquor On Sunday
by Justice brown i'll lh> police court
yesterday. The case vas appealed 10
III" Corporation Court
,Fnc trial uI this case was taken ~
McHdaN afternoon. MI. w r. Perkins
counsel toF ,ll2 -anti-saloon League.
prosecuted ana TIC accused was r.
rl%sciiis; " Mcssr& Il. b. Samlucs.
\. D. Jones ana {. c. Berkeley.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-08
Socidl-P sondl

The I-icbc 'lassc !::ielrc, Gus Vii,
he entertained ,,:,dorr,v 80, nrnccn il,
Mrs. S. W. WcrtlciIr. or y, ;inr h,no..
a Wos1 ayenuo
hr, homo - N..rs,N y =
sDcncjnv scycr,, wao,;. n,ra
ting Aiiss ,,orv rit,noa = ~, 49,:
.lss katherine Garrison &C Ri.h.
II Twen1,.s>,h s,'ror,
ol Chester "a. NV. ar,.i, \, i, ~.
oi,v tc. make their homo
from an attack Ct cr;r
-
Miss Marian Muse has gone to King
Miss Ncblett has gone t. pctersbur.
X. .-.-A-.-----<'asA14a4.- .-s=z=.-
+ Miss Bessie MARSHAL! IS IN 1t TIT =
| homc CT TEiriieth street.
| - = 7. W2i.'cr and children have
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-08
TRIBUTE 70 MRS. ALLEN.
stauaton ?e:er. Gives Sketch Ct PSF
ulsr letiYs Brief Life.

uis.' L1iiys Brief Life
The following ,riSnle 10 tho !c,c
Mrs. Rrod +. allen is from, the STAIN
t,n News ami Dispatch:
Tie dca.a nl Mrs Mar. r0llar,i
Alien. which occurred il Baltimore
"Wednesday. midnight. February 1s,. is
Of moro than ori;nar, inicros, in ,l.is
community. whcEc Snc frequently us
lied and had many friends. ana where
her husband Mr.. Fred f. Aliens fam
lily have SO lors resided and are 50
extensively connected.
Mrs. Allen was so beautiful in per
sen and character and 50 crac!c:,:; and
attractive i'll her manners ,ha, Al: who
were thrown With her vcrc wonder.
iuliy draws. e. i;cr :rsi fool : s.,nSc
81 personal loss in l!sr early death
IS years Of age She NILS tho tlauoii-
Tor CT The late Robert T. AM! Mamie
NJ. Reynolds Ct Richmond. Va
where She spent Icr life unil tl,:. i;,nl-
lily removed 70 Newport News; 4tme
H., ,,. \,
IN. o,d ~. n,aaa ,.,a;, nm, ''; I
>-.,..,
s;na,1 ,na, q
~, ,,,n !, a,,a.ao, !:
n,,,oro ,,,,r ,1,,., 49,
,,.i,h MI 1,.a,,.,.
,.h,,rc,, NJ. MA, ,a,
,o.r, ~
~, i ~, VII. u ,..,,,, I'D,
4, nr.t,,,r H., :,
Nd ,ov,,.. M, v,r, ro,,,,., a;n IN
~ r.c.,.c ~, s,ho III ,,noa i, i
hrno va. n,tc,to;na., !.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-08
REVIVhL IN EAST END.
Large Congregations Conti>ue 10 Hear
Rev. Mr. Bransfcrd

Ct
The people of East End con, !:lt:a Il,
manifest q great interest III ;hc ~, 5ral
services now being held AZ Tie Gle
nut avenue Methodist church - !.e,
l.. G. HransfOrd The meeting IA 4
niehi was Well attended and tho,
were several confessions
Tonight Mr.. Bransford wi!l pre-, il
on tho Soarc!ln. subject. :" Sin ANA !ts
Fearful Consequences" This promise;
&c 'i~ tho strongest tax the >neA.s,"
las YET given at the church and q
large crowd is expected 10 attend
This afternoon there Will be services
at 'te church at " O'Clock. This viii
be ii the natnrc OF Il praise" &,.i.v-
ice. The revival viii continue jhioa4h
ot,, ,hi.; week
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-08

were quietly married last night at
$50 o'clock in the pastors study OF
TIC Newport News Baptist church.
Key. !. w. Porter, .. d.. officiating
Aitcr lew days the young couple
VIII be ut homo 10 thei.' friends at
Ic9 Twen,y-ri2hth street.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-08
fufnsss line Steamer Founders
Off Nova Scotia Coast.
CIGHrrtN OF CREW ESCAPED
Captain Ferse, Four Passengers md
Other Members Of Crew in Boat
Which Has Nc, Vet anded-in-
tensey Cold.
tEy Associated Press !

HALIFAX. ~ s. Fob 7.-Durina !,
raging gale and hlir.in" saows:o"n
which has swept TIE Nova s,cc.,lu coast
Tor The n2s' twenty fou" llcurs. the
ocean steamer Damar: Of tho FnrucsS
Line. ran On The rocks al M,,S1uo,,nbi,
lcn:o. Thirty miles cas, OF llalif@S
carly ,o'sY: and is reported K, have,
iCnnferrd With tho loss oi manv lives.
Tho second officer cl tie sail: Vii II
Is al the crew, CSC cp~l IN liz boats.
@nd landed at Pleasant Pcin:. ai;r, a
terrific Struggle With will;i aud sea
One Boat lead Missing
Captain l'crsc. master ol IA, Da-
mara. four passengers ana Tic resi-. L
nc steamers crew lc!I ,hr vessel il
another boat 1I!ov rave no, bc,.,l
heard cl since ar'l i, is feared that
,hcy have persisted The occupants 81
nc be-! which reached, shore wc:c III
tcrlr oAha"sir,! ana many II lhtu
Wplc badly frost bitten rh,.t IKE !.
narrowing experience. battling in Tic
"''' 'i''S:' .'l n1''f& N tllt tWtn boat
against tcmpcsircGS seas on : trrart,
n!..lsi coast. With the thormo m,lc" to-:
degrees below Zer& and Al. arctic biz
zard ra2in"
Survivors Brought First News.
They landed on shore some jilac dur
Ing ;Et lay and rcachcl Insqnndc%lr
Ina: Dor tins evening, whence they
wired tho frs, NE OF mo disaster
10 nc agents Of Tho Fumes line II
i:ililaN 10 wii'.! point Tho Damarl
was lt,nnd
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-08
will nee, ncx, rrcsear 10 install Of.

viii noet next TGcsear 10 install Of.
fcers.
The officers arc IS follows:
Past Worthy Bison-Cartain y. 4
Johnson.
Worthy Bison-.]udsc J. d. G. Brow,
Vice Worthy Bison-It. Fl. Havvc,,
Chaplain George Ahbitt
Secretary George Iienhoogfar
Treasurer. Ii, Burchcr.
Physician-Dr Louis och.
inside Sentinel. II. Wheeler.
Outside Scn,incl--C. y. Crc ford
Fiu~tces--.I. ". Guiick. r. Z. L..
iins. j. II. CaNec. Jr.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-08
Or. Wharton's Lecture.

\ large crowd Of people gathered at
The Newport News Baptist church last
night to hear Rev. Fl. NJ. Wharton. d
L., lecture on the subject. UPS and
Downs" DR., Wharton is an eloquent
speaker and his lecture was interest.
ing and entertaining.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-08

sIEc little men OF Japan can give the
world many thrilling stories OF collra sc
:IAd many Of clever stratagenl as well!
sOnc OF the powerful mobiles OF tie
5lden time was forced to flee from Ills
,hemy il haste. lie hid IN barrel and
pas borne away by servants. who,
meeting the enemy. declared that the
barrel contained food.
IF there IS anything living Ia it
Shere Will be blood on my sword said
she nobleman's enemy and thrust his
weapon into the barrel. 1t went
Through the hidden mans legs and
anadc i terrible wound. But lie With
quick thought. wiped the blade on the
Gem Of his garment rs it was drawn
Out. SO that II went out clean, and he
TaS not discovered
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-08
LODGE OF euFFALoEs.

Officers Viii Be Installed Next .,ies
day.
The local lodge OF the Benevolen,
Order CT Buffaloes, recently organized
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-08

Mrs. G. r. HiErs nd daughter Mrs.
chas. =. Paskcrlcft yesterday for New
York. Mrs Firms lis suffering With
rheumatism an9 viii undergo srea:-
mcnt
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-08

NJ ) z. Dale. Of TynGr. y. G.. and
MISS Mamie l.. Spruic! ni' this CITY
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-08

Mrs. Eliaa Peyscr viii entertain ar
her homo on Yves, avenue. This even
ing III honor Of Mrs. Philip peysc:. cL
Washington end Mr. ard Mrs Morris
Gauss Of Baltimore.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-01

hurt some, and it was the widest
scene / ever saw, and people who got
out alive ran in the dark, and some
body said the animals had all got
loose, and some of the people never
stopped running till daylight the next
morning.
Some run into the river, and the
ambulanceS carried the injured to
hospitals. Pa stampeded with the
elephants, and never showed up till
noon the next day. By that time at
least 1000 people had filed claims for
damages, and all the lawyers, from
Albany to New York, were on our
trail.
The managers appointed pa to set
tie with the injured, and the way he
argued with those people was a eau
ton. One old woman was killed, and
pa tried to show her relatives that as
she was old and helpless, and more or
less a burden to the family they
ought to pay the show something for
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-01

telephone pole, it's a groan We hear,
an he says, 1t looks loike VERIFYING
is again me- A young mon shtarts
out in lOife an hope fills his wakin
hours whole ambition spills rainbow
tints on his dhreamS. He is optimistic
an he runs bafure himsilf an gifts lost
on tn road bafure he catches up again.
'PaYple don't appreciate me- says he.
An he gifts dhrunk. There is nawthin
FIR young man in this country,
says he, an he ordhers a gallon. lie
gifts pessimistic an ambition takes q
nap. "Ih' wurrld is losin' a gr-reat
nOn,' says he, as he resolves niver to
turn his hand over to help tn human
race wan bit Ye can see his finish
Hennessy. He sees things as they
ar-re, ony he looks at tn reflection
iv his insoides as they is mirrored in
tn wurrld outsoide iv him. He
thravils frum Dan to Beersheeba an
he says Il is all barren. Me inviron-
mint, he says, is holdin me down. If
Ci do anything, they criticise it. an
| II Oh do naWthin', they say OF heVn' t
amy BRAIN An he chucks it all
over an gifts rusty. Hennessy he shud
| hey a dose iv Sulphate iv optimism
Some shmoilin' brother shud tell him
il tn sunshOine thot fills tn wurrld
aH' call his attintion to tn katydds
good, we know, an cure all his ills.
Whin OF git extra pessimistic OF fond
some good divil iv human worst off
than OF am. an thin OF kick mesilf
an am glad thot Oh hev' two legs an
credit at tn grocery shtore. On tn
Whole, Hennessy, OF think tn wurrld
reeds both tn optimists an the pes
sinlists. 1t isn't sensible to git too gid
dy in tn face iv throubleS, an it isn't
tn part iv wisdom to let tn wurrld
sour yure disposition, FIR it don't hurt
tn Wurrld an it makes a ass out "
we. FIR my part Oh am willin' to let
tn sunshine in an Oh at tn same
tonne am domed conscious thot human
life is 81 hard proposition. an tn
Wurrld a toight Guild wad iv planet.
Now do We know where We shtand on
tn matther?"
"Divil bit iv it." said Mr.. Hen
messy, Eye hev' mixed thin both up
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-01

ish the baboon, and our show sent pa
to Newport to buy the baboon and
bring him to our show at New York.
We had the darndest time getting
him away from Newport. Pa couldn'
do any thing With him, but he took to
me. cause he thought | was his long
lost brother, and L could do anything
with him. We got him in our stae-
room on the boat. and took his clothes
away from him, cause he only wears
clothes when he is being dined and
wined, and we chained him in the
upper berth. He had just raised the
very deuce on the way down to New
York. After pa and L got to sleep
that baboon got my clothes and put
them on, slipped the chain over his
head, jumped through the transom,
and went into every berth where the
transom was open, and chatted with
the people who occupied the berths.
There was an old man and woman
from New Hampshire in one berth,
and when the monk got in their berth
and began to talk the Newport lam
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-01

/ an shtand behind tn bars an see tn
riSt of the population at large whin
amy wan iV thin ought to be in tn
penitentiary. But whin Oh got out
again, Hennessy, Oh was an optimist
from Bliss, n. c., FIR it was good to
not heV' yure vision married be a lot
| iv dom iron bars an govermint mos
! quito nettin'. Until Oh found out thot
wimmin was all aloilxe an philosophic-
| ally married Missis Dooley, Oh
was a Dessimist most iv tn tonne. Oh
| said in me heart iv hearts thot woman
was tn tote thot binds hivin an
| earth an livery wan Oh fell in love with
! Oh set up on a pinical an told her to
| look round an select PLAT she wanted
| on tn bargain cOunther. She inTa-
riably took PLAT she wanted an slid
oft tn Dinical whin mon with bet
| Their clothes on him thin Oh he'd passed
| by, an lift me barking at tn moon.
| Afther Oh he'd ate he heart out siVeral
| different tonnes OF took tn Keeley
cure be marryin Missis DoOley. Love
| played havoc with me cOnsitOotion in
me younger days, but Oh how racOVer-
ed sufficiently to be about. Oh admOire
q pessimist. Hennessy, more thin Oh
do optimist, bacause he has more
sinse as aVerdge Yure Optimist
sees things loikc he Wud desire to see
thin an tn pessimist sees things as
| they ARE. Take out an out
optimist an we can shtump him on
no proposition. Snud he cut oft his
neck he wud shmoile at We an say, 1t
will grow back again ShUd shteam
i1cile run over him, he hOllers out at
We. Bother luck mkt tonne Yure
pesSimist loses tin dollar bill an he
groWls an he says, 1t is jist me Own
domned luck to do it. Shud he git
drunk an dhrv" his buggy into Il
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-01

guage, the old man thought it was
me- and he said "Now, bub, you sc
away to your pa.
The monk went out, and got into
another berth. and crawled under the
bunk, and when the woman came in
to go to bed she looked under it to
see if any man was there. When she
saw our baboon she yelled fire" and
the officers of the boat pulled him out
by the mind leg, and tore my pant
leg off. Pa and L had to sit up the
rest of the night with him, and when
we landed him with the show at Mad
ison Square Garden we felt relieved.
One woman on the boat has fol-
lowed us ever since to collect dams
ages from pa, cause his oldest son,
the monk, proposed to her. Gee. it
seems to me q woman ought to know
the difference between d baboon and
Il man, but some women will marry
anything that wears clothes.
The monk took to me so, pa said
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-01

must teach him everything l could
that men do, SO l thought it would do
no harm, to teach him to chew tobac-
co, cause he could already smoke Gig
arettes, so / borrowed a chew from
the boss canVasman, a great big chew
of black plug tobacco, and the monk
grabbed it. and cheWed it awhile, just
before the afternoon performance,
and swallowed it. [ knew that set
tied the monk, and when the audience
came along by his cage, and pa was
Etying to get him to perform, as a
man, the monk turned pale, and his
stomach ached, and he stood on his
head, and held his stomach in both
hands, and kicked the table over.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-01

We have added to the. show the
most remarkable animal that ever
was--a .baboon that dresses like a
man, and eats at the table, using a
knife and fork, and a napkin. This
baboon has been playing an engage
ment with the Four Hundred at New
port, dining with the crowned heads
at that resort, but the COMPOUNDED
baboon got to be too human, and he
fell in love with = an heiress, and
scared one of the Willie boys that was
also in love with her. His friends
were afraid the baboon would cut
Willie out entirely, or get jealous and
injure Willie, so the manager of the
Four Hundred Show decided to BAN
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-01

ing Just combined to humiliate pa.
The audience cheered. Pa said:
"Weu. wouldn't that skin you They
threw him an overcoat to put on,
and he bowed like a hero, and quit
the ring cage, and was met outside by
the whole show management, and
congratulated on having more nerve
than any man alive.
Pa said "If you will give me a
shotgun loaded with bird shot l will
make those animals get on their
knees at the next performance, and
beg my pardon You can discharge
your trainer, and / will teach them
lot of new stunts
Say pa is a wonder, and he has al
ready got old Barnum beat d block.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-01

Then he hit pa a swat with his foot
and wound his tail around pas neck
and laid his head an pas shirt BOSOM
and was seasick.
Pa said: "Well, this beats every
thing. What did you do to him %
l told pa | had only been teaching
the monk manly tricks, and pa said:
"Well, you have overdOne it." And
the Humane society had pa arrested
for cruelty to animals But the monk
got over it, and he now tries to be q
masher, and winks at women, and
fiirts with them just as the men al
Newport
We thought we were smart when
we held up the railroad for damage
back in Pennsylvania, after the wreck
but we are getting a dose of our OWL
medicine. At POughkeepSie there
came up a wind and nainstorm that
blew the tent down right in the midst
OF the evening performance, and
scared everybody half to death. Sew
eral people were hit by tent poles and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-01
CANCER CURED.

We want every man and woman in
the United States to know what we
are doing. We are curing cancers,
tumors, and chronic sores without the
use of knife. and are Endorsed by the
Senate and Legislature OF Virginia. n
you are seeking a cure, come here and
you will get 1t.
We Guar0ntee Our Cures.
THE KELL4AM CANCER HOSPITAL
Richmond. Va.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-01

so OF can't tell whether OF am pes
sinlist or a optimist."
"Shure, an it's thot way said Mr.
Dooley; Its loife."
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-08
DUE TO ABSENCE OF MIND.
Millions of Pieces of Mail Reach the
Dead Letter Office Yearly-Last
Year Shows Increase.

The queer slips of the absent.
minded person, the funny things
that people do who Gust forgot"
and the thousand and one capers
that people perform through ig.
norance, stupidity and sheer care.
lessness, all show up in large and
concrete form in the annual re.
ports of the dead letter office, from
one of which it is learned that
this department handled the as.
tonishing total of 9,300,3S1 pieces
of mail matter in a single year.
The total amount of money
found in misdirected, unad.
dressed and unclaimed letters was
not large, considering the number
o. them, but it was small fortune
nevertheless, being over $4,000.
Commercial papers, with an az.
gregate value Of 81 1893, 1926, is an
important item in this showing OF
human frailty.
The record of the year, it is said.
marks a considerable increase
over any previous year-a fact
which may be referred to psychol.
ogists for explanation.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-08
FAIRS CHRISTMAS HANDKERCHIEFS.

Nothing nicer or more useful
for a lady or gentleman than a
nice Kerchief. Our line for the
Holidays is the prettiest that
we have had for years. Price
will be a hinderance to no one
for they are found in our store
all qualities at any price you
wish. Don't pass our Handker-
chief Department.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-08
Fairs Books.

To say that our assortment of Books,
both for juveniles and older folks, is the
best in Hartford, will not be exaggerating.
All the late Books for adults at most rea-
sonable price. For the little folks books
from the Linen Primer up to the higher
price board backs. Give our Book De-
partment your special attention. Sure
to please you.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-08
Fairs JeWeIrv.

A beautiful line of specialties for
Christmas such as Collar Buttons, Cuff
Buttons, Rings, Maccabee Pins, Knights
of Pythias and Masonic Pins, Watch
Charms, Chains, Stick Pins, Hat Pins
Brooch Pins, etc. Look at our line be-
fore making your purchase