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The Washington times., 1905-12-17
FOR SALE-BICYCLES

FOR sALE-Tth ana 1. Cycle Co. are selling
the genuine Hartford y tires at 81 G5: they
are not seconds but first quality. new
Wheels SO 80: guaranteed Diamond tires,
q 50; a complete bicycle With coaster brake.
lamp. bel. toe clip. Tor s25.e9. open every
evening until 20. 6al5-lt
BUY YOUR CHILD a bicycle 70 Christians.
we have all makes slightly use cheap Tor
cash. cll ssl-e ou $40 OF NOR -li Are
OF s.Cs-s-s u cost tires UH-sE
prices Deke4s fOgsliaaries. ~ @
T. HI fl1 fhE lcycielnan- ~ n-- yeil
right peE y rt until y. Il L ra-
sylvan ave Ey- q zlt
The Washington times., 1905-12-17
wANTED-RooMs.

WANTEDNTwo unfurnished rooms for light
housekeeping; first floor preferred. Address
F. CRULI4 GIG Sth st NV. 1t
WANTED-Two unfurpished rooms for light
housekeeping; centrally located: heat light
and cooking gas. must be reasonable Ad-
dress BOX ss5, Times Office II
The Washington times., 1905-12-17
TABLE BOARD.

TABLE BOARD.
$3.50 MEAL TICKET for S3 at the ORIOLE
DINING ROOMS, 32s John Marshall place.
delI-tt
wANTED-Table boarders. or boarders by
the week; breakfast. 10 3: dinner. I2 20 2:
supper, to Z. 4i4 Z1st st. NV. de15-3t
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wANTED-aIcyCLES.

DON'T PUT your old bicycles IN the cellar.
Pennsylv lvan!a ave. NV. cel2-24t
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IMPORTED canary birds for sale; Just ar
rived in New York per steamer Patricia with
a big lot OF trained canary bIrda: genuine
Harz Mountain warblers and fine singers /;
s.. sS. and 81: worth twice much: fe-
male BIRDS ripe for breeding. soc; full guar
entee and all information given; no money
required before you hear the bird singing in
your home; liberal discount 10 bird
Dealers send postal or cali at e05 9Th st
near r. Telephone Main 3se4-R, CARL
AoELLER. 81. Andrsasberg. HarE Noun
tains. Germany. delB-lIt
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FOR SALE-Chicken feed at sI-25 per loo
pound sack. VEG GETARIAN MEAT CO.. sd
18th St NV. Darby Bldg, fourth floor
The Washington times., 1905-12-17
BIRDS, DOGS, ETC.

GET LIVING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. good
for either sex. canaries. parrots, fancy poul-
try. etc. ScHMID'S BIRD STORE, 7l2 18TH
ST. NV. deI7-7t
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FOR sALE-MIscELLAnEoys.

FOR SALE-Iarxe Ice b,~s. -,as. - ,-..-
,S .or grocery use. easy terms II desired: don't
IaSS r1[St, an Ice box made BY tinker See
.-Ot " ooD sth and X SITS. del7-st
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LOCAL MENTION.
For Christmas.

For Christmas.
Lamps. useful and ornamental
Drop Lights. either Electric or Gas.
Gas Ranges the best you can get
Call and see
A full stock of handsome GOODS
SIC 12 ST Double Store. 12O4 @ ST.
C A. Muddiman & Co.
Handsome Calendar Free to Purchasers.
Grand Union Tea Co.
$3.50 Meal Ticket for So at the Oriole
Dining Rooms, 32s John Marshall Pl.
Home Made Pies and Fruit Cake.
Let Holmes supply the Pies and Fruit
Cake for the holidays and you'll get the
best and most delicious pies and cake
that can be baked. Made in. the real home
way or the best and purest ingredients
and baked just so Fruit cake, 25c ID.
20c Holmes Bakery. 1st & z SITS. Phones
L. 1440 and 1441-
Sunday Hours, to II P. M.
PhiIa. Oyster & Chop House. 51s 11th NV.
Handsome Calendar Free to Purchasers
Grand Union Tea Co.
Chris Xander's Pride of Virginia Port.
The best tonic and bIood-enriching wine
known. Toe ct. Only at 900 7th st.
Punch and Judy, Marionettes, Santa
Claus Costumes. Gundlach. s13 7th ST NV.
Open Nights. J. Jay Gould's.
Tree toys. tinseI. candles. favors, pictures.
"Roya1 Pilsen" Is Royal Perfection.
The needed elements OF nature and the
skill of brewing masters make IL king or
light beers. AbnerDrury Brew. Co.
Wheelbarrows, Blackboards, and Girls
or Boys Sled free with l 10. Baking
Powder. Grand Union Tea Co.
Pure, Delicious, 6oc Candies, 35c LIB.
A choice of one hundred varieties All
made fresh daily. Geo. B. Sheets, + & 10th.
Perfection in Oyster Cooking.
Phila. oyster & Chop House. 5lS 11th NV.
Red Immortelles, IS Cents Per Bunch,
Christmas Wreaths from 30 cents up at
Kramers 9l6 + st.
IF it Is Bicycle You Are Thinking Of
getting the boy for Christmas. It will pay
you to look at my new 1896 stock The best
wheels at reasonable prices. Cash and in
stallment. II. w. Higham. Jr.. 1O3 and IO5
3 ST. Sc. opposite Congressional Library.
WIeelbarrows, Blackboards, and Girls
OF Boys Sled free with 1 Ib. Baking
Powder. Grand Union Tea Co
Men, Women, and Children.
The Peoples Outftters. I72I Pa. ave. NV,
will clothe you for $1-00 week.
Toys. tlnsel. snow. favors-Gould's 421 9Th.
Sea Foods, Steaks, Chops, Salads, Etc.
PhiIa Oyster * ChOp House 5l3 nth uW
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-05
FREAK NAMES FOR TOWNS.
United States Abounds in Postoffices
 Which Cause a Laugh.

From the New York Tribune.
 The names of some towns in the United States probably cause their inhabitants considerable vexations when away from home These names have certain peculiar meanings in very-day talk, and as soon as they are mentioned they are apt to prompt troublesome questions by fun makers. For example the man from Alone, Ky. might have to explain to a stranger living in New York how he could do business if he were the only in- habtant, and how the excise laws were enforced if the barkeeper. the toper. the policeman and the magistrate were all one and the same; and, in case there was more than one person in Alone, if all were bachelors and old maids. Citizens of Lone- ly, N C., and Lonesome, Ky, would en- counter much the same sort of questions, and all, of course, would finally be asked if they were once Jersey commuters.
 If a man hailed from Affinity. N. C.. he would naturally be supposed to be mar ried and his home life an unpunctuated to wear a wide smile as the citizen of Joy or Happy. Texas, or Paradise, Colo, with a temper as subdned as the inhab- tants of Purity. Minn. What would hap pen. however. if the man from Affinity should meet a man from Peace, Ala. would indeed be problematical. They might. after the fashion of some Western- CTS. boom the merits of their respective towns with such ardor that at last these representatives of Peace and Affinity would come to blows. They might at last develop as much disrelish for each other as the citizen of Cream. Wis. who should chance to take dinner with a citi- zen of Caviar, N J. On the other hand they might become very chummy as the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-05

townsmen of those three towns, in the states of Colorado. Oregon, and West Virginia, which all bear the name of Crook
 Any one coming form Eye, N, C.. could hardly expect to join the New York po- lice force and find things eongenal. If he was a native of Lax, Ala. or Blind, Bay, La, on the contrary his duties as a metropolitan bluecoat might prove con genial If he said he was from Sodom, Ohio, he would most likely be told that his own town must need his services more. If he replied that 1t didn't he might be re- commended to try to get a position in Pluto, Miss.
 Near the Green river in Kentucky, and several miles south of Lewiston, there is a town by the name of Fig. It has never been recorded in any history of the United States whether the characteristics of the people of Pig are any different from those of the people of Lamb. H., or Chickies, Penn This is certainly to be re- gretted. It would certainly be interesting to know if the worthy burghers of Pig are any more happy and contented than other human beings, whether they have such ills as insomnia, nervous prostration or melancholia, whether there is any sale in Pig for appetizers, and what the good people do on Fridays.
 Il WOIldn lIOnl fOOI, IeNaS, or Antiquity Ohio advertise for a hus- band 1t is safe to say she would not get as many answers as a woman from Beauty. w. Va. The man who hailed from Jug, Ala, might have more difficulty in being elected to the White Ribbon So- ciety than his contemporary from Dry Town, Cal The native of Magic Ala, would no doubt be welcomed by certain Wall-street officers, where a citizen from Fairplay, Wis, would find the door shut. Should the woman from -.lamode, Mo-, or Fashion, Ga, meet a woman from Jays vile, Ohio, the two might get into such controversy that at the end of they would both be believed to be natives of Looneyville, N. Y. The citizen of Fossil, Ore, unlike the citizen from Quick, Neb, would no doubt feel very much at home in Philadelphia, and for much the same reasons the representative of Fact, Kan would find a congenial atmosphere in Boston. Vegetarians should go to Grass s. D.
 Any one might think that Ice, Ga, would become a more popular summer re- sort than Hell Hole, Colo. A jury made up of men, half of whom were born in Japan, Mo. and the other half in Russia, N. T., would be pretty sure disgrace. At any rate they would nol call in man from lingo, Tenn. for peacemaker Should the girl from Leapyear Tenn, be- come dissatisfied with things at home there is little danger of her settling in Bachelor, Mich. Neither would the man from Langor. Minn., think of moving to Jump, Ohio.
 man may travel from Dan to Beer sheba nowadays, and think it a very short journey. There is Dan in Kentucky and a Beersheba over the line in Tenn essee. Neither is the trip from Jondox to Pekn long one in the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-05
ADIRONDACK BEAR HUNT
 ON INSTALLMENT PLAN

bear, or any that weighed half as much. l was particularly anxious to find that bear because the boys laughed at me and told me that if l had been so near wounded bear l would have been killed.
 ''One day late in inc summer, I was coming back from a fishing trip and did not have a gun, think l met my bear. I was about half way around a knoll when 1 looked up and saw a bear coming straight at me as fast as he could get over the ground My hair began to stand up. Then l got my voice and gave the unearthlest yell I knew how With that I turned and ran, and think the bear turned and ran in the other direction, for 1 did not see any more of him.
 'The bear seemed to me to walk queer; he was a big fellow, and l thought he must be the one 1 wounded.
 'The bear kept under cover for a long time after that I could not get a shot at him or even find his tracks until well along in January, and then when l struck his trail one day 1 set out to follow 1t to the end
 q camped on the trail at night and once over near Salmon Lake heard pack of wolves drive a deer out on the ice. l sup pose they did not come within a half a mile of me, but the six or seven wolves in the pack sounded like two thousand. kept the fire burning all night, and the next morning located the remains of the deer, which they had eaten except for the skin. The bones had all disappeared
 "On the third day I came up with my bear. He was standing up when l saw him, and I shot for the point of the nose He fell over on all fours and began to rock unsteadly. Then I fired again and he rolled over dead
 When I got to him found that he was a third larger than the largest bear I had ever seen or heard of l dressed him out and went after the boys to help me carry him to camp
 'Three men came in with me. We lashed the bear 10 a pole and made ready to pick the load up. Frank Sperry, who was in the party said he could carry one end of a pole with any bear in the woods on 1t. l said that if that was true then I could carry the other end
 We got the pole on our shoulders and walked about ten rods when we had to let it down. From that point on 1t was all that four men could do to carry him.
 'He measured eleven inches across the head between the ears. From the flat part of the forward foot to the top of his shoulder it was four feet four inches. From the hat part of his hind foot to the end of his nose he measured nine feet seven inches. He was five feet four inches around the body just behind the shoulders and it was twenty-two inches around his forward leg.
 q found that his right forward leg had been broken twice, once very close to the shoulder and this trouble had kept him poor, for he was not fat, although he weighed a good deal The last two shots I fired at him entered the brain. Dr. Reid, Of New York, got the head and had it set up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-05
THE THREE BOOKS THAT
 SENATOR. PETTUS READS

of in he harked whistle unknown Quoth the aged solon who will ne a areg and if books wastw of men.a of of of hhookB
   
 of 
 
  themfo s romantic journey the plains He is grandson of Captain An Washington and he remembers his grandfather perfectly If the
  both and hearty highly probable that they will they
  in ftthgly commemoaed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-05

exposition, which. by the way, is the largest body of water ever enclosed within an exposition fence, and. attached to the strip of land a small peninsula, which looks to the eye like a verdure-covered island, projects into the lake. To the north and east the snow-topped peaks of the Cascades rise in grandeur, rivalng the Alps, the gleaming cones of Mount Hood Mount Adams Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens being plainly visible from the grounds.
 The principal exposition structures clus- ter among the trees on the crest of-the hill overlooking Guilds lake, and on the peninsula stand the United States gov ernment buildings. with two towers, each 260 feet high, on the main structure pierc- ing the sky line. From the mainland the view of the lake and peninsula and the Willamette river with the mountain peaks in the distance Is one never to be for gotten, while from the peninsula the spectator may take in the main exposition picture, with the soft. ivory-white of the buildings contrasting pleasingly with the dark green of the foothills that form the backgrOund,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-05

Trenton Falls, N. Y.-'I shall always remember the first hunting l did with double barreled shotgun says Charles H. Smith. of Petrie's Corners. T had just got the gun and it was the first one of the kind that had been brought into the woods.
 Ut was tLe nrst time they cut the wild cat road through from Lowville to Long Lake. During the night about two inches of snow fell. but when I set out to .l1nt in the morning it was tha ing and rain ing.
 About 70 hundred feet from camp I struck a large bear track and after fol- lowing 1t in the snow a considerable dis tance came ub with the bear. l aimed for the point of the shoulder and when the gun cracked he tun. bleu yer on his side and kicked around little grasped a small spruce tree in his paw and then bit out chunk right to the heart of th spruce
 'I had been told that I coud not kill black bear at the first sho,. When that bear settled back he seemed to me to be dead.
 "I loaded the empty barrel and walked up to his side, first win4lns my handker- chief around the lock of [ e gun to pro tcct it from the rain. l carri d bowie knife and reached over to get hold of the animals ear so that 1 could pull the head around and cut the throat.
 "The instant I grasped that ear the bear sprang to his feet as quick as you could say scat. He stood up straight and made q motion as though le wanted to hug me.
 T did not care to hug him and sprang back to get my gun, but before could get my handkerchief off the lock he was off through the bushes like thunder. l fo lowed him until night. getting sight of him once or twice during the day.
 "The next morning l located the bear in a thicket of balsn. Al,er walking all around it to make sure that there was no tracks of snow that he had gone out, I got down on my hands and knees and be- gan to crawl through the bushes after him.
 'I got sight of the bear and crawled pretty close to him. Lying flat on the ground, l took aim and fired at the should CT I shot at before. The hear had been sitting down. When the shot struck him he reeled, came towards ~'e, turned again and passed within two feet of me.
 When I got out of the thcket he was just disappearing across a clearing. He did not seem to have the use of that shoulder for he travelled on three legs and dragged one.
 'I followed him all that day and al- though I heard him in the woods l did not get close enough to him to get in another shot. By the next morning the snow was gone and I could not trace him any more.
 During the spring and summer l kept my eyes and ears open for that bear. Every time l heard of bear killed l went to see it if I could, but 1 did not find my
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-11
What Beat the Strik ers.

It is not true, az some observers pre-
tend to believe, that the failure of the
striking employees of the interborough
Rapid Transit Company to win victory
over their former employers was due to
lack of public sympathy The strike
was foredoomed to failure from its
beginning, but public sympathy had
practically nothing TO do with the matter
Other strikes in which the public sided
with the employers, or was neutral be-
tween the contending parties, have been
won by the unions. In the case OF the
elevated and underground railways the
physical conditions we're directly respon-
able for the success of the company and
the defeat Of the men.
The operation OF trains moved by
electric motors requires no great techni-
cal knowledge and no unusual degree Of
skill. After short apprenticeship any
intelligent man becomes competent to
handle the controller lever and work
the air brakes. This made it possible
for the marlborough company TO man
its trains with competent motormen
without difficulty. Conductors, guards,
stationmen and similar employees re-
quire no particular training, and may be
recruited among workingmen at any
time Thus the company had no diff
Guilty in obtaining sufficient force TO
fill every position made vacant by the
strikers.
It had, therefore, only 10 start its
trains and depend on the city authorities
TO protect its plant and employees from
violence. The work Of guarding the
railroads involved in the strike was
comparatively simple A. they traverse
a thickly populated area, any elfor, to
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-11

or 1904, II is Interesting 10 note how equal
lied has been the peoples vote between
the two parties since JACKsoN's day
An exceptionally small popular vote in
dicates a permanent decay OF the party
organization and a strenG h Of the victor
which foreshadows faction in its ranks
leading up to a new alignment oil
parties "a happened in 1875.
What the country needs IS two strong
parties each aiming at the control OF
the Government, and not several fac
/ tons each a mere agent OF special or
class interests we'll organized, disc-
plined and powerful opposition, fiji to
take over the Government. is essential
for the good working OF our republican
| system
Everything in our politics State poll
tics and city politics alike-now turns
and probably always will as a rule turn
on national politics. The nation over
shadows ali else State rights and munic-
ipal rights seem, sometimes, in danger
Of becoming extinct.
Few persons consider, or discuss, in
these DAYS the true Interpretation Of the
Ninth and Tenth amendments a the
Federal Constitution The newt election
struggle in Greater New York NAV turn
on national politics Hence II is essen
tial for the general good that the leaders
of the national Democratic party speedily
come together and e' tho country know
what is to We expected from them Have
they n PLAN Do they maintain the
faith in essentials Formulated hy JFF-
tFGSoN, or that taught by JACKSON If
the two faiths differed Are the Demo-
Gratis united on any fath' What are
the essentials OF the present Democratic
doctrine and in what does it differ from
Republican doctrine. or from Roosevelt
doctrine fthe two are unlike2 If the two
are unlike. a strenuous President in the
saddle during four years will by the use
of patronage. define the doctrine Of the
present Republican party as he under
stands IT, to which Republican Senators
and Representatives must submit, or
else there will be Republican factions.
What every one wishes now to know
is whether or not the present Democratic
organization is hopelessly broken up,
and if it is not, then what are the tenets
which dfTerentiate it from the Roose-
welt rule2 On what does il stand which
is discarded by the Republican organ
ization of which Mr. ROOSEVELT is now
the head and dictator?
The Democratic Clubs, by Its endeavor
TO answer all those questions by means
OF Democratic dinner on the ami
versary of JEFFERsoN's birthday, en-
deavorinS, we repeat, patriotic public
work; but what will come of the labor
of the mountain2
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-11
The Passing OF Niagara Falls.

Niagara Falls are doomed Children
already born may yet walk dryshod from
the mainland Of the New York State
Reservation to Goat Island across the
present bed of the Niagara River.
With this startling statement Mr.
ALTON d. ADAMS opens an article in
Casters Magazine for March on the
destruction of Niagara Falls Reports
from Albany rehearse the details Of the
latest proposition TO hasten the day Of the
fulflment of Mr.. ADAMS S prediction.
Experts estimate the normal discharge
of the Niagara River as 100000 cubic feet
of water per second with Lake Erie at
its mean level. At low water in the lake
this volume sinks to 1856, $40 cubic feet.
The diversion created by the power
houses already in operation and in proc
ess OF construction is nearly $4,000 cubic
feet per second. or little less than one
third of the total volume of water run
ming over the falls at low water, and %
per cent Of the current at its mean level.
This Is exclusive Of the considerable
intake of the Welland Canal which in
addition to the water used for ship
transportation, also furnishes water for
factories and electric systems.
Approximately one-quarter of the
water which normally flows over the
Falls is now, or soon will be, diverted
from its natural bed and sent through
tunnels to turn machinery. The effort
TO convert the Palisades into concrete is
rivaled by the conversion Of our world
famous Falls into electric lights and
street car power.
The destruction Of Niagara Falls would
be most lamentable calamity. In con-
sidering the measure now before the
Assembly, both people and legislators
should bear clearly in mind that cleo
tricity and mechanical power can be
created in various ways while man
can do nothing to the Falls except TO
destroy them. Their reduction TO mere
applied horsepower would be crime.