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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08
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List Of Books Contributed Furnish
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Biggers.
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Fox
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son.
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Merchants Gift Library, City
Federation and friends, ia vol
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08

Get that good bread and those
delicious pies, etc, at the White
Swan Bakery, as Chickasha Ave. If
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
finder, formerly Of this place but
now Of TT. Smith, Ark, a girl.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08

Born, 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Jones
of Fort Smith, Arkansas a girl
Mr.. and Mrs Jones were recent
residents of Chickasha.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08
CHAMBERLAIN S COUGH REMEEY
THE MOTHERS S FAVORITE

ATIN NMbTNIfNIIF y NVNOII = TN IFIs
THE MOTHERS S FAVoRITE
The soothing and healing proper
ties OF this remedy, its pleasant
taste and prompt and permanent
cures have made it a favorite with
people everywhere. 1t is especially
priced by mothers of small chill
dren, for colds, Group and whoop-
ing cough, as it contains no opium
or other harmful drug, it may be
given as confidently to a baby as to
an aduld. FOR sale by all drug
gists.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08

Judge N. M. Williams has his
Office in Room 9 of the johnson
building.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08

Jim Eaton has been confined to
his bed several weeks by severe
spell Of sickness,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08

Alb Jones was arrested night be-
fore last on charge Of introducing
liquor. He received a hearing be-
fore Judge Payne this morning
and was bound over to await the
action of the grand Jury.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08

Come and find your true Valen-
tine. If.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08

Deputy Chris Madsen received
an invitation to serve as one Of the
Rough Riders guard Of honor on
inauguration day. He declined
the honor not caring TO incur the
expense attendant upon it,
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The evening world., 1905-11-30
RACE WITH DEATH
To REACH SON
-
Parents of Walter j, Jarvis,
Dying Hotel Clerk, Hurry
ing Here.

Racing against death as fast as steam
can bring them, the father, mother and
brother 4 Walter ], Jarvis, the ho,e
clerk, who lies mysterlously and fatally
injured at 81, YIncent's Hospital, are
coming from their home In Charleston,
8. c., In hope OF seeing him alive. 1t
was stated to-day at the h9spltal that
Jarvis was still unconscious and sinking,
but the surgeons were using artificial
means to keep breath In his body until
his relatives could get here.
There seems to be no possibility that
Jarvis will recover his senses before the
end, and so he may take into the grave
with him the secret OF how he got his
injuries Tuesday night Hope OF per-
forming an operation upon him has
virtually been abandoned. Il yoa,a
only hasten his death.
Dressed In evening clothes, Jarvis
head clerk at the Chelsea Apartment
Hotel, No 222 West Twenty-third street.
was found Tuesday night lying al the
foot OF the stairway In the house a,
No. 200 West T~Wenty-thlrd street, where
he. lodged. A tall stranger vas sean
him inside the door. and then
lurrying away. Jarvis eluier mad been
nnrderousig assaulted, or he mi
allen, In some strange manner, IN.
.uring. his brain. He had not been
The evening world., 1905-11-30
THE COSSACKS
CHARGE ON A MOB
Jockey Johnny Hoar Returns
and Tells of Exciting Time
in Warsaw.

Johnny Hoar, the little Jockey who
once rode in the col5rs OF Frank Far.
rel, plotting the fleet Blues" n Veto.
ries, but who for the last two years
has been riding the horses Of Prince
Louoorinski in Russia, arrived home
to-day on the Frederick der Crosse
with the story C.! an exciting Ave min.
utes In WARSAW on the day he started
on his homeward Journey,
Il was standing on the platform Of
the Vienna Railroad, said Hoar, when
a parade OF several hundred workmcn
filed by. \ regiment OF 'Ccssacks sur.
rounded the station, bu. paid no atten-
ton 10 the parading WOrKmen, nor aid
tho workmen attempt to make any dis
turbance.
They had hardly passed when a
mob Of r~evolutiOnists, carrying red
banners and singing revolutionary
songs, poured into the square. one OF
the leaders Of this band started d sort
OF riot by trying 10 drag a bystander
into the ranks, Then the Cossacks got
busy. Ten abreast they charged the
paraders, firing volleys over the heads
Of the mob,
Talk about your ,anishing clowns IN
.pantomlme, that crowd faded as II by
magic. They dove through windows,
into doors, down cal holes and
through every available aperture. In
less than two seconds the square about
the station was bare, but not a drop
Of blood had been split and no one
was injured"
The evening world., 1905-11-30
Easier for ImmiqrantS.

HONOLULU, NOV. Ga. {, l.. At.
klnson. Secretary Of The Territory Of
Hawaii, now in Washington. saws that
under the ruling made on President
Roosevelt COmmlssioner-Genera Of Inn
migrat ton S9ggent will allow the terri.
tory Of Hawaii to import assisted lmni.
grants except Chinese. This ruling Will
result in Tire organization Of a terri
torlal b1prd OF immigration.
The evening world., 1905-11-30
Winter Naval Drills.

WASHINGTON. NOV. 8~o-Rear-Ad-
mlral Robley y. Evans, C0Jmander.in.
Chief Of the North Atlantic Fleet, Is in
Washington on a few days leave to
spend Thanksgiving at home. While
here the Admiral will confer with Rear.
Admiral Converse, Chief Of me Bureau
Of Navigation, about the programme fOt
the winter drills Of the North Atlantic
Fleet, which Admiral Evans will take
South early in January.
The evening world., 1905-11-30
Send Italians South.

ROME, NOV. @.-Fi reign Minister
TEtoni to-day received Baron Mayor
des Planohe', the Italian Ambassador
to the United States, VINO talked at
length on the condition OF Italian emf
grants in the United States, pointing out
to the Minister the best way to anchor
ate their condition, especially by direct
ing them to Southern agricultural
States.
The evening world., 1905-11-30
KILLED IN EXPLOSION,
Furnace Blows Out and Mortal An
ctdent Ia the ResuIt

HARRISBURG, Pa, Nov. so.-Two
men were killed and several other ware
injured by an explosion last right n,
the Pennsylvania Steel Works. The ex.
ploslon was caused by metal breaking
out OF the furnace a the tunnel he'd
Tae furnace was badly damaged
A. y, Fisher, a negro, and an I'm
Identified man, both Of whom were en-
p.yyed as .top-hllers, were burned ~
death by falling into a mass or boos
metal Five injured men were brougbf
the Harrisburg Hospital.
The evening world., 1905-11-30
Battle FldQ Returned.

CHICAGO, NOV. 0-A Confederate
batele flag, captured in action by the
Eighth Illinois Cavalry Regiment from
the Thirteenth Virginia Cavalry Regi-
ment, was returned to the State OF Vir-
gina last night at a meeting at the
Great Northern Hotel. C1l d. ]. Hyres
made the presentation and Harry Lee
accepted 1t for Virginia.
The evening world., 1905-11-30
Plague at Yokohama.

SEATTLE, WASH, NOV T-Bu-
bonic plague is raging In Yokohama,
according to officers OF the steamship
Dakota, and possibly no more vessels
VIII be given a clenn bill OF health
until the scourge IL wiped out.
The evening world., 1905-11-30
Lee Heads for Ecuador.

WASHINGTON, NOV. @-Joseph W.
j. Lee, formerly Consul General TO Pan.
anna. and recently appointed Minister to
Ecuador. has arranged to sail from New
YORK city for his new post on Dec. 9.
MI Lee will go by way Of the Isthmus
The evening world., 1905-11-30
Army Cooking Lessons.

WASHINGTON. NOV, @.-Cuder a
rev policy decided by tire War Depart.
ment, officers Of the Co.uniasary De.
p1rtment are TO be taught - bake
bread, and Will be given practical IN
struc,ions in cooking.
The evening world., 1905-11-30
| &c.
Girls Shoes.

Wei Kid, button ana lace shoes
WIN patent lcataur tins and
tpIing noais' all si1,s up 10 -
Real NalIe SluO. 70,
fTlday,,. ........ ONO
The evening world., 1905-11-30
Opera Glasses.

Imported raEty French Opera
GlN,s,a, ultlsaC ucsigns Oa
silcs "a FIel,tn sgay uuisa vita
tfimningp o. ga am vAid zcu,
leases 40 g.iuAatiy blIo.x ana
CItar. ttVNS OK tNo Ls5izns
made 20 sell ljr 500, 80.
sIeeial, SUI
The evening world., 1905-11-30
John F. Black Used Up
in Row Outside
Resort.
FRIEND ALSO IN ROW.
Both Men Elected from Noto-
riouS Dance Hall by
Bouncer.

john F. Black, who declares he IL A
broker, and who, according to the New
York city Directory, lives at No. %
West One Hundred and Twenty-slxth
street, with Offices in the Cotton Ex-
change Building, and Henry Cause, A
brokers' clerk, had a finish fight with
detectives end police in front Of the
Haymarket, Thirtieth street and Sixth
avenue, early to-day, in which police,
broker and brokers' clerk had their
faces battered and heads broken.
The Hcynarket, which has continued
TO do business in the same old way In
spite OF Police Captain Dooley, was
giving 4 regular Thanksgiving morning
ball. A general assortment OF crooks
and heir associates were making things
lively IN the dance hall when young
Black and Cause, both slghtseers.
caused some ofense so distastetul to
he IIaymlrket "bouncer' taat the two
yo;yag men we're hurled into the street.
There were several men and women
In the hall who represented that thew
were Summing. These persons are not
used to fights, and they followed the
two mon into the street,
sleuths Use Clubs.
Detectives Maxey. russo and Murtha.
attached to Dooley's precinct, decided
that Black and Cause were such Of
tenders that It was their duty to lock
them IN, Trouble followed without de-
lay. Black let drive, 50 did Cause; and
down went two OF Dooley's men. The
third detective closed in, and he too
went to the pavement, The three de-
tectlves pulled their clubs. but still thew
were no match for the broker ana tina
brokers' e.erk.
Russo said Cause pulled a revolver
and tried 10 shoot, The detective al. |
that h. would have been killed
had the weapon not failed to go of.
RUSSO declares that he felled Cause
with his club, but that it was no use.
Tho brokers' clerk vas at him again.
Some one yelled 'Pollce.' many times
and up ran half a dozen men IN uni
tU,.. Then Black and Cause. seeing
that they We dealing with the police,
readily consented IL be taken b the
staff n-house.
Surrounded BY a Gordon OF police and
the three battered detectives the two
men ven 10 Dooley's police station.
Both men were locked up
The. baii In. the Haymarket con.
unued and when daylight came tha
OF the music still sounded as
the hashily dressed women and the men
who have given the Haymarket Its
reputation for Aarboring crooks filed
into the street and made on with
nore noise and disturbance than tha
TWO men had created during the neht
With the three detectives and police
The evening world., 1905-11-30
Elder down Bolero
Jackets for Women.

Wonien's Jackets u fine nil
wool ripple eiderd,wn; made In
pretly coioilngs, vita SILK irotE
and crochet edge finish. ia
lltal garment lCr iuA and win.
ter, only one 70 a cus,o-
Mtr, regularly sold Al IA
%c Tor IDC
The evening world., 1905-11-30
Brooches.

Gold filled ana sterling silver
n.y,FUta, NL.aPttsIig q Nhat a..
s1Ttmeut Of nUN designs In.
ciUding many c~nateiG.ne ~ Oches,
liads ~ SCI, up 10 gLVOi az
- euill, -OC
The evening world., 1905-11-30
WOmen'S Shoes.

Winter weight ca.fskin shoe. Il,
oucatr OF ',gullr styles, IN ali
sls's ana ans, a,su some fine
saaple Shots Al, the same ~.
price, NaIuc $o.jJ, FRIDAY, I'D
The evening world., 1905-11-30
NEwyNugeEYS
Ensign MCCheSny Dead.

SYRACUSE, y. Y, NOV. SO,-Ensign
McChesny, dean Of the College Of Fine
Arts Of Syracuse University, died sud.
denly to-day. He was professor ot
music, painting and modern language.
The evening world., 1905-11-30
Gold Plated Bags.

Heavy durable mesh; straigal
tOls, I an ) inches in vtdtb
wan dou0-t iemstI CLANS, Viii
wear oXceLcuty, cannot he dun.
HCated At iess I'D
Il %, u price, <DG
The evening world., 1905-11-30

I've hunted CRAFTS deep iungles.
wadlng knee-deep In It's ooze.
And for the monsters thus far.
trapped
I'm thanktul-charlss u. Hughes
The evening world., 1905-11-30
Elliot RaZorS.

We have collected for mi, specl,I
sd'e oyer 1000 Of WIN. Elliot
q Sos best razors that hayS
aINays sold up 10 81 ~. Afnli
hoaow ground every razor wSF.
llhledi ~ honins nor grinding
I9lllred These loo inclpt,
varied sizes, at. 4'. as f9c
The evening world., 1905-11-30
WOmen'S
ttandkerchiefS.

An Linen Hcmstltched Hsniker.
rlIc.s, N.th pretty in!tta,s IN dif.
Ie.tut Ny.ts ot iv,ttis, -,,,
"a Ia a DJA tCr, ...,...t, ocC
An L.hen hsmstltcntl dauqker-
kerchi,tH, with heautiful hand
lao a. es n ui'leient ..L
: SLAMS, slx IN o AON iDr i'Oo
The evening world., 1905-11-30
Clearing Of Tru nks.

70 make much needed room, all
uIhks go Ike this; Special Sic.
&C., r2'per Co. Trunks; canvas.
SnCIea; strong, heavy hardwood
49, auItB,e lock, bolts, cor.
Two 'l' sG o.S le st ! strait, with $50
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-21
Heavy Business In Wall Street
and Quotations Advanced.
SOUTHERN RAILROADS STRONG
Violent Movements in Individual
Stocks characterized the Days
Trading United states Steel Lacks
Life of Many Leading Securities.
tBy Associated Prepu.,

-
NEW YORK. Nov. 20.-DealinCs In
stocks expanded to-day to the largest
total yet made during the present spec.
uiative movement. Violent move
ments i'll individual stocks not usually
prominent in the trading continued to
be q characteristic of the market. and
there was plenty of irregularity in the
price movement. But the market was
so broad that active profit taking on a
good part of the time, helped by rapid
advances elsewhere.
Ii renewed strength in the Paciics
was of notable effect on sentiment.
Southern railroad stocks continued
prominent, apparently in sympathy
with the extraordinary movement In
the Southern steel industrials. Other
iron II steel moved in sympathy. but
the United States Steel stocks proved
noably laggard. American Smelling
continued readily responsive to tho
operations which rushed it up to n new
record price.
The special features in the specula-
ton will account for gains for all, run
ming al the way from 2 1-2 to IL
points. Money rates worked easier
and this was the prime stimulating
factor i'll the speculation.
Bonds were firm. Total sales, par
value, S4,355, 600. United States bonds
We're all unchanged on call.
Total sales of stocks, 1909, 100
shares.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-21
Scenic Route
&sS5a9SsssaGe Tbs West

l hour and 80 minutes to Richmond.
Schedule In Effect June 4, 1905.
LEAVE NEWPORT NEWS:
7:40 a.. M, daily, Local to Richmond
Connects for Lynchburg. Lexington.
Va. New Castle and Clifton Forge.
except Sunday for Rosney and Els
mont. Leaves Fort Monroe, 7:10 a
M; Phoebus. 1913 a. M; Hampton
7:1S a.. m.
1910 a. M, daily, Fast train to Rich
mond (%stopping only at William,
burg), arrives Richmond 11:46 a m,
connecting with "St. Louis Special"
leaving 2 p. III. with Pullman for Gin
cinnati. indianapolis and Chicago:
and Pullman service for st. Lou'-
and Louisville. Cafe parior Car, Old
Point 10 Roncevorte. Leaves For,
Monroe. $40 q. M; Hampton, a:48
q. n.
5:25 p. M, daily, Fast Train for Rich
mond (%stopplng only at Williams.
burg), arrives Richmond 700 y. III.
Connecting with F. F. ", leaving
10:45 p. m, carrying Pullman Sleep
er to Cincinnati and Louisville.
Leaves Fort Monroe, 4:55 p. m.;
Phoebus, 4:58 p. m, and Hampton,
6:U3 p. m.
$40 p. M, dallq. stops at local sta.
tons on Peninsula, connects at Rich.
ond with f. F. v. Limited.
TRAINS ARRIVE FROM RICHMOND
$3.50 a. m.. daily; 1890 a. m, daily:
$50 p. H.. daily. and 1920 p. IN.
daily.
Steamer Virginia leaves 7:40 n. m.,
daily, for Norfolk and Portsmouth,;
TO-: 80 n. m. daily. for Norfolk. and
$3.50 p. M. daily. for Norfolk and
Portsmouth.
Call on Mr.. E. w. Robinson. Ticket
Agent. Newport News, Va, for the
lowest rates by any possible route to
the West and Southwest.
w. o. WARTHEN, Dist. Pass. AgL
II. w. FULLER. Gen. Pass. Agt.
C.. e. DOYLE, General Maceger.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-21
LIQUID LITIGATION.
The Trial by. ride That Finds s
Place In perNI.

Place In perNIS.
In Perai; lawyers find no business,
for Il modified form of trial by ordeal
decides all disputes. In place OF the
legal practitioner the pleader is a ma
tive boy who is assigned to one or the
other of tho sides and Is given n bam-
boo tube in which is sealed the plead
Ing of the person or party whom he
represents.
When all is ready two stakes are
driven into the bed OF a stream. and
by aid OF a bamboo polo. the heads Of
the two boys are submerged at the
same time.
by grasping the stakes they are ell
Rbled TO remain under water for quite
awhile after their natural inclination
would bring them to the surface, but
ut last one OF, them gives in and. re-
leasing his hold OF the stake, comes to
the mir.
1Ie is Immediately seized, and the
tube. he holds is cast aside. The other
lad is led ashore, his tube opened. and
the document contained therein stands
as, the decision in the case.-New York
Herald.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-21
a COSTLY DROP CURTAIN.
Ia Ono Meinsonter Didn't Paint
For 2 French Thcater.

Tho Ono Meinsonter Didn't Paint
For p French Thcater.
Tho enterprising manager OF a the
ter called upon the famous French
rtist. Jcan Louis Ernest Meissonier.
III one occasion. says Mr.. Robert
leInpt in Pencil and Palette, and ask
Il him Ito paint q drop scene for n
certain theater and name his own
terms.
You have seen my pictures. thenf"
asked M%eissonier.
"Oh. yes" exclaimed the manager,
but it is your name I wantI It will
iraw crowds to my theater."
And how large do you wish this
.urtain to BET" inquired the artist.
"-Ah, well. we will say is by 10 me-
ters!"
Meissonicr took up a pencil and pro-
ceeded to make a calculation. At last
he looked up and suid With imperturb-
able gravity:
81 have calculated and find that my
pictures l. valued Mt $4,000 francs
per meter. Your curtain. therefore,
will cost you Just p, GOO. 900 francs.
But that is not all. II takes me twelve
months TO paint twenty-five centime-
tcrs of canvas. 1t will therefore take
me just 100 years to finish your cur
tain. You should have como to me
earlier. monsieur. / am too old for
the undertaking now. Good morning.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-21
CONQUESTS OF SILENCE.
Men Whose Grentucss Was Not Meas
nrcI hy Their Snccchcn.

nrcu ny Their speeches.
Washington never made n speech.
In the zenith of his fame he once at
tempted il, failed and gave it up, con-
fused I'M abashed. In framing the
constitution Of the United States the
labor was almost wholly performed in
committee of the whole, of which
George Washington was day after day
chairman, and he made but two speech
es during the convention, of n very
few words each. The convention, how.
ever, acknowledged the master spirit,
and historians affirm that had 1t not
been for his personal popularity and
the thirty words OF his speech, pro-
nouncing it the best hat could be unit
ed upon, the constitution would have
been rejected by the people.
Thomas Jefferson never made n
speech. He couldn't do It.
Napoleon. Whose. executive ability Is
almost without n parallel, said that
his difficulty was in finding men OF
deeds rather than words. When asked
how he maintained his influence over
his superiors in. age and experience
when commander in chief Of an army
in Italy he said, ny reserve The
greatness OF n man is not measured Ivy
the length OF his speeches and their
number.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-21

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour, steady: No. 9 spring wheat
81 l-2MSI; No. . red. IS 1-4MS6 l-2:
No. , coru, f6; No. 2 yeilow.5lM l-2:
No. 2 cats, %; No. . white. 81 1.2G
32 1-2; No. , white. 30I3l IA; No. ?
rye. 81 l-2@70: good feeding barley
81 lag So; fair to choice mailing. 4:
@47: No. l flax seed. 81: No. ! North
western. 100: prime mess pork. PEI
Dbl, 1350M1362 1-2: lard, per 100 lbs
707 l-2@710: short ribs sides. Qoose)
700@712 IL; short clear sides. (boX
ed. 6S7M700: whiskey, basis of higl
wines. 1870: clover, contract grade, 1909
@1325.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-21
The Dhebar Lake.

A British government engineer living
in Bombay asserts that India has the
largest artificial fresh wafer reservoir
in the world. He says that In the ma
tive state Of Udaipur, in Rajputana,
some thirty miles south of the city Of
Udaipur, Is the great Jaisamand, the
Dhebar lake. The dam of this lake was
built some 200 years ago by the Maha-
rama Jal Singh. 1t covers an area OF
between twenty-one aiid twenty-five
square miles. Its depth at the dam is
ninety feet, aud it's capacity Is esti-
mated at 153, 900, 100000 gallons.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-21
DESKS OF FAMOUS MEN.
There Arc Many of Them Scattered
About the Country.

About the Country.
The desk of Salmon p. Chase, q plain
piece Of furniture made from mahog
any, Is in Il of the rooms of the treas
ury department at Washington. Thera
are many of these old desks scattered
about the country, their chief claim to
interest being that once some well
known man leaned over them.
Alexander Hamilton's travelling dcs'
made Of mahogany and measuring IL
by 10 inches and 10 inches high, Is an
Interesting'object. Upon this desk was
written much of his literary work, and
the worn green baIze with which 1t is
lined attests to the use TO which it was
put. There Is a drawer in one side and
several compartments for pens an6
Ink, while upon the top is iniaid q sill.
yer plate with the name General al.
cxander Hamilton, engraved upon IL
Within the top is a strip Of parchmens
which says, "Given by Mrs. General
Schuyler to her daughter, Mrs. Gen
eral A. Hamilton" No doubt the con
renient size was what recommended 1,
10 the general.
Nathaniel Hawth0rne's desk Is pre-
served at the custom house, Salem
Mass, A desk at which he wrote some
of his inimitable romances was just &
board standing ont from the wall at an
angle Ibis Is siill in the tower room