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Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-16

In this rich pure air, as we pass first one mesa. and then another, and an- other, with each rise in altitude we feel that we are coming one step nearer to Gods country. country which God has given to the westerner, our typical American.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-16

of the Nipissing property. since the above interview, and his contemplated retirement from the Guggenheim ser vice is the result of the Nipissing in c{dapf
Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-16
CHINA CLOSETS

We have just received from the fac tory large and complete line of beau tiful China Closets, from the most elaborate to the piainest. Large bev- eltd glass doors. Some are original designs and all are works of art. All woods and prices.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-16
TABLES

Beautiful pinine-room and Parlor Tables will be found here in an end less array. Having just received carload of the best makes from the best factories We are sure that you will find just what you want In these lines. Ard the prices are right.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-16
CORNER STANDS

An inexpensive and desirable gift is 8 Bamboo eornoer stand. We have large assortment In stock. We invite your inspection and assure you that we carry the largest stock of Bann- boo furniture In Sishee. These stands come In all sizes and prices, to suit . the smallest purse.j
Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-16
RUGS

What is more acceptable as a gift than a Beautiful Rue7 We are show ing them in all sizes. kinds and prices, and you will find the display complete in every detail. Among them will be found original Oriental designs, ex- ecuted by master hand.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-16

A great and complete showing of sideboards, is now being made at this store. Every kind, finish and price will be found here. Our stock is large and the designs are varied and are bound to suit the tastes of all. Buying in large lots we are able to sell at reasonable price.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-16
CHAIRS

4 large collection of exquisite de- signs in chairs are here for your in- epection from the cheapest kitchen chair to those for the Parlor. All kinds, all finishes and all prices. They are ef the best manufacture and strongly made. A carload now on hand.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-16
SIlVERWARE

Now Is the time to corpIete your stock of silver~are for the Christmas dinner. We are showing large and varied stock of tableware of durable manufac; Ire. fe cal special atten- ton to 0 larg stock carving sets. And our riees rre tn lowest of the low, and Se b< sd to lit.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-16
Combination Book Case
 and Desk.

What Is more appropriate for Christ mas than beautiful Combination Book case and Writing desk. We are showing a complete line of these use ful as we'll as ornamental pieces of furniture in Golden Oak and other woods and finishes. These cases are of most substantial make and are of the latest designs.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-16
SERVING TABLES

4 large display of the most beautiful Serving Tables that was ever shown in 6isbee will be {, saa a tp They come in all mEsf = y, plain and fancy, s e ss :ss such that they vii apps- a S MI chasers.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-16
BOOK CASES

We have in our stock for your in- spection one of the, most elaborate lines of Bookcases ever shown in Bis bee most suitable gift for anyone. Beautiful Golden Oak finish, five shelves, 6evelled French glass doors. Large enough for the average home library. Just the thing for your sit ting room or library.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-16

Christmas Gift than a beautiful piece of Odd Chinaware. We have an end less variety of quaint. dainty pieces that would gladden. the heart of any enc. We also carry a complete line of full dinner sets All Prices.
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that he can erect scaffolding in the public
square of the town upon which are fitted enor-
nous bins full of twenty dollar gold pieces His
idea is to have the populace assemble in the
square at an apo nted hour and then have
three or four husky stokers shovel the coin
down among the people. He has it all arranged
SO that certain circle of his intimate acquaint-
ances shall have preferred places in the front
rank of the throng.
There is a wealthy doctor in New York,
who, if it was not for the sake of his family.
would become an iceman. He once said that
it had been his ambition all his life, and that
he studied medicine only because his parents
insisted on it.
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THE PERFECT ALIBI
Confined iypM page s


their nature caused Hatch to smile. The first
you have a pocket in the shirt of your
pajamas?"
YES" came the wondering reply.
"And when you are called at night YOU pick
up your watch and put it in that pocket =
Then The Thinking Machine turned to
Hatch. 1--WE are safe in believing he said,
that De Forrest was not killed by tibet,
because his vauables were undlsturbed; there
fore we must believe that the person who killed
him was an acquaintance. 1t would be unfair
to act hastily; SO l shall ask You to devote
three or four days to getting his history in
detail; find out all about him.
IF YOU uncover nothing in particular
shall give YOU the name of the person who
killed him, and an arrest will follow. The
solution is quite clear, unless some now I'M
known fact gives it another turn
At the end of four days Hatch returned to
The Thinking Machine and summed up re-
The Thinking Machine went out and was
gone for two hours. When he returned he went
straight to the telephone and called Detective
Mallory. The detective appeared after lew
minutes.
arrest Chase" The Thinking Machine in
structed. Bring him here, and III show you
the flaw in the perfect alib he set up"
An hour later Franklin Chase entered with
Detective Mallory. He was somewhat pale
and nervous, and in his eyes lay a shadow of
apprehension. Over it all was the gloss of
ostentatious nonchalance and self control.
There were introductions. Chase started visi-
bly, at casual reference to an important
new witness.
AN eye witness" added The Thinking Ma
chine.
Positive fright came into Chase's manner,
and he quaed under the steady scrutiny of
the narrow blue eyes. The Thinking Machine
dropped back into his chair and pressed his
long white fingers tip to tip ,
Chase" he said at last. You know DR..
Sitgreave, of course? Yes. Well, it just hap
pens that l have room block or so away
from his house around the corner. These are
Mr.. Hatch's apartments" He stated 1t SO
convncingv that there no possibility of
doubt Now my room faces straight up an
alev which runs directly back of DR.. Sit
greave's house. There is an electric light at
the corner
Chase started to say something, gulped,
then was silent.
Il was in my room the might of Mr.. De
Forrest 5 murder" went the scientist, and
was up moving about, because l, too, had a
toothache. 1t just happened that glanced
out my front window" His tone had been
courteous in the extreme; now it hardened
perceptibly. q saw you, Mr. Chase, come
along the street, stop at the alley, glance
around, and then go into the alley. L saw
YOUR face clearly under the electric light, and
that was at twenty minutes to three clock
Detective Mallory has just learned of this fact,
and l have signifed my willingness to go on
the witness stand and swear to it.
The accused man was deathly white now;
his face was working strangely, but still he
was silent. 1t was only by supreme effort
that he restrained himself.
Il saw you open gate and 60 into the
back yard of DR.. Sitgreave's house" resumed
The Thinking Machine. Five minutes or so
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-04
QUEER AMBITIONS

THERE was once man whose sole. desire
L in life was to drink champagne from a
beer stein and light dollar cigar with ten
dollar bill That was some years ago; but the
last time he was heard of he was still denying
himself the pleasures of life in a desperate
struggle to fulfil his ambition.
Then there was another man whose only
aim in life was to obtain all the cheese he could
eat. He got salary of twelve dollars week
and lived in the city. Cheese was expensive,
and he was so bent upon saving his money to
have grand feast on cheese that he neglected
to pay his room rent and got into trouble.
Crazy for Engagement Rings
THERE as a woman who was strongly
L averse to men, but she had a passionate
fondness for diamonds, especially solitaires-
the kind that come in engagement rings. She
thought so much about this that the other
things of life lost all interest. and from mere
hobby the craze for engagement rings grew to
be an ambition. She hated men but she strug
gled against the feeling and began making col
lection of rings. Inside of year she was en-
gagged thirteen different time and she kept the
rings each time. She died a spinster at the
age of eighty-three, and among her belongings
they found one hundred and seventy-siX en-
gagement rings.
In a western city there is a man who sits
all day and plans to fulfil an ambition that came
to him three years ago. All that he asks in life is
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From Pastor to Street Sweeper

TN Chicago is street sweeper who was once 4
L clergyman; and in a little country town in
New England is Doctor of Philosophy who
has given up college Professorship to keep
a candy store. He was single, and the total
profits from the shop were about ten dollars
a week. But he said frankly that he was per-
fectly happy and that the candy store had
been the dream of h S life
An acquaintance once said tina he knew
lawyer who had given up a large practice to
become bootback; and there was miniature
painter of consunmate skill who renowned
her profession in order that she might sit in
a store window as an advertisement for
brand of cigars.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-05-10

contract To pay out money, whether
there is any money to pay with. lie
says, before we appropriate money
we must see whether there is any
thing in the treasury. There was the
home for the blind. The gentleman
from Hallowell tells you that it was
heart -rehding thing for him TO turn
down these poor Institutions asking
for help. He was magnanimous-he
wanted to help them, but there were
no funds with which to pay the bills.
| will ask the gentleman from Hallow-
ell if the door is not open here where
by you can get funds with which to
take care of those little wandering
waits of the streets of Lewiston, and
the blind, and the feeble minded? II
YOU want funds to provide with
homes the blind and the feeble mind
ed, it is your duty to take care OF
them, it is the duty of the State OF
Maine TO do everything in its power
10 take care of that class of untortu-
mates, the way is open whereby you
can raise the money with which TO 90
it and not burden anybody, not IN
crease the burdens of taxation put
decrease il, and yet have hundred
thousand dollars fer the feeble mind
ed and the blind and the waits and
the orphans Will you do it? ! APP
peal to you, gentlemen OF the House,
and | ask you that when you come TO
consider this proposition OF increasing
the rate Of taxation upon these great
wealthy corporations, you Will consld-
er well the position that you have
taken in relation to the appropriations
here this winter and that you have
turned down worthy objects because
You had 10 means with which to meet
the expense.
Now what are the rights of the rail
roads az business corporations? Ihey
come to this Legislature from time to
time and ask for a franchise. 1t ls
given TO them. Their great wealth IS
in the value of their franchises. They
invest their money. They are no
more and no less than body OF IN
dividuals A railroad corporation is
made up of men. The organization IL
formed for the purpose of giving them
large amount of capital with which
10 do large and extensive business.
And when we legislate relative to
their rights we should consider them
Just the same az though they were
private individuals and our neighbors
and our friends They are. do not
propose to appeal to your prejudices,
if you have any, against such a cor
poration. | have none. | have the
greatest respect for them. 1 believe
in concentrating wealth to certain
extent. All great enterprises have
got to be carried on by concentration
of capital. No one man can do it,.
But when you legislate i'll relation TO
their rights and their property, do it
with the same candor, the same fair
ness with which you legislate re
garding private individuals, for such
they are.
Now, Mr.. Speaker, the hour is late,
and | know there are some other gen
tlemen who want to speak upon this
question, and | want a little more
time myself: and | move that this
matter be continued to be taken up as
the first matter after the orders of the
day tomorrow.
The motion was agreed to.
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MR.. SWEET: l desire to correct
what is wrong impression, that Mr..
Kicker has used any influence with
me direct or indirect or in any man
ner.
Mr.. MERRILL: | did not mean to
say to this House that he has used
any influence. No; but the gentle
man when he arose said that he want
ed to just say a word and to state his
reason why he was going to vote to
sustain the majority report, and that
was this gentleman who was so widely
known and of such great business
ability had said that he thought that
is the way they should vote, and con-
sequently | think it was a fair infer
ence that he wanted to vote that
way because the gentleman did.
Laughter
Mr.. SWEET: | never said by word
or implication that the gentleman
wanted me to vote in any way, for or
against the bill, never.
THE SPEAKER: The gentleman
from Skowhegan will proceed.
A MEMBER; Question.
MR.. MERRILL: | want to say to
the gentleman who called for the
question that you cannot get me off
my feet in that way. Laughter.
Now, the gentleman from Portland
Mr.. Reed tells you, in regard to the
Portland & Rumford Falls Railroad,
that they pay 600 times as much tax
az they paid in the year 1901. That
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TAXATION OF RAILROADS.

Unfinished business: Majority and
minority reports of committee on
taxation, reporting Fought not to
pass" and ought to pass in new draft,
on bill. To amend Revised Statutes
relative to taxation of railroad com
panies. March 9TH
MR. MERRILL of Skowhegan: Mr..
Speaker and gentleman of the House:
1t is rather embarrassing to me this
morning to ask again your patience
to consider the report that was dis
cussed at the yesterday morning SEES
sion. There are a great many things
that would like to say but time Will
not permit. There have been many
objections raised to the passage OF
this proposed bill, and one especially
that at this time we do not need the
money which the bill will produce,
that the treasury is already amply
supplied with funds. | wish to call
your attention to the condition OF the
treasury. The total amount OF APP
preparations pending before the com
mittees on March Sth, 1905 including
the first appropriations made OF Si,
sos, 900, amounts to S2,047, 1862 The
total amount now pending before the
committee on appropriations, which
includes the appropriation for Insane
asylum and State School for Boys,
and other institutions, amounts to
1882, 900. The fixed charges in the
appropriation bill, salaries, about
$3.50, 900. The estimated expenses of
the Legislature, $50, 900. Making a
total of S2,624 $50 20.
Now, where is this money to come
from? The estimated receipts for
1905 are 81, 249, no; cash on hand Dec.
31st, 1904, $246,0 making sum
total of 2,494, 900, or deficit, Mr..
Speaker, of $3.50, 900. Now, when |
submit to you, when these men of the
third House it was quite as large
= ahis morning as this House-when |
submit to you that there is deficit
in relation to the appropriations we
must make to carry on the affairs OF
this great State for the next year of
$3.50, 900, pray tell me where you are
going to get the money! Pray tell me
whether what has been whispered in
your ears that we do not need the
money il true or not? Need 1t! why,
we need not only what this bill calls
for, but more. And how are we to
get it? The method that the State
has to raise its revenue IL by taxation,
and taxation alone. These expenses
must be met and if we do not appro-
pirate the money this year, then two
years hence when we come here we
shall have to appropriate the money
with which to do it.
want to call your attention to the
Bangor q Aroostook Railroad. |
think ii got it's charter i'll 1891 |
want to call your attention particu-
larly to the rate of taxation that is
paid by that railroad. About fifteen
years ago the gentlemen who were
putting through the scheme of build
ing that railroad came to this House
and got a law passed whereby, i'll con
sideraton that they would transport
the troops of the State of Maine in
times of instruction or war over
their line Of road free of expense, the
State should in consideration of that
agreement on their part rebate 90 per
cent of their taxes; and they made
that contract with the Bangor x
Aroostook railroad to continue for 20
years or until the year 1911. So while
the Bangor < Aroostook railroad is
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-05-10
sharp aud Well Set.

The mistress Of the house WAS newly
installed and looked 1t, but she had
clearly defined ideas on Industrial
questions, and when the man who had
called her to the door asked for q little
something to eat she Immediately look
ed toward the wood pile In the yard.
well" she said, III you will get that
ak
"Oh, / shant need that" the man
interrupted In a reassuring tone. My
teeth are all right"
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Until 1901 they did not

is it exactly. Until 1901 they did not
pay ANYTHING. And now they are
paying 800 times as much. And what
are they paying in proportion to their
valuation? There is not gentleman
who knows what the assets of that
road consist of but what will say that
they are practically worth hundred
cents on the dollar, and the present
rate of taxation under this bill is just
four-ninths of what it would be under
a valuation if they paid what they
are able to pay on their property.
Now, they have rolled up an immense
amount of wealth and | say that they
should pay taxes here. When | first
started out | did not pay any tax. |
now pay 800 times as much, and you
might call it million times as much
if you multiplied nothing by mil
lion. suppose it is the experience
of every man in this House that his
taxes have been increased if he has
increased his property holdings. |
am now taxed ON every dollar l am
worth and every dollar | am owing,
and SO are you.
Now, | say, Mr.. Speaker and gen
tlemen, call upon you again and ask
you to vote your conscientious con
Victions upon this question; and l
move you, Mr.. Speaker, that the
minority report be substituted for
the majority report, and that the
vote be taken by the yeas and nays,
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Her Dearest Wish.

Darling" he said. now that we are
married, what is your dearest wlshY'
She gazed into his eyes with sweet
confiding look and said:
THAT you will try to have the jew
eler take this engagement ring back 50
you can get me one with a diamond al
least half as large again"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-05-10

Johnny, If you eat all six of these
apples you won't have any appetite for
your dinner
1t is needless to state that 1t was
Johnny's bachelor uncle who made the
remark No man with experience IN
grocery bills would have made such an
error
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BY Heart.

Gladys Is 1t one never forgets
a love affair? Aggie-Because that Is
something you always learn by heart.
illustrated Bits
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-05-10

There is only one sort of love, but
there are a thousand different copies on
tia Rochefoucauld.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-05-31

Hope, the metropolis of Steele
county, was laid out as a village
in February 1882, and is the old
est town in the county. From the
beginningssit has been up-to-date
and. progressive and it's citizens
have always been liberal and
public spirited. The town has
grown from a frontier hamlet to
a thriving little city built up with
substantial business blocks and
beautiful dwellings equal to east
ern cities of many times its age.
Besides its many business estab-
lishments representing almost all
lines of business, Hope has one
of the best Touring mills in the
state, a fine state high school,
splendid church structures, Com
mercial Club, Women's Club and
secret societies representing all
OF the leading orders.
The country surrounding Hope
is wonderously productive and
it's farmers are prosperous, con-
tented and happy. All small
grains are grown in abundance
and in later years corn has been
proftabily cultivated. No place
is more suited to the home seeker
with small means than is this
section of the state where crop
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Sunny Southern Alberta.

Lots of money to be made in
cheap wheat lands in Alberta,
Western Canada. We can sell
you land that will pay for itself
in one year at prices running
from 800 to $1,000 per acre with
$3.50 to $500 per acre down and
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on the Both of May also on the 9th
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apolis of these dates. For fur
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