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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-16

Mr.. Frank W. Chase. the celebrated
English tenor has been engaged as prin-
cipal vocalist with DeRue Bros. Ideal
Ministries. For many years he sang in
all the leading churches of England where
his wonderful voice won for him unlimit.
ed praise and merit After many induce
ments he was prevailed upon to appear
with DeRue Bros for this season. Don't
fail to hear him at the opera house on
Wednesday, December 18th Happy
Billy Delano, the upside-down and the
downside.up comedian is with DcRue
Bros. Ideal Ministries at the opera house
on Wednesday evening.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-16
ON COMPATIBILITY.
A Talk Between Two Husbands on Con.
nubial Sympathy.

sympathy between husband and wife
is the secret Of happy marriage OBJ
served the man with the scanty growth
Of whiskers. cas- a general thing" he
continued lit Is the man who is found
wanting in this essential quality He
takes no particular interest in the joys
and sorrows Of the woman whom he
slowed to cherish. When she talks to him
about her friends he buries himself in
his evening paper and confines his COM
ment to grunts II she has had trouble
with The children OF with the servants
and tells him Of It in the hope of obtain
ing his husbandly consolation he gets
irritated. He doesn't want to be bothered
with triyfalities. If she shows any IN
terest in his affairs he rcsents it as an
interference, Naturally she soon ceases
to confide i'll him and to manifest any
concern in his life apart, and there you
are"
'Tine!" said the man with the deep
bass voice and florid complexion Where
did you get it,? And yet, he admitted,
there may be some truth in it. ! am
pretty sure that there are times when
my wife thinks that am a little lin
sympathetic. Then | say, Great Heavens
Maria! Why III the name of goodness do
you want TO unload all that on met
Can't you run your own householdg II
sac doesn't suit you why don't you fire
her and get anotherf"
That's 1t exactly said the man with
tine scanty growth.
Eyes, said the man with the florid
"but yon don't make allow
ances for the husband. He may feel all
the sympathy in the world, and at the
same time it may be impossible for MIN
to show it. There have been times, |
know, when | have been just bubbling
over with consolation. lev felt SO i'm
terested that | could hardly hold my
self. But / simply couldn't afford to
do it. A married man isn't free agent.
suppose | came in and after dinner
nv wife opens out on me with, James,
I don't know what on earth ! am going
60 do about that invitation TO Mrs
Tuesday night. what are
YOU going to say to thatg / know what
want to say, but what I dc soy IS,
DOT DO exatcly what you please. Pm
sure / don't care a continental what you |
DO Go II you want to and, if you don't |
want to. stay at home
Then it's 20 to | that she viii not |
Put on an injured look and say no more
about the subject When Tuesday night /
comes around she'll hustle you into your
glad rags and start ont for The Thomp. 1
sens without any disturbance. Sac may !
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-16
NeapOlltan NO-rent Forces
Prepare 10 Hold Their Forts
AGAINST THE MILITARY
Increasing Cost Of Living Reaches Climax
LANDLORDS Demand Aid OF the City
Which Is powetlesa Without
Help from Rome.

Naples, Rally, Dec. io-An extraordl.
nary situation has been created here IL
consequence Of the advance In house rent
and the cost q living generally. II Is
the climax Of situation which has been
growing steadily gaver for several
months. Fifteen thousand houscholdcrs
have united to resist the power Of tho
landlords. They have sworn not 70 pay
eontesimo Of rent nor bulge from their
homes I'll the landlords grant redue.
tons.
Tho Sociela del Risanimcnto, an organ
ixatlon Of propcrty-owning Ncapolliana.
has called upon the authorities for aid
In evicting s,s00 families who occupy
workingmcu's dwellings in the nasso
Porto. For six months these tenants
have paid no rent, and they give no heed
70 the landlords orders 10 yacate the
premises. II Is expected. however, that
they all will be put out By military
force within a day or two.
So intense has been the sympathy Ia
popular quarters with the rebellious ten
ants that the municipality knew Il could
not cope with the situation unaided. Ac.
eordingly It has asked the war depart
mcnt vt Rome "a send achievements
for tho garrison Of Naples. Il Is under.
Stood that a request has been made for
ten thousand men.
So certain are the local authorities
that the no.rcntcrs will be vanquished
that they have set men 10 work pre-
pairing shelters for them and victualllng
arrangements when they shall be erivcn
from their homes a. the point Of the
hayonct.
on the other hand. the no.rensers aud
their sympathixers are IN an angry mood.
and are preparing for what must prove
in the end a futile resistance They are
themselves with such firearms
~ they can obtain, and throwing mp
barbados at the doorways OF the houses
they occupy. A new cause Of exaspera.
ton for the no-rcntcrs Is that many Of
them have been drafted for military
service.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-16
WHICH WILL IT BE, THE
GIRL OR $4,000 FARM7
Grandfather's Win Places Young Man
in a Very Trying Position.


Bloomington, Ind, Dec. 10-Few men
have been placed in more trying poi.
tion than Dink Morgan, a student at the
Indiana university, who viii sooner or
lster have to elect between a $4,000
farm and the affections Of Miss Helen
Trayley. The terms Of win make It
Imperative.
Morgan's grandfather, Ralph Morgan,
well known politician in these parts,
knew that MS light hearted handsome
nephew loved the DAINTY girl student anl
be opposed the match. The old man
was a farmer. Young Morgan would
naturally succeed to tho estate, and the
elder man did not think That a pretty.
fragile college girl could make farm
ers wife, so he formed the viii so that
should Dink Morgan ask Miss Trayley
T. wed, the young man must forfeit the
estate.
While Morgan has not as yet com
mitted himself, it is said That he Is
strongly of the opinion that the girl is
worth more than the farm lands which
the grandfather has said viii belong to
the young man II he follows out the
terms of the will.
In the meanwhile Miss Trayley Is the
idol OF her classmates. She is referred
IL as the $4,000 beauty" Her popu-
lerity increased at bound, with the
coming to light Of the eccentric old poli
TEXANS will All the college awaits
with bated breath the decision of Nor
gan, and the betting is genearlly with
the girls side OF the question.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-16
NO WORDS WASTED
IN HIS HOUSEHOLD
Husband and Wife Haven't Spoken to
Each Other in Five Years-Now
She Sues.

Danbury, Conn. Dec. l6.---Iames L.
Niliianl4. a hatmakcf, and his wife.
have occupied the same house, taken
their meals together and been in each
Others company almost continually for
i've years without speaking a word TO
each other.
Five years ago they quarreled aud
Williams made a vow that he would
never again speak 10 his wife, He has
kept Il religiOusly aud 30 completely was
their affection for each other severed IN
the quarrel that the wife has not once
begged for a word from her husband.
Their eldest daughter, Alice, nineteen
years old. took sides with her mother,
and during the five years she has never
addressed her fFther, although she Is
member Of the household
The couple have two young children
and have carried on what communica-
ton was necessary through these. Even
this means was used only in cases of
extreme necessity. Mrs Williams has
sued for divorce. alleging iniidelity. She
told Judge Roraback that her husband
handed her Sl25 with her son as the
messenger last July and sent the mes.
sage that it was the last money she
would ever receive from him.
Mrs. Williams was married when ff-
teen years old, and is a handsome wo-
man. Her husband is one Of the best
known hatmakers in the city. Neither
has tried to cover up the strange posi-
tion in which they have lived these five
years, and the facts brought out in the
divorce action did not surprise their
friends. Judge Roraback took the pa.
pers in the proceedings Saturday and re-
served decision.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-16

observe that she feels mortified 70 death
& 60 there again IN that old dress thafs
been made over 1 dozen times. but all
you have 20 DO Il 10 tell her how be-.
coming Il j. 70 her aud that you were
Just going 20 ask whore she got The
costume. Il your work Isn't too coarse
you can make i 60.
"But II, ON the other band. you mani
fest sympathy 81 the first call for Il.
che viii ten you that shc hasn't got a
thing to wear and she will want your
sympathy for having married such an
old tightwad a. yourself and son win
get the worst Of Il, OF You will have 70
tell her 60 20 down town aud get wat
she wants. That's All il win amount TO-
You say. What Is Il. my own Come
over here and ten hubby all about Z.
What Is II that's botherinR my preciouss
You try that and see how you come
out"
you might DO that and then explain
that your circumstances won't allow Of
any more expenditures for dress at the
present time. DO il gently and kindly"
said the man with the thin wniskers.
Il might admitted the man with Tao
deep bass voice 4 have done 50. more
than once. When we frat married.
remember tho subsequent bills. No. cir.
You can't afford to do II. No husband
oan. Hes got TO be ALTERED careful even
how be allows his natural good humor
10 show itself It's really a martyrdom
that suffer. In common with most mar
ried men, representing our sympathy
and sweetness Of temper in the way we
do But what alternative i tbereY
"You might buy the dress once in
WHILE" said the man with the fine,
scanty growth Of whiskers.-Chiacgo
News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-16
WIDOW PUT OUT OF HOME.
Evicted woman's Furniture Was Piled
Up in the Snow.

Boston, Dec. To- Evicted and weeping
piteously beside her household effects
piled in the. street with the driving snow
piIing upon them, Mrs Nellie Shell Of
2B9 South street Saturday afternoon
stood in despair until neighbor, Mrs.
Murphy, of l64 South street. took her
into her home.
Mrs Smell but recently left a widow,
saws she has lived IN the tenement from
which she was evicted for six years,
and I'D to the death Of her husband a few
months ago had. the house full Of lodg-
ers, but since his death she has had
hard time to make both ends meet.
The property in which she lived Is
owned By the Hamilton Associates, and
the agent, "A. w. Blackman, had notified
her To vacate nearly month ago, as
she was behind SIS in her rent.
Mrs. Murphy offered Mrs. Smell shelter
Az her home until she could find a place.
She accepted the offer, but later in the
evening said she would 60 to a relative
ont of town for the night.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-16
ss,377 LEFT TO GIRL WHO
RAN OFF WITH PARS0N COOKE.
Floretta Z. whaley to Get Part Of Her
Fathers Estate.

Aiineola. l. l., DEC. lA--FIorctta Es-
telle Whaley, who cloped with Jere
knode Cooke, the former pastor Of ST.
Georges Episcopal church. Hampstead,
Is 20 receive s5,377 from the estate OF her
father, who died IN Hampstead on Jan.
Is, 1905.
The record Of the transfer tax was
filed in the Nassau county surrogate's
Office here yesterday by Appraiser
Charles Lewis. The estate amounts 70
Sl5.622. OF this s4.367 goes TO Mr..
Whaley's mother, Mrs. Kaziah Whaley.
and S5,377 20 each of his daughters,
Floretta and Edna.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-16
BostOnlan Pays His Lille For
Bed on Boiler
JAS. EAGAN, THE VICTIM,
Working Near the village Of Brattle,
bcro in This State-Heat Of Fully
AS Degrees When the Body
Il Found.

BrastleboFo. Dee. i6.-when the Ore.
man on the construction Of the Jam
across the Connecticut rncr. five miles
south Of this village. opened the drafts
and put frcsh fuel under his boilers SAT.
uFday morning he did not know another
Workman, James Eagan Of Boston, was
asleep over the boilers. About 10
o'clock he was startled upon hearing
groana issuing from over head. He
climbed UP 60 horizontal framework
about IS Inches above the boilers, and
there he saw Eagan in the aeonies u
death. The atmosphere was suaocatlny
and the temperature had become 70 OK.
tremely hot that no person could have
lived there long. The fireman removed
Eagan as soon a. possible. bat tao an.
fortunate man died within few min.
utes afterward
Eagan went 10 TIinsdalc. y. II. Friday
night and Il Il alleged that be procured
liquor there. On his return 20 the dam
he found the gate foothridgc across the
hffNt t'tHAas ttAAk uHAHif 10 AfHNU NAr
quarters on the Vermont side of The
river he went into the boiler house on
the New Hampshire side. climbed az
over the two 50.horsc power boilers
and fell asleep on the framework, which
i used for drying out The rope rigging.
The fires at that time were banked 40
the heat was not excessive. but when
Pagan was found the temperature was
probably a. hign a. us degrees. A
physician who examined Eagan said
death was due 10 heart disease, caused
by the heat and alcohol.
The body was taken to Hinsdale. and
from there was sent to Boston satur.
day afternoon. Eagan was IS years old
and leaves a wife and three children in
bOston
The employees at the dam have sub
Ecribed SI75. out OF which the funeral
expenses win be paid, the balance going
10 Eagan's family.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-16
I'm CAKE BOX, NOT IN WOODS.
while Searching Party Secured the Hills,
Boy Was in the Pantry

Waterbury, Conn., Dec l6.-A search
inc party Of one hundred men secured
the woods and hills north of this city
Friday in quest Of Louis Blume, the four
ar.old son Of John Blume, who was
iii the while safely locked in his moth
ers pantry,
The child went to the cake box when
robodv was looking. 4 moment later
his mother locked the door from the
ontside. After he had screamed and
renf for time without avail. little
To,,is fell asleep A few hours later the
searching party went into action, while
: doctor sought to calm Mrs. Blume's
Mysteries. His mothers cries finally
awoke the sleeping boy, who promptly
~ ont yell The door was opened
and joy reigued in the house Of Blume.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-16
W. c. +. U. SPACE.
This space belongs to the Womans'
Christian Temperance Union. They are
responsible for this space.
The Saloon as Business Factor.

Ex- Governor Larrabee Of Iowa says;
Il used to think years ago that 50 long
az | left tie saloons alone they would
leave me alone. But ! was engaged in
business for twenty years during which
/ permitted several thousand dollars
worth Of accounts to accumulate on my
hooks. Wnen / sold out and attempted
to collect these | found they were
worthless, and that ne-tenths Of my
debtors would not have been so had it
not been that they had been spending
their money for strong drink while I
was Keeping their families in provisions.
ct was therefore apparent that, as
a matter Of fact, had been the great
est patron Of the saloons IN our com
munity. / had really contributed more
10 the saloonkeeper than any other per
son in town. an Of us, no matter now
temperate we are, win some day find
that we are directly concerned IN the
saloon traffic THE Journal Of Inc
briefly.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-16
STANDARD OIL CAN'T
DOWN FOUR BROTHERS co.
Consumers Support Of Independent
Concern Too Strong For Town Officials.


Springfield, Mass, Dee, 16.-The
STANDARD Oil company has lost It's fight
against the Four Brothers Independent
OH company for the gasolene contract
for the Bear Hole pumping station in
West Springfield The big pumps are
operated by gasolene engines and the
Rockefeller monopoly cut the independ.
emit company's price, and in addition OF.
fered to supply the West Springfield
Water Commissioners with gasolenc It
a lower price than any figure that the
independent company might quote.
The voters of West Springfield made
their antipathy to the STANDARD Oil
company 50 plain that the Water Com
missioners, who were supposed to faoyr
the monopoly, came to terms with the
independent company.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-16
Adaptable Maids.

Doubtless the servant problem is
very annoying to your
'sVery,n responded the housewife. II
have really desperate time getting
maids my clothes won't fit, Chicago
News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-16

"a Good Fellow" which win be present.
ed at the opera house next Thursday
night in a comedy from the pen Of Mark
e. Twain, who has many plays Of the
same calibre to his credit, and who has
vet to meet with failure. In "A Good
Fellow MI. Swain has selected plot
that deals with complications, that ire,
quetnly arise with "Newlyweds,' and IS
worked up with such shape, cannot fail
to please. Mis- Alice Williams, perhaps
the youngest star III comedy, heads the
company, and the play win be given in
every detail as seen all last season in
Tie largest cities, including scenery, cos
ulnes and company.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-16
AMUSEMENT NOTES
Uncle Josh Perkins.

The richly prolific rural comedy drama,
Uncle josh Perkins, comes 10 the opera
house on tuesday evening, December II.
The play Of which aUnclc Joshg is she
central figure, possesses merit Of the
real sort and at times 4 roundly mclo.
dramatic and strenuous. and teaches a
good, wholesome lesson oil the way
tnrough the four acts. The atmosphere
Of both farm and city life satufates the
play. connected by pretty things Of 70.
nance, coupled with brusqne masculine
sympathy aud natural country attrae-
tiveness. It's primitiyeness i OF the
fields and il Is a. free from impurity as
the crystal springs, while the characters
used TO typify the city folk are interest.
ing and far removed from the one usually
worked in BY dramatist 10 bolster up
melodrama, The character OF Uncle
Josh" Is one that the auditor never
grows weary Of, in is repetition; il is
full Of ruggedness, honesty and sincerity
and at times quite picturesque, so com.
hined with that native Yankee shrewd.
ness and simplicity, 50 characteristics Of
New England farmers. "Unele Josh" win
continue 70 live and amuse long after
some Of tie later day stage characters
have been fogotten. The play has been
gwen a complete new scenic equipment
for the coming tour and many novelties
in the way OF stage mechanism aud light
effect are brought into reQuisition. High.
class and high priced speeialties, by ar
fists engaged specially for their fitness
to furnish numbers which harmonic with
the play, are introduced from time 20
time through the various acts. Take
all in all, ii can safely Be said that the
visit OF Uncle Josh Perkins will be
taken full advantage Of BY our playgocrs
and a bumper house will doubtless greet
him and his clever band Of entertainers.
Seats on sale at Hendricks drug store.
Prizes, 10, 20, 80, so cents.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-02-01

Continued from first prge.

rower, you can treat him square or
suffer the humiliation you seel: to
put on him.
Y01 lily white Republicans may
MS well know now that you cannot
dam the negro 364 days In the lear
and expect his vote on the other for
u cigar, or simply because you hap
pen to be on the ticket he would
rather support. If you drive him
from the polls on some election day
OF made him pay SO cents to a no
tary public to have his vote sworn
in. or drive him out of the caucus
with six-shooter, or run away
from your party when some man
calls q non-partisan convention and
yells Negro domination" you car
look elsewhere for your votes. The
colored men will stand by the men
who stand by him 364 days In the
year. as against the man who STANDS
up one day.
1t Is just as well to be plain. You
need not go ahead and make fool
nominations. You may be able to
buy few dead beat colored men.
who will sell themselves for a mess
of potage," but the fellows who sell
are simply selling their own vote.
They do not represent the race and
cant deliver It. They will take your
money. but under the Australian
system of voting you will find their
influence Is mil" The race has as
little respect for the traitor as you
have, and want him disfranchised
the same as any other criminal.
There are 5000 colored voters In
this congressional district, and woe
woe be unto the men who are and
have been unfair to us.
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Let us see. says, Thomas Dix
OH, what the Negroes have
accomplished! Absolutely moth.
ing.
The Negroes of the Indian
Territory are going to prove
his as ,ertion utterly false. BY
making IA great city out of Taft,
i. Il. We are going to make it
u grand Afro American busi-
hess center and also the seat of
u great Industrial institution
for the training Of the young.
Considering these develop.
ments, now is the time for
every good colored citizen to
buy u home in Taft while they
are within reach Of everyone.
Think of it. For cash or on
time you can get one of these
beautiful lots. $500 down and
from 81. 30 to $500 per month
until payment is complete.
Taft is booming! Lots are
going fast.
See \. &. SPAIN, Agent.
Add. 5lS South 2nd. st.
Phone iS6
y. o. Box 274, Muskogee, |. T..
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Bald-headed men are worthy citi-
5ens. They must be, for they are al
ways under inspection. A Dald head
is a light that cannot be hid under a
bushel. II may not conceal itself n
It frolics somewhat gayly. the world
says: Behold you shameless cne!"
A bald head must perforce seek vIr-
tuous ways. There are few or no bald
headed villains. They are scarce az
fat beggars.
Let not the finger Of scorn be point
cd at the bald head for that he mar
ries a refined and educated woman"
II is to his credit The bald head sets
an example that the hirsutely ich
might emulate with profit The bald
head Is the symbol OF lofty citizen
ship and shines like a good iced
In naughty world.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-02-01
Trailing the Missing Link.

Scientists are again on the tail Of
the missing link" Two years ago
certain marks were found on block
OF sandstone near Warranambool. in
Australia, which We're thought to be
the imprints OF the footsteps OF pre-
historic man. At the time this idea
was ridiculed. but a plaster cast was
sent to Germany, and the inevitable
German savant went out to investigate
the matter. He now reports that In
his opinion they We're genuine human
imprlnts, and this. taken in conjunc-
tion with the extraordinary human
skulls to be seen In the Warransmbool
museum, is supposed to show that a
link between humanity and me ape
has been discovered. Record
Herald.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-02-01
Notice.

Let me build you house on small
installments, thereby, saving your
rent money, and living in your own
house all the time. See Rev. j. NJ.
Dade, Miner London, Susie London,
Fannie Tucker and Nancy Lynch. as
to the way l treat my customers.
viii loan money for 5, and 10
years on farm lands and city prop
erty, in any amount where 1t is well
secured. Make short loans also. No
1 English Block.
w. p. FIELDS,
Muskogec, |. r.
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FOR SALE.

Lot three (3) in block Ninety
three. to the city of Muskogee,
Indian Territory. size 1OOx145.
Also one of the finest business
lots in the town of Panama, In
dian Territory. one block from
depot. size 25xl4O. Abstract
shows these two pieces Of prop
erty he all O. X. and II perfect
chain of title. Address
:. Nj. Twine. 2lS l-2 State ST..
Pine Bluff, Ark.
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AGENTS WANTED

We want energetic hustling
agents for this paper and will
pay liberty for good work. If
you want to make money, write
at once tow. II. Twine.
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Speciality.
DIR. Il. II WATERFORD.

Estes Building. Rooms 3 and 4.
Phone 4G1; residence phone 462,
Muskogee, /. +.