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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-04

the different grades OF roadmaster. as
sistant chief engineer and general
roadmaster. chief engineer and super
intendent.
In 1885 he became identified with
the Southern Pacific and held the po-
sition OF assistant manager OF the At
lantic system for four years, when no
was made general manager. including
with that Office the vice-presidency or
the Galveston. Harrisburg San An
tonic Railway and the Texas a. New
Orleans Railroad.
From October. 1895. TO April. 1904.
he was general manager OF all the
Southern Pacihc's lines. and. in 1898
was given the added honor OF a vice
presidency in the company. In 1904
he was given the post which he has
held ever since. His job Is 10 watch
the wheels 60 'round"-and 10 see TO
II that they keep going round.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-04

made laws, George will try 1t. We
want the whole object lesson We
want to be shown all that sharp law
yers not under conviction, but under
big fees, can do TO justice in the way
OF abuse. defiance and defeat
Don't take Collins out OF active prac-
tice of his high and honorable profess
sion before he has run the whole ga
NUT OF the possibilities,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-04
MOST ANYTHING

met you again after all 'hese years.
Capt. Birmingham.
Captain-lts been 10 years; I'm a
major now.
She-Oh, how fine. ! hope you'll.
be general when meet you next.
The French crisis has neen passed.
Well. that's what always happens to
crisis when il stands still.
Eighty women from the old hafem
have been transferred 20 separate
palace, indicating that Abdul Hamid
is going to be some summer widower.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-04

b Bunch of Turks convicted by court
corfial. walked 20 the scanold sing
ke4 Humming one of those swing
Dungs. probably.
xDik lumber yard fire I'm Washington.
ohder II any of those tariff pianks
ore consumedy
XIho capacity of the Pullman car
cTks h 10 be Increased. indicating
~ new vein OF sleeping car names
been struck somewhere.
- (e1Easisely )--Itpw nice to have
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-04
Tbs Truth. No Matter
Whom II Helps or Hurts-

Louis ~. Case, former managing
mariner with Cameron Currie a Co.. No.
N Wafson-st.. converting funds en-
trusted Ia him by others to bis own
use. two counts. Conspiracy Ia defraud
Cameron Currie.
Ernest kraetke. Independent de-
troit River Canoe works, formerly
cashier Cameron Currte Il Co.. No. JOS
HurIbut-ave. Conspiracy.
Herbert ID. Page. president Detroit
River Canoe works, formerly head
bookkeeper Cameron Currie 4 Co., No
32O Hurtbut-ave. Conspiracy.
william q. Rowiey, telegraph oper-
utor Hayden, stone n Co.. formerly IN
anne enpsrity with Cameron Currie a
Co.. No. % Betmo mt ave. Conspiracy.
Frederick II. Doi-en. formerly tete-
graph operator with Cameron Currsc Z
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-12
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Strictly for Busy ReaderG

Harrison l. Norton was in North
Adams Thursday on business.
Miss Daisy Friend of Maple street
has gone to Mortified to reside.
Mrs. Francelia Eddy of Nottingham.
Conn, is visiting her cousin, Mrs.
Thomas Whitman
The seats will g6 on sale at the box
Office Tuesday evening at o'clock.
A large sale is anticipated.
Miss Mabel Rudd of Hoosiok is the
guest OF her brother, Maurice Rudd OF
Silver street for a few days
Walter d. Fenton who came here 10
attend the Baker-Hudson wedding re-
turned this morning to his home in
Rutland
A valuable horned Dorset eve was
shipped this morning from the Fill
more farms to Charles Rowe of Rhine
beck, n. Y.
Richard RawsOn has returned from
Brooklyn where he visited his sister,
Mrs. George Atwood for a few days,
after returning from Washington.
Mrs. E. B. Hyde a former resident
of this town, who has been visiting
/ Mrs. James f. Burke of Grandview
street has gone to Troy to join her
husband
George NJ. Duxbury, George j. Tan
ner and A. N. Ford of North Adams
are in town for a few days in the in
tere.t OF The New England Telephone
and Telegraph company.
John w. Williams and Hon. R. NJ
Houghton have been appointed assis
tant village clerks for Tuesdays pill
lage election in behalf of the Republi
cans and Democrats respectively.
Arrangements are being made tC
hold a gymnasium exhibition at the
Y. NJ. c. A. in the near future. This
, exhibition will give a showing o
what the various classes are doing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-12
A STORY OF COFFEE
Mr.. Robinson Gives Facts of General
Interest to the Public.

During an interview by a represen.
tative of this paper with All Robin
son of the firm of Robinson & Steb-
bins, Ill North street, some interest
ing and instructive facts concerning
coffee were brought out over seven
million bags Of coffee are annually i'm
ported by this country and as each
bag contains 1870 pounds, ii makes in
round numbers the enormous quantity
of over a billion pounds of coffee that
are yearly consumed by the people of
the United States.
The unroasted coffee of commerce is
a greenish white bean, that resembles
so closely the common dried bean,
from which Boston's famous dish is
made so that II is very easy to under
stand how it received the name of cof-
fee bean
This green coffee as It is called is
roasted in huge iron cylinders, that
they built on the same principle, only
many times larges, as the peanut roas-
ter with which we are all so familiar
During this operation there is ashrink.
age of about l6 per cent, or in other
words, 100 pounds of green coffee will
weigh 81 pounds after being roasted.
Probably no other obstacle in gen
eral use passes through so many
hands as coffee. From the importer
1t goes to the jobber, from the jobber
through the wholesaler to the retailer
and finally to the consumer. As every
one, through whose hands it passes
must make a profit, this fact accounts
for the wide difference in price at
which green coffee is quoted in the
market reports in the papers and the
price which we pay the retail dealer
for IL.
However 1t is a growing tendenc!
of the times to do away with middle
mems profits, and during the min,
years that Mr. Robinson has been il
the coffee business, he came to Sc,
this fact very clearly and that tn,
present method was altogether wrong
And through his close connection Will
a large importing house being placed
in position to give the plan, of sell
ing coffee direct, a fair trial, he de
cided to do so, believing that the PEG
pie would appreciate and show II by
their patronage of any concern which
would give them a superior article a
a wholesale price
AS Mr.. Robinson has travelled large
ly through this section and was at
tracted by the beauty of Bennington
and the enterprise of its people, he
decided to locate here. And so Ben
nington is one of the first places tC
benefit by this new way of selling
coffee, which Mr. Robinson believes
will be largely adopted all over the
country in the near future.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-12
RAISE IRON WORKERS WAGES
5000 Puddlers and Finishers In Pitts
BURG Get Advance.

burg Get Advance.
Pittsburg. Penn, March 13-Al-
though the open market has been de-
clared in the iron and steel trade and
there has been some cutting reported
in all lines except steel rails, the
puddlers and finishers connected with
the Amalgamated Association Of Iron
Steel and Tin Workers, numbering
about 5000 men, have received an in
crease in wages
The bi-monthly meeting Of CON-
mittee of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton with a committee from the Re
public Iron and Steel Company grant
ed the increase. The puddlers got an
advance from 1925 to S5371s a ton,
and the finishers' increase was l per
cent a ton.
The wage scale is fixed on the sell
ing price of bar iron during the two
months previous to the bi-monthly
meeting. The wages of the puddlers
and finisheTs as fixed were based on
the selling price of bar iron during
January and February, when the card
was S1.30, which was a slight increase
in the selling price over the previous
two months.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-12
NORTH BENNINGTON

c. f. Knapp is confined to the
house with the grip.
George Colvin has been the guest
of his mother Mrs. Norman Colyin.
There will be no preaching service
at the Baptist church Sunday morn
ing or evening, Sunday school at II
m. and Young Peoples meeting at 3
p m.
The usual Sunday services will be
held as usual in the Congregational
church. Morning service at l0:45 a.
M. Sunday school at IL m, Christian
Endeavor meeting at 6:l5 p. m. Eve
ming service at p, m.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-12
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers


ST. Patrick's day post cards, sham
rocks. ribbons, and flags at Evans
Miss Catherine Griffin OF Benning-
ton Falls was the guest Tuesday OF
Miss Lizzie Leahy of Stafford street.
A car following the competing auto
mobiles turned turtle in Marlboro. G
B. Blake of Boston was painfully
bruised and f. B. Richards and F, Z.
Spooner both of New York we're slight
ly hurt.
Although skating and ice boating
is not being enjoyed at present on
Lake Champlain, the fishermen are
having the time of their lives The
small and wary smelt is being caught
in abundance and many of the fisher
men report fair catches of perch.
There is now quite an outside market
for smelt and many are being sold for
good prices in Albany and other New
York cities
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-12
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup

Has been used fof over slxTY-rIvE YEARS BY MIL
LIONS Of MOTHERS Tor their CHILDREN NllILk
CURES WIND collie, and 10 the best remedy for DtAR-
RHuiA. Sold BY Druggists IN every part Of the world
ne and ask for Mrs. wlnslovs Soothing Syrup"
and take other Kind. Twenty-Five cenu bote ousr-
anletd under the Food and Druga Act June h 1908 Serial
Number lope AN OLD AND WELL TRIED REMEDY
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-12
STOCK QUOTATIONS

Noon Quotations from ]. r. Wllliston
& Co. to Bennington Security Co.
The following noon quotations we're
received today by the Bennington Sc
curlty company from J. R. Williston &
company of New York by special
wire.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-12
MISCELLANEOUS

FNWIPs to Europe next summer Professor
L and Mrs de Perpont would take charge
of a trip abroad with a few congcnia people
next summer 10 week trip less than $500
August, week vacation trip less than 500 ;
all included. Early inquiries recommended.
Address Prof. A. de Perpont, Troy, NY
~,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-12
Notice.

The annual meeting Of the Young
Mems association for the election OF
officers will be held IN the Library
Monday, March is, 1909. Polls open
at o'clock and close at o'clock in
the afternoon.
Fred G. Martin,
Recording Secretary.
bennington, VT. Feb. 2b, 1909.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-12
WEATHER FORECAST
Probabilities for This Section for the
Next "A Hours.

For Eastern New York and Western
Vermont increasing clOudiness and
slightly warmer tonight. Snow in
north and rain or snow in south poF-
ton Saturday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-12
LOST

I OsT-A fox terrier, black and white. March
II 10: answers TO name Of Pete. Return 10
Miss Veronica Mahar, 1876 Mini st. 1916
I OST-A pathfinder enclosed In leather case
l. containing b. & NJ. mileage book and y
postage stamps, Feb "a. Suitable reward for
is return TO this Office M6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-12

Miss Belle DEMO, stenographer at
the Metropolitan Life Insurance com
pany's Office, went to Pittsfeld today
to spend few days with relatives.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-12

Tomorrow at the Colonial theatre
1903 North street, chlldrens matinee
from to 3. Every child will receive
a package OF candy, treat to the chill
dren.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-12

Bennington, W., Feb. 20, 1909.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-12

c. c. Jones, superintendent of the
Fillmore farms, has returned from
New York Mrs Jones will remain
in the metropolis for few days visit
ing friends.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-12

DR.. and Mrs. w. b. Stewart and
family of Washington street left
Thursday for a few days visit at his
former home in Oneonta, n Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-12

On account of the inclemency of
the weather, last night the regular
Thursday night service at the old
academy library, was not held.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-12

Rev. A. S. Davis, secretary of the
local Y NJ. c. A., is in Troy today at
tending a conference of Y. NJ. c. A.
secretaries from the Hudson, Berk
shire and Mohawk valley districts.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-18
CONTEST T

| INTEREST in the puzzle contest re-
mains unabated, and six more of
these fascinating puzzles are presented
today for which five fountain pens will
be given as prizes to five correct an
swers showing greatest neatness and
care.
The answers to last Saturdays puz-
zles are: /. cowslip; 2, Rochester; 8.
waves; 4, switch; 5, copper 6, larch.
The prizes are awarded to:
CARROLL VENT GiIroy
JOEL R, IFGERsoLL 3656A Twentieth. San
Francisco.
NORMAN LANG, 225 Vernon Oakland
oTTlL1E r. SCHUBERT, 4S Linda avenue Oak
FRANCES HoNEYMAN SOC Page. San Fran
cisco.
Solving these puzzlesis splendid men
tai exercise. In the first place it makes
you think, and think to some purpose.
If the answer is not APPARENT at first
sight then it is necessary to concentrate
your mind on the subject until the cor
rect solution is arrived at. If you can
get the right answer without study it
shows that you are pretty well informed
on the subject suggested. If, however.
you have to study, you are acquiring
the habit Of investigation and thor
oughnesS which will be of nestimable
value to you in later years. If city,
for instance, is suggested that you do
not know about at first thought, then it
is advisable to study a list of the COM
mercial centers of the country. BY
doing this you will learn a great deal
about other states and other cities than
your own, and get a good idea of just
how big and great the United States
really is. It is much better to have
definite idea of the big cities and know
Just where they are located and what
their principal industries are than to
be content with a hazy notion of the
region east of the Rocky mountains
which you may vaguely call "the east"
If it is tree that is suggested and that
particular kind of tree does not grow
in California, then by little study and
reading you will soon learn all about
many kinds of trees and where they
grow. Therefore you should regard
the puzzles as regular lessons in nat
ural, history or commercial history as
the case may be, and not merely al a
means of winning a prize although the
prize is well worth winning if you are
one of the lucky ones. :.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-18
CHRISTMAS DREAMS
LILLIAN HUGHES,

Il
When was little girl about 4 years
old my mamma used To tell me about
Santa Claus.
On Christmas eve mamma put me to
ped and told me If / did not go to sleep
santa Claus would not come.
tried TO sleep, but could not
wanted TO see what Santa Claus looked
like.
would close my eyes, then wake up
and look over where my stocking was
hanging and then close my eyes again.
About half past 8 fell asleep and in
my dreams I saw Santa Claus come and
leave me a doll. rocking horse, Christ
mas tree and a train.
I also dreamed that Twas talking TO
santa Claus and he told me about sew
eral little girls TO whom he did not
leave any toys because they were
naughty.
When l woke up in the morning I
found only my stocking fun of nuts
and candy.
I did not get a doll or anything had
dreamed about
was disappointed. yet contented
with what was in my stocking
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-18
CARL's CHRISTMAS
JESSE DE GROOT.
PennsroXc. Age Il Hears

once upon time there was a lady
who lived in ireland. She had little
boy named Carl They had but very
little money. The mother had TO work
hard every day Carl had but few toys.
He would go out in the nelds and pick
flowers in the summer time At Christ
mas his mother was sick in bed. She
said that he should not expect anything
for Christmas because they were too
poor, but Carl thought that Santa Claus
would not forget him, and he kept
thinking what he would like for Santa
Claus to bring him. So he made up his
mind that he would put little wooden
shoe on the hearth where 1t was warm.
After awhile he went to bed, thinking
what good gift Santa Claus would put
in it. He said his prayers and was
soon off in dreamland. The next morn
ing he got up early, dressed and ran to
the hearth, looked in the little shoe;
there he found little bird. 1t had felt
the warmth and crep down the Chin
ney How happy Carl was. He kept 1t
with him all winter, and when spring
came he let it go out of the window.
Every morning after that it came and
sang its sweetest songs to him.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-18
MY IDEA OF AN IDEAL
CHRISTMAS
LUCILLE BEASLEY,
1895 Scott Street, San Francisco.
IL YGarS


On Christmas eve the children hang up
their stockings They want to sit up
and see Santa come down the chimney,
but the small children, being used to
going to bed early, fall asleep
In the morning they wake up early
and run to their stockings. They find
them stuffed as full as can be with
nuts, candy presents and everything.
The children are then very happy and
can hardly wait until after dinner,
when the Christmas tree will be lighted
up and then comes more presents.
The dinner, as l would have it, would
consist of soup, turkey or chicken,
cranberry sauce, all kinds of vegetables,
many kinds of deserts and great many
more things.
After that, as all of the family are
one stamping in the hall Then the
Claus with a large sack on his back.
ner of the room, where a curtain had
been hung This has been dropped and
they see large Christmas tree all
lighted up with candles and dropping
with the weight of many toys, books
and ever so many more things.
All of the children then run to the
tree and fairly fall over each other in
their endeavor to get there first. But
Santa hurries up TO the tree and tells
them that as soon as they are quiet he
will distribute the toys.
After all of the presents have been
given out and every one kissed good
night the children march off to bed.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-18
BELIEVING IN SANTA CLAUS
ALBERT NEVIN.
2S CosO Avenue, San Francisco. Age
II Yeara

On Christmas eve the children are
all dancing around the kitchen fire.
the stove, thinking that Santa Claus
VIII come, down the chimney and fiji
their stockings with candy and leave
toys there They think that If they
lie awake old Santa will see them and
pass them by They also think that
he has pair of RENDERS and a sled
hitched to them, and that he piles
the toys on the sled and goes swiftly
from house to house. Many of the
small boys in the family believe in
santa Claus, and the older boys do not
believe in him, and thew tell the
younger ones, sometimes When the
boys tell them that, they do not spend
their Christmas as well as when they
down the chimney.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-18

Johnny a book or poor Susy doll or
some lame bird a new leg. One fairy
once told a Mars fairy that when the
poor We're in need they jump on the
shoulder Of the rich and whisper a GER
tain poor place 20 go 10. we give
them no peace until the rich person has
gone and supplied the poor ones needs.
We DO all our work that way" confided
the earth fairy.
They stay al Mars until u minutes 10
y and then bid the Mars fairies good
DN. declaring. Of course. that they had
q lovely time and would certainly come
agaln neNt Caristmas.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-18
A TRUE STORY
AIICE FONTES

Box 446. r. r. ID. No. !. FruitvaIe
Little Jeanette bright and happy
little friend of mine, had gone to bed
Christmas eve, 1908. with very heavy
heart. Although she bravely hid her
sorrow from her loving mother. many
tears were shed on the little pillow ere
she fell asleep. jeanette and her
mother had that day visited the poor
poor, sad and lonely they looked, little
Jeanette was much moved, and espe-
cialy because of two crippled little
orphans. 10 whom she had promised her
two dolls. Topsy and Ginie. Now Topsy
and Ginie were great favorites with
jeanette, hence her secret sorrow. On
Christmas day. however, Jeanette is
again a very happy little girl. as she
sees the results of her sacrifice in the
great JOY of the two little orphans.
Now. I am sure that happiness at
Christmas time not only comes in what
we receive. but also in the joy we
make for others.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-18
HOW / SPENT LAST CHRIST
MAS
EDWARD McGARRY.
3IG1s Mission street. San Francisco.
Age II Years

Ii was now Christmas eve and we had
all our stockings hung up by the fire.
side and then we went to our beds.
In the morning when we awoke we
found our stockings just as we had
left them but they We're filed with
candy. nuts, cakes and fruit, and some
presents.
Then in the afternoon we went to a
friends house for dinner. We had two
turkeys. cranberry sauce mince pie and
pudding.
After dinner we went to a theater
and after the show we went to the
circle swing and on the shoot the
chutes The scenic railway is also good.
In the evening we went to my sisters
house TO see her Christmas tree. We
had plenty of fun there watching the
candles burning on the tree.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-18
WATCHING FOR SANTA
CLAUS
ETHEL MITCHELL.
Lodi. Age II Years

We were all glad when Christmas
came and we were looking forward to
Christmas night When supper was
over and the work was done we all sat
down to talk. Then we hung up our
stockings and said we would watch for
old Santa Claus. Then we sat down,
but some one frightened us and we ran
away.
We came back and said we would
watch for him. There were four of US
and we concluded to watch by turns.
When my turn came they woke me up
and told me it was my time to watch.
to think about Santa Claus and went
to sleep. l thought l heard Santa
Claus riding along and l could hear the
sleigh bells ring over the snow. for it
was showing hard. We all awoke
about the same time and ran to look at
our stockings, which were full of toys,
good many in number.
Christmas and wondering what Santa
Claus would leave u.s.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-18
CHRISTMAS
ALFRED G. COTTTS.
1926 ShOtwen street. san Francisco.
Age I3 Years


Christmas is one of the great days
Of the year. 1t is celebrated by all,
young and old. From the Irst day of
December to the eve of Christmas all
the people are out shopping selecting
their Christmas gifts. But this is not
or boy of the widow whose husband
has been killed or had died Of sick
ness, IT is not a happy day for them.
They would be satisfied If they got
enough 10 eat Tt is also the same
with the poor children of the wife of
the drunkard-they, too. suffer in the
same way. But for the rich children
whose parents are noted for their
money this is the happiest day OF the
year.
The table Of the rich on Christmas
day is covered with rich food such as
turkey, plum pudding and cranberry
5elly The poor little girl comes beg
sing along in the streets. She looks
into the rich mans window and sees
things. How she wishes she was one
Of those children and her mother the
mistress Of the house. But she can
not stand there wishing. At home her
father is waiting for her to bring
the money which she viii receive for
sell them. Let US hope that she viii
grow up and get a fine position so as
10 support her mother SO now we
VIII leave the poor girl and return to
the rich ones.
There they sit eating all the fine
things TO their hearts content After
they have finished they are led 10 a
big tree stands lighted with thousands
Of candles, and on it hang beautiful
toys. This is the way some people
enjoy their Christmas.