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Brushton, N, Y,, Thursday* December 27f 1906,

WASHINGTON LETTER[Special Correspondence*;}

A change' of ihew{Late. of inaugurationday from tbe 4th a£-Marco, to tlie lastThursday in April i# earnestly recom-mended in the a»imai report of thecommissioners of the District made t&congress, The commissioners inviteearly and favorable action on this sub-ject, so tnat "the health of those whoparticipate in the ceremonies of theinauguration of the president and thevice* president may m protected fromthe dangers of the weather, whichha?e proved fatal to so many In thepast and have deprived the country ofsome of Its mdst valuable servants/5

Of the District Public library It issaid that the book collection for the

has increased frojn 73.045 to SVvolumes, and that the average dai-

ly- clrcxHfLiion iacretised from 1,146-, thefigures of the previous* year, to 1T359.Favorable action is asked for the billauthojizing the erection of a branchlibrary building at Takoma Pccrk.

SealThe total assessed valuation of real

oslute in the District for the fiscal year190S -was ?23f>,4ol,985, producing a rev-enue of $3,501,929. Tlie personal taxm\f, governing -only franchises andtangible, 'property, is said to be equita-ble and moderate and also to be suc-cessful in its operation. It is asked,however, that legislation be enactedprohibiting- the refunding of'taxes fora period of more than three years an-tecedent to the date of application.

and the "majority "nave more than fif-teen and twenty,

"They $hould not have more thantwo or three. Borne cases have morethan 100 pages of typewriting in t&especifications and as many as 200 andg€0 claims* A man cannot examine'such a cas$ ins a day,

• "Toe examiner should receive at least$5,000 a year instead of $1,200.^ Ifyou pay an examiner a decent salaryhe will stay at Msidesk in the patentoffice longer than h& will at the pres-ent tim'e, and every time a man quitsUncle Sam the *poor inv&iitoi's whohave cases, in the division from whencethe examiner, has resigned are put back,that much fartherjn getting: their pat-'erits*

"The patent office has a. surplus of$7,000,000. Its income- last year was$827,124.92, Th& men could Jiave high-'er wages, better facilities coulcl beprovided, and more men could be ap*pointed fo the force without tlie tax-payer ever feeling the difference."

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and Debts*Tne receipts of the District of Co-

lumbia for 1906 from all sources, in-cluding those on account of the waterdepartment, amounted to $12,651,170,Tins is inclusive of $5,621,675 of UnitedStates payments from appropriationstinder the act of June 11, 1878.

The total funded and unfunded debtof the District on June 30, 1906, was$14,518,959. The District has a fur-ther matured liability of five paymentsof $150,000 each to the treasurer of theUnited States, in trust for the Balti-more and Ohio -Eailroad company, tomeet the District's half of $1,500,000required to be paid in connection withthe railroad terminal improvement.

To Restore Key Mansion.It is announced that, preparations

have practically been completed forthe incorporation of the Francis ScottKey Memorial association, its purposebeing' the restoration of the Key man-sion in Georgetown, the home of theauthor o£ "The Star Spangled Banner."

It is stated that nine residents of thiscity and Baltimore will comprise thesociety. Francis Scott Key Smith,great-grandson of the author, is at thehead of the movement. . I t is proposedto spend $20,000 in restoring the hometo its former condition.

Green Boom Furniture.Mrs. Roosevelt has adopted the new

fad for white and delicate tinted wick-er furniture, and now the green roomis looking its very prettiest and mostinformal in some dainty green wickerwith cushions of the same color, thehangings to correspond and vines andSowers everywhere in evidence. Whiteenameled furniture is. much in evi-dence on the second floor of tne houseand, in fact, plays a big part in all ofthe fine Washington drawing rooms.

Patent Office Needs.Congress will he asked this season to

pass legislation to expedite the work inthe patent office, if the plans of FredK. Barnado, a New York lawyer, arecarried out. Mr. Barnaelo is makingarrangements to meet the president,the commissioner of patents and thecommittee on patents to see wbat canbe done to bring about legislationwhich will benefit both the inventorand the overworked examiners of the

. patent office. If his ideas are carried* out the examiners in the .patent office

will receive $5,000 a year instead of$1,200, as at present

Work: Wsu? Befeiad. "In September the office was flooded

with 23,849 cases, many of the ex-aminers having averages ranging fromtwenty-five to twenty-nine cases a day,with divisions thirteen, twelve, elevenand ten months behind in their work,"said Mr. Barnacle, "and this, too, mindyou, in spite of the fact that on the 1stof July twenty-eight new examinerswere added to tbe office* But theywere naturally not efficient in the workIn such a short time.

Facilities Poor."In order to properly carry on the

^work on a business basis at least 1,000examiners should be employed, andquarters and facilities should be fur-nished accordingly. There are toirty-nine^ divisions in the patent otBce at thepresent time. Qftere should be sixty.;No man nas less than five cases &

AA noted advertising expert -was talk-

ing- the other day aSotifc the disappear-ance of the reading advertisement.

"The reading advertisement," "he said,"the advertisement got up*to look likenews, is no longer popular because ad-vertisers have found that instead ofpleasing and impressing the people- itangers them. It angers everybody; youknow, to -be,fooled., - > ~,

"And some of these reading adver-tisements were enough to fool a Jwfzrard. In fact, I know of one case"—- Hepaused and "chuckled. sThen he* wenton: '-Old -Aunty Cornsitfc of "CroydeaiFoiir Corners said to her husband onenight:

" TEphraim, did that there story youwas readin? end happy?'

"Uncle Bphraim answered heartilyfrom his rocking cha'ir beside thestove: • * * . *

"<Gosh, yes; Huldy! The beautifulheroine got cured of an incurable dis-;ease, and the story gave the name andprice of the pills what done the trick/'•

\ Bismarck's Bell.A n e w story about Prince Bismarck'

when he'first went as the representa-tive of 'Prussia to the federal' jliet atFrankfort is 'being told in Berlin.Prussia was ^ then of very small ac-count compared with Austria, and Bis-marck found that he was treated withindifference at his hotel. He -was giv-en a room which had not even a bell,and,when he complained he- was toldthat what was good enougn jfor othertravelers- was' good enough' for thePrussian delegate. -

Bismarek said no more, but early thenext morning the hotel was startled bya tremendous-explosion. The landlord,came rushing4nto Bismarck's room "toknow what was" the matter and wastold that as thepe was no bell the Prus-sian delegate, had arranged with hisvalet "to fire a pistol whenever he Te-quired his services. Bismarck got hisbell without delay ,—Sketch.

"White's Plug Hat.When President Roosevelt visited

Kansas he was the guest of honor at adinner given by Topeka newspapermen.

In its account,of the dinner thepeka Capital made a statement to £effect that William* Allen White, theEmporia editor,-bad worn a plug haton the occasion of the festivities.

That this allegation resulted' in ex-treme perturbation on the part ofWhite is evidenced by the telegram heIs" alleged to have sent his colleague InTopeka:

"Deny absolutely story that I woreplug ha t Mob* forming about officehere. Sheriff refuses protection.. Wifeseeks attorney, with view to divorcePrinters threaten strike."

"That man insists- on . trying to bebigger than his party." * '

"Well*" answered Senator Sorghum,"if he keep's on trying he will probablysucceed in at least being bigger thanwhat is left of it."—Washington Star.

NEW SHORT STORIES

Scarce ly Tiiat.*"The very d a y / first met him," said

Miss Plane, "something told me hewould eventually fall in love with me."

"Indeed/4 replied Miss Knox, "the'something* wasn't your mirror, wasit?w—Philadelphia Press.

How Roosevelt Fought Jftw- Harvard,I t was a bout to decide the light-

weight championship of Harvard. Theheavyweight and' middleweight cham-pionships had been awarded,. The eon-test for the men under 140 pounds wason. Roosevelt, then a junior, had de-feated seven men. A senior had asmany -victories to his credit. They werepitted against each other in the finals.The senior was Quite a bit taller thanBoosevelt, and his -reach was longer.He also weighed more Dy(six pounds,bat Boosevelt was the quicker man onhis feet and; knew more of tlie scienceof boxing. The fiirst round was vigor-ously contested. Roosevelt closed in at•the very outset. -Because of his badeyes he realized "that infighting gave

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him- his only chance to- win. Blowswer.e exchanged'with lightning rapid-ity, and they were hard blows. ' |£ooservelt drew first blood, but soon his ownnose was bleeding. At the call of time,however, he got the1 decision for theround, ,

TM senior .had' learned his lesson.Thereafter he would not permit Roose-velt to, close in on him. With his longerreach and aided by his antagonist's

rnearsightedness, he succeeded in landT"ing frequent blows., Boosevelt workedhard, but to no avail. The round was-awarded to- the senior. In the thirdround the sentor endeavored to pursuethe same tactics, but with less success.The result of^this round was a draw,and an,extra round had to be sparred.Here superior-weight xand longer reachbegan to Jell, but Roosevelt- boxedgamely, to the end. Said his antago-nist* now known by the pen name ofNiblick: "I can see him now - as hecame in fiercely to the attack. But Ikept him off,, taking no chances andlanding: at long reach. I got the deci-sion, but Boosevelt was far more sci-entific, Given good eyes, he, wouldhave1 defeated me easily."

The defeated man did not forget hisconqueror. Many yearsr after, when:Mr.. Roosevelt was governor of NewYork, the two met on a. railroad train.Out went Mr. Roosevelt's hand as hegreeted hjs , old antagonist heartily.After the usual inquiries as to healththe governor suddenly asked:

"What are you' doing for your coun-try?"

"I'm riot doing; anything," said Nib-lie^ who- had' retited from active busi-ness. "I'm 'a good1 deal of a loafer."

"It's a shame," was Mr. Boosevelt*^honest verdict, And. Niblick says hemeant it—MeClureV Magazine.

MoreThe Maid—Was their marriage the

result of love a t first sight?The Man —No, indeed. They had

been facing each other at a boardingbouse table daily for tnree years.—Dtrojt Tribune,

Married at the Christian parsonageDec. 24th, 1906. by Bev. A. G. Lewis,James Oaks of Bombay aod Miss Ora

of Malone.

North Bangor> in-Ill 'I . . . ' !

Bee 28—As the <3a.y& begin to lengthenthe ooM begins to steBgfchen."'

Bettool closed last Friday for theOkristmas vocation, Pxin, Simmer wentto Norwood to spend the vacation at hfehotee.

E.lA.'lBussell of Plattetmrgh was intown last week*

GleiMtood Chapter, O. BL &,he!d thejrannual election of pffieers last Wednes-day <sveningv ,#!# gfec$y& piBqers were:

W, K ^ g i t e i e Delioig.W. P.—Ward Baramn.A. M.—Mora Boaoli.Tre&s,—"M&ri&a. Washbum.Sfc(^--IaHiatt Barnum.Coad.—Vivratl Lee,A. 0.—Elizabefeli Stein bergre.Trustees—rAlma Davis, Cornelia Hol-

den, and M;iss Harriet Spaulding.Hie-other oiBe-ers will be appoioted at.

the next moetmsr. 'Bnsaell and'Heary. ICsapp of Spring-

field, Mass., are hereto attend the funeralof FrectKnappi Mr. Knapp's son whodied. ^"Kalctoa last.. Friday,

Joseph LaHaix, who lives on Depot St.received; a Bice present of a suit of clothes,a pofk Toasf,' and some other nsefalaztrcleg; they were left at lis* doox; heis in trouble because lie does not Know thesppiterou-s donors will tlie 'donor pleasecome forward and give Mr. La-Hair theprivilege of returning to him his mostsincere thanks.

Want C#lTTant, Lost, Fotmd, t© Bm% For Bft

and oi!iex'iik$ notices g&serted underthis heacl for o&e-M£ •%&®& ft

word eaeh w©Bk. Csslawith order*

dfinimwn Charge 10 Cents,

p to Bujr—Old- mbhez* htgJ*-est casli prices pail* Fred M, SmitU,M d k " mi

WOOD—Four foot atJ^ block woodfor sale-, either hard ov soli, at_mj resUdenoe fa$lf aiile south oir Moiri illot* delivered. P. F. HoHaauL

PABM FOB S 4 I & — t h e BarttettPfnyder hsm on hhe Sayka toad i» towaoi Moira, eonsistin^ ul.100acresy good"bonse- atid baxns.' &qTOa dl'-Geo* W.Harris^

Dec, 24—A Meiry OErlstmas and aHappy New Year to everybody is thewish ot tlie writer. -

Charlie Prue, AJKe Merritt and Mr.Collins are home from camp to spend.Christmas.

Miss May Montgomery is visiting herajant, aVlrs, Eldred, also Miss Ettie-John-son of Ft. Covington.

Henry Hutehins and wife rre transact-ing business in Malone today.

Mrs. Willis Merritt came down Satur-day from Malone to attend the Christ-mas tree. The ladies are'veryjbusy todayin preparing for tide services at ourcnurch. They are trying to niake every-thipg pleasant for the little ones Christ-,mas* \ . ,4

A 1907 Diary, Memorandum aad AccountBook for Two Cents.

O. A. Snow & Co., Patent Lawyers ofWashington, D. 0., have now ready their1 i rf and Hemorandiim book lor J1907,which they will send on receipt otpostage2 cents. This littpfe book is useful, ^ owhere else that-we know can so much behad for m little. ' ' r

HOT-E-LAX Stires the Liver^you feel good, Assists digestion, cureseqns|ipaMa!*» fre^sam|iles «tt|ie HawkinsPharm&ey.

evening.meetings that have beenhfeM inthechurch closed Saturday night*Paul Hill returned to his home in Burkethis morning. " There will be 'cot tagemeetings every'evening after Tuesday... Miss Daisy Southworth from the EasteameTxome»Saturday to spend the holi-days,

, PANSY,

The "Empire State'* to Participate at ih&Jamestown Exposition.

Norfolk, Va.~That the State of NewYork will participate in the JamestownTer-Gentennial Exposition^ to be heldon the shores of Hampton Koads nearNorfolk,, in 1907, has been assured, bythe statement of Hugh Qordon Miller*formerly of Norfolk, now of New YorJiand one of the state Commissioners tothe Exposition. The proposed plans callfor the erection of a building of colonialarchitecture to he modeled after thefamous old "Arlington Mansion" theVirginia _home oi General Robert E.Iiee, the military chieftain1 of the COJQ*federacy.-Bids for the the constructionof the. New "York state building will eopened about January 1st, and theactual work started immediately there-after. The plans for the bui ding weredrawn up 4by Mr. -Miller, ltnns&f, ^whofrom the first, strongly advocated theold colonial style and finally pursuaSadthe commission ,to selectMansion as a modeL *

The-4'Empire State" has one of themost advantageous sites, in the entireExposition grounds for the erection ofher building, being directly on tne waterfront, looking out over the waters ofHampton Roads, shewill have a magni-ficent location fox? the reviewing of thegrand naval display, to be seen in thishjstoric-haafbor during ,the period of theExposition.

The year 1907 will be tlie one hundrethanniversayy of vhe birth of General Iiee,and the reproduction of Ms b°elovedhomeat this Virginia's National Exposition,by orie of the northern* states is a doubletribute to the Month's most belovedcharacter and one of the world's greatestsoldiers.

WAHTBD—Lady to advertise ourgoods locally* Several weeks l*ome work.Salary $12.00 per week, $ 1.00 a day forexpenses, SAIFNDfiRS CO. Dept. W46*48 Jackson Boulevard* Chicago, H i *3

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' FOB SALS—Ata bundle, old

office at 5 eests

ou Pearl St*, BruAlDa^. is offered forC. A* SteiabsaE$E#t, ,]^iraslit(m, .H. X.

officers were

COMIG POST "OABBS—We'. haveanother lot of those eomie post emrds inpackages of 15 all diiE^&tear^s for only10 oests. Only a Jtew om Imu4. so dostdelay in secui*iEg a pae.k^e at this bar-gain price. OJaarles H. Sinitli, Brushton.

Ai a regular meeting of S rash ton G i ^ e , N<>.90J, P. of H., held in the n&W; grange hall Sa.tnrda\ sDecember 22, tliefor the ensuing' year •"Master—Dell Woods.Overseer—EL. H. JRos§j.Lecturer—Mis,Steward—A, M. Butler..'.Assistant Steward—WlMiXady Asst, Steward—.Mrs* Willis Manchester*Secretary—Tim O'Connell.Chaplain—Wallace Tr-jr-Gti,Gate Keeper—W. H unking.Treasurer—Earl Woods.Flora—Blanche Burna ?*Pomona—Mary Woods.Ceres—Doris Clark,Trustee—IT. B. Clark.-Recommended as Insurance Director-

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At a regular meeting of Chalybeate Chapter,No. 243, O. E. S.? held Thursday evening, Decem-ber 20th, the following oificers were elected for theensuing year:

W. M.—Carrie Conger,W. P.—Geo. W. Harris,A. M.—Orda Woods.Secretary—Roxie Donaldson.Treasurer—Julia Smith., _Conducter—Sarah De&oiig.Asst. Cond.—Sarah Bullis*Trustee—Mrs, Martha Harris.

HUN-E-LAXHawkins Pharmacy. l*ree Samples,

Reduced ^gpFor the CnristE&as knd l e w

holidays the Butland M. E, wffl sellspecial excursion tickets between1 allstations Ogderisbutig tp'JMtows Fallsand Bennington, mclusiye, at rate of onefare and one-third lor the round trife.

From all stations n#£th of BeHowsFalls and Benningfl% i&cluding EpusesPoint, N. X. to sfatfansm CaBaia in-cluding Montreal, also Ottawa, on basiso£ one fare and one^tliiirct tp Mbyaia Jet.added to fare one w&f toe&mtL*

All points on tlie^ptntral Termoat B.. via Burlington, dr Alfeurgn one far©

and one-third for tik&mo&(k trip* 0nild«ren between 5 and i i y^ars of a^e ome-,half oltlielexeursiGit rates.

Hew Year's holid|t3r t|e3fcefcs will be soldand good going Dec, 29th, gOtli and 31st,1906 and January lst t 190^, gooi return-ing until January @$i>, J9®7, inelusite.

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