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President Suspenders Durability v Metal Parts Rust Positively Guaranteed if J .ft// M 1 "President"ix on buckles, jjjjf J Everywhere 50 cts /ny •) // A or by mail postpaid. / /HI J Light or dark, wide or narrow. < y Jj S C. A. EDGARTON MrG. 'O'" C • K/ri t HVT WHEN FINISHED our work will pass the most rigid examination by experts. All PLUMBING Jobs —no matter how small and sim ple, or large and complicated—aresu' ceasfull- handled. Material andwoil manship in covered placet ia Just r i good as that in plain sight Get ourestimatea before placing contract eusewhere. MOSES DANIEL. 205 Gloucester Street. COME AND SEE US FOR Christmas Fads IN THE Whiskey, The Kind of a Man lie Wn. “I was in Washington once,” said a man at the club, “when Tom Reed was the czar of the house of representa tives. He was holding forth with ear nestness on some theme to a group of friends when that man you see over there by the cigar counter pushed his way through the crowd, grasped Reed by the hand and said effusively: ‘Hello, Tom, old boy! How do you do?’ "Reed responded in a manner that was more of a shake for the man than for his hand and went on with his talk. When our friend over there had edged out of the crowd, someone said: ‘You didn’t seem to be happy over him, Heed. Who is your friend, anyway?’ “Reed drawled out, ‘He’s a fellow from New York who knows more men who don’t want to know him than any other man in the United States.’ ” —Do, troit Free Press. Thrifty' Squanderer*. When Napoleon entered Genoa is 1805, tlie rich patricians of the city exerted themselves to gain the favoi of the conqueror by kll sorts of flat tering attentions. The most elaborate of these was a banquet patterned after the famous one offered by Antony to Cleopatra. The tables were set in an artificial garden, floating on pontoons, which were towed out to sea duriug the prog' ress of the feast. At the conclusion of the banquet—again in imitation of An tony and Cleopatra—all the costly golf and silver plate was flung into the sea. This little tribute of honor to the em peror was not so expensive as it seem ed, for the floating garden was sur lourded with nets, and the plate waf subsequently recti THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1001. 1 THE ELDER SOTHERN. a Couple of the Celebrated Cana dian's Practical Joke.. Many stories are told of Sotbern’e original methods of entertaining his friends at dinner, and possibly the most amusing is that of the belated guest. When, late in the dinner, this friend was announced. Mr. Sothern ex claimed, “Let us all hide under tha table,” and down they all went savt Mr. Sothern himself, who remained seated. When the tardy guest entered, Mr. Sothern rose and received him with exquisite courtesy, saying, “When your name was announced, m.v guests, for some unaccountable reason, ail hid under the table.” After a few mo ments of discomfort one by one they crept out and back to their seats. I heard from both Mr. Sothern and Mrs. Vincent this account of an out burst of fun at a dinner given by bim in hi ? parlor at the Revere House: As the guests, ten in number, were gatto ered about the open fire before dinnei a stout, pompous waiter, afflicted with short breath, added the last touches te his dinner table, already spread. Ta* largo, square pieces of bread war. placed with mathematical precision one at each plate, and then he left the room to bring the wine. Mr. Sothern saw his opportunity and, calling his dog, cried: “Tiger, the bread! Quick, Tiger!” And the nimble little gray hound bounded lightly upon the table again and again as he heard hli mai ter’s Imperative “Fetch the bread P until each piece had been removed tc a dark corner near the Are. Upon the waiter'! return all waa al ienee. The expectant look upon Mr. Sothern’s face showed only that dinnei was awaited. Standing for a moment bewildered, the waiter, seeing no bread upon the table, hesitatingly turned tc the door, then retraced his steps tc the table, examined tt carefully and hurriedly left the room. He soon re appeared with a fresh plate of bread, and again at each plate a piece was carefully placed, and be retired with the empty plate. “Quick, Tigerl Fetch it again! More bread! More breadi” And once more each piece wee re moved before the grave waiter reap peared, and all were again silent. One look at the table and one at the guests, and there remained no doubt Those poor, hungry actors had eaten it! With a look of contempt he an nounced dinner, and after ail were safely seated at the table he brought a third plate of bread and with a fork placed it, with a gesture of scorn, piece by piece for each person and for the host. Tlie merry scene soon dis armed his hostility, and before tbc evening was over the bread in the cor ner was revealed.—Mrs. Lucy DerbxJ Fuller in Century. Venn]*** and A I ' *1 wJM Vt I'-- h-!l if4,_ t, is- . PICTURESQUE BRITTANY. ’ A Market Seen. In TUI. Quaint Kr.ai-h Province, Brittany to a land where the peasants UU the earth In zouave trousers, torea dor Jackets covered with arabesque em broideries and green waistcoats around which run lines of crimson. The women wear short red skirts, great medici collars and coifs that flut ter about their heads like the wings of doves. From beneath the points of their black caps the children gaze at you with wide eyes full of the curiosity Of aninir.ls. These people live in houses built of sculptured granite and sleep in open work closets carved like the mouchari bieks of Egypt. In spite of the "Breton Interiors" and “Returns of the Fishermen” with which painters swamp the market tins face is still unknown or misunder stood, for they should bo seen not in pn'ntings, but U their homes. In the r eld time streets, on market days and when. In fair time, the tents are pitched In the village market places. Fiery little horses draw to market Bsh. line vegetables and all the early produce of Roseoll. They are spread out upon tho sidewalk. Chickens cackle; bleat; pigs, tied by th* leg. strel.rTbward the vegetables, sniff- Ing at the fresh greens. Fanners In sabots, carrying great blue umbrellas under their arms, with the two ribbons of their felt hatf float ing down their backs, pick their way among the Dinan china displayed on the ground—capacious soup tureens, cider Jugs and plates covered with painted flowers and grotesque figures. The peasants converse with but few gestures; they bargain la gutteral tones. These taciturn people forgot them ■elves in the barrooms on fair days. Tho ta-erns are full of noise. Yon may hoar the sound of an accordion and th# plaintive note of the blniou (a sort of bagpipe), leading monotonous dances. Into the harbor come boats laden with flab; other boats go out. Tho fishermen are full of business. Next week w’ll occur the departure for the new country. There are women who weep. Above all this agitation the smoke oj the Tillage chimneys mingles with tljfl grest waite clouds. The quiet sea ml rare the sun—Artist Oaataigne Is 1 ry. * JBp ! Ml ■ mm. TAX NOTICE. M|g Additional time has been by the mayor and council in pay 1903 city taxes. The fl- MUjder tho ordinance, was Ey special order, I ami IV lap receipt for taxes 'J. 28th, 1903 1 r n e and jfl -svy. v*' ; 'vjgfho ' BYRON WAS BARRED, Oean o’ Weatmln -tor Refused to A* cept Statue of Poet. Many years age some admirers to lord Byron raised a subscription for I monument to the poet, to be placed it Westminster abbey. Chantrey was re quested to execute it, but on account of the smallness of the sum subscribed he declined, and Thorwaldsen wa| then applied to and cheerfully under took the work. In about 1533 tho finished statue ar rived at the custom house in London, but, to the astonishment of the sub scribers, the dean of Westminster, Dr. Ireland, declined to give permission tc have it 3et up in the abbey, and, owing to this difficulty, which proved insur mountable, for Dr. Ireland’s successor was of the same opinion. It remained for upward of twelve years in the cus tom house, when (1840) it was re moved to the library of Trinity col lege, Cambridge. The poet is represented ia the statns of the size of life, seated on a ruin, with h!s left foot resting on the frag ment ef a column. Is his right bund he holds a style up te his mouth; la ills toft a book, inscribed "Child# Harold.” He to dressed in a froek eoat and clout Beside h.m on the left is a skull, above ' which is the Athenian owl. The likeness to of course posthumous. Thorwaldsen was born Not. 19, 1770, and died a* March 24, 1844.—Newcastle (Bn*) Chronicle. A Model SmrTejror. The Kingman Leader-Courier tells et an early day county surveyor In King man county, Ivan., who neither pos sessed any instruments nor could hive used them if lie had. Ills methotf of measuring land was to tie his . together with a long en.i.-.gh toalhia^Js^JSSr. "’ft ■" 11 " JCgS jjgigi V.,. '’’•y M THE OLD RELIABLE , Absolutely Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE If it is good to ■HHBSfCome and get it \ A FULL 3