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THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS : THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1903. Till! WBBK1W PltEH mESS. S cents per copy, 50 cents for six months, $1.00 a .Tear, postnco free, Advertisements and subscriptions re solved nt tho oillce, 1S9 College street. Full advertising rates sent on application. Account cannot bo opened for subscrip tions. Subscribers will plenso remit with order, names nro not entered until pay ment Is received, nnd nil papers nro stop ped fit tho end of tho tlmo paid for, Kemtttnnco at tho risk nt tho subscriber until mado by registered letter, or by rhet or postal order payablo to tho Pub lishers. Tho dato when thn subscription expires Is on tho address-label of each paper, tho rhmiKo of which to it subsequent date be comes ti receipt for remittance. No other receipt Is sent unless requested. Tho re ceipt nf tho paper Is a sulllclcnt receipt for tho first subscription. . When a chanio of address Is desired, both tho old and new addresses should bo Given. Trrma-91.00 it Yi-iir, Always In Advance. Bl'TtLINQTON, THt'KSDAY, FKI3. WANTED. When uu want nnythlnrr. ndvertlso In the new speclalcolumnof this paper. Somo bargains axe offered thcro this week which It will pay you to read about. Sco paKo even. This paper has jnoro than "Jo.OOO tenders every week, and ono cent a word 111 reach them nil. Our neighbors of Portland, Jle., have Mopped worrying nbout tho coal situa tion. One help to this f nd was tho arrival of moro than 71.000 tons of foreign coal In eighteen vessels. What are wo coming to? Wc have not yet rerovercd from the most disastrous cosl famine In the history of this country, nnd yet here Is tho Star washery In Car bon county, Tenn., suspending operations because of Inability to market Its coall Ve have been wont during these latter years to congratulate ourselves that the days of burning for witchcraft were a long, long tlmo ago in the very beginnings of our nation, in point of fact; but what nro wo to think when a Pennsylvania resident who loses his farm buildings by , file assorts that a neighbor caused tho conflagration through witchcraft? On? Hwallow dots not make a summer to bo pure, but it is easy to see witches might make a crowd. how two Mr. CortHynu, tho the rr w department first secretary cf , of commerce and Is described as "a Mior, at Washington, botn organizer, with a mind like a bank f r.igeon holes and everything in it prop- rrlv labelled nnd placed. Ills courtesy j opportunity to ascertain where tho re does hand in hand with business. Ho , sponsibllity rested, and whether there has, n3 secretary to two Presidents, ! was Mich criminal carelessness on the m erred the White House correspondence nrntind moro than one acute curve. It nn'tld he hard to find a man better fitted 1 to superintend the launching of a com- i poslte department." I The Importance of securing a pure nnd -tiinelent water supply for a city is em pb isized by the experience through which rl.c people of tho city of Ithaca, N. Y., .uid th? students of Cornell University u-- now passing. The water used for dnnv stic and drinking purposes is taken Horn a small stream, nnd as a result of i'v contamination of the source of supply ' sadirons epidemic ol typhoid fever is invt iinr tho tunn and threatening . Hi.- i: ,iviiity. The authorities . i.l :-i le-l ..l th,' rnlversity of I'enn- . '. arc I - ''iming aglt.itrd as a re-- jl t of tin- ii ri' i e of Cornell over tho l ibllit of " similar outbreak of ty ,ho 1 .r i. I'.'iv institution. Phlladel , 'ii.i v.iur f- 1 1 i . 1 i is taken trom the ; h lylUill :h'"r m an unfilUrrd condi tion, and it is hardly surprising under tho i ircuirstanecs that the students of Penn sylvania should clamor to have tho inud cU liquid they imUb': more thoroughly it tiled. A eriroiit d. 'tided by popular "olo on 1 i brunrv 4 to slvo itself enlarged dis r t "ii about the liquor trntlle, ni'.d not to br a prohibition State any longer. In pl.T e nr that drastic and ineffectual plan for niiiliiitii.' thirst it bus accepted local i r 1 1 . i' 1 1 uprr's Wckly. i' i not priibul that the editor of 31 I' ni r s AVoekly ever examined, tho Wr tnnnt ln-v which Is about to become no lonarr a lav,-. lie has perhaps sot his td-as about it from such writers ns tho late Ju'lan r.alph, who said, last summer. In a letter to the New York '.rimes, that under the Vermont law a man could not Cive a glass of wine to a suest nt his nun tal in without making himself liable lo be sent to jail: with nrlnus other state 111' f- as wide nf the truth. If the editor wou'd nad tho law or any Kn"d abstract n. it ulilrh of course lie will not do ho ' id dlsi over that It Is not, nnd neer pretf ruled to be, "a plan for subdulnt; 1) M-t " Un would see that it allows any i' n tn have wine or strnii;er drinks upon his tihle or on his sideboard, nnd to sejn ihrm to his ruest"; and tn drink w't'i them, lie would see that It was vni ! a law for the rifjid rcstrh lion of a tn.'llc which every civilized (jnvernmetit rr trli ts to a greater nr Ipfs extent. It iln-'d t'i lessen pauperism and crime by ( I lsinc rumhnies, and it answered its pur-lio- In a remarkable deRicr. in practl i I operation It greatly b'smieil drunk riii.rsb; Krratly lessened pauperism; re rlM' eil crime, and promoted thrift and Rood or'iT. No candid and Intelligent ob server of Its operation disputed tills, for forty yeaM after Its enactment. A ma jority of the citizens of Vermont, and a ii'.ijorltv second to no other portion of our population In intelligence nnd stand ing, believe in it to-day, not as a Mnuptu ti' v l iwlt H not that not as a perfect HUilute it has somo f-erlotis directs, but n i an effective and beneficial system of restrlctincr the liquor traftle, and thus promoting temperance, happiness In tho home, nnd good order In the community, lint It i of no use to atKito tho question, either for tho benefit of outside editors or of t lie people of Veimont. A now sys t in l nbout to le tried. If It accom plishes moro for good in tho homes, In the courts, In poliliCH and In the commun ity at large, than the system it supersedes, the fact will soon become plain, and will be freely acknowledged. Power to (3 rant Lironhcs. During tho discussion of the provisions of the referendum law In tho Legislature, It will be recalled, ono suggestion made was to the effect that tho courts be en inifted with the responsible duty o sa in, ting tlie list of men to whom licenses might be granted, the object being to re move the Uquor saloon as fpr us possible f cin the domain of local polltl s it was nl'io propose to rst till ' powi Hi il our ty bo-in1 nf commlr-ploiu'r tl theory eng that le.'s danger of poliMi nl emrup lion would remilt frum this plan than fioin tho town commission plan finally adopted nnd Incorporated In tho law. The people of Vermont will bo Interested to lenrn that tho Legislature of Pennsyl vania, which Kttito delegates authority over license-granting to tho courts, Is considering a bill drawn for the purposo of taking from the Judicial tribunal tho granting and transferring of liquor licen ses and vesting that power In a board con sisting of three excisemen to ho elected In each county. Tho members of this county commission nro to servo three years, and tho minority party is to have ono repre sentative on tjio board. Ono of the pecu liar fcatuic3 of tho measuro is that relat ing to tho compensation of tho excisemen. It Is provided that they shall rccclvo an annual salary of ft for every thousand and a part of one thousand population in tho county and ten cents a mllo for each nillo traveled in going to and from meet ings of the commission. It Is significant that while the power to grant and transfer liquor licenses is vest ed In a county commission, tho right to revoke licenses Is to remain in tho court of quarter sessions. Appeals from decis ions by tho county commissions nro to bo taken to the supreme court or tha superior court. It will be satisfactory to the people of Vermont to know that ono of tho features proposed In connection with our new liq uor system has been tried by Pennsyl vania, without giving satisfaction, but whether tho I.etfislaturo of tho Keystone State Is to pass tho measure providing for the proposed change remains to bo demonstrated. The AYnterlniry Asylum, nnd tho Ac cident to 31 rs. Ilcnnctt. Vo lenrn from an authorltativo source that one of tho first things done by the ' officials of tho State nsjlum at Water ! bury after the recent unfortunate, occur I rence which resulted, as has been al- leged, In the death of Mrs. Sarah C. Hennett, was to bring tho matter to the attention nf the public prosecutor for the town of Watcrbnry, who Is a lawyer and well erscd in what Is required under such circumstances. The relatives of Mrs. Hennett were also immediately no- tilled of tho accident nnd invest the matter fully for themselves. a ted The board of truster's also mado an invo.tl- satlon ns to wlu titer it was niv accident 1 and its cause, and they assisted tho pub I lie prosecutor so far as they w-ere able to through the action of the hospital officials, u was deemed important on the pait of the olllcers of the institution, before any ono left tint was connected with that accident, tint the State should have an part of any one as to Justify or require any further proceedings In tho matter. We have no ida that tho officials in charge or tho trustees, or any of them, wero directly In fault in tho matter or that they have endea voted to exonorato themselves from any Just responsibility resting upon them; and it tho public has derived a different idea from tho pub lished reports, we hope It may be dis missed from their minds. ; N'ot Chni'K'wIilo with Inconsistency. W! notice that some of our contempor aries aro still discussing in an utifavor iblu light tho course pursued by those "who worked for the referendum bill in the legislature and then returned home .uid worked against, the bill before the I people " It skeins remarkable III view of all that has been said on this question that Intelligent people should t-till b- muddled mi the subject, but when a dally newspaper uses words like those quoted, it can hardly bo regarded as trange that those who are supposed to know loss about tho referendum should make a similar mistake. Tho idea embodied in the referendum plan; of the republican convention was ! of the world that the attention of tho pub to givo tho people a chance to say whether , ''as been directed to this great quew they preterred State prohibition or local , '- .J.."0 XL'Z!i option and inasmuch as it was held that a straight lefcrenduin was icgarded as unconstitutional and the prohibitory law was on the statute books It was decided that thu easiest way would be to submit to tho people a local option and high II cento law as an alternative for prohibi tion. When the gubernatorial campaign was in pi ogress one ot the. arguments used In suppoit of the leferendum was that tho question for the Legislature to deter mine .as ill re! ition to the carrying out of this pledge to the people, and that when such a measur e had been formulated i.iul submitted to popular vote, Individuals could then otn one way or tho other as they saw (It. It was tills view, and th.i correct view, that led a number of pro hibitionists in both the Republican and IIk Democratic pnitles to favor the form ulation of a mo'iMiro to bo thus referred. ;muI It Is h.iidly In good tj.sto much less magnanimous for the advocatis ot either license or prohibition to twit their rep. icscntulivcH of voilng to submit the ques tion to the people and then voting on th" fou-tion of prohibition va. llceii:;e itself as their consciences dictated. 11 would lie uHt as lensonablo to say now that every voter who supported local option on Fobiinry 3 must vote hi favor of license on March ." or run the ilsk of be.ng charged with Inconsistency. While the vast majority of tlio.jo who voted yes on tlie former date unciuestlomhly lavor license, the fact lemalna that not a few voted yes their who will voto no when it comes lo the question nf licensee In their own towni, and In so voting they will not make themselves liable to the t barge of lack of good faith on either occasion. Increase of tlie Dlvorcn I'.vil. The court dockets In Vermont must have convinced our readers that thn number of cases of domestic infelicity resulting In suits for dlvorco nro rapidly increasing, hut the evil In Vermont Is small ns com pared with conditions existing in some other commonwealths. Tho Rev. Samuel Dike, hccrctary of tho National League for tho Protection of Family, declares Hint the public conscience Is becoming burdened to the dlvorctt evil, and that tho percent age ot divorces to marriagea Is Increasing to a startling degree. He pays Hint last year I.KCO divorces wero granted In Indl ana, or one for every 5,7 marriages, In Illinois the percentage Is 1 to 0 so that the fact that Chicago, the storm center of tho divorce movement, Is located within tho borders of the Prairie State does not en able it to keep up with the Hoosler State In the dissolution of. the. matrimonial knot, Judging from the number of murrlagcs of both p.irtlef to divorce proceedings that hno recently i haiacterlncd high lifo in Iho mi tiopolri, ono might infer that New York would tut u rJyio bocond to Indiana, but as a matter of fact the pcrccntaga of divorces to marriages in tho Emplro State Is only about 1 to 7.7. Tho most scandalous conditions with ref crenco to ouso and frequency of tho cut ting of tho conjugal tla prevail lit South Dakota. Owing to the enormous Influx of outsiders seeking relief through looso leg islation from uncongenial marriages there was ono dlvorco in that State last yenr for every three marriages. It Is tlmo that this evil was attacked by tho pooplo of tho entire United States as It deserves to be attacked, and it Is to bo hoped that be fore another year rolls round a formid able movement looking to uniform divorce legislation throughout the country may be Inaugurated. The Pausing of tho Rig Handles. One of tho pathetic spectacles of the last half century wan tho gradual wiping out nf various agricultural Industries In the least owing to tho disastrous com petition growing out of tho development of enormous grain farms and llvo stock ranches In tho great West. Tho farmers tit New Kngland saw their production of Hour gradually wiped out whllo tho fat tening of beef and other farm animals became largely a reminiscence, as theso Industries were developed on an elaborate scale on the fertile) and easily tillable prairie land of tho mlddlo and farther West. Signs are not lacking, however, that after a long period of subsidence the farmers of Vermont and other Hastcrn States aro to be able to compoto on moro equal terms than formerly with their Western brethren. It has been evident for some tlmo that tho avallablo land in the West was pretty well occupied and that conditions must change, If further immigration Is to bo enjoyed by that sec tion of tho country. Tho country in the extreme West nnd southwest being oc cupied almost entirely by largo farms and cattle ranches, It is evident that no additional settlers of moment could locate there, unless existing farms wero cut up Into smaller farms and tho ranches into big farms and thus make place for ad ditional homesteads. This Is tho process which has been slowly going on in different sections of the West and Southwest, during tho past lew yens, but according to advices from Texas an organized movement in this dlrc-ction has Just been instituted In the l.r.nn Star State. It is stated that sev eial gigantic corporations have been form ed for the purpose of cutting up many of tho big i unities in that section, four of these companies having an aggregate capital of Jl.JW.CW. It is proposed to es tablish at least nine towns in this man ner nnd to provide a farming country to support the same, the latter object to be achieved by means of Irrigating wells to be sunk by the companies having tho project In hand. It Is believed that it this project succeeds, the section in tho vicinity of Corpus Christ! will become one of the most thickly settled portions of the State Instead of being a territory in which one may ride all day without see ing a human face. When the West and Southwest have been completely taken up In this manner, it will be a question of a comparatively short time when the metho-js of fattening cattle now employed on the ranges will give place to those prevalent In sections where stall feeding or the use of small pastures prevail, and then tho farmers nf the U.ist will stand a better chance In tho race for tho production of beef as well as of other meat products. How tho con ditions then obtaining will affect the meat trust irrnalns to be shown by the logic ol events. Tho Trust Not a Modern Imention. In Ids speecli on the trust ptoblem, on the '1th Inst., Mr. I.lttlotleld of Maine, said: This is not the first time In tho history tior. or trusts or monopolies, not made, nv tne way, in this body, but soin.iwhat instructive as hearing upon this sugges tion to which I now mil tho attention of the House, and the extract reads as l'ol low: U is a net of wasps, or a swarm of veiniin which have overcrept the land like the trogs of Kgypt. They havo gotten possession of our dwellings, nnd wc hnve scarcely a room free lrom them. They sup In our cup, they dish in our dish, thev sit by our fire, wo llnd them In the dye vat and the wash bowl. They have marked ami scarred us from head lo foot, they will not vote u.-i a pin, we may not buy our own clot li(t without their brokerage. They ate leeches that have sucked the com monwealth so hard that it Is almost become lu clival. And some of them are a.-hannxl of their right name; thev shelter the uisoh es under tho name of corporation. They make by laws which serve their turns lo squeeze us nnd till their purses. Un faeo them and they will prove as bad cards ns any In tlie pack. Now, the hyilrii-hended monster, not to make any offensive reference tn that con dition, was certainly at this tlmo Hour It hlug in a I' of its refulgent glory. That rpeeeh iiiu not made on this lloor by any of my distinguished friends on tho other side, nltho-jgh In the first reading of tho extract It might appear to hnvo been taken from huuo of their speeches, It It perhaps a little moro finished In its rhetoric than theirs. Hut It wns not made on this floor, nnd It was not mado during tho last two or three decades. It was mad" n t) Kngllsli rnrllament by a man named Sir John Culpeper, In tho year 11 10, only two hundred nnd sixty- thrco years ngo. (I K-iughter.) They had 'em then, and wc havo "cm now. Mr. LltttefteUl went on to quote from documents, proclamations of tho Km- Scrofula It IB commonly inherited. Few aro entirely free- from it, Pnlc, weak, puny children nr afflicted with it in nina cases out ot Un, and many adults suffer from it. Common indication! are bunehes in tha neck, nbsoesies, cutaneous erup tion!, Inflamed eyelids, tore emu, rickets, catarrh, wasting, and general debility. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Eradicate it, positively und absolute ly. This statement is bated on tho thousands ot permanent cures these medicines have wrought. " My daughter had scrofula, with eleven loreg on ber neck and about ber cars. Hood's tsarsaparllla was highly recommended and alio took it and was cured, She Is now lo good health." Mm. J, 11, Jcnes, Parker City, Ind. Hood's Sarsaparilla promises to 9vr ana Keeps tn promise. HALE AJDJEARTY A VEEMONT FARMER WHO FEELS YOUNG AT EIGHTY. Rheumatism Once Troubled Itlra Hut Dr. Williams Fink F11U for Pnle Teopla Permanently Cured It. A flno specimen of tlie hardy Vermont farmer is Josoph Chase, of Rcadnboro, activo and strong in body and mind at tho beginning of his eightieth year. A fow years ago an attack of rheumatism caused the old gentleman much suffer ing but Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cured that and ho is now enjoying unusual health for ono of four-scoro years. When rccontly interviewed, ho said : "I was not confined to my bed but I suffered a great deal of pain. My back nnd shoulders wero lamo and my arms wero so soro that I could not get my coat on without assistance. When I sat down it was hard to got on my feet again, and every time I raised my arm sharp pains shot through my shoulders Heavy farm work and eiposnro in all kinds of wenther probably brought on ouRiit on tho rheumatism and it was so stubborn 1 excess of this amount, cxuspt on depor its that I couldn't seem to get rid of it. I b" widows, orphans, administrators, exc " One day I saw Dr. Williams' Pink ic"t,f',,F,nr'llar, editable r r1.15'"f Pills for Palo Peopla mentioned in n newspaper and I got somo. I felt better aftor taking one box and took four or five boxes altogether. They cured mo and tho euro was permanent. I recom mend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to ovcry ono who is not well, and I know of other cases whero they have given good re sults." Rheumatism is a disease of tho blood and it must bo treated through tho blood. External applications can givo no bene fit that will last. Dr. Williams Piuk Pills for Pnlo Pcoplo aro unliko other medicines becnuso they net directly on tho blood and nerves. This makes them invaluable in such diseases ns locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, nervous head ache, tho after-effects of the grip, palpi ration of tho heart, pale and sallow com plexions and all forms of weakness either in malo or femnlo. Dr. Williams' I Pink Pills for Palo People aro sold by all dealers, or will bo sent on receipt of price, fifty cents n box or six boxes for two dollnrs and fifty conts, by address ing Dr. Willinnis MedirLuo Company, Schenectady, N. Y. I5a sure, you get tho genuine ; substitutes never cured anybody. priors, Sicno nnd Diocletian, and ancient histories back to thrco bundled nnd thirty years before Christ, showing that combinations to enhance tho prices of p.rnin and commodities existed then. "What," ho asked, "does this Indicate?" And ho answered his own question, as follows: "It simply indicates that so long ns civilization has been theso conditions have existed. It does not Indicate that they do not require control. It indicates, further, that so Ion? as thpse conditions have existed they have had legislation un dertaking to control and regulate them in the intctest of public weltaro probably from two thousand thteo hundred years before Christ down to the year IMa. It We have completed an angoments nhere dots not indicate that If during all thislhv the Ueeklv 1'ltCH PICKS' r i, period legislation lus not destroyed thd i talutd In combination with other lea'dlnir octopus, it is futile, and attempts to reg- ; periodicals at low rates. To prevent un ulate nnd control It. should be abandoned, .necessary correspondence we will st ita any more linn the fact that Cain mur- tn,n attcr the subscription bus beun no dded Abel, and since that time tho law tlte ot a change of address, or anvthlrie has prohibited mmMcr. and murders have . ..in. iiu-u 11 . ....He.., ...'.iviira mat i the law agi.lr.st ipur.iei' should be repeal-i eel as IneiT". tive. Hut It Indicates this , iurther, that this Is a difficult question; , th-it it in one that involves business con- 1 ditionn ami that it persists; that it lias. ben with us as long as tho past Ins been and tint its complete elimination Is an extremely difficult problem." This last conclusion Is one with which nil who have tackled the problem will n gree. lC!.ei've(l Tribute lo tlie I-'air Sex. O'le of the gratlfving evidences of the Increased refinement and higher civill.a tlou of the American people Is fie con stantly increasing courtesy and considera tion given to women and that public ser vant who takes advantage of any op portunity to emphalze tho credit due tho fair sex Is certain to receive general commendation from loth sexes. Jatr.cs R. Garfield, who has Just been appointed chief of the bureau of corporations of the newly created department ot coin- mcrce and labor, recently spoke on tlie duties of citizenship, lie showed that in- telligence, Industry and moral character arc the thrco qualities most essential to good citizenship; and bo took occasion to sreak of the obligation we owe to woman in connection with the establish ing cf tho moral character of a people. Mr. C-irt'dd declared that woman has moro Influence for good in her sphere than man can possibly wield and ho urged that sho make the most of her opportunities and increase tlie power with which she has been endowed for the uplifting of humanity. Probably few of our most useful women cr.crt all tho power nf which they aro capable on tho opposlto sex, and it Is l ari ly possible that one ot their greatest charms In tho eyes ot man is that this reserve tnrco, is seldom brought Into use. Man realizes the power Is there, however, nnd it is not Improbablo that this kno,vl edgo makes him the moro willing to be led. It is a wlso man who knows whether bo is being led or Is leading a woman. ItiiiuhlliiKB ol Triiublo In tlio South. All thinking observers of the conditions existing in the old slavcholdlng States must view with concern, If not alarm, the recent growth of race prejudice nnd proscription, and tho Incrcaso of sec tional feeling and of Southern arrogance In tint quarter of tho Union. A number of Southern Stales havo virtually dls. fnti'chlsed tlte colored oters. Not con tent with that, a considerable portion of tho Southern people seem determined that no man or woman of negro blood, no matter how honest, intelligent und capable, shall hold a public olllco, nor bo placed In nny respect upon nil equality with even the most Ignorant and do graded whlto iniin. The Indlanola po.st mistrctiS, colored, who had held thn olllco during two administrations, performing the duties without fnult and without ob. jietlon, was suddenly warned that she must give up tho olllce. Hho actually sent her itslgnatlon, not lo the appointing power, but to one li responsible mass meeting of citizens; and ao fnr as publh opinion has found expression at the South it seeniD to npplaud the (white) citizens and to Homo the administration for not recotjnlzlnp; a resignation secured under such circumstances. Thoujh President Roosevelt has made fewer appointments nf colored citizens In federul ollkes than his predecessor, and tuken greater care to appoint none but personally respevtu- Burlington Savings Bank INCORPOiiATBD 1847. Deposits Jan 1, 1903 8,4 5 7,697.69 Premium account - 75,981.68 Surplus . 400,000.00 Total Assets . $8,933,679.37 TRUSTEES. 01IA3. P. SMITH, I HBNIIY CinEENli, J. L. ftA BSTOW, I A. O. PE1UCE. VVILLAHD CHAN15, 1 ItEKRY WELLS, F. W. WARD, Deposits mado during the first tcur busi ness duys of the month draw Interest from the first. If made afterward Interest will commence the first of the following month. Intorcst will be credited to depositors January 1 and July t. compounding twle year. There are no stockholders in thifl bank. All earnings, less cxpejises, belong to depositors. The rate of interest de pends upon the earnings but the law fixes tho rate that any savings bank In the State can pay at not to exceed thrco and one-half per cent per annum, until lt surplus reaches ten per cent ol Its dopoilts when a epecl.il dividend Is provided for. All taxes In this St.ito are paid by th bank on denonlta nt i-xwi nr less. Depos its are received In sums from U to $J,uO0, i,i .. ., r ";.rr:..r".. ...... m. Institutions or on trust funds deposited by . xier of the court. No money locncd to any orTlcor or trui tee of the bank. CHATILKS P. SMITH. President, FREDERICK W. WARD, Treas. E. S. ISHAM, Assistant Treasurer. rwsr Save Your Dimes. A laboring man saved all the dimes be re ceived during the year. At the end of the year he had saved $35.00. Get one of our little nickel banks and try this scheme roursclf. I BURLINGTON, VERMONT TO PACIFIC COAST nit tho way without ch.inco in A ( anftiJUn TarlRe Tourist Cir EVERY WEDNESDAY ifo lito-.Apr.30tb. 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Always send a stamp for reply when askln about this, as wo cio an this work at no protlt In order to accommodate our subscribers. bio nnd well qualified men In his selec tions of persons of color for such ap pointment, he his been moro Insultingly atucked In Southern journals for mak ing nny such appointment.! than nny pre vious Frcstdent since Lincoln, nnd tho In sults have not been confined to tho Presi dent but have been extended to Mrs. Roosevelt, These Incidents aro only a few anions many indications of a stato of public feeling at tho South which must remind all who remember the period pre vious to 1S6I, of the rumblings and condi tions which heralded the war for tho Union. It Is a state of feeling- and a course ot action at tho South, which can not long continue or be much accentuated without entailing serious trouble. The CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Boars tho Signature of ciia'roriiA. 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MINING SECURITIES CO. 805 Temple Court, New York. ACiKNTS WANTED. nation ns a whole Is not ready to return to Southern domination or to relinquish the results for humanity nnd freedom secured at PJch cost of blood and treasure In the Civil War; nnd it is greatly to be hoped that sober sense on tho part of tho calmer heads of the Southern people will assert itself in effectual opposition to the tide of proscription and sectional prejudice in that quarter before It be comes too late. It is pre-eminently a case In which thu "beginnings of strife' be averted. There is food for thought on both sides, in the following suggestions made by tlte Washington correspondent of the New York livening Tost: All that has prevented the execution of the threat lepeatedly made during the last few yeas, of cutting down the representa tion ef f'outheiii States In Congress to correspond with th" changed civic condi tions locally, has been a lack ot tlie pies suic of public sentiment in the- dominant party. That lack has In turn been due to a dr'-nd on tho part of the Northern peo'do of reawakening thn animosities of ii generation ago. The North, who.se bet ter element has sympathized with the feeling ..f the South against the political LV()rl(J solnu o1- wUum ;u Q outrages ot the carpet-bag era. N slow s, t ald Somo oxlermi,.aUo to ifove, but Its inertia must not bo nns- i taken for sleep ow, any more than In, STRINOKNT l'ROU) BiTiON. the later fifties. Lot thn nggro-dnns of' (From tho Ludlow Tiibune.) the South pass a certain point, and there T , , will lin n vrt nnun Hint innvt Itrinn trmihlr I - . . . ... i. '.l.,i i i. , v..i , .7 e,. In it train, it is thn Northern friends tl, t.',-,.ill. l.n .1.-.,,) t.. ens, tltl... I conic; for hand-in-hand with such meas ures ai the Crumpaekcr resolution, aimed at thorn States nf the South which have boldlv efiarid the negro's civic rights under the forms of law, will come meas ures, for the fedetal control of elections, aimed at those States In which per.--nnal Intimidation still rrm.ilii.-t the chief weapon for tho defence of white suprem liev. I'otccasls like this are not mere fruits of the iin-iglnation. The rumblings am ilrc.-idy heard under the surface In Con gress, The strong desire nf most nf tho Northern members lias for years been that the South might havo a ehanco to recover by normal and rational means from tho evcesses at that period when the State governments them wero upheld only by fedci.il bayonet. Had the South ern people grasped warmly tho hand held out to them, nnd been ns ready to mak concessions to Northern sentiment ns the North wns to leave them undis turbed in their endeavor to maintain white supremacy by every righteous means, there would havo been no occasion fir such words of caution. As negro domina tion in politics gavo way to mere partic ipation, and tho trend of events wan steadily towards tho restriction ot such narllclpntloii to tho few colored men here nnd there who could meet the tests of character nnd Intelligence, tact, nnd ca pacity Imposed un whites and blacks alike, n golden opportunity was nftered to tho Southern pioplo to assure' thcmselvia against interference with their effort to work out their own salvation. M ill they nhmlutoly rctuse to Improve It? The patler.ee nnd dignity with which tho President has borno tho soit nf at tacks made upon him In tho Southern press havo been a source of pleased sur prise even to his most Intimate friends. In most communities pretending tn the higher civilization thero Is a public senti ment which promptly drives Into hiding the coward partisans who attack women because their husbands do unpopular thln.'.s In politics. Yet pictorial lampoons of Mrs. Roosovelt, and threats ot Indig nity to Miss Roosovelt, have not been abicn' from tho campaign waged ngulnst the chl'f magistrate of tho republlo by a pcoplo who prldo themselves on their "chivalry." This word evidently has a different meaning In different places, for Washington has been waiting In vain to see some senator who feels stteuiglly on the negro question, but also respecta womanhood, ilso In his place nnd hold up to scorn. In thn name of tho South, all such offenders against common decency. POINTRD PARAGRAPHS. Oosslp is a deadly gas that frequently puts friendship out of business. Chickens Incubated by thn heat of pas sion Invnrl.ibly coma homo to roost. Thcro Is only ouo thing that men can pack as well as women, and that Is a theater, Thcro Is but ono color that can be do. tooted by the sense of touch, Even a blind man can feol blue. Chicago News, TUB TALE THAT 18 TOLD. "Well," nld the. anrcdotlst. taUhuj a fresh start, "to make u long story short-" ' la n sncrlllce we can hardly expect of t lie raconteur, ' Interrupted the man who apparently never attempts tn mako fi lends by hla nftublllty. Indlanupnlls Ncwi. The Burlington Trust Company 162 COLLEGE STREET. LEGAL DEPOSITORY FOR EXECUTORS, GUARDIANS, TRUSTEES and COURTS OF LAW. ALLOWS INTEREST UPON DEPOSrTS. TRANSACTS A GENERALBANKING BUSINESS. ACTS AS TRUSTEE and AGENT IN FINANCIAL MATTERS, TRUSTEE UNDER MORTGAGES. TRANSFER AGENT ani REGISTRAR OF STOCKS and BONDS. Offers to Travellers who follow it", flas nil the luxuries of Mod-rn Tra 1 Palatini Pullman Sleeping Cars, Dlnins f'ars and I'.'i llnim.- 'hair f.n ; re n.n between lluffalo and Detroit, Chicago, St. I.ouls and Kansas City; Chi' ui?' ar 1 St. I.ouls and St. I.ouls nnd Omaha. Four trains dally leave Iiuffalo for tl.e West connectlnB with fast trait. s f. in New Knsland. Ask any Railroad Ticket Asent for a map of tho 'Wabash and for further Information apply to H. B. McCleli.an. G. E. A., New York City. C. S. Crane, G. P. & T. A., St. WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS SAY. Vermonters Must Not Llvo Entirely on the f oBt. your prejudice rather than your judgment. Tho Randolph Herald and News spoke Uon't bo humbugged, wisely when It said "Stato prldo is com- GOOD IN VHSTMENT. mcndablc, but don't let's overdo It, and let's not depend too much on what tho fFrom tho Versennes nntorprr- ) Vermont brlKadu or tho Green Mountain ,11 honor to the Vermont Marblo r m lioys did. We llvo In tho present. What pany of I'roctor for Its sutlnn m b J nro wo doing for tho honor of tho State?" ing a finely equipped buil'Hrg tr r -ir-Our forefathers certainly did do a Brand pose.-, of recreation and Impnuc ment i work, and found' d a State of which wo the village of marble. Sin li pend!tur"3 may well bo proud, but what Is tho com- will pay dividends In better w rl; ar I In - mon S'-nso In constantly hurling at others I the prai.'-o of our ancestors. If tho truth i be staled, Vermont has lived too much on tl.f glory of tho Green Mountain Hoys, It hiiT become so Impregnate! with the sonsu I of self-suihcicncy tnat a stagnation has resulted. 1-or that reason ermont has not taken that posl Ion which s.ho should njuuiy iroiu. nui a ins nuir. ii aro .niv proot ol uio iiuiiro ino niti muiu is gi ttirig Into tho tratk whb h will lead her into the place that is rightly hers. Tho recent years have shown signs of an awakening that means much. We have hopes of initio,- tilty long enough. l,l matter lor a change. try some live ON!-; THING TO DO WITH CIHMK. (l-'rom the Hrjdlord oi'inlon.i A e all agree that there is but one thing lo do with crime; that is, to re press it. Hut we do not all agree on tho method to be employed. Tho common idea is verging from extreme rigor to a more merciful but moro rational way. Under tho system of excessive punishment, men not mi 1 m-ri I v vlrl(i! liriv. Iieeti flHv..n into lives ol lolence and dishonesty. , Their nttltude on emerging from prison has been revengeful; they have learned' nothrng that was u.-efiil nnd everything Xoarlv a thousand voter-, up e -that was harmful in their place of en- franchised by neglect of tow-i . . - s l forced abode. This system is rospotlsiblo retinriinrr the vote nf the m .n-t r'. t v honldifor rerpetuating and encouraging crime L,, th I(lcl. 'j u.,.', crim. w iieruuiK me juiing aim inexiiei leneeii jlnals, who speedily Instruct the more in- noeeut. Agalnst this Idea of punishment dealt to a class that i.-. not eoniplitely responsible, has arisen the idea of refor matories, where the offender Is schooled In th" uselul walks of life, and the weak and Ignorant are taught to tight the world with hum -1 weapons. TliN idea has expanded over many land!-, and imw n;ie .iiiumer iMt'ii in auv.ui'-" suiiv.ll us by the proposition to i-tabhsh a na- lional lalioratory ot penology at Wash- ington. Its object will bo tho study of c.'iminal.--, the pauper, the ins-ine. tho feeble minded, tin anarchist, th- i rank, all the members of the darker side of the ! leot niesday, .March .;. hliould a town vote for llieii!-c It will take :-ome tune to get a license board, consider nppli- itions and award lieenses and arrange othe-r details preparatory to opening tin saloon. VI nc'cs-dty there will be a short tlmo of tlie nuMt slilngeiit prohibition the State has ever known. No Intoxicating liquors can be legally sold for medicinal, chemical, mechanical or any other pur- pe'Se. MnxTPKi.n:r! w miptrw .r-. .i , , Jthem the ir ""'i It is oi." ri i (from the St. Johnsbury Republican.) ,,, flj! XMJS llf a clt. s . ., , tl iVdmirai JJewey seems ro nao turned his back on Montpelier for good and nil 'He's bought a summer home at Stamford, Conn. don't ni: in'MurnciKD. (l-'rom the Bennington Banner.) When you are ask, d to vote 1-ir an- "f the numerous- cnui.uat. - fir ti w n .'tl- For pains In the rrRinn ol the Kidney, or (or a Weak Bc, the rls'' should be applied as shown aboe, Wtieievet then- is pain apply Allcock's Plaster, ft9 Are a universal remedy for Pains in the Back (so frequent I in the case of women). They give instantaneous relief. 9 Wherever there is a pain apply a Plaster. M DIRECTIONS FOR USE 9 Por Rheumatism -r Palm In Shoulders, Clt-own or cNewlieie, or lor Sprains, Stillness, etc., and lor Aclilna Pcet, cut plaster size and shape leeiuited nnd apply to patt allectcd as shown aboe. Rheumatism, Colds. Coughs Weak Chest, Weak Back Lumbago, Sciatica, &c, &c. If you want the best results, the quickest nnd cleanest cure, use Allcock's Plasters. They are farsuperior to belladonna, which is the ex tract of deadly niRht shade, a virulent poison, and never should be used except by direction of a physician. Allcock's Plasters contain no poi sons. They cure by absorption, Absolutely curative, perfectly harmless, Read letter lrom Prof. Henry A. Alott, the eminent chemist. .ny iiivesucniion in aiirocK'S I'osous i uasi i.k 6iios it to contain valuable ana essential iiiKieilienls, not found in any other plaster, and 1 liml II superior la aim uwi not,.-lit li, ail all uuici iKlcti Follow The Wabash Railroad the r FIag Company J. D. McBr.ATir, N. E. P. A. J. D. Barry, N. E. Tourist Agent Louis, Mo. Boston, Mass. I because be Is a republican, a demo, r ' n local optionlst. or for any nth' r r l than l.ecatuo he Is the best man f" tho Jlllc.C mi "at;m.,t js belnir made to lnv,k proed character among employes. It's a good investment. thipitti' 'rn Ti'nnr eTii'nran THICLTI. XO JLDGL STAM ORD. (From tho IJrattleboro Itrminv r Tho sp(,e.h ot jll(1g.e V( , i m f. forf, at the Iinco!ll lldJ. , , ,r, , , NuW Vork ln w,lluU ho ntm-t. A r . ,,am jooln ai d Wendell I'M .,a3 been widely rpioted and a'lm 1 .i brilllnnt nnd striking word picture n closed with a sentiment worth n jt.. c- It was a brave man who said My country may ho always 1 r g.. , .f riglit or wrong, my i-ountr' ." Y t ! it. tore to offer you a higher sentiment, ti o only one worthy of the. men we hor f 31 1 the Ideals wu sere thu nht-mav it al ways prevail, though mid- r t1 f g of a foe. Vermont hai many things t bo fir" id of, During the past week least thre high marks have been enred In th Merino sheep and maple s-ugar i".d i"tr i and in oratory. Vermont . -erves m .r.i progressive and broad thinking t.t'z'ii to push her Interests. TUn Pi'N"AT-TV PIIOt''L,D CRIMI.. (From the Springfield R- FIT TUB r ) Perhaps If there was a right smart pe - a tv for not rnnortinc the i.ilrs i a town within tho time spi'iOd by law some of the town clerU- miUit roi ' a S3 derelict in their duty next tine , home-owning rr-;' rr to. ( l"rom the rein .n i It is stated th.-u t'e r- i'.. I w 1 in the I'niti .1 Stale-, wis-..-more t'.i ,-i r. - i - .ii i w hie h li.. , i ! 1 1 St Iti ment I it not for t dnti-.te we s ePnid t.i ,l,i',l i tl"- ti Of those u ,-hi,.- ila is in the mi; ,i ( l 1 - 1 -Th' r-L p wh re the pelt hi i! (e-n. rally si akr.g , ',1. ge tie I-- l- . w ho -H ii 1 h v h. tlie ( ity. Th n f n The greater tl' i gn.ttir niterr-t i" nf It- OitiZ' i .- 11 ir eltv, th re i lv ri up the- .ty ;t Just what the i,. . I.. h. 1 lei- I ! -;e , p r -i it I". t Cltj of w 1 ii g lie ir "wn i " ..- Dan--, it is dit'l.' .' ii how. ver. that th n .r lug e.n h ..ir. l'i. i t' 111' chief lnd"-tre tl1" : -i il.iiK' onslib-i ab.' .-.t t . t ,i ir-: tor. But there i- a . '-m i .IlllO.lf! all the , 1 lS-es nl 1'.- -!"' then nwi 1 mes to le iV I t -1 1 1 is thei ense. A BUT T1IIRSV UN. (Prom the Randolph 11 ; ) There Is a big thirst - that will 1 - partially a.-f u- 1 'y la numerous salnnr whl'ii inn.- t t I otc in this .r. Next t tr wul be f- wer "f tl tn. For Sore Throat, Coughs, llronchltla, fnr Weak Limes ami lor painful and t-ensitlvepaits ol Hie abdo men, apply as indicated.