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TJlJffi BUK1INGT0N- FREK PRESS : THURSDAY, A1AKUH 28, 1007. CQMMSSON LUNACY Justice Fitzgerald Has Named Three Men to Determine Thaw's Sanity. TWO LAWYERS, ONE DOCTOR. Must Proceed iiitli the Inquiry I'ortli rtltli lnry Will lie Excused Indefi nitely 'I'o-dio Whether They Meet Again Depends on !) islon of Commission, Now York, Mnreh 20. Harry K, Tlinw tuny never again faco tlio Jury empanelled more than nine weeks ago to try him on ho charge of murder In the llrst degree. Justice Fitzgerald to-ilay unexpoctodU handed down a decision ordering a com mission In lunacy to Inquire Int ntho pros rut state of tnlnd of Stanford White's slayer. The decision of tho three dlsln 1 rested men named to conduct the In quiry will guide the future action of the rourt as to ordering Thaw to an asylum for the itis.nio of directing that the inde finitely Interrupted trial for his 11 fo shall rooeed. Justice F'tzgernld announced the ap pointment of 'he commission privately, In 1' s chambers. Evelyn Nosblt Thaw was there Willi the Hwyers and It became liei tisk ti lireak Ihe news to her husband in The Tombs Tearful when she left tho Judge's rooms In the criminal courts li i Id ng the young woman, who has been stu .h i p msplcuous figure In tlie trial f -oil first lo last, was smiling and cheer ful wbrn Thaw wn.s brought from his cr'l 'r the hospital ward of the prison to mort hrr T'-nw adopted the court's de o'Mon i 1 llosip'Menlly and once more de r'lrert he had no doubt the commission wiuld declare him a sane man. MAKE-IT OK COMMISSION. The personnel of the commission nam ed by Justlco Fitzgerald lends a new distinction to tills already notable case. The men w'io will determine Thaw's mental capacity are: Morgan .1. O'Hrlen, former lust ice of tho appellate division of the State supremo court; Peter 1!. filmy, fornuih district attorney of New York countv and a lawyer of high Ipk.U attainment- Pr Leopold Putzel, a prac tl ing nhys lan and authority on mental d srrd s Former Justice O'Hrlen Is one of the tvuteis, with Gmvcr Cleveland, of tlio Hyde st ck in tlio Equitable Etfo As suranoo society purchased by Thomas I II van just prior to the Insurance in vestigation, When lie was a candidate for re-eh i Hon to tlio bench In 1M1 as a democrat Justice O'Hrlen was unoppos ed. President Roosevelt made a trip from Washington to Oyster Hay to cast his ballot for him. Heforo being elected district attorney or Now York county in Vil, Mr. Olney had been a membor with William C. niinty or hip commission appoiniou in 3S73 to revise the laws of the State af-fi-ctlnir public Interests in New York ty He is a graduate of Harvard. Dr. Putzel tho third member of the emission, is a graduate of nollevue hoi pltal medical s-hool and has had a. 1 mg expi rienro in that Institution. Ho 1. n,inltlln.l l.nfv. 41..-. C?..,,. I- l ll.llll-,l II. llim Ml- tTl.llU illt'llll'Lll board as an examiner in lunacy. Tlio Thaw Jury was ordered on last Fri day to report before Justice Fitzgerald to-morrow morning at 10:30 o'clock. At that hour thrre will be a brief court pio- edurc. the Jury being excused indetlnito ly iH'ther or not Thaw will bo brought 'nto court for this ceremony remains to be seen His presence will not be neces sary NO DATE FIXED FOP. MEETING. No date had been ll.Xfd tonight for tho first meeting of the commission. Thero will probably be some definite announce men' on th s point to-morrow, however, for the l'iw under which the commls-i-don-pi-s were aiiio.nted directs that they pro ceed with tbe.r mpiiry forthwith. Justice! tzgeralil said it would ifwt with tho comm ssion as to wether Its hearing. nil br public, in the last case of this rt in this Jurisdiction the Inquiry Into i tho mental condition of Joseflna Terran- ova, who killed her aunt and uncle the commissioners' Inquiry was conducted be- The Thaw lunacy ceimmlsslon will be at- c ncieu IV U strict Attornpv Jerome rile iresent and the commission may direct naw win do asKeu nrst of an to submit to a rigid nhvslclnl examination. Iliivlnc i Bankers and Brokers InmUwi 11 V n O I 1 T----1 'lblluDla l(. 1 lillllX ii 1(1.1 r I I H 1 1 1 1 ., - w UU - W tf L , Ay u Our Market Letter for this week, containing facts regarding tho situation. V. S. Steel, Almaga mated, M,, K. & T. and H. & o. mailed free upon appllcaton. 19 Congress St. 52 BroaJwa New York Boiton PIROffl Iht MMAIBBT Bill Those are soino of Iho buildings rn pnvm(ul wit Ii If f!nriim A Hull irniMilfiiro fl nrn ( 1nl1-C!f tr.. 11,... 11 1. ( in 1 rii fT.i.l iiiivwi ijii;1. n. u. i miii ni,.. iiiitt-i 'oal Co's l'ocknt Ktnnrtmvl Plnnl irtpco T u, f .... ,.i..i . iou.se; ,. .y. AiicuiiPbrool- & Hon h storo House; .loim Jyooney s new )oek, Winooski Ave., Porter Screen Go's warehouse; Hay shed at or i. jMiiiiii mien; pnvi oi itutliuui ll 1 OT ,1 1 SAMPLES FREE HAGAR General Agents. onrcorntlon, ho Is sommvhnt nervous on tills subject but It was said tonight by I his counsel Hint ho would do evorythlny 'In his power to nld tho commission with Ills work nnd that ho hoped for on cnily opinion us to his sanity, THAW WAS DOWNCAST. Thaw's lawyers and tho defendant him- ' self wero downcast when tlicy were llrst made aceinalnted with Justice Fltzgornld',1 decision, but nil Wrro manifestly pleased when tho later announcement ns to tho personnel of the commltleo of Inquiry was made. Mr. Dcltnas, In particular, do. clared that Justice Fitzgerald could hard ly have selected a more generally satsfae. lory comnilFslon-ono whose decision would command moio confldenco nnd re spect. District Attorney Jerome seemed pleased with the result of the dramatic nppenl he made last week to tho con science of tho court, nsklng an Interrup tion of tlio trial on tho ground that tho defendant was In such a mental state that ho could not intelligently confer with nnd advise his counsel and did not understand tho nnturo of the proceedings against 111 tu. NOTIFICATION OF THAW. Messrs. Hartrldgo and O'llellly went with Mrs. Evelyn Thnw to Tlio Tombs and then- in tho hospital ward they met tho prisoner. Tills ward had been placed at tin Ir disposal because of tlio crowd in Hip usual consultation, room. Tho broth ers of the defendant did not go to Tha Tombs, but hurried up town with tho news of the commission to their mother and sisters who wete waiting in their apartments. Thaw had divined the resif.t of the conference with Justice Fitzgerald and was not in the lo.ist surprised. "it Is all right, dearie," he said to his wife. "I am not afraid of a commission. I mil a sane man now, Just as sane ns tin Judge himself, nnd I mil surd thnt nnv fair-minded commission will so dcclara me." The nttorneys quickly withdrew from the conference nnd Thaw nnd his wlfj sat for n long time togpthcr in discussing what the commission probably wouUI do. When Mr. Hnrtrldgo camo out ho de clared : "Tho fortitude of the boy (meaning Thaw) astonishes mo sometimes nnd It certainly did to-day." THAW MAKES STATEMENT'. loiter in the afternoon Thaw sent out a statement In which ho said: "Every thing Is perfectly satisfactory to me. I am sure I will be able to satisfy tho commis sion that I am sane at the resent tlmo. Anything Justice Fitzgerald does Is all right. Ho lias always acted In a fair nnd Impartial manner." Tho law under which tho commission was appointed to-day provides that tho commissioners must take oaths as ref erees; they must be attended by the dls trlst attorney anil counsel for the de fendant and may compel tho attendance of witnesses. The statute then proceeds. "When the commissioners have con cluded tin ir examination they must forth with report the facts to the Court with their opinion thereon. If the commission finds tho defendant insane, tho trial or Judgment must lie suspended until he be comes sane, and the court, if it deem his discharge dangeious to tho public pence or safety must order that lie be, In tlio meantime, committed by the sheriff to a State lunatic asylum, and upon bis be coming sane, be lie ro-dcllvcied by the superintendent of the asylum to tho sher iff. "When received Into an nyslum he must be detnlned there until he becomes sane. Then the superintendent must give writ ten notice of the fact to a Judge of the supremo court of the district In which the nyslum is situated. The Judgo must require tho sheriff without delay to bring the defendant from the nyslum and place him In the proper custody until ho be brought to trial, Judgment or execution ns tlio case may be, or be legally dis charged." While the law simply prescribes any State asylum, It 1s generally the custom lo send all persons charged with crime to the asylum nt Mattcnwnn for the criminal Insane. The court directs what compensation shnll ho paid to tho members of n lun acy commission. There aro no limita tions upon him and the cost is paid by tho county. PRACTICE CANNIBALISM. Starving; C'hlniiiiinn Forced lo km EhpIi Other I'i'iiT Mil Spreads. Sanghal, March 20. The f.imlno stricken Chinese have been practicing cannibalism In localities where the dlsttr-ss Is most acute. The niithei tleated eases thus far are few but it Is fenied that e annib.ilisin will spread unless relief cm be more speedily and more widely distributed. Fever continues to spread and he ivy rains are Increasing the general misery. Spas modlc rioting has occurred but tho out breaks aro not serious. The famine funds lotul approximately half a million taels. The famine relief organization is taxed to its utmost and appealing for more volun teer helpers. Eargo orders for grain have been placed In America, Australia nnd Manchuria with tho stipulation they must bo filled as promptly as possible. NEGRO WITNESSES HEARD. ( I ii 1 nt Their fiuns Were X I'sed i llroiM!s life Slioollng Affrny, Wnshlngton, .Mm eh 2fi Although several white officers of the 25th Infantry who have Just concluded their attendance at the Penrose court mar tial at San Antonio reported to tho Senate committee on military affairs to-day, tlio committee continued its examination of former negro soldiers. Thomas Taylor and Joseph I. Wilson, both former members of company H. whose guns have been Identified by experts at tlio Springfield arsenal with shells picked up l' tlio streets of Hrownsville, were on the stand. Their examination wan intended to show that their guns wero In good condition when Inspected the morning follow ing tho sluioting and that thev could not have been used In the shooting af fray, Spotswoocl W. Tnllaferio, for merly sergeant major of the 2.th In fantry also testified coneirnlng Inci dents at Fort Jirown on the night of the shooting. in and about Burlington whioh 11 Ui ll 1 Ci rt uiii iiiiuitiii. in. i iiiii il.. i hi. .tTiin & Tnn (!o's. Ion linuso.. Slimmrd Sr. i.,i,i,,.;., nnr, r 1 1 "If J, it. Kouiui uouso. BR.OS. Burlington Vermont. i Chittenden County Trust Co. of Hui'lingtoM, Vermont, ofl'ers by no other Banking institution in tho 'ritate. Longer Banking- Hours, Private Rooms nnd many added con venienees. Open for regular business from 0 n. in. to 15 p. ni. From !i p. m. to 5 p. in. to receive deposits. We welcome lnrge and small depositors. rrratdent Vlrc-Prtaldent B. J. BOOTH. JOHN J. FLY NX. DiaCCTOIUl e. p, woonnunT, W. B. McKII.MP, .1. B. PATniCK. 13. 3. BOOTH, JOHN J. Ft.YNIf, A. O. HUMPHItEY, HUGHES PARTY IN SENATE Raines's Defeat an Incident of Great Importance. Henceforth (lie Old lll-l'iirllNnn Ma chine Hun hy II n lues, McC'iirreu, (irnilj viind Allilx, Will He )i- -poseil hy n lll-l'iirtlNiin C'omlilnnf Ion. Tho detent of John llnlnes in tho Kelsey trial last week Is generally concoded hero to lie the most InilKirtMit single Incident of tho present session, s,iys tho Allmny correspondent of the New York Evening Post, who continues: Henceforth, ns a lesnlt of this, there ore lo ho two forces In the Somite, the makeup nnd purpose of which will he obvious to the public, and they are to bo tho Hughes nnd nnlt llughos forces. Hitherto there has been n deal of talking, much thcatenlng, some few concessions, but the old order, tho old machine, has dominated tho session. It lias smothered the Hughes programme, It lias suppressed tlio Hughes senators, It lias used its old-time forces for the old time purposes nnd In the old-time, dila tory and disreputable fashion. Governor Hughes announced that ho did not purpose to interfere in the I-eglsl-ttiro last Jnnuaiy. This announcement was taken advantage of by Raines and his fellows to organize n hostile Senate. For more than three months tho friends of Mr. Hughes have been forced to sit silent while the forces of reaction tri umphed, nnd nothing was done. Hut la.it week the course of events changed. Three men, each strong, each able, each with an enviable public record, combined to bring nn intolerable situation to a close. These thieo men aro Armstrong, I'age and Hln man. Two of tlieni nro patently friends of the governor! the third Is conspicuous ns the best lawyer and the most Indepen dent senator In tho upper house. With this combination, the old solidarity of the Sennto machlno comes to nn end; wltn this combination, moreover, tlio governor has In tlio Senate n party nnd ho Is not likely to refrain from Indicating to tho public where his friends are. THE HUGHICS PARTY IX Till SEN ATE. Tho Hughes party In the Senate, then, has come nt last. Nn one has doubted, all nlong, that ' It must come. The anti Huglies party was an automatic creation. Every ono knew that McCnrren nnd lirady, Raines nnd Allils, the lenders of tho old Senate machine, were hostile to Hughes. Every one credited them with a determination to use their control of the Senate machinery to block Hughes Tho organization of the Senate by Raines was n proof of tills. Hut up to last week, the bl-p'irllsan combination of democrats nnd republicans, who shutlled party vote? back nnd forth, traded and delivered to each other, "divided an rule," were in control. All theory of party government, based on the llctlon of two parties watch ing each other nnd each profiting In turn by the mistakes of the other, has been sacrlllc'd. Every time the republicans have committed some political crime, firady has given them enough votes to make It impossible for the democrats to make, any party Issue out of the mlsfik. A corporation made up of equally inter ested stockholders, lather than a State Senate, this is what had come to pass in the upper house. Faithful to this old and long sustained tradition, Mct'arren and Raines stood together Inst week ngalnst Hughes. With them stood nil the sharers In the old order. Hut tho significant fnct to bo noted Is that the new organization was nonpartisan, too. With such repub licans as Page, Hlnman nnd Armstrong wero Taylor and Cobalnn, two fit the best democrats In the Senate. Where Page nnd Hlnman threw off the yoke of Rajnes, Taylor nnd C'oh'alan laid aside the ty ranny of Grady. The decent men of tho Sennto for tho first time In years success fully served notice thnt their reputed leaders should not deliver them for an Im proper purpose or to nn Improper cause. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NEW AL LIANCE. The significance of this Incident is that If Armstrong and I'age can remain In con trol, the Grady, Unities, Mct'arren regime Is ended. Henceforth a majority of the Senato will be committed to follow tile leadership of honest men. who are Identi fied with tho policies of the governor. Henceforth tho programme of the gover nor will lie safe from all the sneaking, the secret, nnd Insidious attacks of tho "Old Gufyrd." Hut If Armstrong and his friends are not aide to remain In control, advantage still nccrues from their union, for henceforth the governor will have in the Senate a flgtlng minority, whoso char acter will add strength to his policies, nnd whose action will bring out Into clear re lief the morale, tlio motives, nnd the niake-up of tho nntl-HugheH forces. In nil probability Armstrong nnd his associates will not win control this year. When Raines returns, when Grady comos hack, when the skill of McCnrren and Alhls, the two subterranean operators, is Joined to theirs, when the whole force of tlio Tammany Incompetents, nnd of the Cnssldys, AVIlcoxes and their kind is aligned, tlio defeat of tho Hughes forces is practically certain. Hut tho defeat will not terminate the contest: rather, It -will begin It, Henceforth tlio opponents of the governor will lie working alwaya under tho senrchllght. their methods will ho ex posed by the searching criticism of Pago, Armstrong and Hlnman. Tlio democratic allies of McCnrren will be offset by such men ns Fuller of Hrooklyn, ono of tho ablest and best democrats who has sat In the Sennto in a generation. The color of party expediency, the pretext of parti san tactics will be stripped from Raines and Grady, hy the refusal of these men to follow them, nnd tho public will know from day to day what Is going on In tho State Senate. Nor need one Imagine that Gov, Hughes will remnln lndlffeicnt to such a contest. To bo sure, he may not Interfero In the Senuto ho probnblo will not but tits p. peal to tho public wll sorvo to Indicate Jwkere ho stands nnd what hla relation ts i n(lvnnta,'es to its patroiiH, ranted Trrnsurcr Aast. Treamirrr 15. D. WOHT1IEN. HAHHIC V. HA I, I It. A. COOKE, R. r. nt-miAnnT, J. H. 3IACOMBKU, with tho men who are fighting his causo. A FULCIU'M FOR THE T.BVEK OF Pt,'HMC OPINION. It nil comes down to this, that at last thero Is a fulcrum on which tho lover of public opinion can rest. Hitherto a decent limn hero nnd there lias boon helpless In the f.ico of a hostile majority., which controlled tho machinery, tho party whip, and the party boss. Hut now the party has no boss, tho party whip has elthor gone, or cls0 Is held In tho hands of Gov. Hughes, tlio executive Influence militates powerfully for the decent nion; to destroy their legislation would be to invite quick reprisal. The ma chine, which like winter, with Its Ice, has fettered Independence, crushed out Individuality, suppressed con scientious public scrvlco and made Sen ators more tools, Is breaking up. There Is promise of a complete break-up of this long fettering Ice. Thero is even a suggestion of a spring flood which will make tremendously complete this clearing out of the stream. After thr.ee months of complete in nctlon. then, something has been nc eompllshed. The accomplishment Is neither great, nor Is there reason to be lieve that in Its present form It will Inst; but those, who saw John Raines as ho left the Sennte, after ills defe.it on last Thursday, said, almost pitying ly, for there was a certain element of pathos In seeing him shorn of tho power he has held so long. "Poor John, he came back once too often." Nor Is there reason to believe that he failed to understand the crisis, for Ills tl,ght was one of posslonnto bitterness and when he left the Cnpltol lie went back to bis sick bed, ,md has not been seen since. He. too, appreciated that the end of an era was In sight. Nor should the public full to ap preciate the fact that, benutlful as are the Hughes ideas, in theory, without n strong and able party to support them In the Sennto they are destined to re main unpractised theories. Hence tile I Importance attaching to the sudden j uprising of n Hughes rarty In the Sen ate. Above all else It means that gaps hnve been made in the once solid walls of the Senate structure, nnd henceforth diiy-llgiu and publicity will flow In nnd day-light and publicity spell ruin to tho purpose of Grady and McCnrren, and to the designs of Raines nnd Allds. FIGHTING UNITED STATES. Priince Wan I o Force This Country Info Commercial Reciprocity. Paris, Marrh 'X. While the campaign In favor of higher tariff duties on French imports with nuxlmum and minimum rates Is primarily to secure preferential concessions from all foreign countries In harmony with the system of doublo rate finally being adopted hy continental coun tries, It Is Impossible to deny that a spe cial campaign Is being projected ag.llii'.t America. French commercial Interest i are convinced that Amotion has more io lose than France In refusing to make a reciprocity treaty, ns they believe that tlio peculiar articles of French exportation taken by the I'nlted States cannot be pro cured elsehere and would he Imported Irre spective of rates. On tho other h.mJ, American exports, as In the case of cotton seed oil, would feel the force of every In crease of duties. There is nlso, undoubt edly considerable resentment of the seem ing willingness of tho Fnlted States to make a reciprocity treaty, or commercial arrangement, with Germany, while tho claims of France are Ignored. They main tain that under every rule of equity France should be the first country wl''i which a reciprocity arrangement should beconclllded because Franoocnnio forward after tho enactment of the Dlngley bill In 1897 nnd concluded a treaty under tho reciprocity clause of that act and then from tlmo to tlmo extended Its life In tho hope that It would bo ratified. Since Its rejection, the ardor of tho French hus cooled and they take tho position that they can now afford to wait until tho Fnlted Stntes mnkos a move. It Is espec ially galling to them, therefore, to see the I'nlted States pass Franco by and open negotiations with Germany, one ot their biggest commercial rivals. HELD FOR ROHH1NG POSTOFFICE. Hallston, N. Y., March M. Clayton Johnson was to-day held to await the ac tion of tho Fnlted States grand Jury at Syracuse, April 2. on a charge of robbing tho postofllco nt Sliushnn, N, V In May, 1!K Johnson, who has served sever il terms In prison, was suspected of robbing the Mechanlcville postofllco In June, l'jo;, but he proved nn alibi by showing that he was serving a three year term In the East ern penitentiary of Pennsylvania in lt'. GOV. OF PORTO RICO ARRIVES. New York, March 26. Gov, Regis H. Post of Porto Rico arrived hero to-day on the steamer Caracas. He" will go to Washington to nmfer with President Roosevelt regarding affairs of Porto Rico and tho appointment of a secretary o( tho island fin eminent. HAHY KILLED HY HOY. Toronto, Ont March W. N'uthnn Wlne hurg, 32 years old, last night left his six months old baby In chargo of his son, six yearn old, wlillo ho went out. Ho told tlio boy to keep the baby quiet by rocking the cradle. Tho Infant became restless and began to cry. Annoyed by tho crying of tho child, It Is alleged, the hoy crushed Its skull with a stove lifter. The baby was dead when tho father returned. EXPLOSION AT POWDER MILL. Cleveland, Mnroh 20. Two men wore killed and several thousand dollars worth of property destroyed to-day when the Glazo mill of tho Austin Powder company nt Fall Junction five miles from here ex ploded, Tho plant covers eight ncres of ground. Windows wero shnttuied for miles around. SMALL'S MONTHLY BARGAIN Let your boy rnftko his own toys. A great book. Complete Instructions for making engines, boats, cameras, tele graphs, telephones, batteries, traps and many other things. Illustrated. Price only ten cents, by mull. Sliver or stamps, Henry J. D. Smull & Co., No. 2 Market street, Hostan, Mass. 38,wlt CONDITIONAL GIFTS OF $625,000 General Board of Education Be gins Distribution of Rockefel ler's Great Gift. FIYE INSTITUTIONS GET IT Ynle (o Hne S",1OO,000 nnd Princeton 9200,000 A To! ill of !t2,r,00 Awnrd ed lo Colnrci School nincs "Vol Millie Public Might Discourage Other Gifts, New York March 20. The first dis tribution by The OennrnI Education Hoard slnco It received John I). Rocke feller's most recent contribution of $32,000,000 was made at a meeting of tho honrd today when condltionnl gifts totaling ?fi2.(,000 were made to five cducatlonnl Institutions. The money was divided as follows: Yale t'lilverslty $3000,000. Princeton Fnlverslty $200,000, Howdoln College, Hrunswick, Mc, $50,000 Colorado College, Colorado Springs $r,o,ooo Mlllsaps College, JaCkson, Miss., $2 .",000. After making tlioso appropriations tlio bonrd votod to give a total of $42, 1000 to colored schools the names of which wen not mndo public lent tho help of the bonrd should tend to dis courage gifts to those schools from other sources. With tho five principal gifts Is the condition that the Institution shall raise a specified sum of which tho board ap propriation shnll be a part. Yale and Princeton nro each to ralso $2.01i000, Colorado College rA"'. Howdoln $.0,000 nnd Mlllsaps JliHOif). The board tn-nlght announced gifts thus far from tho John D. Rockefeller founda tion for higher -ducntlnu to eastern, western and southern colleges amounting in all to $1,777,rol which Is to go toward a total of J3.2IS.OftO the colleges them selves are to raise. Too western States get $2.",ol. the eastern $'VV,yi and tho southern $.V,2,r0. PA'S HOrSECLEANIN'. When tho April sun's n-shinln' hot an' things Is nice ail' fresh, When the wlller's droppln' tossels an' the blackbird's In the bresh. An' pa comos In for noonln' tin' the floors Is wet ns souce. Then It's "Laws-n-in.iay on us! Your ma's n-clennln' house!" Then me nil' Jim Is sure to find rag carpets in tho sun When we'd planned to go a-flshln' for the suckers in the run; Hut whll" pa takes his noonln' an' tho bosses eats their snacks, Fs boys can beat them carpets while we're restln' up our backs. An' then next day pa's certain sure to have to go to town: Hut he always leaves us orders. "Help to put them carpets down." An' at night, when lie gets home nglnn, you'd thing, to hear him groan About tho hardship of It, that he'd done the Job alone. Poor ma. She has It awful hard, she'll work until she drops, An' pound her thumb nails half away off, an' wot her feet with slops; She'll get so hoarse that she can't speak, an' sore at every bono; Hut pa, he says If It was him he'd let tho house nlone. An' when thnt night the kids is sick an' has to have a drink. An' ma can't get up because her back's In such a link, If pa should bang tho furniture whilst gropin' for tho cup, You can feel him gettln' mad enough to fairly eat her up. So mo an' Jim was sayln'. If the time should ever come When pa nn' ma should chnngo, tholr work nn' pa should stay to hum, I wouldn't like to bo a loy, but Jet a llttlo mouse To hear what things pa would say If he wns cleanln house. William Futhey Gibbons In Woman's Homo Companion for April. AX EPIC HY THOMAS NELSON PAGE A notnblo contribution to epic literature appears In the April Woman's Homo Companion. It is a two-page poem by Thomas Nelson Page, entitled "At Pilate's Judgement Seat." Mr, Page con cludes tho poem with tho following postscript: "This postscript written briefly for one fnct That hath transpire. 1 slnco I my letter closed, Informs theo that a rumor tiles nbroad That the philosopher whom Pontius slew Is risen from the dead. Tills much Js sure: His body, In despite of seal and watch, Hath vanished from tlio tomb. Tho High Prlost swear 'Twas stol'n awny while thnt the sentries slept. A likely tale that ltoman soldiers slept Fpon their post, sentenco for which Is death! "TIs said lie hath been seen of many men I wonder on't. Wo know whnt Soorates, What Plato taught, nnd tlio philosophers, About tho essence indestructible, And how a good man through It rises up ."Hli ho partakes of tho Divinity Itself, Thinks thou that Jesus could hnvo risen up As Socrates declared He looked to rlfiM? I own 1 tlnd my heart Is lighter now, Hut on tho baro chance that Ho still may live, lint on tho barer chnnco ho may Inform My groping heart with somo faint glim mering O' the inner light I saw irrndlato His form that day upon tlio Temple porch When ho put by u throne to bear a cross, I would I might have hut a moment's space In which to crave his pardon for my net Of cowardice that day in Pilate's Hall. Laugh as thou wilt If but ho would ac cept One who ns good as nailed him to the cross Among his followers I'd enroll myself And fnco tho scorn nnd rldlculo of flomc," You will wnsto a lot of ammunition unless you hnvo nn aim In life, A fast young man Is seldom nhlo lo keep up with his running expenses. Burlington Savings Bank INCORPORATED 1847. Had January 1, 1907, 24,677 Depositors Total Assets $10,089,194.52. The bank linn always paid highest rate of interest allowed by Iitt, Can now legally pay 4 PER CENT, to depositors and -will no doubt do so commencing January 1, 1907. les- tnXS in thiS Stat paitl 1y th bnnk on dePsits of $2O0 o Deposits enn bo made or withdrawn by mail. Money lonncd on legal security at lowest rates. OFFICKItS, TmrSTRESl CUAnr.KS P. SMITH, rrclrlcnl, C. P. SMITH, WIM.AItn CRANE, IinNHY nilKPM;, Vice-President, HHJmY rsnF.F.NR, J, U IIAItTOV, I". W. WAIII), Treasurer, IIEVnY Wl-I.f,S, V. XV. WAIIIJ, K. S. ISIIAM, Asst. Trensnrer. A. G. WIIITTEMOnC, P. W. PRHHT. 4-- THE BURLINGTON TRUST CO. Savings Taxes paid as provided ty law. City Hall Square North. 4 WinoG ski Savings Bank, WINOOSKI, VT. Four Per Cent wundoubtedly be paid to depositors from January 1, All Vermont taxes are paid by this bank on deposits of S2.000 or iess. Assets January I, 1907 :::::: 51,378,766.11 Orman P. Ray President, Ormond Cole Treasurer. I Home Savings Bank g BURLINGTON, VERMONT Confident that this bank fully meets the public's neeas, we tenaer ns services to an wno believe in keeping on the L C. S. ISIIAM, President. GOATS AltE NEW GOVERNMENT WARDS, "Our agricultural oxplnrer who vlslti every corner of the earth in pursuit of new nnd useful plants, have hail Instruc tions during recent years to keep a sharp lookout for available beasts and blrd-i. Cnclo Samuel has been making extraor dinary elforts to obtain from various parts of tlio world rare nnd valuable varieties of domestic animals, and within tlio past few years one of his newly de veloped tastes h.is been for goats. And to a considerable extent this kind of enter prise has been helped hy private individ uals." Iletie H.icbe, writing in the Techni cal World Magazine for April, tells an entertaining story of tho Importation of goats Into' tills country and of the benefits that are expected from them. "It commonly happens," he says, "that, In countries where such animals aro found, tho authorities will not allow thorn to be exported; and dlttlculty of this sort has In somo Instances mndo necessary the adoption of very curious and Ingenious expedients for the purpose of evading ab servatlon by local otllcl.iK Thus, for ex ample, In tho case of tlio Angora goat such watchfulness wns exercised by tho Turkish government that several attempts wero unsuccessfully made to capturo them tho term seems not Inappropriate speci mens of that much-prized llei-oe-boaring creature for shipment to the United States. "Eventually, however, the problem was solved by Dr. W. C. Halley of San Jose. Cat., who in 1MH. made a pllgrimago into the Interior of Tut key, ostensibly as a traveling merchant. Ho, succeeded with out much trouble In buying four of the goats; but this was only the beginning of tlio obstaclo ho was obliged to enconter Inasmuch as he had to cany them a dls tanco of several hundred miles before Ik could vt't them on hoard of a ship. To bo gln with, he tied them up tightly In grain sacks, and In tills way took them over tlio mountains nn tho backs of mules. Then they were transferred to cnmels fnr a while, nnd finally weio put Into a closed carriage, Mulshing their trip to Constan tinople on a scow, hidden under a load of hay. Though it was mid-winter, they wero shorn, sprinkled with coal dust, and driven through the streets of Stamboul in tho gulso of black sheep thus evading tho notlco of tho authorities of the port, nnd being snfely stowed away in.tho hold of a vessel bound for America." I30MH THROWN AT GOVERNOR. Rlnlystok, Russia, March ii!. A bomb was thrown to-day at Gnvernor-Goneral Hogslevskl while he was out driving. Tno govenior-geuornl was uninjured, though tho force of tho explosion broko all tho windows In the street and his coachman was slightly wounded. The bomb thrower escaped. 4 Department. SAFE SIDE. J Jf. K. BnOWTT, Treasurer, Holpard National "Bank "Burlington, Vt. Capital . .$300,000 Surplus and Mil? 150,000 J. a. GATES, fresldeafr F. E. BUIlGEsy, Vlcr-rmldeal. II. T. ntjTTEFl, Cashier. n. S. WEED, AssUtant Cashier. TQr $49.90 Reduced Rntes FEB. 27th to APRIL 29th. VIA . Canadian Pacific Railway THROUGH TOURIST OAR WEEKLY. Hound trip ticket 1 In n great variety of routes, good ulnc months. Tor rates nnil other detntlN writs F. RJ-ERRY, D. P. A Can. I-iic. Uv. ;302 Wnshlngton Street, IIOSTOX, Pap's Perfected Poultry Food may bo obtained of the following: c, w. nice, i:fi, vt. .1. II. Wiigner Milton, Vt. It. O. Miulgett o. Co., i:nri .Iiinet., Vt. C. C. roller, Jonesillle, vt. 31. V. Illclt .V Co., Fnlrfnx, Vt, lilc limoud llilwe. Co., lllehinoud, Vt, A. It. W. llii den, IllncNhugli, Vt. Curtis lire.. Colchester Vt, .smith t WrliMrr, Shelburne, Vt. Wo want agents In every vlllags whore our Poultry Food Is not sold. If It is not on sale In your vlllago wo will send you, freight prepaid, a 125 pound sack for $4.00 or a 60-pound sack for ?2.00. CARROLL S. PAGE. 11 ile Parli, Vrmiont. FOUNTAIN PENS at Tin- ruin; rncss stoiiu Guaranteed