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voted to the Morgan horse farm deed
Mi to the government by Mr. Joseph
IJattoll, nnd to scenes In and about
Mlddlcbury.
Charles II. Davenport, formerly edi
tor of the Br.-Utle.boro Reforrr.'r, has
accepted the position of editorial
writer on the Worcester Kvenlng Post,
the only democratic dally In Worces
ter, and has moved his family from
I'rattleboro to that city. Editor Daven
p rt was one of the most virile and
forceful writers In Vermont jour
lialism, and even those who disagreed
With his intensely partisan views were
corstralned to respect his ability.
Now that the snie of the Mount Mans
field electric railroad to A. H. Soden of
Boston has been ratified by the frilled
States court, It is to be hoped measures
may bo soon adopted to push the line to
Morrisvllle and thus make It an Import
ant link In transportation in the central
part of the State. Tills line opens up
oil) of most beautiful and picturesque
regions In the Green Mountain State, and
It ought to bo put In shape to .secure the
generous patronage tho scenery In that
section deserves for It.
LOOKING TO CHICAGO.
It Is cv.dent 'that tin' duty of repre
senting Vermont In the national republi
can convention In Chicago will not go
begging, at least so far as tho "west
llde Is concerned In addition to the
Jst of names already mentioned In these
lolurans, the naino of tho Hon. V. L
rish Is presented In a communication
printed elsewhere, making three possible
candidates from Addison county alone,
Uie others being Kditor I! W. McCuen
Of the Vergennes Knterprlse and Ver
J.ontcr, and Clerk F. J, Hamilton of tho
House of Representatives.
In view of the promise of a lively
etruggle between presidential booms In
the republican convention In Chicago, it
Is not strange that our progressive repub
licans should desiro to participate lu that
fathering and have a finger in the presi
dential ple-maklng. As we have hitherto
Intimated, however, we would not be
eurprlsed In the least to .wo the whole
(situation so cleared up before tho na
tional convention assembles .as to dis
count tho probability of a serious strug
gle In that body. The preliminaries may
ehow very clearly which republican can
didate could win an election nt the polls
nnd which could not, and the republi
cans will not nomlnato a losing candi
date, If they know It.
tiik i-nicus op Acnicri.TiriiAi,
IMIOIIUOTS.
A far-reaching movement has Just
been Instituted in Wisconsin In con
nection with tho meeting of the State
branch of tho American Society of
Equity at Kau Claire.
Tho tobacco department of the
eoclety, which Is the most important
In Wisconsin, have decided thnt nil
tobacco not sold by a certain date
Hhall be slezed, boxed and placed In poo)
to be held for higher prices. The mlnl
num prices determined on aro 15 cents
for the best grade, J2Vs cents for the
medium grade and 10 cents for tho
poor grade. Arrangements have been
mnde fop financing the. pools and for
tendering financial assistance to those
who would othcrwlso bo unnblo to
hold their crops.
This action of tho tobacco depart
ment marks thn beginning of nctua
warfare between tho buyers for the
tobacco trust and tho State brnnch of
the American Society of Equity, and
It Is possible that tho battle may bo
waged ns bitterly as that In' Kentucky.
The tobacco company has so far re
futed to pay tho prices demanded by
tho farmer's organization, and, declar
ing that the unsettled money mnrkct
will aid to break up tho farmers' union
has convmenced a vigorous campaign to
effect Its disruption. It will likely bo
ft war to a finish and It Is douhtful If
much Wisconsin tobacco will be placed
on tho market for many months to
come.
Offlclnls of the union declare that
hundreds of farmers aro adding tholr
names to the motihershlp rolls dally
nnd that wllhln ft year or two prncll
ually nil the farmer of tho HUle will
he organised. About thlrly-nve years
ngn b similar movement for thn or
Baiilnalltni of thn agricultural Interests
swept over Wisconsin nnd became so
stfiitiif that It elected William 11, Tay
lor ns a "farmers' governor."'
li:X. STANNARD AM COLD 1IAH-
IIOU HKCAIXHD.
Uvory military Incident connected
with tho nntno of Oen. Oeorgo J. Stan
nnrd, tho hero of Gettysburg, has In
torcst for a host of people, not only
In Burlington hut also throughout
Vermont. A matter of this kind In
connection with the battle of Cold
Harbor has just been recalled by tho
death of Gen, Joslnh Ticket t, tho most
famous war veteran of Worcester,
Mass., who was tinder military arrest
from the time of that famous battle
until the day of his death Tuesday of
last week at the advanced ngo of
eighty-five years.
On the day previous to the battle
of Cold Harbor, Gen. Pickett, then
colonel of the 2r,th Massachusetts In
fantry, received a written order from
Gen. stannard of Vermont relative to
the disposition of his command tho
following day. The order was not
clear to f'ul. Pickett nnd ho sent back
word to the commanding officer to
the effort that wh"n ho received an
order which he could understand he
would obey it.
Everybody who knew Ge.n. Stan
nnrd intimately and especially every
veteran of the war can readily Imag
ine tho fire which a message of this
sort was likely to kindle In that com
mander's eye. Gen. Stannard sent
back the order with Instructions to
obey It, and when Col. Pickett refused
he was ordered under arrest. The
battle of Cold Harbor occurred the
next day nnd Col. Pickett violated his
arrest to lead his command In a
charge in which the regiment lost 715
of Its members In killed and wounded.
The adjutant whoso duty It would
have bein to record the arrest was
killed In the conflict, and because of
the heroism displayed by Worcester's
soldier the charges against him were
entirely forgotten. He was wounded
In the battle with a bullet In his' leg,
so that ho could not participate in
further active engagements.
Gen. Pickett was always rather
proud of thl" distinction and refused
to allow any movement to formally
release him from the arrost ordered
by Gen. Stannard but never carried
Into effect, according to tho Worcester
Gazette. So it happens that this ven
erable soldier an1 hero of many well
fought battles went through life
glorying In an order of military ar
rest Issued by Gen. Stannard which
was never officially recorded nnd
from which ho was never officially
released.
i,n;t Ti:...NT-r:ovp,itxoit situa
tion. The "mountain rule" which decrees
that the governorship shall vault (he
serrated summits of the Green Moun
tain every two years, also provides
that the lloutenant-govcruorMiip shall
be on the opposite side of the moun
tain from that occupied by the gov
ernorship, so that thcro Is no danger
the State will tip' up politically, pro
vided the executive does not too far
out weigh his vice-governor.
I'p to tho present time two counties
In the. State have put forward candi
dates for the lieutenant-governorship
on the west side, thn assumption hav
ing been that tho mountain rule
would prevail this year, as biennially
since It camo to prevail. rtutland
county is represented In tho list of as
pirants In this connection by Or.
John A. Mead, and Addison county
puts forward two candidates In the
person of Judge John K. Weeks of
Mlddlcbury and ex-Representatlvo M.
F. B.nrnes of Addison. It is not im
possible that othor candidates may
appear, particularly if there should
bo new developments in connection
with the contest for the governorship,
but In all human probability the next
lieutenant-governor will be selected
from these three names.
Tho first thought that will present
Itself to the political observer In this
connection Is that Addison county is
handicapped In this race by the pos
session of two candidates, u has
somotlrr.es happened that a county
struggle of this character has been
carried to a State convention without
the loss to that county of the office
sought, but where a contention bf
tweeu two candidates of this )nd is
not settled In advance of the nominat
ing convention tho result Is ordinarily
disastrous for tho county's claim to
recognition.
Wo understand that this fact is ap
preciated In Addison county nnd that
an effort has been Inaugurated to
reach some basis of agreement look
ing to a solution of the situation, but
at last accounts no definite step had
been tnken, In tho meantime an ac
tive canvass Is in progress and the
contest between Dr. Mead and Addi
son county's representative promises
to bo as lively ns that between . nr.
Mead atyl former Lloutonnnt-Gov-ernor
C. II. Stearns nt Montpoller In
1904.
I'ltKSIDENTIAL SKNTIMKNT.
Presidential sontlmnt In Vermont,
ns wo havo said, Is a.i a rulo divided
between Governor Hughes and Secre
tary Tnft, tho paramount feeling on
tho subject being that tho national
convention should select tho candi
date who will most appeal to the
Amerlrnn people. At tho prenont time
public sentiment Is without question
largely in favor of Hushes, and this
feeling Is correctly reflected by tho
Kiillnud News lu tho following suc
cinct statement.
The best opinion nt this tlmo Is
thnt Vermont's delegation to tho
national republican convention wilt
favor Governor Charles K, Hughes of
Now York for tho presidential nomln
atlon, Hy this It Is not meant that
tho delegation will be or should bo,
Instructed for Mr, Hughes or any
other man. It would bo but natural
that Vermont should favor the candl
date that Is nearest to It geographl
cally, when the llttness of that man
Is uiKiuestlotiril. There Is no doubt
that Hughes sentiment Is growing all
over tho country. The News, for one,
believes that till things considered
uovornor Hughes would be the
strongest candidate that could bo
named nmong the 'several most excel
lent ones on tho list.
If republicans nil over the country
were in ns philosophical a state of
mind ns nro those of Vermont, we
should not bo hearing of bitter fnc-
uoriai reeling likely to nssuro the
loss of New York to the republicans
as n consequence, no matter who Is
nominated. This attitude on th
part or our Vermont republicans In
well reflected by tho Morrlsvlllo
News nnd Citizen ns follows:
There Is undoubtedly a strong sen
l""ciu in Vermont for Governor
Hughes ns the successor to President
Roosevelt. Secretary Tnft ban tho re
spect or a large number, and In fnct
so do all the other aspirants. but
more is no denying the fact that If
the convention to select delegates
were to be held now they would find
that Hughes wns the first choice, and
possibly they might receive instruc
tions to proceed along that line. That
Is the way It looks now; perhaps
there may be. a different feeling Inter.
It Is to be hoped that Vermont re
publicans may continue to express
their sentiment calmly nnd dispass
ionately, and then, whoever Is nom
inated, we shall be In a position to
work together with a will and roll up
our usual grand majority,
VKIIMOXT I.V Till! X.VTIOXAl, CO.V-
vnvnox.
The position taken by the Free Press
with refereneo to the sending of an
unpledged delegation to the republican
national conuntion In Chicago Is sim
ilar to that of practically all of the
newspapers In the State, and of tho
leading men who have given the sub-
t serious consideration. It Is rec-
cogiitzod that when our State is tagged
for n certain candidate and bound to
support him, even though developments
at the national convention may dem
onstrate the absolute impossibility of
his flei'tion. we are heavily handicap
ped. Moreover tho names of the State
ire called alphabetically and in case of
contest an instructed delegation from
Vermont Is In a position to materially
Increase the State's prestige In connec
tion with the. choice of a candidate for
tho presidency,
Two men of experience In connection
with national conventions In the person
of former Governors John G. McCul-
lough ami John W. Stewart were In tho
city Monday, and both of these vet
eran campaigners were outspoken In
favor of the selection of an unln-
siructi'd delegation to the Chicago con
vention. Governor Stewart told of his
experience in connection with the na
tional convention of ISfiO, to enforce
his contention In favor of an un-tagged
delegation from Vermont Ho was a
member of the. Vermont delegation and
when It left the State, tho great mass
of tho republicans as well as the mem
bers of tho delegation favored William
H. Seward for the presidency. When
they reached Chicago a careful canvass
of tho situation very soon demon
strated that Seward could not be elect
ed, If nominated, and accordingly the
Vermont delegation, which wns not
hampered by instructions or pledges,
voted for Lincoln after giving Colla
mer a coinp Imontary vote.
Governor Stewart was emphatic in
his expression of the Idea that It would
bo of marked advantage for tho Ver
mont delegation to have at Its head
Senators proctor and Dillingham, ow
ing to tin- fact that their views would
be given consideration by tho delega
tions of other States and their
opinions would have weight in the
councils which always precede the
open convention and go so far to clear
tho situation, If possible.
Governor McCitllough thought by
tho time the convention assembled
In Chicago next June it might be fairly
clear which one of the gentlemen
now considered In connection with tho
republican nomination could command
tho most -strength nt tho pollH. In
any event he thought "tho wlso thing
for Vermont republicans would be to
select a delegation of lcvcl-hended
men who could take a calm survey of
tho situation when they reached Chi
cago and act for tho best Interest of
the party In both State and nation,
The feeling is becoming pronounced
that factional fights now In progress
In New York, largely for the control
of the State and local organizations,
nnd the bitter struggle In Ohio be
twron tho advocates of Taft and For
aker will tend to endanger both uf
thoso States for tho republicans in
tho national election, nnd a strong de
slro is being expressed In various di
rections that thoso fights should be
compromised so as not to endanger
republican control of thoso States and
through them tho presidency of the
United States Itself,
In view of all thoso developments wo
aro more convinced than over that It
would bo foolish In tho extromo for
Vermont republicans to engage In any
contest over tho question of presiden
tial preferences nt this tlmo. We have
so many strong men who would makn
a good president that wo can afford to
select tho man who bids fair when the
convention meets', to be tho strongest
candidate at the poll.
TM13 HOn VEAIi UA.W UKCISIOff.
Wo bellcvo Judge Tylor of tho Su
premo Court of Vermont was rlfrht,
and those who differed with him wcra
wrong, when he held that tho ques
tion whether calves less than four
weeks old can bo sold for food pur
poses Is within the pollco power of tho
State, and that there Is no conflict
of nuthorlty between tho federal and
State laws In this matter.
The majority decision of tho court
Is that the law passed In 1906 In re
Intlon to "bob veal" is null and void
because It Is In conflict with tho In
torstate commerce net. Tho law In
question provides that "a person who
sells or offers to sell or keeps with In
tent to soil for food purposes, or ships
out of the State, or keeps with Intent to
ship out of the State for food purpose,
tho flesh of any animal or fowl which
died or was killed when diseased, .ir
the flesh of a calf which was less than
four weeks old, or weighed less that hO
pounds, dressed weight, when killed
shall be Imprisoned not more than one
year, or fined not more than J.100 or
both."
In tho first place we can not know
for a certainty that "bob veal" Is to
be shipped out of the State. Under
tho protection thnt tho court's, deci
sion would afford, there Is nothing to
prevent a denier in this stuff from
selling his entire product within our
borders, while, leaning on the Inter
state commerce act passed by Con
gress. There may bo no actual Inter
state commerce Involved, nnd yet a
federal statute Is made to prevent our
people from guarding tho purity of
their food supply.
Moreover if this State law can be In
terpreted to bo In conflict with the fed
eral statute In relation to freedom of
commerce; between States, what right
has this or any other State to pass a
law to prevent killing or causing to
be killed "for tho purpose of sale for
food" diseased meat which the owner
Intends to ship to Boston or some other
point or possibly sell at home, as In
tho case of bob veal? Both these
products am deemed unfit for food.
Can we ns a people nay through our
law-making representatives that a
meat dealer can handle tho one with
immunity and bo punished for deal
ing In the other? Is one operation
any more In conflict with the Inter
state commerce law than tho other,
particularly If the product In each in
stance Is actually to bo shipped out
of tho State? Is our law against dis
eased meat also null and void because
it interferes with interstate commerce?
If we cannot protect the public from
unfit food, produced within our State
boundaries, because tho producers may
possibly want to ship It out of the
State, where Is the line of limitation
to be drawn between legitimate laws
for tho protection of our food prod
ucts? Why will not a similar applica
tion of the rule laid down by our su
premo tribunal npply to the adulter
ation of any food product, especially
If the Ingredients are not harmful but
simply cheaper than tho genuine ar
ticle? It seems to us that our supreme
bench has opened the door by this in
terpretation to nn almost limitless
number of abuses of our food laws,
even If th application of the theory
may not also be made to embrace still
other police powers of the State. For
example, if our State has no right to
prevent Immature meats from being
handled in the way of food traffic
within our own boundaries, can we
punish violators of laws for tho pro
motion of pure milk, when lacteal fluid
Is now being shipped to lioston and
other points out of the State? How
can we prev. nt a man from brewing
beer or manufacturing wlno or other
liquors that may tie shipped out of
our State ,md thus made sn article
of Interstate commerce with tho ad
ditional protection of a federal li
cense? In short where is tho appli
cation of thli. principle to end?
With all duo respect to our supreme
tribunal it seem?; to u thnt the post-
Hon taken bv the majority Is un
tenable, and that Judge Tyler was
right when he held that the state tins
tho right to exercise police power over
tho nets of Its own citizens thnt con
flict with tiu public health nnd the
physical wcll-bilng of tho people.
Tin: iiovir. op wi:i,i.-kxowx
ll.USTrtATOIl.
"The Stephens' house Is one of the most
picturesque h, its neighborhood, The
large doors of an old stone b.irn now
form the north windows and skylights of
the studios. The house Is built of Iron
stnlned quirry stone, with flint and Kneiss
Intermingled, running from almost white
throURh gradei of yellow, brown nnd
gray to nlmot dead black. These stones
are pointed and dashnl j!mve with creek,
sand mortar. The second story Is covered
with cement, which forms a pleaslrvs con
trast to tho brown shlneded roof and
lower walls.
"The plan of the house Is somewhat un
usual, but eitrernely artistic and practi
cal, All the U-drooms and slttinR-rooms
have windows facing the south, By build
Ins the bedrooms on the south side, tho
passageway from wlnh they are reach
cil has windows on the north side,
"This house, so charming outsldo, Is no
less nttractlvc within, for It U tho needs
of Its owners, and seems to express their
lives, There Is ,-, nutot feeling of restful
ness and harmony, but nothing nf pre
tentiousness. "Suburban I-lfo for Jan
uary, ixPi.UHxcn op coi,i.i:r.n poateh-
NITIKS.
CdnKressman James S. Sherman of
New York is a Sigma Phi. After ho
hud won a certain primary election,
one of his opponents went about ex
plaining it thus; "I tell you, theso
coller clubs is Rreat. We'd bent Jim
Sherman out of Bight If It wa'n't for
them filgnliinH. When my hoy goes to
college he's going; to ho a Signify, Buro
as you're n root high." Sigma Alpha
Hpsllon accord.
QUEBEC'S TERCENTENARY,
Thia Year To Seo an Imposing
Observance
Clty Founded In 100, but Hie Mnln
Penttire of the Proponed Crlrlirn
tlou In th,. Ptirclinse of Hie
l'lnlim of Abraham.
Quebec Is about to celebrate her ter
centenary, tho three hundredth birth- '
dny of Canada, says the lio.Ton Trans
cript, n was In lens tnat Samuel
Ohamplnln anchored hit little ship nt '
tho rock and built n 'ow houses to
si-rvo ns n sort of rendezvous for him-
self and his men wnl'e ho explored
th" St I.awromr- and searched for 'he
northwest passage to I mill. Great
r.rltlan, France and tho 1'nlted Stn'es
will participate n the e,.r0inonl. t, to
which King IMwnrd H sending a'
srcel.i: representative, In tno person of
his nephew. Prince Arth-i." of Con
naught, with n large rsutto of dl-llr-mulshed
orrieers of the arm" nnd nnvv
It Is nn anniversary In .vh'ch F.nrl.ini.
1' ranee and the Rreat American o
ptibllc can nil afford to Join the
Crtnaoians in commemorating wt'h bo
iittag festivities. For If Qu,b -' ( w, s
'!s foundation to Parnuet de riian-I-'i.ln
In 1C0S, nnd Its development bv
ht.-t countrymen nto the i-c'ronolls
of "Ut Nouvelle France," thnt Is to
-'ay, of French America, during tl:
following K.O years. England ho;. Is it
by right of victorlc'i as glorious ')
tho defeated commander ns to tl-o
successful general, the names ot
Montcalm nnd Wolfe b"!ng fon-v-
linked together in Canadian history.
Indeed, tho celebration at Q'jeboc ls
to be not so much a Chaninlaln nTalr
as a Wolfe memorlam. Ciinmplalr, 1
to be sure, founded Canada, but. Wolfe
made It British, and the !pru! on.!
dramatic finale of his career mnU-r-s
It especially dear to the people of Que- '
bec n.-d all Canada. The proposed man ,
f-?.tuto ot the celebration Is tho mr- i
chaie bv the Dominion of th P
of Abraham and the Plains of St
Foye, and their restoration ns a Initio.
field.Thls prospects was formally launch- I
ed at a meeting at Ottaw i rin.M.
day night addressed by Lord Gr'y, Sir'
Wilfred Laurler, It. I,. P,orde-i leader !
of the opposition, and othe: pub'ie I
men. The battles, Lord Gr-v said. '
gave to tho British tho North American
continent, preserved to the Front li I
their laws and their rllrlon an. I i
gave, b.rth to tho parcn.-'cnt on which
w.n mitten the Dcclaruion of lude-
perdcrct.
It Is announced that King Edward
has not only cabled his warm ap- j
proval of tho prefect submitted to
him In connection with the affair, but i
has likewise forwarded a handsome '
subscription towards tho furtherance
of the pfan. Tho federal and provin
cial legislatures throutrho-.it tho tin.
minion have agreed to contribute to-
wards the execution of the scheme. !
and private subscriptions are also
pouring In. For a good deal of rnonev .
will bo required for the purpose since '
It will bo necessary, not only to ne-
quire tho land, and lay out the park,
but likewise to remove and to find
sites elsewhere for the buildings by
which the battlefields aro now dese
crated. Although these ancient battle
fields occupy most picturesque folnts
In the Immediate vicinity of Quebec
they have been treated until now with.
Indifference and neglect, Tho iiuev
tlon of the statue Is not entlrelv de
cided. There are some who are of tlx
opinion that a symbolical statue
might perhaps Jar with the ancient
associations and picturesque aspect
of this most Impressive nnd beautiful
of all the cities ot the New World.
But whatever be the determination
reached about the matter, It has al
ready been unanimously resolved that
Imposing monuments are to be erect
ed In the national park to Chami-laln,
to General Wolfe, and to his equally
heroic French adversary, the Mar
quis de Montcalm. The double monu
ment to Montcalm nnd Wolfe near
tho Chateau Frontenne Is well known
to every visitor to Quebec. More strik
ing still Is the rude monument to
mark tho spot where Wolfe fell, with
the noble inscription worthy of Presi
dent Eliot, "He-re died Wolfe victor
ious. "
For the new tercentenary memorials
not only the English but like-wise the
French, an; contributing, nnd com
mittees have been formed In Loudon
and In Paris, a rortlon of the funds
collected by the French committee,
which Is working In unison with the
French ambassador in England, being
destined to go towards the erection of
a statue of the Marquis de Montcalm
in the I.anguedoc town of Vauvert,
the birthplace nf the marquis, whose
Chateau or Cnndlae near by is still in
cxHtenco
Just at this time, when the far
sighted statesmen ot e-nch of the
great powers of the world are appeal
ing to the taxpayers for money to be
used In the construction of warships,
and in tho development nnd Increase
of naval armaments, it Is timely to re
call in connection with this tercen
tenary celebration at Quebec that th
English won tholr memorable victory
on tho Plains ot Abraham, and secured
possession of Canada largely through
their fleet. King Louis might have
l...t.i .
uiiu . annua aKauisl 1110 English had
he spent the money of thn French tax
payers upon the development of his
navy Instead of upon his odalisques
of the Pare mix Cerfs. For it may be
recallel that a few months after' the
defent of Montcalm another battle
took place on the adjoining Plain of
Salnto Foye. whero tho French com
mander, the Chevalier do Levis, de.
feated tho Enrllsh General Murray,
and might have recaptured Quebec
had it not been for the timely nrrlval
of a powerful British fleet In tho St.
Uawrence. It was this fleet which may
he said to have been tho determining
factor In the fertility of General
Wolfe's victory on tho Plains of
Abraham, ami of tho sterility of the
Chevalier do Levls's success on the ad
Joining battlefield of Salnto Foye.
For, as Lieutenant Colonel William
Wood points out In his brilliant "Tho
Fight for Canada," twlco as many
seamen as soldiers were in tho expldl
tlon sent out to capture Quebec, nnd
tho three admirals In commaVl of the
fleet that brought Wolfe and his sol
dlcrs to tho St, Lawrence, were nil of
them his superior In rank. In one
word, tho battlefields of Quebec, and
tho memorials which It Is planned to
erect thereon, must remain ns nn en
during object lesson of tho Impossibil
ity of holding trnnspontlno colonies
without tho possession of a largo and
powerful fioet.
An Interesting fnct of Interest In
connection with this celebration
contributed by "Ex-Attache," who do-
THE OLD
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Winter
Sample Linens at
Great Pre-lnventory Sale of Reliable Linens.
Shrewd Housekeepers Will Welcome This Event.
A $4,000.00 Purchase of Manufacturer's Sample Linens
Hvt'ry Piece of the Best Quality nnJ Most Desirahto I'nttonis,
Odd Tabl. Cloths from to o Yards Long: Od 1 Napkins. Bur
eau Scarfs. Tray Scurfs, Hemstitched Table Cloths, Lunh
Cloths. Center Pieces and Fancy Doylies.
The Entire Lot Offered at 40 per Cent. Discount.
A FEW ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST.
20-Inch and 22-Inch Fine Qualitv All Linen Bleached Da
mask ODD NAPKDNS, AT 12 Jc EACH.
Values As High As sf2.75 per Doz.
9-Inch All Linen Knotted Fringed Doyles AT 25c DOZ.
89c Yard Square Lunch Cloths AT 50c EACH.
2h and 3 Yard All Linen Damask Table Clotha
AT.... $1.50 $1.98 $2.50 $2.98
Worth $2.50 $.3.25 $4.00 $5.00
Fancy
!5 to 5 Inches
Ribbon
Specials
flares, "No drs-n-mlant'! of cither
(.liMW-riU JaiiK-s Wolff or ot tho Mjt
ijuls do Montcalm remain to taker-art
In the ccri'inonle-s at Quebec
next fall. General Wolfe's bodj- wai
conveyed from Quebec to Knglatul,
and entombed In the ancient ialuce of
Greenwich, and the ineJnorHl erected lo
his memory In Westminster Abbey does
not, in b)!te of the general bel.ef to tho
contrary, lndleMt- that he Is Interred n
that Valhalla of lIsiElaiHl's most historic
mo;i, He left no children. Tho Maniuli
de Montcalm nuts bulled in the Church
of the L'rsullne Convent at Quebec In an
cxca atlon m-.ulc by the bursting of a
shell within the precincts, of the convent
For n Ion; time there wah no Inscrip
tion on hf.s tomb. This wae not alto
gether the fault of the Knylish. Kor liou
caiuvlllo applied to the 11 il academy
of ln.-crlplHr: at I'anu to compose- m
inscription on the Krao of Montcalm,
ui.d 1'rlme .Minister IMt not only under
took to send the marble placquo on which
l.i was chiseled to Quebec, but likewise
addressed a letter to the Academy, in
which he declared that 'It im Imiwsslble i
to do otherwise than applaud the nobility
ot the sentiments of tin- French soldiers
who wish to render s-uch a tiibtilo to the
memory o a ucnr.ii whom they havo
seen ello at their held in a manne-r
worthy ot them and of himself.' The
KiiKllsh frlrato bearing the epitaph was
wrecked and tot.illy lost off the co.13.
of Newfoundland, on its way to Quebec,
ami It was not until In 1VO that another
copy of the Inscription from the Insti
tute) of Franco to Quebe-c, and which
now adorns tho tomb. Klnpr IaiuIs XV.
hestowi-d a pension of JIXi.Ow) a year upon
tho widow of tho Marquis do Montcalm,
which was continued to her children,
tho only pension left by tho revolution
ists. Tho last of his descendants, tho
.Marquis of Montcalm, one of the most
popular members of tho Union club it
I'arls, dle-d about llfteen years ago, at
Montpoller leaving no children, but
merely an adopted son of tho name ot
St, Maurice, who, married to Mile. 1'ozzo
do liorRo, of tho Corslcan family ot that
mime, lias now assumed tho title ot Mar
quis de Montcalm. Tho Chevalier of Levis
was a cadet of tho French ami Spanish
eluc.il houso of Lrfivls Mlrapolx, and
which, claiming descent from lvl, tho
sr i of Jacob, likewise maintains pre
tensions of klnsmanshlp to tho human
family of the. founder of Christianity.
Indeed, ono of tho principal paintings of
tho Rullery of ancestral portraits, of tho
Dukes of Iovls Mlrepolx, In their man
sion of the nio do Vnrenno nt Paris,
Is that which represents tho Virgin Mir)'
appearing to a former Duko or Marquis
of Levis Mlrepolx, nnd requesting him
to replace liU bat on his head, with the
BEE HIVE
0-
inventory
Stock-taking approaches
and this week has been set apart
as the Lowest Price Cutting Per
iod of the Year. No loss, no
matter how great, shall stand in
the way of a Quick Consumma
tion of our purpose to reduce
stock before February 1st. You
cannot afford to overlook the
Money-Saving Opportunities offered.
AND MUFFS,
At About
COATS AND
One Half
Former
Prices
OF LINES of Ladies' "S0R0SIS
Shoes, Vici Kid; Gun Metal Calf 8
and Patent Kid, Both Lace and Button
Regular $3.50 and 34.00 Quality. JAN
UARY SALE PRICE
$2.75 Pair
49 lis
ONE LOT, 50 Piece-!. Plaid, Checked and
Persian Striped Tali'eta and L.aiisine Ribbons.
Wide. Former Prices as Iliuh
as 39c Yard.
PRE-INVENTORY PRICE 15c Yd.
ONE LOT, 50 Pieces Persian Stripe and
Dresden laileta and Satm Ribbons. 5 and G
Inches "Wide. Former Prices as llitrh a 50c
Yard.
PRE-INVENTORY PRICE 19c Yd.
word---, 'Oouvrez-vnus m- rv.- p ' tj
Is poss'Mt- that t!.-' pie.-.' V 4K "(
Mlr-polx, or his nn, may att--nd 'r
e-eremonies at Quebec, and thus repr
sent the fjenorat C-hevellcr de hetis
who defeated Cn-neral Murray
"As for Champlain, there ire, si far
as I know, none of his deseendarN
e xistence. His tomb lies pi the clJ i .
Illca of Quebec, and is f -.liar tc r-e'y
American tourist to Quebec'
Montreal also Is to ei k-brate t t -
centenary of Cnnada, but is ot ser 4,
is to be more-or less her.il l.c m m' e
Tin; visiting . i itn.
As there s.-ems to In som- m s ipj
slon eoncenun,; t' i - ting ' jr.i aim
those who ire v
sickness nnd si IT r u
elas- of ,vMs .
charce w is1 t i- ik
is a tram- -I a -1 -i
.services m.i be 1 i in
feeding physiei.jn bj !
t i
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1,
1 tlr
,'P'
c!eig.m.in at.d ' s assif-i -tits i ui't
of what denommat ,-t .m-1 ' '
memb. r of t... .nn "tie U'e-e 1' is
right, the nurs w i e. t a sma f e,
but there mut ' n nn e-.is. .1 ir ng the
nn sent dlstp-si. t i' M" N- gn itly
helped by her and s.ii. st ir, i ' id t
notice through tho pn-p- wXv t u s
T.-itV,,n nnrt?. Mills Cor.l 12. S !rms"t.
will he found -it 111 Pe.ir! street.. T e
phone BS2-t", and the comm ttee- Is as fo
lows: Mrs. Henry n. Shaw, Mrs W J
t..,.n Mrc TT.-1.., etlil,nn:lnn
lin l.llH-W, .'II.--. V ill, I II
Miss Julia W. Smith, Mrs. Jriel H Gates
Mr. George V. Illlss, Miss Minn Walker
Mrs. William i:. Ilagar, Miss Miry F
llenedlct.
tiik rn.GrtiM.
No wrathful wrecks of yesterday
Shall shut the sunlight from my face,
Nor bar my upward-climbing way
Nor trammel me In my soul-race
Pone deeds nro dead. Let those who wil
Falter and fall before old gh-isis,
For mo the tweet, exultant thrill
Of marching with the conquering hosts
For me, no dreaming doubtful dreams.
Nor pondering on gone defeat,
IJeforo mo lies the road which gloami
With all its trlplo-mlllloued feet
That bravely strivo unceasingly
To reach that far tall-towered height,
Whereon tho sun shines d.u.zllngly
And nhcro thcro Is no bitter night.
Vn lirin.l mm- linltv tin word mnv r.her
Hut by whatever Gods there bo
Within my heart there lurks no fenr,
And I shall wrest the victory
for February