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hv s no souiht inside of the AmU-r-"''3
prison pen as a frrisonor of
t.Uan tlie idfa of a tunnel f-ann;
Ej my mind.
At that time tlip "dead liuo-' was
e iu to the stockade itself, ami the
unf'-derate sentinels on tbe elerated
fiiilfornis on the outside of tbe pen
r '" satisfied with calling out to a
c ai who approached too near. Tents?
nere allowed within three fi-ot of the.
farrow which represented the dead
line.
A tunnel from twenty to twenty-five
feet Ions would clear everything.
Four of us set up a tent, and thnt
Tory day we began our tunnel. The ex
cavation was made at the back end of
the tent and a blanket kept at hand to
cover up all evidences.
We worked only at night, because
the dirt had to be carried down to the
crvek to be disponed of, and the only
tools we had were an old case knife, a
tin plate and a piece of board sharp
ened for a spade.
It was sixty-three days from the date
of beginning the tunnel before we esti
mated that we were twenty feet be
yond the line. The moon was now full
and the evenings as light as day. While
waiting for a favorable night our third
man, a member of an Ohio regiment,
was taken ill. We cared for him as
best we could for a couple of days,
when he was taken outside to the hos
pital. Ve agreed to postpone our es
cape for ten days. If he did not re
turn by that time we were to give him
MP as dead.
It was long after the war before I as
certained what happened him. lie
mottled so rapidly that he would have
returned to us on the seventh day, but
was unfortunately included in a draft
of prisoners for exchange. He had no
way to send us word, and we had no
list of names, and for many years I be
lieved lie was one of the thousands bur
ied at Andersonvlile.
During our wait of ten days the Con
federates came In twice to probe and
search for tunnels, but fortunately
missed us both times. As many as
eight or ten others were discovered.
Yet our greatest danger was from
our fellow prisoners. A man named
Sharon, win) belonged to a New F.ng
Jand regiment, in some way got a sus
picion that we had a tunnel and one
day entered our tent and announced
that if he was not allowed to escape
with us he would stop our going. We
attempted to bluff him off when lie
made a straight course for the gate,
presumably to fulfill his threat.
lie was not permitted to go far be
fore being overtaken and charged with
nttetnptM robliery.1 It would have
gone hard with him had we pressed
the charge, but we dropped It with the
understanding that he should keep his
mouth shut regarding us. From that
e
hour lie was kept wider surveillance
by two men bi-ed 1 y ns ar.d was net
permitted to go near the t-"ite. Per
haps he would not have carried out his
threat, but a prison pen brings out the
baseness in "human nature very fully.
It was three days after the trouble
with Sharon before thp weather be
came favorable, and we had not taken
anylxidy Into our confidence. Never
theless, we argued, as we had done be
fore, that If a dozen or more got out
the chances of escape would be In
creased. We waited until we saw that,
the night was to be dark and drizzly,
and then we passed around among
finch acquaintances as we felt culd be
trusted and inviled them to call at our
tent at 9 o'clock. Each thought be was
the only one invited, and each believed
ho was to be let into a plot to over
power the guards and free all prisoners.
At exactly 8 o'clock my chum crept
Into the tunnel, and I followed. Not
more than ten minutes later we
emerged from the hole outside of the
stockade and set off into the darkness.
If those who followed on had been as
cool and cautious as we all would have
gone well with them, but an incident
occurred to unnerve them. Six other
had wriggled their way through the
hole when the relief guard came march
ing along so close that one of the pris
oners cried out and brought detection
,to all. Of course an alarm was raised,
the tunnel discovered and all further
escape cut off.
The escape of the sis greatly favored
us, however, as they scattered in differ
ent directions, and none of them was
recaptured for two days, while one
went as far south as Albany.
At 3 o'clock in the morning the man
Sharon heard of the tunnel and sneaked
away and gave information at the
gates.
It was at fint believed that over 200
prisoners had escaped, and the wildest
excitement prevailed inside and out.
It was not until 7 o'clock iu the morn
ing that the true number was discov
ered, nud then the Confederate force
at hand was too small for a vigorous
pursuit of all.
My chum afterward told nie that his
trail was followed for some miles by a
bloodhound and that twice he caught
sight of pursuers on horseback.
By the time the six who came out
after us had been recaptured we were
well out of the neighborhood. The
telegraph was no doubt used to notify
various points to look out for us, but
that did not result in our recapture.
My fellow prisoner was twenty-seven
dnys In reaching the Pcdor.-U lines,
while I was thirty-one.
Of more than 200 men who at one
time or another escaped from that
prison pen not more than ten ever go
clear off. We were two of the ten.
I.uck assisted us here and there, but
success was really due to the fact that
we knew the geography and the topog
raphy of the country, had our route
carefully planned and neither of us
traveled a single mile except under
cover of darkness. M. QUAD.
CONDITION
OF TRADE
A WEAK STOMACH.
DOORKEEPER'S REWARD.
tt Mr Be Strengthened lr Werl
a Wide Flannel Ilnndage.
All who suffer from poor digestion
should wear a ten inch width of flan
nel bandage ii(jxt the skin, pinned fair
ly tight round the body over the stom
ach. No liver or digestive pill or pep
sin preparation helps the stomach a
twentieth part as much as his flannel
prescription. A poor circulation iu the
Rtomaeh, causing that chilly, "misera
ble" feeling, is at the root of half the
Indigestion that mortals are heir to.
That is why hot water drinking gives
. relief. It helps the circulation. A flan
nel iiandace worn day and night all the
year round cures the faulty blood cir
culation of the stomach; consequently It
cures dyspepsia. Five hours' interval
between meals, avoiding fried foods,
made dishes and mixtures and observ
ing three or four "Lenten meals' In ev
ery week are golden rules for good di
gestion. A good dinner at night is nec
essary for those whose pleasure or
work keeps them up very late, but for
ordinary tok who dine at 7 and go to
bed about 10:30 only a light, whole
some repast should be taken at the end
of the day, when the muscles aud
nerves are more or less exhausted. A
'tired stomach Is a weak stomach" is a
golden rule to remember, yet how often
one hears people say:
"I've been rushing about all day and
am tired to death. I must have a big
meal to make up for tt." You may put
the big meal Into the stomach, but you
cannot make the stomach digest It. -Exchange.
.
Killed Him In Cold Blood.
It was after dinner in the little cafe
beloved by literary Rohemia and the
diners at the end table were swapping
stories of their most stnrtling experi
ences. Each had told a thriller, and all
eyes turned to the long liaireu poei
who wrote only martial lays.
-I had a terrible experience once,"
he said. "The memory of it haunts me
now. I inflicted the most awful fate
possible to Imagine upon a fellow
creature. It was in Germany. I didn't
know the language very well, and I
suppose I must have made some blun
der in addressing a fiery looking chap
at a hotel there. What it was I don't
know, but at any rate he declared be
laid been insulted and demanded a duel
on the spot.
'One of us,' he cried in tones of
fearful wrath, 'shall never leave this
room alive!'
"I knew hhn to be nn expert swords
man But was I afraid? No'. 'So let
it lie,' I Biiiil- Aml 11,0,1 1 out
of the room, locked the door behind me
and left him there to die!" New York
Tress. .
Fonnrf and Returned fS.fHO.O0 !H
eelven In HepoKaitlon 95.
The champion money finder is Isaac
Banks, and he holds the championship
lieeauso he was until pensioned off aft
er fifty-eight years of constant service
doorkeeper of the vaults of the Fidelity
Trust company, says a Fhiladelpliia
special. He found and returned to the
owners about ?2.000.000. His largest
find was $10yK', and for its return he
got not a cent, while from tbe loser of
a ?i-.n.oX roll, which he returned intact,
he has never since received anything
but studied discourtesy.
And here is all that the old door
keeper got in fifty -eight years for hh
faithfulness: In cash, $.10; three books
valued at $5. five neckties vahied at ?2.
seven silk handkerchiefs, $";, eight
pairs of syspenders, $"; six pair of
slippers, $10; nine pairs of fdves, $12;
three pairs of pulse warmers, $1; two
hats, $(; four boxes of writing paper,
$2: one watch guard, $3; five shirts. $H;
total value, $S. .
Indication of TrciIicfcJ
In Industries,
isocline
RAILWAY EARNINGS HEAVY
Liliernl DUtrilmllon of Mert-haiidiNe.
Wheat I'lnHaulen Irrcjt ulnrl).
Commercial Liabilities
Increawe
New Y'orU, Aug. 29.-R". G. Inin &
Co.'s weekly review of trade says:
There is still no indication of the de
pression in trade and industry that
pessimists predicted would, follow the
decline iu securities. Conservatism
was developed by the uncertainty re
garding the effect upon financial con
ditions, but legitimate business is able
to secure funds as they are required
and the more cautious progress of busi
ness gives iironii.se of greater perma
nent gain.
Weak spots have been disclosed, and
the technical position strengthened,
just as occurred iu the stock market.
Keadjustment after a period of infla
tion must of necessity bring some loss
es, yet the outlook is brightened by
the removal of threatened industrial
clouds. Dispatches from all sections
testify to the liberal distribution of
merchandise and the disposition to pre
pare for greater consumption of all the
necessaries of life, while the crops are
making good progress aside from some
cotton districts in Texas. Chicago re
ports activity in building materials,
hardware and dry goods, sales compar
ing favorably with last year. Pros
pects for fall business are encouraging
at Cleveland. The millinery seascxi Is
opening well, and collections are
prompt.
Lumber receipts at Philadelphia are
largely exceeding last year's, building
operations are rapidly pushed, but tex
tile markets are unsettled. Trade is
quiet at Boston owing to the idleness
in textile mills, although paper mills
and shoe shops are busy. Fall buyers
lire arriving at Baltimore, and whole
sale trade is active.
Heavy fall Trade Expected.
The number of buyers in New York
is increasing and a heavy fall trade is
anticipated. Security dealing is light
and prices are lower despite railway
earnings for August were y.2 per cent
larger than last year and 17.1 iter cent
above l'.ml. Diminished speculation
accounts for the loss of 30.2 per cent in
bank exchanges at New York, compar
ed with the same week last year, for
at otner leaning cities mere ts a gain
of 2.9 per cent.
Wheat fluctuated irregularly in re
sponse to news from the northwest
where rains delayed harvesting, arid
there is evidence of traffic deticiency
iu interior arrivals at primary markets
of only 4.S02.170 bushels, against 0.21'J.-
312 bushels a year ago. Exports from
all ports of the United States, flour in
cluded, were 2..'!.11.2ri3 bushels, com
pared with 4.2'..".12ii last year and
8.307,302 two years ago. Com receipts
aggregated 3.103,05 bushels, against
l.OStl.Oti.l. aud Atlantic exports were
571.10. bushels, against 58."il.
Liabilities of commercial failures
thus far reponl in August aggregate
$,G27.;21, of which $7,027.S75 were In
manufacturing. $2.4.V.i,l03 in trading
and $M0.(U3 in other lines. There is a
considerable increase in comparison
with the liabilities of $7.04.1.t!71 last
year. Failures this week numbered
17G in the United States, against 173
last year, and S3 in Canada, compared
with 14 a year ago.
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not made from Ubero Brand is only a little
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BQUADEOXS OF POWERS EEADY.
French Official Report Show In
creaailnic Gravity of Situation.
Paris, Aug. 29. The latest official ad
vices received here show thnt the Hus
sian squadron which was at Iniada, off
the eastern coast of Turkey, was with
drawn to Sevastopol, where It is
awaiting further orders. Italy lias one
war ship. Austria has one and France
has one in Turkish waters, but In each
case large squnurons are neia in re
serve for action if the situation be
comes acute.
The increasing gravity of the condi
tions in Turkey is shown by an official
report just received from i'hilippopolis.
giving details of the revolutionist plot
to blow tip tl"1 r !'' express. On
of the plotters had been designated H
sacritiee Ids life by boarding the trait
and throwing the bombs. This plot
probably was connected with the blow
ing up of the omnibus train at Kuleh
P.urgas, but the riiilippopolis report
establishes the fact that the original
plan was aimed against the leading
Transeuropean express for the purposf
of impressing the world with the mag
nitude of the disorder.
The reports received here from the
French consuls at Salonika and Mo
nastir are very reassuring. They saj
they have no further fear for their
lives unless tbe Turkish soldiery be
comes lawless. The reports add thai
fortv-nine Turkish battalions have been
withdrawn from Albania and concen
trated around Salonika, as the Alba
nian disorders have been crushed.
The most remarkable feuture of th
reports discloses the fact tnat tne
Turkish force, which , totaled r0,oo(.
men when ttie troops emerou Aumum
sis months ago, has now been reduced
to 33,000 men. showing a loss of 15.000
troops. Few of the soldiers died of
disease. The loss was chiefly m men
killed while crushing the Albanian up
rising.
EEBEL AUTONOMY PLAN.
( uxhliiK Sent to n Mmiu-r .
Denver, Aug. 2'.!. The announcement
is made by Ilishop Motz of the Catholic
church of Colorado that Father dish
ing, who has earned much notoriety by
his fight upon the bishop during the
last twelve years, lias been ordered by
Archbishop Falconio, the apostolic del
egate, to go to the Trappist monastery
at Gethsentane, where he will be prac
tically a prisoner for the balance of his
life. Ilishop Metz will pay all of his
expenses. Father Cushing is between
forty and fifty years old and is broken
down In health.
lleunlon at Ciettyhbnrir.
New York, Aug. 20. The executive
committee of the Medal of Honor le
gion have "selected Gettysburg as the
place for the annual reunion in 1003
and set the time for Oct. 12 and 13.
Innnnily (oulnRloun.
Chicago, Aug. 20. Haunted by the
fear of unknown enemies, inseparable
even in their mental weakness, Mrs.
Anna Olovitch and her daughter Ada
were committed by Judge Wheatley
and a jury in the insane court. Mrs.
Olovitch is fifty years old, and her
daughter is twenty. The daughter be;
came seized with the delusion that
some unknown enemy was endeavoring
to suffocate her by blowing a deadly
powder through keyholes and crevices.
The mother worried until she was seiz
ed with the same delusion.
Ealtlmo Dog,
Eskimo dogs have been driven forry
flv miles over the ice in five hours. A
picked team of these dogs once trav
eled six miles In twenty-eight minutes.
The GRANITE SAVINGS BANK
and TRUST CO.
GRAMTE1BL0CK, MAIN ST., BARRE, VERMONT.
FOREIGN DRAFTS We draw our own drafts on LONDON and the principal European points and
sell them at the MOST FAVORABLE RATE. WE WOULD BE PLEASED TO SERVE YOU.
Capital Stock, $50,000. Surplus and Profits, $27,949.74
Hnoxovrll UthoKraiilird For Kalaer.
rlin. Aug. 2'.). Emperor William
met Hans Feclmer, the court portrait
painter, some days ago and asked him
to make a lithograph jjrnwing of Pres
ident lioosevelt. Fechner'a lithograph
of the emperor havhig been most wide
ly circulated in Germany. Feclmer did
so and showed the result to his majes
ty, who had two copies struck off. Due
of' these will be sent to Mr. Roosevelt.
The emperor kept the other one foi
himself. No more copies will be taken
from the stone.
Wit IVnimylva nia Dam llnrsti.
Butler, Ph.. Aug. 29. Boydstown
dam, seven miles north of here, has
burst, letting out 2,000,000 gallons of
water and Inundating portions of But
ler and the low lying districts for
miios Great dainaee was done to
rronertv, but so far as known no lives
were lost, the residents of the Hooded
district abandoning their homes and
fleeing to the hills. Many culverts on
the Pittsburg, Bessemer and I.al
Erie railroad were washed out, and
thirty foot bridge of the Pittsburg ami
Western railroad over Hear eroeii was
swent away. The dam gave way
irraduallv. or a terrible disaster would
have resulted.
To I'o.itpnnr Meeting at The Hague.
St. Petersburg. Aug. 20. In conse
quence of fhe inability of Dr. Lardy,
the Swiss minister at Paris, and Pro
fessor Matzen of the Copenhagen uni
versity to serve as arbitrators at Tbr
Hague in the claims of the allied pow
ers for preferential treatment in the
settlement with Venezuela the foreign
office has requested the postponement
of the dale, which was Sept. 1. "of the
first meeting of the tribunal until other
arbitrators are secured.
Coleridge.
Coleridge found solace for his trou
bles in the forget,ilness induced by
oninm. and wlwn under its influence
would sit 'or hours threading
dreamy mazes of His own mind.
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Frontier Guard Strengthened.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 2!.-The gov
ernment has dispatched two regiments
to the frontier to strengthen the guards
and enable them to exercise greater
vigilance iu view of the anticipated at
tempts of additional ban3s of insur
gents to enter Macedonia.
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STATEMENT JULY 1, 1903
Loans and Discounts,
Stocks and Bonds,
Banking House,
Real Estate,
$713,815.98
211,700.00
12,500.00
7,104.17
Casn on hand and in banks, 144,176.61
$1,089,296.76
Capital.Stock, $50,000.00
Surplus and Profits, 27,949.74
Dividend papablejuly 1, '03, 1,500.00
Dividends unpaid 15.00
Deposits, $1,009,832.02
$1,039,296.76
JOHN
TROW, President. H. 0. W0RTHEN, Vice President. H. G. WOODRUFF, Treasurer
Directors: JOHN TROW, H. 0. W0RTHEN. A. D.K0R5E, C JL CURRIER.
W. A. WfflTCOMB, FRANK F. CAVE.
Scheme Kor Four Province l oner
i:oroemi Guarantee.
London, Aug. 2D. The Macedonian
committee has formulated a scheme ot
twelve articles, which have been sub
mitted to the sultan and the Kuropenn
hancellerles. providing for tbe forma
tion of four autonomous provinces i
Albania. consisthiR of the vilayets ot
Soutari and Jennina; Macedonia, con
sisting of F.itolia and Salonika; old
Kervia. vilayet of Kossovo, aud Trace,
or vilayet of Adrlanople.
The other provisions are:
The sultan to provide the defense ot
the land and sea frontiers; internal or
der to l maintained by an Interna
tional and local police; the powers to
ippoint a European high cominissionet
for three years; the porte to nominate
with the consent of the powers a Ku
ropenn povernor general for each prov
ince; a European commission, assisted
by elected native delegations, to work
out the delimitation, organization and
administration of the provinces until
their organization is completed. For
tliis purpose an international army of
45.WH) men, all Europeans, shall occupy
the provinces. .
The sultan meantime Is to withdraw
all his troops except those needed for
frontier defense. The provinces are to
defray the cost of the army of occupa
tion whose generals shall belong to one
of the neutral states of Europe.
The provinces also to contribute to
the sultan's civil list, to the mainte
nance of the imperial army and navy
and to be included in all treaties and
conventions concluded by Turkey. The
European commission in all matters
shall work in accord with the porte.
The document is signed by E. Laznro-vlch.
The London papers comment on the
nroiect as beinar too crude and ambi
tious.
"The People's National Bank of Bam"
Capital Stock, - $100,000.
. Subscriptions for above Stock,
Par Vabc - - - $1 00.00 Per Share,
Will be received by Miss Keith at Prindle & AverilPs
for a limited time. Infotmation and application blanks
may be obtained of any of the following named gentlemen.
INCORPORATORS.
C. W. Melcher, S.D.Allen, Chas. W. Averill, F.D. Ladd,
W. D. Smith, A. J. Young, L J. Bolster, F. N. Braky, Ira C. Calcf.
'urilnnian'n Victory Apimrent.
Memphis, Aug. '-".. Ileturns so far
received indicate the nomination of
James K. Yardaman ' for yoverner in
the Mtsslssimd minuiries. The vote Is
lighter than in the first prUnary. Yar
daman represents the opposition to ne
gro .education.
A Postnianier Appointed.
Washington, Aug. 2l. Anna A. Koust
has been appointed fourth class post
master at Argyle. N. Y.
RRE SAVINGS BANK & TRUST GO.
OFFICE IN BOLSTER BLOCK, BARRE, VT.
3 percent Paid on Deposits. Began business Feb. 27, '93
i.
, HENRY JACKSON. President. GEORGE HOwLAND, Vice President.
F. G. H0WLAND, Treasurer. C. J. LEASE, AssisUnt Treasurer.
Directors: J. HENRY JACKSON, GEORGE H0WLAND, Bl'RTjH. WELLS, HOMER FITTS,
B A EASTMAN, E. W. BISEEE, W. G. REYNOLDS, GEORGE MILNE.
F. G. H0WLAND. . .
First Class Real Estate Mortgages, 5 per cent
STATEMENT JULY 1, 190,1.
ASSETS.
Real Estate Loans, all
in Vermont
Loans to cities and towns
Other loans
U. S. 2 per cent. Bonds
at par
Other U. S. Eonds
Municipal Bonds
Bank Stock at par
Funds on hand
$458,646.54
61,600.00
163,296.36
23,800.00
13,897.36
324,771.95
12,940.00
42,097.09
$1,101,049.30
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock " $50,000.00
Surplus Fund 5,000.00
Undivided Profits 7,255.66
Dividends unpaid 972.00
Deposits
1,037,821.64
$1,101,049.30
All mir Miirtunre I.wins are mrtdp nn improved property in the Mate of Vermont.
IntcriKt i credited to ihpositorg April 1st aud October 1st iu eacn year, thus giving deposi
tors compound interest.
W pay all taxes on deposits not eicwding $2,000.
We should be pleased to do business witli you.