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THE VERMONT PHCENTX, BKATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1901. 4 u NEWS IN BRIEF Clash Among the Allies In China. A Tien Tsln despatch of Juno 3 Bays: There was a serious affray yesterday between tho allied troops. Some British fusiliers who wero act ing as police and preventing French soldiers from housebreaking, wero at tacked with bayonets and bricks. Tho fusiliers, In self-defence, fired In the air. This brought a number of Germans to tho aid of the French men. Thoy numbered together 200 men. Five fusiliers fired again, kill ing a Frenchman and wounding three others. In subsequent fighting four fusiliers, five Germans and one Japan ended the fray. Field Marshal Count von Walder see, accompanied by his staff, left Pe kin Monday. Tho depnrturo was marked by a great military display by tho allied troops, tho booming of artillery, and tho playing of bands. The entire diplomatic body escorted tho Held marshal to tho depot. Von Ranch, the aide-de-camp and nephew of Count von Waldersee, will remain in Pekin to escort Prince Chun, the emperor's brother to Berlin, where lie will formally apologize In behalf of China for the murder of Baron von Kettler. The streets of Pokln are now unus ually clean owing to the sanitary rules which have been enforced strictly by the foreign administrators. Tho ad ministration has also been conducted on an economical basis. It Is very doubtful If this improvement will con tinue when the city is turned over to the Chinese authorities. It is certain that the foreign management has pre Tented an outbreak of epidemics of any kind. To End the War In South Africa. According to a London despatch, Lord Kitchener has set himself the task of bringing the war in South Africa to a conclusion by September with the army of 2G0.41C men which he has under his command. Of this great force there are 100,000 mounted men. Tho commander-in-chief, the South African correspondent of the London World states, hopes to bo able to leave the Capo for England In tho autumn at the latest. All these plans may be upset, of course, but it is re cognised that, if another year of war Is to be avoided, the Boors must bo prevented from carrying on hostilities beyond the winter months into spring, when fresh grass would give their cat tle a new lease of life. The issues of the next inreo or four months are, therefore, vital. Up to May 1 tnero had been: Killed, 4022; wounded, 17,200; died of dis ease or wounds, 10.95G; in hospital on March 15, 13,797; left for England sick, wounded, and died on passage 47,738. Tho numuer of troops sent to South Africa is given as 347.GG1. News has been received of desper ate fighting and heavy British losses which occurred May 29th only 40 miles from Johannesburg. Tho des patch sent by Lord Kitchener under date of May a0 said: Gen Dixon's force at Vladfonteln was attacked by Delarey's forces and there was severe fighting. Tho enemy was evcntuallv driven off with heavy loss, leaving 35 dead. I regret that our casualties also wero severe. The killed and ...wounded mjB.. -red 174.. Four onV cers were' "Killed. ' Five Thieves Lynched In California. A despatch from Bleber, Calif., gives an account of tho lynching of five men at Lookout, Modoc county. The men lynched were Calvin Hall, 72 years old, his three half-breed sons, Frank, James and Martin, aged re spectively 2G, 18 and 1G, and B. D. Yantis, aged 27. The men lynched had been suspected of petty stealing for some time. Many small articles had been missed for a long time and a search of the houses of Hall and Yan tis revealed many articles of house hold use, dishes, table linen, clothing and the like which were hidden there. The arrests followed and a mob gath ered, took tho men from tho officers, and hupg them from either side of a bridge which crosses the Pitt river at Lookout. The governor of California offers $5000 for the arrest of the lynchers. Robbers Burned a Town. The little town of Jasper, county eat of Jasper county, Tex., was almost wiped out by fire Sunday morn ing. Seventeen houses, including every business house in the placo and a number of residences, were destroy ed. Previous to tho fire tho post office safe had been blown open and robbed. The safe of tho county treas urer also was found to have been blown open and rifled of its contents. The conclusion of the people of Jas por Is that tho robbers blew open these safes and then set fire to tho town to cover up their crimo and cre ate an excitement which would afford them an opportunity to escape. Tho loss is estimated at $100,000. Ninety-eight Filipinos havo arrived at San Francisco, en route to tho Pan American exposition, where they are to display tho manners and customs of their native land. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin D. Mead of Bos ton havo gone to Europe to spend sev eral months in historical and political ' tudIeB. They will attend the King lfred,nlllennlal celebration at Win iheacer, and will represent tho Amerl - - can peace society In tho international t peace congress at Glasgow. John B. Lord, receiver of the Wil liam F. Miller B20 por cent Franklin syndicate, for promoting which Miller was sentenced to 10 years at hard la bor in Sing Sing prison, has been au thorized by United States Judge Thomas, sitting In Brooklyn, to pay to the creditors of tho concern a dividend of G per cent on their proved claims, amounting to $287,000. Rheumatism Cured In a Day. "Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and Neuralgia radically cures In one to three days. Its action upon the system Is ro markable and mysterious. It removes Ht once the cause and the disease Immedi ately disappears. The (lrst dose greatly benefits. 75 cents. Sold by Oeo. K. Greene, Druggist, Brattleboro. Palpitation of the heart, nervousness, tremblings, nervous headache, cold hands and feet, pain In the back, and other forms of weakness are relieved by Car ter's Iron Pills, made specially for the blood, nerves and complexion. A man's wife should always be the same, especially to her husband, but Jf he Is weak and nervous, and uses Car ter's Iron Pills, she cannot be, for they make her "feel like a different person' at least so they all Bay, and tholr hus bands say so too. Carter's Iron Pills equalize the circulation, remove nervous ness and give strength and rest. Try them. Soldiers Wrecked a Saloon. Six hundred soldiers, members of tnc 4Gth regiment, indulged in saloon-wrecking nt San Francisco Sat urday in a way which would havo glad dened the heart of Mrs. Nation. They had just been mustered out and had received their pay. Most of them had several hundred dollars coming to them and they did considerable drinking in tho Presidio resorts. A soldier named Morgan was found un conscious In front of a saloon, and tho doctor said ho had been drugged. The report spread through tho camp that several members of the regiment had been murdered with drugs, and a mob was at once mndo up and the sus pected saloon was entirely wrecked. Overturned lamps set tho building on fire nnd the fire department was call ed out. The police wero powerless to restore order and it was only by turning tho hoso on the soldiers that thoy were prevented from doing fur ther damage. William II. Newman, president of tho Lake Shore, was elected on Mon day president of tho Now York Central and Hudson Itlvor railroad company, to succeed Samuel H. Callaway, re signed. It Is announced that John D. Rocke feller of Now York is nbout to add to the number or his public benefac tions in that city by establishing an endowed institution for medical re search. "Tho Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research" has already boon incorporated and Mr. Rockefeller has placed at its disposal $200,000 for immediate expenditure. The work is to be concentrated upon obtaining re sults of practical value to humanity. A Seattle, Wash., despatch says that George Mulligan of Liberal, Kans., president of tho Eagle City Mining and Exploration company, was robbed of $17,000 in that city Juno 1, while awaiting the sailing of a vessel for tho Yukon. He was drawn into a dark alley by two men, as he was passing down a brightly lighted street in the busy section of the tenderloin, sandbagged, and despoiled Qf his mon ey by ripping open his shirt, under neath which the money was con cealed. And the Hat Was Removed. It was a brand new hat, and she must havo been wearing It for tho first time. When she finally got herself lixed in her seat at the theatre the man and woman behind her naturally expected that she would remove it, for the performance had already be gun, and it shut off their view of the stnge completely, being of enormous size, with big, cheap feathers nil over it. Several minutes passed, and the owner of the hat showed no Intention of taking it off. Tho man behind grew Impatient, and announced his determination of speaking to her. But he lacked the nerve and sat there, boil ing within. It was then that the fem inine tact of his companion asserted itself. She made audible comments on the hat, w..ich tho owner could not help overhearing. She explained its architecture to the man, and said she had tried it on herself only a couple of days before, but while it was cheap, she didn't like it. "How do you know It's the same hat?" asked the man, entering into the spirit of the thing. ''I would know it anywhere," was the reply; "and then there fi the price tag still on it!" This was more than the woman in front could stand. Off came tho hat, and there was a surreptitious searcn for tho tag, which, of course, wasn't there at all. Philadelphia Recdrd. Is There Snow in the Moon7 Prof. W. H. Pickering of the Har vard observatory, who has been mak ing astronomical observations in Ja maica, West Indies, for several months, has brought home a series of photographs of the moon, which ap pear to establish the fact that there is snow on the moon not great plains of snow, but snow in deep abysses which can only be seen from the earth in certain angles of sunlight. What tho snow is can as yet be only a matter of inference. It is most probably the snow of water. It ap pears that the presence of an atmos phere on the moon is accepted now among astronomers, though one of ex treme tenuity. The snow can hardly be congealed carbonic acid gas or ni trogen, because of tho reduced pres sure on tho moon's surface, laboratory experiments on tho earth showing that a certain critical pressure Is cssentinl to solidifying these gases, as well as a low temperature. That there can bo a low enough temperature on the moon can hardly be questioned. If the lighted surface is as warm proba bly as the earth's surface, it is cooled during the long lunar night, of 14 of our days, down to the awful cold of space. The range of temperature at any given point of the moon's surface, during each of our months, must be through nearly 400 degrees. The Prayer of a Plantation Negro. On the Sunday after the assassina tion of President Lincoln a negro, once a slave, was reported to havo made the prayer printed below: "O Lord, wo come to thee holding up our souls as empty pitchers, to bo filled from tho fountains of thy love. Didn't you tell us, Lord, If we were hungry, you would feed us? Didn't you tell us, Lord, if wo wero thirsty, you would give us drink from tho wa ters of salvation? Didn't you tell us, Lord, it we wero poor and weak, Como unto me, all yo feeble and weary nnd heavy-laden, and I will give you rest? Didn't you toll us, Lord, if wo would bo patient and wait, you would bring us out of our troubles? And when tho hour was como, as you raised up Moses to break the power of Pharoah and let tho people go, so you havo sent us a deliverer, to lead us out of slavery; and, while the good shepherd was with us, ho led us 'over tho wilderness, and toted tho littlo ones in his arms, and gave us to browse In the green pastures. "But, now Lord, when his work was done, you saw it was done, and took him up higher, and gave him a seat among tho archangels, and clothed him in white robes; and ho pleads for us. When any of us are worthy, wo shall seo him where he Is, and em brace him. And tho Lord will say, 'Who ho these?' And Abraham will answer, 'Theso are they whom I brought out with much tribulation and anguish from the house of bondage, and for whom I was killed.'" About half tho years of a college course are spent In teaching tho boy to talk, and after ho graduates ho has to spond two or three times as many years learning to keep still. Wash ington Capjtal. VERMONT NEWS. ABEL E. LEAVENWORTH DEAD. Widely Known Educator Passed Away at Castlcton Monday His War Record. Abel E. Leavenworth, 72, died Mon day at his home in Castlcton after a long Illness. Ho was a natlvo of Char lotto and graduated from tho Univer sity of Vermont In J85G. He wns prin cipal at various times of academies in Bolivar, Mo., Hlnesburg, West Brattle boro and Now Haven In this state. Ho secured the Incorporation and en dowment of Beeman Acndemy in New Haven In 1870 and wns nrlnclnnl of the Institution four years, resigning to take a similar position with tho state normal school at Randolph. Ho spent two years in institute work nnd in making a fine collection of minerals. His most Important work wnB dono ns principal of tho state normal school at Castleton, a position which ho held about 1G years, resigning several years ago in favor of his son, Philip R. Leavenworth, who is now at tho head of the Institution. Mr. Leavenworth enlisted as a private In tho 9th Ver mont Volunteers and was promoted through the grades of sergeant and first lieutenant to that of captain. He was made assistant inspector general of WIstar's brlcade of tho United States forces on York peninsula, of the second division of tho Eighteenth army corps nnd of tho provisional brigade at Bermuda Hundreds. Ho also served as assistant adjutant general of the last named command, later of tho Second brigade, Third di vision, Twenty-fourth army corps and he led the skirmish line Into tho city of Richmond, April 3, 18G5. Ho was appointed assistant provost marshal of that city and subsequently assistant adjutant genernl of the district of Ap pomattox. He was a member of the American Acndemy of Political and Social Science- in the first year of Its organiza tion. He was twice married and Is survived by four of his seven chil dren. Prison Commission Unconstitutional. Governor Stlckney some time ago forwarded to tho supremo court sev eral questions regarding tho law cre ating a state, board of prison commis sioners, ennted in 1898, nnd amended in 1900, with a view to securing nn opinion on the constitutionality of the measure The act passed In 1SUS provided for a maximum and a mini mum sentence to the stnte prison or the house of correction and gave the power of parole, after the expiration of the minimum sentence, to the board of commissioners. The law also pro vided that the board should consist oi tho chief justice of the supreme court, the lieutenant governor and the directors of tho state prison nnd house of correction. The act of 1900 substituted the last preceding lieutenant governor for the chief justice upon tho board. This change was made because thocbief jus tice did not act with the board. Sec tion 3 was also amended so that appli cations for pardons or a conditional discharge might be referred, In his discretion, by the governor to the bonrd for investigation, and also gave the board tho power to return from the house of correction to tho indus trial school any prisoner originally sentenced to the school, who in it's judgment should be transferred. Tho duties of the board were to hear and determine upon applications for tho release and parole of convicts from the state prison or house of correction and to make such rules and regula tions regarding tho same as they deemed best. The supreme court now holds that the law Is unconstitutional and hence Vermont has no effective board of prison commissioners. Burlington News. Relief Corps Convention. Mrs. Olive F. Puffer, department president of the Woman's Relief corps of Vermont, has issued general order No. 10, announcing that the 17th an nual convention of the order will meet In Burlington, June 19. The head quarters will be at the Van Ness House. On tho evening of tho 18th the outgoing officers will tender a re ception to the members of the corps, to the Grand Army comrades, Sons of Veterans and veteran soldiers. Wednesday noon, the members of Stannard Woman's Relief corps will serve a luncheon. The president has accepted an invitation extended by tho 13th Vermont Reglmentnl association to a boat ride on Lake Champlain tho evening of the 19th. Tho president calls the attention of tho different corps to the fact that "flag day" will be June 14, and suggests that each one arrange to observe it in nn appro priate manner. Vermont Botanical Club Field Meeting The seventh annual meeting of tho Vermont Botanical club will bo held at Rutland and vicinity on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 2 and 3. W. W. Eggleston, who knows the region thor oughly, will act as guide, Insuring a profitable scries of excursions. It is proposed that a trip bo made to Spec taole pond, East Wallingford, on Tues day. On Wednesday a trip will bo made to Twin Mountains and neigh boring places in West Rutland. On Thursday, July 4th, It is suggested that those who wish to do so may make, over ono of tho finest roads in tho state, a bicycle or carrlago trip to Castleton and Fair Haven, 1G miles from Rutland. The headquarters of the club while In Rutland will bo at tho Bardwoll House. Round trip tick ets may be bought on all tho railroads running into Rutland nt reduced rates. At this meeting an organization for tho study of the Vermont birds will be formed,. Ernest Buttles of Brandon, who will graduate from the University of Ver mont this month, hns accepted a p'osl tlon offered him by Mason S. Stone, ex-superintendent of education of Ver mont, and will go to tho Philippines to teach, leaving about July 1. Mr. Buttles will receive $1000 a year and passage, out and return. A boarding house at North Benning ton, Kept by Mrs. James Sktnner, was entered by burglars early Monday morning nnd about $G65 in gold and bank notes taken. The money was locked up in an old-fashioned trunk, which was stored away in a closet. The trunk was opened by- removing tho hinges with a screwdriver. Tho thieves were evidently familiar with the premises. Prominent Railroad Man a Vermonter. Daniel B. Robinson, a prominent railroad man who died In Chicago FrI day, was born in St. Albans in 1847, He entered tho employ of tho Central Vermont railroad in 18GG as freight clerk. From 18G9 to 1870 ho was chief clerk of tho mechanical depart mcnt of tho Canadian Pacific, and since this has held consecutively the following offices: Agent, assistant su porlntendent, nnd general superlnten dent of the Now Orlenns & Mobile railroad; general manager of tho Son ora railway, Mexico; general suncrln tendent of tho northern division of tho Mexlcnn Central railway; general mnnnger or tho Mexican Central rail way; general manager of tho Atchl son & Pacific railroad; general mana ger of the Colorado Midland railway; assistant to the president of tho Atchl son & Pnclfic railroad; general mana ger of the San Antonio & Arkansas Pass railroad; president of the San Antonio & Arkansas Pass railroad: president of the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix railroad; vice president of the Atchlnson, Topeka, and Santa Fe; nnd president of the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad. Commercial Fertilizers. A press bulletin from tho Burlington Experiment Station says: "The experiment Btation has an alyzed 134 brands of commercial fer tilizers this year and has found six sevenths of them to bo as good as they were promised to be. Most of the remainder at least gave as much money value as they were guaranteed to contain. uie character of the ma terials used was usually good, tho quality or the fertilizer averaged a lit tie higher than last year and plant lood nought in this way proved as cheap as it ever had been In Vermont, The farmer buying a ton of average fertilizer on credit paid nineteen dol lars for his plant food, and nine and a half dollars to the manufacturer, the agent ami the railroad for making, sell ing and freighting It. Some Vermont farmers who have considered one dol lnr in three a little high, havo put some thought into the matter and got quite a little more and generally bet tor fertilizer for their money by buv Ing the raw materials and mixing them at home. Masonic Temple at Rutland Dedicated. The cornerstone of the new Masonic temple in Rutland was laid last Sat unlay with impressive ceremonies. I he procession formed in the old Ma sonic hall at 1 o'clock and marched to the new temple, the commnnder es corting the grand lodge officers, a large majority of whom were present. Nearly four hundred .Masons were in line. The cornerstone was laid by (hand Master W. Scott Nay. of Un derbill, in the presence of nearly 2000 people. The ceremony was followed by an address by Grand Master Nay, In which he paid glowing tribute to the memory of John W. Cramton, the donor of the lot on which the temple is mint. This was followed by five minute addresses by Congressman Kittredge Haskins and several other members of the grnnd lodge. It is expected that the temple will be fin isned in September at a total cost of about $30,000. Tho annual (bnvention of Vermont firemen will lie 1 Id in Ilurlinirinn July 17. The presi'dent of the Fire men s association, K. K. Hannum, diet' in Rutland some time ago. Tlie four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Ladd of Waterbury tripped aim felt into a foot bath of boiling not water while playing about the room Monday morning and was dread fully scalded about the abdomen and the lower parts of the body. The lOGth annual meeting of the Congregational convention of Vermont with the annual meeting of the Ver mont Domestic Missionary society and the annual meeting of tho Woman's Home Missionary union, will be held June 11-13 with tho Congregational church in Unkind. By a vote of 170 to 0 tho Universal ist society of Barre voted not to ac cept tho resignation of Rev. Ellle K. M. Jones as its pastor, and by an unani mous vote extended a call to her to re main as pastor until December, 1902, which she has accepted. More money has been raised for tho support or tho church. Hon. Alden Speare, of Boston, a na tive of Chelsea, has sent to Hon'. W. P, Dillingham, chairman of the board of trustees of Montpelier seminary, his check for $500, to be used in paying current expenses at the semlnnry. Mr. Spearo has also given a condi tional pledge of $5000 toward the sem lnnry endowment fund. Mr. Speare was a graduate of the old Newbury seminary. Now and then a caso of honesty comes to light which makes one take renewed confidence In mankind. A little over 30 years ago Edward Mc Neil of Burlington, who lived in Que bec, loaned $50 to a young man named J. Catudel. The young man went away and nothing more was heard from him until last Saturday, when Mc Neil received a letter from Catudel, who is in Dallas, Texas, enclosing $10 and promising to send tho rest later. Tho lOGth annual meeting of tho Vermont Congregatlonallsts will bo held at Rutland next Tuesday, Wed nesday and Thursday. Tho annual meeting of tho Vermont Domestic Mis sionary society, and the Woman's Homo Missionary union will bo held in connection with tho convention. Services will begin nt 2 p. m. on Tues day and close Thursday forenoon. Tho conventi6n sermon will bo given by Rov. G. Glenn Atkins of Burlington nt 4 p. m. Tuesday. Tho observance of Memorial day In Barns was of special interest be cause of the starting of a movement for a $20,000-soldior's monument. At tho annual dinner of tho Grand Army sev eral of tho speakers referred to tho advisability of erecting a monument, tho conveniences being particularly good, owing to tho excellent quality of granlto, and so much enthusiasm was manifested that a committee was appointed to go ahead with the work. This commltteo Is Dr. J. H. Jackson, Alderman James Mackay, ox-Mayor E. L. Smith, William Wishart and Miss Blanch Tilden. "As you went out," whispered the observing boarder, "I saw you pick something from tho floor, tear it in a dozon pieces and throw It in the range. Was it a Iovo letter?" "No," responded tho practical boarder; "It was a little booklet tell ing how to preparo prunes In ninety nine different ways. I was afraid it might fall into the hands of our land lady." Philadelphia Record, LETTER FROM BISHOP HALL In Which He Defines More Fully His Views on Prohibition vs. License. From the St. Johnsbury Republican. The following letter from Rov. A. C A. Hall of Burlington, Episcopal Bishop of Vermont, clearly defines his position in the controversy over tho workings of the present liquor laws Like many other people, ho thinks that $10,823.23 worth of agoncy liquor is more than ought to bo sold in a town tho slzo of St. Johnsbury. His let tor, as will appear in tho context, was called out by tho letter of Rov. G. W Hunt of Grace Methodist church pub llshed in last week's Republican. He says: 'lo the Editor of the Republican: S.lr 1 thank you for your courtesy in sending mo the Rev. G. W. Hunt's letter In reply to my argument con corning prohibition, and in offering me an opportunity of any further com munlcatlon on tho subject. While I am thankful that the arcuments on both sides should bo fairly placed be fore the people, it is impossible for mo to keep up a newspaper discussion of mo question. But one or two re marks I should bo glad to make, see ing (not from Mr. Hunt's letter alone) that some points in my former letter nave not been clearly understood, in part probably owing to my effort to conuense my arguments as much as possible. 1. To tho obioctlon that "Prnlilhl. tlon does not prohibit," it is easy to repiy, "Nor does tho law acainst steal Ing prevent all dishonesty." The real point is this, that tho commun tv and the appointed officers make a distinct eftort to enforce the law against steal Ing, whereas, nothing like the same eftort Is made, nor disposition shown, to enforce the prohibition law. There is no gain In having a law on the stat ute book if It is not enforced. On the contrary, there are gravo objections to this course, some of which I tried to point out. 2. Your correspondent, I am sure, ana others who take exception to im position will recognize that I am hear tily with them in the endeavor to check drunkenness, however we mav differ about tho best means to accom plish this end. I would beg of them to consider carefully (In their bearing uoin upon "Hypocrisy and upon actual Intemperance) the facts with regard to the town liquor agencies stated in the last issue of the St. Albans Mes senger (May 1G), and the facts also regarding the sale and use of drugs and disguised stimulants in Vermont, as shown In Dr. Grlnneli s paper print ed in the Burlington Clipper of Mny 4th. St. Johnsbury, witli a population ol 7010 can hardly need "for medicinal. mechanical and chemical purposes" liquor from the town agency amount ing to $10,823.23. I have long been convinced, and these statements con firm my opinion, that, whatever the intention in the mind of its promoters the actual effect of the prohibition law Is to promote secret indulgence of ono kind or another. On the phys ical side, drugs and patent medicines In which alcohol is the chief ingredient may be more dangerous than tne open use or intoxicants, oecause the snare is more subtle and unpereciveii. Oi course. If all use as a beverace o. wine or alcoholic drinks is in itself wrong, there is no more to bo sale. This those who advocate prohibition on this ground have to prove. My ar guments are with those who treat as a sin what Is not really wrong, biu may be dangerous. To sum un mv nnai- tlon: (1) I would draw a line, in the interests or religion and morality, be tween temperance and total absti nence, and between drunkenness nnd the legitimate use of what may be iiuuseu. iz) witn regard to what may be dangerous, I would dissuade as a matter of prudence, rather than attempt to prohibit as if it were in it self wrong. May I be allowed two further words or personnl explanation? (1) That Mr. Hunt's Inverted commas do not in all cases mark exact quotations of my words which ho wishes to re fute. (2) That while I havo only oeen in Vermont lor a little over seven years, I have been in the active ex ercise of my ministry in tho United biates (with the exception of two years spent I i England) since 1873, anu nave nan considerable opportunity or seeing tne effect of different at tempts nt prohibition in various places. tins, i aau, not with particular ref erence co Mr. Hunt's letter, but in reference to some other criticisms wwhich assumed that my experience, in tins country nt any rate, had been extremoiy limited, and that I wrote rrom nn English point of view. Faithfully yours, ARTHUR C. A. HALL. The Chance God Gives. "I'll pass this way but once," a fool cried out, "And therefore I will laugh and take my case; Let others toil and sweat and fret and doubt, And miss the chance God gives them, If they please But 1 will Journey down the careless ways And ope my eyes (o none but happy days." "I'll pass this way but once," another said, "Hence nil that God laid out for me to do I must be doing as I faro ahead, That Ho may say 'Well done,' when I nm through Uy word and deed I'll do my best to spread Good cheer along tho pathways that I tread." The wise man did his work nnd did It well. And people blessed him as ho went along, And fewer tears, because he labored, fell And higher swelled tho chorus of tho song Tho song of joy God meant that men should raise, The splendid song of brothorhood nnd praise. Tho useless fool went dawdling hero and ,.,Vnm!ndfu' of 0,1 flings but his own; What If men sang or sobbed? He didn't cn re One morn he awoke to find all pleasures flown! HIb tongue was thick nnd dry-he cursed Ills lnt And shriveled up and passed nnd was forernt. -E, 8. Klser In Chicago Itecord-IIorald. CANDV rfiTu ft nrn iu Genuine .Umptd C. C C. Never told in bulk. ntf Ai it. . j..t. .1.. . .. w.n. ui uic unicr wno tries to tell "lomelhinj Just as good." A Novel and Important Use for Corn Stalks. We bollevo that it is not generally known that tho best "cellulose," tho material used for backing up tho or mor plates at tho water lino of war vessels, to provent tho Inflow of water when tho plates aro pierced by shots from tho enemy, is made from corn stalks. Tho pith of tho cornstalks Is treated chemically to make It fire proof, and is pressed into shapes suit able for use. It is packed between tho Inner and tho outer walls of tho warship. A few years ago tho ex periment was mado of firing a 250 pound prpjcctilo through a steol cof ferdam packed with cellulose three feet thick. A hole was mado a foot In diameter. Water was immediately turned on, and continued for an hour, at tho end of which time not a drop had gone through. Tho cellulose has tho property of absorbing tho wnter rapidly, and swelling to such an extent as to close an opening of considerable size. Machinery. To Reform the Uivorce Laws. An antl-dlvorco movement has start ed In New Hampshire, and a strong effort will be mado to reform the dl vorce laws of tho state. Tho Evangel leal Ministers' union of Manchester has voted not to marry persons who have been divorced, except such In jured person who may have obtained a divorce on grounds of criminal lnti macy. Tho percentage of divorces to marriages in Now Hampshire is higher than In most of tho states of the union nnd the state has had the reputation of granting divorces with very little publicity. DOCTORS say "Consumption can be cured." Naturoalonowon'tdolt. It needs help. Doctors say "Scott's Emulsion is the best help." But you must continue its use even in hot weather. If you have not tried it, send for free samp'.e. SCOTT & IIOWNK, ChemUti, 409-4:5 l'earl Street, New York, 50c. and ft. 00; all druggist. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Boar Signature- of I See Facsimile Wrapper Below. Very small nnd oi easy to take ns sugar. FOR HEADACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION 13 cirtj I Purely VeffeUUlo.wSt55 CURE SICK HEADACHE. is! Organ Factory brattllbqro. vr. f&f t'ANO FACTORY: 5aUmiRItB0UUyAMiUHCOLNAVE. nun tunn li i r. iff i tiEWYOfiX.PMLADKLfHIA. BOSTON. nnxwioiun. LnLAou. BALTItiOftt. Bicycle Repairing In All Its Branches Brazing, vulcanizing, etc., Sundries and Supplies of all kinds. Second-Hand Bicycles $3.50 Up Also Upholstering and Carpet Laying, Tjm. brelUs recovered and repaired. Lockaralthln. and Key fitting at J. B. DUNTON'S REPAIR SHOP, no. Msln St., Brattleboro, Vt. I will have several families here soon from the city who wish to rent furnished houses in 'Brattleboro and near-by for three or four months. If you wish to rent your houses come and see me soon. F. J. BAILEY. BAILEY'S REAL ESTATE AGENCY, Sells Everything Addivss, F.J. BAILEY & CO., Ryther Building, iiuAi-aj.iiiiOHO, Trial Subscrlotlon tu r.. WIllbOBnnt . . .7" rnonlX CARTERS WlTTLE WlVER H PILLS. mmM "UTOB d mo.. OR. NEWS AND OPINIONS Of National Importance. The Sun Alone Contains Both. Daily, by mail, - - $6 a year Daily & Sunday by mail, $8 a year The Sunday Sun Is the Greatest Newspaper in the World. Price, 5c a copy. $2 a year. Address THE SUN, New York. Horses. Horses. I have Just received a load of Horses which 1 boUBht In the northern part of tho stnte. These Horses consist mostly of nice drivers, weighing from 930 to 1100 pounds. No. 1 Bay, 7 years old. Stands 15-3, weighs 1100 pounds. This horse Is very stylish and a nice Gentleman's driver. ho. 2 Bay Horse, 6 years old; stands 13-2, weighs 1030 pounds. He Is a good roader and a nice Family Horse. Not afraid of anything. No. 3 Bay Mare. 6 years old; stands 13-2, weighs 10UO. This mare is an extra fine driver and very handsome. Nos. 4 & D Pair Bay Mares, 8 and 7 years old; stand 15-2, weigh 2050. They are a fine team and right In every way. Nos. C & 7 Pair Black Horses; stand 15-2, weigh 2000. A nice stylish Gentle man's road team. The balance are all good livery and business horses and all ready to go right to work. As I selected these Horses myself I can guarantee them to be right In every way. Call and see them whether you wish to buy or not. 1 also have a full line of new and second hand carriages and agricultural imple ments for sale. E. E. BLOOD. Putney, Vt. KYLIGHT 'and VENTILATORS 3IADU OF SHEET METAX. Prcof against leaks from weather and condensation. E. VAN NOORDEN COMPANY, 044 MiiKsiichtiscttit Ave., BOSTON, Mass. SEND FOB CATALOGUE . if TO PACIFIC COAST! Without Chnncn. 5 :S B fiU ne WT excnrloni In modern, un. nil, cur,iom in modern, 3 comfortable. uDliol.tprri imih.i 5- Z Rafp H.Mlwar. For lull information ? ;C tG call ou or addren S- : , H. J. COLVIN, 5 S,....107 ATnuhlncton Street. Boston. 5: JOHN DUNLEAVY, Custom Tailor Cleansing, repairing and pressing done to order. Ryther Building, - Up one Flight. ftailnmljs. BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD. VVIXTEH Ann a vf.utpvT t ect Oct. 8, 1900. i rains leave Brattleboro, northbound: 11.10 a. m. for stations to Windsor, Lan caster, St. Johnsbury, Newport, Sher brooke. Montreal via C. P. By.. Quebec, Burllnctnn St iih.na 1 J'L". ' i.21 p. m. for Bellows Falls. Windsor, Lyndonvllle, St. Albans and Montreal. 5.o0 p. m. for all stations to White River UM0 p. m. for Windsor, Newport. (Sher orooke and Quebec except Sunday), Montreal via Newport, Vt,, and C P. Sundays, 10.10 p. m. for Windsor, Bur- C V Ry rt'u""B ana Montreal via SOUTHBOUND. ?Kry?iynfit9n5. "olyoke and Spring. "I'd 5-20 daily), 9.10. 10.25 a. m 2.12 arid 4.0 p. m. D. J. FLANDERS. Gen 1 Passenger and Ticket Agent, iuucuicu 10 uct. 1, ismu.j CENTRAL VERMONT RAILWAY 00. .Socilhrrii IiIvI.Iiiii. GOING SOUTH. Trains, 1 ti .... r, ..... 1 . 1 ... o 1. "i-""euuro as ioiiows: Yo?k. y Springfield and New '1?; V fr Millers Falls, Palmer and Mh'n",?.,R;,JH,at Pa'mer with Boston & viwniynKn- .ai lyilUmantlc and at New London with N. Y N. H. & H. 9.10 a. m. foV Springfield and Now York. ,J:?) a:.m- for Millers Falls and noints on uie Mtchbitrg division Boston & Maine Tv. m- Jor lpr nefleld and New York. 4 S " fpr) Sl'rlneflelQ nnd New York nnPiiJor MJ,"?r? Fall and stations n i t ,rB u'v,s'on Hosion & Maine 8' "a. Palmer and New London and New ork via Norwich Line. GOJING NORTH. Trnlnn nnl. n . n-n.f.i . .. 11 m o T i Jr 'tti'iouuro as 101 ows: 'VL-JflVYork via Norwich 11.07 A m fw L3 . IrtA ll lllguetu. s m 'k frim Boston via Millers Falls. nmi Mn.?v10;(r Rr.tS- trom Sprlngneld 9& Now YorkT (10.05 p. m. runs dally). U' P. m. from New Tvinrinn aalni,erB Fal,s' Rllhlnn, . , TrainV'-;, " c""iikb wunout notice, wise noted. W " y" nly except other" ' 'aAN' Vie" ref ,'1n' and General Man- 8. W.' CUMMINOS, Q. P. A., St Albans. Boston & jVlaine Railroad Lowfest Rates FAST TRAIN SERVICE HKTWEEN BOSTON and CHICAGO, St. Louis, St. faul, Minneapolis and all Points, AVest, Northwest and I Southeast. tS?liilliniii llmt'lnf .... ul.u...i u ti.iot.Ji t ; . : i-u u .S.""i,1Vl:t',.Ki""J,.lnfoJm"tlo apply nt any lifiulial tiek'ft olllcoof tlio company, D J. pLANDERS, aunuiiilpugM.-bgertind Ticket Aiient. Ilosiou .Muss,