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THE VERMONT PHCENIX, BRATTLEBORO, JTRIDAY, JULY 4, 1902.
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THE ENGINEER OF NO. 97.
Georgo FlaBK wns cnglnccr of tho
fnst rrclght thnt pullcd.out of Ulack
nivcr Jiinction nt 4 o'clock overy wcck
day aftcriioon ln tho ycar. Men of Ipss
nmbltlon than ho would havo boen
satlsfled wlth tho posltlon, for lt was
a fnlrly lucrativc one, but Flags saw!
ahcad of hlm tho aecommouauon
traln, and ahcad of thnt tho exprcss
and fast mall.
TlHtinllv ln rallroad llfe tho moro ro-
sponslblo posltlons nro seeurcd only
aftcr ycars of gradunl promotton, hut
Bomctimca tho way 1s short, tho en
glneor of tho frelght today controlltng
the llmlted oxprosa tomorrow. A
momcnt'a qulck wlt and a fcw mlnutcs
of darlng work counta moro wlth tho
managcmcnt than ycara of unoventful
Borvice, and the coveted posltlon ls
forthcoralng.
Flagg'a englno was standlng on the
main line at the Junctlon one nfter
noon lato ln the fall, and Flagg was oll
ing it, preparatory to tho regular trlp
north. It had becn ralnlng and tho
engino was n gloomy spluttering ob
Ject, pleasant notther to the touch nor
to tho slght. Ahead wero sllppery
rnlls thnt moan trouble for every cn
glneer on the road; tho heavler the
raln the greater the troublo, and Flagg,
wlth the certalnty of flfty-four loaded
cars, was not ln the most chcerful
frame of mlnd.
He had just completed the olllng of
hls englno when the operator at the
Junctlon appeared on the sceno. Ho
was coatless and hatlesa, and lt was
with oxtrcrao difhculty that he gasped
tho message whlch he had recclvcd
over the wlres:
"Get onto tho sldlng, qulck," he
crlcd: "tho 5 o'clock frelght out of Vin
cent has brokcn away, wlth nohody on
board. It naased Harrisvlllo flve mln-
tites ago and ls comlng down on thls
track."
Flagg was ahoard of hls englne whlle
tho operator was yet speaklng, and
before he had finlshcd he had declded
what to do. He mlght have taken tho
operator's advlce and made hls niiiol'
cst tlme for tho nearest slding, thus
saving hls englne and gettlng out, of
harm's way himself, but he dldn't. In
stead, he threw open the throttle of hls
cngine and started it up towards Har
riaville and tho ohcomlng frelght.
The operator atood for a moracnt
starine after the receding englne in a
helpless aort of way, whlch, were it
not for tho soriousness of the situa-
tion, would havo been ludlcrous
"Gone crazy!" he muttered.
Flagg opencd tho sand valve the ln
stant ho started hls englne, and as he
sped over the ralls, he left two white
tralls behlnd.
Strange thoughts cnter a man's
mlnd at such a tlme; ldeas come
qulckly and oftentlmes they are ln
coherent. Flagg wondered "what the
offlclals in the main office were thlnk
ing of his strange conduct, for he was
conndent that the operator at the Jun&
tlon had already wired the facts. He
wondered why the gates were not down
at the crossings and the flagmen at
thelr posts, and serious thoughts of
maklng wholesale rcports at head
quarters, scorlng them one and all, for
gross negllgence. Once he thought he
was insane; that was when a tiny
black object appeared on the ralls
more than three mlles away an object
that lncreased in slze as lt drew
nearer, Fagg starlng at lt while won
uerlng what it was.
When the llght came, he reallzed hls
own danger, and for an instant he
wondered what he was there for; then
the thought whlch had actuated hlm
at the start recurred. At once, he was
all alertness. He reversed hls englne
and put on the brakes, and though to
hlm it seemed hours, lt was a very few
seconds beforo his englne was backinc
down the grade whlch he had just
climbed, galning speed wlth every
revoiutlon of the wheel.
Tho dot where the ralls seemed to
meet had rapldly assumed the form
and proportlons of an cngine, and it
was not long before Flagg could hear
above the racket made by his own en
glne the sound of escaplng steam and
the roar of therapldlyapproachingrun
away; it took very little lmaglnatlon
ror Mm to reel the engine's hot breath
Thls was the plan by whlch he
meant to catch the runaway. He had
hastened up the track to meet lt
Then, as lt drew near. he had started
to run before it, gradually letting it
galn on hlm. Now he proposed to
mako the englnes come together, and
then he would. match the power of hls
own against tho power of the other.
thus gettlng both under control.
Flaggjs englno and the frelght were
well matched, and as they tore through
Porter's Station, the lone englne was
a short dlstance ln front of the frelght.
It was then that Flagg gently applied
tne urakes and nrought the two en
gines together. He felt the jar as
they touched, and at once bore down
on the brakes, presently reverslng the
englne.
The long frelght rebelled. The long
strlng of cars shook and jangled at
thelr couplings as they felt the re
straining hand of the englneer. As
slsted by the sand whlch he had
turned on the ralls, Flagg's heavy
englne grudglngly ylelded every length
of rall, and flnally, less than an eighth
of a milo from the Junctlon depot,
brought the runaway to a standstlll
At 4.30 Flagg started north with hls
regular traln, half an hour late. At
Myrlcks, the agent flagged hls traln
and as It came to a stop, a follow en
glneer jolned the operator at the slde
of the englne.
THOSE GNAWIN6 RATS,
Cnmmou nnd Curlima IlluHion,
"I f elt as though rnts wero gnawiug nt tho
coats of my stomach." Threo famous men
hnvo nll left 'thls expressioa on rocord in
their writiuga. They wero all sufferers
from chrouio indigostioa or dyspepsin, of
whlch tho horriblo sonsntiou they thus de
scribe ls a symptora. Other blgns nro n
heaviness nnd distress nfter eatiug, bad
tasto in thoraoutk,dryuessof Bkiu, vavlnble
appotite, fliitulency, broken sleep, bad
dreams and nightmaros, billiousnessjfatiguo
and weanuesa without labor, otc., eto.
Wo work with our head nud uer-cs nnd
thls mnkca tho dyspomia of tho Btudeut.
tho businesa and irofeBs!onnl mnu, tho
worrtecl man and tho majonty o woraen.
wo turow loou, oiten uuossortett andin ex.
cess, into this weak and unwarmod etom.
ncli, nnd bring on acute iuHaimnatory dys
pepwa or gastrio catarrh, wlth Bymptoma
anu resuits wnicu mako nto a terror. Ask
anybody wuo has it.
Tho bcst of tnodlcinea ia the new raodi
cino, Calcura Bolvent, dlscovered by Dr.
David Kennody, of Kennedy Itow, Kings.
ton, N. Y. It has proved brilliantly suc
cessful in maladlea of the dlgeative and
nervous systoiua and in disordera of tho
llver, bladder and kidueys. All druggbU
$1.00 a bottlo.
"FIhk No. 97 nml tcll Flncs thnt tho
supurlntendont wlshes to sco hhn thls
evenliiB. Gct McArthura to flntsh hls
trlp." wns tho dlanatch whlch tho .North Amcrlcan Ignorance
agent thrust lnto Flngg's hnnd.
,i'iagg reau lt, anu inociinnicaiiy ;
stopped down from tho cab, yleldlng
hls place to McArthurs. Somchow a
strange wcakness seemed to come
over hlm ns he touched the ground,
and he sald aomcthlng nbout tho
a,liittltnllAn,lt l.nltlrv n ,.f.tt. o1it.ltlf,1
T'r "T'" ' ..." ' Wrr? "
rnnVilfinn -
conditlon. '
In hls nmrn when Flnec nntnrnd lnto
- ' " - - - L
n tho-ovenlng, and as he notlccd tho
nil rr! y- nnr'a lin crrrn rA fnnn tin nitlplf 1 ?
motrono;rhlmtobeB t
"Wo are colnc to lav you off for a
monih," sa?d "B tho uporintcndent
i.rioi..iJ I
tm y. ,i i i, i !
Flagg's jaw droppcd as he looked at
tho oniclal quostlon ngly. wondorlng
wuoiner no nau nearu nngiu. nu wua
thlnklng of the payment on a home ,
mortgage that was dlte a nionth later. I
"Yes." contlnued the superlntendont, I
wo want you to go off lnto the coun-.
try for a month's outlng on full pay,
and when you get back thcro wlll bo
a traln put on whlch we havo had
under advlaement for somc tlmo the
Nnrthprn T.lmltpd: conslder vourself
englneer of that traln."
I I guess the rest would do mo
good," sald Flagg, at last rcallzlng how
much that aftcrno.on's trlp had wcak-
cucu iiiiii, uiiu inu inuiuuiiuii, nii, i
CUIl oiii' iiitiiiK juu iui ii, uiiu uu ui)
best as an englneer."
And that s enough," sald the super
lntendont.
THE BIGGEST METEORITE
ON
RECORD.
Twenty-clght Men Trled to Dlg It Out
of a Cornfield Weighs Fifty Tons
and Would Cost $50,000 to Get It to
the Seashore Sample Pleces Bro
ken Out Wlth Dynamlte.
I'rof. Ilenry A. Ward of Chicago, who
has Just retunu'd from a vl.slt to Mcxlcu,
nnnounces the discovery thero of tho
arcest metoorlte oik rocord. Thls RlRan-
tlc messenger from the skles, whlch ls bo
blir. snys I'rof. Wnrd, that It would cost
$50,000 to brlng lt to the sea coast, wolghs
nbout llfty tons.
Tho nnnouncement ot thls discovery j
has been made by Prof. Ward to tho
Academy of Sclence at ltochcster, whcro
Prof. Ward wns formerly n rcsldcnt. Hls
nccount before the ncademy was the flrst
presentatlon of hls discovery to tho scl
cntlflc world. It was the Intentlon of
Prof. Ward to prepare n paper fully de-
scrlblng nnd setting forth thls Import
ant topic for the soclety, but as lt waa
not ready he Rave Instead nn lnformal nc
count. Prof. Ward when Introduced stnted
that he had Just .retumed from a vlslt to
the West Indles, South Amerlea. nnd
Mexlco, nnd that whlle In Moxlco he
found what he went nfter a glant me
teorlto. Prof. Ward's Account.
"You know how many meteorltes have
been found In Mexlco?" he sald. "Why
they are so large and of lron. formatlon ls
what puzzles. Some have sald It ls due
to some speclal nttractlon of the mln-
erals ln Mexlco, but thls hardly seems
posslble to me, owlng to the rapldlty wlth
whlch the earth rovolves, and If n me-
teor were nttrncjcd to a glven spot, tho
veloclty of the earth's momentum would
throw lt fnr from thls polnt of nttractlon.
"To me It seems llkely thnt the cx
planation Is the dry atmosphere of the
country the mcteor Is not worn or de-
composed. Stlll. It Is an lnterestlng
questlon what has causcd thls meteorlc
fall whlch has no parallel elsewhere.
"The same questlon mlght come up In
rcgard to the constructlon of tho meteor
ltes, whlch nre nll of lron, there havlng
been only two or three of stone found. In
Arlzona and Kansas the meteors found
nre nll of stone. It Is very puzzllng.
The Mexlcan government has been very
llberal In brlnglng together these meteor
ltes, whlch nre grouped before n bulld
tng in the Clty of Mexlco, nnd handsome
ly mounted, some $30,000 havlng been np
proprlated for thls purpose.
"I had heard a rumor of a very large
meteorlte ln the country borderlng the
Gulf. These rumors were so uncertnln
thnt they made a search for lt very
temptlng. so havlng a month nt my dls
posal I determlned to set out and try to
settle tho questlon once nnd for nll In
rcgard to the exlstence of thls meteorlte."
Dlgging Out the Meteorlte.
Prof. Ward here gave n very lnterestlng
account of hls expedltlon In senrch of
the mammoth meteorlte. The flrst thlng
he dld was to hunt up a photographer
to accompany hlm, and thls matter gave
hlm some dlfllculty, slnce he was afrald
he mlght not flnd nny one In Mexlco
wllllng to undertnke tho expedltlon.
But after flndlng hls man, arrangements
were qulckly made.
They made the journey, says tho Itoch
estper Democrat nnd Chronlcle, partly
by rall, then nlbng the seacoast and tho
the volcanlc reglon, dlsembarklng nt Col
Ima and travellng by mule nround the
volcanlc mountaln of Collma. He de
scrlbed thls volcnno ns emlttlng sudden
and silent exploslons of vapor whlch rlse
in the nlr llke a flower. He travelcd
about nlnety-flve mlles from tho coast,
and flnally found the meteorlte nbout
whlch so many rumors had ronched the
sclentlflc enr, some dcclarlng It was ns
large as a shlp. It was found In n cul
tlvnted cornfield.
Prof. Ward engaged some twenty
elght Mexlcans to dlg lt out for hlm, pay
Ing them 75 cents n day, whlch was
douhle thelr regular wages. It took
them n dny nnd a half to dlg around tho
mass nnd expose Its base. It rested on
solld rock, nnd hnd not thls rock Inter
vened It would have dlsappeared In the
enrth, Prof. Ward declared. Thero was
ibaolutely
no soll between It nnd tho
rock on whlch It lay. All tho surround
Ing soll hnd undoubtedly como In slnco
the meteor fell, nnd If thls were so lt
wlll rnrry Its fnll very fnr back In tho
past, the speakor sald, ,
Prof. Ward gnve the slze ns 13 feet 1
lnch ln length, G feet, 4 Inches thlek and
5 feet 4 Inches wlde, nnd tho probahlo
welght ns flfty tons,. The outslde was
well proserved, the nbsence of molsture
In tho atmosphere preventlng decompo-
sltlon. Tho plttlngs were flnoly dls-
trlhuted all over It. Thero was ono lnrgo
crack.
Had to Use Dynamlte.
By uslng small stlcks of dynamlto
Prof. Wnrd was cnabled to separato sev
eral large speclmens of thls meteorlte,
whlcli he declared to bo beautlful In for
matlon, Tho great mass wlll probably
never be romoved. He estlmnted It
would cost somethlng llko $50,000 to get lt
to the seaport,
But the discovery, says Prof, Ward, Is
an exceodlngly valuable one, ln settllng
once nnd for nll the exlstenco of thls
meteorlte, nnd Is ot speclal Intcrest to
sclcntlsts. It was stated by Prof. Dodgc,
presldent of tho academy, that Prof.
Ward possesses the largest collectlon of
rvtr Kuueu lugemer uy onu
lndlvldual. thniish tim lntter snva u
ranks fourth In slze ln the world. 1 1
Tho address of Prof. Ward was merety Mr. Blnks Ahl I seo tho czar has four
a prellmlnary statement and tho flrst Httlo daughters.
publlo presentatlon of the subjeot, as he Wlllle Then I s'poso they'U bo what
had been ln thls country only two or aro called czardlnes?
three days. He ls preparlng a full ac- I Attorney "Dld you see the platntlff
count of the analysts of the formatlon strlke the defendant?" Wltneas "Ol
of the meteorlte and other partlculars dld, sor." Attorney "And was the as
whlch wlll be publlshed by the Academy sault commltted with mallce afore
of Sclence. An account of the discovery thoughtT" Wltness "No, sor; it wor
wlll also be publlshed ln the American commltted wld a mallet beholnd th' ear,"
Journai of Sclence. ' Judge.
UNKNOWN SOUTH AMERICA.
. (l.
or mc
Countrles South of the Isthmus.
R Armstrong ln Alnslco'B.)
The umted Stntos wns tho Hrst nation
to rccognlze tlic lndepcndenco of tlic
South Amerkvui r-uiii1!i', fiinl ovor them
It miHcd the ncgis of iho Monroo iioc-
trlne nlmoat 80 yenrs nBo; et, compnrcd
wllll fllfi llirOllfin tlS. VO 1(1 AlTIPrlPIl II TO .
:"r, ,.11. V; i bV.VmV A.nri. J
c7 AVo ' know nS iiw of i
. m,
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ot Us orn nnd fnunn haa l.een KU-nned
II Ul i nlllU 1 1 1 1 Ui Jllll IIUI l iuv tYiinti
rtrnnnn nn inn wnr ii iiiih
1.. lnrm.nn ta
?.. !n",.our .1inoB1
.i e1hnoloBy aKo'e. from nnd
the snmo mny lc onki or tno nistory or
i'F'"" tllc ,m contur?
Amcrlenn sourcos nlmoat no nccount of
thn rlse of the Spnnlsh republlcs can be
,,,,, nml lt ,8 i,:iiropenn, nnu not Amort.
cnn cnpltnl mt hns 0enpJ up ,u wlM.
omesses, nuut its citica nnu rauroau.i,
nnd estnbllshed Its Industrles. How
mnny Amcrlcnns hnve peen Kcundor's
ul " 'l u"
VC.!I" .v"?.a ."iT,11 u '.mT
fonso fnl)s 0M the nlo Snn Franvi9C(ti
wUh thcIr ,iescent f soo fCet nnd vol-
ume of 150,000 cuhlc foet pcr second: or
of the seven falls of Qunyrn, on the Pnrn-
nn. whlch ln comblnntlon durlnc the
rnlny penson chnllciiBO the Rrnndeur of
NlnKnrn?
How mnnv Amerlcnns nro fomlllnr wlth
Gen. San Mnrtln'a nchlcvement In mnk- j
) n ir .lin nneanirn nf llio TTnn1nln linnR
r.',,oo fect nDovo scn lovei, wnn nn nrmy
oi wju men, lninniry. cnvmry nnu "r-
tlllery, ln the wnr of Indepcndence In
18177 Tho Grent St. nernard, ovor whlch
NnVoleon led nn nrmy, Is 5000 fect low
er thnn Uspnlntn. And wrlt In watcr,
so fnr ns most of us nro ooncerned Is
the hcrolc defense of the I'nrnRiinvnns ln
tho wnr of lSKi-70 wlth Ilrnzll, Arprcntlne
nnd UrnRuny, when the populntlon of
PnrnRtiay decllncd from 1,200.000 to 225,
oon. nnd none hut women, old men nnd
chlldron woro left of n peoplo dls-
tlnRtiUhed for thelr Rentleness nnd nmln-
i.nuy.
' Irnr flin Ampr pfiti nnflirnliRt
botnnlst
htmtor nnd trnveler, no pnrt of the world
shotild bnvc moro nttractlons. Urazll
nlono has 1700 spocles of blrds, mnny of
snlendld lildescent plumaRo; tio'less thnn
50 Itlnds of npes; 60 vnrletles of snakos,
lncludlng tho wator hoa, whlch swnllows
horscs nnd mon; oIrM spcclos of nlllga
tors, the vncnrocunzil 27 foot long; 21 bats,
Includlng tho loathsomc vnmplre (Phyl
lostoma Spectrum) two fcet In wlng
stretch, thnt kllls cnttle nnd fnstens on
sleeplng chlldrcn; nnd 1SO0 dlstlnct marlne
crenturcs. Klght thnusnnd spoclca of
boetles havo becn recordod In Kcundor;
In the r.ilambo It hus n snake whlch ls
domestlcatc 1 nnd trnlned to patrol gar
dens, nr i in tho flautero n blrd whose
song so rescmbles the sound of a flutc ns
to elecelve the prnctlced ear. Among the
npes of cquntorlnl South Amerlea Is the
howler, whlch hns doveloped n klnd of
trlbnl organlzatlon under n chlof who
loads n chorus of dlsmal muslc. unllke
that of nny other nnlmnl nnd henrd for
mlles nt dawn nnd sunset. A curioslty
of the plnnt world In Peru Is the Tamnl
caspl. or raln tree, whlch crows to a
helght of C0 foet, nnd nbsorbs the humld
Ity of the ntmosphcre In auch nbund
nnce thnt ln drouths water drlps from
Its branches. So mnny strnnge thlnRs
.there nre In the nnlmnl nnd vegetable
klngdom of South Amcrlrn that no pru-
dent nerson would do more thnn sur
Rest the woalth of them. In tho flrst
quarter of the 20th century most of the
exploratlon nnd cxploltlng of South
Amerlea wlll bo done by cltlzcns of the
TTnlted Stntos. because the commerclnl
Interests of thls country wlll polnt the
way. The polltlcal nre Rrowlng ln lm
portance.
The Engllsh Cllmate.
Of all known cllmates the Engllsh
ls. says John Corbin ln the May At
lantlc. nt once the worst and the best.
From ycar's cnd to ycar's end tho
whole Island and the heavens above
are steeped ln the soft damp ot the
four surroundlng scas. A long and
drenchlng raln ls nlmost unknown; if
a man can forego tho vanity of belng
qulto dry, and ls not above an oc
caslonal rctreat lnto n cab, an um
brella or a raln coat la scarcoly neces
sary. Yet tho sky is never crystal
clear, as it so often is wlth us; the
sun seldom dazzles, the stars never
fllcker and blaze. Month ln and
month out the landscape is blurrcd In
all-prevalllng damp, thln, almost im
perceptlble in summer, yet changlng
the verduo to an ollvo green: azuro
and opalescent in spring, purple in
autumn, golden gray or lurld dun color
in wlnter. And frost and snow are
as rare as tho heat of pure sunlight.
The defects of thls cllmate are at ono
wlth the virtues ln that thoy drive
men Into the open; indced, lt would
not be easy to say what aro defects
and what virtues. Tho temperanco
of tho summer heat makes out of
doors a paradlse. In winter ono ls
chllled to the bonc in Engllsh houscs,
not only American rcsidents, but
the natlves themselves, If they stay
long In-doors. The coal consumcd
seems cnough to heat the cntlro island
to incandesccnce; yet such is the ef
flclenoy of the open flreplaco of the
country that tho man who crouches
before lt goes blue in tho Hps and
white to the roots of hls nose, whlle
the partlcles of half-consumed car
bon gather mlnuto globulcs of mlst
above the chlmneys, shroud tho clty
In a black natural fog, and the cltizens
In a fog of the splrlt.
Half a Mllllon Lives Saved.
That the mllltary operatlons nccessary
to put down tho Insurrectlon In the
Phlllpplnes could not be carrled on with
out tho loss of human llves wns Inevlt
nble, yet on many occaslons tho antls
: hnvo nlluded to tho fnct that many dled
either from wounds or from slckness, ns
If It was somethlng for whlch thls gov
ernment was to blame. At t)io same
tlme they have been careful not to glve
nn lota of credlt to the government for
tho snvlng of many llves through the Im
provement of sanltnry condltlons ln tho
cltles nnd towns of tho nrchlpclago.
Major General Ioyd Wheaton, who
landed In San Frnnclsco tho other dny
after three nnd a half years' servlce In
1 the Phlllpplnes. hnd somethlng to say
about thls featuro of tho nctlvlty of the
Amerlcnn nuthoritlos. Through whole
sale vncclnatlon, the smnll pox whlch was
raglng soon nfter Manlla waa taken, has
been chcckcd. The bubonto plague,
whlch at ono tlmo seemed to 'havo got
Its grlp on the Islnnds, hns been stamped
out. Just now tho health nuthorltles are
battllng wlth tho cholorn nnd General
Wheaton belleves that they have it well
under control. Ho cstlmates that half
n mllllon moro llves would havo becn I
destroyed by varlous mnllgnnnt dlseases '
ln the tlme that has clapsed slnco tho
Amerlcnn occupatlon began, but for the
cxcellent sanltary precautlons that wero
Instltutod nt the carllest posslblo op
portunlty. He directs attentlon to the
fact that ln vlow of thls vast saving of
human llves, tho loss by reason of tho
SpPms verv small rAlhnnv Tnnrnnl
war seema very smau. tAioany journai,
M,
Ilnltlnioro has ronorted tho appe
nnco ln tho publlc parks thcro of tho
. , . ....... .i. Hn.,.-ni.
1n.(1ct fnt. ti.1itr.il f 1l n tintttml.
iBts and othors havo bccn on tho look-
out thls nionth, nnd It ls cxpccted thnt
they wlll bo roportcd wlthln n fow ,
days or wcdks from other parts of tho ,
country. What tho ravagcs of tho i
jiosta thls ycar wlll bo there is no way i
to CH. but as almost every ycar ls a 1
1 l l, .. .......
- cnr iucuhi . nunou inB ' '.'
the country, hero la no ao w o
Insccts wlll bo socn ln other reglons "
..A."i. V.iV.;..,i
miifii nii vniit m .
iiitiv.il (iut ituvvu.
Thcro nro several spcclos of tho ,
clcada ln thls country, nnd they aro I
'0 " alao as harvcat 1
. 17V innntt lo tlio
Clcada alptem ll'ccm nnd lt Is VSd
uic.iuu H.iin.inuicLm, niiu ii ia uuuu
ln all parts of tho country to tho east-
wnrd of tho great plains. Thcro aro
two racea onc of tnom essentlally
northorn In Its d atrlbutlon. and tno
nM,r 0iiinrt, ,unrk fmm Itn
othor southern, whlch dlffers from Its
northorn brethren ln that lts perlodB
are 13 ycars. Ot each spcclo thoro
aro several broods, so that tho supply
Is novcr cxhaustcd In nny season of
appcarancc.
Tho clcada doposlts lts eggs ln tho
outer twigs of treos, ln groovcs cut by
tho oviposltor. In nbout slx weeks
thoy hatch, nnd the young almoat Inv
incdlately after llberatlon leap from
tho boughs and burrow lnto tho
n.tri,iiii1 In w1itr.1i 1,rt mnlnp iwr4 nf
thelr llfe ls spcnt. Tho young llvo
i i, ...). nntll
In tho earth untll near tho explratlon
of the perlod of 17 ycars, burrowlng to
the dopth of 20 fect ln somo lnstances.
The locusts In thls part of thelr careor
llve on tho roots of tho trees, and on
othor plnnts, and at the same tlmo ex
tract some of thelr nourlshmcnt from
tho soll through ccrtaln hollow halrs
nt the tlp of tho proboscls. To cx
tract the sap from thc roots of tho
trocs tliey aro equlppcd wlth sharp,
long beaks. Durlng tho perlod of
thelr llfe undcrground tho larvae shed
thelr sklns many ttmes. At tho ex
plratlon of tho tcrm they tunncl up
ward, nnd, Issufng from the ground
by thousands, cllmb tho ncarcst tree,
shcd thelr skln for tho last tlmo and
appear as perfect Insects. Crcamy
white in color at (lrst, they turn rap
ldly to a dark shade on exposuro to
tho alr, and thelr devclopment Is rc-
markably fast. Tho asccnt of the
clcada takes place about tho cnd of
May, carllor or later, accordlng to the
local condltlons, nnd tho nsccnt Into
tho trees ls made betwoen sunset and
mldnight.
The 8upcrstltloua bellevo that the
locusts boar a prophecy. The 17-year
broods havo a well-dcflned W on thelr
backs, and nn old supcrstltlon is that
thls presagea the comlng of war.
It ls supposcd that the brood that
has appeared ln Baltimore ls thc fore-
runner of other broods, whlch will
probably appear lato ln July and last
through Auguat and lnto Scptember.
In case theso broods are very numer
ous, the shrubbery and small trees
wlll show the effects in a rapld wither
ing of thc smaller branches from tho
tlps lnward, in some cascs rcsulting
ln thc death of the tree. In somo
dlstricts of thls Btato In past years
the damagc from 17-year locusts has
becn conslderable, notably In tho caso
of a swarm whlch covcred tho central
part of the statc ln tho early '80a.
Thla swarm recurred In dlffcrent
localltlea for several ycars.
Of natural encmlcs the clcada has
plenty. In splte of Its prcdomlnanco
of 8hell structuro over flesh, a number
of creatures look to It for food supply,
Several varltles of common blrds pur
sue It with avidlty, but by no means
lnvnrlably wlth success, for the un
galnly-looklng Insect flies swlftly and
Is an expert dodger. Squlrrels plck
tho clcada off the branches of thc
trees wherc it perches whlle slnglng
Its hot-weather song. In the South
lts most formldablc antagonlst ls the
great bald hornet whlch stlngs it to
death and lugs lt off homc as a
rescrve for a rainy day. The cicada's
only protectlon is Its swiftness of
flight and tho dlmculty of dlstlngulsh
Ing It from tho limb on whlch It rests
Its nolse Is little gulde to the pursuer,
as It ls vory dltncult to locate.
When entomologlsts have nothlng
clse to quarrel over they can flnd
matcrlal for dlscusslon in the clcada
famlly. Sclence has not yet de
termlned tho pcrlodlcal appearance of
thc so-called 17-year locust, somo
authorltles holdlng that the appear
ance ls to some extent fortultous, oc
currlng soraetimes at the explratlon
of 13 or 15 or 17 years, whlle the other
sciiooi holds that thc 13-ycar variety
Is dlstlnct. The other polnt of dls
pute pertalns to tho noise-produclng
proccsses of the creature. Whether
the locust rubs lts proboscls against
its corrugated brcastplato or slmply
plays castanets with lts legs Is atill
a moot questlon. It Is dlfllcult to
persunde a locust to slng hls song
when held between tho thumb and
foreflngor, and even when he does
let out an occasional protestlng buzz
his muslcal method Is not apparent to
the eyo. (New York Sun.
He Could Keep the Dlme.
Elbert Hubbard, the eccentrlc, long
haired edltor of the Phlllstlne, ls fond
of telllng tales on himself, and hero
ls a new one. The other day he
was approache'd by a bootblack.
"Shlno 'cm up, sir?" sald tho gamln.
Mr. Hubbard looked at tho urchin
wlth one of those fatherly smiles of
his. Tho boy's faco was streakcd
wlth grlme.
"No, my lad," sald Mr. Hubbard,
"but If you wlll wash your faco I'll
givo you a dlme."
"All right, slr," exclalmed tho boy,
and ho forthwlth ran to a nelghborlng
waterlng trough and qulckly mado his
ablutions. Mr. Hubbard held out tho
dlmo, but tho boy only looked up in
his faco wlth a grin and sald:
"I don't want lt. you old haysecd.
Kecp It yourself and go and gct your
nair cut. it'nnadelphia Tlmes.
A glft of $10,000 from Mlsa Helen Gould
to Mount Holyoko collego was announeed
at tho collego commencement Wednesday.
p 1 eewnmg
K Then the baby ls most llke
f Iy nervous, and fretful, and
kl Hnpcn'f frntn In ivlo-lit.
Scott's Emulsion j
ls tne bestloc
B for teething
B gaki from
6end I
6COTT&
409415 l'ctrl Sti
5c aoa
The 17-Ycar Locusts.
I
1
ey I
rk. 9
Trifling With Your Health
ls Llke Playlng With a Loaded
Gun. If You have Kidney
Trouble Attend to It
at Once.
lt ls casy to tcll whothcr your kld-
VH P hinddi.r nrn dlRnnst.d. Tnkd
bottio or glnss tumbler and flll lt
,'tt" '1' "u
moni a powuei-iiKO buobwihco uuur
"n"u'" "!?",'',., .f. "
- , . , , . . .
'7 wi.i, V'.n t
i0'"1'1' rong wlth tho Kldncys,
I'Uincr suro bibiib ol uibuubu nru u uu-
i urinto P,n ln tho back-
urlno stalns llnen.
K?hn'?v ' vlrtc Ilomodv ls the
i0"0 " VSi J m dL wrM
. , ' , T r, , i
for dlscases of the Kldneys, Llver,
Hladdcr and Ulood, Hhcumatlsm, Dys-
pepsla, Chronlc Constipatlon, and tho
slcknesses peculinr to women. It
qulckly relioves and cures Inablllty to
hold urlno and thc nccesslty of gettlng
up a number of tlmes durlng the nlght,
and puts an end to the scaldlng paln
when passlng urlno.
Tho Ilev. Henry P. Millcr, pastor
Baptlst Church, Spartcnburg, S. C,
wrltes: ,
"For eleven years I suffered
with kidney, llver and heart
troubles, swlmmlng ln thc head,
dull hcadnchc nnd numbness of
the llmbs. Several physlclans pre
Bcribcd for me and I took dlfferent
mcdlclncs, but nonc of them dld
mc any good. I then bcgan thc
usc of Dr. Davld Kennedy's Fav
orlte Hemcdy, and ln about two
weeks was cntlrely well."
All druggists Boll Dr. David Ken
nedy's Favorlte Hcmedy ln tho New 50
Cent Slze and the regular $1.00 slzo
bottles.
Samfle bottlrrncugh Jor Irial.Jrrf Ai tnait.
Dr. Davld Kennedy Corporation,
Rondout, N. Y.
Dr. Davld Kemiody's Worm fyiup. most ef-
lociuo nicuiciuu oi i no Kinii Kiion'n. ;
I)riu,rKiils.
Fisherman Caught a Fawn.
Messrs. A. E. and H. II. Dennlson of
Griswoldvllle, Mass., and H. Hlgin-
bottum of Tariffvllle, Conn., were the
guesta of W. M. Harris of West Dover
the past weck and ln company wlth
Mr. Harris, they went on a flshlng ex
curslon to Rlckcr pond In Somer8et
whore they captured 760 of tho
speckled beautlcs. There were som,e
cxccptlonally flne oncs ln thc lot. A.
E. Dennlson succeedcd ln capturlng a
lovely little fawn, but let lt go after
caresslng it for a whlle. The baby
deer ran dlrectly to lts mother, who
stood a short dlstance from the diarty,
wlth head erect. He also had a wrestl
Ing match wlth a large hcdgchog,
whlch eeemed dlsposed to take pos-
sesslon of the camp but the superlor
Btrength and strategy of Mr. Dennlson
overcame tho lntruder. Wilmington
Tlmes.
Burning Mountaln In Australia.
At Wlngcn also Is to be Been the only
burning mountaln to be found in Austra
lia. and the only one not of volcnnlc
orlgln known. The summlt Is 1.S20 feet
above the sea level, and Is easlly reached
from the townshlp. It Is supposed to be
nn lmmcnse coal senm, whlch has In
some unaccountable way bccome Ignlted.
nnd has been burning ever slnce. When
flrst dlscovered, durlng the early days of
settloment, the aborlglnals of the dlstrlct
cxplalned, ln thelr own rude fashlon, that
the mountaln had been burning In the
days of thelr forefathers; that, as far
back ns they could remember, there hnd
nlways been the blg smokc. The coursc
of the flre can be trnced a conslderable
uistance uy tne trnnsverse rents or
chnsms occnssloned by tho fatllng In of
the ground from under whlch the coal
has been consumed. From year's end to
year s cnd fumes of smoke are contlnually
Issulng from the sldes of the mountaln,
the surface of whlch ls ln many places
covered wlth n sulphurous deposlt. In the
vlclnlty of thc openlngs from whlch the
blulsh rlngs of smoke Issue the ground
Is hot to tho touch, the vegetatlon wlth
whlch lt was orlglnally covered havlng
dlsappeared, nnd sttcks thrust lnto tho
Rround specdlly becomo charred, If not
Ignlted,
BRATTLEBORO MARKET REPORT.
Advance In Feed Poor Pro6pect for
Cucumber Crop on Account of Ralns
New Potatoes In the Market.
There has becn nn Increase the past
weck In the prfco of several klnds of
recd, especlally mlddllngs, oats and meal.
There is a prospect of n short crop of
whent thls year. The cheaper quallty
of beef has fallen off sllghtly, but tho
oesi uecr rcmains urm, ln ract there has
been n sllght advance to dealers recently,
but not enough to change tho retnll
prlce. As to the cucumber crop western
prospects nre poor, owlng to heavy nnd
contlnuous ralns, whlch have flooded the,
lowlands. The outlook ls worse than last
year. In Brattleboro the reports Indlcate
that a large percentago of tho cucumber
sced sown have rotted. New potatoes
nro in tne market nt 45 cents n ncck.
Georgia peaches nppeared thls week nt
30 to 40 cents a dozcn. Currants nro ln
the market nt 12 cents a quart and run-
mng uinckberrles nt 14 cents.
WHOLESALE.
Cheeso 12
Beans 1.93
Butter, (pound) ,; , 20 21
Eggs 20
Mnple Sugar ; 12
Maple Syrup (gallon) S301.OO
Calfskins, (each) 3001.00
Hldcs 5
Pork (llve) 6
Beef, (dressed) 50 7
Veal in 6
Clilckens (dressed) 12fl 16
f owis (dressed) 12 14
P.ETAIL.
I'otatoes (new. peck) 45
Butter - 220 26
Chcese 16
Chcese
tsggs 03
Lobsters (pound) 25
Molasses (gallon) 40J 00
Mnple Syrup 1.0001.15
Hugar, (reftned) 54
ougar, iiunpie) - icg 20
Salt, T. I (bushel) '., 55
Flour, (roller process, bbl.) 4.75
Fiour, (patent) 5.25
jais (uusnel) 70
75 S0
Corn, (northern) S0Q S5
Meal (owt.) 1,00
Tea, (Japan, lb.) 350 70
Tea, (Oolong) 40 80
Tea, (Young Hyson) 40 80
Bollcd Otl, (gallon) ; 78
Raw Oll 75
Kerosene 12 15
nay, tioose, ton) 16 618
Hay, (baled) tio oxn
Wood, (cord) 6.007,00
-uui, iionj , , 7,50
Mlxed Feed 1,2501.35
1 Bran 1.2001.30
Ltnseed Oll Meal 1.5501.60
Provender ,.,1.6501.65
Miuuungs , 1.3001.50
Rye Meal, (pound), ., , j
L-orreciea juiy 3.
Millinery 1
Gettlng roady for tho Fourth of
July Is what you should do now by
solectlng ono of our handsomo
Summer Hnts, elthcr for dress or
outlng. Prlces greatly rcduced now
on trlmmcd and untrlmmed hats.
More of the 15c and 25c bonncts,
hats and caps for chlldrcn asyou
wlll soo by taking a look at our wln
dow. D'ONNELL & DAVIS.
FREE!
WITH ONE POUND OF
35c COFFEE.
A Handsome Cup and
Saucer. Also Set of Ping
Pong free with 12 pack
ages o Malt Breakfast
Food or Malt Oats.
Fresh Native Strawberries
Every Morning.
J. E. GLEASON,
33 ELIOT STREET.
ESTABLISHED 1878.
Offlca and wareroomi, No. 17 Main atreat
Our btulneu 1
U N D ERTAKI N G
EXCLUSrVELY. We take full chargje anc
furnlah everythlng requlred, lncludln
CaakeU, BurtaJ SultB, Carrlagf, Beaurso,
Flowers, etc. We carry tha larxeat and
flneat llne of goodi ln the state. Tele
phone connectlon day and nlght.
H. E. B0ND, - Funeral Director,
Van Doorn Bulldlng;, Brattleboro, VL
The Best Medicine
MONEY CAN BUY.
Baxtcr's Mnndruko Illtlers has been n jki-
ulnr rcmedy wlth the publlc for 30 ycars. nnd
Is wurranteil to curo constipatlon, slck hoad-
nche, dyspcpsin, blliousness, Indlgcstlon, kid
dey troubles: wlll regulato tlio bowclsnndoll
stomach Hls. It puriQes tho blood, expclllng
nll iKiUons and muking one well ln every part
of tlio body. At nll drugglsts, nt 23 cents per
bottlo or Ikjx, nnd money back lf lt does not
curo.
RAILROAD8.
Central Vermont Railway Co.
Southern Dlvlslon.
Effectlve Juno 22. 1002.
Tralns leave Brattleboro as fnllnws:
1:16 a. m. week days for Sprlngfleld and
New York.
6:23 a. m. dally for Sprlngfleld, week'
days for New York.
7:zo a. m. week days for New London;
connects nt Mlllers Falls for Troy; at
Palmer for Boston.
7:50 a. m. week days for South London
derry. 9:10 a. m. week days for Sprlngfleld and
New York.
10:15 a. m. week days for New London;
connecis at jiiuers Falls for Boston;
at Palmer for Boston.
1:44 p. m. week days for Sprlngfleld and
New York.
3:03 p.m. week days for Sprlngfleld and
New York.
4:35 p. m. week days for New London and
New York vla. Norwich Llne stcamers:
connects nt Palmer fnr Tlnqtnn
4:35 p. m. dally for .Sprlngfleld nnd New
York.
6:45 p. m. week days for South London-
uerry.
Sublect to chani-n TOlttinnf nnflco
E. H. FITZHUGH, Vlce Presldent and
uenerai Ainnager.
S. W. CUMMINGS. General Passehger
Boston and Maine Railroad.
Summer Arrangoment.
Effccttvc Juno 2S. VKti.
Tnilns leavo Itmttlelioro, uorthlxiund:
2i'l n. m. nlght o.xpixss, o.ecpt Jlonday.
ll:(Un. m. forstatlnjis to Windsor, Lnncnster,
, uimiiisuiii-, ,uh iri, onui unioKO, Miln
treal vla. C. IVlty.. Qucbec,IlurlIngton,St
Albiuisand Montrenl.
2i!l)p. m. Whlto Mouutnln express.
fli i. in. Now York nml Whlto Itivcr Juno
10:13 p. m. nlght oxpress. Dally.
r.n 11. 111, Dunuuy pnpor iram 10 windsor.
snt'TiinniTvn
For Northnmiiton, Holyoko nnd Snrliiirfleld.
1:14 a. m. (oxccpt Rundny) 5:18 (dally) U;(W,
.v.iti. in., i.tii, w.u. iiiiii i; p, ii,
I). J, I'I,ANI)i:itS,
fien'l 1'ius.scnger nnd Tlcket Agent
V ! P r t"1 n fl i'll 1 1n f wnn rnnnrln.l n f
Haytlen, llaytl, Sunday, and Admlrnl
Kllllck of tho Hnytlan fteet, bombarded
the town. The forces of Gen, Flrmln
were dlslodsed by the northern rcvolu
tlontsts. Tho forelgn consuls embarked
on a Hnytlan warshlp under heavy flre.
The flrst fAVfn.mnnta.l i.
Thomas W. Lawson, wlll bo launch'ed nt
iue rore iver Bmpyara on the south
ShorA Of TtnstAn hnrhni. nn T,,l.. IA oi. .
takes her namo from the Boston copper
umii, wiiuse miniiy own a conslderable
ahare ln herj but she Is tho creatlon in
realltv of Pnnt .Tntin n rvnni.., .i..
bullder of large schooners, nnd she was
ueaiBiieu oy uowaoin u. Crovrinshleld,
who planned Mr. Lawson's Independenco
a year oeo.
Strongcst In tho WorU,"
M. W. HOWARD, A?
THE EQUITABLE
Lifc Assurancc
Society
Of thc Unltecl States.
Surplus, $71,129,042.06
In conneotlon wlth my buslncss I im
nblo to ahow you
Some Good Bargalns
in Rcal Estate,
Of whlch I wlll mentlon a fcw.
TWO IIUNDRED ACItE FAHM that wll
keep 20 cows and team one of tho moit
productlve farma In Windham counti
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACUB
FARM, 2V4 mllea from Brattleboro ot
the Connecticut rlver.
ONE HUNDIIED AND FIFTEEN ACItE
FAHM, C mlles from Boston & Malne
rallroad; wlll keep 10 or 12 cows and
team.
ONE HUNDRED ACRE FARM wlth
ateam mlll thereon and about 300,000 feet
plne.
STORE that kceps a general llne of
merchandlsc In a llvely little country
town. Thls Is a Rood chance for a
young man wlth small capltal, as It
can be bought low.
If In want of any of the above men
tloncd call and sco mo Mondays and
Tuesdays at
64 Elllot St, Brattleboro.
HEGHANICS FAIR
BOSTON,
Sopt. 22 io Nov. 1, 1902
Flrst Fair Held ln Four Ycm.
NO CHARGE FOR SPACE.
ADMISSION, - 25c.
Speclal Attractions. Clean, Educational
Aprtlritlnni for tpare and Informatlnn srnd
to .1. 1:. Hoftmer, Almiager, Mcctiaulcs
liuildlng, Itoiton.ilass.
PURE
LEAF
LARD.
"NORTH STAR" Brandf
In Bulk.
In 3 pound pails.
In 5 pound pails.
In 10 pound pails.
Tho verdlct of niirnnntnmra la ihnt iu ta
tho best lard that can bo bought,"
GRANGE STORE.
Elllot street.
Lower Toll Rates.
Local
Toll
Rates
For stations in the immediate
vicinity of the Central office
have been reduced from
10 cents to 5 cents.
NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
RUTLAND RAILROAD.
The Through Car Line
notwcen New York, Doston. nnd all
New England poiuts, and tho Adl
rondacks, Thousand Islands Mon
treal and Quebeo.
Quebec.
Across the Islands
of Lake Champlain.
Iteaching' tho best locatlons for
Camplng nnd Flshlng-, touchinjr nt
tliofollowlnR stations: South Ilero,
Grand Isle, North Hero, Isle La.
Motto and Alburgh.
For tlme tables and full Informntion address
GEO.T. JAHVIS, U. II. HII1I1AHD.
Gen'l JlaiuiKt'r. Gon'l I'ass. Agt.
ltutland, Vt.
Guilford Grist Mill.
Meal, Feed
and Flour
Coustantly on hand at lowest cash prlces.
Blacksmithing.
I havo sccured tho services of a tlrst-elnss
horse sluvr, and nm now ready to do toa-inf?
ln a llrst-clnss manuer.
FRED COOMBS.
E. R. LYNCH, M. D. ,
Office and Hospital
39 BHiot St., Brattleboro, VL
Hours untll 0 a. m; 1 to 3, and " to 10 p. ro.
Surgery and Dlseases of Women
and Children a Speclalty.
Tclephone, 23-3.
BAILEY'8 REAL ESTATE AGENCY,
SelU Everythlno
Address,
F. J. BAILEY & CO Ryther Bulldlng,
lHtATTLEllOKO,
TDIICCCC 0ur riysician?
I rVLJv'OCl.O Surgcoiis. and nll
Interesteu m TieriUnruppTlanccs. are invltod tp
oxamino our llno of tho 1)11. HOHICK YSVAJ
MATIO THOBS. Wo especlitlly coramend this
appllance, as lt Is vory lltrht anu durablo, nover
out of nlaco, and a suro holder, GEOltGE b.
GllEENE, 6olo Agent, Brattleboro, Vt. 1W1
Horses For Sale.
-CnOHSE8 for ealo; two pastures to rent.
J I want a good man to work on farm.
Must bo a good toamstor. CRAS. K. TYLEH.
WimamsvUle, Vt. I3tf