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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-10-19
THE CAMPAIGN IN VERMONT.

The campaign of 1910 was carried on in
Vermont most vigorously. The mass con-
vention held at Burlington June 70 of that
year, with Gen. James Wilson Of Keene,
n. H., as principal speaker, is described
in letter written by the late Hon. Rob
ert 5. Hale, then a student in the Univer-
sity of Vermont. from which make the
following extract:
I'VE had most tremendous rally-the
greatest meeting, it is said, ever assem-
bled in New England. The number pres
cent was computed by moderate men of
both parties at about Il, 900 Some of our
Jealous wings raised it TO 20 600, and even
above that, while Dana Winslow, editor
OF the Burlington Sentinel (democratic)
says the highest computation was 1890 !
The principal speaker, Gen. James vii
son OF New Hampshire, was by far the
most eloquent man | ever heard. 1t is
said that be is the greatest man in all the
North Tor SUCH occasions, and | much
doubt IL any man in the United States
except perhaps Henry Clay, eXcels him as
stump speaker. The audience was per-
tectly under his control, and waved to
and fro At every gesture. Picture to YOUR
self a man six feet four inches in height.
with arms like an ourang outang, and
one u he most uncOuth cOuntenances ever
o. ced upon human shoulders with every
Joiut IN his body seemingly Just hung
together, aud a voice never heard equal,
ed by mortal man. You may get some
.dea Of the man. Where | stood there
were probably 5000 or 5000 persons between
INT aud hun, but could hear every word
AZ ls.luctly as II IN conversation with
MIN by ms side. His action is violent and
almost excessive. at least ii would be were
1t not apparent that it is his soul acting
through his body and to use his own Ian
guage IN reference TO our Green noun
tain boys, ne has whole armful of soul
The report of his speech, however, will
greatly dlsappolnt you II you see it, for ii
else"
The letter from which the above extract
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-10-19
Worth Knowing,

Mr.. w. II. Morgan. merchant, Lake City,
fla;' was taken WIN severe COld' attended
Consumption in its first stages. He tried
many so-called popular cough remedies and
steadily grew worse. Was reduced in flesh
mad difficulty in breathing and was unable to
sleep. Finally tried Or, Kings New Discovery
for Consumption and found immediate relief
founu himself well ana has had no return of
the disease. No other remedy can show so
grand n rccor doi cures, rs Dr. Kings New
Discovery lot Nous,uttn mp TTuarahtesd TO 90
al Beaupre a LOwrey's Drug Store.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-10-19

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Oct. 1.-THE follow
ing is Judge Thurman's letter of accept
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-10-19

to bequeath to your children, is a strcsr-
clean, pure constitution better than wealth
because IL will never Prove Curse; VA
cannot give what you do not possess D ~
mothers Will fnd IN Or. Pierce's Favorit Prt.
scripiion wonderful help correcting a.
weaknesses. bringing their systems into per-
rect condition, so that their children un tain.
ed, shall rise up to call them blessed
There is not druggist in all the land
But always keeps stock on hand
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gotten up as an Offset to a legal fraud, Is
u source of wrong, deception and eTjury,
OF which professedly Christian people
should be ashamed
In my next article | shall end cave or to-
point out the remedy for existing legal
defects in relation to the matter 6
double taxation -
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STATE CORPORATION TAXES.
Nearly Quarter of n Million Dollars Re
ceived from Various Corporations

The corporation taxes paid into the
State treasury for the year ending Deem
Der 81, 1887, were as follows:
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Mr.. THURMAN'S LETTER.
A BRIEF RECONCILIATION OF Elk
PLODeD THEORIES.

He Saws Again the Tariff Is a Tax-The
Judge Starts on Another Western Trip
An Attempt to Break Blaine's In
nuence In Indiana-A Barbecue
at Shelbyville.
Wichita eagle., 1888-09-05
Undermining GGtjd BANNERS.

The horse car is undermining American
politeness. When it began to run, gen
tlemen readily gave up their seats to
women. Subsequently they asked why
they should not retain their seats in car
as at concert, even If ladies did stand,
seeing that they paid for the one as for
the other. Polite men continued to re-
linquish their seats to ladies, but with a
manner that suggested mental protest.
But an old lady, or an Old man, OF
woman with an infant in her arms was
never allowed to stand, and no man
thought of taking vacant seat while a
lady was standing.
The horse car has Glanced all that.
Men see without shame ladies offer seats
to old women, and they occupy the first
vacated seat, even when several ladies are
standing.
The author of ''Social Custom tells
this story. which could not have been
truthfully told twenty years ago Of any
American:
A young Boston woman was riding in
New York street Car recently, patiently
waiting her turn to sit down. A seat
was vacated, and she was on the point
of taking it, when a young man stepped
past her and into it, smiling at the girls
who were with him, as if he had done
clever thing.
Il wouldn t have believed that" said
he Bostonian, audibly, to friend; 'but
then we are in New York and ir the
Nineteenth centuryv'
Tho ruda youth heard hor words
turned scarlet, and looked sheepish
enough, but kept the seat.-Youth's
Companion.
Wichita eagle., 1888-09-05
ARRESTED FOR sWINDLING.

RED CLOUD, Neb. Sept. Al. E. Hale
and G. H. Cook, claiming to represent the
Cook Anchor and Cable company, of Blue
Rapids, Kan, were arrested in this
city yesterday on charge of swind-
ling. They came to this city about
ten days ago for the purpose of sell
ing township rights for patent cyclone
cable. by which houses and barns
Were to be so successfully anchored as to
preclude any possibility of their destruc-
ton by storms. In connection with this
brilliant scheme was an insurance feature,
by which every house with a cable attach
ment was to be insured for period of ten
years.
In order to comply with the state laws,
however, a certain sum of money was re-
quired to be deposited with the state
treasurer in each instance. The victims
were informed that as the money
would never be used, but was
simply guaranty, a certified draft
would be sufficient, which in every in
stance was forthcoming with wonderful
alacrity. AS soon as several hundred dol
lars had been secured in drafts, Hall and
Cook began to cast about for innocent
purchasers" but in this their success was
far from striking. The suspicious of the
parties were aroused, and on investigation
the true inwardness of the affair was
made apparent. The men were thereupon
arrested, but effected a settlement with
dupes by giving up all drafts known to be
in their possession.
Wichita eagle., 1888-09-05
SKELETONS FOUND.

Ell PASo, Tex, Sept. 4.-Seyenty-five
miles northwest of FL Paso, toward Dem
ing in New Mexico, lies a small range call
ed the Good Sight mountains. The cattle
of the Carpenter-StanleT company make
a grazing ground, and an occasional cow
boy traverses them. The mountains are
full of mineral. but neither prospector nor
cowboy likes to go near them, for the place
has become notorious on account of the
number of mysterious skeletons that are
found there.
Last week three were again found, the
first near the Bunch spring, under heap
of stone, from which the head and feet
protruded. Remains of clothing and
camp outfit We're scattered around. The
other two skeletons were found but mile
off, with no trace of clothing remaining.
The locality Is remote from travelled
roads, and has always been dreaded.
1t Is place of refuge for hostile Indians
and outlaws, and the remains are proba bly,
those of proSpectorS who were killed
during the last raid. about three or
four years ago. The Carpenter-Stanly
company has been trying TO keep man
stationed in the vicinity to look after their
cattle, but nobody Will stay in the place,
as it is generally looked upon as uncanny,
and il is thought that many more skele-
tons are to be found in the gulches around
the place. After Chief Nictor's last raid
a party from Las Cremoes went to the
Good Sight mountains and buried twenty
four of his victims.
Wichita eagle., 1888-09-05
ABDUCTED HIS WIFE.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Sept. 1.-THE city was
thrown into a flutter of excitement yester-
day by the report that John Edwards,
alias Charles Bronaugh, a repUted horse
thief and a former member of the Jesse
James gang, had abducted his young wife.
from whom he had been separated for
months 1t appears that on Sunday night.
when the young wife was standing in
front of the house at her mothers gate,
engaged in conversation with her brother
and lady friend, Edwards came up.
grabbed her by the wrists and commanded
her TO accompany him. Her brother made
an attempt TO interfere, but WAS warned
ut the muZZle OF pistol to make no at
tempt at at rescue. Edwards then rapidly
disappeared in the darkness, dragging the
frightened girl with him. lhe alarm was
then at once given and posse of officers
and citizens started in pursuit, but no
trace was discovered The wife returned
yesterday to hef home. informing the
family that she had been detained in the
suburbs until her husband had made
good his escape, He gave her the alterna-
tive of accompanying him in his flight or
joining him afterwards. She chose the
latter and he made her take an oath bind.
ing her to meet him as promised They
have been married but twenty months.
The wife is only 10 years old now, and ran
away to marry Edwards, who cut swell
here about two years as a wealthy horse
man
Wichita eagle., 1888-09-05
The Umbrella in Gambia.

I was walking on King street, Toronto one
Gay with gentleman, Canadian, Who was
carrying my umbrella over my head for me-
I noticed that every woman who passed me
looked at me with superior smile or pro-
lonsed stare. l could not understand it, as
my frock was plain and I had discarded my
jaunty American hat and bad an out and-out
Canadian chapeau, about which there could
be 10 mistake Finally / asked my COM
panion:
'What is ii they are staring at7'
''They know you to be an American no
answered, because ! am carrying your
umbrella A Canadian woman would no
more expect her escort to carry an UNI
brella for her than she would expect him TO
fly, but American women expect these little
attentions They are used 10 them, they
take them as their right, and" he added
calamity, Canadians are happy TO give
them to tho Yankee queens. Edith Sessions
Upper in Chicago Herald.
Wichita eagle., 1888-09-05
A Trick Of Advertising.

One man after another stopped down,
picked it up, and then dropped it hke q hot
potato, whilo the flush of modification rose
to his temples. It was at the corner Of Clark
and Washington streets. Right on the side
walk, in full view of passers by, lay bank
book with a check for good round SUR just
peeping out from it. At least it looked like
a bank book and check It was the closest
fac-simile Of the genuine thing ever palrned
off on an unsuspecting and strictly honest
public. The little book was OF the right size
and tint, was dented in the middle, as if from
frequent use, bore a number and q name, and
the two inches Of check that offered them
selves to view looked enticingly natural
But, of course, it wasn't q bank book nor "a
check. You opened the book and you found
nothing but an advertisement OF some in
surance company in it. And that was why
every one who got fooled flushed such a
bright tint-more from sorrow than from
anger or shame. Chicago Herald
Wichita eagle., 1888-09-05
Moral Teaching I'm sehooI.-

One very good plan is something like
the following: From twD to four pupils
are selected, and it is made the duty of
each to look up and copy a short moral
sentiment or maxim to be read at the
opening Of the school in the morning.
Another set Is selected to present similar
maxims the next day, and In this way
all the pupils are selected in turn. When
the pupil has read or repeated his senti-
ment 10 the school It is illustrated or
commented upon by the teacher oil the
meaning is not only clear but well i'm
pressed. After the reading Of the senti-
ments they are copied on the black board,
where they remain all day. and each
pupil in the room copies them into n
blank book. After the first day the
teacher calls upon volunteers to repeat
the sentiments given Oh preceding days.
Five or six sentiments may be called up
in review each day.
Some pupils, not much accustomed tS
general reading, may find IL difficult 10
look up new sentiments: but let IL be-
understood that If new one cannot be
found an old one will be accepted. Under
1udicious management there viii be no
trouble here. Children do not like 20 be
parrots, repeating the words Of their
mates; and when review sentiments are
presented they viii be quite sure to 10
such as deserve repetition.-Mary 4.
Beedy in The Century.
Wichita eagle., 1888-09-05
A MYSTERY EXPLAINED.
The White Chapel, London. Murderer Iden-
titled.

LONDON, Sept. 4-White Chapel has a
murder mystery which transcends anything
known in the annals of the horrible. 1t is
Poe's murder of the Rue Morgue, the mys-
terry OF Laria Romet rolled into one real
story. IL is nothing less than midnight
murderer whose step is noiseless, whose
strike is deadly and whose cunning is so
keen that he leaves no trace whatever Of his
work and no clue to his identity. He has
Just slaughtered his third victim, and all
the women in White Chapel are terrified
while the shrewdest detectives in the civil
lized world stand aghast and say they have
no clue.
When the murder of Mary Ann Nichols,
who was cut into ribbons last Friday night
was investigated it became evident that
the murderer was the same that commit
ed the two proceeding ones. All three
were lewd women of the lowest class. All
three worked on the street between and
o'clock in the morning, and all were
mutilated in the same fendish manner
and peculiar way. The detectives are
looking for the one man whom they believe
to be guilty of all three crimes. This man
is called Leather Apron" and nobody
knows him by any other name.
He is a character half way between
Dickens Quilp and Poes baboon. He is
short stunted and thick set. He has small
wicked black eyes, and is half crazy. He
is always hanging about the deep
shadows that fill the net work Of
the court, passages and alleys in
White Chaple. He does not walk
but always moves on sharp orqulck run,
and never makes any noise with his feet.
In addition to the three women he is be-
lieved to have murdered, he has scared
hundred more of them nearly to death.
Every street walker in White Chapel mas
her own story to tell of him. He lives by
robbing them late at night, and has kick
ed, cutfed, or knocked down two score OF
them in The past two years. His usual
lodging place is four penny lodging
house in poverty stricken thieves alley
off Brick Lane He has left there now,
however, and nobody knows where he
done the three murders from
the fact that he has frequently drawn a
knife on women accompanied by the same
threats which have been carried out on
the dead women. The story of Mrs. Col
well, who heard the screams of the woman
as she was being murdered, is to the effect
that she was clearly running away from
who was numbering her and yet
she could her no other footsteps. The
blood stains on the sidewalk indicated the
same thing that the murderer, whoever he
was, was noiseless in his pursuit, and this
quality points directly to Leather Apron"
He is a slipper maker by trade. and gets
his nickname from the fact that he always
wears a leather apron and is never seen
without it. One of the peculiar features
of the case is that none of the detectives or
police seem to know him, he having al
ways kept out of their sight.
Wichita eagle., 1888-09-05
AT FORT WAYNE.
General Harrison Addresses an Enthusiast
tic Gathering.

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. AT Fort Wayne,
on his way from Toledo here, General Har-
riSon was given an enthusiastic reception.
He spoke on the tariff question, and in the
course of his address said: ask any of
those who assail our protective system
whether they do not believe that if their
policy is adopted a larger amount of for
eign made goods will come into this coun-
try. 1t is their purpose to increase i'm
portation in order to cheaper prices. l
think may safely ask you to consider the
question whether this cheapening of prices,
which they seem to regard as the highest
attainment of craftsmanship, is consistent
with the rate Of wages that our working
people enjoy now; whether it will not in
volve, if we are to have for
eign competition without favoring duties,a
reduction of American wages to the stand
ard of the wages paid abroad. [Applausel
DO you believe for one moment that two
factories making the same product can be
maintained in competition where one pays
80 per cent more to it's workingmen than
the other? Is 1T not certain that wages
must be egualized in those competing
establishments, or the one paying the
higher wages must shut down? Applause
anu cries OF tnaD ) Gne Unlng. here III
this city of Fort Wayne so important and
so prosperous, we have a fine illustration
OF the accruing advantages of a large fac
tory and shop population. 1t has made
your city prosperous as well as populous,
and it has made these outlaying Allen
county farms vastly more valuable than
they otherwise would have been. These
interests harmonic, but only want to ask
you to think upon these questions: settle
them in your own minds for it is
agreed by all that as they shall be settled
one way or the other, your interests and
those OF your families and of this COM
munity and of every other like community
in this country, are to be affected favorably
or unfavorably. l now appeal to you to
review these questions, to throw off the
shackles of preconceived notions and of
party prejudice, and consider them anew
in the light of all the information that is
accessible TO YOU If you shall do that |
do not doubt that the working people of
this country will this November forever
settle the question that American custom
duties shall by intention, by forethought,
have regard to the wages of our working
people. [Applause.]
Wichita eagle., 1888-09-05
A rran,,stnmian Railway.

A recent report from the United States
consul at San Salvador recommends the
construction Of railway connecting the
capitals of Mexico and Guatemala, and
connecting with the existing narrow
gauge of the Guatemala Central hallway,
seventy-fve miles in length, and terni-
mating on the Pacific at the open road.
stead Of San jose Referring to the eli
mate of Contra, America at the sea level,
the consul says: The Nicaragua canal.
the ship railway and the De Lesseps
canal. each and all are at the sea level,
and the accIimated alone may cross the
continent IN safety at the sea Level; but
there Is perfect immunity from climatic
disease the instant the traveller reaches
an elevation of !, 900 feet above the sea
Commerce, therefore. viii traverse this
transisthnian railway with land locked
harbor at each terminus, and an elsva-
ton at no point. after leaving the coast.
Of less than 1900 feet between the two
ocaanS-Derap-eSs' MocfblY.
Wichita eagle., 1888-09-05
Tho Potency of Facts.

A fact is always fact, whatever may
be the consequences. The question is,
whether it is true; the student should
recognize no other. Many of the facts
encountered in our studies are obscure
and hard to explain, but that does not
prevent their being facts; or, at least, the
chief question should be to learn whether
they are facts. Besides, contradictory
facts are the ferment Of science. l once
asked distinguished man of science how
q certain discovery he lad made was
getting on. 1T is not getting on" he
replied. 'What is the matter with it?'
/ anxiously asked. Why he said. Il
find no facts except those which are IA
vorable to it; and" be added, ''it takes
contradictory facts to teach us" This is
true. The theory will either explain the
contradictory facts and be fortified by
them, as the Newtonian theory has been
by all the exceptions tina. have been OPP
posed to it and which have entered into
it; or it will be replaced by vaster and
more comprehensive theory. In both
cases there is a gain for science, which
would not have been obtained If we had
hesitated, on account of vain scruples, to
seek out and verify the facts in ques-
tion.-Paul Janet in Popular Science
Monthly
Wichita eagle., 1888-09-05
Art of Coffee Adulteratlon.

"The adulteration of coffee is some
thing that can scarcely be prevented"
said an ex-grocer merchant to reporter.
lit is as much adukerated, perhaps, as
whisky" continued the ex-grocer IRE
Gently an experiment was made, and 4S
per cent. of eighty-fve samples of coffee
analyzed were found to be impure. This
proportion does not by any means repre-
sent the exact amount Of adulteration
which prevails. Among forty-one
samples Of adulterated coffee it was dis
covered that nineteen were mixed with
chicory or other substances free from
starch, while twenty-five, besides nearly
all containing chicory, bad considerable
amounts of roasted grain, peas or beans
in their composition. In every case it
has not been possible to distinguish the
origin Of tho starch, and it is quite pos
sibie that some ascribed to roasted grain
has really been added in the shape of
roasted peas.
Zone of the,chief adulterants Of coffee
is cracked peas, and the business is 80
lucrative it Is shipped to Canada and
other places, for the purpose Of mixing il
with coffee. There possibly maybe some
excuse for using chcory. but the use Of
roasted peas is not to be-defended at all.
1t does not bring for The working man
such reduction in the price as would
Justify him in purchasing mixed coffee
containing It, One Of the paradoxes I
soon observed, after went into the bust
ness, was the price Of the adulterated is
almost as much as the pure stuff itself.
Like other articles that are adulterated. it
is done so veil few buyers. unless expert
enced, can tell the difference. New
York Mail and Express.
Wichita eagle., 1888-09-05
aiontenegro's Orly Vocation.

Walter Barring. British agent a. C<ttinje,
Montenegro, reports that there Is only one
road ft for a wagon in the Whole country,
and that there Is practically no industry.
Montenesrins scorn.og any pursuit but that
OF arms All the tsilorp, painters. caypea-
tiers, clasons. and other artisans are foreign
ers, and all goods except thoss which are tie
direct product Of sgricalruro are imported.
and are of the connonsst description, except
the green and white cloth used for zsns
coats York Sen
Wichita eagle., 1888-09-05
CONTENT.

Why should We mourn DER G sorrowful past
And crave for peace that will come at iassf
Each life hath woes that are keen to bear
Its pains and its heartaches and its despair,
1t is better to laugh than sigh and grieve;
To sorrow in tears is not TO live
From pain win gain and be content!
Why should we fear in a hating place
To peer beyond with an eager face,
Each life hath gloom and bewildering waste
Where fruits grow fair that are bitter to tasta
1t is better TO haste through thorny way
Than to halt in its path to weit q new day
Make fair each care and be content!
Why should we sigh for a dear love, dead,
That was lost TO our life b. faith misled?
Each life hath Joy, that wins and Stays
With its promise Of hope and its sad delays.
1t is better to watch by fading giearn
Than TO waken to gloom from vanished dream
Endure, and thou art sure to find content.
Why should we fail or falter In strife
'Twixt good and the III that prevails in life?
In reaching for heights. unblest or bleSt,
Each soul of US hath some war with rest;
Crowned or uncrowned at the end of the fight,
IT'S better TO battle than fee in alright,
Better to lose than to lament
He hath enough who hath contentl
Harriet Maxwell Converse.