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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-03-20
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.

The contract with Carnegie, Phipps &
Co., of Pennsylvania, for &3,500,0O0 worth
of armor plate has been formally executed.
A white pitch has been discovered that
can be run into deck seams hot and will
stand the suns heat In any cline.
There are almost as few vacancies now
in the United States naval medical corps
as at any time in its history.
An expert, writing in The London Times,
calls for the abandonment and withdrawal
of the ITO ton guns. They are costly, dan
0erous and short lived. No armor floats
which cannot be pierced by 81 TONER'S.
The new law transferring from the linn
tied to the unlimited retired list of the
United States army all officers who have
reached the age of q is giving the war de.
partment good deal of work.
The secretary of the navy has received
petitions signed by 473 sailors Of the crews
of six naval vessels, protesting against the
service of marines on naval vessels at sea,
and suggesting that the duties heretofore
performed by them be transferred to reg.
ularly enlisted sailors
Governor Russell, of Massachusetts,, has
been requested by Joint resolution Of the
legislature to petition the secretary Of the
navy for q United States war vessel to b
used as q nautical schoolship In Boston
harbor.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-03-20
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.

The American saddle is now being used
by the British mounted infantry.
The Danes have protected cruiser, the
Hekla, nearly completed. A sister ship is
to be built at Copenhagen.
The Spaniards, through their minister
Of marine, Admiral Beranger, are begin
ming spirited naval policy.
Rear Admiral D. L. Braine, commanding
the Brooklyn navy yard, will be GO years
old and will be placed ON the retired list
Maya.
The British army costs the neat sum Of
t1T, 900 900 year. This is $40, 600 600 more
than Germany pays for the support of her
soldiery.
Greece made two important additions to
her navy last year. One of these was the
turret ship Psara and'the other the Spet-
STA, sister ship.
Emperor William. II continues to shake
up the Prussian officers corps. He has
Just retired three more major generals and
one lieutenant general.
The queen of Madagascar has made q
start in forming navy, her first vessel be-
ing the Ambohimango, of $50 tons burden
and 800 horse power, which was built in
France.
Col. Debanse and M. Schneider. the d.
rectors of the Gail and Creusot works, 10
spectively, declare that it is unnecessary to
replace steel guns by bronze cannon in
view of the adoption Of smokeless powder.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-03-20
CRISP CONVERSATIONS.

Constantinople Is believed to have found
cd the first hospital in the world.
At Savannah, Ga. arc five brothers, each
Of whom is feet inches in height.
Cab drivers are not permitted to smoke
in the streets of Aberdeen, Scotland.
The Esquimaux call seals to them BY
lying down on the ice and whistling.
In Gunnison county. Colo, there ars
three hills of solid iron and Manganese
orvs 800. 1000 and LOO feet high, their
bases covering moro than 1000 acres.
There is q woman in Atchison, Kan.
who ssts q chair at ths table every day tor
her husband, who did Over year ago. n
his plate she never fails to place httls
bouquet Of dowEA.
Two hundred Thousand dollars . year =
spsnt BY the Londoa school board in -
ceEuing the attendancs Of children. nv
azs discussing - Hrsash plan Of gs11ano
dilArsn % sshssa y go luncheA
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-03-20
THE uE,17.--.7 sex.

NJ
So S.
Mrs. Morton has received rs many -
5000 calls in one day.
Mrs. Window and her daughter will con-
tinue to live in Washington for some time
Mary Mocejks, of Erie, Pa, has the rec
ord of having eloped seven times from one
husba I'D.
Elizabeth Sargent M. D., daughter Of
- sc--:aer United States minister to Ber-
lin, is an oculist of exceptional skill. She
lives in California.
Two of Fenimore Cooper's daughters,
now old ladies. live in Cooperstown. in the
very heart of the romantic country that
the novelist made famous.
Mrs Hicks Lord is the happy possessor
of d wonderful card case, made from cloth
of gold and literally blazing with dia-
monds with which it is encrusted.
Among the titled ladies of the court in
Rome are stated to be nine Americans,
each and every one noted for beauty and
more or less brilliant accomplishments.
Baroness Nathaniel Rothschild, who re-
Gently purchased the celebrated Strauss
collection of objects of Hebraic art, has
presented it to the Cluney museum, in
Paris.
Miss Emily V. Mason, sister of the first
governor of Michigan and now Is years of
age was one of the most elegant danes at
the large reception given by Governor
Winans.
Nine. Bruno Sperani, the chief woman
novelist in modern Italy, lives in Milan.
She is in the prime of life has written a
number of successful novels and is the
center of literary colony.
Miss Jane Meade WEIGH, Mrs. Cleve-
lands protegee and the preacher of the
new cult-namely, Americanism and the
CONSTITUTIONS a slender, dark haired
woman, with high forehead and strong.
masculine face.
Mrs. w. w. Astors daughter Pauline
when at home wears plain gowns of the
finest French muslin, with hand run tucks
and hand embroidered yokes and skirts.
The null is SO exquisitely fine that it is
cleaned like silk or satin
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-03-20
SNAP SHOTS.

DR.. Gaylord P. Clark has been chosen by
the Syracuse Camera club as it's represent
alive in the American Lantern Slide inter-
change.
On the Duke of Orleans recent trip he
took 400 photographs, which, upon devel-
opment, showed $50 blanks and fifty IN
recognizable scenes.
Lieut.. F. S. Strong, United States army,
Of the Michigan military academy, recent
y succeeded in photographing shell as it
eft the mouth of an S-inch mortar.
Mr.. N. w. Starbird, of the Boston Cam
era club, has succeeded in making solu-
ton which both fixes and tones silver
print in one immersion. The results shown
are excellent.
The lantern slide committee of the Soci-
ETY. of Amateur Photographers is, expert
mentink with the screen Upon which pict-
ures are shown. The idea now is to throw
the pictures through the screen and not on
it, 50 that it may be placed in the center Of
the room and the views observed from both
sides with equal convenience
There will be congress of photogra-
piers, international in it's character, at
Brussels, beginning Aug. Is and lasting a
week or so, to which the American pho
tographers are invited not only to come,
but also to send their ideas in regard to
Photographic subjects, with u view to doing
all that is possible to advance the art.
In England the face photograph albums
are being discarded, it is said, for the hand
album. There is hardly British belle
who has not had her hand photographed,
and there are enthusiasts who are raving
over symmetrical hands and tapering fin
gers, and others who go SO far as to assert
that there is as much character discernible
in the hand as in the face.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-03-20
TURF NOTES.

An effort is being made in several state
legislatures to pass laws making the prac-
tice of what is known as ringing" penal
offense.
In Russia, which is the great horse coun
try of Europe, they never put 'blnders ON a
horse, and shying horse is almost un-
heard of.
Frank McCabe has sold the 3-year- old
chestnut filly Flavia to Fred. Gerhard, and
that gentleman has changed her name to
Kathleen.
D. Cooper, the Australian millionaire,
who is now in England, recently purchased
the mare Mosquito, the granddam OF
Dreadnaught, for $4,000.
A number of prominent horsemen at
Lexington. KY, have Endorsed Col. r. E.
Edmondson for chief of the live stock de-
partment of the Worlds fair at Chicago.
The Chicago Horseman says that what
is needed among trotting tracks is spirit
of enterprise in the direction of affOrdin2
the public some variety in the way of rae
ing.
Fred Gebhard, C. w. Ably and Matt
Storm have compromised their suit fol
damages against the Erie railway on &C
count of the Shohola disaster. Mr. Geb
hard receives about $4,000 Mr.. Ably $250C
and Mr.. Storm 81 ,OOO
At a public sale of thoroughbreds at
Auckland, New Zealand, the famous stall
ion Nordenfeldt became the property OF
Samuel Hordon, of Sydney, N. S. w., fol-
S2SOOO d. Y Ross, of San Francisco, CAL,
was a contending bidder, but stopped at
$4,000
The name of j. Porter, the lightweight
Jockey, does not appear in the table OF
winning jockeys in "Goodwin's Turf
Guide" although he is credited with hav
ing piloted sixty of his mounts to victory
in 1890. At Nashville he averaged one
winner day for twenty three consecutive
DAYS
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-03-20

Mr.. John w. Maokay. Jr.. shines - .
host.
Gen., Miles IL an accomplished bicycle
rider. ~ ''i'ir
Senator Quay has been informed by biz
physician that he has heart disease.
Gossip in Philadelphia places the Rev.
DR.. McVickar's fee for the Aston Willing
wedding at $4,000.
Professor Palmer Is the third graduate
Of the old Western Reserve college to a..
sumo chair in Yale.
The late Canon Siddon was devoted to
cats, and he used to nurse his own special
pet In the common room at Christ church.
Senator Villas is good French and Ger.
man scholar, and 10 fond of Latin. He
reads "Virgil" in the original for enter
tainment.
The late Admiral Porter for fifty years
swore off from the smoking habit every
night, and began again the next morning
at 10 o'clock.
Nathaniel Thayer is called the Wander
bilt of Boston. He has fortune of $10,
100000, invested for the most part in west
ern railways.
Capt. Randle, of Chester, Pa. commo
dore of the Red Star feet, is the only Amer
lean known who holds that position under
foreign flag.
Pasteur is noted for his extraordinary
observation-disclosures 1t is said of him that
he would never think Of dining unless re
minded of the necessity of taking food.
Marquis di Rudini, the new Italian pre-
mier, is Sicilian, So years old, tall, strong
ly built, and with full flowing beard that
makes his appearance the more striking.
Robert Bonner looks as if he were about
sixty years old. He is of medium height,
we'll proportional and has forid face.
He is very quiet, very polite and very pleas.
ant in his manner.
According to Boston dentist, the Cali
fornia railroad millionaire Crocker has
four large diamonds set in the crown Of
one of his teeth. The dentist received
81 500 for his work.
M Chauchard, Of the Louvre dry goods
store, in Paris, has issued copper medal,
which he gives to every one of his custom.
ers in commemoration of his purchase of
1.-THE Augelus' for the huge sum of $140,.
900.
Tom Sherman-Father Tom, the Jesuit
lis tall, lank, thin and almost furrowed
in face. To see him standing near Senator
John. or his father when alive, the strong
likeness between the three would strike
one at a glance.
S. A. Rideout, of Cumberland Center,
Me-, a journeyman carpenter, has made
box, on The surface of which in mosaic are
shown oil the states of the Union in vari-
GUS wooAs, of proper relative size and ar.
tisticaN grouped.
MAJ R3onebroke is known as the Beau
-Brhmmel of southern California, and is a
man of curious and picturesque ways. He
has been known to wear a fur overcoat in
summer. and never goes out without a
pair of rubber overshoes.
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Bradford, VT, Oct. 81, 1890.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-03-20
DESIGNS IN BRACELETS.

A fo.lr wire puzzle is handsome brace
let.
A neat little bracelet has two strands Of
graduated gold beads.
A gold wire bracelet with white enameled
daisies is much admired.
A gold chain bracelet with heart shaped
pendant paddock is very pretty.
Gold and platinum wire twisted together
and cross set with diamonds attract much
attention.
A bracelet representing a horseshoe OF
gold, with platinum nails, is joined by q
golden bit.
A unique bracelet has quite heavy chain
of round coil something like rope, and is
very handsome.
A pretty bracelet has a nugget finish,
with six diamonds placed diagonally in
cross center piece.
A dainty bracelet has a rope coil with
each alternate turn enameled with flowers
There are four diamonds in each coil
A bracelet that Is very popular is the
open curved chain, with heart made Of
enameled forget-me-nots in the center. In
side of this is u heart of moonstone.
A new style of bracelet is composed Of
thirteen medallions. A bracelet of the same
style is of the same design in work, only
that there are five little diamonds in it.
A very pretty bracelet is Of double gold
wire, and is fastened by four leaf clover
on top. The clover has ruby in the center.
Frequently these clover bracelets have
gold paddock.
A very nice bracelet for engagements Il
one with lock which Is set into the wire
of the bracelet. The key and chain on
which ithangs eau be easily removed. Thu
\ done after It il locked.-Chicago Herald
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-03-20
Ams,osxrRovs MEN.

Tia late J. A. Wales used both hands n
making those famous CARTOONS Of hn. de
worked rapidly Other way, but preferred
- use his left hard rather than biz right
Stephen Girsrd, the great philanthropisA
assd both hands with equal faoaiey: a.
though he had great aversion TO exhibit
Ing the faculty in The pesssnce Of company.
Some of the bsse Baseball players are
two handed, men. Kilroy. Clements, Tit.
comb. Slattery, Getsein, Tom Brown and
Bill George all use the left hand naturally.
Napoleon could, on pinch, use the pen
with his left, but this was IN acquired
rather than Q natural faculty. duo to IN
accidental injury to the thumb Of the right
hand.
Nearly every first class telegraph operator
In the country Is ambidextrous through 10.
Quirement. The right hand Is used on the
key and the left to ''check of" dispatches
with pen or pencil.
John Habberton, the author Of "Helen's
Babies" is a two handed man. When on
gagged on long article he changes from
one hand to the other every fifteen or
twenty minutes, and so avoids fatigue.
Capt. Charles King, the novelist, does the
greater part of his writing with his left
hand. His brightest thoughts are evolved,
be thinks, when the right lobe Of his brain
calls for the use of the motor muscles Of
his left side and vice versa.
Urrabieta, of ILLUSTRATION, better known
under his non de plume Of "Vierge," is not
only able to write with each hand at the
same rate Of speed, but he can write two
letters at once. The penmanship of one Is
running Italian, and the other back hand.
J. o. Dawson, the marine artist, is am
bidextrous. He "lays on" with his right
hand and does the finer work with his left.
One of his peculiarities, it is said, is that
he invariably paints the hull and spars Of a
vessel with his left hand and the sea with
his right.
Senator Wolcott, Of Colorado, signs COM
mittee reports with his left hand and at
taches his signature to letters with his
right. The senator has his "left handed
week" and his fright handed" week-that
is, he will use the pen for six days with
one hand, and for anothersix days with the
other.
Professor George Martin Lane, Pope pro-
lessor of Latin in Harvard, when at the
blackboard begins to write with his left
hand, and rubs along until he reaches a
point in line with his face. Then he shifts
the chalk from his left hand to his right
and continues writing until he reaches the
end of the blackboard.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-03-20
Acroas orr THE STAGE.

Lawrence Barrett Il scholar who dndD
ralaxation from his professional duties IN
biz library or study.
Tom whifIen, Of Ross Coghlan's COM
pany, Is an expert violinist In addition 70
his histrionic ability.
Forrest Robinson IL are sharp, and II
he had his own way he would be an asso-
ciate member Of Boston's fire department.
Edgar Davenport is bicycle fiend, and
be gets all the fun that he cares for riding
Q wheel, either alone or tandem with .
friend.
Eben Plympton is . gentleman farmer.
and when he isn't at work he spends bis
time of rest and recreation In the little
town of Plympton.
Nat Goodwin's closest friend, probably.
u Ed Stokes, Of Now York. Mats chiefest
delight in this world is to witness scien-
tiflc set-to between good fighters.
Frank Wilson has acquired substantial
reputation as linguist. He Is proficient
In four languages, and he still occupies .
good deal of time in linguistic study.
Edwin Booth spends all his leisure time
in his room alone. He never goes on the
street or into society If he can possibly help
it. His only companion Is big black pipe.
George Wilson, Of the Boston museum.
when he can get away from professional
labors, gets down to Kittery, Me-, where
he spends the hot days fishing off Newcas-
tie bridge.
Henry E. Dixey has learned all the tricks
that the professional prestidigitateurs
could teach him, and he has gone farther
and studied for himself the philosophy OF
the magician's art.
The late Dan McGuinnis was an absolute
crank on matters Of mechanical interest.
He would walk five miles to see something
new in the line of machinery. When he
was a lad he served his term as an Office
boy in machinist firm.
Mr.. Richard Mansfield has devoted him.
self to study of a superior order, and he
can lay claim to more accomplishments
than anybody who had seen him simply In
the work of his profession on the stage
would be likely to attribute to him.
Joseph jefferson is not only an admira'
BILE actor, but he is a painter of much more
than ordinary skill and power. The work
that he has performed in either department
would have been sufficient to have secured
for him more than common reputation.
Denman Thompson recreates at Swansea
N. H., the scene Of both his plays. When
he is there he simply enjoys himself. He
has built church there, and b as mort
gage on everything mortgageable in the
town, for everybody touches" Denman.
George Fortescue likes to loaf at Win
throp in his cottage there when he hasn't
anything to do He has one overwhelm-
ing ambition, and that is to rock in big
easy chair all day on the shady piazza Of
his cottage. He is very fond of sea bath
ing
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-03-20
CRISP CONVERSATIONS.

There are still ia log school houses In
Illinois.
There is no directory in the city Of 81.
Petersburg.
Uncle Sam owns 637, COX, 900 gold coins, Of
which only All ,OOO, 900 are in circulation.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-03-20
A REAL LUXURY!

Looking the many homes Of this country thousands
of wearing away their lives in household ddgey that might be
materially lessened by the Of SPlQF an ba
cake used less wrinkle gathers upon the face
the toll ghend she must be foolish who would
hesitate make the experiment. and he chsh husband who would
grudge the few cents which it costs.
your grocer sends you anything in place CT SAPOLO, send
back and insist upon having just what you ordered SAPOLO always
gives satisfaction On o tables and painted work acts like
charm securing potts. pns and metals has equal Everything
shines after it, and the children delight in using in their attempts
to help around the house
ndinssto
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-14

lection. 1t is true, it has been heard
from considerable and experienced wom-
ell at times, that the old poetic conceit
should be changed to "woman's inhu-
manity to woman" causing the multi
piled mourning act. No such imputa-
ton is indorSed. 1t is believed that as
rule women should be given share in
the management of school affairs. If
women are better adapted to the teach
ing of young children, as indicated b
their more frequent selection, than the
other sex, it is difficult to find very CO.
gent reasons for denying them partici-
patton in the management. The charge
that they lack the business faculty is
discouDtenanced by the varieties of sue
cessful business conducted by women
The participation of women in the man
agement of the schools will be found
beneficial and wholesome as rule.
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THE STORY OF DAY.

Lake Pepin is open.
Gen. Spinola is dead.
Chicago has an orange carnival.
The Memphis Derby is to be run to-day.
Bigamist Foster is set free at Sioux Falls
Hattie Carter and Lizzie Lucas disappear.
Nebeker becomes treasurer of the United
States.
1t is again rumored that there is combine
on sugar.
Rahilly's appointment causes a general all
round Tow.
Austin Corbin is blackballed by the Union
Club of New York
Cleveland speaks before the Democratic
club of New York.
President Harrison started on his big
!unket at midnight
Duluth has sensational suit involving a
womans character.
President Hill will extend the Montana
Central to Anaconda.
Count Lewenhaupt dies eleven days after
his marriage to Miss Bayard.
The New York presbytery will consider the
sensational address of DR.. Briggs.
The American association games are won
by st. Louis, Athletic and Boston.
Washington state burglars rob postoffice
and try to burn up the postmistress.
Luverne ladies adopt novel method to
stop the selling of cigars on Sunday.
Plenty Horses attorneys ask that the slayer
of Capt. Casey be discharged on techi-
cality.
The Wilbur opera company appears in the
"Chimes of Normandy" Minneapolis, in
boomers
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-14

a bill for an act proposing an amendment
to section thirty-three (33), of article four
az, of the constitution of the state of Min
nesota, prohibiting special legislation.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the state
of Minnesota.
Section 1. The following amendment to
section thirty-three G33), of article four az. of
the constitution of the state of Minnesota is
for their approval or rejection. which said
section when SO approved shall read as fol-
lows:
Sec SO. IN all cases when a general law
can be made applicable, no special law shall
be enacted; and whether a general law could
have been made applicable in any case. is
hereby declared a judicial question, and as
such shall be judicially determined without
regard to any legislative assertion on that
subject. The legislature shall pass no local
or special law; regulating the affairs of, or
Incorporating, erecting or changing the lines
OF any county, city. village township, ward
or school district, or creating the officers, or
prescribing the powers and duties of the Off
GERS of the same; authorizing the laying out,
opening, altering, vaca;ing or maintain
ing roads, highways streets or alleys;
lakes or rivers; for opening and
conducting of elections or fixing
or changing the places of voting; authoriz-
ing the adoption or legitimation of children;
changing the law of descent or succession;
comforting rights upon minors; declaring
any named person of age; giving effect to
informal or invalid wills or deeds, or affect
ing the estates OF minors or persons under
disability; locating or changing county seats;
regulating the management OF public schools,
the building or repairing OF school houses,
and the raising of money for such purposes;
exempting property from taxation or regu-
lating the rate of interest on money; Great
ing corporations, or amending, renewing
extending or explaining the charters thereof;
granting to any corporation association or
individual any special or exclusive privilege,
immunity or franchise whatever or author
izing public taxation for private purpose.