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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-10-26

assignee, executor, or administrator The
amendment proposed is to add the words
conditional vendor"L
ii. l05, by Mr.. Rustedt of Richford (by re-
quest Ito amend the law excluding party
from testifying where an administrator or
executor is the other party [The proposed
amendment gives a court power to make an
exception to The law if an injustice might
be done in its application; judiciary CON-
II. 1O6, by Mr.. Lawrence of Rutland (by
request). to amend law relating to cruelty
to animals. Officer may kill a suffering
animal past recovery. Appropriate
dollars to Vermont Humane Society to
carry out provisions of the act.
IL. l07, by Mr.. Preston of Fair Haven, to
change the present supreme court system,
and 90 back to the old itinerant system; ju-
dietary.
JOINT ASSEMBLY,.
The following officers were elected by a
viva-voce vote:
Sergeont-at- Arms.-M Lord of Mont
pelier nominated T. G. Phinney. Second
ed by Mr.. Ballard of Georgia and Burnhanl
of Stratford.
Biigdde Commanders Hines of
Brattleb0rO nominated j. j. Estey.
AdjLt0nt and Inspector Ge1lernl-Mr.
Smith of Burlington nominated L. 5. Peck.
Seconded by Messrs. Weston OF Newfane,
Parker of Vergennes, Pomeroy of Frank
lin, Lawrence of Rutland, Bridgman of
Hardwick, and Senator Lyman Of Chit
ten,en.
QudqterrndSter GenerdI.-SenatOr Oar.
ling presented the name of w. II. Gilmore.
Seconded by Mr.. Mann of Wilmington and
Mr.. Peck of Brookfeld.
Judge Advocate GenerdI.-Senator Barber
nominated Edward l.. Bates of Benning-
ton. Seconded by Mr. Bingham, Mr..
Clarke of st. Johnsbury, Mr.. Read of
Rockingham.
JudgeS.-For chief Judge Jonathan Ross
was nominated by Senator Hazen, and sec
Onded by Mr.. Young. For first assistant
Russell 5. Taft was nominated by Senator
Plumley, and seconded by Mr.. Whalen Of
Bolton. For second assistant John w..
Rowell was nominated by Mr.. benson
and seconded by MIR. Burnham. For third
assistant James NJ. Tyler was nominated by
Wyman of Athens and seconded by Mr..
Mann. For fourth assistant LOveland
MunsOn was nominated and was seconded
by Senator Barker and Mr.. Loveland of
Dorset. For fifth assistant II. h. Start was
by Mr. Rustedt and seconded by
Mr.. Lawrence and Senator Barber. For
sixth assistant L. IL. Thompson was nomi-
mated by Mr.. Young and seconded by Sena-
tor Miles and Mr.. Fuller of Barton.
The joint assembly then dissolved.
Adjourned,
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-10-26
The Destructive Jackdaw.

In gentleman's park in the county
of Durham, says an English writer, a
number of pheasants are reared every
year. The keeper. on going to feed
them, was surprised to fin- the bodies
of four of the young pheasants lying on
the grass outside of the coops without
heads. He made careful search for YER
min, such as rats or weazels, but with
out effect He left the dead pheasants
for awhile, and on his return found
considerable number more disposed of
In the same way. He was quite puzzled
and resolved to seek assistance. Fully
30 young ones were disposed of, all in
the same way. After watching a con-
siderable time pair of jackdaws made
their appearance and were not long in
commencing their raid on the young
ones again. They quietly dragged them
out from below the hens and pulled
their heads off and carried them to a
clump of trees, where they had their
nest with young ones, and fed them with
the heads. AS soon as the keeper was
satisfied that the jackdaws were the de-
inquents he shot them.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-10-26
EVOLUTION OF NIAGARA.
The Estimates as to the Age of the World
Famous Cataract.

The Estimates as to the Age of the World
Famous Cataract.
Professor J. W. Spencer says the first
conjecture as to the age of Niagara falls
was made by Andrew Ellicott in 1890
Ellioott believed the falls to be $4,000
years old. About 1841 Lyle estimated
the age of the falls as IS, 900 years. All
Of these early estimates were purely con-
lecture, but they were correct in assum-
ing that the gorge had been exoavated
by the river. Professor Spencer, in out
lining the progress of the falls, says
that little stream draining the Erie
basin once fell about 300 feet above the
brow of the Niagara escarpment. This
stream was not over one-fourth the vol
ume of the recent cataract and conse-
quently excavated the gorge at much
slower rate than at present.
During the early history of the river
the waters of the three upper lakes
emptied through the Huron basin by
way of the Ottawa river. The height of
the falls has increased several times.
The first episode, represented by small
river falling 200 feet, lasted about H.
900 years. Then the height of the falls
was increased to 400 feet and took the
drainage of the upper great lakes. At the
same time there was series of cas-
cades, three in all, the lower gaining ON
the upper until finally they were all
united in one great cataract much high
er than that of today.
Subsequently the waters were raised
at the head of Lake Ontario, and the
falls Appropriated to the present condi-
tons after lapse of 1900 years from
the end of the first episode. The age Of
the present falls is put at 1000 years,
and another 1000 years was probably
occupied by transitional changes of a
very gradual character. 1t is now s, 900
years since Lake Huron emptied into
Lake Erie for the first time The land
has risen about the outlet of Lake Erie,
and if the present rate of change contin-
ues in 5000 or 6, 900 years the waters of
the four upper lakes will be turned into
the Mississippi river drainage at Chi
cago.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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West COrinth.

c Spear has rented the Henry Clark
buildings and is now making thorough
repairs on the same.
S, A. True has returned to Hanover
where he hat work.
Albert Day is at home for a few
days, being unable to work, from hav-
ing a finger badly bitten by hog.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bohonan attended the
quarterly meeting at East Williams
town last Saturday and Sunday.
Geveral of Mrs. S. G. Newman's rel
stives visited her last Saturday.
-. II. Williams and w. W. Kenis \
attended the auction sale of Johl
Clogston and Eus ne sill in South
Straffsrd last Monday.
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Talk Of LyuchfnR.

PORTLAND, Me-, Oct. "a -Firebugs are
getting in their work on Cape Elizabeth,
and farmers go to bed at night fearing
that their buildings may be the next to go
up in smokes The people in that part Of
the cape, where three nres have Just oc-
Cured, have organised themselves into
vigilance committee and will protect all
of the roads at night Should the ineendi-
aries be caught. Judge Lynch may hold
court on Cane Elizabeth.
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A Grand Trunk sh.k.nn.

PORTLAND. Me-, Dot 8-For some
months detectives employed by the direc
tors of the Grand Trunk railroad have
been engaged in spotting dishonest train
employees, and the result has been radical
changes Of conductors all along the line
Of the road Many conductors who have
been considered trusty men have been
discharged, and many more removals are
TO follow. Employees are very much stirred
up over the affair.
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Thursday, October Is, 1894.

Senator Darling presented a petition
signed by James Hutchinson and "a women
and q men of West Randolph, praying for
womeD's municipal suffrage; il dietary com.
On motion of Senator Barber, the house
returned 10 the senate a resolution
providing for a general Assem- this after
noon. 81 lator Eeavens 10 ,On
slider, and, rnder suspension Ca . les,
his mOt."n =. vailed. Senate nan
moved e. mend by delaying 4. - 49, n 81
a ste supeT dent OF edU Ion two
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-10-26

THE PAST guarantees the future.
1t is not what We say, but what
Hoods Sarsaparilla does, that tells the
story. Remember .. CoD'S CURES
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-25
A PEARL-SET NERMIFORM.

Oscar Tulley of Yardville, is proba-
bly, the only man in the country who
has ever found a case of appendicitis
profitable to him. Oscar is one of the
| boys who likes good time, and of all
things that go with that sort of thing
he is especially fond of raw oysters.
He says he was born with an oyster
appetite, and for twenty years he has
been industriously engaged during the
season for the ''lus cious bivalves" at
trying to satisfy it, says Trenton On.
j. correspondent of the New York
Journal. but has failed signally. He
is able to stand up to the counter and
swallow three dozen nice, fat, juicy
oysters off the half shell without signs
in the week.
His peculiar leaning III the direction
of this popular shell fish made him Il
mark for other boys who liked good
times but who had smaller appetites,
and when Oscar was caught in a
crowd with pile of oysters III view
wagers were often laid on his ability
in a certain number of minutes. He
got his oysters cheap in this way. and
he was always ready to make a con-
! test.
Three weeks ago Oscars appetite
began to show signs of waning. The
laundering for oysters that he had en-
joyed so long began to play out and
he was & good deal worried. He began
| to lose flesh and ambition, and pretty
soon it became apparent to his friends
/ that Oscar was not himself.
He finally took to his bed, and Il
physician was called in. There was
eventually a consultation Of medical
men, and the conclusion was reached
that Oscars vermiform appendix was
out of condition, and he was told that
if he didn't care to submit to an opera
ton for the purpose of it's removal he
would better clear up his accounts and
prepare to leave the earth.
Oscar didn't fancy the idea of the
operation, but he finally decided to
submit to it.
| Expert surgeons were employed in
the case, and the death trap was duly
removed. Oscar stood the trial first
rate and began to rally at once. The
result was as surprising to the sur
geOns as it was beneficial to Oscar
for, upon examination, they found
that the substance that had got into
the death trap was a large pearl,
which had undoubtedly been swal-
! lowed with an oyster.
The pearl was beauty, and local
jeweler offered Oscar 5000 in cold cash
for it. He refused the offer, claiming
that the pearl was worth more to him
as souvenir He is rapidly recover
ing from the operation and says that
bis old-time appetite is coming back
with his strength. Whether or not he
will feed on the luscious sea food as
voraciously as he did before he hasn't
yet decided.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-25
A DISTINCTIVE MANNER.

Do you possess that subtle, tickle,
fascinating something we women call
a distinctive personality? 1t Outshines
the rarest jewels, scorns the latest
fads, pushes into the back ground the
most seductive frocks and gives its
mistress an enviable part to play III
iifes drama. All! the charm of it.
Men are captivated by it, women are
won by it. The woman who holds her
head like a queen receives her full
need Of admiration whether she ia
found behind the counter or in a pal
ace. | met such a woman the other
day. She stood like a goddess at her
station in the lace department of d
big establishment, and every shopper
who approached the fair young Great
ure seemed to feel the spell which
strong individuality had woven about
her. Alphabetically they asked the
price Of laces and watched each mo-
ton of the superb one as she moved
from place to place. A certain friend
of mine has her own peculiar methods
of entering a room, of greeting her
friends. The very pressure of her
hand, the habit of lifting her brOws,
of smiling, of talking, are distinctive.
Even a painful shyness has its charm,
for it betrays individualism. A halt
ing speech, a soft, low voice, certain
gait or a trick Of information frequently
captivates where beauty and wit fail
to win.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-25
FOREIGN.

All foreigners in Pekin have received
peremptory orders to leave that city.
Negotiations for peace between
China and Japan have been broken of.
Europe's estimated consumption of
wheat is greater by 116000,O0O bushels
than the estimated yield
During a fire originating in naptha
spring in Crosby. Transcaucasia, sew
enteen workmen were burned to death.
While government officials in Indian
believe the ameer of AfghaniStan is
dead, the rumor lacks confirmation.
The French press is urging the gov
eminent to declare war on Madagascar
and Immediately blockade its ports.
Emperor William officiated at the
dedication of the flags of the recently
organized fourth battalion of each
regiment of infantry.
Alexander, the youthful king OF
Servia, was warmly received at Pots
dam by Emperor William and enter
tanned at a gala dinner.
Joseph Chamberlain, in a speech al
Durham, explained and defended the
reform bill which he is to introduce al
the coming session of parliament.
Emperor William unveiled mOnu
ment to his grandfather at Wiesbader
/ and opened the new royal theater
The city was gayly decorated in his
honor.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg says
that the cars physicians, on consul
| tation, have agreed that the persist
ence of their patients disease is due
to his weakness.
| Port Arthur, the Chinese nava
stronghold, is reported to have beer
captured by the Japanese. A decisive
battle is said to be imminent on the
banks of the Yaloo river.
A dispatch from Shanghai says tina
1,5O0 Japanese troops are encampeC
across the Regent Sword promontory
north of Port Arthur and a combined
! land and sea attack on that place is
! imminent.
M. jacques ST. Cere, in a dispatcl
from Paris, states that he has positive
and official information that the czal
| is not suffering from Bright'S disease
but from a tumor of the left kidney
which DR.. Zagharin thinks is of {
cancerous character, while Professor
Leyden holds different opinion as t.
! it's nature.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-25
ODDS AND ENDS.

! Sir Henry BeSSemer has computed
that one years production of Besse-
mer steel would make wall tive feet
thick, % feet high, inclosing an area
of 795 miles and weighing 10,5O0, 900
tons.
Somebody wants to know how the
college classes Of 1900 will be desig-
mated. You can't say ''the class of
co." as you can 1.-THE class of 81"
Does anybody remember what the
classes of 100 and 1900 used TO call
themselves ?-BOStOn Globe.
1t speaks highly for the bravery Of
certain young English doctors that
they have determined to go to Hong
Kong to study the plague which just
now puzzles medical men extremely
Not only have these men to face the
horrors of the plague, which many
liken to the great plague of Charles
condition of the country renders the
danger of the visit doubly great.
A fad with some of the fashionable
women is to have dress album.
This consists Of a large blank book
into which is pasted a two-inch square
of every gown bought by the owner.
The data recorded are the date of the
purchase and it's first wearing. AS an
no less interesting ones Of the cost
offset, opposite these entries are the
price and the dressmaker's bill for the
same.-Washington Post.
A writer in the Central Africa Ga
zette, from Tete, say that at the rate
at which elephants of all sizes are at
present being killed off in south and
central Africa there is little doubt
that in few years they will be prac-
tically exterminated in those regions.
From Tete and Jumbo alone the
traders annually send 5000 hunters to
the countries north Of the Zambesi, i
who shoot indiscriminately, regardless
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-25
FACTS.

Nothing is more amusing than tc
watch on a winters day the marvel
lous Intelligence with which the ri
geons of st. Marks in Venice can dis
criminate between residents and Wis
itOrS in the grand square of that city
the Plaza of st. Mark. The moment a
foreigner shows his face in the Plaza
the pigeons set upon him in crowds,
hoping to be fed. They do, not trouble
themselves by the hundred in the
square.
The Bank of France is not entirely
free from apprehension regarding the
ability of the burglar, and guards it
self in very careful manner. Every
day when the money is put into the
vaults in the cellar maSonS are wait
ing and at once wall up the doors with
hydraulic mortar. Water is then turn
ed on and kept running until the cellar
is flooded. The burglar would thus
have to work in a diving suit and
break down a cement wall before he
could even start to loot the vaults
w ue1 lllS arrive ucAl ulOrulug
the water is drawn off, the masonry is
torn down, and the vaults opened.
A correspondent of the City Press of
London, England, gives some amusing
quotations from parochial magazines
Perhaps the most amusing extract is
one from a journal edited by the vicar
of a little village in the south of Eng
land. In a recent number of the
magazine there was an announcement,
it appears, to this effect: This is to
give notice that the vicar will in future
take legal proceedings against anyone
whom he finds gossiping about the do
nestle arrangements at the vicarage.
1t is not true that there had been
seven cooks at he vicarage during the
past six months, and there is not a
word of foundation for the widely-cir-
culated rumor that the lady of the
household and her servants are at
variance. As a matter of fact the re-
lations between them were never more
satisfactory
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-25

New York, Oct 22.-A Worlds spe-
cial from Logansport says that great
excitement was caused there by the rll-
NOR that an attempt was made Oh
eN-PreSident HarriSon'S life. Accord
ing to the Worlds special, shortly af-
ter the Harrison party arrived two
men heavily bearded and apparently
disguised. were seen swinging them
selves from the rear windows OF
Kroeger and Strains undertaking es
adjustment into the open yard in the
rear of the rink, where General Harri
son was speaking. Each had a revolv.
er in his hand and as one man Sprang
into the open place he was heard to
say: when he comes out, shoot him.
Then they went across the lot and
were lost to sight. The police were
notified and made a thorough but vain
search. At the close of his speech
General Harrison stepped from the
low rear window of the rink and was
at once hurried to the station in Z
carriage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-25

OF an elephants age or the size of his
tusks. The writer recommends all
the powers having territories in Africa
TO form union and prohibit the ex-
poratlon of tusks under ten pounds in
weight
Gardeners have so often improved
upon nature that not only in beauty,
but In money value, flower brings
as much as would be paid for any suit
Solomon ever possessed. For example.
at sale of orchids which a Cheapside
firm have conducted by order of the
trustees of the late George Hardy. as
much as f16S was given for a Rieneek-
lana, L plant with fifty-leaved bulbs,
thirteen breaks, and twelve sheats:
! the same for Cattleya Skinner alba:
f157 los. for a Cauleya Mendelli,
$50 los. for a Laelia purpurata. and
f100 for an Odontoglossum veXiiiar>
/ ium. Other prices ranged from 10 to
i 80 guineaS. the total sum resulting
! from the sale being nearly $1,000
| London News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-25

the town. The property destroyed
embraces seven stores, the deposit
bank, two livery stables, two hotels,
SIX residences, the Louisville and
Nashville depot, which was filled with
merchandise, and the water tank.
Tie loss is over 100000, covered
partly by insurance.
Judge Macon e. Allen. the first col
ored man admitted to the bar in the
United States, died in Washington. D.
c. He was admitted to the lar from
the office of Samuel Fessenden. father
of the secretary Of the treasury at
Boston. May 3, 1915. He removed to
! Charleston. S. c.. after the war and
was judge of the criminal court and
Of the probate court of Charleston
county, S. G.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-25
Is CYCLING HEALTHY?
There Are Three Opinions on This
Subject, Says the Lancet"

There are three sets of opinions
among those who have ridden or dc
ride the cycle as to the effect which
riding has on them individually. 1t is
clear that there are some who cannot
ride; from the first the exercise does
not suit them; from the first it wearies
them in mind as we'll rs in body
They try, often under INSTANTANEOUS
circumstances over-wearied with men
tai and bodily work. or suffering from
some symptom of disease, and not I'M
naturally these discover that what
they supposed might be for their bene-
fit is just the reverse; their nervous
centerS are shaken. their muscles are
tired and strained. their heart is
wearied: if they have govt or rheuma-
tism the latent malady comes out; in
short time they show the bad eff
fects of the exercise. and, not liking
to say anything by halves, and not be-
lieying they could have done anything
for which they We're especially unfit
ted, they are severe in their criticism
and condemn general system on the
SIouhi VI thCil o"h ibloSy uCldSy
On the other hand, there are,-men
and women of all ages who, entering
the cycling fraternity, find IL pleasure
and a relief in it which are quite phe-
nomenal, and, though it may not last,
are sufficient to make them feel that
they must hold by the new acquire
ment, patrOnize those who excel liz it.
praise it's many and obvious advan-
tageS, and by impcrceptible means be-
come on their part warm and perhaps
able, if not altogether sincere. support
erS of it. Lastly, there is third set
whom cycling comes as business:
For the sake of saving time, or. of
carrying loads or other useful task,
they train themselves in cycling la
bors and cycling habits-becOme, with
out Offense, cycling animals-and find
that they can perform labors otherwise
impossible with comparative immunity
from injury. The evidence which men
Of science can alone accept lies be-
tween these three sources. the last
probably affOrding the best; and the
evidence is to the effect that, excluding
those who are not fitted by cOnstitu-
ton to ride at their own physical and
mental expense. cycling is as safe as
any other exercise if it be taken in
moderate and common-sense manner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-25
TELEPHONE IN SWEDEN.
1t Has Had Marvellous DEVELOPMENT
There.

Amongst all countries on the globe
Sweden takes precedence in the devel-
Opment of the telephone system, SAYS
Stockholm correspondent of The St.
Louis Globe Democrat. The Ericsson
telephone used here is an improve
ment of the Bell telephone, and COM
munication by telephone is ridiculously
cheap The telegraph in Sweden has
far from reached that high state of
development as in America, but tele-
phoning may be said to fully replace
telgraphing in King Oscars domain.
1t is indeed, a poor family who can
not afford to pay the Stockholm Gen
eral Telephone company an annual fee
OF $40 for the use of a telephone,
which the company puts up free of
charge in your office or in your resi-
dence-wherever you please Through
that telephone you can speak with
your friends in nearly every city of
the realm, and if you want it, you can
even put yourself in communication
with the people of Norway and Den
mark, these countries being connected
with Sweden by telephone. For tele-
phoning in Stockholm and to places
Within radius of fifty miles from
that city the subscriber for an Erics-
son telephone does not pay a cent
over the annual fee. but for telephon-
ing over longer distance an extra fee
is demanded This fee is very moder-
ate. For instance. a three minutes
conversation between the cities of
Malmo and Solleftea-a distance about
twice the distance between Chicago
and Minneapolis-costs only &c. and
&c extra for every succeeding minute.
Connections from the Stockholm Gen.
eral Telephone company's net to the
government telephone and vice versa