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men present Would your Emperor or King
arbitrate about Vienna if Russia claimed it,
or about Turin if Switzerland claimed it.?
Then why should we arbitrate about a land
which belongs to us?'
Yes answered the Austrian, who has
become a British subject; which belongs to
us as the stolen Docketbook belongs to the
thief
The people here consider the Monroe doc
trine nonsense and sheer iinpertinence They
say that it is the statement OF a single
statesman who, in a moment of patriotic eX-
aitation, declared that American policy must
be Que of neither eDtangling in the broils
of Europe nor suffering other powers to in
terfere with the broils of the new world
This, they say, has nothing to do with the
present. case, when EDaland's rights are ap
parent and Just. This is tue kind of talk
that have heard here, aud from representa-
tive men"
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sound Observation-Disclosures III the United States.
think that i have caught public opinion
very well. Ihaye dincG in different hotels
and table d'hote restaurants. playing tho
part of a Frenchman who ca mot understand
word OF English. and have hea ri start
ling opinions expressed in the latter Ian
guagc.
~ have chatted with the principal shop
keepers when l have gone To purchase
trifliug articles. and have found that every
one is discussing the chances of war
between the United StateS nd England. The
Hon. Charles Lus. governor OF British
Guiana was summoned 10y cable. and he
sailed on last Thursday Oh the Il. N. S.
Solent
The Engiish-speaking people here ex
press pity for the United States. and the con-
ylction that they Will he smashed to pieces
If England goes to war with them. SO igno
rant a re these British merchants here that
this very day. in a table d'hote. where the
most influential of them lunch. one of them
stated as positive fact that the United
States Navy possesses only one cruiser. the
so-called New York. and that she would be
only a mouthful for the Blake.
This English merchant went on Ia say that
the other ships in uur navy were schunners
and that they were armed with guns that
were loaded with petroleum, and We're of
no use.
Another English merchant said that he
knew the United States had another cruiser,
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-cccntricity by the plain capital letters and
the puuctiliousness of the dotted is and
SrosSed IS.
Thomas B. Reed is more a speaker than
q writer. He knows this, and tries the
harder to write well. His autograph, too,
is a rare one. Mr.. Reed writes in a jerky
way. He circles his pen round and round
without making a mark, as nervous book
keepers do, then suddenly achieves letter.
His pen is Il lady's gold pen, 10 which there
is said to he a history. None SO sentimental
as Tom Reed, and if the pen he writes
with is a loving PEN or lucky pen'
those who Know his nature will not marvel.
Afr. Reed employs sterographer and type
writer and does little more than sign his
own sentiments, though lie dictates every
word.
Brice's signature is done upon a costly
desk with a valuable pen and Jeweled
holder for assistants. He has heavy oak
seat, with the finest Of trappings thereto.
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PARALYZED BY AN EEL.
Hunted Water Sna axes. But Found n
Fish More Dangerous.

Thomas GIlroy of Brooklyn, who is SPEND
ing few weeks at his old home near Silver
Lake, met with a curious experience last
week. Water snakes abound in this vicinity
and the boys have spent many day hunt
ing them.
One of the lads in the ncighborhood had
a mongrei dug named Prince, which had
earned for itself a reputation as the cham
pion snake eXtermiuator- The animal en-
jcyed the sport hugely. and bore many scars
on his nose and lips.
Soon after GiIroy's arrival the village
lads introduced their dog and proposed a
snake hunt. Gilroy, who remembered the
josy of his boyhnod, readily acquiesced. and,
armed with bag, couple of forked sticks
and accompanied by Prince, they sailed
forth.
1t was customary Ia capture the snakes
while they were baskiDg in the sunshine
watching for flies. Thrusting them into the
bag, the boys would take the snakes to the
village green and release one at a time for
the dog to kill. Though the day was warm
and the sun shone brightly, snakes were
scarce, and when at last the head of a large
water snake was seen above the surface
the hunters determined to capture it at all
hazards.
They approached cautiously The snake
became alarmed and retreated beneath the
surface. The water was about one and n
half feet deep, and at the bottom his head
and tail underneath a large rock and one
surplus coil outside. lay the fly catcher,
his striped body glistening.
A council of war was held, and as the
snakes are harmless, Gilroy, who has long
arms, offered to grasp the reptile by the
exposed coil and hurl IL into the bag If one
of the boys would hold it. The details were
quickly arranged, and at a given signal
Gilroy thrust his arm into the wafer and
closed his fingers around the snake. In
vain did he pull
The snake clung with head and tail to
the under surface of the rock. Inch by inch
he stretched until the coil was almost out
of the water. Suddenly he let go. and the
air for an instant was full of head and tail.
Gflroy uttered o shriek of pain and dropped
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clear eycsielt he can read the lines ahead
of him before they are delivered. The
sentiments. adverse or agreeable. VIII
dance before the outgoing Presidents
eyes like lines upon "A book over which
the light flickers. The handwriting with
which the pages will be signed VIII deter
mine the future course of administration
OF the party. If the signature could he
known ncsy many an unsettled question ur
the next four years would be speedily
settled
The handwriting of Levi p. Morton has
been shown lay some as q specimen OF the
next signature of the inaugural. This writ
ing, according to the friends Of Morton, ais
as conservative as AliisoB's, as open rs
Reeds ami as methodicai as Harrisons."
But il is not with handwriting character
istics that this has TO do. hut with interesting
things concerning the different ways OF
writing of The different men. Each has
diStiuc;iVencsS about it, CaIlsed no doubt
by the great individuality of TIE man. that
Will never allow ii 10 be commonplace.
Morton, for instance, writes with a quill.
He "menIS" his pen himself. and uses a
quill down TO the very stub, sharpening il
every morning. He writes slowly but firm
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Peers and self.s1auahter.

In relation to the sad death of the Ma r.
quis OF Waterford. it may he of painful
interest to recall some previous cases dur.
ing the present century of suicide among
members of the peerage. says the Westmin
ster Gazette. Here are over a dozen
which can easily be recollected:
Lord French, Lord Greayes, Lord James
Bcresford. Lord Munster, Lord Jane :
Douglas, Lord Congleton. the Duke of
Bedford. Lord Forth, Lord Walsiugham,
Lord Cloncurry, Lord Lyttelton, Lord
Delawarr and Lord Shaftesbury. In ad.
dition TO these DIR. Samuel Butcher, bishop
of Meath. took his own life in 1876, and
the Dowager Lady Howe made her exit
III the same tragic fashion in 1877.
There is at least one notable omission
from this catalogue-the case of the Mar
quis of Londonderry (Viscount Ca stIe :
reaglil-some circumstances of which are
very curious.
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quite conventional in his desk trappingS
Even MFR Carlisle likes odd ornaments npon
his desk, bat Mr.. Allison places such gifts
upon the niantel.
Few of our great meD write with ex-
pcnsiye pens and holders. Like President
Clevelaud. they possess them, but prefer to
write with some good old implement.
Other nations declare that the auto
graphs of our statesmen are wonderful in
lesibility. Their own great men try to
see how badly they can write. but our
Presidential aspirsnts know that 1t is an
offense against tie public, upon whom .aey
depend, to set before them letters not fit
for beginners copy-book.
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Noble But a pnnner

a pathetic as well as remarkable story is
that of William ]. Norris. who, despoiled of
his wealth at the age of seventy.three by a
designing wife drove alone behind q broncho
from Pixies Peak to Buffaln, IL distance of
2,3OO miles, to find home with his daugh-
ter. A descendant and heir of an English
nobleman, he served eleven years as a
British soldier, for thirty years was q
cattle buyer and farmer in western New
York. for nine years watchman in Denver
and for four years a, policeman in Cherry
Greek. He accumulated property, but in
his old days was fpiled by an adyepturess,
who left him nothing but two cows. q
''prairie schooner and a faithfulhronche. :.
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desk that looks ont over a beautiful bit
or indiana polls scenery lie has large
heavy pieces upon his desk, and in writing
wi,ids his pen facilely and wei. He is
fond OF writing. is willing to give his
autograph, and looks forward to putting
his name to whole books as an anthor.
Grover Cleveland is a bad writer. He is
one OF five good Democrats and personal
friends that cannot write legbly. The
Cleveland desk is a funny one at all times.
Upon one corner of it stands a picture
of Mrs. Cleveland and Baby Ruth, the first
one taken of them. They are in u case
with doors that close. Upon the other
coraer Of The desk-a fiat top affairs a
The morning times., 1895-12-01
Pope as Chess PLAYER.

Leo XIII, according to the Debats, is an
ardent lover of chess. He has been n con-
stant player for over thirty years, and his
skill in the game is anything but mediocre
His holiness fayorite oppnnent is Father
Guiia, with whom tie was in tile habit of
playing when he was Cardinal Peccf. On
being raised to the pnntifical throne he sum-
moned Father Guila from Florence, where
he was then stationed, and gave him apart
ments in the vatican. Father Guila i S said
to combine a rare mastery of the game with
an exceedingly irascible temper. Some
times during game with his holiness he
bursts out into an ungovernable fit of rage.
On such occasions Leo XIII. Immediately
interrupts the contest and proceeds to de-
liver little homily on the virtues of Chris
tan resignation and seif-control.
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the snake into the bag as his hand fell
po werless by his side.
The reptile had given him a severe elec.
tric shock that paralyzed his arm, causing
pains 10 shoot through his back. In the
excitement the boy forgot to close the bag,
and the snake, seeing a means OF escape,
wriggied forth. Prince, with a savage
growl. sprane forward and seized 1t by
the neck. Prince, too, gave a cry of pain
and dropped the snake.
The snake regained its native element,
but Giiroy's shoulder was lame for a week,
ard nothing viii now induce Prince to ap-
proach water snake. The inhabitants
say the snake is species of electric eel,
whose power devclopes as it increases
In size. They are scarce, only two similar
cases ever having been known In this part
or the country.-Binghampto correspond
ent New York Press.
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lap tablet, and carries his pen-a scre wed
up one-in .iis vest pocket. He is not Il care
ful writer, never dotting his S or crossing
his is. He is an uncducatcd writer
says a graphologist, though he may have
had The best Of educa ioDs'
The Carlisle autograph can te obtained
only by sending the latest photogra phi of the
Secretary to him for signature. He is a
reader writer than speaker. and turns off
page after page of manuscript, ,allbadly writ
trn but spiendidly worded.
William c. Whitney is the fastest writer
that ever dealt in stocks or manipuia ted
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desk. please do NOT disturb his spec
tacles," she said lauShingly.
John q. Carlisle is what is known as
an obstinate writer. He sits down in a
certain position and holds his pen Just so.
If is - cranky" ii brea ksbefore he willyieid
an inch to it, other people turn their pens,
shake them, coax them, but not Mr.. Car
liSir. He writes usually upon a book or
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WHICH One WILL SIGN 1t
Autographs That May End the
Next Inaugural.
SIGNATURES OF CANDIDATES
Peculiarities Betrayed in the
Way They Handle the
Pen.

When President Cleveland escorts the
incoming President from the hotel where
the new conner may be stopping, and
takes him in the White House carriage
10 the Capitol for the reading of the in-
augurai address, the incoming President
will hold in his right hand Il bulky volume
OF manuscript from which he will read.
President Cleveland win stand or sit
beside the new conner upon the east por-
tico of the Capitol, and the fiuttcr of the
pages of the new inaugural will stir the
gray hair OF the outgoing man With
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hand ever creeps over paper. The Mckinley
signature is unmistakable If one gets only
a glimpse of the last three letters. These
are prone t. run down hill and the loop is
manifestly planned TO squeeze in the line.
Mr.. Mckinley is painstaking with his sig
nature. as he is with all things, and sho ws
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looks very patriarch of wisdom and years.
When the signature is completed, which
is done in a jiffy, the specfacles are taken
Off and laid alongside the photograph OF
Mrs. Cleveland. one afternoon the Pres
ident's wife entertained some kindergarten
teachers and took them to see her husbands
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the business world. He never touches
hand to paper when he writes, and his
wrist, held high and a little back
handed skins over the paper SO fast as
to perpleX those who are dealing with
him. This mans wonderful business sue
cess within a few years is owing to his
quick writing. He can do in n minute
what others daily over for five.
Mr.. Whitney writes with Il stylogr phic
pen, and gets it out automatically. The
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bcribhonel blottcr, and the writing pad
itself is nf home manufa cture. Mrs. Cleye-
land makes many little things for her hus
band
The Cleveland pen is an old steel one.
the elder the better, and the signature
made with ii looks as If a fly had
era "ried across the paper in pursuit of
a sugafy trail laid out like G-r-o-y-eT
C. i-e-y-c-l-a-n-d. When Mr.. Cleveland
WRITES he wears pair OF gold spectacles.
Their wires twist around his ears and he
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for the pen that he trusted to the pencil
at the polls ito make has mark
William Mckinley was accused once Of
writing with his tongue out. II was a
friendly bit of chaffing and was caused
by the evident fact thai he writes like "A
child just forming his letters. No slower
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Sure Down There That the Whipping
Out of Uncle sam L. Imminent.
An occasional correspondent OF the New
York Sun writes from Demarara. in Brit
ish Guiana, under the date of October 2T,
as follows:
'.Since / have been here i have heard
lot of nonsense about the Venezuelan and
Brazilian boundary question that will
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day he voted in New York city last he
left his stylographic pen at home. The
ballots required marking. and the marks
had to he made with a black lead pencil
to be legal. So fearful was Mr.. Whitney
OF executing lightning dig into his pocket
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the trait that keeps him always harping
upon one pet string. in the peculiarlty OF his
capital letters. These have an exaggerated
lopp every where and always.
Ailison's signature Is dome with a soft
gold. pen. a gift g, aim many years ago.
He has written with it ever since its pre-
sentaiion. He writes plainly and is always
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It is pretty certain. therefore, when Presi-
dent Cleveland chances anxiously forward
upon the unread inaugural he will spy at
The morning times., 1895-12-01
Mark Is All Right.

Mark Twains success on his lecture
tour in Australia has been most pronounced,
and it looks as though he would ultimately
retrieve his lost fortune. In losing the
The morning times., 1895-12-01
BRITISH BRAG IN GUIANA.

the eud signature clear and plain as the
policy i'll outlines.
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init the sin of putting all he earned on his
back At club reception in New York
some time since, in the days of his pros
perity, he wore shabby sack coat, low
shoes, although il was winter weather, and
mis- nicotine pleasure was contributed by
virginia tobacco smoked in a red clay pipe.
The morning times., 1895-12-01

The diplomatic history OF The world con-
tains no chapters OF such stirring interest
as the Catholic ecclesiastical court at Rome.
The morning times., 1895-12-01
CREATING A CARDINAL

Two consistoriesSHeld in Rome
for That Purpose.
ONE SECRET. ANOTHER OPEN
Public ceremolaafone of Great
Pomp Where the Candidates
Kiss the Pontiff's Feet.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-03

President Angel of the long named
and other societies proposes to wage
war more vigorously than ever this
summer against the practice of dock
ing horses, and against owners thereof
He has sent out the following:
81 wish to obtain kodak pictures of
cruelty checked Massachusetts horses,
and the names and residences of their
owners. Also kodak pictures of Mass
achusetts horses cruelty mutilated for
life by docking, and the names and
residences of their owners. For the
above purposes | hereby offer in be-
half of the Massachusetts Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
a prize of $50 for the best collection
of kodak pictures of cruelty checked
Massachusetts horses with the names
and residences of their owners; and
another prize of $50 for the best col
lection of kodak pictures of Massachu-
setts horses cruelty mutilated for life
by docking, with the names and resi-
dences of their owners. All pictures
must be received ON or before July /.
George T. Angel, president Of the
American Humane Education Society,
the Massachusetts Society for the Pre-.
vention of Cruelty to Animals, and the
Parent American Band of Mercy, l!
Milk street, Boston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-03

\ solemn scene was enacted i'll the
old buryiug ground on the common.
1t wasn't exactly funeral service, for
il lacked the friends, the nouruers and
the clergyman, but what remains uf
100 human bodies, taken from the
tombs and unmarked graves on the
Boylston street mall of the common
by workmen cxcavating for Boston's
subway WAS lowered into huge grave
and covered over with earth. Ever
since the digging on the common COM
menced the workmen have been turn
ing up human bones, but it was not
expected that tombs containing %
bodies, rs was the case i'll the Ellen
wood tomb, would be met with One
place on the common near the corner
of the burying ground nearest Park
square seems to be a veritable potter
field Not slab or stone of any kind
has been found there that would throw
any light on who was buried in the
spot, and yet when the workmen
stopped the remains of 40 bodies had
been taken out at this point. Further
along in the mall, however, in few
of the tombs coffin plates were found
giving the names of those buried there
In the Morse tomb eight bodies
were found. In another tomb
coffin plates bearing the names
of Allen Doolittle, aged %, who
died July 81, 1927, and Theo,
Elmwood, aged 26, who died March
%, 1880. The remains of 10 bodies
were taken out of the Hawes tomb.
In another tomb what remained of
five bodies was removed. A plate was
found bearing the name of Mrs. Sarah
Blanchard, who died May 4, 1928,
aged "a. In the James tomb % skulls
were found. The boxes, numbering
80 in all, six large ones and 2G small
ones, were taken to the big grave in
| the northwest part of the graveyard,
where half dozen workmen had dug
n grave seven feet deep, eight feet
wide and q feet long. Into this the
boxes were lowered. For the purpose
of Identification plan has been made
showing the exact location of the old
tombs, each one having been given a
number. The remains as they were
taken out were given position in the
new tomb corresponding with those
which appear on the plan. Although
some of the bodies removed had been
buried nearly 100 years, particles ot
hair and clothing were found we'll pre-
served. The collins were in some cases
pretty well preserved. but they vii
all be put together and burned, Al
most of them had fallen apart. Owe,
in that part of the cemetery wher,
the new grave was dug is headston
erected to the memory Of Chow Man
derain, native of China, who fel
from the masthead of the ship Ma
lying in Boston harbor, Sept. II
| 172S
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-03
BOSTON LETTER.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. !


The announcement To the effect thai
the West End road hat been commit
ted 10 taking care of the subway by a
proposition TO lease it Tor 30 years,
and thus eliminate the great objection
of expense, which opponents of the
subway have raised, has been declared
without foundation. President Little
of the West End road has said: 1.-THE
West End road has made no PROPOSE
ton to the transit commission, and
the transit commission has made nc
proposition TO the West End road.
We have no grounds upon which tc
make a proposition Of any sort. The
West End road has taken no action
whatever in that direction. When
the transit commission is ready tC
make us n proposition, We will be
ready to consider it, No proposition
has been suggested to us, and We have
not thought Of any proposition to sub.
NIT to the commission, in this stage
of the proceedings, when it is not
even known whether or not the sub
way will be built. What we may do
in the future it is impossible for me to
say In the artc,e published it was
stated that the proposition on the part
of the West End road provided that
the road should take lease of the
tunnel for 80 years; that it provided
for the payment of the interest on the
bonds, and also carried with it the
responsibility of creating sinking
fund that shall wipe out the indebted.
ness when the securities mature, at
the end OF 40 years. This is not 50.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-03

A claim which is by no means new
is being renewed by family named
Dennis, living in Portland, Me-, that
If any encroachment is made on the
Boston Common it will revert to them
rs heirs OF the donor, who, they say,
WAS Major Paddock, their ancestor.
Henry Dennis has written letter to
Gov. Greenhalge calling attention to
the fact that the common belongs not
to the Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts or to the City Of Boston, TO be
used for any authorized purpose, but
to the people, to be used for park pur-
poses only. Mr.. Dennis asserts that
the heirs of the original grantor will
insist that a subway underneath, which
will ctfectuaIly destroy a part of the
common for park purposes, will be
just as much an infringement OF the
deed as the passing of a horse or cleo
trio road over il. The most direct
l,,:s 90 NI~jor paIloels 40 Mrs. John
Dennis of Portland She is now over
eighty years of age, but is resoluteiy
determined that the common shall be
preserved for park purposes, as all the
members of her family have been be-
fore her.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-03

The recent vote in the British House
of Commons on the navy estimates
was more than ordinarily significant
and impressive, declares the New York
Tribune. The estimates, as is well
known, are unprecedentedly large.
They provide for an increase of naval
strength so vast as to startle even those
VINO are most familiar with the "bloat-
ed armaments" of Europe. They com
nit Great Britain definitely and en-
phatically to the construction and
maintenance of a feet larger and more
powerful than the combined fleets Of
any other two Powers, if not, indeed,
Of all the European Powers. They
are such as would a few years ago have
aroused against them the opposition
of formidable party in both House
and Nation. Yet on this occasion not
one man of serious importance raised
his voice against them. and they went
through the House with only thirty
two dissenting votes.