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Paying For the Honor.

In China it is believed that people
should pay according to their means
The one barber in Picking who under
stands the foreign mode of hairdressing
charges foreign minister half dol
lar, a secretary Of legation % cents and
an unofficial foreigner 10 cents. Natives
pay about half a cent for the same serv-
ice. So says Mr.. Holcombe in his book,
1.-THE Real Chinaman. and he adds
this bit of personal experience:
In passing through Japan once had
occasion to employ Chinese chiropo-
dist residing there. His charges, so he
declared, were 8 cents to his fellow Chi
nese, 10 cents to an ordinary japanese
and half a dollar TO all other foreign
ers. In the course of the conversation,
while he was at work, he said:
81 hear that our Chinese minister
came to this hotel today. Do you know
whom he came to seer"
"Oh, yes" said /, "he came to call
ON me-.
"Then you must be an official" said
the ChiDaman.
l modestly admitted such TO be the
fact, and the conversation drifted to
other subjects. When the mans labors
were concluded, he demanded dollar,
in the face Of his own statement that
his regular charge to all foreigners, ez-
cepting Japanese. was 80 cents, and he
enforced his claim by this argument:
''Sposey that China minister come
see you. you b'long all same he. You
b'long same he, yUa nskoy pay 81 all
same. That 5'long 2lCPer."
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Suspected Of Child Murder.

PORTLAND, Me-, Dec. 11.-Sherff Plum
mer arrived here last night from Boston
with Miss Rose Dolly, who was arrested
in Boston yesterday. Miss Dolly is
charged with the murder of her 6-weeks-
old child by leaving it naked in the
woods.at Prides Corner to die Of starva-
ton and exposure. 1t is understood that
Miss Dolly made confession in Boston
duplicating her mother, the substance of
the confession being that she was threat
ened by her mother, and it was through
her influence that the murder was COM
mitted. The mother was rearrested last
night, charged with being an accessory be-
fore tho fact.
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KILLED HIS FATHER.
The Awful Crime to Which . BIddeford
Man Confessos.

BIDDEFoRD Me-. Dec. 9.-Alfred J..
Hurd, who was arrested Saturday on sus-
picion of having murdered his father,
James M. Hurd, at his home on Oak
street, Saturday morning, has made full
confession to Marshal Harmon.
He said that he had been annoyed re-
peatedly by his fathers attitude toward
him and that in n moment of unconscious
ness he took his fathers life. Hurd's
father wanted him to seek employment
He asked his son to leave town if it was
necessary and go to work. That was one
of the ways in which Hurd said he was an
noyed. He did not care to work, and be-
came enraged at constant reiteration Of
his father S" demands.
Hurd further said the razor which was
found was not the one he cut his fathers
throat with, but the actual weapon would
be found under the piazza, where he threw
it. The razor was found under the piazza,
all covered with blood.
Hurd then told how he had killed his
father. He entered the chamber where
the old man was sleeping and struck him
an awful blow with the Ratchet. He then
cut the throat of the unconscious man
from ear to ear with the razor in order to
make sure of the job He told the officers
that he fully realized what he had done
and expected to suffer the consequences.
When asked if he was not sorry that he
had killed his father the prisoner said
he did not know as he was. He further
stated that things had come to such
pitch that the murder had to be com
mitted. He was very cool when he made
his confession, and told everything in con-
nectlon with the murder, even to most
minute details. That he was temporarily
insane when he did the deed is the opin-
ion of the officers. Young Hurd is a tele-
graph operator and is "a years old.
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FI~MANS GRANTED.
Pressure of Powers Has Had Its Effect
Upon the Sultan.

Pressure of Powers Has Had Its Effect
Upon the Sultan.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Dec. 1.-THE long
drawn-out controversy between the am
bassadors of the powers and the sultan
over the question of the admission of ad-
ditional guardships for the protection of
the EN- bassies has been settled by the issu-
ance of an trade granting the necessary
flrmans to permit the guaraships to pass
the Dardanelles.
The demand was first made upon the
sultan on Nov. 49, and scaBceE day has
passed since then without It's being re-
newed in a more or less peremptory man
ner. The ingenuity displayed by the
Turkish government in evading direct
answer to the demand, or, when forced to
answer, the effective pleadings put forth
for delay, had almost brought the mind of
Europe to the conviction that the demand
would never be complied with. Mean
time days and weeks passed by without
any action, and the condition of things in
Constantinople that brought out the de-
mand has almost passed.
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IN CONGRESS.
Condensed Report of Proceedings of the
Fifty-Fourth Session.

Condensed Report of Proceedings of the
Fifty-Fourth Session.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The session of the
senate was brief. It's only feature, beyond the
Introduction of a bill by Senator Chandler of
New Hampshire for the free coinage of silver,
was a short speech by senator Call of Florida
in favor Of the recognition of the Cuban revo-
lutionists as bellgerents.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The house had a brief
session. Bills were introduced for public
buildings in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire and Connecticut.
WAsHINGToN, Dec. 9.-The house held an
other short session, and devoted most of its
time to discussing the appointment of house
officers The feature of the senate was a
speech by Senator Morgan Of Alabama upon
resolution offered by him last week instruct
ing the fore gn relations committee to investi-
gate the question of the liability of the United
States for seizures of British ships in Behring
sea in 1890.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10-In the house Mr..
Barrett of Massachusetts, introduced a resolu-
ton censuring Ambassador Bayar Mr.. Gull
lom argued in the senate for proclamation of
the Monroe doctrine.
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Issac M, Guilds Estate.

SSTATE OF VERMONT, Bradford District S.
> In Probate Court held at Theford in said district
on the 9th day Of Dec, A d. 1896.
A K. Wilkinson, Esq, Admr. Of the estate Of Isaac
NJ Guild late of Thetford in said district deceased
makes application to SAID for license to sell all
OF the real estate Of said deceased situated in
Vermont representing that the sale thereof necessary
for the purpose OF settlement of estate thereto
in writing being given by all the heirs this state.
Whereuppn it ordered by said that said applica
ton be referred session thereof 10 be held at the
Probate office in said Thetford, OF the 18th day Of
Dec. D. 1895, for hearing and decision thereon and it
is further ordered that all persons interested be notified
hereof by publication of notice Of said application and
order thereon three weeks successfully in the United
Opinion, newspaper published Bradford and which
crcuates in the neghborhood OF those interested before
said time Of hearing that they may appear at said time
By the Court-Attest,
s NJ GLEASON Judge
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Roman Taste For the Country.

Hadrian s villa, " near Tivoli, which
was seven miles round, and Diocletian's
"retreat," the ruins of which form the
town of Spalato, show the Roman taste
for the country run wild and grown
monstrous After the empire fell, for
awhile terror and insecurity drove men
to stay in towns when they could not
build for themselves fortified castles !;
the antithesis of the villa. But with
the first opportunity the old love reap
peared. In other countries the castle
gave birth to the exclusive country seat,
where the great noble lived as king
The town house, if there was one, was
a secondary affair; often there was none,
as is the case to this day in Austria and
Hungary. In Italy, on the other hand,
there was reversion to the Roman ar
rangement; the house in the city was
the most important, but it was supple
mented by more or less numerous, more
or less splendid, villas. Not to have
two houses was restitution hence the
crown of villas around any characters
tically Italian town-Brescia or Vicenza
or Trento.
The untraveled italian looks in amaze
ment at the we'll to do Englishman who
admits that he has only one home. An
Italian "person of quality" who was
obliged for the sake of economy to spend
all the year at his villa might complain,
as Browning makes him complain, but
were he forced to pass 10 months in the
Wanted city square there would posi-
bly, be suicide instead of signs. This
time the poet, who dived deep in the
Italian mind, only brings to the surface
half truth. Contemporary Review.
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THE AFTERNOON TEA.
This English Function Has Latterly Ms
Y terially Changed.

This English Function Has Latterly Ms
teriaIly Changed.
It is the general complaint that both
at afternoon teas and at homes the tea
is made disagreeably and perniciously
strong. Formerly such complaint was
never heard; strong cup OF tea was
the fashion; all liked it, and thought
themselves i'll treated if anything else
were offered them; now it is quite the
other way, and hostess who studies
the fashion of the day and the tastes Of
= her guests makes rule of asking
whether weak or strong tea is preferred
before pouring it out, and then adding
hot water to taste, while others train
their servants, at some trouble to them
selves, to bring in the tea the moment
it is made.
Now is the time for some spirited
patentee to produce an invention that
could be applied to our dear old silver
teapots or to modern china ones to hold
the tea leaves and prevent their sinking
to the bottom of the teapot, and thus
brewing the harmful solution that is ac-
credited with bringing about such i'll
effects. An approach to something of
this sort has been attempted, in the lit
tie japanese tcapots with china strain
ers, but these are too small for large
teapots, and something further, which
could be adjusted to any sized teapot,
is required.
Half past 4, or even 4 o'clock, is now
the regulation tea hour, and when peo-
pie adhere to the old fashioned custom
of giving o'clock tea their friends re-
gard it in the light of a grievance, es-
pecially in the country, when, after a
long drive or bicycle ride, the half
hours delay in the accustomed tea hour
makes all the difference to exhausted
nature, for tea is allowed, even by It's
opponents, to have Stimulating and
restorative effect on the constitution"
in spite of the Subsequent depression"
and the "deleterious" results.
Afternoon tea is now very justly
styled meal, as so many substantial
things are given in the way of sand
wiches of many varieties, of potted
game and chicken, pOtted fish; also of
tomatoes, cucumber and cress, etc., in
addition to hot scenes and tea cakes, or
mullins and buttered buns, rich cake,
iced and ornamented cakes, etc. Not
only at large at home teas are these
given, but at the usual afternoon draw
ing room, and, as rule, the appetites
of the guests are found equal to the &C.
CAST II.
The lateness of the dinner hour is
doubtless the excuse and the reason for
the readiness shown to eat and enjoy
these dainties thus early in the after
noon. Be this as it may substantial
afternoon tea has become the fashion,
and few wish it otherwise; occasionally |
one comes across a man or woman |
who AYERS that he or she never touches
tea, which in this case bears out the
medical structures upon this beverage;
10 some it is almost a poison, and TO
others it is an unnecessary luxury, not
20 be INDUCED in. London Queen.
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Taxes.

The taxpayers of the town of Corinth,
Vt, are hereby notified that have in my
hands for collection the Town, School,
State and Highway Taxes for 1895, and
all taxpayers are hereby notified 10 pay
their respective taxes as above to the under
signed, Treasurer of Corlnth. within ninety
days from the date hereof, (said time
expires Jan. 10, 1885, as per Act No. 30 A.
ID. 1880, and Act No. 5, A. D., 1885 Laws of
the State of Vermont.
Dated at COrinth, VT, this 18th day of
October A. d.. 1895.
81 BIB. SCRIBNER, Town Treas.
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S. M. GLEASON. Judge
Taxes.

To the taxpayers of the town of West
Fairlee, in the county of Orange and state
of Vermont
Pursuant to the 3S3d Section of the Re-
viSed laws of Vermont, you are hereby no.
titled and called upon to pay to the under
signed Treasurer of the Town of West Fair
lee, aforesaid, at his Office in said West
Fairee, your respective Town, State School
and Highway Taxes, voted at your Annual
Town Meeting of 1895 for said year, within
ninety days from date hereof Dated at
Sd day of September, A. D., 1895.
Il. G.. SIMPSON,
As Tr. of the Town of West Fairlee.
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Commissioners Notice.

TINE undersigned, having been appointed by the
l. Hon. Probate Court for the District of Bradford
Sm,G al sRa
estate of D. H. Rowell, late Of Vershire, in said
district deceased, and all claims exhibited in offset
thereto hereby give notice that will meet for the
poses aforesaid the dwelling house Of o. E. Crosby
in West Farlee on the 2oth day Of December 1895,
and the 9TH day April 1896, next from o'clock p.
until o'clock p Of said days and that six months
from the 4h day of October A. D., 1895, is the time
limited by said Court for said creditors present their
claims to us for examination and allowance.
Dated at West Farlee, VT, this 2tst day Of Novem-
Der, A D., 1895.
F'V. CHURCHILL. I r,,s
ToHN N KIMBALL,t No''
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Nav Trial Refused.

BOSTON, Dec. 10.-Ths full bench Of the
supreme judicial court of the common
wealth yesterday handed down decision
Diminishing the application for new trial
of Angus ID. Gilbert, the murderer of
Alice Sterling Gilbert was convicted last
summer of murder in the first degree.
The murder was committed last spring
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Cannot BE Found.

PROVIDENCE, Dec. 11.-Deputy Sheriff
Colvin and Coroner Woods Of Scituate have
notified the Providence authorities that
they have given up the search for Mrs. Clara
Valois the woman who is wanted to an
swer a charge Of killing her father, John
w. Rossler of Scituate. 1t is believed
that Mrs. Valois has left the country.
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Withdrawals Too Numerous,

CONCORD, N. H., Dec. 11.--Upon appli-
cation of the board Of bank commission
ers. Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court Chase has issued an order enjoining
she Peterboro Savings bank from receiving
or paying deposits. This action has been
made necessary by reason of the steady
Withdrawals of it's depositors, which, if
continued, would necessitate the sale Of a
portion of its securities at sacrifice.
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Legal.

PROBATE COURTS AND COURTS OF INSOL-
VENCY-BRADFORD DISTRICT 1866.
Probate Courts and Courts qf Insolvency within and
for said district will be holden the ensuing year follows
Bradford-At H. Watson's office in Bradford on the
second Tuesdays of every month, commencing April
I,t 1895, exc pit the months of December, January,
February and March.
West Fairlee-At the Eagle Hotel in West FarIee
the last Saturday Of May, July September and No.
vember.
Also at the Probate Office in Thetford on the first
Wednesday of every month.
SIN. GLEASON, Judge.
Thetford Centre, VT, April l. 1895.
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HAYWARD Paid the Penalty.

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 11.-With The ut
most nonchalance Harry Hayward walked
to the gallows early this morning and
was launched into eternity for the murder
of Catherine Cling, thus ending one of the
most sensational tragedies in the history
of the northwest
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LIBERATION NOTICE.

This is to certify that have given my son
Arthur E. Kimball his time during the
remainder of his minority, and shall claim
none of his earnings nor pay any debts of
his contracting after this date.
HENRY KIMBALL.
Newbury. Dec 6. 1895.
Witness, A. W. PETERS.
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LAWYER Lord Net Guilty.

PORTLAND, Me, Doc. 9.-Ths trial Of
Henry l. Lord for eKsotiax excessive pen
sion fees from krs. Graves Of SAss re-
s~ltod in . vsrSiss - aos gullar.
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At ST. Louis. Jnne I6.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE Republican
national convention will be held in st.
Louis on June 10 next. That was this de-
cision reached by the national Republican
committee assembled yesterday, after
spirited balloting, lasting two hours.
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Notice..

The annual meeting of the National
Bank of Newbury will be held at its bank
ing rooms in Wells River, VT, on Tuesday,
January II, 1896, at IL a. m, for the cleo
ton of Officers and transacting any other
proper business.
NELSON BAILEY, Cashier.
Wells River. Dec. 10, 1895. s
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A Baby,s Life Saved.

My baby had Group and was saved by
Shiloh Cure" writes Mrs. J. b. Martin,
Of Huntsville, Ala. Sold by A. L. Clarke.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-18
NEWS NOTES.

Uniontown, Bourbon county, Kan,
has been Incorporated as city Of the
third class.
Miss Mary 3. Harrison, Of Linneus,
Mo-; was killed by the accidental dis
charge Of gun.
John Palm, q Swede farm hand near
Topeka, Kan, blew his brains out
with shotgun.
II. u. East OF Archer, Tex, one OF
the largest cattle shippers in that
state has assigned. Liabilities, Sl3s,
900; assets, s257 900.
At 0skaloosa, la, on the 10th, Mrs.
Phil Conklin committed suicide In q
horrible manner by saturati ng her
clothing with kerosine oil and light
ing II, She leaves three small chill.
dren.
At Philadelphia on the 10th 1900
weavers employed in the ingram
carpet mills struck for an advance Of
~ per cent, in wages. 1t is thought
that double the number will be event
ually affected.
At Springfield, Ill, in the United
States court Judge Allen entered de-
cree ordering the sale Of the Chicago,
Peoria and St. Louis railway within
four weeks from date Of publication.
The sale is made under foreclosure Of
mortgages
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-18
Forty Million Bushels.

TOPEKA, Kan, July II. People who
have opportunities for knowing some
thing about the Kansas growing corn
crop are increasing their estimates Of
the probable yield as harvest comes on
apace. It is now estimated that 400
100000 bushels will not cover the yield.
Conditions all over the state are per-
feet, and the crop is at least ten days
advanced over any previous year.
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q. A. r. ENcAMPMENT.


A Proposition To Alter the Arrange ementa
for tho Sale OF Tickets Thereto
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July IA propo.
sition has been submitted TO the west
ern roads 10 alter their arrangements
for the sale Of tickets TO the Grand
Army encampment at Louisville In
September. 1t is now proposed that
all the western roads shall adopt the
same dates Of sale as those arranged
for the Central Traffic association roads.
Some roads are members OF both asso'
Citations and are placed in an awkward
situation by the arrangements already
made. 1t is now proposed that the
western roads sell tickets from Sep
tember 8 to II inclusive, good to re-
turn to the original point OF issue up
to and including October G. instead OF
September "A to %, as contemplated
by the present arrangement,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-18
New Mines Discovered.

slo.ooand more msde daily Oh small invest.
mpnts by our new plan OF systematic Grain
and Stock Speculation. Fullest lnyestlga,
tion solicited. Past workings Of the punand
highest references furnished, Send for our
free booklet telling how tomake money, even
on the wrong side Of the market, also our
dally market letter. What aud where lobuy'
Active representatives wanted. A. OIL
MORE & CO., OMAHA BLDd., CHICAGO, ILL
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-18

TOPEKA, Kan, July 19.-Yesterday
morning, after Gov. Morrill, had
listened to the board Of managers Of
the Hutchison reformatory in their de-
fense against the charges lodged
against them, he demanded the resig-
nation Of all three Of the gentlemen
John Armstrong, the populist member
Of the board, intimated his intention
to resign, but J. M. Humphrey, repub-
lican, and Tully Scott, democrat, have
not yet complied with the request.
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KANSAS Cry, Mo-, July 1.-THE
western roads are becoming somewhat
uneasy over the repeated reports that
the return portions Of the Denver
teachers tickets were finding their
way into the hands OF brokers' and
that east bound rates are threatened.
The brokers are uuquestionably get
tinr hold Of number Of tickets, but
not in a sufficient number up TO date
to be able to create any decentralization
In rates
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-18
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT
Average Condition Of Winter Wheat COB
Against III In June,


WASHINGTON, July II. The July re-
turns to the statistician TO the depart
ment Of agriculture by the correspond,
ents make the folloming average con-
dition:
Corn, gg,3; winter wheat, Gi.s. spring wheat
1922; oats, ss.g; winter rye, s2gi spring rye,
NJ all rye sO7; barley, OLD rice, slt; pota-
toes, Dl.52; tobacco si.9
Acreage Of potatoes compared with 1884, 1919,
and to tobacco s4s per cent The report on
acreage Of corn, which Is preliminary, shows
1918, as compared with the area planted In
1884, which was little over "a, ,0O0,O 900 acres, be-
ing an Increase Of 6O0J,O 900 acres, and aggregat-
ing In round numbers ss,0oo,o00 acres.
The average condition OF all wheat for the
country Is 1872 The condition OF oats ia sS2
against si3 juno |, and III July I 1894 The
condition OF winter rye Is s22; Of spring rye
no, and oil rye, sO.7 The average condition
OF barley Is OLE, against W3 In June, an In
crease OF I.6 points
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-18
NOTES FROM KANSAS CITY.

Rev. Frank D. Altman, pastor Of
Children's Memorial Lutheran church,
has rendered his resignation.
From March to July 10 the number
Of hogs packed in Kansas City
amounted to 10000, an increase Of
u, 900 over the same period in 1894
Gilbert II. Baxter travelling pas
senger agent Of the Burlington route,
and well known railroad man, died
at Dir. Halley's private hospital Friday
evening.