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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-21
Arbitration and Monroe Doctrine.

Mexico City, Aug. 21.-The Pan-Amer-
lean congress is discussing arbitration
and the Monroe doctrine. No publicity
is given to the debates which are held
in the national palace and the Guate-
rnala legation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-21

Dr. a. r sawyer: AFTER using one
tire1y cured. Ny case had been treated
by several doctors. Lucy Bitner, Kan
sas. Ill. Frank Sim, Pharmacist. sol
Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-21

we can 1aunder ladies' shirtwafsts to
suit the most critical customer. Peer
less Steam Laundry. 112 and liz West
Eighth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-21

DR.. A. P. Sawyer: I think your med
icine one of the grandest discoveries
that was ever made for women. We
can never thank you enough Re-
Spectfu1ly, Ida G. Bradshaw. Fairfield
Ill Frank Sim. Pharmacist. COZ Kan-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-21
Mineral Water.

The finest in the west. Come and try ft
J. W. PHILLIPS. s12 W. Eighth Ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-21

Cottonwood Fails. Kan. Aug. % 20.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-21

Canton, O., Aug 21-The following
kilograms were received yesterday by
Major Mckinley:
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-21
We Keep the Best
Rubber Footwear
OF ALL KINDS.

Millions OF dollars are wasted
annually upon poor, worthless
rubber footwear, and all because
some people seem think a cheap,
poor article is more economical to
buy than medium priced, good
one.
There are more than 50 brands
of Rubber footwear made. Some
makes won't last, on an average.
two weeks, while Others will last
from one to three years. Why
some people insist on buying the
cheap brands while the kinds that
give a lasting service can be had
for but Il trihe more is not clear
to us.
There are some companie, who
can make a good sandal, but can't
make n good boot; and some that
make good boot don't make
good sandals or lumbermans
goods,
We have made rubber goods a
study for many years, and we
think our experience is valuable
to our customers as we'll as our
selves.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-21
Rra,tleborcans and Others.

Miss florence Fisk left to day for a
visit in Boston and with her sister at
Wellesley college. Nicholas Baker loft
Tuesday for Caremont, N. H. to act
as best man at his Cousins wedding
Of that Mace. Mrs. Norman Daring
has been called to Guilford TO care for
her sister who is i'll. -Chas. keyes, left
Tuesday for Springfield, Mass, where
he haze y nosition in the Haynes Hotel.
Mrs. DIR. b urroWs Vls'teu wv "
hor narents in Winchester. Mira. W.
Young and Mrs. Z. Rattce ielG oatu;
ejav to attend the funeral o. LII, tnbii
brother at West Bolton. -- lion. Eiisna
Nav. state bank examiner, was IA l9mn
this week and examined the de9 OPP d
Mathematician. J. j. Estey ieLt lues'
day for a weeks trip to AtianIa, na.
ID. G. O'Neil returned fucsaay ron
his two months visit to ms oia hoiiiq
in Scotland. Miss Mary h. onea %
New York was in town for q ie" uays
This week. Jonah, son OF Mill
Scott. and native OF HaiiiaA. "no
has been Big Four passenger con.
ductor for 20 years, with resiuehGe a.
MI Vernon. Ind, is hopelessiy piinu,
Rev. Mr.. Leavltt VIII STAR Mi Iii
week for California Wneie ,r,. ~;
snend tho month of March. INC onit
taar rnI church will be closed after next :Si
SUNDAY until April Mrs LGa ~,
Y viii sperd next week in New York EST. city
with Madame Balestier. .Chas. u ~,
don returned this week from hts UP
~ Chicago. Mrs. e. j.. Hildreth was
called to Hinsdale this week ~ IN tne
5a.th of her father Dea. Lemuci fale7
u Which is reported in our Hinsdaie cor
resnondence. = Her brother, H. q; : ai.s
aIsp came up from Worcester and ,,n Is ID
t tow Patrick C. Sears is ID ha a;,5s
where he went Saturday prosp@9c.,ns;.
Franz, Brown, clerk in e. Z. Terry
storc' lett Monday for Boston w Ino az
entered the Massachusetts " .hedat
uosn;tal for treatment for snfoas
tronblc. F. 4. FEELS. formerly Oh ~, shJ
o oid Revere house here and the ho ,ia
o Aebmelot at Hinsdalo and since OF Va"
a Hotel Hamilton at Springfield, taxes Z
nns;tion Of steward under the "c "
management of the Mansion nouse ~
G l..a Rev. A. D. Brown Sas
taksn iii Just as he was startlns s,,n no ~
Rarre Yesterday aud SO was unae .s,.v %
. ,st Lieut.. Tyler's funcrsi 'o'af'
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-21

Daniel Connors of BondvilIe was
here to attend the funeral of his sister,
Mrs, b. Manning, last week. Mrs.
Thomas Shea Of Springfield. Mass.
spent part CT last week here. Mr..
Walker of Cleveland O., is the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs, Geo. Baker. Frank
Moore and wife. who have been at
Proctorsvile attending the funeral
of Mrs. Moore father. visited briefly
here this week on their way to their
home in Hartford, CT. u Fl. Girdlo
and wife of South Dartmouth. Mass
are the guests Of 0. F. Newell and
wife 49, Miss Mary Hall is the guest
of Miss Hortense Hall. Bradford Cut
Ter came Wednesday from Worcester,
MISS, for visit with his parents. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Sawyer of keene. N.
and wife this week. Leon Drew of
West Randolph has been the guest of
Mrs. Oliver Wood this week. Miss
Jennie Thomas of Claremont is visiting
her grandfather, John Pellet Maurice
Higgins of Claremont Junction has
been visiting his mother here this
week. Harry Dudley and wife OF Bos
ton. came to-day for visit with1Mrs.
Dudley's parents, i. p. Hopisinson and
wife, A. c. Cobb of New jersey is
here for visit with his brother, d.
Z. Cobb. Rev A. II. Webb, former
pastor of the Methodist church here
but now of Montpelier. with his
daughter Ethel are visiting in town
for few days. Miss Della Peierin of
Mass, was called home
this week by the serious illness of her
sister. Leon Lamb of Fiskdall.
Mass. is expected tomorrow for
brief visit with his mother. Harry
Horton of Bal ,winsville, will spend
Sunday in town. coming up to play
basket ball with the Y. NJ. G. \. team
tomorrow night. Mrs. Julia Rogers
of Lowell, Mass, is a guest OF Mrs.
+. 4. Mansur at the Brooks House.
Miss josie Foster comes home from
Springfield. Mass. tonight for "a va
cation to be spent with her parents
Mrs. Alice Prentiss and children of
Orange. Mass. are visiting at II. j.
knights. -Thos. J. Atkins of Brook
Ign, y. Y. has been among the regis
tric- al the Brooks house this week. -
week. Mrs. Fred &. Eddy uf
Rutland is stopping a few days at II.
W. Ejay's. L. Smith has
from several months bust
ness trip and is at the Brooks house.
C. E. Carpenter of Topeka, Kan, is
among his many old friends here for a
week or two. L. f. pettee and wife of
New York. and Mrs. +. h. Giiddcn at
rived at the Brooks house last night
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-21

w. II. CnILps, Observer.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-21

Come and and you will be convinced that this fairy
tale and that such prices offered Por Stoves
Rrafflnhn
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-21
EMERSON & SON,
Furniture Carpets. trockery and Stoves.
2 and Main ST., Brattleboro, VT
Another Suspected Murder.

Another Suspected Murder.
Ra,nor has 1t that perhaps the death of Alier
Marin of Calais was due to fou, play instead OF
suicide, as would APP ear from the position in
which he was found and sustain facts that's have
been developed since his Heath.
There wssa fearful dynamite explosion in the
suburbs of Johannesburg, So Africa, WedBeS
day IN which over 100 lives were lost.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-21

as
MANY conservative citizens feared
the result and thought at the time that it would
be better to have board opposed TO the trolley
to look after the towns interests. 1t is generally
admitted that the present board has stood up
straight In thi. respect and some of the trolley
people have felt at times that they stood so
straight as TO iean q little backwards. There
will probably be trolley questions to be 1dealt
with the coming year, and now that the road has
passed the experimental stage and Is doing SO
unexpectedly well, the policy should be to look
carefully to see that it gets nothing whatever at
the expense of the taxpayers but while dealing
Justly with it under its charter rights, when
there is doubt give the town the benefit of 1t
towards payment for the valuable franchise il
enjoys in the oft the streets built and paid for
by taxes. The questions to arise In the future
viii in this view DC even more difficult to handle
than those Of the past, and IL Is consideration
that should have a large place in the
town meeting. 1t is altogether like
~ that If there Is an opposition
ticket 1t will be headed bye Boyden, who
gave us such clean and business like admins
traton during his incombency and whose de
feat for reelection was mtinly due to the trolley
and town hall issues on the latter of which
about all are now ready to agCrec that he was
right. Mr. BoyleB's position, as we understand
IL, is one Of reluctaine TO go into fight and of
cheerful admission of the good quality OF ser
vice We have had the past year and when he
originally told inquirers that he would serve If
the town wanted, II was with the expectation
that DIR Webster would not be a candidate. He
and the Doctor are both men of great personal
strength and contest between them,
il It could lie Observed from public
issues il would be interesting. There has also
been q report that T. { Crosby would run for the
chairman of the board but he declares that he
will not under any circumstances; his business
viii! not permit him to spare the tine
and bes!'t,- hc feels that it world he
improper Tor him president OF
the trolley road Ia undertake 10 act ut both ends
OF the questions that viii arise. In the west part
Of the town there Is considerable talk drumming
j. y Ward. an efficient man for one name nn IN
opposition ticket. IL seems that there will be a
llsht :gsi;-: Road Commissioner Eames, hut 81
tar a. can lee learned opposition candidate
has }.c en decided on yet.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-21

BRATTLEBORO.

l. row expected that the Yer
Ehepl club minstrels will play
10Th.
L town reports are expected to
y for distribution next Tues
Wednesday. -
(yices we're held at st. Michael's
| Catholic church Wednesday
{, at 3 o'clock.
kre we're three imm ersions by
Temple at the Baptist church
bnday evening.
/ first rhubarb of tho season APP
Friday from the greenhouse of
Estey at Hinsdale.
(RedMer will give another dance
(esday evening. All are cor
invited and a good time is ex-
Fye has been some consolation
(ek in reading that Australia
|ng through the hottest season
|own there,
\, Taylor has purchased Geo.
y Wilkes colt which the latter
received from Sioux City,
| Price unknown.
Ruby Hescock is attending
r c. L. convention which is
(eld at Rutland and delivered a
b aid for the Juniors. p"
\ Dr.. S, f, Lawton was called
Fury, Mass, this week by the
illness of her mother, Mrs.
Upton, who died Tuesday night,
F. Of her death being an attack
|Chitis.
! John Councils team ran into
0. Smiths coupes Monday.
Pc became frightened and near
pc Geddis' store but turned
ain street, where il was caught
PONG any damage.
(harming little poem by Rev.
J, lIough, entitled "The
If the Stream. is one of the
re features found in the Wash |
/ birthday double number of
Pth's Companion.
Boston and Maine read has
height agents that on and af-
EuaE 10 it will charge 81 a day |
FACTION thereof for the use of |
Eued car left on it's tracks after !
F0uIs, This does not include |
and holidays. The road states
II Is done in order to compel the
% whom freight is con-
70 unload their cars and not
" freight in the yard an un-
Ply long time.
Il nave been dances and dances
Eoa but none have surpassed in
[lu all round good time the
FL q y the Brattleboro Athletic
orange hall Monday evening.
/ very informal affair. Leitsing-
|esNa furnishing music and a.
pfompter. The ball was to
lea at L o'clock but everybody
Ing such good time that ey-
PULL until after one O'Clock.
eessFve credit for the sue
| |4g ~. ilrst attempt, Is couples
/ attendance.
J. Il. Webb of Montpelier,
Pastor of the Methodist
Igle' gave az interesting and
H., @ s. we'll as u highly anus
4 y Wednesday night in the
E, n caurch on Uncle Sam and
1arllies, which were taken
/ I y style. keeping the
.1 u ugh good nature through
Fur t.lle evening. After the lee
/ - !. League meeting was
T. !; vas decided to have a
q Y fuhey next Wednesday
, "asft they will be entertained
. ue Of that place.
| ts glad 10 learn that the sub
! oale OF tickets for the Rivarde
III / ilttogressing SO well. There
III mat the concert will be
NJ. NJ auditorium on Thursday
I r Eth. 1t is to be hoped
Eo-l -s.tal people of Brattleboro
H., me effort to bring the
frsi i musical talent to the town
IN. .-t q large audience will
nal these artists from this
l. 'oofins town. 4 special
I'M. run 10 Mortified if q
~ Up Putney and Bellows
s.r;, ysl use the regular train.
Il p'inn salr Of tirizets will be
oy canvas.
ne'@H at puilen S Whit,
n Hat lads tIc Worlf for
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-21

Thomas Leahy and John Leahy re-
turned last week TO Boston after a few
DAYS stay here. Mrs. c. ID. Gibbs re-
turned yesterday TO her home in
t:l.ns Falls, n. Y, after a two weeks
Continued on the losh PAze)
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ESTLYVII.LE.

Preaching at the Advent church
every Sunday afternoon at . o'clock
evening service at o'clock. Mrs.
Foster Whitaker has moved from
Dover into Nathan H. Manns house,
Chestnut street.
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The country is flooded at pres
ent with job lots of rubber goods,
some of them third quality, and
the greater part Of them too old
to be of much service. As nine
out of ten cant tell the quality ni
the rubber goods by its appear
ance every one in need of rubber
footwear should purchase only of
dealers who have 4 reputation Of
considering their customers in
terc>ts. For the protection of our
customers we will give them. up
on application, a list of brands ol'
rubber goods which it is unwise
to buy.
We guarantee three things:
deal only in rubber
footwear which long expert.
ence has proved TO give the
best service.
Sec0nd-We do not handle JOB
lots In our stores.
Third--Our goods are..alI clean
and fresh.
We feel certain that you can
save money hv buying Your foot
Wear of
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-21
INDUCEMENTS.

| fNNul W ENIhA o.
raining up to date" at CbAPr "
.7tf
otn and oil and warrant for year yonr
I # watch for 500 or stem Wind Watch
IaC. W, SAWYEI's, Brattleboro, Vt.
lam Tea and Coffee of Jacobs Tea Go.
Grange store. l3tf
g,nio and Guitar Strings OF bes, quail.
lfp { JOINS. -
Removal.
Ma, hines sold on monthly instruments
Interest. Any make of machine taken
|smer,. Needles, Oil and Supplies for
kpp. Office OYER burgin's Drug Store,
81 W. G.. COLLIER, Agent.
! Frames in upwards of two hundred
(Cnpp 4 Jones, lsf
kr Paper Weight Calendars and Pictur
(aaIeborc, at Clapp d Jones. s3tf
|ery and Blank Books for Business pur-
|Capp 8 Jonca, :3tf
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-03
WEALTH AGAINST COMMON
WEALTH

GAS much of an epoch-making book as
Uncle Toms Cabin" is the way Edward
E. Hale refers to Henry Demarest Lloyd's
Wealth Against Commonwealth, a
cheap edition of which has just been
issued. 1t is certainly one OF the remark
able books OF the time, as far as the con-
sideration of economical and industrial
problems are concerned, and not only is it
replete with facts that are strong argu-
ments in themselves, but the style is
attractive, and the book should be widely
read and studied. A good insight into the
work is given in the paragraph with which
the volume concludes:
1t is not a verbal accident tina; science is the
substance of the word conscience We must
know the right before we can do the right.
When it comes TO know the facts the human
heart can no more endure monopoly than
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-03

that scheme, has developed vast amount
OF adverse comment directed against the
powers that were and are.
The introduction to the "ultra-revised"
version of the Pentateuch, which forms
Part l, is written by Mrs. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton. The venerable advocate OF
woman's suffrage finds much at which to
cavl in the ordinary revised or King
James edition of the Scriptures. She de-
tends the position of the board of editors
from the attacks of those who have urged
present in this wise: why is it more
ridiculous for women to protest against
her present status in the Old and New
I Testament, in the ordinance and discipline
OF the church, than in the statutes and
constitution of the Slater" Much of the
present portion of the Woman's Bible is
done over Mrs. Stanton sinitials.
curious fact in connection with the
work is that Mrs. Robert g. Ingersoll ap-
pears on the title page as one of the men,
bers of the Revising Committee. This is
certainly peculiar. viewing the attitude
adopted by this lady's husband toward
matters biblical and religious. Mrs Inger-
soil could hardly be called al anpreju-
diced critic, and there is, by the introduc-
tion of her name, loophoIe of adverse
criticism left unguarded. The opponents
OF the movement among women them
selves will no doubt have something to say
regarding this In the near future. And it
will be worth hearing. New York: Euro
pean Publishing Co.. 35 Wall street. Price
80 cents
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-03
DESPERATE REMEDIES.

Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urber-
villes" has been followed by the republica-
ton ofhis earlier works, one by one. until
now his very first novel, written twenty
six years ago, has been run through
fresh edition. desperate Remedies" was
produced at time when the author was
'feeling his way to a method" He ad-
mits that the principles observed in its
composition are, no doubt, too exclusively
those in which mystery, ENHANCEMENT,
surprise and moral obliquity are depended
on for exciting interest, but thinks some
of the scenes and "at least one of the char
acters' worthy of little longer preserva-
ton. Mr.. Hardy has recently been hauled
over the Goals for the moral shortcomings
OF his novels. In a predatory note to the
new edition in question the author takes
occasion to advertise the very things for
which he has been widely denounced, for
he says: GAS it happened that certain
characteristics which provoked most dis
cussion in my latest story were present in
this. my first-published in 1871, when
there was no French name for them-it
has seemed best to let them stand un-
altered" This is disgusting; and it is de-
plorable that a man of Hardy's ability
should be found, with evident pride, up
holding the 'smut" school in literature.
New York: Harper & Brothers. For
sale by A. NJ. Robertson; price 81 So
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-03
HOW SOME AUTHORS WORN.

G. B. Burgin in the April Idler non-
dom tells how some of the popular Eng
lish authors work. DR.. Conan Doyle, like
Sir Walter Besant, scorns the use of the
typewriter, and writes his own copy. His
days work varies from 1000 to $500 words.
If he is writing about any epoch he begins
by reading every book that bears upon it.
This he usually does while writing another
book. He takes copious notes, and then
rearranges them in long lists under the
heading of different characters, getting,
for example, everything about archery
under the heading of Archer and every-
thing about knie ht or monk under these
headings" DIR. Doyle believes the most
permanent fiction to be that which is
based or leans most upon fact, as, for in
stance, Defoe does in "Robinson Crusoe,"
or Reade in all his great novels.
Unlike DIR. Doyle and Mr.. Besapt Rider
Haggard dictates his story to a secretary.
He likes to work five hours a day. He is
supposed to begin at 1890 every morning
and he dictates till lunch time. Then
he breaks off for brief interval and works
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-03
THE BLUEGRASS NOVELIST.

James Lane Allen, who is distinctively
a a'blue-grass novelist" recently submitted
to an interview in which he gave the in
formation that he outlines an entire
volume before beginning work upon the
manuscript. The mood which he finds
conducive, and even necessary, to satis-
factory literary labor, comes by fits and
starts. Mr.. Allen came into prominence
in 1892, as the author of series of maya
zine articles descriptive of the Kentucky
bluegrass region, and the works by which
he has attained wider distinction are ::
"John Gray, ga Kentucky Cardinal and
SEQUEL to the latter. aftermath" The
last-named novel is one of the notable late
successes. Mr.. Allen expresses the opinion
that American literature is on the verge
of new movement; that realism and
commonplace have seen their day;
and in the tendency of the move
ment toward the themes OF Ameri
dence in the revival of interest in George
Washington and the period of the Ameri-
can Revolution. He looks for very gen.
eral incorporation of the people and Incl
dents of the latter part ,0f the last century
into the fiction of the future, and for a
fresh valuation of the extraordinary in all
classes of books. MIR. Allen is a middle
aged man of healthful principles and high
ideals. He taught school for some years
following his majority, but laid away the
ferule as soon as he discovered that there
was more profit for him in the pen of the
author. He now resides in New York.
His mornings he devotes to literary work,
and his afternoons to athletic exercise,
especially on the wheel. His favorite
writer's are Thackeray and Eliot, and the
works which he declares gave him the
greatest pleasure are Vanity Fair. :" "The
Newcomes, - adam Bede" and "The Mill
on tue Floss" He believes that the epoch
to novels. He has two or three now in
hand, as well as a volume of Kentucky
traditions.
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again for two and a half hours after lunch

again for two and half hours after lunch.
When he is regularly at work on a book
he resumes for a hour after dinner-that is
to say, if he has not made up his five
hours. HE works very quietly and once
he has plot in his head goes straight on
and makes few alterations"
Stanley Weyman, we are told, writes
very slowly and corrects much. "He will
begin with rough copy of page or two,
seldom more; then he makes fair COPY OF
this, and so on to the next paragraph. He
never does more and sometimes less than
a thousand words day. 1t is a common
experience with him to find that the story
leaves the lines on which he has placed it !;
a minor character sometimes has an un-
pleasant knack of forcing himself into
prominence, while the unfortunate lead
ground" He believes that the morning
hour has gold in its mouth and he writes
between and z, but he seldom sits down
to work without gfoan."
More than half of what George Gissing
writes goes into the fire. The first volume
of one of his earlier works was, Mr.. Bur-
gin says, written seven times. On the
other hand, New Greek Street" was
schemed and written in exactly eight
weeks. Mr.. Gisslng used to write at night
now his hours are morning and late after
noon, and he only feels comfortable ct the
desk when the whole of the day lies be-
fore him, without fear of interruption.
Grant Allen works regularly every day
from 9 o'clock until IL 80 or u, and from
4 P. NJ. to $50 or T. He writes after great
deliberation, and takes infinite pains.