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had only little physical energy and yet
consumed that energy in confagration
Of religious enthusiasm, how will we
feel abashedl
! The Weak That Are Strong.
Oh, men of the strong arm and the
stout heart, what use are you making
of your physical forces? Will Jou be
able to stand the test Of that day when
we must answer for the use OF every
talent, whether it were a physical ener-
gy or mental acumen or spiritual
power?
The day approaches, and 1 see one
who in this world was an invalid, and
as she stands before the throne OF God
to answer she says: II was sick all my
days. l had but very little strength,
but l did as we'll as l could in being
kind to those who were more SICK and
more suffering" And Christ will say,
"Well done, faithful servant.
And then little child will stand be-
fore the throne, and she will say ION
earth / had a curvature of the spine,
and l was very weak, and l was very
sick, but used to gather flowers out OF
the wildwood and bring them to my
sick mother, and she was comforted
when she saw the sweet flowers out Of
the wildwood. I didn't do much, but L
did something" And Christ shall say
as he takes her up in his arms and kiss
es her. "Well done, well done, faithful
servant; enter thou into the joy of thy
Lord" What, then, will be said to us
we to whom the Lord gave physical
strength and continuous health?
said to an old Scotch minister, who
was one of the best friends ever had,
doctor, did you ever know Robert Pol
lock, the Scotch poet, who wrote 'The
Course of Timer" ooh, yes" he re-
piled, 81 knew him well. was his
classmate. - And then the doctor went
on to tell me how that the writing of
1.-THE Course of Time" exhausted the
health of Robert Pollock, and he ex-
pired. 1t SENS as if no man could have
such a glimpse of the day for which
other days were made as Robert Pollock
had and long survive that glimpse. In
the description of that day he says,
among other things:
Begin the woe, ye woods, and tell it to the
doleful winds,
And doleful winds wall to the bowling hills,
And bowling hills mourn to the dismal wales,
And dismal wales sigh to the Borrowing brooks
And Borrowing brooks weep to the weeping
stream,
And weeping stream awake the groaning deep.
Ye heavens, great archway of the universe
put sackcloth on,
And, ocean, robe thyself in garb of widowhood
And gather all thy waves into groan and ut
ter it
Long, loud, deep, piercing, dolorous immense.
The occasion asks it-nature dies, and angels
come to lay her in her grave.
What Robert Pollock saw in prophet
ic dream you and 1 will see in positive
reality-the judgment, the Judgment!
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-12-17
WAS A GOLD NINE.
Cuban Rebels Got $4,000 by
Taking La Caimanera.

Garrison QuIckIv Deserted the Post but
Spanish Cashier Fought Nobly to Defend
His Treasure Cut Down by Machete.
New York, Dec. ia special dispatch
to the Sun from Havana says:
1t appears now that the money cap
tured at La Caimanera by the insurgents
and first reported to be $40, 900 is much
more. Over 5000, 900 had been deposited
there to be distributed among the sew
eral Spanish battalions operating in the
east.
An official report is published in La
Lucha to the effect that two employees
of the railway at Guantanamo had news
of the arrival of the money at La Cal
manera, which is but a few miles from
there, and sent word of it to the insur
gents. An lnsurgent agent went to
Guantanamo, and with the help of the
railway men, bribed a Spanish officer
with 16 volunteers who formed the gar
rison of the main fort which protected
the road to the wharf of La Caimanera.
According to the plan agreed on by the
conspirators, when the insurgent forces
approached the fort was delivered to
them. They left In the fort some rs
men, and over 200 proceeded to La Cal
manera and took possession of the
wharf, after very slight resistance of
some few soldiers.
Near the wharf was the building of
the military administration, in which II
iron chests were kept containing the
money of the regular troops around the
place, and, besides, the 5000, 900 recently
arrived. The insurgents invaded the
building and killed the inspector of po-
lice and two civil guards who tried to OPP
pose them
The cashier made a desperate resist
ance. He fired the six shots of his re-
volver and made a brave fight with his
sabre, barricading himself behind tables
and chairs. To him it is due that the in
surgents could not take away all the
chests. They seized three of them and
left nine, though many of the latter they
broke open, taking the gold inside and
leaving the silver. The cashier finally
was overpowered, and fell to the ground
seriously wounded by five blows of a
machete.
1t is understood that the insurgents
captured $15O,0OO in gold. The officials
here believe that part of the booty was
lost by the insurgents when they fled
at the approach of Spanish re-enforre-
ments. They hope to recover part of
the money believed to be scattered
around the town. The two railway err
ployes, the officer and the 16 volunteers
fled with the insurgents. In their re-
treat they had time to plunder a store
in the neighborhood and secure more
money and provisions.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-12-17

Nashville, Dec. 15.-At Tuesdays SEES
sion of the convention of the American
Federation of Labor motion to have a
bill drafted by the incoming executive
committee providing for the establish
ment of postal savings banks and secure
it's introduction in congress was car
ried.
Resolutions opposing the annexation
of Hawaii, on the ground that it would be
tantamount to the admission of a slave
state, were adopted; and those on the
eight-hour day movement and the con-
vict labor question were referred to a
special committee.
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The Madrid Press,

Madrid Dec. 12.-The impartial Satur
day publishes a strong article in which
it declares that Spain will not accept the
right of President Mckinley to intervene
in Cuba in case the war is prolonged, anG
demands that the government adopt "tht
same energetic attitude towards the
United States as Germany adopted to.
wards Hayti, because President McKin-
ley's message is equivalent to question
ing the right of Spain's sovereignty in
Cuba" Continuing the impartial insists
that Spain must prepare for all eventu-
alities, and augment her navy by orr
ganizing a subscription in which the
whole nation, from the queen to the
most humble subject. should partici-
nate"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-12-17
SARAH BIXBY,s ESTATE.

rHE undersigned, having been appointed
by the Hon Probate Court for the dis
trict of Bradford Commissioners to receive,
examine and adjust all claims and demands
of all persons against the estate of Sarah
]. BiXby late of Thetford in said district de-
ceased. and all claims exhibited in offset
thereto, hereby give notice that we will meet
for the purposes aforesaid, at the post
Office in ThettOrd Center, on the 18th day of
Dec and 18th day of May next from l o'clock
until O'Clock p m of said days, and that six
months from the 18th day of Nov A d 1897 is
the time limited by said Court for said cred
itors to present their claims to us for exam
ination and allowance.
Dated at ThetfOrd Center this 10Th day OF
Nov. A ID, 1897.
g. 6, A. p FITTED Ell }Comms
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Good Advice.

Il have become so accustomed to
wearing boomers, said the bicycle
girl, that during the winter think 1
shall simply wear my skirts over my
boomers. What do you think of the
idea?''
Sin my opinion replied the girl
who never had hankering to forsake
the garb of femininity, THAT will be
infinitely preferable to trying to wear
the boomers over the skirts. !"
Thus it happened that for time the
relations between them were somewhat
strained. Chicago Post.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-12-17
It LEGAL. II.

PROBATE COURTS AND COURTS OF INsoL-
VENCY-BRADFoRD DISTRICT 1896.
Probate Courts and Courts OF Insolvency
within and for said district will be holden the
ensuing year as follows:
bradioIu-At j. H, Watson's office in Brad
ford on the second Tuesday of every month.
West Fairlee-At the Eagle Hotel in West
Fairlee on the last Saturday of May, July,
September and November.
Also at the Probate Office in Thetford ON
the first Wednesday of every month.
Also at East Corinth on the third ThursdaE
of May, July and September
S. NJ. GLEASON, Judge.
Thetford Centre, VT, April l, 1896.
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Like a Romance.

A true story which is as strange as
fiction is that of Miss Isabella Farley,
who sailed for England the other day
to take possession of a fortune of $780,
600. Miss Farley, who is a granddaugh-
ter of Lord Derby, was turned adrift by
her father at the age of 10, on his sec
ond marriage, and since then she has
had great difficulty in maintaining her
self. She took places as a servant sever
al times, and when her fortune came
was a hospital nurse.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-12-17
No Cheaper shoes,

New York, Dec. 12.-The Commercial
Advertiser says: Leather manufac-
turers assert that shoes are not to be
cheaper, as a result of the decision of
the board of general appraisers making
calfskins not dutiable as hides. THE
matter is not settled yet" said a manu-
facturer today. The decision may be
appealed and we may have to pay the
duty assessed originally. But, granting
that the calfskihs come in free, there is
nothing to warrant the expectation of
cheaper Shoes"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-12-17
ACTIVITY of Counterfeiters

New York, Dec. 1.-THE leading banks
of this city have been warned by the gov
eminent authorities of the existence of
numerous 81, IS and $40 counterfeit bank
notes and silver certificates. Several of
these counterfeits have been accepted
as genuine by New York banks, so well
are they engraved. The attention of
secret service officials has been directed
to the counterfets.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-12-17
Dissolution Notice.

This is to certify that the partnership
heretofore existing between H. w. Hib-
bard and James B. Hale, under the firm
name and style of II, W. Hubbard & Co., is
this day dissolved by mutual consent
All bills due said firm will be paid to H.
w. Hubbard who assumes all outstanding
liabilities of said firm, and will continue
the business under the firm name of II.
w. Hubbard & Co. as heretofore.
Fl. w. HIBBARDy
JAMES B. HALE.
So. Ryegate, VT, Nov. 81, 1897. 7
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NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the National Bank of Newbury for
the election of directors and other neces-
sary business will be held in their bank
ing rooms in Wells River, Vermont, at IL
O'Clock a. m. on the 18th day of January,
1898.
8 NELSON BAILEY, Clerk.
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Price has been reduced on the
original old fashioned Dobbins'
Electric Soap, SO that it can now
be bought al s cents a bar, two
bars for 10 cents. Quality same
as for last thirty-three years,
"BEsT OF ALL" Ask your grocer
for it. No one has eUer found
fault with its quality, no one can
n0ao find fault with its price.
1t stands as it has for thirty-three
years, in class by itself, as to
quality, purity and economy, but
is now in class with others as to
price. Beautiful presents for
wrappers.
II is the original Electric and is guaran-
teed to be worth four times as much as any
other soap ever made. For washing any
thing, from the finest lace to the heaviest
blanket, it is without peer. Only follow
directions.
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READ
CAREFULLY

yourself, whether or not you can afford to
ever use any other soap than this, after
having heard its own story, told you by
your own test of it.
DOBBINs SOAP MFG Co.,
Successors to 1. L. Cragin & Co.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA,
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-12-17

All that we say ON
the two wrappers
around the soap,
and then see for
The times., 1897-06-06
Hidden RcceptacIes.

1t is not alone in stories that secret
drawers, hiding places in furniture and
private packages underneath houses ire 10
be found nowadays They are to I've found
also in modern New York Acc0rdin.. 70 a
cabinetmaker, orders are frequently Ie-
ceived by him for pieces Of furniture made
with hidden receptacIes. He keeps onede-
siSner, in fact, whose special work cen
sists in contrivine false bottoms and secret
drawers for desks, chairs and tables
Rich women he declared; recently,
"are the most frequent customers for tins
sort of work, and l have TO doubt il is
because they cannot trust their servants,
or that, il honest, the servants seem too
curious about their mistress affairs = In
terestns condolences have come to his
notice of the sudden failure in business
OF toe husband OF sOme woman who aad
just received from his shep N ingenious
cabinet. The eabinetmaker has 10 doubt
that valuable securities were hidden there
in from the cfeditcrs.
AS for the underground passages, there
are-more of them in New York than in
medieval town They are not all seclet,
but under uptown mansions built within
ten years there are some which only the
owner and the builder know aboHt Under
the Vanderbilt chateau al the plaza there
is one which runs from point beneath
rear room out to the edge of the street,
where the exit is concealed by u slab
which locks like q palt of the pavem mt.
In case OF robbery or any ether danger
within the house escape could be made
through this passage TO the street. where
an alarm could lie sounded. Guards at the
doors would thus he caught at their posts
not knowing that anyone within the houst
had passed out of it.-Eew York Press.
The times., 1897-06-06
The War Correspondent.

She held him close against her heart,
The heart which beat it's own sad story;
And are we destined thus to part,
l to my grief and you to glory?'
He dashed the manly tear away;
20 perfect, o unrivaled woman;
Your trust shall bear me TO the fray,
And nerve my heart to meet the foeman.'
The hazel eyes Were bent on his,
The knitting of her hands grew tighter,
No fairy form Of earth, L wis,
Than hers was daintier or sIighter.
Her sweet head dropped, her red lips paled,
Her tresses' glory all aroundher;
And, sobbing, sobbing, she bewailed
The cruel crisis that hadfound her.
But he was equal to the hour
In fact, was up to the OCCASION;
He stood erect as stands a tower
Against the storms sublime abrasion,
Dear. do not be alarmed; tbs well;
oh, still that bosom so despondenu;
I'm in Dey Street Padding Cell.
For I'm the Grapevine Correspondent
New York Sun.
The times., 1897-06-06
A HUSTLER IN EUROPE.

''EAcuse me- said the man with side
whsskers, AS he turned to the passengers
Oh the seat behind hinl, but l heard 5 Oh
speaking of Europe awhile ago. You have
been there. l take it?''
Yes sir was the reply
and ! am on my way to New York to
take steamer TO London. We're you IN
London?'
ION, yes
'uow much Of London can see in two
days?''
4 mile or two I should say
A mile or two-that win do first rate. y
said the side WHISPERED man as ne took
ont rench and notebook How long
should o think l ought to stay in paris?''
From eight in the morning to six in the
evening. at least In that time you can
see at least -four blocks Of Paris
Thanks four blocks-ten hours-good
enough. Is the tomb Of the great Nh
poleoa at Paris?"
'Of course not"
Glad OF that. If it was ] should feel
me the headache to look at tombs, 1 am
told that 1 ought to go TO Rome Anything
special to see In Rome?"
a few ruins, ] believe" replied the
man who had been there
Then l shall skip Rome Half of my
town burned up last year, aud there's no
end Of ruins to he seen right at home. I've
seen the track of cyclone, too, and you
can t beat that for slivers and splinters and
ruins. I'll find Switzerland over there
somewhere. 1 suppose?'
YES, If you make inquiries"
all Mountains. / believe? How long had 1
ought 20 lie doing Switzerland?''
''At least n couple OF hours
II can give it half day if find it
interesting. I've got it down here to go
to Naples, and TO go from Naples to We
suvius vesuvius is d volcano, isn't
it?''
Yes
y never saw one, and don't know as
care to- We had the biggest spring freshet
in the Wabash this year known since
1913, and a man who has seen seven
houses and barns floating down a river
all at once can't feel Knocked out at sight
of volcano. How's venice?"
Il was all right when l was there,
though most of the people had the grippe
You ought to put in fun day in Venice
Half dayis all can spare, aud shall
spend most Of that in a gondola. Europe,
taken, altogether, is quite Il country, isn't
it?"
Yes, pretty fair country"
a man who hustles right along can see
most OF it in three weeks, can't he?p
he ought to-
We'll. I'm going to give it three weeks,
andperbaps an extra day or two. and then
scoot back here, and Ii my going abroad
don't knock the other grocers in my town
galley west II put the price of eggs down
to o cents a dozen and hold 'eni down
till 1 have to go into bankruptcy! Thanks,
sir I've gotit all down aere-E Europe-Rom
es-Venice-shree weeks-no tomns
git up and dust and git back home
agin. Come into the smoker and have
d nickel cigar with me,''
The times., 1897-06-06
Compelled to Decline.

a Frenchman went to an American and
said to him: what polar bear?''
The American answered: what does q
polar bear do? / don't know. Why, he
sits on the ice.r'
.'Sits on zee iee?''
Yes said the American; 'theTe is
nothing else to do
''Vell, vat he do, too?''
what does he also do? Why. he eats
fish,
Eats fish-sits on zee ice and eats fish.
Then l not accept
''Why, what do you mean? Yon don't
accept? What do you mean
''Oh, non non. does not accept. L was
invite to be polar bear to a funeraL"-
Bachelor of Arts.
The times., 1897-06-06

cum to whop yei Git outer that bed
and cnu out yere and be driy into the
airthl'
II didn't say nuthin' fur long time,
hopin' he'd so away, but he kept right
on shootin' and blowin', ,-and bimeby
the old woman nudges me with her ell
bow and sez his talk gives her the ear
ache, and ia better go out 1 was fur
lettln' hin, blow till he got tired, but
ne Gums right up and raps on the doah
and seq:
If that yere cantankerous ole Zeb
White don't cum out and let me git at
him down Gums this shanty over his headi'
Il couldn't stand no mo- said the old
man, ''and | pulls on my trousers aud
goes out He pitches right into me to
once, and bein' leetle out o. sorts from
the awakin' up, bangs him around harder
then befo'. Wien | went back 10 Led ne
lay over thar by that stump with no breath
left in him, but hGdn t got to sleep agin
when he crawis up to the doah and seq:
. Zeb White, the Lawd made me a sot
man, and III continue in my sotness till
death clairas me fur his own. I've said
I'd whop ye, and I'm bound to keep On
tryin till / conker I'm goin' now, but
I'll he back soon arter breakfast Good
night, Zeb White. and good night to yer
widdcr!'
And did he come AGAIN." I asked
Fur suah," replied the old man Eyes,
sab, he cum along soon arter breakfast,
and when / was smokin' my pipe, and he
cracks his heels together and sings out:
= .Whoopi Whoopee, l m a sot man, aud
my ole woman sez it's the will o the Lawd
that shall whop ye this nawnin'l Cum
out yere till make ye holler like rabbit
and cry like baby,'
Il went out and he tackled me- l wasn t
mad, and | didn mean 10 hurt him bad,
but whenI throwed him over that bresll
he struck on stone and broke his back,
and next day he was dead man. | toted
him hum ahd gotta doctor, but we couldn't
do nuthIn fur him.
'.AIid was he sot to the last?'
''Iie was Jest half an hour befo' he
died ne looked up at me aud seZ:
- Zeb White, / amt blamin ye tall,
but I'm a sot man, and if I'd lived on
should hev TO It ye till l made We holler'
That's what he seZ, and l reckon he
meant it. He couldn't hev whopped HE iii
fifty vars, but he was critter as
wouldn't gin up. | ain t agin a leetle so5-
ness in man or woman-just huff to be
sot-but when it Gums TO sich sotness
that yon want TO die fur it, then I'm sayin'
that I'm lao friend TO it. 1t amt fitten,
and you can't make it fitten."
The times., 1897-06-06

thrilled with exquisite sound What she
chose first to reproduce was the quaint
German Christmas hymn, Joseph Lieber
Joseph Men, written by Caivisins five
hundred years before. Then, without
warning, she broke into Granny's favorite
Irish Jig, playing it with such resistless
vim and merriment that every foot in the
room began inyoluntarily to keep time.
and every face wreathed itself into a
smile. AS quickly again the measure
changed, and now Kathleen was back in
Crichton's studio, and her hour of triumph
wac lived again.
You are real Witch said Colin, find
ing himself near her, after this "You have
got all these people crazy about you. While
you played, was wondering IL you'd ever
be satisfied with any one man for an audi
ence?''
lie turned, annoyed. There, behind him,
stood Mr. Thornuyke, silent, inscrata-
BILE. sat
Indeed. and I-awiill'' Kathleen said.
merriiy M
And what must ne be, or do, to deserve
it?'' 80
"Be?'' exclaimed the girl Like the
donkey, all ears. And do? Give me a
Stradiva,ius!' s
a little later, when the company broke
up, and theguests went their several ways,
Macintosh, espying his forgotten flowers,
had no iohger the Impulse TO offer thea 10
Kathleen. The events Of the evening, and
the attentions Of tThorndyke, had made
her recede further than ever from his
reach.
..Wili you ask yourmother to have these
Iiiies?' he said, awkwardly thrusting the
box upon Maurice in the hall, and hurry
ing out Of the house.
When Colin reachedthe spothe by courtesy
called home, he let himself in with latch
key at niean-looking door, AMI climbed
three flights OF stairs to his lien This was
not exactly the traditional hall bedroom
of the struggling clerk, but variant In
the shape of a middle room, lighted and aired
by small skylight in the icof. only In
other respects, it was as cheelless as u
ragged carpet, lame furniture and mis-
matched crockery could make it; lut Colin
thought little of personal comfort, and
the gloom of his meditation as he threw
himself upon cTeaking chair beside his
iron bed was not due to the yoUrg mans
meager surfoundin rs. For almost the
filst time In his life he felt sense Of m
potency in meeting the future in fair
fight and his ordinary trustful spirit re-
beiled against thus leaving his affairs 10
'lie ON the knees OF the gods''
Give her Stradiyariusi" he said,
aloud, bitterly And somehow with the
phrase mingled haunting thought Of
the man with the angel face, who nad.
in Collins hearing, SPOKEN words concern
ing Kathleen that Were not in the least
angelic.
Ito he continued
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-27

The river situation continues alarm
mo and is now higher at Providence
than ever was known. and Will con-
time To rise for sometime. The levees
along our parish front continue IN
good condition, and there is now four
or five feet of bank yet; but rs 1t Is well
known, the longer the river stays up
AGAINST the lcyees, the weaker they are
We have no apprehension MS to our
Ieyeas. and that there will not be
l,reak in our parish line; but in Arkan-
sas is where the danger is, and where II
is becoming more dangerous anu
threatening every day. So far there
has not been a break in the line o.
leyees as far up as Arkansas City. ane
everything possible is being done. L
another week passes without break
in that line we believe they can b
held.
There is enough of water in sight t.
continue the rise for several weeks an'
we can look for at least two feet more
and II behoovcs the authorities to los
no time in building up the places in tn
levees that are not up to grade instea'
of waiting until The last possibi
moment
The destruction on the Arkansas SID
from Cairo down to Helena is said t
lie complete aud entire. and nothing
left. No doubt but this line OF levee
known as the ST. Francis system, WI
be entirely abandoned; which we be
lieve is the only thing that will say
our part of the country in Zines OF eA
tremc high water.