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Warren sheaf., 1897-07-15
JUST FOR a LITTLE WHILE.

II for the little while s 49, eSs
That life has let to me, fair fortunes smile
Could rest upon me: If my closing days
Could be like this October, all ablaze
With gold and scarlet: If only might
/, Have hands both full of silvery delight.
And all that wealth can buy. or wealth re.
fine, ~ .a#
Could be at my command at wish of mine.
Just for little while! ~. g.
My child, take what Is given to-day
A little money for little way. :
If for the little while iis@
That life had left to me, the MUSES. smile
Could rest upon me; II my closing days
Could be like this glad morning, all ablaze
With sunlit fields and mountain tops OF
thought,
My poems be In every language sought:
If all that noblest genius can combine
Could come together at some word of mine,
just for a little while!
My child. take what is given to-day
A little knowledge for little way.
If for the little while y"
That life has left to me, full many a mile
On land or sea, to east or west or north,
Across the world, I could at last go forth
1t l might mount the heights of Greece or
Rome,
Instead of climbing little hills at home;
II might all the Alpine mountains view.
Instead of watching shadows on Mount
Blue,
Just for little while!
My child, take what is given to-day
"A little climbing for little way.
If for little while
l could be very rich; if pile on pile
OF gold or gems could be at last my own,
10 take and keep, or to be let alone;
If I could have enough to give away
TO every sufferer, bid the wanderer stay
And eat and drink his fill: if every eye
Looked up with gratitude as passed by.
Just for little while!
My child, take what is given to-day
A little helping for little way.
If for the little while
That life has left to me affections smile
Could rest upon me: if my closing days
Could be, like starry evenings, all ablaze
With blessedness; if lips loved could say:
1t is so good to be with you today
If all that heart can hold of happiness
Gould be my own, unfathomed, measure
Just for little while,
My child, take what is given you to-day
little loving for little way
Julia H. May. in Congregationalist.
Warren sheaf., 1897-07-15
II Broken Compact.
MIELL, for PHYS sake, mother,
w come here!' said Janet Logan.

w come here!' said Janet Logan.
She stood at the kitchen window, from
which she could see the front gate.
"What is t?" asked Mrs. Logan. She
was stirring a small kettle of some
thing on the stove, and did not want to
leave it to burn. %
II just want you to look and see
what's coming in at our front gate"
Mrs. Logan took corner of her apron
for holder and lifted the kettle and
its bubbling contents onto the back
part of the stove. Then she Joined Janet
at the window. A tall, slender, untidy-
looking woman was entering the gate.
She had blue-and-white soiled eing-
ham apron tied over her frowzy head
and her chocolate-colored calico dress
skirt was pinned up about her waist,
revealing black quilted petticoat and
a pair of blue-stockinged feet thrust
into pair of gorgeous carpet slippers
so much too large for her that her walk
shufhed to keep the slippers on.
"It's Jane Wadlin," said Mrs Logan.
II know it, replied Janet ''But will
you tell me what she has in that bas-
ket?"
'Sure enough" said Mrs. Logan.
vaguely, as she peered over the tops of
her spectacles. ~
Mrs. Wadlin carried with apparent
effort an enormous clothes basket piled
high with something covered over with
a soiled red-and-white tablecloth. The
basket, which she held by either handle,
was so heavy that it pulled her head
and shoulders forward, and her face
was red and perspiring, although it
was cool Monday morning in late Sep
tember.
"There's no telling what freak has
struck Jane Wadlin now," said Mrs. Lo-
gan. - <% 7.- a-% - <
But she and Janet soon knew the na-
ture of the freak that had struck their
caller that morning, for in moment or
two the basket thumped up against the
kitchen door, (which Mrs. Wadlin opened
without the preliminary politeness of
knocking.
She dropped the heavy basket to the
floor and sat down on it's contents, pant
ing and wiping her red face with cor
ner of her soiled calico apron.
My!" she gasped, IF I amt about
tuckered out! Why! Amt you wash
ing to-day, Marthy Logan ?" ~
1--WE have very light washing this
week, and I haven't been in any hurry
about beginning it," replied Mrs. Lo-
gan. "A jar or two of my canned rasp-
berries had begun to work. and l
thought I'd cook 'em over again before
I begun to wash. I'd just told Janet
she'd better 60 down cellar, and fetch
up the tubs and bring out what little
wash we have"
''Then I'm just in time," said Mrs
i Wadlin, with satisfaction. eve got an
awful big wash this week. and while
was gathering itup happy thought
struck me. Cant you guess what II
was p s Sss.
No, / don t know as I can. n = sss 5s
'Well. It flashed across me: Why
eaa,t gather pR pZ dirty duds and 6
Warren sheaf., 1897-07-15

A bout the Sise OF It. ##
.Slicksmith was arrested yesterday
for showing the queer"
THAT is passing strange."N. =.
journal. - sE5
Warren sheaf., 1897-07-15

why, Janet, WlaL ola you mean Dy
telling Mrs. Wadlin that we would come
over and wash with her next Monday?
simply cannot stand it to have Jane
Wadlin and here washings here"
"Nor I, I,"replied Janet, land our wash
ing at her house will end it all and at
the same time keep us from quarreling
with Mrs. Wadlin. Trust me for that,
mother. I've q scheme Of my own in
mind for putting an end to this unpleas-
ant arrangement"
Mrs. Logan somewhat reluctantly
consented to the carrying out Of this
scheme" when it was made known to
her.
Although don't feel sure that it
will affect Jane Wadlin as you think it
WILL" she said to Janet. i
1t was about eight o'clock on the fol-
lowing Monday morning when Joe and
Jerry Hope, the sons of one of Mrs.
Logan's neighbors, appeared at Mrs.
Wadin's with an enormous clothes
basket piled high with soiled things
of every sort. Each boy carried a pill
low slip full of things in addition to
those in the basket.
Here's part of Mrs. Logan's wash, 8
said Jerry, as he and Joe deposited their.
burdens on the floor Of Mrs. Wadlin's5
rather cramped kitchen.
She and Janet said they'd be along.
pretty soon with the restofit," said Joe.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-06-17
Roosevelt on Good Roads.

One of the first things that attracted
the attention of the leading citizens of
New York after the necessary laws
creating Greater New York had been
secured, was: How shall we furnish,
for this vast city of nearly 5000, 900 in
habitants, good roads to take the place
of bad ones that have existed along
some of the choicest spots within our
new borders 2"
That would not haYe been an early
question ten years ago. Indeed, it
would not have been one of the first
questions five years ago, but the much
agitation of the good roads question
the past few years has forced it to the
front as one of the first questions for
Greater New York citizens to take up.
Hundreds of miles of roads which can
be made the most popular drives, will
be remodeled, made into highways that
will do credit to Greater New York
within the next two or three years, and
the money invested will be we'll in
vested. IN fact, feel like defying
any one to present single instance
where money has been invested in
practical road building when it was not
we'll invested.
Theodore Roosevelt, many years at
the head of the United States Civil
Service commission, for nearly three
years at the head of the police and fire
commission of New York and now the
assistant secretary of the navy, one of
the ablest and most brilliant men in
the country, in speaking of Greater
New York before the bill passed the
legislature to permit of the consolida-
ton of the great cities, said that no
large city in the world was situated
more advantageously and had a greater
number of beautiful drives than the
great American city would have, but
that it was necessary to eXpend few
millions of dollars in putting those
drives in proper condition. When
asked if he thought that the millions
would be forthcoming he promptly
said: Yes; it would be suicidal not
to supply them. They will be sup
piled several years sooner than they
would have been but for the sensible,
business-hke agitation Of the good
roads question carried on by the
League of American Wheelmen and
other citizens who have long realized
the advantages which would accrue
from OOOd roads
Few men in this country understand
public sentiment better than Theodore
Roosevelt. That he has gagged it cor
rectly in the matter of good roads, so
far as the numerous drives in Greater
New York are concerned, need not be
doubted. The practical demonstration
that will be given in converting shabby
drives within the bounds of Greater
York, roads that have been shabby for
nearly a century, drives that will be
the equal of any in the world as soon
as supplied with good roadbeds, will
add much interest to the good roads
discussion and exert powerful influ-
ence in extending the work of building
good roads. OTTO DoRNER.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-06-17
Had a Pleasant Time.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Langhlin enter
tanned a number of young people Fri
day evening. The party consisted OF
about twenty couples, who went from
Kenosha, some in buses, some in wag-
onettes, some in carriages and some on
bicycles. They all managed to reach
the appointed place in time to enjoy
refreshments and trip the light fantas-
tic to the music of the Stemm Brothers
orchestra. AS usual everybody who
attended the party reported a fine
time, for all such events at that place
are hugely enjoyed. The following
persons were in attendance:
Messrs. W. Fisher, A. Fisher, Ben
Curtis, Ed Starbuck. c. M. Garst, c.
P. Garst, Lloyd Susan, Sigel Conley,
George Beerbohm, F. Schroeder, Chas.
Skiller, Mort Miller, 81. S. Brown, Ray
White, George Holderness, 81. Robin
son, F. McCordy, Mr.. Weinheimer,
Walter Dexter, Chas. Rogers, j. Ken
nard, Tom Sullivan, Fred Reinold, Ben
DeDiemar, Henry Laughlin. Misses
Grace Leahy, Julia Cantwell, Pauline
Schend, Bessie Charles, May Rice,
Bessie Torrey, Grace Penny, Emma
Werve, Flora Dexter, Jennie Dexter,
Hattie Puelicher. Mesdames G. P.
Garst, Chas. Skiller, 81. S. Brown,
Chas. Kupfer, Mrs. Weinhsimer, Chas.
Rogers, ]. Kennard, Henry Laughlin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-06-17
DIR. B, A. CAWFIELD,
Practice limited to Diseases Of the
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Practice limited to Diseases Of the
Hours-Untl 8 A. M. and after P NJ and
All Day Saturday and Sunday.

Camfed particular attention this important branch of
and prepared with all the finest modern
uments to operate relief of CATARACT, CLOSURE OF
THE PUPIL CROSS-EYE, CLOSURE OF THE TEAR DUCT,
GLAUCO1A IRTIS, STAPHYLOMA, PTERYGlUM and the RE-
MOVAL OF TUTOR AND TORPID GROWTHS of every kind
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO FITTING GLASSES to
and defective description by NEW METHOD
perfectly sight, headache and eye strain IN all
each individual and the
hardest purest and perfect that can be produced
have had trouble with glasses he will guarantee to
Chdrens carefully tested CONSULTATION FREE
NorE-Dr Garfield goes the Chicago Eye and Ear Hosp
every except Saturdays Sundays and will furnish full
who wish there for medical surgical treatment
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-06-17
THE BRITISH ARMY
Obtains Coffee Direct from the Planta-
tionS

The British Government formerly
brought the coffee intended for the
army direct from the coffee plantations
in Java, and the term cold Govt
Java" is familiar to all.
Mr.. P. M. Hanney, now manager of
the grocery department. of the great
house of Siegel, Cooper & Co., Chicago,
was located in Java for about nine
years, purchasing coffee for Her
Majesty's troops, and his ability to
judge of the quality and flavor of coffee
will hardly be questioned.
Experts of Tea, Coffee, Tobacco and
Whiskey are not always free users OF
the article they judge so keenly Of.
Indeed the reverse is frequently true.
In Mr.. Hanney's family, Postum, the
health coffee made by the Postum
Cereal Co. (Lim). of Battle Creek,
Mich, is used in place of coffee. The
immediate cause being that the wife
had trouble in digesting coffee and Mr..
H, knowing that the grain bever-
age which looks so much like coffee,
and which fits the coffee drinkers
taste. was pure and nourishing drink,
introduced it to his own family with
the result that the old ailments which
were directly attributable to coffee
drinking, have materially disappeared.
Proper adjustment of food and drink
means good bodies, clear minds and
the ability to push to the front and
make a success Of life, while those who
insist upon using such dietary articles
as they know check digestion and i'm
pair the health, will lag in the race for
prosperity. The law of the survival OF
the fttest is plainly marked.
"Just as good" as Postum Cereal
Food Coffee are words used to defraud
the public.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-06-17

For the past few days the govern
ment pier has been crowded with
anglers. Most of them happen to be
boys between the ages of 10 and Is.
Friday one of them fell into the water
and was saved by laborer on the crib.
1t is wonder that more such acct
dents do not happen. The boys fairly
throng the place and in the excitement
of the sport move about the narrow
place with marked recklessness. Most
of them are too young to do any fish
ing, but impede the work of those that
can and lay themselves liable to q
ducking.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-06-17
Gludness Comes

With a better understanding of the
w transient nature Of the many phys
zeal ills which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle efforts -pleasante efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge that SO many forms OF
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to constipated condi--
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
Iy removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. It's beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without facilitating the
organs on which it acts. It's therefore
all important ia order to get its bene-
fetal effects, to note when you pur-
chase, thatyou have the genuine article,
which is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only. and sold by all rep
utable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, then Taxa
tives or other remedies are not needed.
If afflicted with any actual disease, one
NAV be commended to the most sl1lllful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
then one should have the best, and with
the well-inforned everywhere, Syrup OF
Figs stands highest and is most largely
asedand gives most general satisfaction.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-06-17
Why was This?

It seems that the school board at
their last meeting saw fit to reject all
bids on cement sidewalk to be built at
high school building stating that the
lowest bidders failed to specify their
work. wish to say that my bid was
known to be the lowest and specified
in every detail. And l am ready, if
called upon to give bond to any rea-
sonable amount, to fulfill my bid &C
cording to specifications.
MAURICE VAN VIE.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-06-17

Miss Brown, who has been a guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hazel Lance, returned to
her home in Milwaukee Friday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-06-17

Take the best paper-the COURIER
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-26

In the annual races at Pittsfeld, Me-.
four of the drivers Of fast horses were
women. They wore divided skirts in
The sulky. The race was the first one
ever tro.ted on a circuit track under
national rules with women as drivers.
The winner was Miss Leota Elliott
Dan forth, aged q years, and the other
drivers were Mrs. Sarah Elsie Crosby,
of West Brewster, Mass, aged 80
years; Mrs. Hattie E. Meader, of Win
slow, aged 2G years and Mrs. Mary E.
Woodcock of Ripley, 81 years old.
They have all driven horses from
CHILDHOOD and Mrs Crosby, who owns
farm on Cape Coz, has driven an eX-
hibition mile in 2:-1la. She took the
second heat in this race in 2:251a,
which was the best time made. 1t
required four heats to decide the race.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-26
THE GARROTE.
pains HorriryinG Method of Executing
Condemned Murderers.

pains Horrirying Method of Executing
Condemned Murderers.
The garrote, by which the anarchist
who killed the Spanish premier was
executed, is named after its inventor,
Spanish ironworker, who witnessed
bungling execution of a relative on
the gallows, which was the method en-
ployed by Spain up to about thirty
years ago for carrying out the SEN
tence of death.
Garrote wondered that more eXpe-
ditious and, therefore, merciful, meth
cd had not been discovered. He little
thought then that he would be the
one to furnish his country with a sub
stitute for the gallows, but the thought
haunted him so long that he at length
found it assuming ordered form in his
mind, and in time the ponderous death
dealing machine that has immortaliz-
ed him in his country came to be
fact.
The two points of excellence claimed
for the garrote are these: That it can
be made with reasonable care to kill
instantly and that it sheds not one
drop of blod. Force that is measured
by horse power is the agency it en-
ploys and its aim is the breaking of
the victims neck.
The unfortunate is first made to sit
in a chair directly under two heavy
iron bars. one of which is adjusted on
the back of his neck. and the other.
vulgarly known as the corbatin, or
neck tie, under his chin. Then the eX-
ecutioner grasps the handle, gives a
Vigorous twist and death is instanta-
neous. The entire machine is made of
iron and ordinarily weighs several
hundred pounds
Persons who have witnessed all sorts
of capital punishment are unanimous
in the opinion that garrOting is the
most revolving and appalling of all.
1t is not always as expeditions as its
inventor made it possible to be. A
vicious eXecuioner can prOlong it
practically at will and herein is the
systems great drawback, as it is now
constituted. Cases are recitable in
which the process was prolonged
twenty, thirty minutes, even three
quarters of an hour! The execution
er merely gave twist enough to the
handle or lever to choke his victim.
Then he turned it back and twisted
again, this time a little more than at
first, and so on until his spite, having
been satisfied, or his instructions, per-
haps, obeyed, he gave one final turn
and ended the tortured life. Such was
the execution of Maloja, in Matanzas,
Cuba, in 1SSS!--New York Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-26

w. Spoon, the naturalist, asserts
that the muskrat, when obliged to go
beneath the ice from one side to the
other of a pond, has a curious mode
of taking along his air supply. In
stinct teaches him to take in a deep
breath before starting, but even this
he knows will be insufficient for the
trip. Accordingly he halts occasion
ally and eXhales the exhausted air
from the lungs.
This air, being confined by the ice
in the shape of a bubble, and in full
contact with the icy water, becomes
almost instantly re-oXygenated. When
the transformation is completed the
wise rat again takes in his old breath,
which is now fresh inspiration. Thus
rejuvenated he again dives out of
sight and begins swimming for the
other side, only coming up against the
ice as often as it is necessary for him
to refreshen that valuable little breath
of air.
But few hunters and trappers are
aware of the muskrat's odd plan Of
changing his poisonous breath into a
fresh inspiration. but those who are
take mean advantage. BY striking
a heavy blow on the ice the air is dis
persed, and the animal dies of asphyX-
ia.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-26
Read HIS CREDENTIALS.

j. FRAZER BAREBACK. A. NJ. NJ.
D., Graduate of Institute of Letters and
Arts. Buffalo, n. Y, Graduate of the
American Medical College of Ohio,
Founder of the Magnopathic School of
Medicine, Member of the American
Medical and Surgical Society of Ohio,
also of the Union Medical Association of
Massachusetts, Fellow of the National
American Association of Physicians and
Surgeons. President to the Massachu-
setts Institute Rational Medicine and
Surgery, Surgeon to the Hub Medical
Institute, Consulting Physician to the
Warwick Dispensary, and late Visiting
Physician to the Union General Hospital
all of Boston.
The only graduate physician in the
world combining the elements of mental
and magnetic healing with the science
and art of medicine and surgery.
| have been visiting Vermont one sea-
son only but already thousands of pa
tients are under my care, and hundreds
of people in this state can attest to my
remarkable skill in curing diseases even
after others have failed. My connection
with a number of Institutes and Public
Dispensares in Boston, my extensive
private practice in the New England
states, my unlimited experience, my
methods of specially studying each case
preparing and applying the treatments
and remedies to meet each individual re-
quirement, together with the universal
success attending my efforts have given
me a sublime confidence in my ability tC
cure any durable case of the diseases
mentioned in my specialtes.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-26

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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-26
EootheraPy.

Aren't you glad you are not pet
animal of any sort these experimental
times? For if you were, perhaps, a
little dog your rheumaticy master
might make you sleep close by his side
and some day you would die of the poi
son absorbed from the sick mans body
or your fragile little frame would ache
and shiver because good, kind lady
had transferred her headaches by
pressing you against her head; or if
you were a companionable cat, fever
patient might keep you in his bed,
and in few days rise free Of his mall
ady, while you would be turned out of
doors to spread the germs, or more
probably be killed through them! But
this is the new system of curing ills
it is known as zootherapy, and is said
to have been discovered by a Floren-
tine. Poor cats and dogs, don't you
wish you'd never been born?-Boston
Herald.