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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-14

er, and the daughters were diligent in
their kindness to the aged, throwing
wreaths of blessing on the road that
led father and mother down the steep
of years. God bless our homes: And
may the home on earth be the vestibule
of our home in heaven, in which place
may we all meet-father, mother, son,
daughter, brother, sister, grandfather
and grandmother and grandchild, and
the entire group of precious ones, of
whom we must say, in the words Of
transporting Charles Wesley:
One family, dwell in him;
One church above, beneath.
Though now divided by the stream
The narrow stream of death
One army of the living God,
To his command we bow.
Part of the host have crossed the flood,
And part are crossing now.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-14
Breakfast In England.

Tea always goes with the English
breakfast-Indian tea, of course, as a
matter of patriotism, since it grows in
the queens dominions. The English
can, if they will, make very good tea,
but their coffee is usually an abomina-
ton. Their bacon is also good and nice
ly cooked, but they know nothing in the
way of dainty little breakfast dishes
made from the remains of last nights
dinner, such as the American cook is
able to prepare. At the hotels they ask
you if you will have "big or a little
breakfast. +" The little breakfast is COM
posed of tea, bread and butter and jam.
The big breakfast may be composed of
almost any thing and everything, and a
terrible price they charge for it.
But even in that "big breakfast" the
American will not be able to find his
hot biscuits, batter cakes and good
ee.-Elizabeth Banks London Let
&0-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-14
Tennessee Mountaineers at the Fair.


Vanity Fair is the name given at
Nashville to that interesting part of the
show which might have inherited the
meaningless name of Midway.
All our old friends of Chicago, San
Francisco and Atlanta are there, from
the disciple of Barnum, who tried to
induce grogp of country clergymen to
enter the Caro- theater by telling them
that "this is the dance that John the
Baptist lost his head over" to the
tanner of more or less wild beasts. But
over in one corner of Vanity Fair is a
show that is genuine and characteristic
of the state of Tennessee.
There Uncle Jack, an old noun
taineer in coonskin cap, presides over
a moonshine still, and, after explaining
carefully to every visitor all the fine
points of the magic change of corn
through sour mash into mountain
dew whispers solemnly as a dead Sc
cret that he never distilled a drop of
wildcat whisky in his life-never.
Uncle Jack has an assistant, a ire
mendous fellow, who lacks only few
inches of z feet in his boots Il doubt if
he was ever measured in his stockings).
There is a good deal of simple human
nature in the customs of eastern Ten
nessee. The mountains are not so very
large, and occasionally one gets too
small to hold two of its inhabitants.
Then it is that the careless man has to
go, and the man who always kept his
gun loaded remains. Uncle Jacks big
assistant seems always to have been
careful, forehanded, or at least fore
armed, citizen.
Uncle Jack would be more COM
Portable IVAN to share a mountain with
"a man given rather to contemplation
than to action. / stood beside him one
day while gentleman who was dan
CLING in the sky on bicycle seat sus-
pended from a balloon was supposed to
be sailing an ''airship.''
Uncle jack followed him with his
eyes until he became mere speck.
Then he said ST wouldn't car to ever
resk my old body so high as that; but,
m soul, | don't car how high that
gees. "-Harper's Weekly.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-14
CURRENT MISCELLANY.

Mercury is body devoid practically
if not absolutely of air, water and of
vegetation and consequently incapable of
supporting any of those higher organ
isms which we know as living beings.
His surface is vast desert 1t is rough
rather than smooth. Whether this
roughness be due to mountains proper
or to craters we are too far away from
him to have been able yet to say. The
latter are the more probable. Over the
greater part of his surface change either
diurnal or seasonal is unknown. Three
eighths of his surface is stepped in per-
petual glare, three-eighths shrouded in
perpetual gloom, while the remaining
quarter slowly turns between the two
The planet itself as a world is dead.
Tidal friction, the closing act in the
cosmic drama, has brought it where it
is The machine has run down. Wheth-
er it ever supported life upon its surface
or not the power to do so has now for
ever passed away. Like Venus, and for
like cause, it is now dead world. And
it was the first thus to reach the end of
its evolutionary career, earlier TO do so
than Venus, inasmuch as tidal action
was very much greater upon it than
on her, and consequently produced its
effect more quickly. Mercury has long
been dead-how long, measured by CEN
turtles, we cannot say, but practically
for very long time. Venus must have
become so comparatively recently. Both,
however, now have finished their course
and have, in most literal sense, en-
tered into their rest.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-14
Dreyfus NAV BE Innocent.

The wife of Captain Dreyfus, the
French officer sentenced to Punishment
ON barren island for betraying the Sc
crets of the French army to foreign
power, has never ceased in her efforts
to prove the innocence of her husband.
An exhaustive examination, carried on
with the assistance of all European mil
itary departments, gives color to the
suspicion that Captain Dreyfus' SEN
tence was the result of fearful judicial
error A movement for the reopening
of the case is going on, and there is
some talk of sending the captain to Al
giers to await the results of new trial.
Exchange.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-14
a Great ADMINISTRATION.

That one Edenie transgression did not
seem to be much, but it struck blow
which to this day makes the earth stag
ger. To find out the consequences of
that one sin you would have to compel
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-14
First True Sail of a Flying Machine.

On the 9Th of May of last year | had
journeyed perhaps for the twentieth
time to the distant river station and
recommended the weary routine of an
other launch, with very moderate eX-
pectation indeed, and when on that, to
me, memorable afternoon the signal was
given and the aerodrome sprang into
the air watched it from the shore with
hardly hope that the long series of ac-
cidents had come to a close, and yet it
had, and for the first time the aerodrome
swept continuously through the air like
a living thing, and as second after Sec
ond passed on the face of the stop
watch, until minute had gone by, and
it still flew on, and as [ heard the
cheering of the few spectators, felt
that something had been accomplished
at last, for never in any part of the
world or in any period had any ma
chine of mans construction sustained
itself in the air before for even half of
this brief time. Still the aerodrome
went on in a rising course until, at the
end of a minute and half (for which
time only it was provided with fuel
and water), it had accomplished lit
tie over half mile. and now it settled
rather than fell into the river with
gentle descent. 1t was Immediately
taken out and flown again with equal
success, nor was there anything to indi-
cate that it might not have flown in
definitely except for the limit put upon
it.-Professor Langley in McClure's.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-14
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
Estate of Albert Alger.

The undersigned, having been appointed bs
the Hon. Probate Court for the District OF or
leans Commissioners, 70 receive, examins
and adjust all claims and demands OF al
persons against the estate OF Albert AlRer
late OF Irasburgh, in said District deceas
ed, and all claims exhibited In offset
thereto, hereby give notice that we VIII meet
for the purposes aforesaid at his late resi-.
dence, in Irasburgh. on the 10th day Of
June and 10th day of November next, from
said days, and that six months from the 18th
day OF Nav, A. ID. 1897, is the time limited by
said Court for said creditors 20 present their
claims to us for examination and allowance.
Dated at IIasburgh, VT, this 10th day OF
May, A. ID. 1897.
p. II II. E MEBsT6s, Commissioners
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-07
ON ITS LAST LEGS.

The Joint Traffic association, which
has by its power TO dictate rates, min
imiZed the traffic of the west to gulf
ports and forced the freightS of the
transmissouri 10 the Atlantic coast, is
about TO 60 10 pieces. The threatened
dissolution comes from no congressional
action or state railway legislation, but
from natural causes and local condt
tons. The Gulf lines becoming more
numerous and having shorter and less
expensive haul, have become more self
reliant, gradually forcing the combina-
ton against them TO the wall. The
late making destructive cuts on western
products. But it is becoming evident
that any cut which the eastern lines
could possibly stand can he met with
less damage to themselves by the Gulf
lines. 1t is intimaTed now that the CON
troll of the Joint Traffic association will
make s. show of hanging together until
an appeal can be made TO congress to
permit pooling. In the meantime the
dodge of rebates is being reSorted to
Under cover. by some of the eastern
lines. This action is bound to react and
care itself upon the principle of setting
q thief TO catch thief. No tears will
lie shed in the west, either by its Gulf
read arrangements or 10y the people
over the impending down of this gigan-
lie freight traffic trust. Farmers, pack
ers, merchants and people VIII all alike
be benefited. Corporations may not
have souls but they have gizzardS
whose grinding capacities can he adj
versely affected. The exports and trans
ports of the middle west will in the
hear future come and go by way of the
gulf ports just as surely and naturally
as that water runs down hill. The
days If the Joint Traffic association are
we'll nigh numbered
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-07
WHAT CUBA WILL DO.

The readers OF the Eagle no doubt
noted in the Associated Press dis
patches Of yesterday morning SPANS
proposition to Cuba for submission and
peace. The offer contains some attract
i've promises, but AT the bottom il means
continuation of Spanish rule. Win
the Cuban people accept this half loaf.
which would probably prove but 4 poor
curst, or viii they keep on fight
Ing under great disadvantages and
sacrifices is a question that would
be very difficult 10 answer If the
CubanS were Americans the question
would not even be asked. The conceS-
sionS made by Spain would not be CON
sidered either important or liberal to a
people who have ever tasted freedom.
Still the government at Madrid. which
is almost lettering under its rapidly &C
cumulating war burthens. no doubt con-
siders that no dependent people could
ask more II seems 10 us that the dan
ger for the Cubans will he found in
ceasing to fight for the purpose OF con-
sidering the value Of the tender The
Spanish army would lose nothing in the
~ar OF dissipation or Reorganization in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-07

Howe. It's said that enc OF The first thiuEs
Mckinley viii 10 VII be 20 give Hove TIE
1fchison postofice. Some OF the local Re-
publicans may kick because Ho-e's paper
has been rather 'iadepentsn,," bat Nc
Kinl.y doesn't care for that RE VII cizas
Hove az gold Democrat"
Near Empo-ia there g farm. n o..
house On this farm lives J. y. Cs5grn.
On the other Edl,h Osourn, rs daughter
in-Izs They qusTrelled- The "a man
established trochs. Zach v5s 20 KEEP
rs AMI Der SEE q iris. TIE ol1 man
violated the ME. got over tns trochs. TIC
woman attacked him ard Re hlt her no
a revolver TIE case e roE o. COST
Lawrence Journal. y = not D-ohseis
that another state normal sc5ool VII =
established BY the present legislature. b1t
= ,here g. wichita shouit have t - a.
rules q sslraess and teee-cy TEE tact
rrar rhsrs are already sevsral schsasss an
johz put ID ~ Nh-ch tu1iYi9zsH AZ %
profit Should c-l; - fs~tr~- j. NJ - IN
possible 70 r-sye1f t-sse refu--ners from
vsk.1S a Ets3s or fse see. e. e = way
they have. sn3 fssy III 90 l. in spite q
a. ,haf czn - cons % prevent -. Tn.rs
al perAzps - 20 nae soaf..zg n -.
z-hoci = g e established a. wichita thaa
here vogis - slcl.d some 1i-.- r,.zr.
sst y. Ire srxuusnfs. ~ fxl--.Es a..
az n favor % Ui1aits. Al Z ~ scsooi
s esisb.izhsG 8; s1ous1 - iocs-sl ihsrs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-07
Along the Kansas Nile.

There is only one thing Populistic left
about Governor Leedy. He still hangs on
to his high-top boots.
! Cy Leland Will reveal only one thing
about his visit to McKinley's home. That
| is, that Mckinley sets up mighty good
grub
! senator from Idaho used to live in Kan
| sas and that he can not make a speech
| Impossible.
Rev. Pothshanks of Piilville has attacked
! the ball to be given by Miss Bessie Dur
rant which will cost five dollars and seven
! .y-five cents.
The Emporia Gazette comes right out
without a shield and announces that not
over ten lines OF poetry have ever been
| written in Kansas.
II is possible TO publish part Of the Bot
kin Purity bill but it has an attack on the
preachers in il and that part bars II from
all family newspapers.
There IS pending in Atchison a suit
as ainst the city by former policeman fo-
! $4,000 alleged TO be owing from the city
for time served over eight hours a day.
Most Kansas women when they attend a
out who IS whose husband and who IS
whose wife in real life among the players.
One OF Sousa's band is named Hell
While Mrs. Lease IS not in the state just a.
present Sousa can raise Hell in the es;.ma-
ton OF Kansas by playing Hell in his band.
The charge is made against the Newton
dairymen that the people there got their
hrst pure milk OF years during the cold
| snap. Every pump in town was frozen
up.
As the legislature proposes 70 abolish type
| setting machines in the state printing Of
&C the Emporia Republican very sensibly
suggests that IL abolish tpye-wri,ers in the
state house also.
Newton Is a great town for railroad news
When some one is run over there the news
papers omit the victims name and tel
Row It was done by engine No. SIS attach
ei TO train No. 405.''
The average Kansas Populist has had
sn idea that after waltz al The Bradley
Martin bah men viii 80 cut OF The floor
| and scoop Up the diamonds that have drop
ped of in bushel baskets.
Murat Hslstsad wrote Up FL Little for
his home paper. He mentioned that his
likes all this Tow. Some morning h WI
&c; I'D and realize that he : beng gDyed.
Kansas editors have way when they get
married OF joking about il Ia t5elr news
papers. When they get home a. rigat ne
bride says. "Oa John, ;hiuk that vss
horrid" she may not Ike Il The groom
thinks she does
The Kansas legislature e having a GOD
zeal % trouble WIKI is promise &C % -
the railroads. The railroads have some
legal rights which even q legislator y con-
PEELED % respect but most O, re FoDu.Is.s
90 10; believe 4 u1if they set .nto .sgls-
lztB-e-
\ new fake IL beng worked II BUfisr
county. A wOrna1 book agent comes along
and leaves volume for examination. T-s
rcxs dzy ran Games Alag ard collects
Ire books Mex; Gay ire S0nAE Genes
back. declares ;hs, Ire man vas tAisi
sz1 demands pay.
The legislators ~ Topeka SHo .ot 80
railroad men that ne farmers rsust b
sSissz.e1 fo- evea 4 IL does ssTr TIRE rail
road employees were getting eol6- Tss rzr
rad srnpseys's interest ard "a; % -.
farmer are anita zoz.stic. tsi Popaiis.s
nessr c0nceSe 4 IN o<nrzisn-
Marx Hama Is a grez: ss1iFs- Q. e
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-07
FLERcING OF THE MAIL SERVICE

| One of the good results arising from
| the discussion of the Loud postal Dill
| in congress is the exposure of gigantic
steal in the shape Of excess charges
maid to eastern railroads for carrying
| United States mails. The aggregate
amount paid by the government TO all
the railroads is something over 49,
600. 900. The amount paid to the Wander
bilt system last year was So,o9S,o'l.
The PENNSYLVANIA railroad collected
for that service S3,57S.SS5. Other east
ern trunk lines have enjoyed similar in
comes from Uncle Sam, grading down
10 the western roads. which do much
hauling for comparatively little pay.
The report of the postmaster general
for last wear shows that the Pennsyl-
vania road was allowed $4,000 for
carrying an average of thirty tons Of
mail per day from Pittsburg to Chica-
90. This brings the rate up TO about 8
cents per ton per mile for mail matter,
while this same road is carrying other
freight the same distance for three
tenths Of cent per ton. 1t is true mail
matter should not be claSsed as heavy
freight, but a most liberal allowance
for providing letter cars and making
quicker time where the aggregate ton
mage is large would be a uniform rate
of l or cents per ton per mile. On this
showing it seems that not less than
three-auarters Of this vast amount Of
money is nothing more than excess
charges.
If this bill serves no other purpose it
will direct attention to the real cause
Of the deficiency, and if congress fails
to apply the remedy where it properly
belongs, the people will want to know
the reason why. 1t is a disgrace to that
body that exposure should have to
come through the newspapers instead Of
outspoken denunciation on the floor of
congress.
A New York correspondent Of the
Chicago Tribune has this to say on the
subject: 1.-THE Seaboard Air Line was
caught red!handed in this thievery and
the general manager, V. e. McBee, adj
hitting the charges, made only the fim-
sy plea that it was legal"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-07
Daily Ea9le
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor.
IMPERrINENT lMPUGNATION.

About the coolest piece of impudenct
and Of arrogance which has come under
our notice Of late is found in the Ian
guage Of an open letter addressed to the
Kansas legislature by a few members
Of the State Temperance Union, resid'
ing at Topeka, the which letter appear
ed in our correspondence from the CAPT
tai yesterday, and which warned the
members Of the legislature against re-
submitting the prOhibitory question &c
the people. For staggering insolence
upon the one hand and downright
cheeky assumption upon the other, this
communication stands an insult unpar-
alleled in the annals Of legislative eX-
perience. Instead of petitioning, or OF
deferentially setting forth their convic-
lions. this coterie of self-constituted
conseryators of the public conscience,
swelling with imaginary Importance,
Laws down the law and the gospel to the
representatives of the people. The peo-
Die of the state are not only ignored,
but the house and senate are plainly
told that they do not know what their
respective constituencies desire, nor IN
derstand what is for the highest good OF
the communities which elected them.
This Topeka crowd. in their own est
nation and by their own language,
alone comprehend the convictions or
the majority touching the prohibition
question, and they alone are prepared
to authoritatively speak, and that. there
fore a failure upon the part Of the leg
islature to heed and obey said crowds
injunctions and demands will prove IA
tai TO all future individual and party
ambitions. In short, this bigoted junto
assumes 10 be the people. In this letter
they out-Dogberried Dogberry in not
calling in somebody to write them down
as asses but so wrote down themselves.
These self-aDpOinted guardians of the
public veal not only assume to embody
the sentiment of the state but profess
all its virtues. According to their mani
festo anybody who should hold that the
people ought TO again be heard upon
this prohibition question, or who as 4
representative of the people should vote
TO turn the entire question over TO them
for settlement at the ballot-boX is either
an o. NJ. 3. bum or otherwise a dan
gerous enemy to society. To differ
with this Topeka faction OF fanatics
who, being consciously too weak to
meet face to face the committee having
the joint resolution in hand, resort to
the eovardly device Of on "open letter."
is TO stand already condemned and I'M
worthy OF credit or hearing. While it
may lie that majority Of the people of
the state would vote for the retention
of the constitutional amendment, which
lacked seven thousand Of a major
ity of the votes cast at the time it was
forced upon the state by decree of the
supreme court, still that is no reason
why the people should not have another
vote upon il, nor why their representa-
tives should not accord them such priv
ilege. Only narrowness and cowardice
could deny.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-07

a cessation of hostilities, but the patriot
army might in such an emergency lose
everything. But for the debt which the
war has piled up Spain would probably
haul off her army and leave Cuba 10
her own devices But Spain nor CUBA
alone can liQuidate the debt. For one,
we do not believe that Cuba's manifest
destiny ends one step short of complete
independence, and that it would be the
cheapest and altogether the best TO
wage the war TO the bitter end.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-07

Very few peool. reaiszs re sol.unni;y Of
attaching their signatures 70 nois.
what IA, become % n. 81 ,asA,sn.i
mar Who wore TIE oye:cost he raj II the
arnyz
Opportar.ti-r sesz1 - - growing scare-r
even yess. ard kicAsrs sna sohsHsrs zsoFs
abundant
Every rnsa elected - N. @rssi.,u-s
seems - - = for Frferrn FOR re pseSts.
ard . good tine foF hsnselE
There Is Frest many csssz vre-- 49,
nan sisss asF eighty er.1if fsr prs,seiaG
her. Ssen O. = really her sss-
u = Eirl passes tsrosEs ssr p.ria> - So
Ssgsrrssrt r4thos; x.f.inE 9 si-ixh-rii..
tasTs IS 70 sissgh-rsss assa1 % Ter - hsr
icax josrasy % tss i75s-
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tho1xa Sc szs %. 10 f-st fsr thirsy year,
she hss revsr ysi besz 1zf3 re eotSra-
rssa: % hzyisE szzxisr break lnas bar
cellar sz3 steal g.
Eozas ,.osi. Fave - - tsl1 every u,-.s
t.a- fa-ru-s teiis., ea-o. "a anx.kt,-
abosf - fgisr-- or sbo1g Bat s-sos~ No
o.. - fa.riT go ssn1s ever szs~v.s In
fs-gzas tsl-rTz-
Has L>ses-<-ssflstc-s-t-f r7S<--f sss1-
foStfs 49, = Aiss R>sbuz. sad II ~
tsnkss Z - fs.-0- a. &c, sszS sh.ss g.
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- C. @ns sor I've rst &c PAY ssx.~-
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49, h-f-r '>lsg- Ess says IA; sysrysofY
isi-s 1sT fsaxs 80 zez9s 30 Gxs rf1ssF&-
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-07

Scene-White House. Time, July. 1897.
The cabinet Mr.. Gage: I'VE VIII opea
the meeting by reading Secretary she--
mans memoirs. An yes, Here's the page.
What's this? Senator Sherman says hi.
delegates from the southern states were
purchased by Alger. Certainly not you
Mr.. Alger?' Shermsn-"oh no. Not this
Aiger." (Curtainl
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-07

PETERS case appears most patnsiic vken
vs remember that he was the only mar Il
the world VINO stood with one hand slcft
ara his foo; on the neck Of TIE currency
problem ready Nita one stab ot Ios1c %
settle i forever.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-07

The Princess Chinsy has beer granted
the privilege % seeing her children by The
Prince. one hour every month. But the
Princess would probably CONSIDER an hour
q month wasteful prodigaHty @. mater
nal affection
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-07

Don't be funny IL you expect anything
from Mckinley. In a speech one night.
Depew Of New York laughingly said that
ne was opposed 10 !; to IN finance but
sixteen women 20 one man was aboG; the
right proportion IN marriage. Mckinley
read iAis ard was Disguised Chauncey
wants &c be minister TO England but Nc.
k.nley VII turn him down.