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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-07-21

ished. 1t is designed to provide the four
class rooms, ono in each corner and over
the assembly hail Of the floors below an
amphitheatre seating 1G2 pupils with ply
steal and chemical laboratories in the
rear. There is also a minera logical labor
atory drauehting room, clay modelling
room and photographing room.
All OF these plans are of course, sub
ject to change il, for any reason, 1t
should be desirable. Each citizen of Bur-
iington will watcn the construction of the
new building with interest and when it is
completed there will have been added one
more to the stable Institutions of educa-
ton for which the city is yearly growing
more celebrated.
The plans are the work Of w. r. b. Will
cox of this city, a young architect who
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-07-21
NEW HIGH SCHOOL

is rapidly winning fame in his chosen pro-
fossion and their selection by the school
board from a large number Of plans SUBJ
nitted must he very satisfactory to Mr..
Willcoxs many friends.
Tho present High school building was
completed in ISL An old school report
gives the dimensions of the building as
"A by "A feet and it is three stories in
height. The contractor was Joseph Gal
lagher of Swanton. The building com.
pletcd and furnished cost the city $3l ,CSl.l 10,
Of which Gallagher received s25. 25L70. Tho
removal of tho old building cost 1920, plans
and superintendent 1915, sewerage and
closets S2S.6l, heating apparatus $2ii3S).
desks $3.50, and the remainder was mado
up of ncldentals in the construction and
furnishing.
In his report dated 1871, Superintendent
of Schools John II. French comments up
on the new building as follows:
! This building, which is Il feet long
and 81 feet wide, and three stories Above
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-07-21
LEONINE SHAFTER.
PERSONALITY OF THE BIG LEADER
OF OUR CUBAN EXPEDITION.

The Lank Farmers Boy Bas Become n
Massive Soldier, Broad of Mind as Well
rs Girth-short Legs, but Long Head.
His Civil War Record.
You will notice that the farmers boy
is fighting this war. The brawny, coun-
try bred, awkward youth Of 40 or 90
years ago is now at the forefront Of
things. His hand is on the lever which
moves armies and navies. He is making
a good job Of it, as every American
must admit. Admiral Sampson, you
will remember, was farmers boy.
Brigadier General William r.. Shafter
was another
From q Michigan potato firm came
the man who is now conducting the Gu
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-07-21
GENERAL SKATER IN FIELD DRESS.
From n recent sketch.

[From recent sketch,]
civil war. He received medal of honor
for distinguished gallantry at the battle
of Fair Oaks, Va, May 81, 1862. 1t
was on the following morning that I
myself was SO hotly engaged. General
Shafter was in command of the pioneers,
SO that he was not required to go into
fierce action. He volunteered to do 50,
however and took an active part in the
engagement Again, after being wound
cd, when men generally retire from ao-
ton, Shafter remained on the field, in
spite of his injuries, until the close Ct
that days engagement.
8. r. MACDONALD
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-07-21

tho basement, is pronounced Ly experts
TO be substantially built. In beauty Of de-
sign, adaptation Of arrangements and
economy IN cost. it challenge tomrari-
son not only with the best buildings of
our state but with the best in New Eng
land
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-07-21
An Artistic Game.

"Dawdte has q good head. Two years
ago no borrowed $40 of me and returned 1t
inside Of 2 week."
"Wellf"
"Then he borrowed 800, and haven't
seen him since. "--Detroit Free Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-07-21
A Matter OF Pride.

"The bank check stamp tax will be paid
willingly enough"
what makes you think sos"
"3ooause NJ man would want TO have 10
ondorstood =, hin check WASN'T wceeA
emit" vs,sand Plain Dealer
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-17
QUARANTINED Toys.



Did you ever hear of quarantined
toys?" asked the toy dealer of a GUS
toner. reports the Chicago Times-H Her
aid Some mother probably originated
the idea It isn't profitable arrange
ment for dealers. because one set of
toys can be made to serve a neighbor-
hood. When not in use they are quar-
antined.
Its like this" continued the dealer.
taking up an iron house, with a me
chanical postman delivering the mail.
"a child is taken III in neighborhood
with scarlet fever and the house and
family are at once isolated. The neigh
bors have great sympathy for the ehisd's
mother and they scheme together to
send something that win help to amuse
the little one when il is getting better.
As you see. the toys are of iron. and are
passed along with the request that each
time they are used they shall be put into
an oven and baked before they are re-
turned have known one set Of toys
TO go through an epidemic
Doesn't baking them destroy their
usefulness2-
1t mests off leg sometimes, but
great care is taken IN getting them for
the purpose We have to look out for
them as a regular part of our trade.
Queer2 Yes, but there are lots of queer
things in our line. This is only one IF
them"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-17

A writer in the Pesther Lloyd SAYS
that there are two souls animating the
German emperor. which are struggling
for the ascendancy. "One is the soul
of his ancestor Frederick H., and is in
fiueneed by the entire history of his
house This soul. had it alone inspired
the emperor, would have made him a
conservative. seif-centered. religious
and, on the whole. one-sided prince.
regarding himself as summus episccpas
of his eountry's church, as the absolute
chief of so many legions, and also as
the despotic master of men, like al
Prussian kings before him" The
other is the soul of a modern absolutist.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-17
Had to Jump.
The FATE OF A PROMINENT
MARINE GR0CERYMAk.
monaha one of Deofs Oldest and Best Known Merchants
Meets with Serious EyDeience
From the Evening Ne10s, Detroit, Mich.

Prominent among the business men of
Detroit, Mich, is Patrick Ii. Monahan, who
resides at 1919 Baker Street.
He has been actively engaged in the gro
Gerry business for the past forty-seven years,
of which forty-two years have been in Detroit.
Coming here nearly half century ago he
started into business at the corner Of Second
and Jefferson Avenues, and for years catered
TO the marine trade. From Duluth to Buff
fslo his name as an honorable, honest boat
supply man was well known to all boatmen.
No matter what time Of day or night, the
Monahan Marine Grocery was kept open for
the convenience of the lake boats. lie is
the best known and oldest retail grocery
dealer in Detroit. He has been successful
In business By his square dealings, and is yet
his large store, corner of Twelfth and Baker
Streets. To a reporter, he recently said
when we FIRST opened the Jefferson Avenue
store we had to work day and night. The
vessels that needed supplies, wanted them
right of and we had to jump all the time.
The reason vesselmen psironized us, was be-
cause we filed their orders at once Every
hour counts with them and we had double
set Of clerks that worked day and night. I
have been hustling all my life. No man
can succeed in business without hustIiug.
Some people hustle too much, ard / was one
OF them. o
About four years ago ! had to give mn
on account of my back giving out 1t had
bothered me for years. For a week / sat
around the house and then had to 90 to bed.
The family physician said that had worn
myself out Iy hard work. 1 did not do
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-17

much for nearly two years, and doctored for
my Kidneys. Ny friends advised me to try
remedies that they had faith in, and tried
nearly ali Of them. / was ready for any
remedy that would relieve me, but I did
not receive any benefit
read considerable during my sickness
and In my daily paper j noticed frequently
articles regarding the wonderful cures made
by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
and how the pills contained, in a condensed
form, all the elements necessary to give new
life and richness TO the blood and restore
shattered nerves. One day / read Of case
ike mine, IN which a complete cure had
been effected. That convinced me that the
pills had merit, and decided to try them az
they cost only so cents box (never in loose
form) or six boxes for $50, and could be had
at any druggists, or by mail from the DIR.
Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady,
NY. The next day asked the druggist re-
titles of the pills and they are we'll recon-
mended by the purchasers They build up
the blood, and restore the glow Of health TO
pale and sallow cheeks, and effect a radical
cure in all cases arising from mental worry.
overwork or excuses of whatever nature
bought box ard took it home, and commenced
10 take the pills. Before had taken one box
that intense pein which for fifteen years
had nearly killed me was gone. con-
tinued using the pills until / had taken
four boxes, which made me feel es well as
had for years previous to my sickness NV
friends noticed the change at once and were
more than pleased to see me out again. I
continued using the pills, and in less than
sixty days j was 10 much improved that I
was able TO attend to busineas."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-17


Women Engaged In This Work
Though Ireland to-day holds the first
place. so far as America is concerned. in
regard TO linens, Holland occupied that
position everywhere in the past. and
holds il to-day in many parts of Europe,
says the Philadelphia Press The very
word HoEand Is employed to designate
a. fine linen cloth or linen and cotton
cloth, and has been used for this purpose
from time imfneInorial- 1t is both
glazed and ungiazed, and used for wear
ing the household decoration Flax
grows well in that part of Europe, ard
the sunlight is said to be brighter and
to have more power in bleaching in the
low countries than elsewhere The
linen industry is carried on in Holland
more by women than by men In the
fields there are almost as many female
as male cultivators- In the harvesting
there IS an excess of women.
In the many processes. such as lining,
hecklIng and spinning. the women out
numbered the men three to one In the
mills the women are in the majority
The men predominant when il comes
10 the making OF damasks and fancy
designs For at least four centuries it
las been an honored custom in the
Netherlands for young women to begin
making their marriage portion in linen
when mere girls Some go so far as 10
start with the sowing Of the seed; others
begin with the spinning. while those BET
ter OF buy the finished cloth. All do the
cutting and sewing. \ wedding outfit
consists of petticoats, nightgowns anil
other underwear. several suits for SUM-
mer wear, sheets. pillow cases, bolster
cases. pillow shams, shirts for the hDs-
band-to-be and a number of rolls of the
uncut material for the future emer-
gency or use Nearly every girl of mar
riageable age has stock of these goods
ranging from a trunkful TO three OF four
times that amount.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-17
GOVERNMENT SALOONS.


Winding away over the hills that
overlook the beautiful Norwegian city
of Bergen is magnificent highway.
bearing the curious appelIation of the
Drink road" inquiry developing the
information that it derives it's name
from the fact that it was constructed
with a portion of the profits of the
sole of liquor by the municipality, un-
der system inaugurated IL years ago.
and which has proved in every way SO
successful. both from a moral and Pc
cuniary standpoint. that it has been
adopted, with but three exceptions.
in every city in Norway, says the Phil
adelphia Record
Under this plan the municipal author
tiles, after deciding how many licenses
are required, grant them. not to indf-
viduals, but to a stock company, which
is not allowed to receive more than
five per cent. on the capital invested.
the remainder being appropriated by
the city to schools. parks. roads. hos
pitfalls and other public improvements
The liquors are carefully selected and
inspected, and are always pure; the
barkeepers and appointed by the gov
eminent, and wear uniforms and num-
bers; the bars are plain rooms without
seats; only small quantity, not over
six cents worth, of liquor can be sold
at one time TO anyone; children are not
allowed to act as messengers, and the
saloons are under government con-
troll and the books always open to in
spectiOn-
The average profits are about 125 per
cent. of which 100 goes to the city.
and the sales have been reduced from
12.500.000 Norwegian quarts to $780,
COO. and the scheme is found TO be
more promotive of real temperance
than iron-bound prohibition enact
ments.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-17

We ere Headquarters for Agricultural Imp
ienlents, Machinery and Vehicles, including
Fish Bro Farm, FreIg ht and Spring Wagons;
Cooper Farm and Freight Wagons. Our
Spring wagons and Concord Bugg. es are es-
pecialy built for Idaho trade.
Canton Sulky and Hand PloWs; j. |. Case
suky and hand pioWs; Canton steel lever and
wood frame harroWs; Superior grain drills;
Jewel center cut disc harroWs and seeders
Mccormick harvesting machinery--best on
earth; steel hay rakes, both hand and self
dumps; hardware. nails. Jewel stoves and
ranges, kitchen ware, barbWire, Etc.
Harness, saddles, whips, and harness hard
ware. Our harness are fully guaranteed to be
best California Oak Stock. Windows, sash,
stock of Paints and Oils in this country. Wag-
on hardwood, iron and steel. Grass and field
seeds, land other lines too numerous to mention.
Our goods and prices are always satisfac-
tory. No trouble for us to answer inquiries
for anything in our line.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-17


ness bore family crest with its Latin
motto. and could no doubt be identified
anywhere. Certainly this nights an
ticiPated spoil was not lucky in any
wav.
Next morning the landlord nf the inn
was intensely surprised at the disap-
pearanee of the travellers and at the
longed to the young viscount Dare. He
stood in the stable yard talking with his
hostler.
nut for me his lorGship's boss would
In gone. too cried the ostier. Stolidly.
when l see one o. they two gents a
poking and peering about here last
night under cover o. the dusk ard see
him gazing at the fine animal with hun
CRY eyes and next watched him a-fnger-
ing the stable lock. il struck me what
he might be after-the wanting to have
a try at changing their own sorry hack
for this enc. So the last thing 1T night
before turning in l changed the hcsses,
putting theirn in the best stable and
t'other here and made him safe with my
bar and paddock. which can't be picked.
Ard they've just been and gone away
with their own
why didn't you change the harness
as well2"
well, never thought o. the har-
ness
But in the course of the day a messen-
ger brought the harness back, and did
not wait to ask for that of the travellers.
N. y. Ledger.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-17

A huge cypress tree in Tnlle. in the
state Of 0axaca, Mex. is 1s4 feet in cir
conference
The times., 1898-11-16
ToIbert Is Going Home.

r. r. Tolbert. jr., one of the South
Carolina refugees. yesterday received a
letter from his wife, who is staying at
Due West, thirty miles from Phoenix.
stating that Saturday night the house in
which she had taken refuge was sur
rounded by 100 armed men at midnight
and subjected to a thorough search.
1t had become current gossip that j. NJ.
Collins, who is now in Washington, was
hiding in the same dwelling which shell
tered Mrs. Tolbert. Mr. Collins is r. r.
Tolbert's brother-in-law.
Mrs. Tolbert pleaGs with her husband to
let her and the children quit the locality.
DO not come here" she says in the
letter. II know you are brave but 1t is
no use to come. The papers say that
things have quieted down, but this is not
So
Il am going home just as soon as /
find out what the Government is going to
do said Mr.. Tolbert. Due West, where
sent my family, is quiet little place,
and thought if any spot was safe it was
this one"
The times., 1898-11-16
MUST cRYsTALLIzE RESULTS.
Canadian-Americnn Commissions
Work VIII he Expedited.

It is believed that the work of the Ca
nadian-American Joint High Commission
will be completed within a month.
Up to the present time the commission
ers. in their formal intercourse, have con-
fined themselves to a general interchange
of views upon the various matters re-
ferred to them for examination and set
tlement. and have not endeavored'to put
any conclusions that may have been
reached into definite shape.
The discussion throughout has been
marked by the utmost good feeling and
animated by sentiments of mutual esteem
and good will but the utmost frankness
has been shown by both parties
throughout the conferences.
I'VE are not diplomats" said one of
them yesterday, in the sense that We
employ language TO conceal our thoughts.
That sort of diplomacy may do for conti-
mental Europe, but between the English
speaking people it has no place. Men in
our position, and holding the relations
we do TO one another need TO speak freely
and fairly"
II is the opinion of most of the mem
bers of the commission that the time
of discussion and conference must cease,
and that of crystallizing the results of all
talk be ushered in.
1--WE cannot delay action much longer"
said a Canadian member. Those of us
from Canada must get back and resume
our official duties there, while most of
the commissioners of the United States
viii be called on in short time to take
up other public duties. Whatever is done
must be done quickly"
The absence OF Lord Herschel and Mr..
Kasson yesterday prevented a session of
the Joint committee on reciprocity, which,
II is conceded is the question the settle
ment of which presents the most difficult
ty, and ii is also the one regarding which
there is the greatest desire TO accomplish
something. Sir Wilfrid Laurier is great
ly concerned respecting this, for in con-
siderable degree his political future de-
pends upon the success attending his eff
forts to make a satisfactory arrangement
with the United States.
The I,iberal party came into power upon
pledges 10 extend the trade of Canada
with the United States, and unless he can
satisfy the Canadian voters that his ad-
ministration has kept these pledges po-
Itical revolution is not unlikely. Sir VIII
frid finds that he is not to have his own
way unopposed in the matter
The times., 1898-11-16
MAY BE MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Letter Found on Hired Mans Body
After House and Burn Burn

New Haven, Conn. Nov. 15.-The burn
ing of a house and barn owned by Mrs.
Sarah Anderson and the discovery of the
body of her hired man hanging to tree
has brought to light tragedy in which
there Is cause for the belief that the
woman has been murdered
The fire was first discovered about 10
o'clock this morning. when the buildings
were almost consumed. An investigation
showed the body of Mrs. Andersons hired
man hanging to chestnut tree half
mile from the house
The man had evidently tied a rope to
the overhanging limbs of the tree mount
ed the fence and, after adjusting the rope
about his neck, had leaped OFF. The body
was still warm, but life was extinct. In
the pockets of the mans coat Il letter was
found which contained the announcement
that he had killed Mrs. Anderson The
excited neishbors are now searching for
the body of Mrs Anderson. but have been
unsuccessful so far.
The times., 1898-11-16
AN ARTIST SAW THINGS.
Locked Away in Strong Room to
Forget Them.

Hubert Andrews, a painter, living at
No. ll2 B Street northwest, caused con-
siderable excitement in the nelghborhood
of our-and-a-half Street and Pennsyl-
vania Avenue yesterday afternoon by his
strange antics. Policeman Walsh, of the
Sixth precinct, noticed the man and at
tempted to take him in charge. Andrews
assaulted the officer and made things
lively, not only for Walsh but for TWO or
three citizens who went to his assistance
The man claimed to see things coming
at him. and 1t was thought that he was
violently insane. The patrol wagon from
the Sixth Precinct Station was sum-
moned, and, after n desperate struggle,
Andrews was taken to the Emergency
Hospital The physicians said he was
suffering from mania potu, caused by
excessive drinking He was given relief
and then locked in the strong room to
get over his trouble
The times., 1898-11-16
An Abused oyster Dredger,

Another example of the maltreatment
of oyster dredgers down the river by the
captains of oyster boats was brought to
the attention of the physicians at the
Emergency Hospital last night.
The victim this time is Henry Dawman.
forty-five years old, who came from New
York. He has been employed at oyster
dredging in the Potomac near Colonial
Beach. Several days ago he suffered an
ugly cut in his right hand and as there
were no means at hand to treat ii asked
to be allowed to so ashore for medical
attention. His captain refused to allow
this until the mans month was up.
Dawman had to continue at work and
as a consequence the wound become pois-
oned. When he appeared at the hospital
last night Dawman was put under the in
fiuence of an anesthetic and his fingers
and the palm of his hand lanced. They
We're then cleaned and dressed and the
man was allowed to depart, as he claimed
TO have friends here.
The times., 1898-11-16
FOL
A PECULIAR REMEDY.
Something About the New Discovers
for Curing Dyspepsia.

The Rev. F. I. Bell, a highly esteemed
minister residing in Weedsport, Cayuga
Co, n. Y, in a regent letter, writes as
follows: There has never been anything
that l have taken that has relieved the
Dyspepsia from which have suffered for
ten years except the new remedy called
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. Since taxi
ing them / have had no distress at all
after eating. and again after long years
CAN SLEEP WELL. Rev F. l. Bell,
Weedsport, N. Y, formerly Idalia, Col.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is remark
able remedy; not only because it is cer-
tain cure for all forms of indigestion, but
because it seems to act as thoroughly in
old chronic cases of dyspepsia as well as
in mild attacks of indigestion or bilious
ness. A person has dyspepsia simply be-
cause the stomach is overworked. All it
wants is a harmless vegetable remedy
to digest the food and thus give it the
much-needed rest.
This is the secret of the success of this
peculiar remedy. No matter how weak
or how much disordered the digestion
may be, Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets will
digest the food whether the stomach
works or not. New life and energy is CIV
en- not only to the stomach but to ev-
cry organ and nerve in the body. A trial
of this splendid medicine will convince
the most skeptical that Dyspepsia and
all stomach troubles can be cured. The
tablets are prepared by the F. y. Stuart
Co., of Marshall Mich. but so popu-
lar has the remedy become that Stuarts
Dyspepsia Tablets can now be obtained
at any drug store at so cents per pack
age. Send for book on stomach diseases
free. nol4-16-1S
The times., 1898-11-16
THE coRBEIT-sHARKEY MILL.
Both Men Are i'm Prime shape for
Next Weeks battle.

New York, Nov. .15.-One week from to-
night Jim Corbett and Tom Sharkey will
decide their much-talked-of fight at the
Lenox Club The demand for tickets,
which sell for as much as 800 each, has
been very large. The promoters of the
coming contest say that it will not be a
brutal contest and it will be conducted
without hitch. Sporting men appear to
be evenly divided in their opinions re-
garding the winner. Both men are in
hard training and are at present perfect
specimens of good health. \ drawn bat
tie viii cause a howl of dissatisfaction
and will be blow to boxing in this city
from which it will recover with difficulty.