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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-21
WILL BE TRANSFERRED.
Report THAT tambou Il 10 Go From
Washiugton to Vienna.

Paris. Sept. 2t.--M. A. Z. de 1.alanfc.
the consul for France at San Francis-
co, has been transferred TO Naples.and
NJ. A. ID. dc Trebrland, French consul
az Cardiff. Wales. will replace NJ De
Lalande at San Francisco The Echo de
Paris says that Jules Camoon. tho
French Ambassador at Washington. fs
10 be transferred To Vienna.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-21
KILLED BY GAS.
Man Supposed to BE Patrick Ford
Asphyxsated in Boston Hotel.

Boston. Sept 2i.--A man supposed to
be Patrick Ford. about s6 years old. was
found dead in the Hotel Ludwig this
morning. He entered the hotel last
night and went at once TO his room.
This morning the gas was turned on
fun. while the occupant OF the room
was dead in bed. The only thing by
which the victim might be identiie'
was q letter addressed TO Patrick
Ford
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-21
Lator Congress Clcset.

Winnipeg. Manitoba, Sept. 2l.-The
Dominion Labor Congress has closed
with the election of the following Off
GERS: President, Ralph Smith, Nanai-
mo. b. c.; vice president, j. A. Fleet,
Hamilton, Ont: secretary, Geo. Bower.
Toronto; fraternal delegate TO the
American Federation of Labor at Kan
sas city In December ID. A. Carey of
Toronto, retiring president. Montreal
was selected as the next place of meet
ing.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-21

Middietown. Conn. Sept. 2i.-cipton
r.. Davis Of Hlsyonum. former ehn,r-'
man OF the DenocratIc state commit
tee, died suddenly at his home today
aged 56 years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-21
Ready For Official Trial.

San Francisco. Sept. 2i.-The torpedo
boat destroyer Farragut is again In
condition for her Official trial. which
will probably be made I'm a few days.
Her damaged machinery has been fully
repaired and n new port cylinder put
In.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-21

wANTED-Three reliable men &c
work from wagon; good Inducements.
Apply c. +. ADAMS CO., No. ss Snow
street. s21 So
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-21

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money N II
fails Co cure. 25c. The genuine has l..
B. q. on each tablet.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-21

Peaches
Green Gage and Damson Plums tomorrow.
"A. II. KING & CO.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-21
PROVIDENCE GAS COMPANY.

A dividend Of one dollar per share has
been declared, pnya able ON SAT- RDAl,
record. ne appears Ivy the books of the com.
pany nj the close of business. Tuesday. the
goth instant. A. ~. SLATER. Treasurer.
Providence, n. l.. sept. 10. lss. sl7 SMW7t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-21
PRoyIDENCE TELEPHONE co.

Al n meeting of dire ectors held tais day the
ufusl quarterly dividend Of one dollar n share
was decsared PAYABLE October 'ist 1898. 10 stock
holders OF record september nth.
CBAKLEs r. HOWARD. sesrctary
Providence. n I. Sept ~ isss sis-m. w.t.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-21
IN A SPIRIT
OF COMPROMISE
Spain's Instructions to Peace
Commissioners We're Drawn.
The Surrender Of Manila.

this has resulted In an increase oe
the sickness among the troops.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-21

Iss T n Fsics Sfs CO. es' z s.; ss's
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-21

Peaches, Pears, PIums aud Crab Apples
For Preserving. CoLLEY's FRUIT STORE,
iDs Westminster street.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

An attempt is being made to put the
Addison county fair on wheels so that it
can be moved from town to town after
the manner of the old state fair
The experience of the Joint exhibition
and of the Vermont Horse Breeders
association would seem to argue against
the moving of any exhibition of this
character from place to place. Attend
ance upon fairs is to very large extent
a matter of habit, as is we'll known by
those who have given thought to the
subject, and change of location undoubt-
eddy interferes with this tendency to a
marked degree. The trouble with most
agricultural circuses, however, is that
they are accompanied by too many
"sideshows." Burlington Free Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
FLIRTING IN VIRGINIA.

An "anti-firting" bill was defeated In
the Virginia assembly last week. Its
object was said to be to protect young
women In schools from the baneful in
tiuence of the 'male flirt.' AT this dis
lance the matter takes on a humorous
aspect and we can hardly believe that the
measure was intended seriously. 1t is a
fact, however, that the question is
really serious one in Virginia. That
state has within its borders large num-
Der of young ladies' seminaries. Much
of their glory departed with the wealth
of ante-bellum days, but not so their
high respectability. In them is preserved
the customs and traditions OF the old
first families" and as a result the
daughters of the proud but poor f. F.
VS. are with few exceptions still edu-
Gated in these institutions. OF course
tradition is not respected by the youths
among the upstart Northerners and
"white trash" in the towns where these
schools are located, and how to keep the
young people from flirting with each
other is, as we have said, serious
question. The local authorities do the
best they can. We have in mind one
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES special laws on
the subject are in force and where
special officer is employed to look after
the offenders. The law provides that it
shall be punishable offense for young
man to loiter on the streets adjacent to
the young ladies' seminaries, and arrests
are not unusual, as will be readily
surmised.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
TO THE LADIES.

l pay for Cent Green L. 5. Internal
Revenue Playing Cards stamps 100 each.
These stamps were used on the backs of old
Photographs taken between the years of
1860 and 1870. Stamps can be removed from
backs of Photographs without iniuring either
stamps or photographs by soaking the backs
in warm water. Look your old Photographs
over for them. BE Sure it says playing
cards at bottom of stamp. On receipt of
same s1.OO for each one will be PROMPTLY
SENT TO THE SENDER. / also buy all other
kinds of Revenues. SEND FOR MY PRICE
LIST. CORRESPONDENTS SOLICITED. Ad
dress, FREDERIC FOREHAND, Worcester,
Mass. Box 39S. 53ws.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
HE SAVED OREGON.
REV. MARCUS WHITMAN PRESERVED
A STATE TO THE UNION.

Rode Across the Continent to DO it-News
lie Brought to Washington Settled the
Treaty of 1SiG-His Life For the Cause
Statue to His Memory.
To commemorate the fiftieth ami
versary of the massacre of DIR. Marcus
Whitman and his wife on November
30, 1S47, the statue of which an il
lustration is here given, was placed on
the front of the new Witherspoon
building in Philadelphia. 1t was
through the efforts OF DR.. Whitman
that that portion of our country now
comprising Oregon, Washington and
Idaho, with portions of Wyoming and
Montana, was saved to the Union.
Previous to the final establishment
of the boundary line between Oregon
and the United States by the treaty of
1916, the Hudson Bay Company was
in virtual possession of that whole
country. 1t opposed all efforts to civ
ilize the Indians, for the reason that
civilization would interfere seriously
with their trade.
In 1882 four Indians came from Ore
gon to st. Louis, a journey of more
than 5000 miles. for the sole purpose
of obtaining for their people the Book
from Heaven" the white mans Bible.
1t is almost inconceivable that the au-
thorities into whose hands they fell
allowed them to go back to their coun-
try without the slightest effort to meet
their desires.
These facts, when they came out,
at once aroused the deepest interest.
The Methodist Episcopal Church sent
out Rev. Jason Lee and his associates
in 1884 and in 1885 the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions sent the Rev Samuel Parker
and Dr. Marcus Whitman to explore
the country. They reached Vancouver
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
The Crops of 1897.

Final estimates of acreage, production,
and value of the crops in the United
States for 1897, made by the statistician
of the department of agriculture, are as
follows:
Corn, S0.O65,10l acres, 1902, 967 1913
bushels, S50l ,O72, 952 value.
Wheat, 80, 4G5,066 acres, $50, 149, 1GS
bushels, S42S. 5l7,12l value.
Oats, 25,73O,375 acres, Cos, 767, SOP
bushels, Sl47,074,7l9 value.
Rye, l,7O3.561 acres, 27,363, 324.7
bushels, Sl2, 239, 6l7 value.
Barley, 2,7l9,S36 acres, 66,6S5,1
bushels, S25, l42, l39 value.
Buckwheat, 7l7,S3G acres, 1897 ,451
bushels, $6,3l9, 1873 value.
Potatoes, 2,534,577 acres, 16f,015, 1854
bushels, SS9. SAB. 059 value.
Hay, 42,426, 40 acres, 60,G64,S7G tons,
10000, 72S value.
Detailed information by states will be
issued in printed form in few days.
The revision of the estimates of the
acreages of the winter wheat and rye for
the present season is nearing completion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

The royal feast was done; the king
Sought some new sport to Danish care,
And to his jester cried "Sir Fool,
Kneel now, ana make for us prayer"
The jester dotted his cap and bells,
And stood the hooking court before;
They could not see the bitter smile
Behind the painted grin he wore.
He bowed his head and bent his knee
Upon the monarch's silken stool;
His pleading voice arose: go Lord,
Be merciful to me, fool
"No pity, Lord, could change the heart
From red with wrong to white rs wool.
The rod must heal the sin; but, Lord,
Be merciful TO me, a fool.
"'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep
OF truth and right, o Lord, we stay;
IT'S by our follies that so long
We hold the earth from heaven away.
"These clumsy feet, still in the mire,
Go crushing blossoms without end;
These hard, wellmeaning hands we thrust
Among the heartstrings of a friend.
"The i'll timed truth we might have kept
Who knows how sharp it pierced and
stung?
The word we had not sense to say
Who knows how grandly it had rung?
"Our faults no tenderness should ask,
The Christening stripes must cleanse them
all;
But for our blunders-O, in shame
Before the eyes of heaven we fall
"Earth bears no balsam for mistakes;
Men crown the knave and scourge the tool
That did his Will; but thou, Lord,
Be merciful to me, fool"
The room was hushed; in silence rose
The king, and sought the gardens cool,
And walked apart and murmured low,
"Be merciful to me, a fool"
Edward Rowland Sill.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04


in September, 1886, having journeyed
by wagon all the way and having prov
ed it possible to take emigrant trains
from the Mississippi to the Pacific
coast
In 1912 there were 1922 Indian fam
lilies which, under their tuition, had be-
gun to cultivate the soil In Septem-
Der of that year DR.. Whitman met at
dinner table at Walla Walla several
of the chief officers of the Hudson Bay
Company, and heard what convinced
him that efforts were being made to
stimulate immigration from the British
possessions and to raise over the whole
Territory the British flag. Excusing
his hasty departure, he rode twenty
five miles to his home, and before he
had leaped from his saddle announced
his purpose: 81 am going to ride to
Washington, God carrying me through,
and bring out an immigration next
season which will save this Territory
to the United States"
Within twenty-four hours he had
started, with one companion, who.
worn out by toll and exposure, was
obliged to remain at Bent's Fort on
the Arkansas River until spring. At
ter suffering untold hardship with his
ears, face and hands frozen, DR.. Whit
man reached st. Louis in February,
1S43 and on March he arrived in
Washington, five months from the time
of starting.
His first question on reaching civil
ization was as to the Ashburton treaty.
He was told it had been concluded
How about Oregon?" Left out of
the treaty." was the reply. The whole
question of the boundary west of the
Rocky Mountains had been reserved
for future settlement. DR.. Whitman
was able to give such information as
to the value and the accessibility OF
the country as determined American
statesmen not lightly to surrender it,.
Daniel Webster said to him that noun
tains and deserts made communication
with Oregon impossible.
Il took wagon over the noun
tains," replied DR.. Whitman, land have
the wagon now" The same summer
DR.. Whitman conducted a party of
nearly nine hundred emigrants, with
l2l wagons, across the mountains into
Oregon and practically settled the
question as to which flag should float
over that vast domain. Legal effect
was given to it by the treaty of 1916.
The hostile Influences, however. OF
the Hudson Bay Company and others.
continued to work on the minds of the
Indians, with the result that on No
vember 20, 1S47, he and his wife. with
thirteen other persons, were foully
massacred by the people they had come
to benefit Whitman College has since
been founded there "a
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
A LIFE INSURANCE DECISION.

An interesting decision in a life in
surance case has recently been handed
down by Justice Harlan of the United
States supreme court. 1t will serve to
put stop to the loading up with life in
surance by persons who are tired of life
and contemplate leaving fine legacy to
their heirs at the expense of insurance
companies. The case just decided was a.
follows:
A man by the name of Runk had policies to
the extent of $4,000 until short time be.
fore his dealh when he increased his insur-
ance to 100000. He held an important
Judiciary trust, to which he had been unfaith-
full, and being afraid of exposure and mt the
same time remorseful, obtained insurance to
an amount sufficient 10 reimburse those who
would suffer by his defalcation and provide
for the necessities of his family, whereupon
he deliberately took his own life. Some of the
insurance companies resisted payment, went
into court, and the case was finally appealed
to the supreme court, which held that if,
from anger. pride, jealousy or desire to es-
cape from the Ills of life, man Intentionally
takes his own life, there is no liability on the
part of the insurance companies to pay the
risks, because such an act is a violation of
the conditions under which the policy is
issued.
The court made exception in the case
of persons who are mentally irresponsi-
BILE; but in the instance quoted claimed
that Intentionally committing suicide
was comparable to setting fire to ones
own house for the sake of collecting the
fire insurance thereon.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
A Novel SUindIe.

A wellknown Italian cOnfectioner in
the downtown district was recently
made a dupe in a novel swindling
scheme that cost him $50. A stranger
came to his fruit stand and while look
ing over some bananas suddenly lost
his glass eye among the fruit. After
searching for a while, he went away,
saying that if the Italian found his
eye he should take it to his hotel, and
there he would receive 500 for it. A
few moments later another stranger
came along. The Italian saw him grasp
the glass eye while examining some
fruit. That was too much for the
owner to stand and he offered the
stranger $50 for the eye. The offer
was accepted, but when the Italian
took the prize to the hotel there was
no one there to reclaim it. He notified
the police of the swindle.- Pittsburg
Chronicle
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

The special correspondent of a Chi
cago paper visited the famous Princeton
Inn last week and found that the recent
ly resusctated rule prohibiting students
from frequenting places where liquor is
sold was generally disregarded. The
Inn was full of students drinking beer
other liquors seemed to be excluded /;
while the only evidence of the rule was
the nightly visit of a college proctor,
who took down the names of students
whom he found there, the latter hooking
him meanwhile.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
FURNITURE
CHEAP!

DO you wish to buy FURNITURE
CHEAPER than it was ever offered you
before? If you are interested come in
and get our prices, then Judge for your
selves whether we are naming extra low
prices or not. We have Just completed
our annual inventory, and finding our
selves largely overstocked have decided
to offer large lot of our stock at sacri-
hce-much of it at cost and a large DOR
ton at less than cost in order to move il
quick. We usually mean to get a profit.
but now we wish to get the money out of
same and intend to have it if low prices
will bring it.
This sale will include 80 Upholstered
Easy Chairs and Rockers, $50 Fancy
Chairs and Rockers, D Couches and
Lounges, 10 Screens, 40 Rattan Chairs
and Rockers, 10 Hall Racks, 65 Sleds,
lots off Parlor Tables and quantities Of
other goods. Cut in prices for two
weeks. We have the finest store and the
largest stock of Furniture in Vermont.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
A REAL CATARRH CURE

The 10 cent trial size of Ely's Cream
Balm which can be had of the druggists
is sufficient to demonstrate its great
merit. Send 10 cents, we will mail it.
Full size soc.
ELY BROS, Sc Warren ST., NY. City.
Catarrah caused difficulty in speaking
and to great extent loss of hearing.
By the use of Ely's Cream Balm
dropping of mucus has ceased, voice and
hearing have greatly improved.-J. w.
Davidson, Atty at Law, Monmouth, Ill.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

The Bellows Falls Pie has secured a
place in literature as permanent as-as
itself. Since the Rutland Herald man
got after it, it may be said to rank along
with Charles Lambs roast pig. But
could not Charles Dudley Warner have
more clearly expressed his ideas of Bel
lows Falls Pie by defining what kind of
"belt' he referred to? There are belts
and belts; some are imaginary, others
are sole leather.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

From the latest apparently reliable
sources comes the information that the
word "Klondike" is derived from the
Indian words "thorn dak" or "druck,"
which means "plenty of fish" If we
were not so busy we would try to elabor-
ate this definition to make it include the
"suckers" who buy stock in the wildcat
Klondike mining schemes.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

1t was, therefore, probably with view
to transferring to the statute books of
the state the laws now on the ordinance
books of the towns that the anti-flrting
bill was introduced into the assembly.
TO designate it as "freak legislation"
will hardly go down with the Virginian,
in spite of its defeat.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
BUCK EN's AsN,oA SA,vr

The best salye IN the world tor cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required.
1t is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction or money refunded. Price %
cents per box. For sale by w. II. Shell
don.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
Ameer Becominc Exhausted.

1t is said that the price of amber
is likely to advance considerably ow-
ing to the fact that the greatest de-
post of this substance in the world
is almost exhausted. This deposit is
on the Samland Peninsula, which juts
out into the Baltic Sea.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

Don't annoy others by your coughing,
and risk your life by neglecting a cold.
One Minute Cough Cure cures coughs.
colds, Group, grippe and all throat and
lung troubles. Issac Storms, Middleburv,
b. G. Peck, or Day Bros, East Middle
bury G. l.. Sowle, West Cornwall: ID.
II. Bennett, Bridpoit; c. b. Kendall,
ShOrpham
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
PASTURE LAND FOR SALE.

The subscriber offers for sale piece of
land, containing 60 acres, from the late n. r
Brevoort's farm, situated i'm Addison, lying
between the two roads leading TO Vergennes,
one from the Advent chapel and one from
all been plowed, so can be used either for
pasture or meadow. Has never failing water
ana is remarkably well fenced. If not sold
by the goth of March will be let on reasonable
terms. Terms of sale made easy.
Il. =. WRIGHT.
Weybridge, VT, Jan. 81, 1898. Avs
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
LIVE STOCK.
! Furnished by Nj. S. Carr.
otarorHee oouNrylmARKsrs.

NERGENNEs, Jan 3l.-On Saturday. market
day dairy butter sold at II to Is cents; cream
cry, 20 to 2l cents; eggs, Is to 90 cents a doz.
en- dressed poultry, 10 to 10 cents pound;
SO n barrel.
bristol, Jan. 3l.-Saturday, market dav,
dairy butter sold Mt 10 to Is cents pound
Eggs, 10 cents dozen; dressed poultry, 10 to
l3 cents pound; potatoes, IS cents n bnsheI.
dressed pork and beef, So to SO a hundred
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1898.

Reliable agents are wanted to obtain
subscriptions in every county in the
state, to whom liberal commission will
be allowed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

WhoopIng cough is the most distress
ing malady; but its duration can be cut
short by the use of One Minute Cough
Cure, which is also the best known rem
edy for Group and all lung and bronchial
troubles. Isaac Stems, Middlebury b.
G. Peck or Day Bros, East Middlebury (;
c. L. Sowle, West Cornwall d. IL. Ben
net, Bridport; C. B. Kendall, Shoreham.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

THE HoMELIEsT MAN IN MlDDLEBURY.
AS well as the handsomest, and others
are invited to call on any druggist and
get free trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam
for the Throat and Lungs, a remedy that
is guaranteed to cure and relieve all
Chronic and Acute Coughs, Asthma,
Bronchitis and Consumption. Price 25c.
and SOC.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

More men have died and are buried
in the Isthmus of Panama along the
line of of the proposed canal, than on
any equal amount of territory in the
world
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

John Stellar, a Nebraska farmer,
who went into debt for eighty acres of
land, raised enough wheat on the farm
curing 1887 to clear the debt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

BOOK AND JOB PRINTING in every variety,
at the lowest prices consistent with good
work and quality of stock.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
HooJ,~ DILL cure nausea, indigestion,
hAOON iiho blousness. constipation.
S0,O73,65S.03

IOthl Assets, S0,O73, 6OS .03
TRUSTEES.
c. F. WARD, WILLARD CRANr
CHARLES p. SMITH, HENRY GREENE
D. L. BARsroW, A. q. PIERCE,
HENRY WELLS.
Receives and pays deposits daily. Deposits
made on either of the first four business DAYS
OF any month draw interest from the lst II
made afterward interest will commences the
first of the following month.
interest will be credited to depositors Jan.
uary lst and July LIST, compromising twice a
year. There are no stockholders in this bank
All the earnings, less expenses, belong to de
positors. The rate OF interest depends ON the
earnings and tor the past twelve years has
peer AZ per cent, but by n law enacted
by the last Legislature no savings bank can
pay more than
q PER CENT
until ITS surplus reaches ten per cent of Its
ed for. - -'
All taxes in this State are paid by the bang
on deposltt of $1,000 or less. Deposits are
received in sums from 81 to $4,000, and no in.
terest Will be paid on any sum in excess of
TINS amount, except on deposits by widows,
orphans, administrators, executors, guar.
dlans, charitable or religious institutions or
on trust funds deposited by order of court.
Funds may be sent by bank check or iraft
or postal money order and deposit book will
be returned by next mail.
Applications for loans or for information as
10 standing OF the bank may be made to Rufus
Bristol.
CHARLES P. SMITH. President
FREDERICK W. WARD. Treasurer.
f. S. lSHAM, Asst Treas.