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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
ST ORT STORIES.

Chinese merchant in Wellington,
New Zealand, who recently failed,
made the following statement OF his
condition: II see my troubles endless
to come. l can't get my money to pay.
I am helpless. During the last three
years over thirty-six creditors support
my business. During the last two
months not one let me have a penny
on tick. Fish can never live in a dry
pond without water. Engine can't
move along without well supply of
coal. Boy can't fly his kite without
tail on it Housekeeper pour out ell
tea to the cup no refilled water. how
she give you more tea you require? All
empty out just the way like my bust
ness"
He was big, broad-shouldered Irish
man, fine figure of soldier and one
or the crack men of his regiment With
the purpose of getting a good view of
president Mckinley when he arrived
at the station he had climbed to the
roof of an unfinished building near by
and lay fiat on the sloping shingles,
peering over the ridge. The Presiden-
flal train pulled in, Mr. Mckinley and
his party got off and in the midst of
the greetings of the officers who had
gathered to meet him there rose high
over the buzz of voices a rich Irish
brogue: ooh, Billy Mckinley: Misther
Prisidint! Don't yez fergit tn rigu-
lars. We fit tn best we knew fer yez. +"
All the officers turned in the direc-
ton of the voice. but the Irishman had
pulled his head down below the ridge
and was invisible from the side toward
the station. A roar of laughter rose
from the crowd. President Mckinley.
who had half turned. smiled and re-
marked: "a voice from the clouds. -
New York Sun.
Among the historical treasures of
Blenheim house is slip of paper on
which are scrubbed a dozen lines in
pencil. Those lines were written by
the Duke of Marlborough at the close
OF the fierce death wrestle at Blenheim.
The tumult of battle was rolling west
ward, where French and Bavarians
were in disordered retreat, with MARI
borough's cavalry riding fiercely on
their rear. The smoke of the great
fight yet hung black in the heavens.
The slopes of the hills to the right,
were Prince Eugene had four times
over made his fiery onset. and the
marshy plain in the centre where Mari
borough himself, by cavalry charge
worthy of Murat-S,000 cavalry Joined
In one furious onset of galloping hoofs
had broken through the French CEN
tire, were strewn with nearly 80, 900
killed and wounded Marlborough,
with the rapture of the great fight still
dancing in his blood. pulled up his
horse on one of the little rustic bridges
across the Schwanbuch and scrubbed
those dozen lines to his imperious aud
bitter tempered wife in London TO tell
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
BUSINESS oTIcSs.

ITO RENT-One room in block with
heat, suitable tor an office Edward Arms.
TMore than twenty million free sampl, S
of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve have been
distributed by the manufacturers. What
better proof of their confidence in its mer-
its do you wantp 1t cures piles, burns,
scalds, sores, in the shortest space of time.
Pierce's Pharmacy.
4 For Sale-Three good coal stoves, in
GLIDING one Howe Ventilator. Enquire
Box 1854, Bellows Falls.
Wanted-First elias, table board S.
per week at Boards Restaurant, No. 2S
Cray's Block.
For broker surfaces, sores, insect bite s.
burns, skin diseases and especially piles
there is one reliable remedy, DeWitt''
Witch Hazel Salve. When you call fol
DeWtt's don't accept counterfelts OF
frauds. You will not be disappointed will
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Pierce'l
Pharmacy.
ITO RENT-Tenemen 112 Atkinson
street. FL. E. Bean.
II To LET-An upstairs tenement in goot
repair. Inquire OF d. w. Riley, Nortf
Walpole, N. H.
4 To RENT-EigLt-room cottage OF
New Terrace. Ell qaire at No. 60 Atkin
son street.
Il There will be dance at Fish's hal
Friday nigh, November 4 music b,
Clarke, Stoddard and Willard.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29

her of the great event Marlborough
apparently, borrowed the scrap of pap
er from some member of his staff. for
on the back of it are the faded items
OF tavern bill. He used the parapet
OF the bridge for writing desk; he
had been seventeen hours in the saddle,
most of that time riding in the very
heart of one of the greatest battles in
all history; yet the firm shape of the
letters is a curious testimony of that
serenely mistaken temperament which
was Marlborough most striking char
acteristic. This scrap of paper, tavern
bill on one side. martial dispatch on
the other, with it's lines scrubbed on
the parapet of a German bridge, is the
record of one of the greatest victories
in British history, victory that has
profoundly affected the development Of
the British empire.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
FACTS OF INTEREST.

1t takes more than nine tailors to
make man out OF a cigarette dude.
At the Storzzi palace in Rome there
is book made of marble the leaves
being of marvellous thinness.
There are only 1892 left of the Ainu
Df Japan-the true aborigines of that
! country. Nearly all of them live on the
northern island of Yezo.
The Occur D'Alene district of Idaho
and southeastern Missouri together
furnish nearly forty-four per cent. of
United States.
Among the many mysteries of bird
migration is the fact that oversee
journeys are generally conducted in
the darkness and invariably against a
head wind.
There are 400,000,000 people in the
British empire, and the queen would
have to live another seventy years to
enable her to see all of them pass be-
fore her, might and day, for all that
time.
Llamas are the chief freight carriers
in central Peru. The usual load for an
animal is about 100 pounds If you
put upon his back more than he can
easily carry he quietly kneels and will
not bulge until the load is reduced
The crookedest brook in America is
the No-Name Pond brook in Maine. be-
side which an electric road runs for
some distance below Cowleys. The
Congo is no instance to this crooked
little stream. 1t is so crooked that
suckers caught there have curvature
of the spine.
"Is your daughter properly equipped
for literary work." asked the editor.
Equipped? I've bought her a Louis
something desk, fountain pen, a sill
yer inkstand and mother-of-p pearl
penholder. beside the most expensive
stationery on the market / guess that
comes pretty near being literary Uut-
fit"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
Mrs. c. f, IIolbrook suffered a shock Of

Mrs, G. f. Holbrook suffered shock OF
paralysis at O'Clock Wednesday morning
and has been unconscious since. This is
the second shock she has hid will short
time and her condition is considere d
serious. Her SISTER, Miss Flora Fisher of
Concord, N H., and trained nurse are
with her.
The marriage Of I'll. r. Thompson and
Miss Ellen e. Clark of Keene will take
place IN st. jams church, Keene, We'd
nesday, November 8, at high noon.
Several young men, most OF whom are
connected with the Congregational chur h,
met in the vestry OF the church last Tues
day evening to organize the Young Mems
Club of Bellows Falls. S. w. Wilder, Jr.,
was chosen president pro tenn and Walter
Z. Smith secretary. A committee of five
was chosen to draw up constitution and
bylaws. An Adjourned meeting met las
night and adopted the constitution report
ed, and elected the following officers !:
President, Rev. j H. Reid vice president,
Z. ii. Rcbb; secretary, DR.. George H.
Gorham treasurer, H. " Durham. The
next meeting is next Friday evening. The
primary object of the club is to make the
Sunday evening meetings of the church o.
greater pre- fit and interest. A course O.
talks similar to those conducted by the Y
M. c. A. last winter is suggested.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
Electric Road.

The construction of the electric road is
progressing quietly. The company's engi-
neer, V. X. Nash, wa, in town Monday
and Tuesday and staked out the route
across the Sabln and Barber farms. Grad
ing on this section of the road will be be-
gun soon, it is expected. The report is
that a body OF laborers will be brought
here from Winooski but that an opportun-
ity will be given local laborers to engage
with the company if any are so inclined.
j. H. Holton is still in town and he and
George A. Weston and G. l.. Barber ex-
amined the proposed route across the
meadow yesterday. Under the present
arrangement the company will have to
build two new iron bridges, one near the
Barber bridge and one to replace the old
wooden bridge at Saxtons River
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
A START FOR FAIR.
He Had a Corner on Stragcdy and The,
Hardened to His Talk.

He Had a Corner on Stragcdy and They
Hardened to His Talk.
"Whiskey!" gleefully ordered the
hawk-nosed man who had taken beer
when the drinks were on him.
las | was saying" continued the
Fat Party, suicides terrible thing.
Now the self-infiicted death of that
Spanish captain made me feel mighty
bad"
Poor fellow!" acquiesced the fellow
with a bargain counter face. Didn't
know it was loaded, suppose"
"They say suicides contagious, -
Clipped in the hawknosed man. Now
if that's so we stand a chance to lose
that Board Of Strategy yet. | suppose,
though, that they'd die Of old age be-
fore they made up their minds about
shutting off the mortal. Of all the
pigeon Drained, spawned, blind-stag-
germ aggregations ever coralled in
one cell, they take the fleet Now if
T.
ooh, break away" snorted the Fat
Party. What do you know about
strategy?'
What do l know about strategy ?
What do l know about strategy? Why
sir, | can get in the house any hour OF
night without waking my wife,
And they hardened full patiently to
his talk thereafter.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
His views have Changed Since Ho Came
Back From Cuba.

His views have Changed Since He Came
Back From Cuba.
Before / went away with the
regiment" said a Mount Pleasant boy.
who is now fattening up again. Il vast
beginning to entertain an exceedingly
small opinion of this town in particular
and OF this whole stretch of country in
general. Washington was RAPIDLY be-
coming too contracted sphere for me.
/ was falling into the habit OF lying
awake at night and thinking OF chuck
ing up my job and getting out OF here.
/ wanted to roam. i wanted to go out
West, first of all. My idea was to take
hack at Chicago first, then get on out
to Denver; then on to San Francisco.
After few months of pipe dream life
in Frisco and down in southern Cali
fornia / figured on running over to the
Hawaiian Islands. I even had my mind
sort O. set on shaking Japan up bit.
didn't particularly know how l was
going to do all this, but the idea of do
ing it all haunted me. This thing of
living at home in Washington palled on
me. 1t struck me as being altogether
too commonplace and prosaic.'
The young man paused to sample the
contents of seven more plates full Of
appetzing looking stuff that his mother
and sister placed before him and con-
/ tinued:
But l guess, upon the whole, look
| ing at the matter from all sides and
from every point of view, that Wash
ington will be good enough for me for
the next 112 years. That's what the
trenches of Santiago have done for me.
I do not want to roam. I've completely
cut out the roaming idea. There's
nothing in it. I want to be, and am
going to be what the, funny ducks call
a home guy I'm going to hang on to
my job here. l don't think Pm so
many as l did before 1 went down be-
low there with the boys. l had a
chance to see how dead easy it would
have been for the world to continue
going around had l been just wiped
clean from the map some old morning
there in Cuba. 1 don't banker for any
more excitement. l just want to have
the weather get cold and rainy and dis
NAL, so that | can emphasize the de-
light | take in clinging to my own
fireside-snuggling up to the latrobe
that | didn't much figure on ever seeing
again very few weeks ago. Washing
ton is comfortable old town, and you
hear me. Every night since I've been
back, taking a nice cold ducking in a
really and-truly and sure-enough por-
celain bathtub, and getting on a we'll
aired nightshirt preparatory to going to
bed, and hearing my mother and Sis
tiers and the governor talking down.
stairs and hearing the darky boys sing
ing up and down the street, and the
cars changing by once in while-well
say, I've just gone to the window of
my room, and looked out at the stars
and thanked the good God that it has
all been arranged this way, and that
I've got home.
That's what the Santiago trenches
did for me, and it's about enough"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
Armenia To-day.

The National Armenian Relief commit.
tee of this country is still trying to raise
funds to relieve the suffering Armeniars.
The secretary OF this committee is Rev.
George P. Knapp Of Barre, Mass, who
sends to the press of New England the fol-
lowing from an address delivered by
German missionary as descriptive of the
present condition OF affairs in Armenia:
"Only this summer, during my stay in
Armenian territory, Armenian villages
were attacked and the Christian inhabitants
slaughtered. The village in which passed
the last night was on the following night
levelled to the ground. Women who fed
to our relief station were this very summer
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
REWARD OF $50.
0vila BlOndin Left Derby & Balps
Yesterday Not Seen Since
Searching Parties going in all
Directions.

directions.
Ovila Blondin lett the snath shop of
Derby & Ball unexpectedly yesterday
morning and has not been seen since. His
friends are greatly excited and suspect that
he is temporarily insane. Blondin is a
vanisher and LETT the shop about 10 A. NJ.
yesterday. A five gallon varn,h can ard
bunch of keys to the varnish store-house
were found at the foot of the stairs where
he left them. The only one about the
shop who noticed his departure was w. E.
Parsons. He says he saw BIondin run
ming through tie school yard toward
Atkinson street. The Blondins live on
Williams street extension, and Mrs. Talbot
who is near neighbor says she saw Ovila
in the back yard with stick of wood in
his hands at 10 45, and that she looked a
few minutes later and he had disappeared.
This was the last time any one saw him so
far as known.
The snath shop shut down yesterday
afternoon and all began searching for the
missing man. The vicinity of Minard pond
and the entire bill as far as Saxtons River
and Roekirg CHAM was thoroughly searched
but without success. This morning the
search was resumed to the south of the
village.
Blondip is feet, inc hes tall, has black
hair, black eyes and a smooth face. When
last seen he was dressed in dark blue
coat, black dip and had on overalls and
shoes covered with varrish The overalls
were gray and black in fine stripes. He
bad no money and carried no watch. The
family offer a reward of $50 to the parties
returning the young to his home on Will
liams street extension. Enquire for Mrs
o. Leblanc, formerly Mrs. Blondin.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29

corset, not a Whole solid SIDE, nut
open or divide d over the hips. We
have this new idea corset in stock
and we would like to show it to
every lady who wants a corset tn It
will give perfect ease and comfort
at the side and hip both when bend
ing over or sitting down. The man
ufacturers claim these corsets CAN
NOT break at the side and hip.
Kindly call and see par and be
your own Judge.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
Golf Capes

We expect another lot the last of
this week. We have 80 in. black
Astrachan fur cape, ist the thing to
ride in, we sell it at $40 80 Some
thing that you want to look over is
our line Of Fur Collarettes for we
have a big assortment at popular
prices. We shall have m pre jack
cts in the first of next week as we
have sold quite number in the
past ten days and have more ordered
to keep our sizes good. Look oui
garment department over often.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
Notice 10 Advertisers

Copy for changes in advertisements should
re ach this Office on Mondays and Thursdays
No chsnge reaching this office later than
NJ. on Tuesdays and Fridays will be guaran-
teed insertion in the Wednesday and Sat
urday issues respectively.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
Dur K; ee's

The lines
over the hips
in the "Cresco
Corset as you
IAN see by this
cut, shows
where this cor
set is different
from any other
cor>e ct made.
1t is a sectional
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
Last Winter

we did not sell out all our winter
weight Jackets and we have decide d
to CUT the PRICE NOW and give
evel ybody that cares for good win
ter garment only one season old a
chance to buy for very small sum
Ladies' and Misses. Prices are
81 .98, So 90, So as and 81 SO
DON'T go cold this fall.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
Pillow Cases
good smooth cotton, size 36x42, and
the price only 10 cts.

AT HALF PRICE about % covered vegeta-
be dishes, soup tureens, sugar bowls, tea
pots and gravy boats. 60 ct. dishes go for %
cts, and $l.00 dishes go for so cts.
WHITE LIN ED maslin iron kettle, also COM
mon iron kettle with round bottom. Every
house has to have three or four iron kett es,
see the assortment we carry and RENT mber
the price.
ELEGANT large size ten piece toilet sets
worth $3.50 a set Bought crate go sets of
tee Pitcairn Pottery, England, and we shall
sell them at per set 81.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
Notice.

Whereas my wife, Margaret Gates, has
lett my bed and board without just cause
or provocation, hereby warn all persons
against harboring or trusting her on my
account as shall pay no debts Ct her con-
tracing after this date.
G. W. GATES.
Westminster. VT. Oct. 20. 1898.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
Blankets

Don't go cold these chilly nights.
Come and get pair of those blan-
kets at 80 cts. or "A cts. or 70 cts.
and from that up to s. 90 pair.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
THE ONLY KITCHEN.

Kitchen Mineral Soap. cakes for
White CASTLE Soap, genuine, per cake
Covered Bread Raisers, large size
Toilet Paper, size Axe, pkgs. for
"a" extra large and fine
Mrs Potts Sad Irons per set
Whitmeyre Brooms (none better)
Scrub Brushes
Agate Basins
Brush Broom
Good Meat Rooster
Braided Cotton Clothes Line
Tumblers, per doz.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
Boston Shopping Bags

We claim to show you the best
cheap bag you ever saw at the price
45 cts. Also have better bags for
more money.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
Sheets

all hemmed ready to use on the bed
good heavy cotton each 45 cts.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29
Waists

A line that hangs full half the
length OF our store, flannel, serge.
mohair, velveteen, silk and satin
Prices from $l.39 to Sc 90.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-10-29

Westminster, VT, Oct. 20, 1898.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-05
UPPER CRUST IN OLD MADRID.
Notables of the AristOcracy of In
spanish Capital.

NOtables OF the ArtstOcracy or the
Spanish Capital.
The duchess OF Alba, the first lady or
the land, after the queen and the royal
princesses, is the type of the grand dame
of modern Spain. Proud, without being
naughty, but proud OF her descent as King
Philip wanted his Spaniards. She is a de-
scendant OF Fernan Nunez. They tell a
story of the duchess which is character
istic. When she made her entree into Ma
dred society, a graceful girl still in her
teens, she was soon surrounded by many
suitors iuttering in the smiles Of the rich
heiress. She would have none of them.
81 will only marry the bluest blood of
Spain" she said to a friend, and she kept
her word. She married the duke of Alba.
The duchess is not a striking beauty, and
like all Spaniards, she is deeply religious,
in fact something OF a bigot; but Is a good,
sensible, practicable mother, who educated
her hildren simply. Her eldest daughter,
Donna Sol. is a simple, unaffected, studious
schoolgirl, not yet in society.
The alba boys are the most intimate
playmates of the young king, and 1t is
known that Queen Christina is almost in
sanely particular as to whom she allows to
associate with her son. Like her husband,
the duchess is devoted to sport. She hunts,
rides and drives. and during the holidays,
on the family estates, near Seville, she dons
the tight fitting suit, and broad brimmed
sombrero OF the ~torero, and riding into the
fined, takes part in the excitement OF teas
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-05
Feminine Personals.

Before her marriage. sixteen years ago,
the wife of ADMIRAL Sampson was a profess
sor at Vassar and afterward at Wells col
lege.
Miss Una Yone Yanagisawa, a Japanese
girl, has just received the degree OF bach
elor OF letters from the University OF Cali
fornia.
Minna Goodwin Goddard has bought for
$50, 900 the William Cullen Bryant property
in Cummington, Mass, which the Goddards
have occupied for several years.
Mrs. Laura Smith Hayiland. who died in
one OF the originators and prime movers in
the great Underground railroad" scheme OF
the civil war.
DR.. Eva Harding Of Topeka, Kan, who,
II is reported, will go TO the front with
the state volunteers as an assistant surgeon,
is less than thirty years old and described
as remarkably handsome.
Mrs. Lola Small Jackson, daughter of the
reviyalist, Sam Small, has started In Atlanta
the Southern Star, a weekly paper to be de-
voted to society, the drama, music and
woman's interests in general.
Miss Rachel Vrooman, a society belle OF
Oakland, Cal, has been admitted TO practice
before the supreme court. Miss Vrooman.
who is possessed Of ample means, Is 20 years
old. Her father was a prominent attorney.
"Lurline, the water queen" who has Just
died in London, was the sensation OF three
continents ten years ago, at which time she
had $50. 900, every cent Of which was made
on the exhibition stage. Lurline was a
Boston girl and her real name was Sallie
Swift
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-05
MISS ETHEL BARRYMORE.

high honor. On her fathers side Miss
Ethel inherits beauty and ramatic gifts also
and at the tender age of is she made her
debut as the pretty. dull-witted housemaid
in that charming play, Rosemary Here
Miss Barrymore acted under the direction of
her accomplished uncle, Mr.. John Drew, and
her lovely face and her unmistakable talent
earned for her prompt recognition in Lon
don. Her debut there was made at the
Lyceum theater in Peter the Great, and
as the hayward Euphrosyne the little Amer
lean girl added another laurel leaf to her
growing crown. Last autumn her engage
ment to Sir Henry Irving's son Lawrence
was announced, but since then, by mutual
and friendly agreement, the romantic COM
pact has been dissolved and Miss Barry
more will shortly return to America to prove
to her country people the extent of her ar
tistic growth.