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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-11-23

Wv. O,good has recently placed a
lunch counter and pool table to the rear OF
:" store and barber shop.
a; I. Pierce is putting the finishing
'0uches to his new barn.
Charles Davis, who is employed in an
s'ylu@ at Northampton, Mass, came to
'Wn Monday and went away Tuesday.
Gam Fairbank, who has been living at
tpe CLARK farm the past summer, went to
.Ie soldiers home at Bennington Monday,
were be is to spend the winter.
James McClarence joined hi, family
mere Thursday.
burt Koran, brother of Superintendent
,ioran OF the Worsted mills. is taking Fran
'S farrs place as assistant supe intendent.
John Minard is to make his annual trip
70 Boston the first of next week. Thi.
year he has an unusual lot of fine poultry
dispose OF. One lot of 4S turkeys goes to
arm by the name of Jones and is to be
distributed among the help as Thank,giv-
Ing presents.
Miss Maggie Coughlin OF Boston is visit.
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. Cough
The Friday club will meet tomorrow
evening at the home of Mis-, Della M
omlth ;the subject will be Sir Walter Scott
Mr.. and Mrs. Scion Perry celebrated
Inc "a hrst anniversary of their wedding last
Fnday at their home.
Mrs. g. F. Simond-, Mrs. F. G Rand
Mrs, Ed Houghton, Miss Fanny Duttor
and Fred Rand attended the district meet
ing of the Rebekahs which was held las
week at Chester.
unless certain young men are more care
fnl with matches there may soon be occa
sion for another turnout of the s'bucke
brigade" Sunday Henry Nichols dl,cov
cred small fire in the basement of Whip
pie " Thompson's saw mill. Mr. Nichol
soon extinguished the flames and probabl
averted a serious fire A fire of this origil
would at once suggest the following mora
to youths who insist upon smoking secret
l!y, it is better to smoke openly than to en-
danger property secretly.
We wish to make a correction in las
weeks items and state that it was no
cholera but peritonitis that caused the deaf
OF the O'Clare child.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Reynolds of Brat
tleboro were at Mrs. Hammond's Tuesda,
OF last week. Mr.. Reynolds attended tn
soldiers reunion held at the hotel.
Miss Edna Wright of Westminster, no,
teaching at Cambridgeport. and Mrs Lew
Day OF Bellows Falls were among tho,
from out Of town to attend the Christia
Endeavor social at Henry Davis Tuesda
evening. o5 i
Your correspondent forgot to do the Gu.
tomsry thing and say that about two inche
of snow fell last week some time, and wi
do so now. We cannot be too prompt
notifying the people of such things for
we delay how i, the small boy to kno
when he can ,nowball and who will kno
that it is time to begin to think of gettir
out the sleighs?
The person who walked away with Il
wrong overcoat containing the owners Ike
to the front door Tuesday evening e,
pressed bis heartfelt sympathy to those wi
had to secure ladder and crawl in throue
a. chamber window.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-11-23

Raisins.
Cluster, Seedless, (Sultana), Seeded
(>ultana), Cooking, (Sultana).
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-11-23
Salad Dressings.
My Wife's, Durkee's, Heinz's.
Pickles.

Pickles.
Bulk sweet and sour, Midgets sweet
and sour, Gherkins sweet and sour,
Mixed sweet and sour, Chow Chow,
Mrs Holbrook's German Salad, Cross
& Blackwell's Chutney, Pepper Sauce,
Tahasco Sauce, Catsups of various
makes, Curry Powder.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-11-23

Nuts.
She'led Almonds, Sailed Peanuts,
Walnuts, Pecans, Filberts, Castanas,
Almonds, Mixed, Shellbarks and
Butternuts.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-11-23

Cocoas.
Bensdorp's, Ralston, Bakers, Phil p's
Digestible, Van Houtens, Alkathrep-
ia.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-11-23

Confectionery
The BEST LINE of Confectionery in
town. Everything fresh and new
from the finest chocolates throughout
the list. Something novel in the way
of ribbon goods and kisses.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-08

Bourke Cochran. Circumstances are ever
putting the Two men in opposition. But
Mr.. Bryan has never questioned Mr..
Cockran's complete integrity Of purpose.
Earnestly, continually and ably. Mr..
Cochran has opposed Mr.. Bryan, yet the
ot1er day he said TO me when asked mon
ms opinion OF me great free SILVER leader
that ne was glad OF the opportunity 20 pay
tribute 10 h'm-
Il know Bryan vel he said. 81 serv-
ed with him for lOur years on The Ways
and Means Comm ttee Of che House and
We met almost every duy 10 what might
ae called the intimacy of political associ-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-08
From Longman's Magazine.

From Longmans Magazine.
As an Illustration of the ignorance AMI
superstition associated with the use Of sim
pies the belief in the doctrine of signatures
may be taken. This belief is quantity ex-
pressed by the old herbalist, william
Coles in his scarce work on the Art of
Shipping. published in 1865: Though Sin
and Satnan have plunged mankinde in o
an Ocean of Intirmties. yet the mercy Of
God which is over all his workes, maketh
Grasse 10 grow upon the Mountaines and
Herbes for the use of Men. and hath not
only stamped upon them a distinct fofme.
bus also given them particular signatures
whereby a man may read, even in legible
characters, the use of them" Thus to take
two or three examples, The spotted leaves
Of the Jerusalem cowslip, d plant common
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-08

in cottage gardens, and known in the New
Forest as Joseph and Mary" indicate us
value in cases of tuberculous lungs. ana
its former use for this purpose has given
II the name of lungwort.
In like manner the knotty tubers OF tls
Scrophularia, or figwort. frequently fouha
by the side of streams, are the sign or siS-
nature that the plant is a sovereign rem,
edy for scrofulous or knotty glands; ana
the hard seeds or stony nutlets of the Lltl-
ospermum, or cromwell, proclaim it 70 %
eft1cacious in cases of calculus or sraVe'
The scaly pappus of the common scabou'
again, is the indication stamped upon il pS
God that the plant is valuable for repro
diseases; and the red hue of the stem anu
leaves of her Robert (Geranium RoherllS.
mum. L., so abundant i'm our hedgeroWs', y
q certain sign that the plant is poWellu
as a ''stancher of blood" In many OF on.
| Hampshire woods the elegant plant know
as Solomon's seal is found. If the REQ
stock he cut trausversely across, SON
marks like unto a seal will be noucs
| This was sufficient to show the old hel "a
lists that the plant was specially crea'o
for the express purpose of Sealing
/ healing wounds. "The root of Soiomt
seal" says Gersrde "taketh away IN
night or two al the most, any bruise' d.
or blue spots. gotten by falls, or WON N.
wilfulness in stumbling upon their NJ
husbands fists
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-08

them off again. During all this time
tombstone was nearly crazed; it was al
most impossible TO make him stop to eat
and when they wanted to rest they tie
him 10 them. The whole party was in the
cave seventy-two hours and twenty min
utes before tombstone found the pin head
where it had been hidden under rock.
The man did not recover from the intense
nervous strain for some time. and it is
thought that the trip was the principal
cause Of his death two years laier.
The Wind Cave is destined 10 take it's
place az the head of the cave wonders of
the world. both on account of its size AMI
its unusual and beautiful formations.
Philip Rutherford Keilar.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-08
A MAN MADE BY OCCASIONS.
BOURKE COCKRAN'S RECORD ONE
or sPuRTS NECEssITATED ny
GREAT OPPOHTt MITES.

What lie Thinks of the Common
Problems of Human Life and En-
dcaVor-His Intimates Are POIiti-
cal Opponents in Many of His
Niews-Gen. Lloyd bryce TELLS
How He Pleased Children ana
Gained Mob.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-08
Summer Complaints.
DYSENTERY, DIARRHEA,
CHOLERA MORBUS.

A haf TO a teaspoontul of Ready Relief
IN a han tumblor OF water repeated as
often as The discharges continue. and
flannel saturated with Ready Relief placed
over the stomach or bowels viii afford i'm
mediate relief and soon effect cure.
lNTERNALLY.-A half TO a teaspoonfu
in half a lumber OF water viii IN a few
minutes Cure Cramps. Spasms. Sour
Stomach, Nausea. Vomiting, Heartburn
Nervousness, Sleeplessness. Sick Head
ache, Flatulency ard all internal PAINS
Malaria in Its various %orms Cared
and Prevented.
There is not remedial agent in the
world that viii cure fever and ague and
ell othr mala rious. bilious and other fe-
vers. aided b. RAILWAYS PILLS. so
quickly as Railways READY RELIEF.
Price 30 cents Per Bottle. SOLD by
All Druggists.
ROADWAY q cO.,55 Elm st.,New York.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-08
steadfnstness of the Elephant.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
An old elephant taken into battle on the
plains of India was standard bearer.
and carried on his huge back the royal en-
sign. the rallying point of the Poona host.
AT the beginning of the fight he lost his
master. The "mahoot,' OF driver, had lust
given the word TO halt when he received a
fatal wound and fen TO the ground. where
he lay under a heap of slain. The obedient
elephant stood still while the battle closed
around him and the standard he carried.
he never stirred foot refusing to adj
vance or retire as the conflict became hot
ter and ti6rcer until the Mahrattas. seeing
the standard still hying steadily in It's,
place, refused 10 believe that they We're
being beaten. aud rallied again ana again
round the colors. And all this while. amid
the din Of battle, the patient animal stood
straiuiuC its ears to catch the sound of
That voice Il would never hear again. AZ
length the tide Of conquest left che fed
deserted. The Mahratlas swept on i'm
pursuit OF the flying foe but the elephant
like a rock. stood there, with the dead and
DYING around, and the ensign waving in
It's place. For three days and nights 1t re-
manned where its master had given the
command 10 halt. No bride OF threat
could move il.
They then sent TO village, a hundred
miles away. and brought the mahout's
littc son. The noble hero seemed then 10
remember how the driver had some times
given his authority TO the, little child, and
Immediately. with all the shattered trap
pings clingng as he went, paced quietly
and slowly away.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-08

New York Oct 6-This is moi an inter
view with Bourkc Cochran. Ii is state
ment of what he stands for and what he
is based on talks with him and those who
know him bes,-poIucal friends and pofti-
cal opponents The man seems 20 be with
out personal enemies.
lie has few inumates. His best friends
he told me, are ex-Speaker Thomas
Bracket Reed and Gen. Lloyd Bryce.
There is something in what follows Of
what was said by Mr.. Reed, by Gen. Bryce,
by members of Tammauy Hail. Some of
Tie latter feet that he has deserted the
organization and are likely 10 say harsh
things in consequence, but all Of them
md something % commend in The mans
character as wel 1t is a tribute TO the
man to admit that all his friends see points
in him for criticism and that an his op-
ponents find points in him for praise.
Bourke Cochran is man whose forty
five years have flied his face with those
burrows which write the story of strong
characteristics. Physically he is magnili-
cent. Tan, hroad-shouldered, and with "A
splendid chest mis- looks on a public plat
form HELM his wonderful oratory to sway
his audiences His body is the body Of an
athlete. and ip each Of las motions il
shows the trained strong man. just as m
each OF his words he shows the trained
speaker. He dresses carefully but Simply
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-08
MhN It Is Chilled Wind cave.

Wind cave has been rightly named. In
every moment of the year the wind is
rushing in or out of the entrance with
terrific force, It's direction being regulated
by The rise and fan of the barometer
About POO yards from the entrance, no
matter whether coming in or going out
the current Of the wind is always in, ana
this inward rush prevails throughout the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-08
Our Grcntest Problem.

asked him what he considered the
greatest problem before the country now
'It is the preservation OF our republ-
cen form of government. This will be
affected ny what we do in the matter of
territorial expansion. First of al, we
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-08

AIR. Bryan has had no such opponent as
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-08

Andrew Carnegie's gift Of $4,000 L
public library IN Oakland, cal, was
cured by the efforts of Henry a. Chll
den. a newspaper man of that town Il
FIRST interested Mr.. Carnegie in the pla
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-08
Chambers Named by visitors


The cave will eventually be Thoroughly,
developed, lighted with electricity, and an
electric railway from the cave "a Hot
Springs constructed. large number Of
the chambers have been named hv visitors
Various social, fraternal and religions or
CARNATIONS have rooms which have been
properly dedicated. Among these are odd
FelloWs Hail; G. a. r. Hall, W. c. T. Il.
b.all, Eastern Star room, Woodmen Han
r. P. y. headquarters, A. O. L. w Han
X. p. Hall, Elk Hail. which was. name
and dedicated last August, and an the re-
hglous organizations. The Odd Fellows
Hall is perhaps the most httingly named.
in II are two goats, a large and a small
one, which are wonderfully life-like. the
three links, the all-seeing eye, and a num-
Der of little lhmgs which an Odd Fellow
would readily see. In the ceiling of The
Monte Cristo's Palace are his diamonds
they are two open goedes six or seven
inches across, and connected In one is a
pure calcite crystal formation and in the
other pure quartz crystal. Biologists al
ways stop here and look and wonder for
the Two formations belong to periods that
are separated by thousands of years.
Found IA Pin Head.
The most remarka bic thing that mas han
pened in the history of Wind Cave was the
exploit OF tombstone, The mind reader in
lcaos Nltll ne 4Outil ii pm mead winch ma
been hidden i'm the Standing Rock cham
hers, about ten miles from the entrance
The thing was done by tombstone TO a.lver-
use himself. and he was assisted bv The
people in charge of the cave 10 advertise
it, While tombstone remained i'm Hat
Springs. two citizens carried a pms beld
to the cave. Alva Mcdonald. al that time
the most expert OF the guides. plotted them
through the passages until they Thought
they had found suitable hiding place
They drove back TO Hot Springs. and the
four. with Johustone standing behind tho
seat, his eyes blindfolded. and one hand
on their wrists, drove to the cave al a
broakneck speed. making the twelve miles
in forty-two minutes Arrived al the cave
there was no delay. With the wrist of eac1
OF the Two men i'm his hands. his ewes SIN
blndlo,dodJohnstone started in search Of
the pin head Mcdonald followed in thei~
rear with provisions, water. candles. etc.
to watch them and find them should they
become lost. Al times the two commit
teemen would lose their bearing; they
would see a passage leading off somewhere
which looked familiar. and Johnstone
would Immediately pun them through IT,.
when they would stop, lost, the mind re id
Ell would grosn and curse them for not
knowing how 10 go; and they would stand
until Mcdonald could reach them and start
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-04
Date of Mr,. George. Trial.

Canton, Feb. 25.-Dhe trial of Mrs.
Anna f. George will occur Sa the court
in this city April 4. That conclusion
was reached Friday when Judge Tay-
lor overruled the motion that had been
made by attorneys for the defense and
the prosecuting attorney moved for ar
raignment. Mrs. George was not ex-
cited in any manner, but preserved the
remarkable GOODNESS that has charac-
teriZed her conduct from the first. She
arose and pleaded not guilty to the four
indictments against her, and the court
at once set the day for trial.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-04

Gen. Reyes has been declared provis-
ional president .,S Nicaragua.
The transport Scandia, bearing Amer
lean troops. arrived at Manila Gen
Otis reports that insurgents who
gained access to outskirts of the citJ
were routed with loss of 500 killed
and wounded. American loss slight
Advices say that Emperor Nicholas
is i'll, and that Imperial Grand Duke
Michael is presiding over the govern
ment of Russia.
Admiral Cervera stated in the Span
ish cortes that If the loss of the Span
ish squadron was a crime it must be
attributed to the government which
sent him to the Antilles against his will
Gen. Rios, the Spanish military COM
mander in the Philippines, says the
Americans will need 100000 men to sup
press the rebellion among the natives.
Advces say that the rebel govern
ment has succeeded the regular Chinese
authority over vast area of Kuang
Tung and Kingsi provinces.
Word has been received from Gen.
Otis of the surrender of Cebu, capital of
the island of the same name, to the
United States naval forces
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-04
A WEEKS RECORD
ALI the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
CONGRESSIONAL.

The time in the senate on the POD was de-
voted to the reading of Washington's fare
well address and the pronouncing of eulo-
gies on the late Senator Justin s. Morrill,,
of Vermont. In the house the naval ap-
preparation bill was discussed and a bill
was introduced reviving the rank of ad-
miral and vice admiral, and naming Rear
Admiral Dewey and Rear Admiral Schley
as the persons to fill the respective posi-
tions Washngton's farewell address was
read.
on the 2Sd nearly the entire session of
the senate was taken up in consider
ing the river and harbor bill and SO
pages were disposed of. A bill was passed
permitting volunteer regiments to retain
their colors and to deposit them in the
state capitals. In the house the naval APP
preparation bill was passed with an amend
ment creating the grade of admiral of the
navy 1t is intended for Rear Admiral
Dewey.
In the senate on the oath the river and
harbor bill, with the Nicaragua canal bill
attached, was passed by a vote of SO
to g. and the compromise army reor-
ganizaton bill, which provides for
standing army of $1,000 men, and gives the
president power to enlist $4,000 volunteers
when necessary, was favorabEy reported.
LIN the house the army appropriation bill
was discussed, and Mr.. Johnson (rep., Ind.)
violently attacked the policy of the admin
istration. Mr.. Grosvenor (O.) introduced
a bill directing that government publica-
tions shall bear the imprint of the Interna-
tional Typographical union.
The senate on the 25th discussed the bill
for increasing the efficiency of the army.
In the house further consideration of the
army appropriation bill took up most of
the time. Eulogies upon the late Senator
E. c. Walthall and Representative w. F.
Love, of Mississippi, were delivered.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-04
FOREIGN.

The Canadian parliament will meet
in Ottawa March 16.
The rebels fired the city of Manila and
the greater part of the place was dam
aged. There was some fighting in the
streets, but the Americans quickly
quelled the uprising. A number of the
insurgents were killed and several
American soldiers were wounded.
Gen. Linares, in command of Spanish
troops at Santiago tthe time of capitu-
lation, has challenged Count d Almenas
tacks which the count made upon him
in the cortes.
France has accepted from the people
of the United States the offer of a
monument to Gen. La Fayette.
The funeral of NJ. Felix Faure, pres
ident of France, took place in Paris.
The insurgents attacked the United
States forces near Caloocan, but were
promptly checked by effective fire. Two
Americans were killed and several
wounded. The Filipinos' loss was
heavy.
Admiral Dewey sent a dispatch to the
navy department saying that Tor polit-
cal reasons the Oregon should be sent
10 Manila at once.
NJ. Emil Weiti, who was six times
elected president of the Swiss confed-
Grafton, died in Bern in his seventy
fourth year.
In an interview Rear Admiral Dewey
says he would not accept nomination
to the presidency and that he desired no
political office.
The long-mising steamer Bulgaria, of
the Hamburg-American line, almost
given up for lost, arrived at Ponta del
Coda, Azores, with all on board well.
Advices from China say that 100000
Chinese peasants are threatened with
starvation, owing to the Yellow river
floods.
1t was reported that foreign warships
had landed seamen in Manila to protect
the foreign residents.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-04
Personal AND POLITICAL.

The plurality for Ashbridge (rep.)
for mayor of Philadelphia is 119, 766, the
largest ever given a candidate for that
office.
Mrs. Sarah Hampton died in Greenup,
H., aged 100 years.
Enoch Carson died in Cincinnati, o.,
aged II. He was the highest standing
mason in the United States.
Former State Treasurer Benjamin j.
Haywood died at his home in Sharon,
Pa.
The Iowa prohib;tionists will hold
a state convention in Des Moines May
20 and "a, and full state ticket will
be nominated.
Mrs. Mary Stewart, widow of promi
nent citizen of Mulvanin, Kan, cele
brated her one hundred and first birth
day anniversary with a dance, in Which
she took part.
Levi p. Maish, member from Penn
sylvania of the Forty-fourth, Forty
fifth, Fiftieth and Fifty-first con-
crosses, died in Washington, aged 62
years.
Col. A. L. Couger, for years a member
from Ohio of the republican national
committee, died in Des Moines, Ia.
Mrs. Mary Miller, of Baker, Ind, died
at the age of 100 years.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-04
Sold for s1.OO0.O0n.

Columbus, Feb. 25.-The Guarantee
Trust Co.'s stocks and bonds in the
subsidiary roads of the Hooking Valley
property were offered for sale here Fri
day in three parcels. They were bought
for the reorganized company by NJ. e.
ingalls,, jr., of New York, for $25O,OOO,
$4,000 and $1,000. Then the c.. III. V. g.
T. road proper was offered, and Ingalls,
bid $3,250,000. The Hooking Coal g.
Railway Co. property was then offered,
and Ingalls, bid $750,0OO. This made
s4,000,000 for the two properties, sepa
ate. They were offered together, and
ingalls, bid 81 100000, which took them,