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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-06-22

The women's Relief Corps con
tlnued It's session today In ElkH hall
and transacted routine work entire
ly. The sccretary's books show that
the order contains 100 members In
This state. IT IN generally supposed
that only wives u Grand Army men
are eligible. but this is mistake.
An loyal women of good character
may become members. This Is the
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
CrOp Failure IN Russia,

The state department has received a
report from Consul Heenan at Odessa,
Russia, stating that the failure of the
crops in many of the provinces of Eu-
ropean Russia is a much more serious
affair than is generally admitted. En-
ergetic steps have just been taken to
meet the situation. The famine dis
tricts are divided up and government
aid is being given according to the.ex-
tent of the failure in the several dis
tricts. Employment also is being given
to large number of peasants on spe-
cial lines Of work, such as road making.
One of the most difficult questions to
be solved is how working stock and
other animals are to be saved, the hay
crop being a cnmnlete failure.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
A JONAH ON SHIPBOARD.
Recurring Misfortunes Soon Make a
Crew Relieve Passenger
u "HOOdOO."

1t does not take long series of mis-
fortunes overtaking a ship to convince
| her crew that a lineal descendant of
Jonah and an inheritor of his Disagree
able disqualiications is a passenger.
So deeply rooted is this idea that when
once it has been aroused with respect
to any member of a ships company,
that person is in evil case, and, given
fitting opportunity, would actually be
in danger OF his life. This tinge of re-
ligiOus fanaticism, cropping up among
class of men who, to put it mildly,
are not remarkable for their knowledge
of Scripture, also shows itself in con-
nection with the paper upon which
good words" are printed. 1t is an I'M
heard of misdemeanor on board ship to
destroy or put to common use such pa
per. The man guilty of such an action
would be looked upon with horror by
his shipmates, although their current
speech is usually vile and blasphemous
beyond belief. And herein is to be
found a curious distinction between
seamen of Teutonic and Latin races,
excluding Frenchmen, says the London
Spectator.
Despite the surerstitious reverence
the former pay to the written word,
none of them would in time of peril
dream of rushing to the opposite eX-
treme, and, after madly abusing their
Bibles, throw them overheard. But the
excitable Latins, after beseeching their
patron saint to aid them in the most
agonizing tones, repeating with fren-
zied haste such prayers as they can re-
member, and promising the most cost
ly gifts in the event of their safely
reaching port again, aften turn furious
ly upon all they have previously been
worshiping, and, with the most horrid
blasphemies, vent their rage upon the
whilom objects of their alteration.
Nothing is too sacred for insult, no
name too reverent for abuse, and should
there be, as there often is, an image of
a saint on board, it will probably be
cast into the sea.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
HER SOM S MODEL.
A Mothers Devotion Sends Her Art
list Boy to Paris for IA Two
Years Course.

a young student at one of the large
art institutions decided last winter to
try for a prize, says Harper's Bazaar.
He was under 90, and his competitors
were all older than he. He wrote his
mother about it, begging her to come
and pose for him, saying that he knew
he could win if only she were his sub
ject. She had large family at home
to look after, and a small boy hardly
two months old. Moreover, the spring
had come, never an easy time for q
mother to break away, pick up small
baby and establish herself alone in a
distant town, merely to sit as a model
for a son. Most women would have
hesitated, as hopedfor prizes being I'M
certain quantities, particularly for boys
still in their teens, and present home
duties being, according to all rules of
logic, paramount. But this mother did
not hesitate. Her son had asked her to
come, and so proved a rare loyalty.
That was enough for her. At great in
convenience to herself she went, though
cheerfully, and the picture was paint
ed. Now the papers announce that the
young boy painter has won the prizeI
This will send him for a two years
course of study to Paris.
1t is like some old story of the mas
tiers, and certainly few sweeter stories
of painters and their mothers have ever
been told
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
A NEW KLONDIKE.
Extensive Mineral Deposits Found tC
the East of Hudson Bay.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. '2.--The Times
publishes letter from a correspondent
ut Fort Francis, Ont, under date OF
Sept. 20, which says:
"Ungavaland, region as desolate an(
unknown as the Klondike was four years
ago, has just been penetrated by party
of prospectors headed by a newspaper
man of this region and consisting fol
the most part of men representing a
wealthy Boston syndicate. From theiI
-IennEts and from statements made by a
member of the Canadian geological sur
vey whom they found in that region
they have run into a new Klondile and
one richer in diversified minerals of lar
ger extent and easy to reach as compared
with the ice deserts of the Yukon.
Before returning the party found
large and valuable deposits of gold, sill
yer, copper, iron, anthracite and linnite
gypsum and cinnabar. On the tracts that
the party discovered minerals they have
now filed claims at the Dominion offices
in Ottawa"
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ice.
They would rather walk upstairs
than take an elevator.
They use ordinary portable bath
tubs in place of stationary porcelain
or metal ones such as we have.
What seems to us the funniest
thing of all is that they absolutely
prefer chicory in their coffee.
1t is easy enough for any one to
get adulterated coffee in this coun-
try. But the good housewife watches
carefully that she is not thus i'm
posed upon.
Those who have learned by ex-
perience and wish to be absolutely
sure that they are getting pure coffee
and the best coffee, without grain
of adulteration, ask for and insist
upon having Chase & Sanborn's
Coffees.
There is none better on the mar
ket. Every bean has been carefully
selected from plantations, famous
for their coffee crops.
The fact that these coffees bear
the seal of Chase & Sanborn is in
itself a sufficient guarantee that they
are full weight and in every way
perfect.
Seal Brand Coffee comes in one
and two-pound tin cans, and their
other high grades in richly colored
parchment-lined imported bags.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
WHITE LIES IN SOCIETY.
Fair Frauds Who Do Not Mean to
Fib, But Just Can't Help
Doing So.

A man of doubtful veracity is re-
Pry in the New York Herald:
Nothing amuses me SO much," he
writes to me, "as to notice the efforts
of two women who have just been in
troduced to impress each other with
their Importance.
st generally takes some such shape
as this:
81 am delighted to meet you. L
heard Mr.. Smith say such sweet things
about you
lawfully nice of you to say so.
Which Mr.. Smith was it? The cousin
of the Vanderbilts?
"'Not exactly-it was
"'We know the Vanderbilts very well.
And
"'No, it wasn't that Mr.. Smith. 1t
was the one that we met at George
Gould's. He is
Ibid you go to the Bradley Martins
great dinner?'
mo; it was awfully provoking, but
we had an engagement that night at the
Waldorf to meet Prince
"Indeed! That's the great trouble
in society; so many dates clashing,
don't you know! Why, the night we
made up box party for the opera-that
wonderful performance of Faust" you
know-we had to give up attending a
musicale that
And so on and so on, until the two
fair frauds retire to their respective
corners-I mean rooms-each satisfied
that the victory is hers"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
DEATH LIST GROWS.
Fifteen Hundred Persons Perished
In Asia Minor Earthquakes.


In Asia Minor Earthquakes.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct 3.-It is
now estimated that 1,500 persons perish
ed in the earthquakes in Asia Minor
around Adm. The first shock occurred
at o'clock in the morning of Sept. %
and lasted 40 seconds. The effects were
appalling. Whole villages were complete
ly destroyed. The earthquake was felt
as far as Scio, Mitylene and Smyrna.
The latest advfces from the stricken
area show that men, women and children
were buried in the ruins of Their dwelling
places before they realized their danger.
Numbers of bodies still lie beneath the
debris. About 800 persons were killed at
Sarakeni and some 800 at Deni2li, where
three-fourths of the buildings fell. There
was proportionate loss of life in many OF
the smaller villages.
The disturbance has not yet subsidized,
although its strength appears to be spent
The shocks continue almost daily, but
with no great violence. The population
is encamped in the open.
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growth where the soil is thin. If phos-
phate is added this compost becomes a
complete manure for any kind of crop.
The practice of rotting sod is very com
mon in Lincolnshire, England, where
in olden times the sod was cut very thin,
and after being piled and dried out
the heap was burned. There was waste
of nitrogen in burning the sod, and
allowing it to rod down is much the
better way to make use of it.-Amer-
lean Cultivator.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
DOG-PROOF FENCE.

ground eight feet apart and seven
strands of barbed wire are stretched
and stapled to them, as shown in the
cut. The lowest wire is close to the
ground. The second wire is four inches
above the lowest. The third is five
inches farther up the post, the next six
inches higher, while the fifth goes up
another six inches. The sixth strand is
located eight inches above the fGth,
while eight inches farther up is rail to
steady the fence. Eight inches above
the rail is the seventh wire, which eff
fectually prevents dogs from leaping
over the rail.-Orange Judd Farmer
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
Questions Answered.

Yes, August Flower still has the largest
sale of any medicine in the civilized world.
Your mothers and grandmothers' never
thought of using anything else for Indi-
geStion or billiousness. Doctors were
scarce, and they seldom heard of Appen-
dicitis, Nervous Prostration or Heart fail
ure, etc. They used August Flower to
clean out the liver, stimulate the nervous
and organic action OF the system, and that
is all they took when feeling dull and bad
with headaches and other aches. You
only need few doses of Green's August
Flower, in liquid form, to make you sat
isfed there is nothing serious the matter
with you. Sample bottles at druggists
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
An Art Discovery,

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Oct. 2.-It has
just been discovered that the Right
Rev. George f. Seymour, Episcopal
bishop of Springfield, has in his posses
sion, hung in the parlor of the Epis-
copal residence, the original painting
''Ecce Homo" by Carl Gutherz, one of
the greatest European artists of the day.
Mr.. Gutherz is in charge of the panel
decorations at the Paris exposition The
"Ecce Homo" is considered his greatest
picture, and'it is valued at 100000.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
RUMORSOF A BATTLE
Report of Boer Attack Oh
Dundee Contradicted.
HOSTILITIES NOW SEEN CERTAIN
Mobilization Has Been Rapid In this
TransvanI-VOluntee fastening
to the Border of Their own Ac-
cOrd-ParIiament Summoned.

to the Border of Their own Ac-
cOrd-ParIiaments Summoned.
LONDON, Oct. 3.-The report thai
Dundee, Natal, has been attacked by the
Beers and that 81 British were killed i,
absolutely untrue. a special dispatch
from Pretoria says that General Jan
kock will command the Boer forces or
the Natal border, Commandant Cronjt
on the southwestern and General Schalk
burger on the eastern frontier, while
General Malan will be in command al
Rustenburg. Altogether there will be
nine generals in command of columns. A
complete plan of campaign has been ar.
ranged with the Orange Free State. A
rigorous censorship is maintained over all
press kilograms.
President Kruger addressed the troops
which started for the Natal border on
Saturday, appealing to their patriotism
and wishing them godspeed. Fighting is
expected by Wednesday,
The latest advices show that the Trans
vaal mobilization has been rapid and
comprehensive. Many Beers, it is said,
did not wait to be Communicated, but
proceeded to the border spontaneously.
The members of the executive, state sec
retaries, President Kruger's relatives,
members of the raad, judges and other
professional men are all eagerly giving
their services, and the women are bidding
the men die rather than return beaten.
1t is calculated that the Orange Free
State already has 1000 men on the Dor
der.
The British government is chartering
a large number of steamers, evidently for
the purpose of transporting an army
corps.
About 40 vessels are to be chartered.
and the steamers Pavonia of the Cunard
line and Bavarian of the Allen line are
among those already taken.
Dispatches from Cape Town declare
that an immediate rupture of the diplo.
matte relations between Great Britain
and the Transvaal is expected.
1t is announced that parliament will
meet Oct. II. Parliament is summoned
by the government to share in the respon-
sibility for events in South Africa and
to vote funds for the war office. The SEES
sion will doubtless be stormy.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
International Geographical Congress

BERLIN, Sept 2S.-The members OF
the international geographical congress
about to open here, met informally last
evening Over 1,20O delegates are in at.
tendance, and all the principal civilized
nations are represented. The prince re.
gent of Brunswick is the patron of the
congress, Prince Won Hohenlohe, the i'm.
perial chancellor, is its honorary presi-
dent and the Prince of Monaco its honor
airy vice president.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
Funston For Congress.

TOPEKA, Oct. "A Topeka newspa.
per dominates General Funston for CON
gresham at large. 1t says that Fun
ston's nomination will bring thousands
of volunteers to the Republican ticket
and insure its election in Kansas. The
paper calls upon the people without re.
gard to party to rally to the supper
next year Of General Funston.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
A Clerqyman's Experience.

M. d. Jump, d. D., Saratoga Springs,
writes:-"It affords me great pleasure
to testify to the value of Henry & John
sons Arnica and Oil Liniment, which
l used with the most satisfactory re-
suits. Not long since, as result of a
cold and excessive use of the organs of
the throat, suffered greatly from in
fammation and induration of the ton.
sils. After several remedies | be-
thought me of your liniment, and by a
single application over night the trouble
was entirely removed and was able to
go on with my work"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
suspected Counterfeiters Taken

WILKESBARRE Pa, Sept. 2S.-
Richard Stout and Frank Thompson,
two well known residents of Matby, this
county, have been arrested charged with
making and passing counterfeit money.
Stout is a matchmaker, and in his work
shop were found the crucibles in readi-
ness for turning out money. Considers
bic metal ready to be pressed into silver
dollars and half dollars was also found.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
A DOG-PROOF FENCE
1t Has to BE ComDactIy Built If Really
satisfactory Results Are to
Be Obtained.

The owner of two large sheep farms in
New England has recently described
the miles of dog-proof, barbed-wire
sheep fences that inclose his farms. As
dogs are thesbane of sheep keeping in
all parts of thehcountry, diagram of
his fence, given herewith, will be of
wide interest Cedar posts about four
inches in diameter are driven into the
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
Home Endorsement.

We, the undersigned, druggists of
Burlington, Vt, have sold during our
entire business experience, the we'll
known remeday, Bakers Mandrake
Bitters, and invariably found it to give
entire satisfaction to our customers.
We regard this medicine as among the
most reliable household remedies that
we sell, r. B. Stearns q Co., w. H.
Zottman & Co., Geo. A. Churchill, F.
l. Taft & Co., J. G. Bellrose, w. j.
Henderson, F. Henry Parker & Co., j.
w. O'Sullivan, M, E. Collins, Gosselin
Bros, W. p. Hall, Geo. Loveland &
Co. Sold liquid in bottle; tablets in
boxes. Price 25c. for either.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
Grain Shipped to France.

PHILADELPHIA Oct. 1.-The first
direct shipment of grain to France made
in many years left here on the British
steamship Elton, bound to Rochefort.
The cargo consisted of 1872, 500 bushels of
oats, valued at SOL ,9S2.S3. 1t is likely
that other shipments will follow, as
France is said to be short of all kinds of
cereals, as are the countries which supply
10
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
Camp Meeting Cottages Burned.

LAUREL, Del, Oct. 2.-The camp
meeting settlement at Moore's Grove,
about two miles from here. was nearly
wiped out by fire yesterday. Forty-one
cut of about 80 small cottages, which
comprised the settlement. were totally
destroyed, with their contents. The loss
will reach many thousands of dollars
The fire is supposed to have been of in
cendisry origin.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
TubercuIosis in the German Army.

Iu an article in the Militar Wochen-
Wochenblatt it is stated that the num-
Der of cases ofntuberculosis in the Ger
man army has fallen from 30 per
thousand in 189O-'91 to is per thousand
in 1898'9S. This decrease is attributed
largely to Koeh's discovery of the bacil-
lus of tuberculosis, owing to which the
diagnosis of the disease is easier, and
recruits suffering from it are rejected
who would otherwise have passed the
medical examination.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06

WANTED-Several Bright and Honest per-
son to represent Managers in this and
close bv counties. Salary 5000 year and expen-
ses. Straight, bonihed, no more, no less salary.
Position permanent. Our references, any bank
in any town. Il is mainly office work conducted
at home. Reference. Enclose self-addressed
stamped envelope. The DOMINION COMPANY,
Dept. ), Chicago. 5o-I5
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Rofted SOFAS FOR 1J.pure

There are many Places in low lands
by the roadside where the wash of the
road has made the soil very rich. Sods
cut from such land and piled in heaps
rot down readily, especially if some
wood ashes are thrown on them to
hasten decomposition. This makes the
best possible top dressing for grass
lands, and will largely increase the
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06

Cost of Un1versaT Patent.
10 patent an invention all over the
world costs about $4,000. This means
in Ga countries.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06

Joseph Stockford, Hodgdon, Mo-, healed
sore running for seventeen years and
cured his niles of long standing by using
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. 1t cures all
skin diseases. q. L. Andrews, Newbury :;
Cunningham's Pharmacy, Bradford,
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
BrondaIe
Farm
Registered


thirty two years. The Worlds Champion
Butter Cow at Columbian dairy test was sired
by one of Our bulls. We have a bull fit for
service this fall and bull calves, deep In this
blood, for sale at reasonable prices.
Write and see what we can do.
T. G. BRONSON,
A., East Hardwick, VT.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-15
Base Ball Notes.

Burkett says this will be his last sea-
son in base ball. and Billy Hamilton says
that another season will De his last.
Pitcher Orth Of the Philles. has been
down with malaria. The Pnillies miss
him. He pitched Al against the Cham
pions.
Manager McGraw said, Saturday, that
he had made klobedanZ an offer, and
the player is to let him know after few
days rest.
Ed Kirby came up from Providence.
Saturday. 10 make Pitcher STREET. an oifer
TO play with the Providence team. STREET.
will decide later.
Several Of the Cincinnati players and
fight about morning practice. The play
ers object 10 ii, while Ewing, who sits on
the bench. says it Is necessity.
The New York Herald says editorially:
For Sale-One base ball team: answers
to the name of Giants: any offer will be
accepted 1t good betting that "a few
wish the notice were authentic.-Balti-
more News.
Jennings writes from Philadelphia that
he now can throw well as he could any
time last year. but that he wants 10 get
his arm completely Strengthened out. He
does not expect 10 join his team until
after the first Western trip.
Washington Post: There is evidently a
preconcerted scheme eXtant among the
Hanlonltes to take advantage of the loop
hole in the umpire law by returning TO
the hoodlumism and bllingsgate tactics
that was in a measure suppressed by the
Brush rule.
Harry Weldon says the Cincinnatis do
not win because his pets bat at a POO clip,
when they ought 10 bat at 800 clip.
Boston has its troubles with the bat as
well as Cincinnati, but the reason for de-
feat. alter all. generally, is that the other
fellows play better ball.
Breitenstein thinks that the Bostons
Will not even peep in, which means that
he is of the opinion they will not be ~
good as third. If the Bostons had things
nionship would be another cinch; and II
Cincinnati had TO depend on men of his
speed, 1t would simply not be in it q bit.
Globe.
When Boston and Brooklyn come West
have had in the past. In Chicago. St
Louis. Pittsburg. Cincinnati and Louis
vile they will find tougher shedding than
they ever did before. if form counts for
anything. The West has Il little hunch
on the East this season for the first time
since the format ton of the f2-c,ub league
Cincinnati Enquirer.
McGlnnity, the new pitching Oriole. who
was recommended to IIanlon by Georsc
pihkney, the former third-Dagman Of the
brooklyn team, Is, according to Hanlon.
me pitching find of the season. McGin-
nity is long. cordy and wiry, capable of
pitching every other day. and he serve.
pail paced at terrific speed, well under
comtfol, and backed by a deceptive slow
pan. so Hanlon declares. "McGnnity Is
from Indian territory, but there is moth
ing oklahoma about his pitching shoots