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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26
Dirt For the Dirty Ones.

"In several of the provincial towns"
writes Mr.. Ransome, lone finds hotels
said to be conducted on the foreign
principle and certain Japanese hotels
have a foreign side. The European ac-
commodation in such places is, as a
rule. terrible. The rooms are dirty,
the beds are rickety, the bedclothes are
apparently seldom washed and the ia
bles and chairs are seldom capable of
standing on more than two legs at q
time.
when l first went to Japan l could
not understand how, on the foreign
side of the Japanese hotels, the accom-
modations could be so inferior, when
the japanese portion was kept scrupu-
lousy clean. One would naturally
think that people whose houses were
so spotless would revolt at having a
portion of their premises in a fiany
condition.
'But, as explained to me by the land
lord of one of these hybrid establish
ments: Foreigners are dirty by nature.
They go about their houses In their
boots, and consequently they cannot
wish to have their rooms kept In prop
er condition. "-Literature.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26
The Lambs For Wall Street.


The brassy, measly peddler who
stands at the street corner selling brass
shirt studs for 5 cents apiece and
shouting that he guarantees" them
to be gold catches many wandering
fool. The guarantee" is given by al
man who never expects to see his GUS
toners again, and the customers never
expect to trade with him a second
time. But the word guarantee" car
ries weight with it, and the fool and
his money, now as ever, are soon
parted.
Every days mail brings me letters Of
inquiry regarding the stability of a set
of Wall street sharks who offer to
guarantee" profits ranging from 10
to 100 per cent per month to all who
will give up their good money and
trust the sharpers to invest it in the
maelstrom of speculation. Scarcely a
week passes without the report in the
newspapers of the exposure, the fight
or arrest Of one of these sharks.
But the race of fools seems to be
eternal, and it appears to be only nee
essary fof the Wall street bunko man
to take a new name and to hire desk
room in Wall street or one of it's
laterals to reap a new crop from new
line of Observation-Disclosures Weekly.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26
Around Town.

Misses Carrie and Juna Fifeld return
from their two weeks vacation Monday.
Miss Fanny Fisher of Dorchester, Mass.
is visiting at Clark Chases.
A. G. Moulton returned from Sunape,
Lake Wednesday.
W. A. Trrax was down from Highgat,
Springs Wednesday on business.
The wrapper factory shut down sgail
Thursday for an indefinite period.
Mrs. Fred H. Mark of Gilsum, N. H.
visited relatives in town Thursday.
Carolyn Hubbard visited Fred Hoag,
at Springfield, Vt, over Sunday
John Coughlin is spending part of hi
vacation from Wales Store with his sistel
in Middletown, Conn.
Mrs P. H. Conley expects to go t.
Winchendon Monday for two weeks
visit.
Miss Jane Hapgood of Springfield, VT,
is the guest of her cousin, Mrs. Saraf
Hapgood on School street.
M. j. Barrett left Thursday to spend 8
vacation in Manchester, N. H., and
Boston.
Miss Florence Young returned yester.
day from Townshend where she went
Monday.
Ed Condor expects to go to Springfield
Monday for a two weeks visit with
relatives.
Miss Jennie Church returned wednesday
from weeks vacation spent at Lake Sun
apee.
Mrs. James Byrne returned from Keene
n. H., Thursday. She was called there
by the illness of niece.
A party of several young people expect
to attend the play given in the Hastings
Parish House at Walpole tonight.
Mrs. S. d. Mcleod was called to West.
minister yesterday by the death OF her
father, Mr.. Peck.
On Sunday, September 8, large clas:
of children will be confirmed in St. Charles
church. The bishop will be present.
j. F. Holt of Salem, Mass, who repre-
sents the Boston Betting company, was in
town Thursday.
r Harley Chandler resumes his duties in
the F. B. F. grocery store Monday after a
two weeks vacation.
c. B, Carpenter, who is spending two
weeks vacation at Lake Rescue caught a
pike yesterday morning measuring "a 1-2
inches in length and weighing 10 pounds
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26

One strange feature of this sea life of
the tropics is the regular recurrence of
migratory swarrns of fish of very small
size that return in huge numbers year
after year with such absolute regular
ity that the natives calculate on the
event on a certain day in each year
and even within an hour or two of the
day. One such swarm Of fish forms
the occasion Of an annual holiday and
feast at Samoa. The fish is not unlike
the whitehall for which the English
Thames has so long been celebrated,
and each year it arrives at Samoa on
the same day in the month Of October,
remains for day, or at the most two
days, and then disappears entirely till
the same day of the following year.
Why it comes or whence no curious
naturalist has yet discovered, nor has
anybody traced Its onward course
when it leaves the Samoan group, but
the fact is unquestionable that sudden
ly, without notice, the still waters of
the lagoon which surround each island
within the fringing reef become alive
with millions of fishes, passing through
them for a single day and night and
then disappearing for year as though
they had never come.-Lippincott's
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26
The New Livery.

Or more properly the old livery with a
new proprietor. Cassidy's livery stable
has heretofore enjoyed popularity and
patronage that has made it a desirable
piece o. property. The new owner, E. d.
Crosier,is one Of the affable and progressive
young business men of Bellows Falls He
made, with the assistance OF his partner, a
a good record in the bakery, and he takes
up his new duties with the well wishes Of
many friends. oio
The stable now has Is horses and i,
wellequipped with everything in the line Of
If turnouts from single carriage to a
landau. Several changes and improve
ments are soon to be made about the stable
and Mr.. Crosier says he shall spare nc
pain, to keep the place in good condition
and by giving good service, to please hi'
customers.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26

aud has contracts to build several new
houses this fall which have not yet been
begun.
Several postotiices OF the state have re-
ceived notification that the postoflice de-
psrtment has adopted new form Of domes-
tic money order, which will be introduced
gradually, or as supplies of the old form be-
come exhausted, at various postoflices
throughout the country after September A..
The new form is somewhat smaller that
now in use, being about the size OF an or
binary bank draft. 1t has two adiuncts-
the notification to be sent by the issuing to
the paying postmaster is reproduction Of
the order through carbonized paper, and a
receipt tor the amount to be furnished by
the issuing postmaster to the RENTER. On
the back Of the order seperate space has
been provided for the stamps of bank,
through which it may be passed for collec-
tion. In color the order is blue.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26
Oil Sprinkling.

The Boston & Maine oil sprinkler
passed through here Thursday, Sprinkling
the road-bed with oil as a preventative of
dust. The sprinkler started from Spring
field several days ago, and vert yesterday
to Windsor, finishing up this division Of the
Boston & Maine road.
b 1t has been the practice of some Of the
railroad companies to sprinkle their road
beds once or twice year to lay the dust,
but this year it has become quite generally
practiced by the roads in the country
because OF the drouth. The philosophy
ct the process is that the oil which i,
sprinkled quite plentituIy on the bed
forms with the dust a sort of crust which
remains hard for some time, thus making il
impossible for any great amount Of dust to
arise.
The sprinkling train was composed o.
four flat cars pushed by common engine
On the first three cars were large. tanks
containing crude petroleum, which oil is
|
used on account of its cheapness. Under
the fourth car is arranged the sprinkhng
apparatus about midway of the car
There are three sprinklers, one under the
car sprinkling between the rails, and two
wings, one on each side working Oh
hinges, for sprinkling outside of the rails
This apparatus is connected with the near
est tank by a three inch pipe regulated BY
a valve. As the oil is used out Of one
tank the cars are shifted till all the oil il
used Great care is exercised in sprink
ling to keep the oil off the rails.
1t is stated that the cost of olling is $9t
per mile, and also that the company pur
poses to sprinkle the roads of its entire
system once each year for three years, anc
that the coat Of oil and dirt formed by thai
time will last for five years without fresh
Sprinkling. The road is to be advertised
as the dust proof road.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26
Dillingham; to stay.

The Evening News" of Rutland, sup
porter of General Grout for the senator
ship, catches with suspicious avidity at
the very stale suggestion of the Demo
cratic Poultney Journal that W. P Dill
lngham be chosen to succeed Gen Grout
as Representative in Congress. This
scheme will not work, the suggestion is
very old, and the answer was long ago
made that Mr.. Dillingham; is not candi-
date for Representative in Congress,
would not under any circumstances be-
come candidate, and would not accept
a nomination if it should be rendered him.
journal
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26

looked reproachfully at the man.
1t was clear he must work out his own
defense.
Diving into mysterious trousers pockets,
he exposed to view two dirty palms, in
each of which reposed a shining half dol
lar.
you don't mean" she began to the
man. Then their eyes met guiltily-con-
spirator versus conspirator.
In that moment they read each others
souls.
He stopped and began hastily gather
ing up her scattered belongings. A hot
blush mantled her cool cheek; then, with
head majestically thrown back, she swept
past him.
Slowly the man followed, carrying the
golf sticks and her small plaid cap. which
the wind had playfully caught up.
"Confound that caddy" he said un-
atefully.-Chicago TimesHerald.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26
CLEANING SILVER.

Instead of securing and rubbing each
piece OF silver separately, the whole SER
vice can be cleaned in a few minutes as
effectively. Alter each meal the silver
should be put in pan (kept especially
for the purpose), and covered with luke
warm water, to which teaspoonful of
Gold Dust Washing Powder is added; set
the pan on the range until the water gets
to boiling point, then lift out each piece
with wire spoon and lay on a soft linen
cloth, wiping them quickly with chamois
skin. The pieces SO cleaned will be high
ly polished and look like new.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26
Bathing In Russia.

A family of father. mother and son
have just returned from a sojourn of sew
eral months in southern Russia and are
now staying at the Grand hotel. In the
old white town" of Baku-there is a
new ..black town" now, where petroleum
is .eined-they registered at the Hotel
de PEurope, and papa ordered a bath
After his additions he proposed a bath
for mamma and another for the boy, aged
10. The proprietor brusquely informed
him that his wife. his son and himself
wers expected to use the same water In
the heart of the Caspian oil region they
never thought of filing the tub second
time fer a mere family wash The water
had to be. carried mp stairs in buckets.
and he bad not Sufficient help to accom-
plish that taSk.-New York Press.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26
Commissioners Notice.

We the subscribers, being duly appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court for the District OF
Westminster, Commissioners to receive, ex.
anime and adjust all claims and demands OF
all persons against the estate of George
Hammond, late of Rockingham in said dis
trict,deceased, and also all claims and de
mands exhibited in offset thereto; and six
months from the 18th day of July last
being allowed by said Court for that purpose,
we do therefore hereby give notice, that we
will attend to the business of said APP
pointment at the residence of J.F Alexander
Jr.. In Saxtons- River village.in said district
on the 26th day Of August and 18th day of Jan.
uary next, from O'Clock until O'Clock, P.
M, on each of said days.
} Ypl N F +; kkExANDER Com.
j f. ALEXANDRIA,. Admir-.
July 9th, A ID. 1899.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26
BUSINESS NOTICES.
emusic while you wait at the station

fMusic while you wait at the station.
rLosT-On Sunday in Bellows Falls,
pocket-book. Finder rewarded if left
with Eugene Martineau.
TCompetert nurse, second midwife.
Address j. g., Box 1872, Charlestown,
N. H.
1FoR SALE-A six-tenement block on
Atkinson street. Rents for ten per cent oil
money invested. Tenements never vacant.
Inquire Of S. S. Villas or address John o.
Miller, Claremont.
TAI weak place, in your system effectu-
ally closed against disease by DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. They cleanse the
bowels, promptly cure chronic constipa-
ton, regulate the liver, and fill you with
new lite ard vigor. Small, pleasant, sure
never grippe. Pierce's Pharmacy.
I'll am ready to take orders and put up
mail boxes during August and September
D. L. Snow.
Zone Minute Cough Cure quickly cures
obstinate summer coughs and colds. 81
consider it a most wonderful medicine
quick and safe. w. w. Merton, May.
hew, Wis. Pierce's Pharmacy.
fPearl In Ammonia Washing Fluid
gives good satisfaction. Box 348, Below.
Falls.
| ITO RENT-Tenement at the Forest H
W. Thompson.
| fBLACKsMITHING-Shoeing new 90c, tire
setting 81. 40; all kinds of woodwork. F
M. Wheeler, Rockingham, Vt.
| GFOR SAIE.-Or will exchange for linn.
Der. Otter River Band Saw never run one
month. Will take carload Of chair stock
and pay difference. Have some good ord.
ers to place. Carey Buzz planer - inch
Hodgkins Poney p'aner 10 inch.
w. B. Carpenter, Bellows Falls.
fSend your auction bills and posters tt
the the Times job department. Address
II. B. Davis, Printer.
fNow is the time to have your stationery
printed for fall business. You can get il
at the TIMES job department. Address H
B, Davis Printer
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26
Bitters and Poison.

What's bitters for the Second District
is poison for the First District. Long
service entities Grout to promotion !;
long service forces Powers into retire
ment So far so good. But Dillingham;
won't be elected to succeed Grout unless
he consents to the use of his name, and
they say he isn't ambitious in that direction.
Woodstock Standard. FCe
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26
Bellows Falls Times
SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1899.
Notice to Advertisers.

Copy for changes In advertisements should
reach this Office on Mondays and Thursdays
Nc change reaching this office later than A
NJ. on Tuesdays and Fridays will be guaran-
teed insertion in the Wednes ay and Sat-
urday issues respectively.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26
DauntIess COURAGE.

my daughter isn't afraid Of anything
on earth"
"How do you know that?"
"I've seen her wake her husband out Of
his afternoon nap to give him her dress
makers bill."-Chicago Record. a
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26
As Johnny Saw 1t.

Johnny-Do they have elephants in
Asia?
Papa-Oh, yes.
Johnny-Do they have circuses in Asia
Papa-N-o-o. l think not
Johnny-Well. what's the use of having
elephants il they don't have circuses?
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26
MARRIED.

In Bellows Falls, August ~, at the home
of the bride, by the Rev &c. H. B. Dodge,
Jesse A. Remington and julia A9Allen, both
of Rockingham.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26
ROCKINGHAM.

Rev, III, n. Dascoinb OF INLAY City,
Mich, will preach in the old church in
Rockingham at p. m, tomorrow,
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26
Cost of Dignity.

The chief trouble about dignity is that
1t almost always comes high.-Galveston
News
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26
W. J. EATON & CO..
The Reliable Jewellers and Opticians, vi
70 CRAY'S BLOCK,
BELLOWS FALLS, VT.
William P. Cassidy Estate.

STATE OF VERMONT. The Probate Court
Westminster, 50. for said District. To
all persons interested in the estate Of
william P. Cassidy, late of Rockingham in
said district, deceased. GREETING:
Whereas, Edward l.. Walker, Administra-
tor upon the Estate of VIM p. Cassidy, late
OF Rockingham in said district, deceased, has
filed his petition in this Court setting forth
that the sale of the whole of the Real Estate
of said deceased will be beneficial to the heirs
and all persons interested therein, and pr ay
ing for license to sell same, and at the same
time filed in this Court what purports to be
the consent in writing of all the heirs resid-
ing in this State to such sale. Whereupon it is
ordered that the same be heard at the session
of said Court to be held at the Probate Office
in Bellows Falls on the I'd day OF Septem Der,
A. d. 1899. when and where you may be
heard in the premises, Ii you see cause.
ZINA I'll. ALLBEE, Register.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26
Notice to Water Users.

An persons are hereby notified not to
use hose for watering lawns aid gardens
this season unless otherwise notifed-on
account of low water in the reservoir.
CHARLES S. MOORE, w..
f. H. HoBsoN, , ro,;.a:
ARTHUR COOLIDGE, oo'0'onoA''
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-26
(a'lIll!E] BUSINESS COLLEGE

stuus ambitious Springfield
College the place. All but three positions
August Send for catalogue. B. J. GRIFFIN, Prin.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-11-15

floor, and the "boy," who may be n
grandparent, firmly plants q foot on
each. He next glides slowly back
and forth on the floor, more like o
man on snowshoes than anything else.
Waddling along in his fimsy white
clothes, casting an occasional look
behind at his trail to see if it. is suf-
ficiently shiny, he presents q picture
which is 80 amusing that you cannot
help bursting into laughter when you
see it for the first time.
The native is often barefooted; if
not. he almost invariably wears the
native slippers which are called
''chinelas" or 'zapatitos," and which
consist of q solo and toe. Many
keep these on without fastening ap-
parently by suction; others stick the
little toe outside and hold the shoe on
by this method. From long practice
in this the little toe is bent in the
form of q crescent, but the natives
seem to have few ideas of physical
perfection and do not obiectto such a
!trihe as o crookedstoe. Tilipinos at
:;times ST en- sIaatc Ike mon keys.
they wish TO pick anything up. from
the floor they do not find it necessary
to stoop as we do; they grab it with
their toes and convey it to their hand
in that method. In sitting they are
just as happy squattius on tho floor
or ON the ground es on chair.
Besides the natives in Mapila, there
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-11-15

our standpoint. The customary male
body-covering is only au undershirt.
Those of higher social rank and greater
wealth wear also cotton shirt, or a
garment of gauzy texture of sorle To-
cally made material. But the garment,
will be worn, like coat, in the full
measure of its beauty, outside the
trousers. A higher step in the social
scale brings the substitution of the.
coat for t.. shirt. A Filipino dude
with cane and little "billy-cock"
hat, pair of black trousers, and q
gauze shirt, worn outside of them, is
resplendent spectacle, and he has the
air of being entirely conscious of it.
From our standpoint, there is the
same half-dressed look about the
women of the poorer classes. The
Negrito woman of the mountains may
use only cloth extending from waist
to knee. The Mangyan woman OF,
Mindoro may wear o contrivance Of
braided rattan, which is evenmore ab--
breviated. These garments do not sug-
gest the half-dressed. They are dis
tinct. There is no suggestion of Eu-
ropean costume. 1t is not SO with the
Filipino woman at Manils. Her gar
ments are neither dress nor native
costume. Pieces of cloth cover her
from the waist downward. The shoul-
der aud body covering varies in the
number of articles and detail OF con-
struction. All are cut somewhat low
in the neck, and on plan which give
them ''list to port or to starboafd, "
which leaves shoulder and an upper
arm wholly bare. In the upper cir
cles, there is exercised greater care
in adjustment, and a handkerchief,
folded diagonally, is laid across the
shoulders and pinned in front. This
tends to steady the outfit and keep it
in place. The sleeves are gathered at
the shoulder and flare outward, broad
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-11-15

is large population of "Mestizos"
and "CLinos." The former is the
name fer half-castes, tho latter for
Chinese. After being i'll Manila n
week or two most foreigners find it
more natural to use these native terms
than the ones that they have been &C
customed to. The "Chinos" are many
of them well-to-do. being merchants
or having some trade, such Gs tailor
ing. A great number OF them, how
ever, are coolies, and form n large ele-
ment OF the picturesque in Manila. If
tho Filipinos are satisfied with few
clothes, the coolies are quite content
to wear almost none, and nobody
thinks anything of it. They are to be
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the dark corners Of the house and yard
md osherMise ehare themselye vel.
AdvIce 10 tic A,nbitIous young Man

- -LETfH So. r =
The essential fact for the young
man whose heart is seton coming to
the city, is that he must have force ol
mind and character equal to the
severe competition he is to undo-
Another fact intimately ,anectod
with this is that the fir test of his
possession of this force must be met
at his own home, in the surroundings
where he is reared. If he cannot
there prove that he has it in some
measure he is not likely to have it at
nil OF not in sufficient force. Failure
on the farm, in the village. in the
smaller town, is very, very rarely fol-
lowed by success in the city. For
the great mass of young men the op-
portunities in the smaller places arc
more plentiful aud promising than in
the cities, because they are better
suited to the average ability, and if
the highest prizes cannot be won
there it must be remembered that the
highest prizes are not many and are
not 1of the many. III any case IL
is at home that the first and most
searching trial must be made. If
that trial gives no proof of unusual
strength, if it brings out no sign Of
superior brains, energy, persistence.
courage, relative failure in the city is
practically sure. For men of only
ordinary equipment and gifts existence
in the city is harder 'aad the cost is
heavier, and failure is often disas-
trous. 1t would be we'll if the young
men who are attracted afar off by the
charm of the city's possibilities would
frankly and firmly decide their course
by the use they have made of the op-
portunities Immediately surrounding
them. If they did that many would
remain at home, and it would be bet
ter for all concerned.-New York
Times,