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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-17

And now the doctors of Arkan-
sas City are in row as to whether
a sick man in that town has small
pox or chicken-pox. Therapeutics
is wonderfully elastic science.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-17

At Neosho they call it "cuban
itch, but at Joplin from whence
it came it is just plain smallpox.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-09-01

Toques, whether of tulle or straw, are
now turned up in front or more de-
cidedly so on the left side, the latter
arrangement being most invariably
chosen when flowers are used for trim
ming. These are arranged in a large
cluster covering the whole of the por-
ton of the turned-up brim, which rises
rather higher than the crown. Medium
sized blossoms-half-open roses, OK
eyed daisies, peoples, cornhowers, and
for the early autumn, asters and small
dahlias-are most appropriate TO the
purpose. For trimming hats, on the
contrary, large blossoms are preferred.
a sudden furore for the grandi-flora
clematis has lately been evinced. The
particular shades of mauve and lilac
natural to IL are the favorites in these
colors, ard has helped TO bring them
into fashion.-MilliEery Trade Review.
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Parsnip Complexion.

1t does not require an expert to detect
the sufferer from kidney trouble. The
hollow cheeks, the sunken eyes, the dark,
puffy circles under the eyes, the sallow
parsnip colored complexion indicates it.
A physician would ask if you had rheu-
matism, dull pain or ache in the back
or over the hips, stomach trouble, desire
to urinate often, or burning or scald-
ing in passing it; if after passing there is
an unsatisfied feeling as if it must be at
once repeated, or if the urine has brick
dust deposit or strong odor.
When these symptoms are present, no
time should be lost in removing the cause.
Delay may lead to gravel, catarrh of the
bladder, Inflammation, causing stoppage,
and sometimes requiring the drawing of
the urine with instruments, or may run
into Bright's disease, the most dangerous
stage of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root, the great
discovery of the eminent kidney and
bladder specialist, is positive remedy
for such diseases. Its reputation is
worldwide and it is so easy to get at any
drug store that no one need suffer any
length of time for want of it.
However, if you prefer to first test it's
wonderful merits, mention the UNITED
OPINION and write to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
BinghamtOn, n. Y. for a sample bottle
and book telling all about it, both sent
absolutely free, by mail. 1
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PRETTY FANCIES.
Various Trifies Which Are Now Popu-
lar with Followers Of
the Fashions.

Never was lace in such demand as it
is to-day; every kind and description
for every possible use. 1t is the keynote
of young girls attire, and she never
was daintier than she has been since the
avalanche of lace descended upon her.
Skirts, seamless and all over lace; boil
eros ready to put ON, parasol covers,
tunics and guimps, as we'll as lace
bought by the mile; polonaises of ex-
quisite limitations of Venetian point and
point de Flandre," ready shaped, are
among the lace connections of the day.
Guipure has been revived. Laces are
mixed regardless of their particular
era.
Wells of white and cream colored and
plain tuIle without dots take the Lead.
There is fresh rage for white gloves.
The popularity of this article has d.
minished so very little that the sudden
demand is scarcely noticeable.
Orchids for hat trimming is a new
idea this summer. When combined
with darker shade of velvet they are
strikingly handsome.
Parasols, narrow tucked from tne
center to the edge, is the greatest nov
city offered in any one line of sun
shades in years.
Pique, linen, crash and duck skirts
are deliberately embroidered and APP
pliqued.
A Partisan fancy is to be one flower
girl. A striking brunette who INDUCES
in this illusion wears all the shades
of violet, from lilac to royal purple
and green. The violet is her flower
of course, and ladens her hat and her
corsage, is the figure in the cloth OF her
gowns, and its fragrance on her per-
son makes her a very real violet girl. d..
Silks with blurred designs are com
bined with some vivid hue, usually laid
under lace insertions or lining ruffies.
Spanish turbans, with jetted brlms
and pompons of tulle, give dashing and
daring effect.-N. Y. Tribune.
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WILLIAM MARSHALL,s ESTATE,

I'll undersigned having been appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court for the Dis
trictOf Bradford Commissioners to receive,
examine and adjust all claims and demands
Marshall late of Newbury in said district de-
ceased, and all claims exhibited in offset
thereto hereby give notice that we will meet
smith & Smith in Newbury on the I'd day of
Sept. and Sth day of Feb'y next from l
o'clock p. m. until O'Clock p. m. of said days
and that six months from the son day of
Aug, A. D., 1899 is the time limited by said
court for said creditors to present their
claims to us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Newbury this 18th day of Aug,
A d, 1899.
a F. Ssh, sHEF Ry6G,, Comms.
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TO ADORN THE WALLS.
Some Things That Any Bright Girl
Can Easily Do to Beautify
Room.

Money doesn't always control the
homelike atmosphere of a place, for
some of the costliest of houses are veri-
table refrigerators, and no more re-
lated to solid comfort than a corner in
a furniture store. But the real bright
woman who proposes to have her house
a home will cultivate atmosphere.
Onyx and solid gold aren't necessary
for this-a little taste will answer the
purpose. Now that the camera has be-
come family affair it can be put to
good use, too. A certain young matron
has novel scheme of decoration for
one of the coolest of homes. One room
she calls her portrait gallery. In it
she has dozens of pictures of beautiful
women that she has taken from the
magazines. They are mounted on mats
of various sizes and colors and are
pinned to the wall with artistic irreg-
ularity.
Another room she calls her outing
chamber. Here are all of the souven-
irs and relics of outing days. The
amateur photograph plays "leads"
here, and there are pictures of the cot
tage, the hay rack ready for the ride,
bathing group upon the beach and
many other characteristic scenes.
Then there is a net, a racket, SOM
brero, a mountain stick, strings of sea
shells, any number of other things that
find their way back to the house after
the sl1mmer'S outinp
One of the daintiest of the rooms is
filled entirely with pictures of chill
dren. These include everything from
water color paintings to newspaper
half-tones.
This scheme of decoration can be
enlarged in a great variety of ways.
Flowers and animals-each is subject
sufficient to fill a room.
There is no entertainment in bare
walls, and pictures such as have been
mentioned are too often thrown away
or packed in piles and put under the
table or in out-of-the-way places where
they are of little use to anyone. If
photographs seem too small to be dec
orative they can be easily separated
from the cardboard and remounted on
an attractive background. In remov-
ing do not attempt to take the photo
graph from the cardboard, but peel off
the cardboard layer by layer until it
is thin enough to remount. The small
est sized lacks can be used for holding
up such pictures. They need be driven
in but little way, and they will not
injure the wall Too much reverence
is often paid to bare walls-many
time they have doomed up CHASTITY and
unadorned for years just because 1.-THE
landlady wouldn't like it if you'd drive
a tack in the wall. "-Detroit Free Press.
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CONFIDENCE SHATTERED.
4 CuriO Dealer In Los Angeles De-
tails His Experience with East
ern SchOOlma'ams.

"There is big joke on some OF the
teachers who went on the Los Angeles
excursion in early july" said Brook
Ign teacher the other day, land al
though it is at the expense of my pro-
fession | shall have to tell it.
''On the beach there is charming old
man who keeps curio shop. He has
been an expert mineralogist for 30
years, and is versed in conchology and
geology as well as mineralogy. When
he heard that lot of New York and
New Jersey school teachers were COM
ing to the convention his heart over
flowed with delight at the thought of
the delightful symposiums he would
have with these learned women, who
would appreciate to the full his rare and
curious treasures.
"For weeks he busted himself in
leisure moments in carefully brushing,
arranging and classifying his choicest
specimens, many of which he consid-
cred too sacred for the casual gaze of
the ordinary tourist"
That his confidence in the intellectual
acumen of his prospective visitors was
misplaced may be CLEANED from the fol-
lowing bit of dialogue which he gravely
transmitted to a relative here and was
furnished by the school teacher:
1.-The schoolmarms," he writes, "are
thick here, and all of them are asking
questions at the same time. They are
not, however, of the kind that l expect
ed. We have a devilfsh in a jar in the
shop, and 1 will give you specimen of
our conversation:
"'Ho! What pretty shells! How do
you sell them?'
different prices
"'What is in that jarT
"'A devilfish or octopus
"(All together) oh, it looks like the
devil!'
"'What is the price of this shell?'
(which one do you mean?'
"'Have you got any for five cents"
ayes
"'What is in that jar?'
"'Devilfsh.'
"(All together) Let me see that pin
(The tray is taken out.)
Let me see that other tray
ct is taken out.)
(From a new arrivaD What is in that
jar?'
"'Devilfsh.'
SIS it alive?'
"'No.'
"(Au together) What time does the
train leave?'
Don't know (Heaven forgive me,
] did, thoughD
{ odd you get all these shells here"
ono
"'What comes out of these shells?'
"'Shellfish.'
"'What matches out of them"
"'Shellfsh.'
els this coral real coral?'
"'Yes.'
"1et me have five cents worth, and
pack it good
"'Oh, yes
"'Is this the Pacific ocean?
ayes
sand so on ad infinitum."
What wonder that his confidence in
the deep, intellectual gifts of eastern
ans is somewhat shattered?
N. Y. TRIBUNE.
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WILLIAM MARsHALL's ESTATE.

cTATE of Vermont,
- District of Bradford. SIS
In Probate Court held at Bradford, in and
for said district on the Sth day of August
A. D.. 1899.
E. G. Parker, Admr. of the estate of
William Marshall late of Newbury, in said
district, deceased, makes application to said
court for license to sell all of the real estate
of said deceased situated in this state, repre-
senting that the sale thereof is necessary for
the purpose of the paying debts and settle
ment of estate. Whereupon it is ordered by
said court that application be referred to
session thereof TO be held at the probate Of
tice in Thettord on the 10th of Sept. A. d. 1899
for hearing and decision thereon, and
it is further ordered that all persons in
terested be notified hereof by publication of
notice of said application and order there
on three weeks successfully in the United
Opinion a newspaper published at Brad
ford in this state and which circulates in the
neighborhood of those interested before said
time of hearing, that they may appear at
said time and place, and if they see cause
object thereto.
By the Court, Attest
As SAMUEL NJ. GLEASON, Judge.
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OLD-FASHIONED PURSES.
They Are in Fashion Again, and the
HOmeIier They Are the More
Popular.

Purses carried by women nowadays
are in fancy grains and fancy colors,
the grain of the leather giving an APP
pearance of shading, while the edges
are bound in plain shade of the same
color or in a contrasting color. These
purses are all made in the common pat
terms, with change and bill compart-
ments.
There Is a revival of All old German
purse, which is big fiat pouch when
opened and has fat top frame of steel
in four pieces. The sides of the purse
are fat and bound with straight pieces
of steel, while the leather forms bag
hanging from these side steels. The
end steels are half as wide and are
hinged to the side pieces, folding across
the top and meeting in the middle with
clasp like a change purse.
When opened wide the whole purse
is spread out about eight inches long.
There is a place for everything and
everything in its place in one big bag.
Its bulk, when filled with the usual
array of memoranda and samples must
be detrimental to its popularity, as
it must be held clasped in the hand,
and it makes pretty good handful.
The popular purse, however, is of the
plaipest and homeliest type. 1t is the
Ginger purse" named from the wem-
ems habit of carrying it with the fin
gers thrust through the big retaining
strap across the front. This purse is
made of three plain strips of roughly
finished pigskin, making two compart-
ments in the simplest form. One is
gusseted for change and the other
is a fiat pocket for bills. The flaps of
both compartments slip through a
strap across the front piece. The
whole is sewed about the edges with
harness stitching, with no attempt at
To individuali2e this purse there are
big brass initials, the same as are used
in ornamenting brass-trimmed sets of
harness. These are furnished with re-
tanning pins on the back, which are
easily thrust through the leather and
pressed down fat.
There is something rich about the
appearance of these simple purses, and
their oddly has made them the most
poplar among the young folk.-Wash-
ington Star.
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Ynrkshire Pnrkin.

Yorkshire parkin, if made as foi-
lows, will be excellent, but it should be
kept two or three days before serV-
ing, till it has become perfectly sott:
Take one pound of oatmeal, one pound
of dark molasses, one-quarter pound
of butter, one-quarter pound of moist
sugar, mixed spice and ginger to taste.
Rub the butter into the meal, with the
sugar and spice, then add the molasses,
melted if too thick, mix all together
thoroughly, and bake in fat tins, such
as are used for yorkshire pudding, in
a slow oven for two hours or more
Boston Globe.
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NICHOLAS FELLOWS WILL.
OF VERMONT,
District of Prad ford S.

cTATE OF VERMONT,
- District of Bradford, IS.
In probate court held at ThetfOrd in said
district on the 22d day of Aug, A. D.. 1899.
An instrument purporting TO be the last
will and testament of Nicholas Fellows late
on Topsham in said district deceased, being
presented by Horace White, Esq, the exec
utor therein named therein for probate.
1t is ordered by said court that all per-
sons concerned therein be notified to APP
pear at a session of said court to be held at
Bradford in said district, on the 18th day of
Ser t, A. D., 1899, at 10 i'm. and show cause
if any they may have against the probate of
said will; for which purpose it is further or
dered that a copy of the record of this order
be published three weeks successfully in the
United Opinion, newspaper printed at
Bradford previous to said time appoint ed
for hearing.
By the Court, Attest,
IS SIN. GLEASON, Judge.
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Il LEGAL. Il

PROBATE COURTS AND COURTS OF INsoL-
vENCY-BRADFoRD DISTRICT 1896.
Probate Courts and Courts of Insolvency
within and for said district will be holden the
ensuing year as follows:
Bradford - At Hotel Low in Bradford
on the second Tuesday of every month
West Fairlee-At the Eagle Hotel in West
Fairlee on the last Saturday of May, July,
September and November.
Also al the Probate Office in Thettord on
the first Wednesday of every month.
Also at East Corinth on the third Thursday
of May, July and September.
S. NJ. GLEASON, Judge.
ThetfOrd Centre, VT, April |, 1896.
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TAX NOTICE.

Notice to the Taxpayers of the village of
Bradford, VT.
A village tax of 80 cents and highway
tax of 40 cents on the dollar of the Grand
List of the town of 1899 is in my hands for
collection. A discount of per cent will
be allowed on all taxes paid within 90
DAYS from this date, said time expires
Oct. 80, 1890. After Oct. 30, 1899, taxes
will be paid to The collector.
BARRON HAY, Village Treasurer.
Bradford, Vt, Aug. l, 1899. AZ
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NOTICE,

The co-partnership heretofore existing
between Z. E. Clark and c. c. Morris do
ing business under the firm name of Clark
& Morris is this day dissolved by mutual
consent of the parties. All debts due
Clark & Morris are to be paid to Clark &
Gage, who assume all liabilities of the
firm of Clark & Morris. c. E. CLARK.
&. {. NORRIS.
Dated at Bradford this 22d day of Aug.
A. D., 1899. 45
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NOTICE,

This is to certify that have this day given
my son John b Williams his time during the
remainder of his minority, and shall claim
none of his wages, or pay any debts of his
contracting after this date.
RAYMOND b. CILLEY,
Mrs. ELLA NJ. CILLEY.
EVERETT FoRsYTHE, Witness.
Topsham, Aug. IS, 1899. "A
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NOTICE.

This is to certify that have this day given
my son, VIM. H. L. Hood his time during
the remainder of his minority, and shall
claim none of his wages or pay any debts Of
his contracting after this date.
HORACE HOOD.
Witness, H. Z. PARKER.
Corinth, VT. Jnly 81 1899 A.
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NOTICE.

We, the undersigned, have this day
formed a co-partnership for the purpose
of doing a general merchandise or other
business under the firm name of Clark IL
Gage. c. E. CLARK.
J. b. GAGE.
Dated at Bradford, Vt, this 22d day of
Aug, A. D., 1899. 45
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TAX NOTICE.

NUIICt 10 IIIt Il ttAUttytIs UI IIIt IU"H Oh
Bradford.
A town tax of 40 cents and highway
tax of 40 cents on the dollar of the Grand
List of the town of 1899 is in my hands for
collection. A discount of per cent will
be allowed on all taxes paid within 80
days from this date, said time expires
Oct. 80, 1899. After Oct. 30, 1899, taxes
will be paid to the collector.
BARRON Hay, Town Treasurer.
Bradford, VT, Aug. l, 1899. AZ,
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enC auVdu tSLBe, II yOu AofS SNS1
Weakened up in some embarrassment
and said: Now, 1 will step little
aside from the right path and no one
will know it, and l will come all right
again, it is only once" That only once
has ruined tens of thousands of men
for this life and blasted their souls for
eternity.
A man arose in Fulton street prayer
meeting and said: II wish publicly to
acknowledge the goodness of God. |
was in business trouble. l had money
to pay, and l had no means to pay it,
and was in utter despair, of all human
help, and / laid this matter before the
Lord, and this morning l went down
among some old business friends l had
not seen in many years just to make
call, and one said to me: Why, am
so glad to see you! Walk in. We have
some money on our books due you
good while, hut we didn't know where
you were, and therefore. not having
your address, we could not send it.
We are very glad you have come" And
the man standing in Fulton street
prayer meeting said: 1.-The amount they
paid me was six times what l owed"
You say it only happened SO? You are
unbelieving. God answered that mans
prayer.
Oh, you want business grace. Com
mercial ethics, business honor, laws
of trade, are all very good in their
place, but there are times when you
want something more than this world
will give you. You want God. For
lack of Him some that you have known
have consented to forge, and to NAL
treat their friends, and to curse their
enemies, and their names have been
bulletined among scoundrels, and they
have been ground TO powder, while
other men you have known have gone
through the very same stress of circum-
stances triumphantly. There are men
here to-day who fought the battle and
gained the victory. People come out
of that mans store, and they say:
well, if there ever was a Christian
trader, that is one" Integrity kept the
books and waited on the customers.
Light from the eternal world flashed
through the show windows. Love to
God and love to man presided in that
storehouse. Some day people going
through the street notice that the shut
tiers of the window are not down. Tho
bar of that store door has not been
removed. People say: What is the
matter?" You go up little closer, and
you see written on the card of that win
dow: CLOSED on account of the death of
one of the firm" That day all through
the circles of business there is talk
about how good man has gone. Boards
of trade pass resolutions of sympathy,
and churches of Christ pray: Help,
Lord, for the cody man ceaseth." He
has made his last bargain, Re has suf-
fered his last loss, he has ached with the
last fatigue. His children will get the
result of his industry, or, if through
misfortune there be no dollars left, they
will have an estate of prayer and Chris
tan example which will be everlasting.
Heavenly rewards for earthly disci-
pline. There "the wicked cease from
troubling and the weary are at rest"
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pleo up and been consumed in the fires
of the last great day? Can It be that n
man will be wise for time and a fool for
eternity?
l remark also that business life Is a
school for integrity. No man knows
what he will do until he is tempted.
There are thousands of men who have
kept their integrity merely because
they never have been tested. A man
was elected treasurer of the state of
Maine some years ago. He was distin-
guished for his honesty, usefulness and
uprightness, but before one year had
passed he had taken of the public funds
for his own private use and was hurled
out of office in disgrace. Distinguished
for virtue before. Distinguished for
crime after. You can call over the names
of men just like that, in whose honesty
you had complete confidence, but placed
in certain crises of temptation they
went overheard.
Never so many temptations to scoun-
drelism as now. Not law on the stat
ute book but has some back door
through which miscreant can escape.
All, how many receptions in the fab
rio of the goods! So much plundering
in commercial life that if man talk
about living life of complete CONNER
cial integrity there are those who as
cribe it to greenness and lack of tact.
How many men do you suppose there
are in commercial life who could say
truthfully: I'm all the sales have ever
made l have never overstated the value
of goods; in all the sales l have ever
made have never covered up an imper-
lection in the fabric; in all the thou
sands of dollars have ever made have
not taken one dishonest farthing?"
There are men, however, wA&.can say
it, hundreds who can say it, Asands
who can say it. They are md Eonest
than when they sold their first fierce
of rice, or their first firkin of butter,
because theirhonesty and integrity have
been tested, tried and come out tri-
umphant. But they remember a time
when they could have robbed partner,
OF have absconded with the funds of a
bank, or made false assignment, or
borrowed illimitably without any eff
forts at payment, or got man into
sharp corner and f1eeced him. But they
never took one step on that pathway
of hell fire. They can say their pray
ers without hearing the chink of dis
honest dollars. They can read their
Bible without thinking of the time
when with a lie on their soul in the
custom house they kissed the Book.
They can think of death and the judg-
ment that comes after it without any
finching-that day when all charlatans
and cheats, and jockeys and frauds
shall be doubly damned. 1t does not
!; 1t 5s:; - yess'. 10 3