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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-01-13
GEORGIA HIGHWAYS.
System of Working the Roads with Con-
victs or Free Labor.

System of Working the Roads with Con-
victs or Free Labor.
Professor McCallie, assistant state
geologist of Georgia, In paper read at
Omaha, explains the system of road i'm.
provement of the state as follows:
1.-The law inaugurated In 1891, now
called the new road law, authorized
the commissioners of roads and revenues
OF each county, upon the recommends
ton of the grand jury, to fix and levy
special road tax, not to exceed 2 mills
on the dollar, and also to exact of each
male inhabitant communication tax, not
to exceed 80 cents per day for the num-
Der of days work required. Further
more, the law authorized these road
authorities to organize chain gangs of
misdemeanor cOnvicts or to hire free
labor for the Improvement and the main
tenance of the public highways, the ex-
penses of which being met by the special
road and Communication taxes.
"About one.ffth of the counties of the
state have since adopted this new road
law and are now keeping up and i'm
proving their highways, either by con-
Wet or hired labor. This system meets
with general approval wherever it has
been tried, and it is now only question
of time when it will be universally
adopted throughout the state.
"The usual method adopted In this
system of road working is as follows:
Convcts or free laborers are organized
Into squads, consisting of 10 to 40 men,
n1o
perintendent and one or more overseers.
Each squad is furnished with camping
outfit, two or more road machines,
wheeled scrapes, wagons, from 10 to 20
mules, plows, etc. The work usually
commences on the leading roads radiat-
Ing from the county seat aud consists
first in going over the road with ma
chimes, giving them the proper crown,
opening up the side bitches, macadamiz-
ing the DOGGY places and occasionally
cutting down the grades of the sleeper
hills. The main highways being thus
worked over, attention is then directed
to the less important roads, until all of
the public highways in the county have
been crowned and properly drained.
This first working usually requires from
one to two years, depending upon the
condition of the roads and the number
of hands employed. The second time the
roads are gone over more attention Is
paid to grading. and considerable mac
adamzing is frequently done, and the
work in general is of more permanent
and lasting nature.
1T is the intention of the road man
ayers adopting this plan to keep up this
process of gradual road Improvement
until all of the principal thoroughfares
at least in their respective counties are
graded, macadamized and other
wise put in first class condition"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-01-13

GREEN MOUNTAIN LODGE, NO. s74, X. OF H
j. 7. Kingsley, Dictator.
Regular meetings the first and third Friday
evenings OF each month
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-01-13

MT. CALVARY COMMANDERY, NO. /, X. t.
Sir Daniel c. Noble X. c.
Regular conclaves the fourth Wednesday
each month.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-01-13

POTTER CHAPTER. NO. %, R. A. NJ
Edlcdrd H. Martin, Il. II. p.
Stated convocations the third Tuesday even
ing of each month.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-01-13

z MIDDLEBURY COUNCIL, NO. IA, R. AND s. N.
J. NJ. Cheney, T. 1. M.
Stated assemblies the second Tuesday even
ing of each month.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-01-13

WIN. p. Russell POST, NO. SO, g. Z. r.
T. Wells, Commander; VIM. Latimer, s.
VIC; James NJ. Tracy, S. c.; w. l.. Cady
Adjt.
Regular meetings the second and fourth
Wednesday evenings OF each month.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-01-13
TO MODIFY oLAYToN.BuLWER TREATY.

TO MODIFY CLAYTON BULWER TREATY.
Press dispatches from Washington and
London indicate that a movement is soon
to be Instituted, if it is not already under
way, having for its object the modifiaca-
ton of the Clayton. Bulwer treaty so as
to permit the construction and owner
ship of the Nicaragua canal by the
United States government. The dis
patches from London indicate that the
British government is willing to make
such concessions as are necessary to In
sure the construction of the canal. but it
does not seem disposed to abrogate the
treaty in Its entirety. Great Britain APP
parently wishes to retain in the treaty
the provisions regarding the neutrality
of the canal and its use by British
subjects.
1t has been apparent for some time to
students of the situation that the modifi-
cation of the Clayton Bulwer treaty is
necessary preliminary to any proper
solution of the Nicaragua canal question.
1t is gratifying, therefore. to learn that
steps are to be or are being taken to
secure modification. Many Americans
would like to see the treaty nullfied In
its entirety, but Great Britain is not like
ly to concede so much.
Previous to 1850 Great Britain laid
claim to certain territory in Central
America that might constitute part of
route of any canal built in the future.
One of the purposes of the Clayton
p,tl RI hn
linquishment of these claims. for fear
Great Britain some day might secure ex-
elusive control over any canal that should
be built. AT that time Great Britain was
eager to construct Nicaragua canal.
Since the opening of the Suez canal, how
ever. giving to England a shorter route
to Asia than would the Nicaragua canal,
the British have not been so deeply in
terested in the Nicaragua canal. TO the
American, however, this waterway is a
matter of ever-growing Importance. 1t
is but fair, therefore, that Great Britain
should consent to such modification of
the treaty as will permit the United
States to construct and control the canal
as the only means of securing it at any
time In the near future. Still. as a great
commercial nation, Great Britain desires
that an International waterway, such as
the Nicaragua canal is destined to be,
shall remain neutral and open to use by
British subjects on like terms with the
citizens of any other nation, Just as is
the case with regard to the Suez canal,
now controlled by Great Britain
Chicago Record.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-01-13

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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-01-13

MoosLAMO TRIBE, NO. IA, l. o. OF RIM.
4. II. Langworthy, Sdchem; W. II. Gilbert
Chief OF Records.
Councils second and fourth Thursdays oil
each MOON
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-01-13

THE CHURCHES.
CONGREGATIONAL.
REV. A. W. DICKENS, PASTOR.
Sunday services, 10 AS a. M; 7 80 .. m
sabbath school, IL DOM.
Thursday, conference meeting, 7'3O p. m
Up 8. c. E., Sundays. 6;3Op. m
BAPTIST.
REV. A. b. POTTER, PASTOR.
Sunday Services, 10 As a. m; 7 80 p. m
Sunday school, IL 100 m.
Prayer-meeting, THU sday, 1902. m
Us. 8. c. E., Sundays. 100 p m.
Seatsfree.
METHODIST.
REV. j. G. GooDING PASTOR.
Sunday Services: 10 AS a. m.
Epworth League meeting, 600 p. M
Evening service, 90 p. m
Sabbath school,, II 100 m.
Glass meeting, IL 100 m.
Glass meeting Tuesday, 1880 p. M
Prayermeeting Thursday. 80 p. m
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
REV. J. NJ. GELOT, PASTOR.
Summer Arrangement.
Every Sunday Low mass mass at = 80 a. N m
sunday school after high mass.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-01-13

Then when me an his oil mother went to hear
a famous case
An we saw him there sittin' on the bench
with solemn face,
An the lawyers was calm him "Your
Honor" an "the Court"
How we felt our bosoms swellin' an our sassy
hearts cavOitl
There he sot jest like statute, full o. dignity
an law,
jest the very grandest pcter of man we
ever saw,
An although our hearts was swellin' full o.
pride clear to the brim,
KEEP whispern' to mother it was
Jest
nur
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-01-13

At thu school examination when we sot bacl
in the crowd,
Watchin' of the hull proceedin's, we was gosh
Almighty proud
An notice that his mother had a teardrol
in her eye,
An my own OF gray fcinged blinkers wan
oncomfortably dry,
Fur the one that graduated at the head of al
the school
Wasn't any goldfish swmmin' in the 'ristC
cratic pool
No, there wasn't any sky.blue blooded ped
gree in him,
Fur the boy that TUX the honor cake was
Jest
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-01-13
WHAT DO THE CHILDREN DRINK

Denver Post.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-01-13
Business CARDS.

CHARLES WILLIAM STROBELL,
" NJ. D., U. V. M. 1882.
- DISEASE OF WOMEN. -
evening, to 8 O'clock daily, excepting Sun
days.
ONCE, 2sH Merchants Row, opp. opera hous
261yr. RUTLAND, VERMONT.
TYR. WILLIAM w. TOWNSEND
~ 1.-THE RUTLAND"
35 WALES ST., RUTLAND. vi.
SPECIALIST.
Office hours: HIP a. M, "a p. m, 10 p. m.
Sundays; BY appointment only s oo,.
Diseases of the Bladder and Kidneys, Con
orrhCsa, Syphilis, Structure and Varicocele
Private hospital Accommodations. Correspond
ence solicited.
T s. CHANDLER,
PENSION ATTORNEY,
RIPToN, VT.
Collector Of claims and land survey Of
Charges reasonable. 5Ot. I.
T E. MELLEN, d. D. s.,
DENTIST.
Office hours, to IL a. M, to s p. IA. ONCE
over Bond Bros. store,
MTDDLEBURY, VT
Laughing gas administered.
DARK DRUG STORE. For the
L very best quality OF
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, CONFEC TIOEERY
STATIONERY. PERFUMERY. TOT.
LET SOAPS AND CIGARS.
go to the PARK LsUe STORE. satisfaction
eN'' ISAAC sTERNs. Proprietor
w. H. KINGSLEY
DENTIST.
Upstairs in Brewster Block.
Office hours from a. m. till 8 p. m.
Middlebury, VT
THE FRAreRnlTIEs.
LAKE DUNMoRE LODGE, NO. IL, I. o. OF o. F.
Il. Hunt, N. G.; r. ". Bauinetine, y O.,
W. L. Cddy, Rec. Sec; C. Z. Youtt, Per. Sec.
Meetings every Friday evening at 80
o'clock. Degree work every meeting. Hal
in Dyer's block.
ADDISON ENCAMPMENT, NO. q, I. o. OF.
L. E. Mellen, C. p; II. A. Peck, Scribe.
Meetings second and fourth Mondays OF
each month.
UNION LODGE, NO. ?, F. AND A. NJ
Charles j. Matthews, ". NJ.
Regular communications the first Monday
evening OF each month.
POTTER CHAPTER. NO. %, R. A. NJ
Edtcard II. Murtin, Il. III. p.
Stated convocations the third Tuesday even
ing of each month.
MIDDLEBURY COUNCIL, NO. IA, R. AND 8. NJ
j. M Cheney, It. l. M
Stated assemblies the second Tuesday even
ing of each month.
MT. CALVARY CoMMANDERY, NO. !, X. T.
Sir Daniel c. Noble, X. C.
Regular conclaves the fourth Wednesday o.
each month.
WIN. p. Russell POST, NO. SO, G. Z. b.
TIC. Wells, Commander; VIM. Latimer, s.
Y. c.; James NJ. Tracy, S. V.C.; w. l.. Cady
Adjt.
Regular meetings the second and fourth
Wednesday evenings of each month.
CAMP A. 8. TRACY, 8. OF ".
c. r. Rich, Captain.
Regular meeting the second and fourth Fin
day evenings of each month.
GREEN MOUNTAIN LODGE, NO. s74 x. OF n.
j. 7. Kingsley, Dictator.
Regular meetings the first and third Friday
evenings OF each month.
MoosLAMo TRIBE, NO. IA, I. o. OF R.M.
&. II. Langoorthy, Sachem; W. III. Gilbert,
Chief OF Records.
Councils second and fourth Thursdays oil
each moon.
THE CHUROHEs.
CONGREGATIONAL.
REV. A. W. DICKENS, PASTOR.
Sunday services, 10 AS a. M; 7;9o D. m
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-01-13

An up yonder in the court house when he
pleaded his first case,
An the jury got a verdck without risin from
their place,
An the lawyers crowded round him an the
jedge came OFF his seat
Fur to compliment his talent, could scarce
control my feet.
Couldn't hardly keep from dancin', an want.
ed fur to whoOp
At the way he put the lawyers fur the plaintiff
in the soup,
But although he swum in honor an they made
heap of him,
In the heart of his OIL daddy he was
jest
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-18

was almost a cry of agony that went up
from the sfghtseers. Although the Co
lumbia was to be the beneficiary of the
accident never was there more sincere
expression of regret than when the
Shamrock Wore slowly around and gave
up the contest. The Columbia went on,
as she was bound unGer the rules to do,
but several OF the steam yachts went
alongside the Erin as she left the hne
to get her wounded champion. Com
modCre Benedict was one OF the first to
go alongside and express his sincere re-
grets at the accident that had befallen
the challenger.
Sir Thomas took all the condolences in
the spirit they We're given, and philo-
sCphically stated that the accident was
the fortune of war.
A large number of the excursion fleet
continued over the course with Column
bla, but the interest IN the lace was
gone They saluted her with their braz-
ell throats at the two outer marks, and
gathered at the finaf to give her a stem
torian welcome
The Columbia made a fine race, pluck
lily holding en- tC her club sail through
out, and setting her baby jib in the final
race for home. Her time was little short
of marvellous. She covered the course
in hours and 81 minutes, the beat of ten
miles to Windward i'll 1871 the reach
to the second mark in SO min1tes and 50
seconds. AS she crossed the finish line
she let go her head sails, and ore of the
Deer Isle sailors treated the spectators
to an exhibition Of daring as he climbed
out over the peak halyard, eighty feet
IN the air, to hoist the club topsail.
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Lexington as the man who "came with a
message of warning and advice to the
Democracy of the state and nation" to
which Mr.. Bryan replied as follows
MR.. BRYAN TALKS.
81 have no authority to give you advice.
I have no desire to urge on you an ac-
ton that your conscience and judgment
do not justify. I am nothing but prt-
vate citizen I speak as a private citi-
zen to private citizens 1 have my opin-
ion and my reason for 1t. You need not
accept my opinion unless the reasons
which influence are sufficient to satisfy
you. I recognize that a mans vote is his
own-that he ought to do with 1t what he
thinks is best Probably l am more lib
eral in my views on the subject of the
right to bolt than some are L want to
present another phase of the boiling ques-
ton, and 1 trust that the boilers will be
as diligent in spreading my views upon
the citizens right to vote. l recognize
the right Of any man to vote as he
pleases, and I have never yet condemned
a man who made his vote represent his
conscience and his judgment, no matter
where that vote was placed. If in this
campaign a Democrat believes that he
can serve Democracy best by voting for a
Republican government, l want him to do
it. l don't believe, however, that is the
best way to advance the principles of De-
mocracy. l don't believe that in a great
contest like this you can afford to with
draw your support from the Democratic
ticket.
81 would not deserve your confidence if
I stayed in Nebraska and allowed boiling
Democrats to play on my name. If bolt
ing Democrats want to vote for Repub-
licans or for a Democrat put up in oppo-
sition to the regular nominee Of the par
ty, let them do it, but let them come out
boldly and state their real object and not
claim they are doing 1t to save me.
FAMILIAR WITH BOLTERs.
81 know something of bolters There
were some in 1896 Oaughter.) Only the
bolters of 1896 said they bolted because of
principle, and a bolt against a principle
is higher than a bolt against a person.
l regard principle as infinitely more i'm
portant than a person. What did the
bolter do in 1896? He helped to elect the
president and everything the Republican
president has done that bolter who help
ed to elect him is responsible for Your
governor signs the credentials of the
electors who represent the people of this
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-18
HE CANNOT IYDORSE THEM
DOES NOT SEEK A NOMINATION AT
THE HANDS OF SECEDERS
FROM PARTY
MEANS REPUBLICAN VICTORY
MIR. Bryan Warns the Kentucky
Democratic Voter That, While He
Has q Perfect Right to Cast His
Ballot for Whoever He PIeases,
Yet a Vote for a Bolter Means a
Lift for the Republican Ticket.

STANFORD, KY Oct. 1.-THE second
day of William ]. Bryan's Kentucky
campaigning trip was spent in the central
part of the state, under unfavorable
weather conditions. The start was made
from Louisville this morning at o'clock.
A heavy rain storm prevailed and con-
tinued throughout the day. Frankfort,
the capital city, was reached at o'clock,
and as the guests Of Senator j. c. S.
Blackburn, the party had breakfast at
the Capital hotel.
Despite the rain and the early hour a
large crowd assembled in the opera house
to hear Mr.. Bryan, who urged the cleo
ton Of the regular Democratic state tick
et The lengthy speech Of the day was
that delivered at Lexington, in Chau-
tauqua hall, before perhaps the largest
gathering of enthusiastic followers met
during the days trip. There was a large
and demonstrative assembly at Mount
Sterling, the meeting being held in the
open court yard, while the rain came
down in torrents.
There were friendly crowds at Ver-
sailles, Richmond, Winchester, Stanford
and Junction City, where stop was
made for the night Ex-Gov. McCreery
and party boarded the special at Winches-
ter and accompanied the train to Junction
City A number OF ladies were guests
during a portion of the day and were en-
tertained by Mr.. Bryan.
Judge Morton introduced Mr. Bryan at
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-18

under her lee two minutes before the
start and try as the defender would she
could not shake off her rival. Both were
on the port tack to the southwark of the
lightship. Finally, when but seven sec
onds remained, the Columbia wore around
taneously tackled in the opposite direction,
and thus, making two divergent circles,
they came around on the starboard and
headed for the line. A collision was al
most inevitable had they approached eacn
other at an acute angle under the lee
of the lightship But the Shamrock es-
tabliShed an overlap, and the Columbia
had to keep off, and almost together they
bounded away in the smoke of the gun,
so close that a sailor might have stepped
from one boat to the other. The sham
rock was perhaps half length ahead
and in the windward berth.
Both had their sheets trimmed straight
aft and as she went across the Colum-
bia set her baby jib topsan. 1t was
broken out and sheeted home In eight
seconds But the smartness of the Yam
kee boat In setting its sail did not COM
pensate the spectators for the disappoint-
ment they felt on account of Shamrock s
superbness in getting the weather gauge.
But the disappointment was short lived.
The Columbia was blanketed, and the
patriots expected to see her drop astern.
Instead, she gathered headway and went
through the Shamrock's lee like a race
horse and in five minutes she was clear
of her adversary.
COLUMBIA DID BEST.
Five minutes later the Shamrock went
about on the port tack, but the Yankee
held on for minute to make sure of the
weather gauge. 1t seemed as If Colum-
bia would repeat her performance of yes
terday, for she ran faster and pointed
better. Fifteen minutes from the start
she was on the green boats weather bow
and forging ahead at every bound. The
Shamrock did not set her handkerchief
toward believing from her experience
yesterday that it knocked her out of the
wind. Capt. Hogarth was able to keep
her closer, but did not point as high as
the white beauty.
The Columbia made a good deal Of
splash as her bow went crushing into the
long swells. The exeprts thought this
caused her to spill wind out of her sails.
But they had no heart to criticise
the Bristol boat as she ate her way to
windward Meanwhile the mass of >excur-
sion boats came on after the big flyers
and the wind increased to seventeen knots
an hour.
Twenty minutes after the start the
sharps, with their glasses glued on the
two boats, noticed that the Shamrock s
mast appeared to sag a little. Several
times she was luffed up sharply. "She
won't go far with that club topsail up"
said one of the men on the Associated
Press boat John Nichols.
At 1924 the club tonsail of the green
boat tumbled over, and the green boat
was a helpless cripple. Her big sail fell
lifeless, like the wing of a bird hit by
the hunter, and she lay helpless.
SYMPATHY FOR SHAMROCK.
No one in the excursion fleet knew
what had happened except that the club
topsail had been carried away, and it
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-18

will not be allayed by more successful
military campaign, just as fifty years ago
the trouble of conscience about slavery
Many people now, as the slavery com
promise did then, tgy to ease their minds
by saying. We'll, we are in it. and now
we must do the best we can In spite
respects, will accept it with the one
proviso, that we make an honest effort
to ascertain what really Is the best We
can do.
PHILIPPINES AND CUBA
= In the course Of. that. war Commodore
Dewey; by brilliant feat of ar1hs, de.
stroyed the Spanish feet in the harbor Of
Manila. This did not change the heralded
character of the. war--certalnly not in
sdtuting the strongest and foremost tr be
of the population of the archipelago, had
long been fighting for freedom and inde-
pendence, Just as as the he Cubans had The
thized with them. They fought for the
same cause as the Cubans, and they
fought against the same enemy-the same
enemy against whom We were waging
our war Of humanity and liberation. They
had the same title to freedom and indie
pendence which we recognized as "of
right in the Cubans-nay, more; for, as
Admiral Dewey te!egraphed to our gov
ernment they are far superior in their
intelligence, and more capable of SELF
government than the natives Of Cuba
both races, and further intercourse with
them has confirmed me in this opinion y
Now let US see what has happened Two
months before the beginning of our Span
ish war, our consul at Manila reported
to the state department.: Conditions
here and in Cuba are practically alike.
War exists battles are of almost daily
occurrence. The crown forces (Spln shl
have not been able to disiodge a rebel
army within ten miles of Manila. A re-
pubic Is organized here as in Cuba
When two months later our war of lib
Grafton and humanity began, Commodore
Dewey was at Hong Kong with his ships.
He received orders to attack and destroy
the Spanish fleet in those waters. 1t
was then that our consul general at Sing
apore informed our state department that
he had conferred with Gen. Aguinaldo,
then at Singapore, as to the cooperation
of the Philippine insurgents, and that he
had telegraphed to Commodore Dewey
that Aguinaldo was VII ing to come to
Hong Kong to arrange with Dewey for
general cooperation, if dasired;'' where
upon Dewey promptly answered: Tell
Aguinaldo to come as soon as possible.
The meeting was had. Dewey sailsd TO
Manila to destroy the Spanish fleet, and
Aguinaldo was taken to the seat of war
on a vessel of the United States His
forces received a supply of arms throu h
Commodore Dewey, and did faithful ly
and effectively cooperate with our forces
against the Spaniards, 80 effectively, in
deed. that soon afterwards by their ef-
forts the Spaniards had lost the whole
country.
Now. whether there was or not any for