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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-25
Good Luck.

The old doctor had been swsy for D
fortnight on one Of his fishing trips. and
now lotered 10 the drug-shop. listening
TO the news Of the village.
Aud Sam Vance. said the druggist.
Phelps has had bis usual bard lack. he
bought = whole ticket 10 tbs lottery with
part OF his erspdmother's legacy, and 1t
has turned out blank.
Good said the doctor, Now, he will
take up bis saw snd 90 to work.
Well. It was hard luck. said Phelps.
The prizs was two hundred Thousand dol
lars, and y IN had the very next number
10 the winning ticket. and drew nothing.
He has the bent Of bis family toward
lsziness and drink. said The doctor. Yon
know that With money be would be .
cot 10 year. without II he still has .
chance to be good carpenter and use
fol man. he paused, and presently went
on: tell you, Phelps, bad lock is usasl
ly the beet OF our good angels. The
things that we don't have 10 this world
are the ones that help ns the most.
Whs. do you mesn7 asked the druggist.
The doctor looked vt bin. They we're
both old men. They bad grown old 10
sether 10 the vIlsge. and both OF them
knew oil Of i,s history Of human life
both tragic and comic.
Well. be sai ihsrs is the squire. II
be bsd msrfi The woman be loved Ill
need Dot mention any names he would
bsvs been miserable. She had . email
mean nsture. Sac wss greedy and full OF
petty msliee. She msfrisd smother man
sud presently died sni the squire makes
oul Of ber mem3ry noble. foe impulse
tbs, perptinslly lifts bis whole life.
Add there ~ the R,nasils. both hu.
bspd aud vile. They never have ceased
10 monrn iof their only SOD, who died
~hsn be wss to- yesfs old. There is DO
rood qusliiy sbich they do not giyS
bin, They TAX Of him necessarily, o.
bis tslents. bis piety. II they her Of
,rest discovery OF . noble deed. they
sncy Tom would hsve done IL IL be had
lived. ] vac the boys physician. He
uss vssk 10 body snd mind. He vas
'raei snd vicious. II be hsd lived 10
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-25
A Library In a Crack sr 10,

The British aud Foreign Bible Society
hss published q unique and important
edition OF the Scriptures. said 80 attend
ant upon the recent worlds missionary
conference 10 New York.
II iss translation into the Ussnds Ian
eusge. TIE volume is 10 shape very
long. bu, is ohly three inches thick.
A peculiar reason occssione ed the sdop
tioD Of this form In Central Airics the
white ants snd other insects rapidly des
troy book unless /. Ia well protected,
The Representatives OF the Church Mis-
sio lsry Society accordingly recommend
to lhe Bible Socieiy that they shouId is
sue this edition in form thu. would ht
into the tia biscuit boxes oi . cettsin
firm. which are very generally used 10
Ugspds families
This hss been done, and the sDi.proof
biscuit box is Iust large enough 10 hold
this Bible. 9 sm.li Bible hisl ov, and
hymnai snis priyfr-bo1A The mission
niesssy ths. this iitlla library 10 iin
boz Is erceediosJ popnIsf 10 Ugsnds
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-25

Lawyer Smart Good morning, Mr..
Gull. What can do for you todsy'
l want to get your opinion on q matter
OF law.
Yes.
My hens got into my neighbor Browns
yard. and be poisoned them. What /
want to know is, can recover dsmsges2
Certainly. 1t was malicious mischief
on his part, besides being y destruction Of
property.
Thanks. But holdl l stated that
wrong. Itwss Browns hens got into my
yard, and it was l who administered the
poison.
Alb. yes; see. That puts difieren.
color upoo the transaction, and II is clesr
that be. 10 the person Of his hens. was the
trespssser. whereas in leaving the poison
on your premises you we're quite unaware
that his fowls would eat ii. II was purely
an accident, SO far as you we're concerned :
Tbanks. How muoh2
Thirteen and fourpeuce.
Why. that's just twice what yon asked
for legal opiaioo the other day.
l know il, bat, you zee, have given
you two opioions today.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-25
VOLUME 40

dsvelere his teal 1state be Won. h.,.
broken their heala
Add loes At mel he soptinusa, With an
aae"y hash. H. h.i become the sr..t
spes'A'iss aimed 70 be, --if I had van
lane aud money, Il sheali have been
hsfd sed sfaspias, rca necanp v.x
yeur hesd' il's 10 mtl Il ". mv m
'0es' poverty aud lack OF .uecc.. ,hs,
have si''o ne say good, Kindly feeling.
that l nsy have
is'' Phelps, q, the end Of The long
d'y' ~hen se reckon up oar blessings 10
thank 0la Tor them before 10 60 to
sleep, We shall zee thai ), vas tho things
'hs' de refused, The ,hius. ,bs, lie toeh
ron u.s. which hslped Us The mosl,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-25

III TIE world stfe pct 20 iuh oi Htii
Miss Mniie,sp the children would kno'
more about spiaers. ss they are really 0
more initter,iug insects 10 sspdy. Bn
"a soon % the spider will sii dovn b
aide hsr. then Miss Mafst runs irish.e
ed away.
Nov, what she ought 10 do Is 10 si
perfectly still and vstch The spider. sn'
ishe note OF the interesting things !
viii do. II II 10 common garden ~
der II will soon suspend itself by silkei
line or travel scross cable bridge 10 ih'
nearest tsis or branch,
II Is . familiar sight to Miss MufeI
who takes early morniug walks 10 come
upon The lines OF webs OF the sosssmer
spiier . siiken network, studded with
dewdrop dismopds. spread over hedge
and hsld, These gosssmers serve Is bal
looms TO the spiders, and the apparent
Hsnt OF this wingless insect from tree
to tree, ACROSS water and even through
the upper regions OF air has been almost
as great . puzzle to ns.uraiisis ss the 1y's
walk on the ceiling,
When the weather is dry, warm aud
still. some spiders will be seen hanging
motionless head downward in the center
OF their wheel.like webs lying in wait
for prey. while others OF the top OF the
blades Of grass or Isil posts, ore patient
ly waiting for . rising bresz, to assist
them 10 shooting their lines high 10 the
air. As these silver threads Sre carried
sloit the spiders go along with them. and
after q while the threads sre brought TO
eether by the sclion Of the upper air, and
gradually assume the shape OF feeoy
iskes, composed Of irregular silky masses
When the upward current ceases they
'slI to earth again. and numerous winged
Insects are found entsngled 10 them,
Other webs for Miss Muffst TO study
IRE those large, white sheets. soping down
yard into tunnels, plumbers Of which are
10 frequently seen spread ont upon the
!rsss and lower bushes. These webs
erve ss house TO the spider, who, cit
ing near the mouth OF the tunnel and
bsded by the darkness OF the covered
10y is ready to rush forth and seize the
ret unfortuuste insect to become entan
led 10 the fatal web,
Then there are the spiders who make
heir houses 10 eurled up leaves. Often
1ese leaves are used by the mother spid
:, who is keeping tender watch over q
agiul OF eggs.
An interesting variety is the diving ,
,ider. and perhaps Miss Muflet has often
en shining through the water little
obe. apparently Of silver. which forms
10 perfectly cry apartment of the diving
,ider, in whicb, like Q mermaid or sea
mph. it resides 10 comfort; and, unmov
by storms, it devours it's prey at ease, l.
builds it's beuse by first attaching loose
reads 10 various directions to leaves oil n
,ter plants TO form the frame work oi /,
chamber. Over these it spreads trans a
rent. elastic vruish like liquid glsss, .
fills this bubble with cir ct the surface h
d then plunges down to the bottom OF a
0 pond, where II is able TO breathe for
long tins. and feed upon the water q
gs, 4
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-25

| Ileld yoa ihsi wesla cot resi npiil
bad revenge, secsrsed Americano. be his
ei. Nov. Isolt---
Bat The sirl, ei.iSs h,r bofse The rsin'
trokv snddsniy ihronsa she ranhs Of ihs
men xto surrounded Ler. Tor they bad
taken DO uoasip 10 ssenre her, and set oa
81, msd ssllop. closely parsuea by iOar
o. fve Of the bard ,ii. Ba, there wss 90,
. man 10 Chill who coald ride with Isols
MepdtE. snd. - they passed out Of sight.
oil conld see thai sbs vss gaming rapidly,
ssd wss likely TO escape. A cry OF rage
bnrst from the Iirs OF 0odeno
Nov. ten ,houssod curses op The girl,
be cried. mean, tbst she should witness
ny pnuishmert Of her Yankee lover; but
st least We hAye hin secure Place him
ssainst The rock there. with his hands and
feet boond. Make bin iss. 90 that be can
not fall down.
Tue men obeyed. And Godena dismount
ed with pistol 10 bis band. Ned. held
IN his place by bis bond, looked him bold
ly 10 the face. Advancing pace, the mis-
crssnt simsd at hin, changing bis aim
from time 10 time to distress the prisoner.
But Ned did not give the slightest sisn Of
fear. A, last the pistol exploded, and the
ball iors through the fsshy part Of bis
sbonlder.
Onel said Godens, producing smother
pistol. am going to bill you on the
other side.
Again be fred and the other shoulder
was torn BY the ball.
You black hearted boundl cried Ned, il
you think to wiring q single cry from me
you are mistaken. Go on. savage, com
plete your bloody work.
Godena' with the grin OF q Gend, took
two other pi tolls from tho hands OF one OF
the men, Again be fired, intending 10
pierce the arm OF the young sailor. bu,
Ibis time be missed.
Poor practice, said Ned. Try again. my
lear fellow.
The fourth pistol crscked, and Ned gave
! start and shiyer, for his left arm had
,een pierced. GodoIa was very angry,
or in spite OF the t.rture, be had not
,eer able to wiring serosnirom the gallant
oung man. Relosding bis pistol esrefnl
% ba utannad oIoaa IN tha prironar and
gain aud again touched him With the
1uz2,s OF the cooked pi toll over the Z
cart, upon the forehead, in every vital
art. but be did no. finch.
Why don't you end it, cowsrdly dosP
ried Ned. .
will end 1t, replied Godens. stepping y
aek single pace. Thus Mapue! Godens
venges himself. u
He raised the pistol 10 his right hand TO 81
level with the heart Of the prisoner and .
ss vbout TO pull the trigger when rifle VI
'scked on the mountain side above them u
I'd Manuel Godens, shot through the d
cart. fell upon bis face. dead. AT the q
me time loore OF stookmen and ranch IL
os chased down the csny on, and the ban u
ts turned in flight, pursued by the "
,rd OF riders. led by Senior MendeE. ~
hen Ned tainted from loss OF blood. and P'
ben be came back 10 life his bonds had ~
ZEN removed, and be Icy upon the green -
d. bis head pillowed upon the knee Of w
ola Mendez. IT,
Do not move. she said. softly. 70 ts "
,ol II love you).
Ned Wilton recovered from bis wounds,
It not soon enough to sail in the Vesper.
stead, he never left Chill. and 10 now q
,h rsnchero, and the name Of bis wife ~
10 once Isols Msndtz.
|
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-25
wn., IN. r.,isr sees.

Yee, there il time Tor throsieg ont
oae's ehesi. last as there is time for
everything else. ssid tbs tailor, as be
read oni one Of the measurements Tor the
cost, while the latter stood be
fore him Oh tue little peiestsi.
Sos yoa probably have DO idea, the
tsiIor tirued. ss be stretched the tape
ever the shoulder and down undsr the
arm pit, vtst 10, Of toubie lie made for
us by dsceitfui cnstomefs-I mean those
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-25

The Rev. Mr.. Alcott OF Elgip, ILL.,,
one OF Abraham Linooln's Spring fisId &C
qusintsnces. tells Of seeing him coming
away from church unusually early one
Sunday morning. The sermon could not
have been more than halt way through,
says Mr.. Alcoit His son, Tad was
slung scross bis left arm like pair OF Sad
dlebsss, aud Lincoln was siriding along
With long and deliberate tteps toward
home.
Ol one OF the street corners be encount
cred group OF bis fellow townsmen. Lin
coin sniieipsied the question which was
sbou, 10 be pat by the group. aud taking
bis fsute Of speech iron practices With
which they we're only too familiar, ssid.
Gentlemen. entered this colt, bu, be
kicked sroupd 80 bad to siibdrsw bin.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-25

Mr. Anos Bosss had HE osn iaess a.
10 shat eonsilptsd coed sefn N. When
be was stke5 bis opinion Of the ieunsi
discourse given ~ clergyman irom the
city, who who spending iew days 10
Sbssyiile, be stroksd his beard and re
piled: II itfre uas srybody there tbs,
e.io lated to had cot the rod 10 Heaven.
lhey'd have been : mite die ppoipied. /
reckon, be ,si5. .slosly; bat II they wanted
10 lnow how to get from Egypt To Jericho
srd bach, the,'d hsvs iound ou,. !, iast
dependa
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-25

Fyrmef Gyy. E;wsrd q. Smith oi Si.
Albsos will spend the winter 10 Italy.
tskiss hoass ia Fiorsess. ~Lirs bis
brother Lives. He sill sail 90 Nov 10
sih bis wife sad children. bis vessrsbls
mother sDd also the mother oi Mrs.
Smith.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-25

-Ifssicibls Lislteasnt tio~n sngins-
room Tub, !. there blishering iiioi ct
.. tbe eDd OF tbis tabff Yoiee from tLs
Eoglue Il 3om N tsl this eud. ar
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-04-21
Otis is Over" Anyhow.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
It is, in way, relief to the country
to learn that Gen. Otis has been relieved.
1t is fully year ago that Mr. McKin-
ley's personal representative in the Philip
pines began sending bulletins that the
s'war is over These official fairy tales
have been repeated with unblushing regu-
larity about every two weeks since, and
yet the latest reports of the losses of oul
troops and the killing of the Filippinos
show bigger average for the first three
months Of this year than for the preceding
quarter.
General Otis insisted at the beginning
Of the trouble that with 80, 600 troops he
could soon end the instruction When
this force proved utterly inadequate he
was given more than 60, 0OO-a larger
army than the United States ever employed
against foreign foe Yet the ''insurgent
bands swarm everywhere. There is not
a town or district where Americans would
be safe without military protection. And
even the optimistic Otis admits in letter
that ga large body of troops must be kent
in the islands indefinitely
Macarthur may or may not do better,
but the country will be glad that Otis is
"over," if the war isn't.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-04-21
Attorney General Rayner's Views
on the Work of the Legislature.
From the Baltimore Sun.


Attorney General Rayner, who has been
necessarily at work since the adjournment
of the Legislature examining the large
amount of legislation submitted to him, in
Guiding nearly eight hundred bills and res
olutions passed by the General Assembly,
in speaking of the general character Of the
legislation said
"a number of beneficial laws have been
passed. A list of the public statutes is now
being made, and it will show great many
enactments that will inure to the public
benefit. The large number of bills that
have been adopted is due to the fact that
the Court of Appeals some time ago gave
a construction to the constitutional restric-
ton in reference to corporations which
opens wide the door for legislative fran
chises Trust companies are being char
tered in places where there is hardly trust
to execute and electric railways along routes
where there is hardly human habitation.
The present Legislature adopted a very
wise provision that in cases of this sort I'M
less active operations are commenced within
a given time the charter shall be forfeited.
$50 far as | have been able to discover
our city representatives in the Senate and
House guarded with jealous vigilance the
provisions of all charters authorizing the
use of the streets l examined them as
carefully as l could within the limited time
allowed, which is six days from the presen-
tation of a bill, and so did ex-Gov. Whyte
and his first assistant, Mr.. Bryan, and we
found great care taken in their provisions.
| venture this assertion: IF there is any
clause in any of them that give rights with
out the consent of the city, fraud has
been committed upon the Legislature. A
number of them were suspended, but upon
careful examination proved to be correct.
1t is task almost impossible of accomplish
ment to examine thousands of pages of leg
islation in six days.
II want to say in this connection, and
everyone who is conversant with the sur
roundings will sustain me, that Governor
Smith has been indefatigable in the labor
that he has devoted to the examination Of
these measures / have come in contact
with our Governors for 25 years, and it is
no disparagement to any of them to say
that no one has exceeded him in the faith
full and intelligent performance of his du-
ties. He has devoted every moment of
his time to the public interest with unre-
hitting zeal, and has always exercised IL
most uniform courtesy to those with whom
he has been brought into official contact,
and resolution after he has arrived at con-
and at the same time absolute frmness
illusions and results [ do not say this
merely in spirit of loyalty, but because
my constant observation of his course has
satisfied me of his unfagging fidelity to the
public interest
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-04-21
Missouri and the President.

The President policy of imperialism
and militarism has unquestionably caused
him to lose strength in this State. There
are two reasons for this fact. The first
Is that the people of the Middle West are
still faithful to American spirit and tradi-
ton. They prefer the Republic to an
Empire. They condemn our entry into
the ranks of the land grabbing and colony
expressing Powers of Europe. They de-
plore the Presidents hostility to the Boer
cause, for the reason that such a cause
should appeal with tremendous magnetism
to every true American. Webster Davis
represents the Middle West Republicans.
The second factor in the President loss
of popularity in Missouri is due to Ger
man-American sentiment Republicans of
this blood cannot ring themselves to APP
prove policy the evil workings of which
made themselves or their fathers exiles
from the Fatherland They know the
dangers of imperialism. They know the
peril and the grinding burden of big stand
ing armies. They have at last seen that
they must abandon Mr.. Mckinley because
the President is apparently bent upon fixing
these evils on the American people. 1t is
now clear case Of holding principle above
party-or, at least, of not blindly following
leader who threatens the destruction Of
party.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-04-21
Imperialism.



Our fathers, from 1776 downward, al
ways gave that name to it. Imperialism is
the denial of the fundamental rights of
man. 1t is the negation of the great Dec
laration of Independence. 1t contradicts
the sword of Washington and the pen of
Jefferson 1t fouts the dictum of Web
ster, who said: "No matter how easy may
be the yoke of foreiga power-no matter
how lightly is sits upon the shoulders-if it
is not imposed by the voice of his own ma
ton and of his own country he will not, he
cannot, and he means not to be happy un-
der its burden 1t nullifes the fourteenth
amendment of the Constitution, in which
the Republican party once took great pride,
and which declares: "All persons born or
naturalized in the United States, and sub
ject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens
of the United States 1t challenges the
assertion of Abraham Lincoln, in former
times respectable Republican authority,
that this Republic could not exist half free
and half slave, but must be either all free
or all slave-a doctrine which directly
clashes with the Mckinley conception of
republic composed of seventy millions of
free people at home and any number Of
''miIlions of vagabonds' and ''savages' in
Asia or wherever else we may choose to
acquire and govern them on the European
principle-without their own consent.
1t is denial also of famous declaration
of Charles Sumner, sustained at the time.
by the great majority of the Republican
party. Speaking of the proposed acquisi-
ton of San Domingo by mixture of un-
American processes--half by corrupt pur-
chase and half by brute force-SumpeF
said: sit is vain to. set forth as the mes
sage President Grant's) does, all manner
of advantages, commercially and material
ly.' What are these if Right and Human
ity are sacrificed? What are these without
that priceless blessing--Peace? am not in
sensible to the commercial aud material
prosperity Of my country. But there is
something above these. 1t is the honor
and good name of the Republic, now dark
ened by an act of wrong. If this territory
were infinitely more valuable than it is l
hope the Senate would not be tempted to
obtain it by trampling on the weak and
humble. Admit all that the advocates of
the scheme assert with regard to the re-
sources Of this territory and then imagine
its lofty mountains bursting with the pre-
cious metals, its streams flowing with amber
over silver sands, where every field is a
Garden of the Hesperides, blooming with
vegetable gold, and all this is not worth
the price we are called to pay" Thus
spoke the most eloquent and scholarly states
man of the Republican party in its better
days.
From Lincoln and Sumner to Mckinley
and Hanna is far cry. 1t covers the
distance between the old American and the
new Imperial idea.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-04-21
Big Pay fer Little Work.
From the Washington star.


ga high grade position of which but
little is known, except to the trade, OBJ
served prominent tobacco manufacturer
sis what is known as the 'favorer, the
man who is responsible for the flavor of all
grades of goods made, and who sees to it
that the flavor is kept the same year in and
year out, it matters not where the tobacco
that goes in them comes from or the con-
ditions under which it has grown.
''Of course, tobacco manufacturers en-
deavor to use the same kind of tobacco all
the time, but circumstances at times rem
der this impossible. As an illustration,
our company had bought up and stored
away enough tobacco to make up all our
brands of smoking tobacco and cigarettes
for the year, when all of sudden our
storehouse were destroyed by fire and our
stock went out Of existence There was
no more tobacco of that particular grade
to be bought and we were driven into new
fields. The tobacco being raised on DIFF
ferent soil and being slightly different as
far as seed and stem were concerned, the
favor was also different. Smokers, and
chewers as well, insist on the same favor
all the time
ssHere is where the favorer comes in.
By his art and skill he can make tobacco
that grows on low lands taste and smell
the same as that grown on high lands.
He can make tobacco grown during dry
season take the same flavor as that grown
during a rainy season. Tobaccos grown at
different ends of the same State or in DIFF
ferent States are by his treatment the
same, as far as the consumer is concerned.
He draws big money, but though he comes
high, as the travelling show companies say,
I'VE must have them. As may be imag-
ined, there are not many who are compe-
tent to do the work, and as a result they
range in salaries all the way from So to
SlO per day of about one hours actual
work. They are employed, however, but
about nine months in each YEAR