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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-07-24

The city OF Rochester, with an estimated
population of 100000. pays 81, 575 per month
lor the collection and disposal of its garbnGe.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-07-24

sheets blankets, pillows and coverlets or
rounterpanes were frequent subjects OF be
quest i'm the middle ages.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-07-24

H. II. GHEEN's SONS. OF Atlanta. Ca. are the
only successful Dropsy Specialists i'm tho
world. See their liberal offer i'm advertise
mcnt in another column ~ this pa per.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-07-24

ono Of tho men serving In the IMPERIAL
iromaury I'm South Africa Is worth 90. 600
NoHr.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-07-24

Mrf Vintlow's Soothing syrup Tor obfIdren
f'tfhinR foftens the gums, reducing nnamnna.
On, allays pain. cures wi nd collie. DC % Dpt.i,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-07-24

ihliE eti"p BE- bad companion Get
rid ~ b. hy chewing o. barof Adam, POI,
-in Iutu Fruit after each meal
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-07-24

ChRrles Frohman Will have n dranatiza-
ion o. Mary Cholmondeleys novel. "Eod
rQtape."
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-07-24

sadie Nartinot viii play with Henry Nil,r
hIs summer season IN San Francisco
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To Cure n Cold in One Dov.

TAKE LAXATIVE BRoMo QUGEtEE TABLETa All
druggists refund the money II il fails to cure
b " GROVES signature Is on each box. 25c
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olga Nothersole has closed hersoneor sHo
"hI return 10 New York next year.
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Tho Best Prescription for Chins

ma Fever NJ bottle of GRavE's TIsTEtreq
'Hut TONIC 10 is simply iron and quinine iu
% ige'clcs- form. SO curo--uo pay Price SOS
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-07-24

FIossie Mamma, think this
ercaLris bad. 20 Mamma Well. my
child, I'm going TO whip 10 in min
ute, ~ Honkers Statesman,
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materially tonigh tablet
wf1tcl iohvo bId1Jn
o
cured satisfied you get yoo back Bile bo
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04
Elements of Financial Confidence.

The recent failures in New York and
Boston were undoubtedly signs that some
people were going too fast as we'll as
warnings to others not to follow their ex-
ample. The financial showers la those To-
calties have served to clear the atmos-
phere and tho probability is that whea the
results of those disasters are summed up
it will be found that there has been a net
gain for the country as whole. The dis
position to float new undertakings on a gil
gaNtic capitalization had come to be some
thing OF a craze in certain directions, and
not a few banking institutions had grown
careless in relation to the character OF So
curities accepted as collateral for loans.
That the failures recently recorded will
have a wholesome effect upon the financial
situation throughout the United States is
now evident and they will in all proba-
hilty prevent more genera, and extended
disasters later on. The experiences Of the
foundered financial craft will make others
more careful both in specializing ard
loaning, and this conservative Influence
was the one thing needed at the beginning
Of the new year.
When we turn to the future various cle-
meOts Of confidence present themselves
Organism as a financial factor is rapidly
being discounted. The war in South AZ
RIGA has had its worst effect, without seri-
ously disturbing business and financial cir
cles in this country; and the certain open
ing up of the gold mines of johannesburg
in the near future will mean another era
of easy money and enlarged investment
Our railroads are having all the traffic
they can possibly handle as rule; our
formers are receiving gratifying prices for
their products; manufacturers are work
ing extra hours in many instances in or
der to fill demands. and the whole coun-
try is continuing to enjoy unusual pros
perity in spite of wars aud rumors of
wars. For the people of the United States
the new year starts out under the most
favorable auspices.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04

Fanny Fern" fell into MIR. Ford's possess
sion against his will When he and his
partner decided to separate their inter
csts, the Waterman and Reflector went
10 the latter, while he received the Com
panion Whether or not this fact led him
to bury his identity is not stated, but GER
tain it is that he at once devoted his encr-
gies to his publication in way that
brought immediate success. He began
with an ambition to secure a circulation
of 100000 for his paper, but that goal was
so speedily reached that he set out to
double those figures. a process which was
repeated more than once as shown ly
the fact that the Companion now has u
circulation of over 100000. Mr. Ford was
a generous phianthropist as well as a de-
voted Christian, his gifts for missionary
work alone being estimated at $4,000 a
year. He always insisted that the infu-
ence of the Companion should be clean
and wholesome, and with it's wide circu-
lation he was able TO exert an immense
power for good.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04
COMMERCE IN CHINA.
Privileges Expected For American
Merchants-In OF the Empire
Indirectly Guaranteed.

The Washington correspondent OF the
Boston Herald says: Secretary HAY has
secured an international concert of the
most compi'oh vnsive character for MAIN
tanning freedom of commerce in China.
The scope Of the proposals of the Unit ed
states, the results OF which have follow ed
and their effect upon international ohliGa-
lions In China, can now be set forth flr
the first time by your correspondent wit
much greater precision and detail than
has yet been done
The United States has not merely pro-
tected its own intero ST by the pro p cssa to
guarantee the commercial integrity Of
China, but II has bound each power to
respect, within its sphere of influence, the
existing rights of all the others so that
transg ession by any one power will be a
violation of pledges to all. The appear
Eastern diplomacy has been marked,
therefore, by one of the most notable
agreements ever reached by diplomatic
consultation.
fhe United States has asked for no as
suranccs regarding any territory which
had been formally annexed and incorpor-
ated into the territory of any OF the pow
ers The pledges given are to be limited
to all territory leased by China to any
other power TO all spheres of influence
and to all territory still governed exclu-
sively by Chinese officials 1t Is asked
that within these territorial limits, all the
rights which the United States now enjoy
by treaty shall remain unimpaired.
The American notes on the subject have
stipulated that there should be no dis
crimina ting rates on railways built and
financed under foreign authority; that
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04
\ Uniuue Personality.

In these days when fame is the goal
sought by so many people it is worthy of
note that while the Youths Companion
has a reputation as wide as the world,
very few people knew that AlC. ID. S.
Ford who has just died was the propre-
tor and editor of that journal, in spite of
the fact that he had owned the publica
ton for forty years and had been respon-
sible for its development into one of the
most successful papers in the world. He
not only made his journal success, but
he also built the grandest newspaper
building in the country, and yet it is a
curious circumstance that his name never
appeared aus publisher of the Companion,
the publishing name Of Perry Mason &
Co having been used invariably
II is singuac fact that the Youths
Companion. which was founded by the
1ther OF N. r. willis, the poet, and Of
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04
WHEN EGGS GO UP.
Proper Feeding Will Make Hens Layers
in Cold Weather.

Nhen eggs climb up to top notch
prices ana people In the cities are paying
% cents dozen, there's money in eggs 4
rev people reap this fall and winter har-
vest from their poultry yards but many
SIM cling to the belief that If hens won [
lay they won't lay. and can't be made to
lay and that is all there is to it, Others
who have discovered that proper feeding
Will enable them to do wonders with fowls
gather eggs abundantly all through the
winter There are thousands who will en-
dorse what Is written, as follows, by Will
liam II. Yeomans of Columbia, Conn. :;
Last fall | made an experiment worth
giving our readers, Until about December
| was getting from twenty common hens
only one or two eggs "A day. ! determined
10 try Sheridans Condition Powder. / con-
TESS | had but little faith in its value to
make hens lay For nine days ! saw very
little effect, Then the hens began laying
and In three months laid eight hundred
and iifty eggs
Thirty years practical use of Sher!dan's
| Condition Powder in many thousands Of
poultry yards has established 1t as the
standard egg producer. 1T benefits the
hens. II supplies the nitrogens and phos-
pilates needed to produce eggs. 1t makes
all the food the hen eats more productive
Of esq material. 1t makes pulets early
layers so that even August pullets become
| productive during the winter season OF
| hlGn prices. III reViVes ana makes healthy
hens of those that droop ard get dstem-
per and il helps hens through the moulting
period. If hens cease laying or eggs fail
! or at any time give months trial to
Sheridan's Condition Powder and see what
| the result viii be
| Any further Information along this line
will be supplied by |. S, Johnson II Co,
| Boston, Mass, who have the records Of
! the use Of this powder during thirty
years, showing wrat 1t has accomplished
| for poultry keepers.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04
The Century Problem.
Editor Free Press:

First--It is conceded by all that the
time between % standing for the be-
giCniNg of time) and the end of IL months
or one year. is in the first century.
Sccond-On this following table the II
months, coeginning at % or one year,
closes exactly with the mark of division,
g. Hence, when oHe-the cardinal is
counted, the II months, or one year, is
passed.
| begin the second century as soon as
100 full years are past and before a single
moment of the fractional part of a year
between 100 and 101 Is counted for the same
reason that We began to count the first
century between and !.
If there is reason for the one il must
hold good In the other
Like as when | strikes. cne year has al
ready passed, 80, when 100 strikes che
hundred years hence a century are passed
when 100 strikes, This being true, The Il
months between the striking of 1900 and
the striking of 1901 are in the new century
ana hence are in the 10Th ANXIOUS.
We do not print the whole of Anxious
communication or the table embodied IN
IT. because it Is all based on the fallacy
mat there was a year in the first CEN
fury of the Christian Era That there
was any such year cannot be shown 1t
does not appear in human history or rec
ords. The argument advanced from the
beginning of TING amounts to nothing
We do not know that time had any be-
ginning; or If it had that from the first
1t was divided into years, and the years
numbered from the end of each, inst cad
OF, as now, from tho beginning of each.
The clock strikes at the end of the first
sixty minutes of the day; but years and
centuries do not strike in that way They
take on their numbers AT the beginning
of each. Thus this is the year 1900, though
il has just begun Our correspondent talks
about the difference between cardinal and
oriinal numbers; but whatever difference
there is between them does not affect the
question. lie virtually asserts that A. d.
1900 means not that we are In the 1gOoth
year, but that we have already completed
1t. This will not do.
tf course If all nculSind had agreed to
allow some century to slip a cog by put
ting in somwherc a year 0. It would have
been as well. People would live as long.
and the world wag the same, under that
arrangem ent as under any other. That,
however, is not the existing arrangement.
Ky the usage of civilized mankind, 4
statement that an event took place A. y.
means that it took place in the first
year of the Christian era. A. d. 90 means
the Goth year. A. d. 1899 meant the 1S99th
year, and the 19ootr year. or year 1000,
must pass before the century numbered
and named the Twentieth begins.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04
AIDS TO INTEMPERANCE
(From the Randolph Hcrald)

In our opinion, the mos: liquor will ne
drunk, the money wasted for it, the most
intoNication and crime follow, where there
is the freest opportunity TO obtain it. No
body wants rum sold as sugar and flour
are sold. Some limit must be put to it.
believers in license say. and some of them
mink, that few places. carried on under
strict regulations, with heavy penalties,
are better than many low dives which ex-
ist where prohibition Is a partial failure
or than a total stoppage of the traffic
where II Is fully enforced, so that even
those who drink in moderation cannot
obtain liquor Believers in prohibition
say and some of them think that license
regulations" are generally Disregard d !;
that 1t is impossible to draw any line le
tween moderate and excessive drinkers
and that inasmuch as the use Of liquor as
a beverage is not Gained to be of benz fit
to anyone even moderate drinking should
he discouraged on account of its evil ten
denotes. They hold with St. Paul that 1T
is good neither 10 eat flesh, nor to drink
wine, nor anything whereby thy brother
stun bleth."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04
WORK OF THE STATE BOARD OF
HEALTH.
(From the Rutland Herald)

The work of the Vermont state board of
health in systematizing public sanitation
and employing safeguards against infec-
tious diseases is giving good results. There
is no state that borders on Vermont which
is not having trouble with smallpox, an
epidemic that seems to have come along
with the Spanish war. Up to the present
Vermont has escaped. The meteorological
laboratory at Burlington, which is in some
respects the best equipped state laboratory
in the Union, enables the state board to
detect disease germs in water supplies OF
specimens sent there from the sick room.
The legislature made no mistake In giving
the state board OF health good appro-
priation at the last session.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04

THE WEEKLY FREE PRESS, 3 cnets per
opy, 80 cents for six months, Sl00 year, post
hge free.
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81 the Office $50 College street. Full advor-
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Remittance al the risk Of the subscriber IN
I'll made by registered letter, or by check oi
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The date when the subscription expires is or
Me address-label of each paper, the change OF
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When change of address is desired, both
lc old and new addresses should he given.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04
CARE FOR vBRMoNT's INSANE.
From the Waterbury RecordD

Possibly never in the history of the Yer
mont State hospital for the insane wac
the institution running so successfully as
it is to-day Although the bulldogs are
somewhat crowded, ali the patients are
cared for in comfortable and home ike
manner. During the past two national
holidays. the unfortunate people who are
confined at the hospital have not been for
gotten, and although suffering from dis
ease--they have beeO made a far as pcs
sible TO forget their trouble and ceebra to
as other people. Special enterta inme n s
have been given-excellent bills of fare
have been spread. 1t is needless TO add
the patients have been made to feel hap
Ply. DIR. Hutchinson, the superintendent,
is managing the affairs of the hospital IN
"A way that pleases the people of the State,
and to him much credit should be given
for the comfortable home he is making
for the Vermont insane,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04
WINOOSkI
SAVINGS BANK

From its careful management has not
met with a loss from any loan made dur
ing the last twenty years.
deposits made during the first FIVE days
OF any month Will draw interest from tho
hrst day Of that month. Deposits made
after the firth day of any month will draw
interest from the first day Of the next
mOtth.
Interest is credited depositors January
lst ana July LIST, compromising semi an -
nualIy The rate of interest paid to de
positors by all savings banks in this State
is limited ~ law to four per cent. until its
surplus amount to ten Per cent OF its
deposits, when an extra dividend is TO
be made.
No interest is allowed by law 20 he paid
on deposits in excess Of two thousand dol
lars except IT be on deposits by widow.
orphans administrators. executors. guar
dams. charitable or religious institutions,
or on trust funds deposited by order OF
court.
The Bank pays all taxes In this State
on deposits or fifteen hundred dollars or
less.
VERMONT LOANS SOLICITED.
Due depositors June 90, 1899. ...... .s721 COS -
surplus. ........... .,.........,... 3tSILtt
Deposits and surplus. ............. 75s,57705
OFFICERS-S. II. Weston, Pres dent.
Ormond Cole. Treasurer.
TRCSTEES-S. II Weston, ]. 3. Small.
Q. p. Ray, A. J. Stevens. Ormond Cole, L.
c. Mower. Samuel Bigwood.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04
Announcer eut

To accommodate those who are partial
to the use of atomizers in applying liquids
into the nasal passages for catarrhal trou-
bles, the proprietors prepare Cream Balm
in liquid form. which will be known as
Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Price includ-
ing the spraying tube is 10 cts. Druggists
or by mall, The liquid form embodies the
medicinal properties OF the solid prepare
ton. Cream Balm is quickly absorbed by
the membrane and does not dry up the
secretions but changes them to a natural
and healthy character, Ely Brothers. 81
Warren ST., N. y.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04
CoLLoouIALIsMs. IN THE BIBLE.

Many colloqualisms in the everyday
English speech which seem TO verge upon
ella ssification as sang are to be found in
the grand old King James version of the
Bible. The Boston Transcript publishes a
collection OF these from which We repro
duce n few:
am escaped with the skin OF teeth.
job, xix, 20.
l may tell all my bones; they look and
stare upon me. -Ps., xii. II.
Spreading himself like a green bay-tree
--Ps.. xxxvii.. 80,
Is his mercy clean gone forever?
--Ps.. lxXvli., So
The words of his mouth were smoother
than butter, but war was in his heart.
-Ps.. w.. q,
His enemies shall lick the dust.
-Ps., lxxii, Q.
Peace peace, when there is no peace
-Jere., vi, A.
There is one familiar quotation almost
Invariably attributed to Scripture author
ity.
God tempers the wind to the shon
lamb"
IL is by Rev. Laurence Sterne, and oc-
ours In his Sentimental Journey"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04

The director of the United States mint
estimates rhc production Of gold in tn g
| nited States for the calendar year 1899 at
sjoGW,170 which is about 50, go 900 more than
The output in 1895 and the production OF
silver at $74, 4247Si, as against so, SSi 49, in
->'N The estimated product of the klon-
q kc gold fields is $lG.1l4l50, or about dou-
lie the product of the same fields last
y'ar, The estimated gold production by
states in 1Sl9 is as follows:
Nevada, s. AZ 600; Washington ss06 POP
Oregon, Sl.i5o,3S7. Alaska 4,Ni SIG; Cali
foWa, $l4,a52.392 Idaho 2,4s0,62o; Montana
81 Hl9H97; Utah. 50, 369 lhS; Appalachian Sta tes
S }7,344: Colorado S2iCo0, 0O0; South Dakota
= 10000, Arizona, New Mexico and other
states are mentioned as producing small
amounts
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04

rhe Vermont troops in the Far East
have at last had an opportunity TO smell
e,npowder to an extent that ought to sat
Try All of their sincere friends, as reports
Of Capt. Brownclrs engagement abund-
antly demonstrate. The Montpelier Ar
rHs says "The fighting in the Philip
pines is supposed to to about ended and
ttis assures the country that there are
lone but small bands Of Insurgents any
where But Capt BrownoN of Burlington
managed 20 1ud a force big enough to
tight and he fought them we'll
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04
YEAR BOOKS FOR
DISTRIBUTION.
United States Senate,
Wash ingtoR. D. c.. Dec. q. $50

Editor Free Press, Burlington, Vt:
Dear Sir: l have for distribution quo
ia OF the Year Book for 1888, issued annu-
ally by the department of Agriculture,
which contains much informa ton of inter-
est to farmers, and desire that they may
reach the hands of those who may special
ly care for them. ! shall be pleased to
send a copy to any of your readers who
will drop me line asking for it.
Very respectfully yours,
REDFIELD PROCTOR
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04

When you want anything, advertise in
the new special column of this paper Some
bargains are offered there this week which
it will pay you to read about. SEQ page
seven. This paper has more than $4,000
readers every week, and one cent word
will reach them all.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04
NOT THAT KIND.

Clerk--What do you wish ma am:
Mrs. O'Too.e-Oi want to sac some mir
rors.
Clerk-Hand mirrors?
Mrs. O'Toole-No some thot We kin sac
ye'ec face in.-Chicago News.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04

Gold mining in the Transvaal will not
We bonanza under the new tax law,
which compels those working mines to
pay the Bocr government 80 per cent Of
The output After the expense of mining
10 deducted from the remaining 20 per
cent, the operator will have very mar
row margin left.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04

The announcement that the United
states hattleship Wisconsin will be ready
for a trial trip in two weeks emphasizes
the rapidty with which the new war YES
sells ordered under act Of Congress are be-
rig added to Uncle Sans navy. We row
have some of the most formidable fight
ing machines anoat and the most formld-
able fighters in the world.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04

President Kruger OF the South African
republic is so confident OF Great Britain 5
desire for peace that he has begun to for
uulate terms upon which he will ALLOW
England to let go of the Boer. The prin-
opal item is a money indemnity OF 800
tuOOJ
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-04
VERMONT DAIRY STOCK.
(From the St. Johnsbury Caledonian

(From the St. Johnsbury Caledonian)
The town of Ryegate Is considered the
first town In Vermont for dairy stock. but
Pomfret wants to be considered the sec
ond Hon. II. W. Vail of North Pomfret
recently sold rive thoroughbred Jersey
cows for 500 each and r. Y, Dana OF the
same place seven at sao each. The pro-
prietor OF fancy farm, Worcester, Ma IS. -,
was the buyer.