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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-12-07
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THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RETURNS.
1.-THE COUNTRY As WHOLE.
The total vote cast for president i'm
1896 was 10 923, 37S out of an estimated
total electorate of If, 100000.
The total vote cast for president in 1900
was -. $50. 9l3 out of an estimated cleo
torate of 1880, 600.
The vote this year was therefore 3D.
less than it was four years ago, although
the electorate had increased at least
l,25O,000 While the vote four years ago
was within quarter of Il million of the
total electorate. the "stay-at home vote
this year reached l,250,0O0.
One voter in every dozen the country
through refrained from expressing any
opinion upon the pre- sidency.
Except the presidential election of
1864. when the Southern states were not
represented, this is the first presidential
election at which the popular vote has
been less than at the preceding presi-
dental election.
Except that election Of 1864 this is the
first presidential election ar which the
popular vote has not been much greater,
greater in proper proportion, than at the
preceding.
Mr.. McKinley's popular vote in 1896
WAS 7,lO2. 272. His popular vote in 1900
was 7,23S, 100, a gain of l3j,S5S. Mr..
Bryan's popular vote in 1896 was 6,5O2,-
925. His popular vote in 1900 was
6,360, $50, loss of 142 ,395.
Mr. McKinleys increase and Mr..
Bryan's slight decrease in! strength can
be easily understood by looking at the
totals of the popular vote. What is the
meaning of the practical standstill of
both candidates; of the unprecedented
decline in the popular vote; of the fact
that one voter in every dozen had no
preference among the candidates?
Clearly these facts can only mean a
widespread popular dissatisfaction with
both candidates, both parties, both
schemes of national policy. Clearly the
voters chose between evils, and chose so
reluctantly that large part of them
refrained from expressing choice.
The popular vote, surveyed as whole,
shows that the result of the election was
rebuke to both sides, with a strong
preference for the Ills that were as com
pared with the ills that might have come
of change.-New York World.
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what to Do.

convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out Of order
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TREE W.4RDENS.


In 1896 the Masea chusetts legislature
passed a law permitting any town that
chose to do so to elect a paid tree war
den, whose duty it should be to see that
such trees as his town possessed We're
protected and such additions to their
number made as were practicable and
desirable. The law in it's permisslve
form worked so well that in 1899 it was
made mandatory, and in this shape 1t
goes into effect at the approaching
Spring elections. The Massachusetts
Forestry association has just issued a
circular letter calling attention to the
provisions of the law and appealing for
the selection of competent men to fill
the position of warden. 1t is not nee
essary, the circular says, that these Off
Gals should be trained and scientific
arboriculturists. Where such persons
can be secured-and paid-of course 1t
is well to get them, but good intentions,
helped out by ordinary intelligence, will
accomplish wonders, and technical
knowledge is soon added to them as the
warden goes about doing his work.
Perhaps Connecticut could learn
something from Massachusetts in this
matter. New Haven needs tree war
den, and doubtless other places in the
State have the same need.
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kept her twenty years, and when the
poor commissioner offered to send her
to the county farm the dying negro wo-
man objected Mrs. Mansfield said she
had sent for her daughter from Iowa,
and that her daughter would take the
aged white woman home with her. She
shall never go to the poor farm while
any of us live" added the old negro
woman. Matilda Mansfield died in
few days and has been buried. The
daughter took the aged white woman,
whose name is unknown, and whose
face has been forgotten years ago by
those who knew her when she was a
woman of wealth. Only the humble
people who knew and served her in
those days remember her now, but they
prov de for all her wants, and wait on
her as they did in the time when she
had the right to command them.
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and black quill. Next is toque with
pink crown and fawn colored panne
velvet brim. Last is novel arrange
ment of grebe and white velvet on
black felt. All these are recent types
offered apparently to give an alterna-
tive for the numerous and varied tur-
bans.
Fur hats just suit the skating season
but since they are used for all occasions
1t is difficult to make them distinctive
for ice exercise. Consequently, many
don't try, but wear the regular street
FUR hat with the skating rig. Liberty
caps OF fur are very pretty and new.
They are shaped carefully and are not
allowed to bob about as the real liberty
cap would. Little skating hoods are
just the thing for the girls who espec-
tally do not want to look dashing and
sporty. These come in all demure
shapes, so that show frill of satin
about the face being positively infan-
tile. FLORETTE.
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backs,' the bank notes, of course, suf-
/ fered the same discount Silver was
next tried. Silver was admitted to free
coinage and made full legal tender.
Nominally Japan had at this period a
double Standard but in practice there
was no such thing. as the deprecated
paper money" drove silver, as well as
gold, out of circulation. Gold, silver
and unlimited government notes were
alike legal tender, but no two of them
We're of equal value, 1t became very
value had something to do with the
goodness of money, and that the legal
tender quality was not the sole require
ment. Soon after this epoch, specie
payments were resumed upon a silver
basis. But silver itself was rapidly
depreciating and business could not be
conducted with safety on the silver
basis. Count Matsukata was of opin-
ion that the adoption of the gold stand
ard would be a step of progress-an in
dispensable step, if it were desired to
place Japan on an equality with other
commercial nations. In 1898 a commits
sion composed of eminent men was APP
pointed to investigate the subject 1t
did so, with the result that it was de-
cided to place Japan on the gold basis
at once, the Chinese Indemnity supply
ing the gold required to take up the
silver yen coin. A new gold unit, cor
responding in value with the existing
silver unit, made possible the transition
from the white to the yellow metal,
without any violation of existing equi-
ties Mr.. Uchida shows that the re-
suits of the change have thus far been
gratifying to those who advocated it.
The industries Of the country are pros
porous, it's commerce is increasing rap
idly, wages are advancing the revenues
of the government are satisfactory, and
the action commands the approval Of
the people.
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LATE, UT 81 FE.

Yesterday Senator McComas introduc-
ed in the Senate joint resolution ten
dering the thanks of congress to Rear
Admiral Sampson and Commodore
Schley and the officers and men of the
fleet for services during the Spanish
war and the destruction Of the Spanish
fleet off Santiago.
Late, but reasonable and safe. 1t is
certain that all those mentioned and in
Dictated in the resolution were in the
Spanish war and had more or less to do
with the destruction of the Spanish fleet
off Santiago. They can at least be
thanked while the great quarrel goes
on, perhaps forever.
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INDIYIDU.4LITY.

"Daubs has painted a dreadfully bat
picture. What shall | say about it?"
You can safely say it is full of in
dividuality. "-Chicago Record.
"Of course you never advertise, doc.
| tor?"
Sir! Certainly not. BY the way, be
sure to spell my name correctly In your
account of that remarkable operation.
| Cleveland Plain Dealer
| 1t is said that people are right and
| left eyed, just the same as they are
| right and left handed. That accounts
for the persistency in which so many
| persons look at things differently from
ourselves.-Boston Transcript.
Mrs, Gabble-Tm surprised to hear
you're having trouble to get your money
out of Mr.. Starboard. He always
boosted that he paid as he went
Mrs. Borders-Maybe he does; but l
can't get him to go.-Philadelphia
Press.
New Cook Ito mistress of the house,
-Shure, mum, it's three avenins. in TIL
wake | must have to mesilf.
Mistress lin dismay)-Why, Bridget.
the Irish lady with whom we boarded
last only took two.--Columbu (Ohio)
State Journal.
Critic-I must congratulate you on
the villain of your play. He leaves the
impression of having been drawn from
the life.
Authorize was. 7 may say to you
that he is an exact portrait of myself
as my wife depicts me.-Brooklyn Life.
Mrs. Bingo-You went to Mckleman,
the palmist, didn't you? And how was
he! 1f
Mrs Kingley--WonderfuI! His pow
ers of divinatton are really marvellous.
What did he say?''
''He said / would be without SER
want for nearly month. Detroit Free
Press.
Stubb-I am little puzzled over the
remark a young woman made this
morning.
Penn-How is that?
Stubb-Why, T went to see her over
the muddy crossing, and in consequence
missed my car.
Penn-Did she thank you?
Stubb-Yes, and said she was glad to
see there was one gentleman left-Chi-
cago News.
Paradise and the Peri-A peri from
the smart set stood at the gates of
paradise.
'Wouldst thou enter here?" asked the
warden.
mo, no, no, not here!' exclaimed the
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ON THE ROAD TO WEALTH.

| There is boy in Philadelphia who
| some day Is going to be a millionaire.
| He Is only a newsboy now, and sells
| papers every afternoon at one of the
! railroad stations, but when he cannot
manage to make a sale he exercises his
wits and the result is generally sure.
The "Saunterer" has often noticed
this particular lad, and after purchas-
ing a paper one afternoon last week
stood near by In the hope of seeing
something interesting. He had not long
to wait.
A young man was coming down the
steps that lead from the train floor to
the street. He was dressed in frock
coat and silk hat and moved slowly, as
if preoccupied. One urchin tackled
him when he was half way down with
Pos Grip" and the young man shook
his head. Then the "Saunterer's"
young friend saw him.
Stepping up to the man, the youngs-
ter halted him and said, with the polite
ness of Chesterfield, beg yer pardon.
mister, but dey's somethin' on yer coat.
Want me ter take 1t OFF,"
The young man stood while the boy
passed his hand over the back of the
coat, and brought to view three or four
strands of golden hair. The look of
confusion and apparent guilt on the
face of the man was worth seeing. He
hastily ran his hand into his pocket,
pulled out quarter and rendered it to
the boy and fairly ran the rest Of the
way to the street.
The boy stood chuckling. He's dead
easy" he remarked. II got dem from
my sister," and he pulled out hand
full more from his pocket and showed it
to the 'Saunterer." You see, every
thing comes in handy in his line" and
he went back to his business of selling
the wary and preying upon the unsus-
pecting .-Philadelphia Record.
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THE GOLb Sta NDARD IN JAPA

THE cobb STANDARD IN JAPAN
The 16 to 1 men will not find much
comfort in the experience of Japan, as
told by Mr. Uchida, the Japanese con-
sui at New York Within the last
thirty years Japan has tried all sorts
of standards-gold, silver, inconverti-
BILE paper and gold again. She has put
all theories to the test, and has at
length reached firm ground. The gold
standard was nominally established,
Mr.. Uchida shows, soon after Japan
first entered into commercial relations
with the outside world. The various
local currencies, which were in a
chaotic condition, were unified so that
there should be a standard of value not
unlike that of the Western nations.
Unfortunately, just as the reform was
begun, the government was forced to
grapple with rebellion, and it's ex-
penses being enormous it resorted, like
our own country, to repeated issues of
paper money 1t was obliged to aban-
don all pretense of keeping this paper
currency at par with gold. The latter
passed out of circulation and was quot
ed at premium.
Then followed an experiment with
a national bank currency, similar to
ours, but as the bank notes We're made
redeemable in the deprecated green
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How to start the New Century

To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
Why not agree upon some general
plan to signalize the beginning of the
twentieth century? I commend the
following to your consideration. For
the United States let congress fix upon
a suitable date and the president rec
ommend it's observance by proclama-
ton. The chief authorities of the
States to become interested in the event
and give it their sanction. All matters
of detail to be left with the authorities
of each city, town, parish and hamlet
in the Union, with this provision. that
whatever measures>are adopted. one at
least shall have reference to the publ
cation of the history and present condi-
ton of such city, town, parish, hamlet,
wherever situated. Such volume
should partake of the nature of
handbook and be free from advertis-
ing. 1t should be inexpensive, not
costing more than one dollar, and
printed in such quantity as to allow
purchase by libraries and individuals
anywhere. Such publication in the
hands of iudicious committees / con-
ceive would afford more accurate ac-
count OF our condition at the close of
the nineteenth century than any other
means could give. These souvenirs
should all be issued at stated time.
BY all means let us have a celebration,
Now bring out it's features.
2O-C.
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The Human Owl.
I've known a lot Of folk to win
The good opinion of mankind

The good opinion of mankind
BY simply being cautious in
Their moods, when you would speak your
mind.
When strife is general and intense
And fierce emotions deep are stirred,
They turn to him with confidence
The man who never says a word.
Perhaps his wisdom is so deep
That into silence he must sink;
And then perhaps he goes to sleep
Because he has no thoughts to think.
But whatsoer the reason be,
The world has solemnly deferred
To him throughout all history
The man who never says a word.
Your knowledge may be wondrous great,
Somewhere flaw 1t will display
Keep talking on, and soon or late
You'll surely give yourself away. /,
And men will straight forget the good
Which from your lips Of old they heard
And turn away In mocking mood
To him who never said word.
Washington Star.
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NOT CONVINCING.

| The tobacco-growers Of New Eng
land think they know what they are
about when they protest against free
| trade with Puerto Rico, and their opin-
| ion will not be altered by anything the
| Tobacco Plant may say. And yet that
organ doesn't hesitate to tell them that
their protest against the admission of
Puerto Rico tobacco free of duty is I'M
warranted. These farmers, it says, are
already over-protected by the duty on
Sumatra leaf, so that they can charge
prices injurious to the manufacturers
who have to scrimp on the filler to
make up for the cost of the wrapper.
1t is the manufacturers the publication
says, who should have a grievance, and
not the growers. 1t adds that the Puer-
to Rican product on account of its
nature and its inslgnificance, would not
be serious competitor with the Amer
lean grown wrappers, but that free
trade with Puerto Rico would even
benefit the New England producers and
lead to the expectation of domestic to-
bacco. 1t also says that the Puerto
Ricans would soon learn to appreciate
the superiority of our filters and wrap
pers, and in time would smoke no cigars
unless made from American-grown to-
bacco."
comfort in being protected. and the
wellbeing of the tobacco manufactur-
ers and of the smokers in Puerto Rico
is not the chief concern of the tobacco
growers of New England.
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peri with a shudder please direct me
to the porte cochere!"
This incident may serve somewhat to
explain the difficulty rich persons are
said to experience entering the king
dom of heaven.-Detroit Journal.
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FASHION NOT ES.
Pink the Coming Color.

Tulle hats trimmed with fur and
chiffon retain their stylishness though
duplicated over and over again. Swell
milliners confess to relying on tulle
and chiffon for their effects in the COM
ing season. They say that rose pink is
to be the color, as cerise was a few sea-
sons back, as violet was a little while
ago, and as blue has struggled to be
this winter The wheel bows that are
used now are to be elaborated and will
surely take the place of artificial flow
ers to great extent. A properly made
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wheel of chiffon has all the beauty Of
a single great rose and is much newer.
In hats as well aa in dresses simplici-
ty of outline and elaboration of detail
is the rule. All fussiness is discarded.
Youthful faces are very becomingly
topped by the small compact hats that
are so abundant this winter. A quartet
of these are shown here. The first was
a chinchilla toQue trimmed with knot
of water melon pink satin and black
sunburst aigrette Besides it is a
draped white cloth hat, trimmed by a
rosette of turquoise blue panne velvet
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Sealskin
Jackets
In Fashion Of the Year 1900.

In Fashion Of the Year 1900.
The sale of these garments during the
month of December having exceeded
any previous record for that month,
Messrs. Brooks & Company beg to an
nounce that in preparation for Janu-
arys business they have obtained a
great number of London Dyed Alaska
Sealskin of surprising beauty, which
they are prepared to make into Jackets
at greatly reduced prices.
The skins themselves bear our I'M
qualified recommendation, thus render
ing the purchaser responsible warranty
and intrinsic worth
Fur Trimmed Evening Wraps.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

The present generation in India has
seen no less than four famines there
besides the one that is now prevailing.
There was one in 1865, when. accord
ing to the famine commission, popu-
lation of 1850 900 was affected; in 1868
8, when the area involved population
of 44,5O0, 900: 1868, when it affected
directly and indirectly 5S,000,000 souls
and 1867, when fully S1,000,000 We're
touched by the ravages.
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Last years figures show that the pop
ulation of London is 4,4S4,717. For every
1000 inhabitants there were 80 births
and Ut deaths. The number of infants
who died in their first year was 1853 for
every 1000 births. During the period
extending from 1887 to 1896 the mortal
ity was lower than in Paris. Brussels,
Amsterdam, Berlin and Copenhagen;
but in 1897 it increased to such an ex-
tent that it is now little lower than
that Of most European cities, Rome in
cluded.
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The other day the commissioner of
the poor in st. Joseph, Missouri, dis
covered a touching state of affairs in
which Matilda Mansfield and very old
white woman figured. Matilda Mans
field, says the News in telling of the in
cident, was an old negro woman, and
she is dead now, but had heart as
white as any woman on earth She
lived in house that lacked considera-
BILE of being a mansion, but it was clean.
She was in need of help, being sick and
unable to work, and the poor commits
sioner went to see her. He found an
aged white woman in the house The
white woman. who is probably eighty
years old, he was told, used to be the
mistress of the old negro woman who
lay dying in the house. She had been
rich and aristocratic once in her life,
but she had been left penniless and
without a relative in the world Then
the old negro woman took her in. She
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1(G;fbss2S%ES !: j: 6: :: !: So
cnc,,n, = importation.
Sl.OO Selling Price
To S. and Sc of Value

in this Curtain and Upholstery Sale which
began to-day in our Upholstery Room. We have
no option but to close out all. Approaching in
ventory makes us regardless of either cost or osss
In addition to the Great General Reduction
we have made, we will announce daily specials
On Tuesday we will seNlOO Iuda Printed Oriental
Curtains exquisite designs with wide elaborate Dor
des and figured center at $I.OO EACH.
Goods that half again much to-day buy
We want to ask your attention also to our
remarkable sale Of:
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The Royal Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals asked the Brit
ish war department to provide some
means for putting out of their misery
horses wounded in battle. They were
informed in reply that soldiers always
shoot badly wounded horses after or
during battle whenever they are CIV
en- time to do sol. e., whenever the OPP
Grafton does not involve risk to human
life. After battle the sending out of
parties to kill wounded horses lying
on the field Is naturally done by word
Of command. During battle a man
usually acts on his own responsibility
Troopers are generally too fond of their
horses not to put them out of pain
when helplessly wounded. A man
would certainly not be put on trial for
doing so, unless there were good grounds
for thinking he had killed the animal
without cause
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The year 1899 witnessed the achieve
ment of United States supremacy in
the worlds coal output Before that
year Great Britain had the lead, and
while the latter country, as we'll as
France and Germany, had big increases
last year, the growth of the coal pro-
duction in the United States was so
enormous as to reach an aggregate of
245,0O0,00O tons, or 50OO0,0GO tons more
than the output of Great Britain. This
increase was due to the great indus
trial activity of the country, notably in
the line Of iron and iron products, in
which the United States also leads the
world.
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In the London Coal exchange. 1t is con-
structed of inlaid wood, and the pieces
are arranged so as to represent the
mariners compass. Some of the slabs
of wood, of which there are altogether
1000, have interesting historical associ-
ations. Thus the one forming the haft
Of the dagger in the city corporation
arms is a portion Of tree planted by
Peter the Great when he worked as a
shipwright at Deptford.
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An illustration of what circumstantial
evidence may be is shown in the re-
lease, in ST. Louis, of two men con-
victed Of numbering a wealthy stock
on purely circumstantial evidence,
eight times were they within the
shadow of the gallows and once even
within three hours of that death, and
eight times were they reprieved, being
finally sentenced to life imprisonment.
1t has recently been proven that the
crime was committed by three motor
ious criminals, all now dead, and the
prisoners have just been released.