Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-09
NOTISGS.

FIX President Cleveland has return
ed from a phenomenal, lurky fishing
trip. during which he caught nan,
big bass, the largest 1eighiug over Il
pounds. And Cleveland Fever
stretches in his fish stories.
manys Fourth of July celebra.
ton was marked by the smallest at
tendance in years, much oartory and a
| supply OF champagne in excess of the
demand. 1t is 6evcutly to be hoped
that this is forecast of what is
coming this fall.
Nearly SEQ new national banks have
been org,nize1 in g cDuntry since
the passage Of the gold standard act
ID months ago.
A test of the comparative amount OF
b est rgdiatsd ny the vsrious kinds of
pavenen hes been made in Boston.
At the time the Their rompter shosed
50 degrees in the shade. Care w6s talk.
en- to prot CT the Thermometer 81 that
only radiated heat from tire pavsmarts
would strike then. 1t was found
that wooden paremeI - shove te u
perature Of il degrees, Asphalt gsve
a temIerat r. If ll2 degrees. Granite
block, which hos beea put down quite
extensively in Boston, gave a result
of ll1 degrees, while macadGm showed
lO2l2 degrees. or only Az higher than
shade temperature. 1t appears that
asphalt is about 10 degrees hotter than
macadam. The Transcript remarks
that asphalt is certaioly not the ! cal
hot weather pareTcat. II has been
alleged that it is f,eest from dust of
any variety pat down, but this does
rot appear to be true unless its surface
he kept constantly wet or frequently
swept.
The Chicago Tribune's annual re-
view of Fourth of July casualties
throughout tina rourtry shows the
number killed to have been 10 against
so last year. But the number ini lred
was considerably larger, the figures
being 1,6l1 against 1925.
Trivial aud updeserving OF serious
consideration is practically the con.
clusion of Postmaster.G General Smith
respecting the charges made by tie
national civil-service reform league
against Postmaster Hicks OF Philadel.
pbia. The case is accordingly dis
missed, AID Mr. Hicks will co1tinue
10 Office. Toe report Of the special
league committee, headed by William
Dudley Foulkp, Il warm ellogist of
Mckinley, specified several distinct
Violations of ldn by Il icKs, ard urg d !
upon the president the duty of renoy
ing him. Smith does not say tEey are
false but merely trivial.
II could command an army for Gu
ba. but am no, fitted to govern her |
people in time Of eace,' says Gen !
Gomez. Therefore he refuses again !
to be considered as a candidate for tne |
presidency of the new island republi.. |
The assault upon Christian science |
does not diminish in intensity as the cult |
grows in numbers and wealth. The |
absurd paradox of Christian science is |
the title OF an article hy j II Buckley |
in the Jnly North Auerlran Review.
lis Christian scieice hvpBotism?" i. the |
title # AL article n. Prot Geo 4 Ladd of
Yale in Lesie's WeeSly. Prof Ladd |
I likes pains to demonstrate, first, that |
the Leaings of Christian science are
not at all new affair: secODd. that the
same healings are better performed by |
hypBotism or therapeutic suggestion
and various other forms of mental heal
ing has ever taken. that of those modern
is perhaps the least scientific"