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The Marshall republican., 1901-06-21
The Annual Shower Of College Gifts.

From the New fork World.
To three colleges -vassar, Prince.
ton and Columbia-gifts aggregsting
&63l, 00O were given on Wednesday.
Remarkable ~ II this record Of o
single days giving tn colleges, II IL
not without precedent, and II II likely
To be- surpassed before the commence
mcnt season Is yer
The larger part Of this one days
gifts was not made by munifcent mil
lionaires already distinguished for
their generosity TO universities. Ex.
cept the $4,000 given by John d.
Rockefeller 10 Vassar and the slOO, 600
given to Princeton by Stafford Little,
the donors names are known only as
"Alumni" or ''Msny Subscribers"
The custom Of making annual Offer.
ings u the colleges IL thus seen To be
Q broadly national one, shared by oil
cla, res OF the American people who
are able to give. These offerings are
now regularly yielding from thirty to
forty millions o year for the enlarge
ment Of existing foundations and the
creation Of new Ones. This means
that every year the number Of Ameri'
can men and women receiving a liber'
III education, which rs last reported
by the bureau Of education was lO3, 26l
Is rapidly increasing.
Better than all the triumphs OF trade
over whi,h the militant commercial
ism OF the day exalts its horn arr
these evidences al the expansion o
The Marshall republican., 1901-06-21

morbid minds Ur N thUse inclined To
melancholy, or who r In any way
mentally abnormal.
hut may the prohibition n regula-
ton Of the printing Of news details In
the newspapers be done legally? II
will be. recalled that some years ago
the State Of New York passed . law
prohibiting the publication Of details
connected with Official electrocu.
tons" What was the resulty Those
papers which observed the law were the
ones that never had made q feature Of
such grewsome things, while sensa.
tionai papers continued 70 do so; and,
II memory serves, the law remained
from the time Of Its passage . dead
letter.
In the Emporia case there II not
likely 70 be IN opportunity To test the
legality ri the official prohibition, be.
cause the local editors have volunta.
rily agreed To suppress details Of sui.
cides or attempts until this so.cslled
epidemic pr, ses. In this they have
done wisely, for there Is nothing to be
gained In making u feature Of grew
some happenings, and no person will
be the worse on II his daily o weekly
paper confines itself to u mere state.
ment of the fact that so.and-so has
died nj his own hand.
Had the Emporia editors insisted IN
their own supposed right To print these
details, II they saw III, there is abund.
ont room to doubt whether the mayor
and board of health could have made
their order effective. In view Of the
intelligent attitude Of the local editors
Il would appear that . better course
would have been y request from the
authorities instead Of u command.
This would have avoided possible
friction, aud nj the same time would
have accomplished the desired result.
II 10 not wise In this country for leg
islators or the constituted authorities
to attempt To edit the editors. Chi
csgo Post.
The Marshall republican., 1901-06-21
Real Estate Transfers.

Wilson Carter ct al to Geo. Carter
4 Julius Davis. 1921 In. 40 acres 20.
1923 &743.:W
Wilson Carter. grid. \ Geo Carter
ct al, 2.2l Int 10 acres 35.5O.23 &l1i.2s.
A G Potter 4 VT To Chris: Brum.
horst, 10 acres 3J.5i.l9, &l6OO.
Salt Springs cemetery To Maria
Chamberlain, lot 10 slO.
Sallie u Staples TO Il 8 Livingston,
pt lots "a, %, %, -, blk !, Nelson,
400.
EGG Wheeler Ind wife to BP Storts
lyO acres %, 27.52.2O, 5000.
Mamie T. Storts and husband TO T.
G Wheeler, 10 acres l5-5O.2O, $1,000.
IT Rector and wife "a Michael
Naucrth, lot O, blk II, N ext, Slater,
1880.
Michael Nauerth and wife To T
Rector, pit lot I, blk Z, w I'D. Slater,
1880.
= Huston and VT To w s Holland,
lots II Il ~, blk 32, COl.ad. Marshall,
stOO.
Emma J Bell, grid. 10 Abner Gwinn,
l57 28.lOO acres o, 3l.5l, range ~,
o5SSO.
Saline county 70 T W King, ia
acres 27.i8..2 el5.6O.
The Marshall republican., 1901-06-21
ttyyJ0 Oase IN Point.

From the chicago Inter Ocean.
Tuesday ~ pay day 1t Fort Sheri-
dan. and the event was celebrated In
the usual manner at the Hollywood So
looms. In those institutions there was
the usual crowd Of deprsved chsrac-
ters Of both sexes TO urge the soldiers
TO vice Of oil kinds. Their success
will appear in due season In the Fort
Sheridan gusrdhouse reports, In the
court-martial records, and In the hos.
pital returns.
There Is no need Of describing these
orgies 1t length. But the attention Of
those who induced congress 10 abolish
the canteen may be called TO one little
episode. II illustrates what Is always
possible without the csnteen, and what
IL utterly impossible In the csnteen.
Ralph Allen, q private, still In his
"teens," made . wager with four COM
papions la the Highwood saloon, says
the Inter Ocean report Of the affair,
that he could drink o pint Of whisky
vended there without removing the
bottle from his lips. Some Of his com.
rades protested, knowing and fearing
what the result might be. But Allen
persisted, won the wager, and called
for another bottle.
Those well.meaning women who
have been giving thanks because con.
gress ''removed the temptation Of
strong drink from our boys" are In
vited to contemplate the performance
Of Private Ralph Allen. In the can
teen his foolhardy feat would have
been dOubly impossible. There he
could have obtained no spirits, and
there h would not have been permit
ted 70 drink 70 excess. Had he ever
attempted 70 do 80, the sergeant In
charge would have called the guard
and had him locked up until he re.
pented his folly.
The incontrovertible fact Is thu,
those who abolished the csnteen In
the name Of temperance" opened
wide the door To just such excuses.
And they hold II open simply 10 crafty
their own eRotisticsl belief In . theory
which runs counter to human nature.
That any .et Of men and women should
thus he able To injure their fellows Il
the most disheartening aspect OF the
whole wretched business.
The Marshall republican., 1901-06-21
Editing by Prohibition.

In order to abste what Is considered
an epidemic Of suicide In EmpOria,
Kas., the mayor and board Of health
Of that city have forbidden the local
newspapers to print details OF suicides
or attempts Mt self-destruction. II IL
held, and perhaps with reason, that
such details tend TO suggest suicide to
The Marshall republican., 1901-06-21
Climate and Crop Bulletin.
Coiumbis, No., June IL, 1901.

Columbis, Mo-, June IL, 1901.
The past week averaged considers
bly, warmer than usual, except over
the southeastern portion Of the state,
where the temperature was very near
normal. Good showers have fallen In
portions Of the northeastern, central
and southern sections, but were very
local, and while some correspondents
report q total rainfall Of ~ 2 inches.
yer the greater part Of the state,
there was less than ! inch. and In
many localities In the central and
western counties there Wa % Some
damage was done by wind and hall
In q few Of the extreme southern coun
ties.
In those districts where good rains
have fallen during the past two weeks
corn II growing finely: elsewhere fields
that are we'll cultivated are generally
holding their own and looking fairly
we'll. but making slow growth. In u
few of the western aud southern coun.
ties. where the drOu.h has been most
severe, some corn In dying. lseplaut-
ing IL still going on In |. number of
the northern and eastern counties. In
the extreme southeastern counties some
fields have been laid by. The weather
has been exceptionally favorable for
wheat harvest, which II now general
In the southern and beginning In the
central counties. Wheat has gener.
ally flied we'll and Il IL believed tho
yield will In much better than was ex.
pectcd o few weeks ago In q few
counties, where heavy rains have
fallen, oats and meadows have I'm.
proved, but In some of the western
counties their condition Is less prom
Using than nj the close at the previous
week. Many fields of oats will not bs
high enough To cut, and In some To-
~caliiies both oats and meadows are
being pastured. Glover II being cut
and secured In good condition: the
crop is very light In some districts,
hut In most sections II fairly good
Except where heavy rains have faller
pastures are becoming shorter each
week. and stock water Is failing IL
many localities. Cotton and melon'
In the extreme southeastern counties
are now doing finely, and cotton II
forming squares. Flax, In the south
western counties, IL very unpromis
In. In some ~ the western and south
era counties potatoes have been nearl!
ruined by the continued dry weather
Potato bugs are doing much hamag'
In . few counties. Gardens are mucl
improved In those districts which hav,
been favored with good rains; else
where they are In poor condition
Some tobacco plants have been set Il
Putnam county; In Carroll count,
plants are dying Ia the beds. Apple
are dropping badly In nearly all sec
lions. Peaches are also dropping !
some localities, hut In general prom
ise u good crop. In some of the west
ern counties blackberries are dryin
up. A. T.. HACKErr,
Section Director.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-04-17
TOlstoi's r1esSage.

The North American Review for April
contains a striking message to the
American people from Count Tolstoi, the
Russian author and humanitarian. 1t is
in the form of letter written to Edward
Garrett of London and shows how the
great Russian appreciated the influence
of our great Americans. His message.
like all his writings, is penned for pur-
pose and if it leads Americans to take a
deeper interest in the great men of
former generation it will not have been
penned in vain. Here is his message:
when | read your letter it seemed to
me impossible that could send any mes,
sage to the American people. But think
ing over it at night, it came to me that,
if had to address the American people,
should like to thank them for the great
help have received from their writers
who f1Ourished about the fities. | would
mention Garrison, Parker, Emerson
Ballou and Thoreau, not as the greatest
but as those who, think, specially in
fiuenct d me. Other names are Claiming
Whitti,r, Lowell. Walt Whitman
bright constellation, such as is rarely tC
be found in the literatures OF the world.
And | should like to ask the American
people why they do not pay more atten
ton to these voices (hardly to be re-
placed by those OF financial and indus
trial millionaires or successful general:
and admirals) aud continue the gooo
work in which they made such hopefu
progress"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-04-17

it will be done by the towns individually,
and as there is but four months before
the time set for the festival plans will
have to be made soon if anything wor-
thy OF the occasion is contemplated.
This year will be particularly good one
for such festival in ST. Johnsbury. The
Pan-American exposition at Buffalo will
naturally draw many old residents from
the west and south, and railroad rates
will doubtless be low throughout the
summer. Then the successful cold Home
Week" festivals that were held in Maine
last year and in New Hampshire the year
previous are still fresh in everyone's
minds. If any town in Vermont can
make a success of such an occasion St.
Iohnsbury can, and there is yet plenty of
time to make arrangements for a few
lays of entertaining former residents
who may come to visit "The Old Home"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-04-17
An Epoch In Philippine History

So many conflicting reports come to
this country about the conditions in the
Philippines that we are glad to present
to our readers an editorial that appeared
in the Manila Times of Feb. 10. The
article was suggested by the commission S
tour OF the islands and it ought to set
at rest great deal of the criticism that
one continually sees in the antiimperial
list papers. We give the article ia full.
The visit of the Civil Commission TO
the interior towns of the island for the
purpose OF inaugurating the system of
provincial Government recently formu.
lated by them marks an epoch in the his.
tory OF the Philippine Archipelago. After
three hundred years the old cumbersome
detective, and burdensome system OF
| government under which the natives
have existed is now to be replaced bv a
popular system OF control based on free
and enlightened principles. 1t is a fulfil
ment OF the promises that the natives
should be given a stable government
possessing all the elements of self control
aud personal liberty, and as being an.
other earnest OF the beneficent purpose
OF the United States in the Philippines
will undoubtedly prove another great
factor in the consummation of universal
peace throughout the islands.
The system Of government which the
Commissioners will establish has beer
formulated after the most scrupulous in
vestlgation Of the conditions of the
country and the needs OF the people
The temporary form of provincial gov
eminent which was hastily inaugura tee
some two years ago and which necessar
lily retained some of the old code, has
been entirely remodelled, and in Their
work the Commission has welcomed auo
solicited the advice and suggestions O
the leading men of the country in order
that the most satisfactory system might
be developed. The code embraces every
thing calculated to work for the enIight
eminent OF the people and the prosperity
OF the country.
In their work the Commissioners have
also had valuable assistance from the
Federal Party, number OF whom &C
company the Commission to assist in thu
work OF lnaugurating the government.
in the different towns.
The Commission will have the ham,
experience OF personally setting in mo
ton the most important piece of legisla
tive machinery constructed by them, ane
we may confidently predict that they
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-04-17

The current number of the NORTH
American Review contains Mark Twain's
reply to his missionary critics. 1t is
lamentably weak, with little humor and
no logic. 1t is a re.iteration of his
charges against DR.. Ament and bitter
attack on the American Board. The
religious press have hardly noticed the
article and the following from a secular
paper of high standing, the Chicago
Record Herald, quite voices the opinion
OF many readers of the humorist's last
article
His life work has been entirely out
side the domain of facts. Facts to him
are only useful as they may lend them.
selves to the art of humorous exaggera-
ton or playful distortion. The work
that has enlisted the devotion and sacri.
fee of thousands OF noble men and
women, to which the Christians of
America have given millions in treasure,
is not to be set at naught by the idle
persitlage of humorist."
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-04-17
St. Johnsbury and Old Home Week,

Is St. Johnsbury going to observe
"Old Home Week" this year? This is a
question that must be considered soon il
the festival is to be celebrated next
August. 1t will be remembered that the
legislature last fall passed an act ITO
promote the general observance of Old
Home Week in Vermont" and the sum
OF $500 was appropriated to aid the
Old Home Week ass ociation of the state
Ito properly carry out the purpose for
which it was formed" The association
has a general committee of arrange
1nents, consisting OF one member from
each county, but as yet nothing of inn
portance has been done. There is a
movement on foot 10 some towns in the
state looking toward the celebration OF
the week, but there seems to be no enthu-
siastic movement in the direction OF
making anything like a general state
celebration. II the week is made a fea-
ture OF the summer in Vermont this year
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-04-17
West Point and the Army.

1t is astonishing to note how few grad.
yates of West Point at present occupy
prominent places in the army, and the
fact that nearly all the officers high in
command at the present time entered the
service from civil life has caused consider
able discussion as to the value OF our
national military academy to the army.
In our present army organization there
is one lieutenant-geueral and seven maj
or generals, namely, Miles, Brooke, Otis,
Young, Chaffee, Macarthur, Wheaton
and Corbin. Ofthese not one graduated
from West Point. There are fifteen
brigadier-generals Of the Ine-Wade,
Merriam, Ludlow, Bates Oohn c.,
Davis, Sumner, Wood, Hall, Hughes,
Randall, Kobbe, Grant, Bell Smith and
Funston. Of these Ludlow, Hall, Grant
and Bell are West Pointers. There are
ten brigaders in the staff-Inspector
General Breckenridge, Judge Advocate
General Leiber, Quartermaster-G General
Ludington, Commissary- General Weston,
Surgeon-General Sternberg, Paymaster-
General Bates (Alfred e. Chief of En-
gineers Wilson, Chief of Ordnance Buffing-
ton, Chief Signal Officer Greedy and Chief
of the Record Division Ainsworth. or
these ten only three-Bates, Burlington
and Wilson-came out OF West Point,
and in regard to the last two mentioned
it may be stated that the law requires
that the heads of the engineer corps and
the ordnance bureau must be graduates
of that institution. The explanation of
this curious state of affairs is that nearly
all the high officers in the army today
are veterans Of the civil war, who, during
that struggle, rendered distinguished SER
vices as volunteer officers, and at it's
close received commissions in the regular
army and won their present places by
routine promotions. This is also the
case with many OF the brigadiers who at
the beginning of the Spanish war were
colonies of regiments and were promoted
in the regular course of events or for dis
tinguished services in Cuba and the Phil
ippines. This condition not only exists
today but is liable to continue for some
time, at least so far as the lieutenant
generalship is concerned There is a pos
sibiity that Gen. Ludlow may reach this
position before his retirement but army
experts think Miles will be followed by |
Corbin and he by Wood and Funston,
and il this be the case it will be MANY
years before West Pointer is again at
The head of the army. Next year will be
the Tooth anniversary of the establish
ment of the academy and it is hardly to
the credit Of the institution that at the
close of its first century so few of her
sons are prominent in the life for which
they were trained.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-04-17
Current Press Comment,

There will be one exhibit at the Pan
American exposition that the ladies will
be justified in saying is lust as sweet as
it can bel" We refer to the big maple
sugar display which the Vermont State
Sugar association will have there
Boston Herald.
Vermont not only furnishes the best
of maple sugar for other states, but now
she sends along the snow to go with it.
Six hundred pounds of snow was sent BY
express from West Dummerston last
week to Springfield, Mass, to be used at
sugar party. Vermont has plenty of
1.-THE beautiful" which of course is OF
superior quality. Another industry for
Development Hyde Park News and
Citizen.
John A. Logan was the most conspic-
uous recruit from civil life that the civil
war developed, and, save for the three
or four ranking figures of that war, none
OF the general officers on the Union side
has better claim to the remembrance
of the country than he. Save perhaps
Hancock the superb" and Winfield
Scott, as he was in his prime, there has
been no more striking or soldierly look
ing An erican commander than "Black
Jack" of Illinois. A dashing leader and
ardent partisan, but still more ardent
patriot, his personality, in its limitations
as in its strength, was not unlike that of
"the old hero of New Orleans" whose
superior he was in generosity, if not in
opportunity or not quite in imperious
will. Logan's was very human and
attractive figure, and his memory is Sc.
cured not only by his military and pub
lie services, but by the possession of
those rare qualities of personal leader
ship which attach the affection as well
as the esteem of men, New York Mail
and Express.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-04-17
1.-THE Relation of the Family Doctor to
Recent Progress in Medical Science"

|
The leading article in the North Ameri-
can Review is by Count Tolstoi and is a
presentation of the social and religious
views which have been the cause of his
excommunication from the Greek Ortho-
dox church. The article is entitled "The
Root of the Evil" and is severe arraign-
ment of the present relations between
labor and capital and the modern inter
probation of christianity. His message
to the American people and Mark
Twains reply to his critics are referred
to in our editorial columns. Mr.. Castle
of the post Office department opposes the
postal savings system and government
telegraph and Senator Beveridge contri,
butes strong article upon our relations
with Cuba and the meaning OF the Platt
amendment.
In the American Kitchen Magazine for
April the domestic service problem is dis.
cussed by Belle Armstrong Whitney who
advocates making the Golden Rule the
law of conduct between mistress and
maid; the training of domestics in
schools of domestic science, and putting
domestic service on a business basis as
solution of the problem. Among other
timely articles may be mentioned one
upon "What Breads we shall Eat" and
the kinds for special cases; the three
prize articles in the Kitchen competi-
tion," which give descriptions, pictures,
and diagram of plans used for one
model kitchen. There is the usual num-
Der ofgood recipes in the department
conducted especially by Mrs. Lincoln,
and number of other articles which
add to the usefulness OF this popular
home magazine. Published by the Home
Science Publishing Company of Boston
at $1.00 year, or ten cents a copy.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-04-17

alton. Tne suffering I endured pen
cannot describe. l was treated by
one of our most prominent physicians
here for five months, and found myself
getting worse instead of better. At
the end of the fifth month he told me
he had done all he could for me, and
that had better go to the hospital.
My sister advised me to try your
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of backache. l did so, and took it
faithfully, and am now cured of my
trouble, and in perfect health, many
thanks to your medicine. I cannot
praise it enough, and would recon-
mend it to all who suffer from any
female weakness. y MRS. II. S. BALL,
461 Orchard St., New Haven, Conn.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-04-17
Turn The RaSCalS Out.

We are speaking of the grip microbes
which infest the system of every one
The well and strong can resist their poi
son, but the sickly and weak are their
prey.
Baxter's Mandrake Bitters make you
well and strong, and are natures rem.
edy for expelling all grip poisons from
the system.
Sold in liquid or tablets, by all drug.
gists, at 25 cents per bottle or box, and
your money back if not satisfactory.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-04-17

!. Pierpont Morgan is now in England,
but his consolidation schemes are still
going on. Just before he sailed he formed
the Associated Merchants Company
with $40. 100000 capital and they will
erect at once history building in New
York costing SO, 100000. The company
is combination of department stores
and the II. B. Clahin Co. and the 23rd
street store of James McCteery & Co.,
have already entered the combination.
One of Mr.. Morgan's objects in going to
England was to try and form a company
to build the Panama canal without
government aid.