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Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
CARD PLAYERS CRAMP.
what Once Happened to an Old Faro
Dealers Hand.

"Were YOU ever paralyzed" said the
old timer.
"No. and may the began the other
"Well, you see that right hand! IL
looks pretty good and strong ana 1t 49,
but for about three days once 1t was
| deadcr than frostbittcn tomato plant.
you know of course that l used to
make my living playing cards, chiefly
dealing bank. There wasn't a day |
didn't deal bank or in other games SIX
to eight hours day. Many time l
have dealt or played longer.
"One night | was dealing bank. 1t
was a good, big game. All at once
when l went to slip a card this OLD
right refused to work. | looked at 1t
and the fingers were kind of twisted
inward and the hand from the wrist
was bent downward.
"rhis stopped the deal for me. and
told the lookout to get busy for the
players We're getting a little 'queered.'
He took my place, and watched the
bets.
81 rubbed my right, but it wouldn't
straighten out and it kept this way
until the next day, and then | went to
a doctor. He didn't know me as well
as you do, but the first question he
asked was:
"'Deal cards great deal, don't you?
ayes
ADO you deal with an elbow move
ment or with finger and wrist move
ment"
"'Why, don't work my elbow
"'That explains it. You have card
players paralysis
This hit me center. and l showed 1t,
but the doctor was good and said:
"'Now. don't get furried. I'll
straighten you up. Just quit dealing
awhile. and III give your hand few
doses OF electricity, and you'll be all
right
HE did It, and in about three days
my hand was straight as string. But
| haven't dealt so much since. There's
many an old timer whose dealing hand |
has quit him. And you say you were |
never paralyzed:'
mo"
"Well, you amt played cards much"
Times.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
OUT OF The WINDOW.
The Temptations which Assailed Good
Woman-A Morbid Impulse.

Woman-A Morbid Impulse.
In q recent letter to friend, a woman
says she has been troubled from her child.
hood with AZ affection of the liver. Hei
skin was sallow and tho whites of her eyes
of yellowish color. 81 was always Ian
guild and weary and had no appetite. As
my complaint grew worse was so low in
spirits and so intensely excitable and ner-
vous that felt as though could jump
out of the window.
"In March, 1899, an old friend said |
ought to try new medicine named Caicura
Solvent, which had the reputation of being
the best thing in the world for liver,
stomach and kidney complaints. She said
it was new discovery by DR.. David
Kennedy.
CATER taking the Caloura Solvent only
ten days / was greatly improved, and in
two or three months | was well and strong
for the first time in my life. My spirits
are natural now. enjoy myself like other
healthy woman, and you wouldn't think l
had nerve in my body"
If your druggist is out of Calcura Sol
vent, send $l.00 to DR.. David Kennedy.
Kennedy Row, Kingston, n. Y; express
prepaid. Write for tree sample bottle.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
ANOTHER VENEZUELAN
Arbitrary Eule of President Castro
Causes Grave Crisis

DR. Rargel Gardiras at the head Of
5000 men has revOlted against President
Castro of Venezuela. The Insurgents
are n9ar san Antoaio de Tachira on the
Colombia frontier. The Venezuelan
government has sent 10000 troops to
the scene cf the uprising. The si'ua.
ton is grave and other outbreaks are
expected. The whole country is resdy
to rise against the arbitrary methods
Of President Castro. The constitutional
guarantees have been suspended and
complications with Colombianre feared,
Gonzales tsteyes, general for Ven
ezuel,, declares that there is no truth
to tue report ard that be received a
despatch from the minister Of fore ign
affairs as late as p m, saying the
country at peace.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

Business at the Frost veneer seat.
ing works in Newport is very good.
One order for 10000 panels was begun
this week and will take six months
to fill.
The firms Of Z L Smith & Co,
Milne. Clarihew q Gray and MELON
aid, Cutler & Co, owners of some of
the principal Barre granite quarries,
are expanding over so. 600 this month
in putting in new cable derricks ut
their quarrips. The cid style derrick
could be used only on a radios of
same l25 feet, while With the new one
stone can tie handled at a distance up
t. 1900 feet.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
RELIGIOUS iNTELLIGENCE,


The title of domestic prelata with the
title OF right reverend. which hiss bren
conferred by PCue Leo uron the Rev
} NJ tloatcc Of Burllngton. as one of
the hjghes; honoTS ever conferred on y
Vermont priest ard Father Cloarec is
the only one of that title in the state.
There are only II othsrs in the United
) ates. The official duties connected
with the office are not heavy. the rank
being one conferred for distingui shed
service in the chulch. The ores IT.
ceivins sGch appointments hare the
night 10 wear certain Insignia of rank.
When in Ro'ne domestic prelatss are
recognized by the Pope and take part
In the religious exercises. Father Clo-
arec is probably the oldest priest in
Vermont. He has been pastor of st
Joseph's chu;ch in Burlington for 30
YEAR. Through his efforts has bees,
erected the lt-sest church ed flee in
the state and his congregation IA,
grown 10 tie very large.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02

The epidemic Of family murders in
London continues. Three children
were seen struggling in Regents ca
nal Tuesday ard Immediately after
ward laboring man jumped into the
water. A policeman rescued the man,
but the three children we're dead
when brought ashore. The man ex-
plained that the children were his
and that he had thrown them into
the canal owing to their sufferings
There have been similar cases of muir
ders of families within the past two
weeks.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
THE PHILIPPINES.
AGUINALDO AND HIS URBANE WAYS.
Pen Pictures ssIDravn by Capt. Mallory
M, Gunrd-Bsiieyes HIM hnyr SOW.


Ii,s Guard-B.iis,es HIM i."yrl SOW.
Cart J S Mallory Of t5e "a infantry.
late colonel cf n vnl1ntter
regiment, WHO has been in charge OF
A guiraloo from March until his de.
parture from Manila, has reached
Sar Francisco where he talks interest
irgly Of tie late Filipino leader.
"aguinaldo is a sdreNd young
man." SAYS Mallory, land is appar-
emily loyal to the United States sii &c
taking the OATH of allegiance. with
him are his wife and two children
Miguel, hoy Ct five years, and a
baby daughter. lie is quite devoted
70 them. | read in the newspapers
some time ago that little Miguel had
died, but that was An error.
Aguineldo is in good health
Nothing was ever said ny those in
authority while | was in charge of
the prisur ers IA to what would ulti-
mately he dore with hlD. lie is Civ.
ca comparative freedom upon the
premises where be is confined, ard
has full charge Ct his own hUusetold
arrangements
"Aguiosldo devotes the greater part
of the time t, studying. lie learns
rapidly ard can converse fairly well
with simple words. He delights to
speax English with his Filipino
friends who Understand the tongue,
but when others are rear he iefrains
from airing his limited vocabularF.
1t will not be long, however, until
he will he able to sneak well.
His Surveillance is not SO strict as
before the cat1 Of loyalty. he has
ever bean accorded the privilege Of
driving about tie city. ia company
with IN AmeIcan officer, but has
never awaited himself of it, preferrirg
to rem4in within the grounds. where
he walks in the garden for outdoor
axercisa. Visitors are numerous at
the place, AMI it is not often that
A guiLalho refuses 10 receive them.
He is extremely courteous, speak ing !
freely through an Interpreter unless
some delicate question is rrououndet, |
Y hen ne asks TO be excused. y
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
The sinking OF Venice.

Venice, it seems, is gradually sink
ing. For centuries the AdriatiC
shores have been in process of sub
mergerce, islands have slowly disap.
peared below the sea, and soun 81
the important low lying features o!
Venetian architecture are under mater,
including church cryp;s and the
great stairs that form prly connected
the Graz d caral WITH the ducal pal,
ace. The fate hanging over Venice
indicates that there may be truth
back of tbs romantic lesends OF sunk
en- cities and lost continents, like At
lantis ard Lemuira. 1t would be a
calamity for history and FIR art TO
have Venice disappear 10 this way.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02

In British House of Commons Earl
Rob,rts the Subject Under Discussion
Praised by Friends and Abused by

In British HOuse of Commons
Knb,rts the Subject Under Di.cussto"-
Praised by Friends and Abused by
Enemies
In the British House of Common :
Wednesday,, proposing resolution
granting Field Marshal Earl Roberts
cl 900, 900 for his services IN South
Africa lin accordance with the recon-
mediation Of kirg Edward. annouaced
in the House uf Lords by the premier,
Lord Salisbury. Monday lnst, a }
Balfour. the government leader, in the
course CT eulog, of the fell marshal,
whom he compared with such men as
Coling God, Nelson, and Wellington,
said that there WAS no doubt that hut
for Lord Roberts daring and strategy
and the rapidity with which his plans
were carried out Kimberley md
Mafeking would have fallen, Hood
British would have been starved into
submission at LadysmIth and there
would have beeu a general rising of
dsi0valists 10 South Africa. Great
Britain might have recovered therefrom,
but at what cost. The country was
saved from this by the genius OF the
man he now invited the House to re-
ward BY unanimous vote, irrespective
of political differences.
The statement called forth protests
from the Irish members, although the
LIBERAL leader, Sir Henry Campbell Ban
herman. concurred in the motion.
John Dillon, Irish Nationalist, strong
" opposed the vote. He protested
against mentioning Lord Roberts in az
sOciatou with such a man as narlbo-
rough He declared Lord Roberts had
shown the greatest inhumanity in South
Africa. and said he had employed bar
barous methods and had proved himself
a dismal failure. Swift acNeill. Irish
nationalist. said he considered that Lord
Roberts operations we're conducted with
Il maximum Ct cruelty ard minimum
of humanity, and that his farewell
speech at Cape Town was horrible by
pocricy and blasphemy. Labouther,
radical. and keir Hardie, socialist also
protested against pensions on general
principles, put the resolution 21i TO So.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
Or. I::n1n7Cns'

Monthly Regulator has brought happiness to
hundreds of anxious women. There is posi-.
lively no other remedy known &c medical science
that will SO quickly and safely 90 tho work.
Longest and most obstinate Irregularities from
any cause relieved immediately. Success guar
aatced at any stage. No pain danger, or inter
ference with work. Have relieved hundreds of
cases where others have failed. The most diff
cult cases successfully treated by mail and bene
fetal results guaran teed in every instance. No
rlsl. Whatsoever We treat hundreds of ladies
whom we never sec. Write for urtherparticulaTs
cnG free confidential advice. Do not put OFF too
long. All letters truthfully answered Rcmem,
bar. this remedy is absolutely safe under every
possible condition and positively leaves no after
I'll effect upon the health. Sent by mail, securely
scHod, $500. Money letters should he registered.
DR. ". EMMONS CO.. 10 fremont ST., Boston.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
A Truly True Dog Story.

Here is an Australian dog story fr11
the back blocks: A sheep dog had bee.
brought from a station into a slna-
township and fretted after the SHEEP
One day not child was to be s2el
about the place. and as evening car'
the township became alarmed. SeaN,
was made. and the juveniles we''
found hudGlcd up in the corner Of !
paddock, where the dog had round'-
them up. He had no sheep to look at
er, so he took the children. The na'
rator Of this lie guarantees it as 4 f2f-
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
THE MAN BEHIND THE Or,
And tho Comment OF the Nnn n,
Received His Letter va

| cSs''eu has Letter,
! knew 1t was mean letter wbe
wrote 1t, but afterward eoncn,
that must have written a co,d
mcaner than | knew. | was cor,
for n large manufacturing GONNA.
One of their customers, ALWAYS q,
satisfactory man to deal with m
count Of his constant fault flndlnc a,
objections to paying his bills on %,
Gus absurd pretexts, finally rats
point blank to settle bill for Ga.
$1,000 on the ground that the ,,,,
were not just as ordered. Tho N.
pany then instructed me to write n.
the worst letter that | could Ina,
threatening him with all possible nj,
and penalties, legal and otherwise u,
good measure Of abuse thrown In. s,,
they had little hope that he would IA.
and less desire for his custom IN A
future. Accordingly l bent myself
the task. | hope I'm an honest mn
but | can't help saying that that len,
was a stinger. l suspect that il "
the meanest thing that ever went n.
a mail bag.
A few days later a messenger IN,
the manufacturing firm called and a.
cd me to step over to their place u
business, as there was a man there VI.
wished to meet me. l am about ~.
4 inches. and my weight averages +
pounds.
When I reached the firms plao I
was ushered into the private offs
The first thing l saw, and about !,
only thing visible, was n big man VII
must have weighed fully 800 pound
Mr.. Blank" said the president, I'D
Is Mr.. Dash, who wrote you tina. h
ter"
Mr.. Blank arose, shutting Of 4
light from two windows. For q III
he stood looking down al nj
with open mouth and bulging eyss
Then he turned TO the Others and VI.
an expression Of mingled ASTONISHING
and disgust on his face said
We'll. smitten Caesar. III had KNOW
It was such little. insignificant SAIL
ed off cricket who wrote ME that let,s
never would have paid that bl"-
Harper's Magazine.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
NEW WORLD.
CLOSE OCEAN PORT.
General Strike in San Francisco OF Dock
Mam-25. 900 Men Ont.

General Strike In San Francisco OF Dock
Man-25, 900 Men Out.
The city front federatei labor cen
vention at San Francisco has ordered
a general strike in sympathy with the
teamsters and 1000 men belongic g to
TIE affiliated unions went out Tues
day mosuirg. This will completely
tie up TIE shipping business.
Including the locked out team
sters, a total of orer $500 union
workers are row out. Unless the
proprietors ard managers are able to
secure sufficient Gon-urion help to
load aud man the vessels, the strike
will practically mean the closing of
the port and the suspension of bust
ress 10 the wholesale and mRnufac-
turing sections of San Francisco and
Oakland.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02

James } O'Shen, nationalist mem
her OF West Waterford, was suspended
in the British House Of Commons
Tuesday for disorderly conduct in
applying the term, judicial black
guariis II" to the corduct OF Bsron
O'Brien, lord chief justice of Ireland.
Francls Marian era ford, the
American novelist, has Just had a
perilous adventure on the Island OF
Jersey, in an attempt to Chamber down
rocky coast to take swim he fell
30 feet mot deep water. He was
stunned and barely able to swim to
safety.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
SOTiSGs.

TIE electoral hi'l s1hmitted to the
Cuban coLstitu local Convention
makss Gomez eligible - tie piesi.
oe'cy hv pravisioa that a native or
rE.srs lizod citizen shall ha eligible,
sru ail 5 liiers WIN Eaga eer,cll in
tae Cuha7 army To years are entitled
t. D4tu- ,lizatiOu.
Lrmteg dealers Prro,rca that a. n
result of the rnoinors carsl,p,, inn
If spruce ia the uraEufsct,,.s OF nyIn
FnS sie c1nssin scarcity If that
si3'her Ire Is hsins largely ustd as a
s-bs;it2,a
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02

The northbound Chicago, Rock Is
land ard Pacific passenger tain No =,
crowded with uepsrting hone seekers,
WIS wreckeh Tuesday afternoon while
going at full speed two miles south
OF kremlin. q T. c l. McLain Of
Eoid, O L, vas killed aud u other
passengers, received cuts and bruises
1t is believed uore but McLain was
fatally hurt. a broken rail 10 cul
vert washed out by heavy rains threw
the baggage car from the track. This
car, the smoker and ore passenger
coach were overturned, resting on
their sides. Three passenger cars and
the Pullman also left the track, bat
old not overturn, The track was tom
up for 300 feet.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
THE kUKlUX klAN.
where and How the Famous Body
WINS Organised.

When the civil war ended, the little
town of Pulaski, Tenn, welcomed a
band Of young men who, though they
were veterans Of hard fought fields.
were for the most part no older than
the mass of college students. In the
general poverty, the exhaustion, the
lack of heart, naturally prevalent
throughout the beaten south. young
men had more leisure than was good
for them.
A southern country town, even in the
haIcyon days before the war, was not
particularly lively place, and Pulaski
In 1866 WAS doubtless rather tame to
fellows who had seen Pickett charge
at Gettysburg or galloped over the
country with Morgan and Wheeler. A
group of them assembled In law office
one evening in May, 1866, We're discuss
ing ways and means of having a live
lier time. Some one suggested a club
or society. An organization with no
very definite aims was effected, and at
a second meeting, week later, names
were proposed and discussed. Some
one pronounced the Gfeek WORD kuklOS,
meaning circle.
From kuklos to kuklux was an easy
ransition-whoever consults n glossary
of college boys slang will not find it
strange-and khan followed kuklux as
naturally as 'dumpty" follows hump
ty." That the name meant nothing
whatever was a recommendation. and
one can fancy what sort of badlnage
would have followed suggestion that
in six years committee of congress
would devote Is volumes to the history
Of the movement that began in Pu-
laski law office and migrated later to
deserted and half ruined house on the
outskirts of the village. - Atlantic
Monthly.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02

Or Jobu \ Wyetu, president of the
American medical association, dis.
agrees With hcch's idea tdat tuber
culosis is rot communicable betwt en-
cattle AID men, expresses the opinion
that another century aill not pass
without seeing CONSUMPTION RELOCATED
to the category Of diseasss which
have ceased To d. strcy tue human
raCe." TIE wfols srbieci, hs SAYS.
in sll its phases, will ice = natter OF
debate ct the meeting Ct Re American
medical association at Saratoga next
June.
Admiral Kirte-Iy las assei q lie
excused frnu TIE Scllzy cur. OF IL.
quiry CT the : 9GE1 q IL heath.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
The Wisdom of Experience.

When | was 20, | thought | was 30:
when was so l thought l was 80;
when was 40 l thought l was 70.
md when was 80 wondered If they
were going to bring In the high chair
at the table and give me the bottle
w. w. Goodwin. Retiring Harvard
Professor. at Dinner in His Honor.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02

Sromus Gates Of Wsyerly. Mass,
is dead CT old sge, He was born in
Chelsea in $50 be was q Civil War
veteran, u member ii the G \ K, and
had lived in Wsverly over % years.
he ubs the first postmaster ana first
station agent there, ana at the same
ii me worked at his trade a. co0bler,
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
IN THF PHILIPPINES.
Several OF Them Assigned to Civil Posi-
tiOns,

Several officers Of the volunteer army.
who remained in the Philippines, have
been assigned to civil positions in the
provincial governments. Capt Henry
A Peed, 32i infantry. has been made
provincial treasurer OF Oriental Negros
Lieut. Robert NJ Shearer, 18th infantry,
treasurer otCavite province; Lieut. Rich
ard c Dav. 3ith Infantry. treasurer of
Nueva Eciis. Capt Jacob + Krepps,
23d Infantry, regular army. has been de-
tailed rs provisional governor of Nueya
Eciii.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02

WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Beers Pntup SIM Fight.

Details received nf what at first
seemed an ordinary skirmisn between
a British column and boer com
mando near NqItai J,ly % show that
hard rll.Gay tight occurred 10 hich
tire British narro0ly ESCAPED the loss
of "a gun of the 9th field nattesy.
Four hundret iioefs repeste'ly
rushed tie British position, killing
Mai Edwards ard Gunner Carpenter.
The gun was linterei Up and taken
at a gallop for three miles under
heavy FIRE
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
From the Boston Herald. !

Rudyard kirling, who early in the
Boer war Vedt to South Africa fer
the pTrpoSe, as he said, of bsirg 10
at the oe,ta." but who later en-
grew tired waiting fer the Beers de-
mise and returned home, has writte1
d roan, in which he "ruhs it in" by
telling Great Britain that her nilitary
s. stem is all wrorg, etc. 1t now re-
mains for sore military artbori.y TO
tell Rgdyerd bow 10 60 about it to
write real poetry.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
Shot var OF Russla's Expedition

"The Russian government has BEEN
advised says a despatch to tho
Mail from st Petersburg, THAT 2000
Tibptians, July Is, attacked Major
Koslof's exposition Of 20 men, half
of whom we're shot Gown and the oth-
ers severely wounded. The govern
ment will demand satisfaction. -
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
HOW IT HAS DEMoRALIZED KIP
LING.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
/, is rot least Of the misch ieis dore
by the Boar Enr that it hes, for II
time at least. tTrred intu mere
writer Of coggerel the mcst remark
able literary genius Of his tine.
Rudyari KiplinE by his irimitable
tales Of Indian life laaped Lightly
into famc. Later in The Saven
Seas" be published the most notabl
rolun of pcens Of the last half of
the nineteenth century. His Recess
sinnal" YES like organ music after
the yenny whistles CT the Alfred
Austrs. The Truce of the Bear
ani The White Mans Burden,
whatever one may th'tk of their
teachings, were fine in manner, large
ard Impressive
Then came the Boer war. and Gu.
rious effect it had upon British poets.
SSlnburoe it dove mad, so that be
wrote of the burshers as "dogs Rgave
with jaws efoam." kipli it has
made quite otherwise mad, so that he
fits to metre schemes OF military re-
form auh utters such lines Rs these:
Which faithfully mirrored its makers ideals,
equipment and mental attitude
And horses have four legs and men have two
legs and two into four goes twice
We have forty million reasons for failure, bit
not a single excuse.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02

\ big mongrel dog, the owner of
which was not found, vent mad in
Jersey City Mounsv afternoon, ard
before it vas killed it bit four persons
TitGia two hours.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02

In case of cough or crop give the little one
One Minute Cough Cure. Then rest easy
and have no fear. The clil viii be .; 4 right
IN little while. L never Fails. Pleasant to
iaae.a'way> >ate sure and 4! most instantaneous
il eitct. GTecnt's ,,rG- store.