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Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-23

n T RYAN returned Tuesday night
from the Foresters' National Conven,
ton at Detroit.-Mrs j g Estey ana
Mrs n H Crosby are at muster THIS
week.-Ernest A Grout. who died ID the
Philippines and whose body has been
hurled at Cavendish, was the adopted
brother of Miss Gussie A Grout OF Brat.
tIeboro.-Ora Butrerfield and WE Oh
Ann Arbor. Mich, are guests at LINDEN
hurst. coming from Bristol where they
were called by the illness of Mrs Butter
Mrs A 4 Adams and family go 20
Naw London next week where toey
will make their home. Mrs Nora
Moran and grandchildren, Louis ana
Mar Kaine. returned Yesterday
from two months visit in Chlcago'
M and Ulster. Pa. John KANE Jr'
aiil visit the Pan-American Exposl-
ton before returuing.-Rev Gun
r;nobsm is in Boston for few Gays;
Nj Emma Lundterg returned
YESTERDAY to Springfield, Mass, slter
snsnding her vacation here, and sat
,,rdsv leaves there for week stay a'
tbe pan-AmericaD Exposition.
Mr. r Z Gordon returned h1me
,-ostsrtay from Hoston where sne nss
Saen for six weeks for treatment.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-24
ROAD ORGANIZATIONS.
Value of United Effort to Promote
the Good Roads Cause.

Hon. W. II. Moore president of the
National Good Roads association, in an
address delivered before the good
roads convention Of Mississippi spoke
of the varied interests affected by i'm
proved highways.
He said that the people should
awaken to the spirit of the times and
get away from the OK team methods OF
their forefathers and meet the modern
conditions imposed by the present
civilization and by the present business
conditions. He spoke of the relation
of the cities to the country districts
and said that the theory that the farm
erS should alone bear the cost of road
construction was an exploded idea;
that it was the duty of the cities to
help the farmers improve the country
roads, as it is of vital interest to the
cities to lessen the cost of production
of the necessities of life.
Every supervisor, said he, who does
not work the roads as he should Is
thief, and every day that he fails to en-
force work on the roads he is stealing
from the county which employs him
and provides by law for his labor, for
when you pay your money for any
thing, no matter whether 1t be for gro
ceries, dry goods or roads, you should
get value received. He said that the
only way in which values could be
gained was to thoroughly organize all
interests and by sending delegates to
the state convention formulate n
scheme of legislation which will en-
able the people to force the supervisors
to do their duty. He also advocated
the appointment OF n state road cngi-
neer, to be located at Jackson, and a
county engineer in each county, who
would establish n uniform system all
through the state. He promised the
convention that if they were to organ
ize they would be in. a position to die
tate the attitude of their legislators,
both state and national. His final adj
vice was for organization, agitation,
education and legislation.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-24
UNITED STATES.
Wore His Old Hat Home.

They were talking about getting bald.
Men wear their hats too much" the
doctor was saying. 81 have noticed
that great many business men wear
them in their offices. The head should
be kept bare as much as possible"
'My partner always wear an old straw
hat around the store" replied n Market
street merchant. "He wears this in
winter as well as in summer. or at least
he did until last winter, when he had
an experience that cured him of it.
zone very cold afternoon he left the
office early, and as he walked briSlily
through the street he noticed in rather
absrntmindPd way that he was attract
ing considerable attention. People turn
ed and looked after him and laughed.
1t was not until he had walked five or
six blocks that he realized what it all
meant. He met a lady of his acquaint-
ancp ana when he went to raise his
hat ne found that he was still wearing
the old straw one, having forgotten to
change 1t when he left the office. For
tunatcly there was hat store near by,
and he went in and bought one more
suitable to the season. "-Philadelphi
Record.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-24
HIGHWAY ALLIANCE.
New Organization Whose Object Ia
Road Improvement.

The expressed objects and intentions
Of the Highway Alliance a new good
roads organization just Incorporated
in New York with its headquarters in
New York city, should leave no doubt
as to the usefulness, both local and ma
tiOnal. OF such an organization. Here
are some of the more important OBJ
jects for which the alliance exists:
81. Public agitation for highway i'm
provement. .. Obtaining and publish
Ing information relating to highways.
3. Proposal Of laws and ordinances for
highway opening, construction, main
tenance and traffic. 1. Opposing pro-
posed laws and ordinances tending to
diminish the usefulness Of highways.
8. Urging the public authorities to i'm
prove the highways and keep them in
repair. 6. Assisting in the vindication
of the highway rights Of the public and
also aiding any person whose rights
have been infringcd while using the
highways or as consequence of such
use whenever the board of directors of
this corporation, in their discretion,
consider that the usefulness of high
ways will be advanced"
The Highway Alliance will introduce
a new feature so far as concerns its
membership. In order that it shall not
be obligatory upon all who join the al
lance to give to it their support tinan-
cially, two grades of membership will
be in force, persons belonging to one
grade to be known as active or con-
tributing members and those belong
ing to the other as general or sympa-
thetic members. Any one in the latter
grade may change his status whenever
he likes upon payment Of the dues of a
contributing member for one year.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-24

DR.. ]. A. Rowan, a prominent physi-
clan, has the following to say about
the roads of the state:
From my experience as a country
physician In travelling over the roads |
am convinced that the present system
of working roads in Mississippi is a
farce. The ineXperience and apathy
on the part of Overseers and the indif-
ference on the part of hands should
convince any ordinarily intelligent per
son that new methods will have to be
adopted. The contract system, with
improved implements, is the remedy.
In my opinion broad tired wagons
would do much toward keeping roads
In good repair, and our legislature
should enact law requiring the mar
row tire to be replaced by the broad
after three or four years or one allow
ing parties using them credit on their
road tax. l often go double the dis
lance over our best roads rather than
80 half as far over the average, saving
time and comfort thereby. The people
will have to be educated along the lines
of better roads, and new methods will
have TO be forced upon them"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-24
What Good Roada Mean.

Good roads mean to us both profit
and pleasure. They will enable us to own
better vehicles and take pride in them.
They will help the churches and schools
In every locality. Good roads mean Il
saving Of time the value of which, as a
whole, can hardly he estimated. They
will increase the average life of our We
hicles probably third and the saving
of wear and tear on our teams proba-
bly, more, to say nothing of the increas-
ed loads that can be hauled with the
same teams.
Good roads will be benefit to every
body except the wagon shops and ear
rage makers. - Cor. New Orleans
Times Democrat
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-24
A COUNTRY COURTSHlP.

How Jim and Mandy COurted Each
-.. Other.
He came In the early twilight. When
he knocked, she opened the door and
pretended to be surprised at seeing
him.
BE 1t you, Jim?'
Jim admitted being IT. by a curt
yes" and followed her into the par
Tor. He sat down on chair without
leaning back, placed his hat In his lap
and clasped his hands over his knees.
She sat on the far side OF the room,
with her hands lying idly one in the
other. After lapse of IA minutes
he opened the conversation:
Foxes wellT
"All 'cept pap. He's down with
roomytiz."
Another long and ominous silence,
perhaps 20 minutes
Coin t begin harvestin t'morrer,"
he said. 1858
Dew tell! Must hev airly crops"
from her.
Then the clock had the floor for an
other II minutes.
"Hoss is SICK" she said.
WAL, I'll be durn! Which uni" ex-
claimed Jim.
Bay mare"
"Ep'zooticksT
"Ep'zooticks."
After this outburst nothing was said
for 80 minutes.
Coin t. tn singin skule Saturday
night" queried Jim.
"Nobuddy AIT me-" she said.
II axes you," said Jim bravely.
"1'll 60" she said.
Twenty-Five minutes elapsed.
"Ole Boss he'd kaff," said Jim,
Frightening.
Law mew she said.
Twenty minutes passed. Then Jim
unlocked his hands, put on his hat and
stood up.
"GoIn?" she asked.
"Goin," he said and walked out on
the porch. She followed him to the
door, and they both stood thus In ST.
lence for ten minutes.
Must be after o." he said.
Must be-" she said.
Good night, Mandy" he said.
Good night Jim," she said, and shut
the door as he walked out of the yard
And yet this is the twentieth cen
tury.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-24
The Gallant Cabman.

Nothing perhaps produces quite 50
much wit from a cabman as n sense Of
being underpaid, which in most cases
means that he has been justly paid. a
lady who had been guilty of this kind
Of justice experienced the usual sense
of discomfort when her driver straight
ened the palm into which she had just
dropped her shilling and looked at her
speechlessly. She was weakly about to
add another siXpence when the cabby's
sense of humOr prevailed. He trans
ferred the shilling to his pocket and
smiled sweetly down at his embarrass-
ed fare. Course, Missy" he remark
ed, there was the pleasure O. drivin
youw-London Chronicle.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-24
stuck to II.

Barnes-Synnex will have 1t that all
marriages are unhappy marriages.
Howes-What nonsense! But it's like
him. III bet he'd go so far as to say
that even the marriage of Adam and
Eve was no exception to the universal
rule.
Barnes-I mentioned Adam and Eve,
and he said that he hadn't the least
doubt that the trouble they got into be-
gan by twitting each other on their
past lives.-Boston Transcript.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-24
A Great Man.

| count him great man who inhab-
its a higher sphere of thought. into
which other men rise with labor and
difficulty. He has but to open his eyes
to see things in true light and in large
relations, while they must make pain
full corrections and keep a vigilant eye
on many sources of error. -" He is
n great man who is what he is from ma
ture and who never reminds us of 9TH
erS.-EmCrson.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-24

Uncle Joshua-Say, mister, what'll
you charge me fer n nice cool room to
set up in all night?
Hotel Clerk-Don't you want n bed?
Uncle Joshua-No, stree. None of
your foldin beds. promised Martha
I'd sleep settin up the whole We an
I'm a-goin 10 do 1t II 1t kills me-
Chicago Record II erald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-24

Entering the kitchen hereupon |
found a policeman hugging the cook.
"A nice cuisine, this" exclaimed |,
with all the irony could summon.
"Ah, nice squeeze scene indeed"
faltered the cook, blushing violently.
At this the officer laughed a buoyant
laugh and admonished me to chase
myself.-DetrOit journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-24
Once of Road Inquiry.

The appropriation for the office Of
road inquiry, department of agricul-
ture, for this year is $4,000. 1t will
be used in building sample roads and
otherwise assisting the good roads
movement
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-24
AmiNbilify.

"She has an admirable trait" re-
marked one woman. she never Cos
sips"
at is indeed an admirable trait"
answered the other. ANY one who
keeps perfectly quiet and let's others
monopolize the conversation cannot
help being esteemed" - Washington
Star
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-24
In the Literary Throes.

"'Was you club paper troublesome,
Dorothy"
"Oh, horrible! | ransacked IL books
and ate three pounds of chocolate cara
mclS while | was getting it up,"-De-
Il oft Free Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-24
Not Entirely.

rs he IL criminal lawyer"
well, | should hardly call him a
criminal, though some of his practices
come very close to being felonies."-
Town and Country.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-24

He|I have been In the next room
asking your father for your hand in
marriage.
She-What was the result?
Did you hear any noise while was
in thereY'
Gracious! should say so"'
"Well, suppose you've heard that
silence gives scnt."-Yonkers States
man.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-24
One Advantage.

She Cat the museum)-I wish l were
the two headed girl.
He-And why, pray?
She-Then | could wear two hats
and tell myself If they were on straight.
New York Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-24
Ships That Pass.
Cause and Eject.

Cause and Eject.
Raynor-IIOw did you ever get such
a snap job rs yours?
Shine-Oh, just rubbered around a
little.-ChicagO Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-07
TO-DAY'S WESTERN ENTRIES.
AT CHICAGO.

49, e o hs S1 A4n M 1s
PreOrias. 1917 Sol IIchtensein lol Mollis T lol Goa
Foster. ilo; Fitting. o.; Inventor. iC4.
mero ss' io1 Johnnio Mccartfy 6i sht Ball IS. Rod
AgPe 9s cSnnndFu eo indeS s Ella sT D2gar %
Scarlet Lily 1ea: Uncle Tom. S. Evelyn Byrd 9s;
Third race laie and ave eishths; hurdle hsndoap,-
Fourth race tne and seventy yards handicap,-Bcnck
.: Denmsn ThomPson %; & Flying Torpedo o Leo
Boer, loo coupled as the fIidroth entry
@ 1ss II o @s the d Sp'es G M
n M' hss S @ hnry Ms Rsn los io fGS h Pi5 s
.a a9I iS s Tn the sEst hS i9 4y and Vun lS last three
a. SS Ell us ss MedSo s e Rs &c. Bell Mis-. O
99: Emathio3 100; Burnett es wallace M as: DO Dodis s
Maxim. 100: Royal Arch. 100; stuart Young. 9s:
ssyepn ~ . Of mill. Sd9
Frank NJ 81: Bonnie iAssak "a; Ansea ss Prairie Dos
49, o My S o G. JUDGE Se eRs e3 P''Sns s syns @ @ &
AT ST. LOUIS.
fee' Hani2 @
.y M I'm los Saf 6 Hes IRE & rR1i
1os Leila Barr, lo4 t2sh, Bells; loi; RatIMs, no
@ Co. Mar So ,c Rsnsp PaadbS: bd mo- ]o 5a ud
Wager Mas 20 no Lille chi Chico 10; aSar, TO- ea 1lo;
ThTd snd half fsTlops.:
Lillian ~ iio; Dave sommefs 16 carena oo Lady
Broadway 100: Concertna. 1os: Leo Nutter 100 Easter
Fourth eslx half tur9nss purse,-I.a Donis
Glover 100 Van Hoorebeke. lo9 schnell Lauffer 1903;
,o S.ss as and IDS @ clan
sixth tnile eighth Dsoraine o.
Notiie Regent 100; Elsie Barnes 100 sir Rclla 100;
1Os Beana IO6
New-York tribune., 1901-10-07

Sargent of the Essex County Club as runner M rp dP
In ios sgeInsf Miss Maude X. Wetmore OF soi tbe
County 1899 Miss Ruth m9Ger9 Club "V With Mrs
caeb Fox up and b,nnscosS lass SSr His
ri roI si,out the entire FIVE years MISS foSt nae
won the medal offered for the best ST sSorf n Robert
SON president of association the m
of the tournament will rest w15n f,eaJohn she Reid
Hobart Chatfeld- Taylor. B. keTr; f'eeO
80 Ianes n Stillman and Or. IL NirueIel. .. ,be
he Nr Kerr will have charge of the palrnss az I'm in
first tee a duty for which his long sxpects to
have the first pair under way by 0cGHH S tee te at
itrvais ,oe of four minutes, that no leaSS ba
Entertained his ability to finish @ 6ne he drawn
20 rstch pkay where winners Will neet ~ tbe
al al tha apai round decides the possession OF
until w 1ne is situated mile from tne
short Hills station If the Delaware, ,ds rde viii he
anu anu '" w The nEIbc throughout the tournament
New-York tribune., 1901-10-07
FAMOUS ENGLISH CHIMES.

From The English Illustrated Magazine
The Great Paul" at our metropolitan Cathedral.
terest is given 20 clock by its bells being visible
special mechanically worked figures. The intro
duction of figures into clocks is by no means d
new one, is instanced in this country 0y the
knights in armor who used TO strike the hours at
Wells Cathedral with their battle axes In the
celebrated clock at Strasburg among host OF fls-
ures. presentiment of Death is allowed to strike
purpose The real work of striking in large clocks
is done by special part quite separate from tho
important arrangement is a barrel after the fashion
of that in music box. while outside the frame
tervals corresponding in length with the time taken
up in striking one w9 tnree ana so co Sn up P, r
been repeated far and wide The hour bell is OF
teen tons and cracked. When recast the weight
was decreased by about two tons. and the bell mas
been cracked for the second time this many years.
The quarter bels range from about four a single
ton; and are in very good tune; -. r,..,.. ,..,,,,
its attendant quarters collectively weigh nve tons
fic that runs beneath them The poncaster or scar
borough chimes practically the same, but thev
Carlton machine. in addition to the clock is ne
cessity. The tunes which can be successfuily
the most Suitable music is that which goes smooth
ly on its way and In which The same ne note Is nOs
bells available is however. the most important con-
sitution OF one barrel for another great variety
of airs can be produced Among secular tunes
"old Folks at Home are often chosen.
The chimes of the old Royal Exchange. among
other things, played There is Nae Luck About
the House" and We recall the fact that, when
the historic building burned In 1sSS and while
the flames were their height, the bells rendered
the melody and then fell with crash among the
blazing ruins AS rule, seven tunes are arransed
on barrel six being secular and one sacred suta-
ble for six week days and a Sunday At Sligo
Cathedral for instance tune is played four times
during the day the nine BELLS and the carlton
Is furnished with barrels different tune Is
provided for times seven. OF forty-nine days
At Worcester. where there is splendid peal or
bells thirty-five tunes are played; Manchester
tunes are provided Several London churches still
enliven their surroundings with their chimes-foI
Instance St Giles's. St. Brides. St DionlS'S and
ST Clement Danes. The clock at the last mentioned
building Is peculiar. inasmuch as tt strikes tho
hour twice once on the tenor. or largest. bell or
the peal. and then small bell at the very top
of the tower.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-07
SAND GUIDES.
CURIOUS CHARITY ENDOWMENT IN Ian.
CASHIRE.


CAsHIRE.
From The London Star
The latest report of the Charity Commissioners
Laneashire- Ii There is an endowment for guide
sands the ao Of n9e ksn sn and
Lonsdale division is isolated from the OF the
miles can be avoided BY travelling across e tb ny
at the mouth of the River Kent.
that in an ncrediby short space Of tme it
0vertakgs @ mcautiohs travellers fills the fresh
from view. and renders II impossible for any one
The earliest record OF the charity is in monastic
record Of Henry s, VII where John Hartley
f,td OF the lord the king by the sands of the
the revenues of Conishead Priory. Another guide
rsGeiyed receive 10 year from the funds Of Cartmel
or Leven Sands. which separate INVERSION from
Peterborough.
GUIDES TO DEATH.
In the reign of Edward VI we find a sad record
of on one of these guides across the treacherous
was indicted for allowing traveiiers fo drown bei
When Henry VIII seized the two priories the
ing these guides, and the chancellor of the duchy
When 1T was proposed to make the INVERSION
further north than the ancient guides road the
act provided that inasmuch the fees and gratui-
thereby. the company should pay them 20 a wear
hu the raiiway diverted so much traffic that the
great for their work. and they spent a con-
siderable portion of the endowment In building
houses for them - S
THEIR PRESENT DUTIES
The Kent Sands guide now receives f5 a wear
ana the Use OF house and premises reckoned AT
$50 while the Leven Sands guide receives siO ami
the use of house valued at f25. They arc re
CURED TO prove the fords' two three times a
week and TO Point them out and give assistance
10 travellers. who average nav Tho
travellers generally fshhawkers with carts
In both cases the guide resides on the wester,
shore of the sands. and can only be utilized nv
persons starting from that shore. but curfousIy
enough says the report. difficulty seems to
have been experienced by persons starting 10 cross
from the eastern shore. ~ 1888
New-York tribune., 1901-10-07
THE RECORDS.
BISHOP WHIPPLE AS A DENTIST.
From The Boston Transcript.

On one of tho first of his journeys Indians
to Bishop Whipple and said: ''Wi-bid-akosi' (My
tooth is sck), and asked for relief Bishop Whippe
was unable give il, and greatly distressed.
Accordingly, upon his first visit to Chicago he went
to a friend who dentist, and asked to be
shown how 10 extract teeth. He told to sepa-
rate the ligaments around the tooth, to take
firm grip. and then to pull Equipped with old
dentists forceps, he went back to his work.
and when. after the service at Whitefsh Lake.
Indian came him with his hand to his face and
asked for relief, the good Bishop produced his for
ceps and started upon his career unregistered
dentist The sick tooth large upper molar.
but the Bishop never hlanched Neither did the
Indian. With stod Indifference to the pain, the
red man submitted to the operation, which, Bishop
whipple confessed. must have been a bunsling one;
q and the tooth finally twisted out, and
the Bishop had the satisfaction OF hearing the old
chief afterward telling his people, "Kichmeka-
dewiconaye great medicine mani"