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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-10-30

John Henry McD.nisls. . Gro,on man,
weut TO Montpelier with $40 and sitter :
card gene didu't have enough money to
buy = rights lodging. he co, 10 the
depot ,ill sunrise aud told the sssnt thst
be vS satisfied with his fun.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-10-30

The eondisfcs OF E. l. Temple, Of Rot
land. Who hes been seriously III Tor the
past month ssihe result OF . hemorrhses
OF the brsin, aud Who slso suffered severe
stack OF pIeurisy. is improving,
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PAINT YoUR PuGoY FoR 75,,

With Dsvoes q oss Cnrisee Paint. II
Weighs 3 to 8 tzA mJre to the pint than
Others, wears longer; snd gives q gloss
4nsl TO tew work. Sold by A. l. Graves
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No Reasonable Man expects 10 cure .
neglected cold In day. Ba. time end Al
lens Lung Bslssm will overcome the cold
End s,sve Of consumption. Cough will
cesss and lungs be sound sss new dollar.
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4 ssssi Ais,ery Of Tee srsstsstsss u nsi
era lslsstsisi sss6isu 10 eppsrians II
e+sss 90 Ms, Is. Esd 10 imposed 10 hsvs
iAFslvsd 1880 voftsrs TAs snios d.
Kssssa tvssiy per zee, iassssss 10 pay.
o. sigt, beer dsy TOT sea employed b.
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Massrs Ely BRoi II Find enclosed 80
cents, lr which please send ne your
Cream Balm. fnd your remedy the
quickest and N ost permanent cure for cold
10 The besd. cs.srrh. sto. Yours truly,
DILL NJ POTTER Gen. Mgr Arizons Gold
Mining o.
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LoOs vhs teftar % sara Ernrlers,
blelsets sstSs. Fla, lts. Ttsy dsHt
t.rs teen. rof ell snt cue, sho eses
bseslss. Aftios shfs. |. slouhes The
ises Era IA - SAT- Rstun vanish be
teri a. I, etrs. .ois iips. essppea esnss,
esilblsits. lslsllibls for rile IS, d,
J n whippits. Manchester CsBtrs
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Pslsy'. Houty aud Tar for coughs and
cold; reliable. tined md tested. sais snd
sars Sid BY J Il wsippls, ebsstes
Ces,ft; A II Psttiboss. Manchester Depot.
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THAT BEAUTIFUL Clos
cotsss from the sstnish 10 Devoe's Warn
ish Floor Paint; costs 8 cents more .
quart though. Sold by A. L. Graves.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

I COMMISSIONER NOIlCE.
Estate OF JoHs d. WAIT.
The undersigned having been appointed by
the Hon. Probate Court for the District of Man
chester Commissioners, to receive. examine and
adjust all claims and demands Of all persons
against the estate OF
John u. Wait late Of Manchester
in said District deceased, and all claims exhibit
ed In Offset thereto hereby give notice that We
will meet for the purposes aforeeaid at George
Lugenes harness shop in Manchester Centre
on tho 10th day OF April 1903. from two
O'Clock p. Y. untf four o'clock N. on said day
and that six moDths from the 10th day OF
October A. D. 1902 lie the lims limited by said
Court for said creditors to pTe-eDt their
claims to us for examination and allowance.
Dated At MAJ chester this 10Th day Of October
D 1907 NJ NIPPLE
DOUGLASS II DYER, 'oN 10
MILE W LtossE. AdministrsirI, Manchss.
ter Center, Vermont 26w
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EDWARD BATCHLDER's EsrArr.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
" Estate OF DAVID KNIT.
The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Hon. Probate Court Tor tho District Of Man
| chester, Commissioners, to receive, examine
and sdjust all claims and demands OF all per-
sons against the estate OF
David Eeut late Of Manchester
In sad District deceased and all claims exhibit.
u Ia offset thereto. hereby give notice that We
will meet for the purposes Hfof essid Al the late
residence OF the decest cd 10 Manchester Centre
on the sth day II hpril 1908, flom two
o'clock =. until fur o clock y. NJ. on said
day, and that eli months from the stb day
OF October u 1909 i- the time limited by
said Court for raid creditors TO present their
claims TO us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Manchester this 9Th day OF October
A. ID. 1902
Y W, COOK c..,,.
EARL Marsh, S'n
MANY X Mt Erteuiir, Manchester Center.
Vermont 2Gsw
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JRLL-O. The NEW DEssERT.
plesses oil the f.mii, -Four H.vort: - Len
on, Orsnfe. Raspberry and Sus~bery.
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RnshvilIe I

Msurs. ELY BRol.: Il have bssu great
'oa from cstsrrh and bay fever and
risi msoy things. bot found DO perms
relief un'il found 1t In Elys Cream Balm
sbou' 'isbt years sso, and We have been
fast lends ever since.
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tNoR sALE aaot H0sss .nA I. Al AZ.
CHESTER nspat tpqufe a.
Tnk nANCHENTER 4DE anal uFFtch
k.nf hester, VI Nay y & lau2 Al
NOTICE Tbs 70 90 elva nctics that ! have
~ esssu Ms 500 ta~tr or; yet bic Nsas auflpx
TIE ttm.ledst ~ his raiuesty sba sbal cl.ifa
none Of hls esfuiues ,ud thsN pas no debts Of
his eeuHseilng alter this date,
withsh, Va, oct itts, it1l
Ass uAhiAN A GROVER
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you?" the Prince asked. anxiously. 81
am sure we will all be most obliged to
you"
''Of course. won't" said the raven.
kindly. Bring up your brothers and
guardian and let us talk about it,
Flitwick fairly few down the stairs
to the library, where his brothers and
Studimuch were sitting, and as fast as
he could. for excitement and JOY greatly
confused him. told them of the talk he
had had with the raven. Pellmell they
ran 10 the top OF the tower 10 see the
raven. who remained perched on the
parapet, blinking in grand and solemn
state.
This is the-the-the gentleman" be-
gan Prince Flitwick. hardly knowing by
what name to call his strange friend
this is the gentleman who kindly sug-
gested wings-I mean parachutes-"
The great bird folded his coal-black
wings ever his breast and bowed so low
that he nearly fell off the parapet.
My name is htramentale. said he,
as the Princes and the Schoolmaster
made their very best bows and in turn
told the bird their names
An acquaintance being thus struck up.
Atramentale. without more ado. told
them how TO make parachutes. for, as
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were first sent over the side. and reach
ed the ground without mishap. Then
came Saladee. who grasped the handle
of his machine. stepped off the parapet
and soon landed upon the green grass
below for the first time in his life.
Next came Flitwick. then StudimuclI.
then Fantico, with the raven circling
above his machine
Ny my, How they did shout and fro
lie as they ran here and there or rolled
on the cool sward. Even the raven so
far forgot his dignity as to try som
ersault. which. | must say. was a fail
ure for he only succeeded in getting a
crick in his neck which twisted his head
more 20 one side than ever. Why. think
OF II, Old Studimuch was the first to
propose a game Of leapfrOg. and played
it we'll. considering all things. except
that he would spur" in going over.
After they had enjoyed a good romp
1t was decided TO set off al once for
Cordelette. the capital of Nulrealm. As
! said. the schoolmaster had never told
the Princes Of the reasons which mad
led their royal father to shut them up in
the tower, for, as he had long since
ceased TO think about the matter, he
had forgotten the prophecy entirely
Neither could he recollect any land
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which ranges from a dark oliye to DELI
cate greenish blue. like the color of the
sea just as It is about to break upon
the beach. This is the prettiest OF all
the soapstones and makes a very hand
some addition TO collection. The finest
quality is known as tale, which diners
from ordinary soapstoue partly in its
composition and partly in having grain
so that it splits along certain lines and
also into irregular sheets.
Tale has a soapier feel than soap
stone, which is due to its greater purity.
In the soapsrone there are always very
fine grains OF other substances. which
make it a great deal OF mixture, but
in tale there are almost no foreign sub
stances. The student should got light
or ten pieces ami should then. with the
knife. split them so as to show the
beautiful angles and edges which the
stone will make. 1t is wise to practice
on one piece until you are familiar with
its cleavage and then try the others. In
this matter you can split a piece so as
to make a beautiful semitransparent
green crystal that looks more like
huge gem than an ordinary piece OF
stone.
The rarer varieties are red maroon.
blue, yellow. orange, and mottled. Very
few of these kinds are to be found east
of the Mississippi. but on the other
hand. they exist in an inexhaustible sup
ply. on the Pacific coast and the Great
Basin. collector can obtain many
ecod specimens at the factories which
use soa pstone for different purposes Ar
a tailor shop he can secure French
chalk and at a pencil factory, white.
yellow, and green tale. AT places where
they make lubricants for machinery he
can often procure green and white tale
and blue soapstone that is employed for
this purpose. In many little Italian
shops he can run across a cheap white
soapstone that is carved into vases and
sold as alsbaster-
Nature In making tale seems to use
boiling water. steam, and great pressure.
In its purest form it is a magnetism
rock. but in general it is magnesia and
alumina. OF which the commonest form
is clay.
1t is probably made many miles be-
low the surface of the earth. where
water has found its way down, and IN
der the influence Of great heat has dis
solved magnesia. alumina, and other
substances, and then. as the pressure re-
laxed and the water cvaporated, the
solution became pasty and filled up the
crevces in the rock which had been dis
solved by the water in the beginning.
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The Mislaid Prophecy: An Old Time Tale.
BY LAWRENCE BRADLEY.

thoughts. and having little to say. A
great sadness seemed TO possess them
Tor they very seldom smiled and had nc
interest in the amusements that usually
took up the time between study hours.
But ii was plain TO be seen that they
had not given up all hope of leaving
the tower. and the more they thought
of and longed for freedom the more they
determined TO gain il.
One bright. sunny morning as Fit
wick leaned over the parapet with his
chin on his arms, and cazed wistfully
upon the dark. cool looking forests in
the distance, his attention was attracted
by sudden noise overhead Glancing
upward, he beheld a monster raven
slowly moving about in graceful circles
Soon the great bird set his wings and
dropped swiftly down and rested upon
the parapet within few feet of the
young Prince, whom he gravely sur
veyed with his head to one side.
How l wish" cried the unhappy Fit
wick, that like thou / might fly from
this wretched prison down to the beau
tiful plain,"
We'll, why in the world don't you?"
retorted the raven. solemnly, and much
to the surprise of the Prince, who had
never hear bird speak before, nor. in
Why don't IT, he repeated at last.
Why, how could l? / have no wings
like you
Then get a pair said the raven.
What foolish things you say." an
swered Prince Flitwick, now inclined
to be provoked. Where do you suppose
l could get them
Make them" croaked the raven. I'm
some of the countries | visit they hold
large fairs, and men. to amuse the
spectators. often go very high into the
skies in balloons and float down to the
earth again by means of huge pieces of
cloth held by wires and sticks In the
shape of large umbrellas. They call
these machines parachutes. and l sup
pose you might consider them wings
he concluded, twisting his head to the
other side with an air of wisdom.
That's a splendid idea?" said the
Prince. dancing in his delight. do you
think my two brothers and our guard
ian. who is very wise, could make these
para-parachutes?
Certainly" replied the raven, and
then added-as he feared Prince Fit
wick might not give him credit for be-
ing as smart as he wished to be thought
that is, under my direction you could
make them"
You won't mind teaching us. will
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A Geology Lesson for Boys and Girls.
BY MARGHERITA ARLINA HAMM.

There is no more interesting family
of rocks than the soapstones, which are
familiar TO every school boy and girl.
Not that they know the rocks as they
occur in nature. but they are very well
acquainted with their manufactured
forms in soapstone slate pencils. tslcum
powder. French chalk which the tailors
use in ting coats. and soapstone grid
dies which are employed in nearly every
kitchen. There are any number OF scien-
tifc names for these rocks. such as
saponite. talcite and tale. But these are
simply varieties of good dfashioned
soapstone. Although it is 4 rock. it is
never hard. The expression as hard as
a rock does not apply to it. In the soil
II Is wet. and sometimes so much like
paste that it can be scooped out with
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he was bird of very curious mind and
was always trying to find out how things
in general were made, he had examined
the parachute very closely. AS the
Princes and Studimuch listened care
fully and noted everything the raven
said, they soon understood and set about
preparing the machines which they
hoped would aid them to gain their
freedom. Bolts OF strong cloth were
brought up from the closets, and also a
great deal of light wood from the kind
ling cellar to form the frames OF the
parachutes. They had no wire. but used.
instead, the catgut of their tennis rae
duetS. which answered verv we'll.
So hard did they work at cutting.
stitching, and binding that one great
parachute was finished and ready for
use before two hours had passed. To
test its strength and find whether or
not it would fall slowly enough to the
ground. a lot of gold and silver dishes
were made into a bundle, fastened TO
the machine. and pushed over the para
pet. Downward it shot like an arrow
for a moment, but as the air gathered
under the spread of cloth and resisted
the flight of the parachute, or big UNI
brella. for it was nothing more nor less.
1t fell slowly and soon struck the plain
with gentle force.
'Hurrah, hurrah," cried the Princes,
dancing. all hands around" and hug
glng one another in their joy, and even
old Studimuch tried TO take a few steps
but was forced to give up, as his knees
were stiff from rheumatism. while the
raven looked wisely on. as much as to
say. Il did this
But there was no time TO be lost in
dancing. so they left off their capers
and set to work again. Never before |
very hard did they toll that by the time
the dusk gave warning of nights COM
ing six parachutes mad been finished, I
four with which to lower themselves |
and the schoolmaster to the ground and |
two for the treasure and useful articles
they wished to taks'with them.
They were all very tired when they |
went down to dinner, TO which. you may |
we'll believe they did not forget to in |
vite .he kind raven. Atramentale ac-
cepted the invitation without pressing, |
and was feasted to his hearts content. |
for he was very fond OF eating. After |
dinner the Princes collected and made |
into packages their treasure and useful |
things, and went to bed filled with hap
piness.
The next morning found them up with
the sun, and after a hasty breakfast.
which / am inclined to think received |
little attention from them, the Princes
and Studimuch, with the raven at their
heels. climbed to the top of the tower
and made the parachutes ready. Tile
two bearing the treasure and luggage
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master thought it odd such a stout rope
as they had made should break so easi-
ly, and as Flitwick jerked it up again
he examined it closely.
My gracious" he exclaimed, rub
bing his spectacles. THE weight did
not break the rope-it has been cut"
The Princes looked at one another in
astonishmcnt.
"Cut?" repeated Flitwick What
could have cut it?'
OF course. TO this question no one
could reply. All four looked over the
sides OF the tower TO see If some rag
ged. sharp edged stone had not cut the
rope, but though they strained their
eyes, nothing sof the kind was to be
seen.
They were not discouraged. however,
and a second weight was fastened to the
rope, but hardly had that one swung
below the parapet than the rope again
broke and sent the weight crashing to
the ground. Again the Princes and
StudiTnuch were surprised. and ex-
amned the end of the rope to find 1t
cut as smoothly as If by the stroke OF
a razor. Again they looked over the
sides Of their prison. but found nothing
that would explain the cutting.
But, really, that which was mystery
to them was very simple to those who
knew. At the time of building the tower
the likelihood of escape by means of a
rope was talked OF by Hi Malig to the
nasons, and TO make il impossible
band OF metal, thickly studded witr
sharp blades Of steel. was set in the
walls and painted the color of the
stones. This was done without the
Lncwledge OF King Homojy who never
: ould have permitted it. When he mad,
bis last visit to the tswer. before he
Princes and S.udimuch were shut up. he
did not notice the metal band and the
steel blades. as the color was the same
rs the stones. and that was why the
Princes and the schoolmaster failed TO
see how their rope was cut.
The courage Of the prisoners and their
desire to get away from the tower by
any possible means urged them to re-
newed efforts The rope was swung in
several directions. but every time with
the Same result, until it was so cut and
shortened as 10 b. useless.
1T looks tc me" said poor Prince
saladee. "as II we must spend the rest
OF our lives in this tower
Indeed. it does" replied Prince
Fantico. and with this they went down
into the library to talk over the gloomy
situation and 10 think of other plans OF
escape
IT'S too bad said Fiitsick. moodily:
1--WE were sixteen years old on cur last
birthday. and should now begin to know
something Of he great world"
Il. for one don't propose TO spend an
other sixteen years in this hateful!
place" said Saladee. determinedly
Nor do l." said Fantico.
Fer several days after the failure of
Frince Fantico's plan lis brothers ana
the sohoolrr asjer moved quietly about
the tower, each busy with his own
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down by the glaciers in some long for
gotten age from the mountains in north
ern New York and Canada.
Where 1t IS found in these formations
il must be dug out of the earth or else
picked up in places where the streets
have been cut through or at the bottom
of gulches made by running water. In
ether parts of the country 1t is found
filling crevices in cid rocks. The COM
monest kind is gray soapstone. like that
which is used in making griddles. Be
sides collecting one or two specimens
for the cabinet. the young student
should try his hand at carving. The
stone is so soft that he can cut it with
an ordinary pocketknife with more ease
than soft pine. 1t has almost no grain.
so that it carves freely in every direc-
ton. 1t is a favorite material with tho
Chinese ard Japanese for carving. and
in every store where they sell oriental
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goods it Is to be found usually in the
shape of monkeys, birds or fishes. sit
ting upon impossible trees. The whit
Ting from the pieces of soapstone can
BE broken into a powder without any
trouble. This is what shoemakers use
when new boots fit too tightly and dry
goods stores put into gloves TO make
them go on easily. II is also made up
into what is known as talcum powder.
which Is much better for the skin than
the powdered starch and -four which is
sometimes employed.
Next to the gray is the green variety
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an iron spoon. When exposed to the air
It dries and gets rather brittle, but even
then 1t Is so soft that 1t can be scratched
with the finger nail.
Schoolboys who have chewed soapstone
pencils know how easily the teeth go
through it, II is widely scattered over
the country. and in the neighborhood of
New York may be found in large guam
titles. and in the hills over on Staten
Island and on Long Island all the way
from Brooklyn to Riverhead. On Staten
Island and Long Island 1t is in the form
of small pieces, which were brought
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CHAPTER III.
Some Good Advice From a Raven, and
What Happened in Consequence.

The Princes were up bright and early
the next morning and lost no time in
getting to work. BY noon the rope.
growing rapidly under busy fingers. had
reached a great length. To test its
strength a weight was hung on one end
and lowered over the side of the tower
Bat no sooner was it let down few
yards than the rope parted and the
heavy mass fell to the plain below,
much TO the disappointment of the
Princes and Studimuch. The school
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Went Her One Better.

Cora-The ideai Jack couldn't get mo
if he wanted me-
Lera-He couldn't get me even II he
didn't wan me-E.xcharge.
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Answer to last weeks illustrated
Proverb Puzzle: "a stitch in time
saves nine"
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Answer to last weeks illustrated
Rebus Puzzle: 81 would rather be
right than be president"
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4 Definition.

PAPA. what is 4 man If enc idea9"
ANY man. my son, who has an idea
that differs from yours. Tri-
bune.