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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24

THEY SET OUT IN THE sILvERY MOONLIGHT.
seed and demanded that 1t take him to
the snake country or off would come
it's head. The snake started, but so
slow was it's motion that the man was
impatient.
Easter, faster!' he cried.
81 have no feet to 20 faster" the
snake made answer.
Just then they passed fire Of fag-
OTIS, and the cruel man lifted the rope
and flung the snake on the fire. Then
out came it's feet, and it clambered out
of the fire in trice.
Now l have found your feet" the
man said. Faster, faster'
And they almost flew, so swiftly they
went.
Soon they came to the borderland,
where the sentinels reared themselves
like rushes.
Let me pass unframed or off comes
the head of your brother" said the
man.
And when they saw the lassoed snake
they let him pass. So they went on
until they came to the king, and of him
the father demanded his son. The boy
came, with his two friends twined
about him, but he refused to go back.
You do not love me. You We're not
good to me. You love only your hunt
ing"
"Oh, my son. Come back" the father
begged.
NO" said the boy; "your gun is more
your son than l. Let it serve you"
And he turned and went back to the
care of the rattlesnakes.
Sadly the father departed, holding
the lassoed snake until he reached the
borders, when he let it 60.
After that he went about laughing to
himself, seeing strange things and hear
ing uncanny sounds. He never saw
his son again But one day the son
saw him as he played with his friends,
hidden in an old skin. He laughed In
his sport, and the father heard 1t and
started up.
1T is only an echo from the hills
mocking mew he said. II hear what is
not, and what is do not hear"
Then the boy went home with his
snake friends, and from that day be
put on the snakeskin forever.
II will never leave you, my brothers,
he said.
And If you met him today you could
not tell him from a real snake. Blu,
he knows, and sometimes he leads his
brothers away from men in his pity
for them, and 80 he is the link Of sym
pathy between snakes and man.-Ed
ward Courtney in Philadelphia Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24
REMARKABLE CURE OF GROUP.

| have few words to say regarding
Chamberlain Cough Remedy. 1t saved
my little boys life and | feel that | can
not praise it enough. | bought a bottle
of it from A. +. Steere of Goodwin, S.
d., and when / got home with it the
poor baby could hardly breathe. gave
the medicine as directed every ten MN
utes until he "threw up and then
thought sure he was going to choke to
death. We had to pull the phlegm out
of his mouth in great long strings. | am
positive that if | had not got that bottle
of cough medicine, my boy would not be
on earth today DEMONT, lnwood
Iowa. For sale by DR.. ID. A. Bisbee.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24

there. There he sat in that winder and
killed every soldier that come down for
water. That was the morning when
they was gettn' breakfast. Colonel Tin
stayed right there until he killed nine or
ten of them before they stopped comm
down. Well, they finally give up all
idea af takn' Plattsburg when they see
the fleet taken and found they couldn't
take the forts either. They stayed in
the town ali night, on their side the
river.
"They got away as fast as they could.
Our milishy was scattered along in the
woods all along the road. and killed a
good many on the retreat. They left
behind most everything they had. That
General Provost thought he was goin'
clear to Washington and come all pre-
pared for it. Why, the British had a
whole wagon-load of specie! That was
pooty good joke on EN-. They didn't
dare leave it 'roud durln' the battle, so
they put it down in Mr.. Lowell's cellar.
Course he knew what it was. There
was we'll down cellar. When the battle
was goin' on and everybody was busy,
Lowell slipped down cellar and dropped
two of them kegs of specie in the we'll.
After the battle was over. he was rich
man. Yes, that was pooty good. After
the battle we had a big celebration In
Plattsburg. 1t was a regular Fourth of
July. | tell you, we had a great time
Mr.. Phelps's memory was slightly at
fault in regard to the numbers of the
land forces engaged in the Battle of
Plattsburg. The British army numbered
about 1900. Gen. Macomb had 400
men, of whom $500 were Vermont militia
men. The Growler and Eagle were not
built at st. Johns, as Mr.. Phelps said,
but Vergennes. They were re-titted after
their capture by the British at st. Johns.
McDonough had 81 men killed and 5e
wounded He captured 20 officers of the
British vessels and 34G seamen and gun
ners, and paroled AZ wounded men. In
his report he stated that his flag ship, the
Saratoga, had fifty-five round shot in hel
hull and the Confiance, the British flag
ship, had one hundred and five in hel
hull. At the close of the battle not s
mast was standing in either fleet
Burlington Free Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24

dry grass from about the leaf, they read
their kings mandate.
pass, little brother" they said and
swayed their heads in greeting.
They went on through miles and
miles of snakes until the boy beheld
the wonderful king and all the strange
things in that strange land. Then his
friends took him to great cave where
the rattlesnakes lived, and there he re-
manned.
After a long time his father sudden
ly bethought him that the boy might
be able to help him in the hunt, and
only then did he miss him. In vain he
searched and asked the wild creatures,
but although they knew they feared
his gun and would not tell.
Then he asked the trees, but they
had been too busy talking to the clouds
to notice little child. The father be-
gan to believe that the boy had been
drowned in the creek, but when he
questioned the creek, although she
knew what had become of her friend,
she was silent for his sake.
Inc 1atner at last tnOuSnl OF the
flowers and the grass, but the flowers
dropped their heads and would not
speak Not so the grass, however. It
was eager with its gossip and stood on
tiptoe while telling its tale of the snake
friends and how they glided through 1t
to the boy and finally of their departure
together.
Then the father got rope and watch
ed, and the first snake he saw he las
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24
WOMEN AND JEWELS,

Jewels, cancy, flowers, map-that is
the order OF a woman's preferences.
Jewels from magnate of mighty power
to the average woman. Even that great
est of all jewels, health, is often ruined
In the strenuous efforts to make or save
the money 10 purchase them. If a
woman will risk her health to get COW
eted gem, then let her fortify herself
against the insiduOus consequences of
coughs. colds and bronchial affections by
the regular use of DR.. Boschee's German
Syrup. 1t will promptly arrest con-
sumption in its early stages and heal the
affected lungs and bronchial tubes and
drive the dread disease from the system.
1t is not a cure-a all, but it is a certain
cure for coughs, colds aud all bronchial
troubles. You can get Dr. & G. Green's
reliable remedies at DR.. d. A. Bis bee $.
Get Green's Special Almanac.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24
HOIidaYn.

II Dorothy her wish would speak,
She'd have her birthday every week.
Just think! And when the year is through
Her age would gain by ffty-twol
II Harriet could have her way,
1t would be always Christmas day.
She wishes Santa Claus would come
And make her chimney place his home.
July the Fourth Is Johnny's choice,
The time when all the boys rejoice;
But II that day were always here
We'd soon be all burned up, fear.
And merry old st. Valentine
Would be the choice OF Angelina.
But, alb, know II that were SO
The postmen all on strike would go!
30 don't you think perhaps it's best
For holidays as well to rest
And be on hand with Joy and cheer
Just once In all the great long YEAR,
st. Nicholaa
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24
THAT ARE KILLING THE PEOPLE.

No other plaster, no other medicine or ap-
plication, can compare with them. Coughs,
colds, backache, rheumatism, lumbago,
kidney and liver troubles, asthma, inhu-
erza, they all 60 down before Benson's
Plasters like a snow image in the sun.
Plaster. Everybody is going to use them
this season. But make certain you get the
genuine. All druggists, or we will prepay
postage on any number ordered in the
United States on receipt of 25c. each.
Seabury g. Johnson, Mfg. Chemists, NY.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24

first they refused, nut one day they
came. carrying a leaf wrapped in dry
grasses, and told the boy that this
would let him pass unframed into
their land.
oh. but he was glad to go. for his
father did not love him and never
spoke to him, and here were his dear
friends the snakes.
So they set out in sllvery moonlight
time and by the gray mist of morning
reached the outskirts of the snake
country. Here the boy beheld the SEN
tinels, their bodies erect like rushes,
their heads swaying slightly like
leaves in a gentle wind. They would
have slain him, but his snake friends
called out:
"He is our brother; here is his pass. f"
30 they paused, and. unwrapping the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24
THEY CRUSH The POWERS

This is written in midi October. The long,
oppressive summer is quite gone. Fading
leaf, whitening tree and the rustling corn in
the fields are signs of the season. Fog,
frost, rain, snow,-they IRE coming. You
remember last winter; of 1900 and 1901.
The weather was cruel. All! the thous-
ands it killed, and the hundreds of thous-
ands it manned and crippled. Oh, tho
rough grasp it laid on men at work, women
at home and children in cribs and cradles.
Coughs that began before Thanksgiving
Day are racking and tearing them still; yes,
and growing worse as they dig deeper into
the poor, tired throat and lungs. Many
were cured by using Benson's Porous Plas-
tiers. For the soothing and healing power
of these Plasters is wonderful. They con-
ouer the complaints
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24
Cutting remarks-the tombstone man
In Indictment weather the man

In Indictment weather the man
who exposes himself bids for a severe
cold in the head and usually gets it.
And the cold neglected or improperly
treated becomes nasal catarrh, a disease
as obstinate as it is offensive. Don't
waste time with "mediclnes" that dry
and irritate membranes, but cure your
self speedily with Ely's Cream Balm, the
recognized specific for catarrh. Price 90
cents. Sold by all druggists and by Ely
Brothers, Sc Warren street, New York.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24
The NEW CENTURY

begins with no medicine better than Cal
cura Solvent, the ne,c medicine for dis
eases of the Liver, Kidneys, Stomach
and Blood. 1t is up to the high water
mark of progress. 1t cures cases in
which the earlier and less scientific rem
edies failed. 1t represents the experience
and study of many years. Discovered
by DR.. David Kennedy, Kennedy Row,
Kingston, n. Y.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24
A CURE FOR LUMBAGO.

W. C. Williamson, of Amherst, Va,
says: "For more than year l suffered
from lumbago. finally tried Chamber
lain's Pain Balm and it gave me entire
relief, which all other remedies had failed
to do" Sold by DR.. ID. A. Bisbee.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24

The selectmen of Bennington town
have offered reward of 500 for infor-
nation leading to the arrest and convic-
ton of the party who started the incen-
diary fires in Division street on the
morning of Jan. !.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24
THOUSANDS SENT INTO EXILE

Every year a large number of poor
sufferers whose lungs are sore and racked
with coughs are urged to go to another
climate. But this is costly and not
always sure. Don't be an exile when Or
Kings New Discovery for Consumption
will cure you at home. It's the mos
infalible medicine for Coughs. Colds, anc
all Throat ard Lung diseases on earth
The first dose brings relief. Astounding
cures result from persistent use. Tria
bottles free at w. II. Sheldons Drug
Store. Price soc and Sl.00. Every
bottle guaranteed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24
BURLINGTON
=. DANA,
INCORPORATED 1882.

INCORPORATED 1882.
deposits, Dec. 81. 1901, ss,OOi..is..4
Surplus 36O,1SO.s4
Total Assets. ss.a6I, SOFAS
TRUSTEES.
CHARLES p. SMITH, WILLARD CRANE
j. l.. BARSrOw, HENRY GREENE,
+. W. WARD, A. u. FIERCE,
HENRY WELLS.
Deposits made on either OF the first four
business days of any month draw interest
from the lst. II made afterward interest
will commence tn, first CT the following
month.
Interest will be credited to depositors Jan
uary lst and July LIST, compouding twice
year. There are no stockholders in this bank.
All earnings, less expenses, belong 10 &C.
pOstOrs. The rate of interest depends on the
earnings but thu law fixes the rate that any
savings bank in the state can pay at not to
exceed three and one hall per cent per annum,
until its surplus reaches ten per cent OF its
deposit, when special dividend is provided
for.
All taxes in this State are paid by the bank
on deposits OF $500 or less. Deposits "rH
received in sums from 81 to $4,000. and no III.
terest will be paid on any sum in excess OF
this amount, except on deposits by Widows.
orphans. administrators, executors, guar
on trust funds deposited by order of court.
Funds may be sent by Dank check or draft
or postal money order and deposit book Will
be returned by next mall
to standing of the bank may be made to Rufus
wainwright, Middlebury, or Z. G. Dixie,
Bristol.
CHARLES p. SMITH. President
| FREDERICK w. WARD Treasurer.
RS. IsHAM. Asst Treas.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24

The three aldermen comprising Mont
pelier's liquor committee will not stand
for reelection.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24

a case Ii ke this, and that 1t good for back
ache and nervousness took two bottles of it,
and wish to say that l have been cured by this
wonderful remedy. | cannot say too much for
it, and how much it has helped me. Ihave gained
good, solid flesh, and that awful backache is gone.
feel splendid when get up mornings. have a
good color, and have perfect health, thanks to
DIR. Greene's Nervura."
Protect your nerves and your beauty with
DR.. Greene's Nervura. Send for the health
and beauty book, just issued 10y Dr. Greene,
which tells You about this. 1t contains the
secret of woman's success. DR.. Greene will
give you advice free. His address is 81
Temple Place, Boston, Mass. Call or write.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24

Max E. Severance, formerly of Barre,
is now special war correspondent for
The New York Sun ia the Philippines.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24

The foundations for the new marble
mills of the Columbian Marble Quar-.
rying company at Rutland are CON-
pleted. Some of the machinery for the
structures has arrived. The mills will
be completed about March l.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24
v l C. @ X
Beauty and Grace Come Easily TO
Women Who Rely Upon
= Dr.. Greene'S Nervura.

The glow of health and physical strength
carries fascination with it. Prettiness will
soon fade unless it is sustained by health,
but the power and influence of the healthy,
glowing, vigorous woman is beyond measure.
DR.. Greene's Nervura helps women realize
ideal womanhood.
Mrs. MARGARET DAxoN, 200 East Goth
st., New York City, says:
"a year ago my husb band was taken very sick,
and had an the care of nursing him until he
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-24

W do StiOiik Ciioubh ioi
the doctor to send him
to the country. 1t was
a terrible strain on
me. OF course | wor-
ried about him terri
bly,. If | had not wor-
ried so much, | do not
suppose working so
hard would have hurt
me but with the worry
and the over-work to-
gether, | was fear -.
fully run down. | IN
lost flesh, and Twas N
pale as a ghost. / /
would jump at \
every little thing
from nervousness.
MY DacK acned
awfully, too. 1t
woul I hurt me so \
In the morning
that | couldn't stand
straight, but would
have to crawl out of
bed and put my cor
sets on to strengthen
me before | could
stand. No one knows
the dreadful agony
this caused me. There
is nothing more wear
ing than backache and
nervousness combined.
i heard of DR.. Greene's
Nervura blood and
nerve remedy, and
that it was a wonder
full medicine for keep
ing up the strength in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-22
Gilbert AGAIN Takes. Honors.

indianapolis. Ind, March 22.-Fred
Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, Iowa, again
took the honors at the Limited Gun
Club shoot Friday, winning the grand
central handicap with a score of 26
straight. He had to fight it out with
F. e. Hicks, of Columbus. O., who killed
|-25 straight, but who missed the first bird
of the shoot-off. All thru Hicks set the
pace, being in the first squad, while
Gilbert was several squads down the
list. Hicks had a bit the advantage,
too, for he shot from the 2S-yard mark,
while Gilbert was on the 32-yard mark.
The two men divided the first money
and shot off for the medal There were
thirty seven entries in all and the first
money amounted to s277, netting each
mali $13S, from which is subtracted his
entrance fee OF s25. The second men
We're Rhoads, Head of Peru. and Fox,
who divided $20s. The third men were
Alters. Worries of Charlottesville,
Heikes of Dayton, O., and Budd Of
Iowa. They split up s13S.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-22

"Wine Of CARDIFF Is indeed blessing to
tired women. know Of nothing which will
take its place, and having suffered seven
years with weakness and Bearing down
pains, and having tried several doctors and
different remedies with no success, am glad
to Be able to say that your Wine Of Cardui
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Ll by doctors all over the United
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tary testimonials from women who know
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perience. These letters tell of cures Wine
of Cardui has effected in every kind of all
ment known as diseases of women" These
cures took place in the privacy of home,
without a physicians examination or a
surgeons operation Many of them were
severe and chronic cases where the family
physician failed to bring relief. Such a
case was that Of Mrs. Laura Adams of
Galveston, Tex, whose earnest letter heads
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-22
RIVER AND HARHoR BILL.
House Passes the Measure Just as II
Came From Committee.

Washington, March 22.-The house
passed the river and harbor bill which
has been under consideration thruout
the week. Altho several minor amend
ments were adopted, not a single dol
lar was added to the measure, and as
passed it carries exactly what it did
when it came from the committee,
S60,6SS,267, including authorizations.
Mr.. Sulzer of New York, attempted to
force a record vote on the final passage
of the bill, but only three members.
Messrs. Smith, of Iowa, Fitzgerald, of
New York, and Cochran, of Missouri,
supported him.
When the house met, Mr.. Mahon, of
Pennsylvania, chairman of the commit
teen on claims, asked unanimous con-
sent that the senate amendments to
the omnibus claims bill be non-co
Cured in and the bill be sent to con-
ference. Mr.. Payne, the majority lead
er, objected, stating that if this action
was taken the conference could bring
in a privileged report accepting SEN
ate amendments carrying large appro-
priations. He thought the bill should
take it's regular course. Retaliating
for this action, Mr. Mahon objected to
a request that the senate amendments
to the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill be non-concurred in,
and that it be sent to conference.
The house then went into committee
of the whole and resumed consideration
of the river and harbor bill Several
minor committee amendments were
adopted.
Mr.. Jones and Mr. Cushman, of
Washington, made Intellectual pleas for
the adoption of amendments increas-
ing the appropriations for their states.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-22
Eueuinu ju saturda ~ l1o7


its manufactured state, weighing 81
i030,4S7 pounds and valued at $503,S44
In south Dakota there were 420,219
'tleeces weighing 3,246,945 pounds. and
valued at s25.652, and in Montana A.
34S,56S f1eeces, weighing 30,43TS29
pounds and valued at S5,136,65S.
The census report on bees and honey
and wax production, also given out
show that there were 4,109,626 swarms,
valued at $10,1s6,513, in the United
States on June ]. 1900. and that the
honey product in the census year
to 61,196, I60 pounds, and on
wax 1,765,515 pounds, the value of both
being S6,664,904. In Minnesota there
We're 45,S77 swarms of bees, valued at
$l67.5S0, and 9s6,i46 pounds of honey
and 2O,626 pounds of wax were pro-
duced during the census year, of an ag-
gregate value of s11S,sS4. The value of
swarnas in North Dakota was S1,474,
and of the product of honey and wax,
LAC; in South Dakota the bees were
valued at s100SS and their product at
&c o1T
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-22
MY Be STAMP Thief
Shooting ARRAY in Chicago May
Lead to Apprehension Of
Stamp Robbers.
Arrest Of John Hopkins Reveals
a Strange State OF
Affairs.
Prisoner Is Society Man and
Burglar at One and the
Same Time.

Chicago, March 22.-As a result OF
Thursday the police have become sud-
denly active and are bending their en-
ergies to connect Hopkins, the injured
man, with the $4,000 postoffice robbery
of last summer Joseph Hopkins was
shot by Dan Ripley, a nephew OF
former Chief of Police Ripley, and him.
self former detective, in fiat occu-
pied by Lille Arlington, otherwise
known, as Diamond Lill." Ripley, who,
with the woman, is under arrest, claims
self defense. At st. Luke's hospital
Hopkins condition was said to be
critical. Following the shooting, 1T de-
veloped that Hopkins had been leading
Jekyll- Hyde existence. He was
identified, according to the police, as
bank robber and burglar of national
notoriety, but in Palos Park, where he
had cosy little home in a secluded
spot sheltered by trees. 1T was found
that he had reputation as dispenser
of charities, a giver to the church and
man Of standing in society. His
wife's standing was of the best, but
when she was brought into the police
station policemen claim to have reccg-
nized her as q woman they had known
as Blonde Marie" Ripley, while in
his cell, told a friend that Hopkins was
a man for whom the police had been
searching in connection with the post
Office robbery. What the connection is
has not been made plain, but it is
pointed out that Hopkins is an electric
clan, and that the holes drilled in the
bottoms of the safes in the postoffice
We're by tools receiving power from
Some electrical device. An attempt to
search the house failed, because no
search warrant had been taken out.
The warrant was secured today, and
Postoffice Inspector Stuart started for
Palos Park to make the search. The
search of the Hopkins house brought to
light a kit OF burglars tools, but moth
ing was discovered showing that Hop
kins had anything to do with the post
Office robbery. Papers giving directions
for Blowing safes, and some dynamite
and nitro glycerine We're also found on
the premises. Hopkins claims the ex-
plosives We're used in clearing land.
Honors for Mrs. Leslie M. Shaw.
Washington, March 22-Mrs. Shaw.
wife of the secretary of the treasury,