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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17
What's the matter:" questioned the

friend in amaZement.
why, man, she's old" said Mr.
| Hamilton, recklcssly tlinging his be
loncings back into the trunk which he
had fatuously brought with him in the
, expectation of remaining many days.
well, its my opinion that you're no
schoolboy Yourself" said the friend
rudely, after which it Will be readily
understood that the two Quarreled and
that the friend took himself off with
out delay.
"WellT" questioned Miss Bangs cross
ly. Mr.. Hamilton had been gone Il
long time, but Miss Alethea had just
come in, complaining that the glare Of
the sun in the window had hurt her
eyes.
Well" said Miss Alethea, with her
face turned away, Il found Mr.. Ham
ilton looking changed. He's-he's look
ing much older and more broken than
| expected to see him. don't care to
meet him again. | think III go up to
Springville this evening and spend Il
week with ,Ieremiah's folks
y tail. gray man with Il little stoop
in his shoulders paused beside the only
seat in the car that had but one occu
pant.
SIS this seat taken. ma'amW he
asked, and when she shook her head be
sat down. He had been there several
moments and the train was well under
L, .l.t
little hand that lay upon the top of n
satchel in her lap, and a small, old
fashioned ring on one of the fingers.
Then his eyes leaped, startled, to her
face She recognized him at the same
moment.
"Jimmie"' she cried, the old name
slipping out before she could think.
"Alethea"' he said, and a thrill of
warmth and color swept suddenly
back over both hearts.
II had to take little run up the
road-on business" he said menda
ciously. Let me lower this shade; the
suns in your eyes"
How refined and womanly she
looked. How dainty she was in all
her belongings.
81 am going to Springville-on bust
ness, too" she said shyly.
How thoughtful that was in him to
pull down the blind! How long it had
been since any one had been thought
full for her
do you know" he said looking at
her attentively, you have really
changed very little. | should have
known you anywhere-now that have
q chance to observe you closely"
"Oh, | have changed far more than
you have she cried generously.
He moved a little nearer. His sleeve
touched her arm. What talk was this
about youth having fled? She could
feel that sleeve against her arm max
Ing sudden summer in her soul
"Going up to Jeremiah's for few
days?" he said. Il wonder if you
would let me go along with you? !
was always friends with jeremiah"
She looked up and smiled at him, and
her eyes fell. But the swift smile mad
effaced so many of the years that he
cried with a rush of the old time (
Il declare, Alethea, you haven't
at all"'
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17
4 LOreSick Gold Il 5 h +.

At a country house last summer l
saw quite a unique friendship, writes
a correspondent. The cat of the house
hold a magnificent Persian Tom, goes
when thirsty, to a large glass bowl in
the drawing room, wherein a goldfish
disports itself, and there seems TO have
an interesting tete-a-tete with its tinny
misunderstanding the others health, |
suppose. The lady of the house told
me that a week or two previous TO
my visit the cat had been unwell and
could not be induced to leave its quar-
tiers in the kitchen. 1t was noticed
that the fish also seemed sickly and re-
fused TO nibble the crumbs and seed
lings thrown to it. but not for a mo-
ment did any one dream of associating
its indisposition with the absence of
the cat. When. however master Tom
appeared on the scene again, with
quite an elastic step, the fish became
itself once more and is now as frisky
as ever.-London Chronicle.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17
The Aim of Religion,

We have all known what it is TO be
true and faithful; we have all at times
resisted temptation; we have acted I'M
seltishly; we have known from these
the healthy joy of good conscience.
But with the irreligious man this is
not the rule, but the exception. The
general drift Of his life is selfish and
unfaithful. Now, the aim of religion is
not TO Introduce some extraordinary
experience into his life, but TO make
righteousness and love the rule of life
instead of the exception. The aim is
to spread the rule of conscience over
the length and breadth of life, thus
making fixed and abiding what before
was only transient and tieeting. God
bids us TO do justly. to love mercy
and walk huEbly with our God. Faith,
trust. sorrow fO- sin, religious eXer-
ciscs of any SORT. are valuable only as
they issue il regsnerated character
independent.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17
WHERI'E[; 1 TWO o,r
BY Julia Truitt Bishop
Copyright, 1901, byJ T. Bishop

"Ye reckon he'll know ye?" asked the
ming patch on much worn white gar
ment.
"Know me-" cried the thin old wom-
an. with something that was almost a
blush on her faded cheeks. well, |
don't know anything that would keep
Jimmie from remembering me- Any
two people that knew one another like
we did and were engaged for two long
years.
Like as not We won't know him.
said the prosaic fat old woman, trying
another patch under another hole and
considering it with her head at one
side.
Now it was that the thin old woman
smiled Jimmie was tall said she
musingly, looking out at the window,
"and a mighty handsome young man.
Everybody said so. | didn't come to
his shoulder. l always liked tall men,
When we went out together, people
said what a fine looking couple we
were"
The old woman at the fire shifted
again.
THAT was thirty year ago she said,
with distinct sarcasm. But the listener
in the window looked up with glisten-
ing eyes.
Eyes; don't it seem funny that it's so
long?" she asked II have to most
shake myself to make myself believe
it's true. Why, l don't feel any diff
rent It's just the same old me that
used to think everything Jimmie did
was right. | reckon he would hardly
have known l was alive" she went on
musingly, "if he hadn't happened to
get hold of that copy of the Clarion
with the notice of my buying that five
acre piece back of the spring, and then
he wrote to me-such respectful dig
nified letter, Miss Bangs-and we have
been corresponding ever since. His let
tiers show that he is still unchanged
If we only like one another when he
comes today-if we only do-then we
are to be married at last after all these
years. I've had an Independent life,
but it would feel kind of good, after
all, to have big, strong man to de-
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17

AZ suffered for months with
troubles peculiar to women which
gradually broke down my health and
my very life. l was nearly insane
with pain at times, and no human
skill l consulted in Milwaukee could
bring me relief.
"My attention was called to Lydia
q. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound; the first bottle brought re-
Def, and the second bottle an absolute
sure. I could not believe it myself,
and felt sure it was only temporary,
Tut blessed fact, have now been well
.or year, enjoy the best of health,
and cannot in words express my graf
itude Sincerely yours, SADIE E. Koch,
l24 10th St., Milwa ukee, Wis. 5000
hxfeft If abope testimonial is not genuine.
Such unquestionable testimony
proves the power of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound over
diseases Of women.
Women should remember that
they are privileged to consult
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
about their illness. entirely free.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17
A COckney.

Bullokar. the photographer who gave
the famous definition for crocodile
tears" was outdone by Minshen, an
other dictionary maker of London. who
in 1911 issued the work which gave the
following amusing account of the or
Igin of the word "cockney:" "A cock
ncy. or cockny, applied only 10 one born
within the sound Of the Bow bells
that is, within the city of London
whiche termc came first out of the fol-
lowing tale:
"A citizens some. riding with his ia
Their out OF London into the country.
and being novice and merely ignorant
Of how corne and catel do increase,
asked when he heard horse neigh
what the horse dide. His father all
swered, The horse dothe neigh Rid
Ing further, he heard cock crow al
said, 'Dothe the cock neigh too| And
therefore cockney, or cockneigh, by in
version thus Incoctus,--i. e., raw or
unripe in countrey-mens affaires."
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17
When the Crowd Gathered.

At the close of some sports that were
being held at a country village one OF
the competitors, coming across the To-
cal policeman, inquired when the thea
ter opened
I'VE have no theater here" said the
policeman.
We'll, the music hall, them
NO; nothing of that kind here
Have you no evening amusement at
ALL asked ,ne stranger.
"Oh, yes said the policeman. rising
to the occasion. If you wait till .
o'clock, you'll see them shunting the
goods train. London Spare Moments.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17
Self Cultivation.

1t happens TO many man and wo.
man that in the absorbing demands Of
business or professional life, OF home
duties or the claims of society, there
is n gradual failure of moral purpose
or religious conviction, and while the
life grows in one direction, ii as surely
degenerates in another. We can cult
waite any part Of our natures we WILL
Just as the gardener or horticu.turist,
by selecting certain qualities, gradually
develops new kind Of potato or corn,
a new variety of strawberry or apple.
We can make ourselves new kinds of
men and women by giving attention to
business or pleasure, books or music,
athletics or religion. Spiritual things
are not of interest 10 us where we do
not cultivate them, just as business be-
comes dull If we do not give attention
TO 1t and try to make il interesting.
AS no man can be strong unless he
takes much exercise. so no man can be
devout who does not wrestle with God
in prayer, early and late.
Every kind OF cultivation leads 10
growth In manhood, and we are the
kind of men we make ourselves by our
toll and our play, our hopes and our
fears, our fidelity of mind and our 10y
atty of heart. When the mind is open
and alert, the heart gentle and loving,
the conscience firm and unfailing, the
will strong and steadfast, we are sure
TO grow into larger manhood and wo'
manhood, and there is nothing else for
the sake Of which life is worth living.
Truly, it is good and acceptable say
ing that the only object in life is TO
grow."-Christian Register.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17

Clarence. aged five, had been severe
ly punished hy his parents for disobedi.
ence and the next day, without saying
II word to any one, he called at the of
flee of the family legal adviser, who
happened to be a particular friend of
the little fellow.
well. Clarence" said the man of the
law after shaking hands, what can l
do for you:'
please. Mr.. Brown" said Clarence,
II want to get a divorce from our fam
News.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17


pend on. l don't care how independ-
ent woman is. She gets kind Of lone
some once in awhile"
There's a knock" said Miss Bangs.
deliberately folding up her work and
rising.
Mr.. Hamilton" said the maid of all
work, throwing open the door.
Miss Alethea stood still for a mo-
ment, dizziness settling down upon her.
| Then she sank into chair.
The man before her was gray. He
wore glasses. There was a stoop in his
shoulders, so that he was not as tall
as he had been. In that dreadful mo
ment of revulsion she cried desolately
within herself. He is old-oh, he is
old"
Il would never have known you"
she cried involuntarily in her great be-
wilderment. How you have changed"
He had been staring at her, but now
be passed his hand across his brow.
Il was about to say the same of
YOU" he said. The years have not
stood still with you"
She scarcely heard him. She was
slowly realizing that the man with
whom she had been corresponding of
late months was a stranger to her.
Il believe women change more rap
idly than men," he was saying when
she fastened her attention on him
again. 1T is on account of their in
door life, ! suppose. | am just about
as strong and active as l ever was"
Miss Alethea sat still and looked at
the floor.
"The weather's quite cold out, isn't
it, Mr.-Mr. Hamilton" she asked,
with a manifest effort.
Not so cold as it was yesterday" he
replied, with an effort on his own part.
"Of course you will take dinner with
us?' she said.
well, don't know that | can" he
replied, with his embarrassed eyes on
the doorknob. Il put up at the hotel,
and-they'll expect me back to dinner"
And the absurdity of this was so evil
dent that she threw up her head and
laughed at it. He caught sight of the
motion in a fleeting glance. That had
been one of the ways of her girlhood,
a charming little way when the head
was crowned with wealth of brown
hair and the blue eyes sparkled and
the lips were red. Then he dropped
his head with grcan.
81 must go. Miss Alethea," he said.
Il will De In town several days, and
III see you again"
We'll" said the confidential friend
who lad happened to come with him
TO the hotel. :"did you see your fame
of the olden timer"
Yes; saw her he retorted irrita-
bly,, turning his face away. And
am going to leave town this svening.
cannot see her again
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17

Nothing TO live for? Soul that cannot be,
Though when hearts hresk the world sedI
emptiness;
But unto thee bring in thy distress
A message born Of love and sympathy,
And may il prove. O soul, the golden key
To all things beautiful and good and bless
Thy life which looks to thee so comfortless!
This is the word. some one hath need Of thee"
Some one. who where do not know;
Enowest thou not? Then seek; make no delay,
And thou shalt find. in land Of sun or snow,
Who waits thee little child or pilgrim gray;
For, since God keeps thee in His world below,
Some one hath need q thee, somewhere, today.
Lima c. Dowd.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17

How large a permanent population
has Crimson Gulch!" inquired the tour
list.
Well" answered Broncho Bob,
"we've got about 407 living here, but
with so much boss stealth an brace
faro goin on | wouldn't allude TO any
body as bein' particular permanent. -
Washington star.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17
Truth,

Though all the winds Of doctrine were
let loose 10 play upon the earth, so
truth be in the field we do ingloriously,
by licensing and prohibiting, to mis-
doubt her strength. Let her and false
hood grapplc, Who ever knew truth
put TO the worse in a free and open en-
COZ utcr?-.1ohu Milton.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17

Joshua Straw-Our boy Silas is goin'
L be musishun. er | miss my guess.
Mrs. Straw-Dew tell,
Joshua Straw-Ies, stree. You jes'
ort t see him prick up his ears when
be hears you blow the dinner horn
Columbus co. State Journal.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17
milwaukee PEOPLE
Could Hardly Believe 1t. A
PrOminentWOman Saved From
Death by Lydia L. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

"DEAR Mrs. PlNKuAM;-I suppose a
large number of people who read OF
my remarkable cure will hardly believe
It; had I not experienced it myself, l
know that | should not.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17

Old Lady-Now, little boys. can any
of you tell me what commandment
Adam broke when he ate the forbidden
fruit?
Tommy Please. ma'am. there wasn't
any commandments then.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17
A Fact.

Mr.. Jones-Madam, let me tell you
that facts are stubborn things.
what a fact you must be-" replied
his wife.-Exchange.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17

where there's will there's way"
which is just as likely TO be the wrong
one as the fredericksburg Dispatch.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money if it fails to cure.
Z. W. Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17

ROBERT S. MCCORMICK, OUR NEW AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA
following retirement
Of Robert Mccormick. who
year represented ambassador Austria
ambassador Russian
transferred to Berlin succeed Mr. White
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-08-15
Books and BoOksheIves.

Glow bookshelves," says n furniture
dealer, who Is a lover of books as well,
shave an origin In a reason besides the
caprice Of fashion. Heat is injurious
to the binding of choice books. drying
out the natural oil of the leather and
making them warp and get out Of
shape Most rooms are very warm in
the upper parts, and these five and six
foot bookcases are necessity rather
than a notion. Cold is as hard on
books as overheating, and an atmos-
phere that is too damp or too dry also
injuries them. The sun pouring in di-
rectly on the shelves fades the bind
ings. You can have a cheerful. sunny
library and yet keep the volumes out
of the suns full power"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-08-15
Crows ns weather prophets.

The belief that two crows are q hap
py omen and that they appear TO warn
men from disaster is very ancient
Alexander the Great was thus saved
In Egypt by two crows and King
Alonzo would assuredly have persisted
in 1147 had it not been for two crows,
one of which perched on the Prov and
the other on the stern of his ship, so
pointing the PROV of the royal barge
safely into port. Crows and rocks are
very much alike. 1t is said that when
rocks desert q rookery it fOrebodes the
downfall of the family on whose prop
erty 1t is.
They are also credited with being
good weather prognosticatOrs. When
the weather is about TO be very bad
they stay as near home as possible,
but when they foreknow that it Will
be set fair they start off in the morn
ing right away to a distance where
they have an instinct that the food
they need is plentiful. Again, If the
rocks are seen venturing into the
streets of town or village it is a sure
sign of an approaching snOwstorm.-
All the Year Round.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-08-15
A Kind Word.

Many n friendship, long, loyal and
self sacrificing, rested at first on no
thicker a foundation than kind word.
Two men were not likely to be friends.
Perhaps each of them regarded the
other with something of distrust. They
had possibly been set against each 9th
er by the circulation of gossip or they
had been looked upon as rivals, and
the success Of one was regarded as In
compatible with the success of the 9th
er, but a kind word. perhaps a mere re-
port of a kind word. has been enough
to be the commencement of an endur-
ing friendship.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-08-15
Aexamoria Gazette.
FRIDAY EVE SING, AUGUST 10, 1902
ProressfonaI Envy.

An italian philosopher has amused
himself by constructing a scale Of de-
rrees for the measurement of profess
sional envy. The highest point i'll this
envy measurer is ten.
Architects are happily placed lowest
on the scale. They register only l.;
advocates and priests and military
men are ranged at 2. and in the as
cending scale he gives us professors
OF science and literature, 4; journal
lists, 8; authors, s; physicians, o; ac-
tors and actresses, 10. The small
amount of envy among architects is
held to be due TO their precise, severe
and rigid studies. The same thing ap-
plies to advocates.
Among the clergy envy is found
mostly in preachers. In the military
career envy is quiescent in time OF
peace. but can become acute in time
Of war. Envy makes men of science
and literature lead solitary lives, diff
dent of each other. Among ply sicians
envy is still more prevalent, and they
do not spare their colleagues, often
terming them charlatans. In the the
atrical world envy reaches its acute
form, vanity playing a great part in
its production.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-08-15
Dvspepsia Cure
For Diabetic Patients.

In diet for diabetic patients milk is
only occasionally allowed, yet eggs,
cream, buttermilk ard all kinds of
cheese may be taken freely. Tart
fruits are permitted, and peaches and
Strawberries may be eaten with cream,
but without sugar. The sweet fruits
pears, plums, grapes, apples, bananas
etc.-are forbidden. Koumiss, coffee
with cream, but no sugar, and cereal
coffee are the drinks permitted, tea be-
ing excluded and no wines or liquors
except claret. Rhine or other acid va
rieties. All vegetables containing sug-
ar or starch are forbidden, which
leaves caulihower. lettuce, string beans,
spinach, cucumbers, greens, young on
ions, etc, to be eaten. Olives are not
forbidden. A moderate meat diet Is
recommended, particularly the fatty
parts. and all kinds Of fish are al
lowed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-08-15
Oddities of Color blindness.

While the number of color blind per-
sons is not very large, only about five
in every hundred suffering from any
defect in this respect and most of those
being affected only in a minor degree,
yet the phenomenon sometimes as
sumes very remarkable phases.
An ocullst states that he found two
persons who possessed mcnochromatic
vision-that is to say, all colors APP
peared to them to be simply different
shades of gray.
If the reader will look at photo
graph of Il landscape or. better, OF q
garden filed with brilliant flowers, he
Will be able to form an idea Of the APP
pearance which nature must present
to one who suffers from the infection
called monochromatic vision.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-08-15
A Young LADY S LIFE SAVED.
At Panama, Colombia, by Chamber.
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy.

DIR. Chas. II. Utter, a prominent
physician, of Panama, Colombia, in a
recent letter states 'Last March
had as patient a young lady sixteen
years of age, who had very bad attack
of dysentery. Everything l prescribed
for her proved Intellectual and she was
growing worse every hour. Her parents
were sure she would die. She had be-
come so weak that she could not turn
over in bed. What to do at this critical
moment was a study for me, but
thought of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy and as last
resort prescribed it. The most wonder
full result was effected. Within eight
hours she was feeling much better; in
side Of three days she was upon her feet
and at the end of one week was entirely
well. " For sale by Richard Gibson,
druggist.