Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-12-19

wife He expected to be acquitted an,
: showed great disappointment The iur,
, was out almost six hours.
1t is reported that Signor Marconi
now at Halifax, y. S., has another in
yention which, he expects, will startl,
the world. He will make no statemen
concerning ii and will not formally an
nounce it until the wireless expert
ments are completed, which he says
will be before the end of the year
Practically the entire town of Liver
pool, n. s., has been burned Wir,
connection with the place being inter
rupted, no details are given. Liver.
pool is seaport of 5000 inhabitants
and was swept away by flames in 1898.
Most of the territory burned over was
occupied by buildings built during the
last seven years.
After years of negotiation, ii is be
lleved that arrangements are about to
be made for two cent postage between
the United States and England. The
greatest impetus TO the idea has been
given by the enormous increase in bus.
mess between the two countries, thous-
ands Of American firms having estab-
llshed themselves in England They
have brought pressure to bear on the
authorities in Washington.
Dial rock, natural wonder. located
at the top of the Allegheny range,
three miles from Taswell, Va, has
fallen, and lies in broken mass mile
down the mountain, in pile of debris.
1t was high point, famous for pic
MICS, and from distance had the ap-
/ pearance of an old garden sun dial. No
one saw the fall of the rock, or can ac-
count for its leaving its bed of cen
turtles.
W. J. Bryan will spend the Christ
mas holidays in Mexico. 1t is said that
the object of his Mexican trip is to
make a personal investigation of the
existing conditions brought about there
by the great decline in the price of sill
yer. He was aroused to close per
sonal study of the financial problem
there by the semi official announce
ment that the Mexican government
contemplates adopting the gold stand
ard.
Richmond Pearson of Asheville, n c.,
will succeed Lloyd G. Grscom of Phil
adelphia as minister to Persia, the lat
ter having been appointed minister to
Japan upon John Barretts refusal of
the post. Mr.. Pearson is the present
U. S. consul at Genoa, Italy, has been
consul at Verviers and Leige, Belgium,
and member of the North Carolina
legislature He was also member of
the 54th and 55th Congresses. He is
an uncle of Naval Constructor Rich
mond Pearson Hobson of Merrimac
fame.
Toy and novelty makers from all over
the country met at New York last week
and formed a combination. The plants
of about 40 companies have been com
bined under the name of the National
Novelty Manufactur ing company, with
a nominal capital stock of 80, 700, 600 of
which $1,000, 600 is preferred. 1t is eX-
pected that the combined plants will
control % per cent. of the output of
toys of all kinds The capital stock will
later be increased to $40, 900, 900. 1t is
denied that there is any intention of
raising prices. About s.. 600, 600 worth
of toys are sold in this country every
year. Among the concerns included in
the trust is the Stowell Manufacturing
company of Putney.
DR.. Adolph Lorenz, the Vienna spec
ialist, is spending several days in New
York and Boston demonstrating his
skill in relieving congenitally deformed
children. Many charity patients have |
been treated. In speaking before the !
Philadelphia Medical club last week |
Dr. Lorenz said that in early life his |
one ambition was to be an expert WELD /
er of the surgical knife, but person
al afiliction in the form of a persistent !
eczema compelled him to abandon such |
a pursuit Taking the hint of the late
Prof. Albert, he devoted himself to /
surgical procedure in which cutting
played no part. His own affection is
therefore responsible for his signal sue
cess in a new and untried field.
The United States. accord ng to the I
last census, has 3, 53G persons who are .
100 years of age or over. This, in a
of $1,000, 600, is more than /
twice as many centenarians as are in .
Germany, France, England, Scotland .
and Serva, with a combined popula-
ton of 133, $50, 600. These centenarianss
by American newspapers,
give practically the same rules for long
life: Regular habits; hard work
plenty of exercise; simple food mar
riage. and avoidance of worry. Accord
ing to the Bureau of Vital Statistics
the average length of life in the Unit
ed States is increasing. The most
marked increase has been in the last
10 years. In 1890 the average length of
life in the United States was 81 years.
Now it is - years.
The New Hampshire constitutional
at Concord Thursday voted
224 to 125 to retain the town system
If representation in the lower branch
Of the legislature: to fix the size of
the house at not less than $50 and not
more than 800 members; to Fix the
number of inhabitants required for
first representative at 600: an amend
nent in favor of woman's suffrage was
adopted on a roll call by vote of 40
TO 81 but reconsideration was lmme-
liately moved and another vote will
De taken when the attendance is larg-
ar. The convention has adopted an
amendment to the constitution provld-
ng that no person not now a voter
,hall hereafter be allowed to vote or to
lold office who cannot read the constl-
,ution in English, and write
Wattss famous picture, Love and
life" which was removed from the
White House to the Corcoran Gallery
n Washington during President Cleve-
and's last administration on account
If criticism by the ". c. I. U. which !
vas shocked by the nude figures IN the :
picture, has been brought back and CIV d,
N a place of honor in the state dining ..
DOM by President Roosevelt. Love :
nd Life" was sent to the World 5 Far =