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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-03-19

read this extract from a certified COPY
of the deed signed by him and Poydre,
the agent Of the heirs Of Queyrouze:
"Tl,a oldest son Of the said negress
Olive. called Leon, is not included in
the present sale, condition without
which the present sale would not take
place and is void if the purchasers dis
regard IT," And as establishing Icons
right to freedom, he cited the article
3510 of the civil code:
IF a master suffer a slave to enjoy
his liberty for 10 years during his
residence in the state or for 20 years
while out of it, he shall lose all right
of action to recover possession of the
slave unless the slave be a runaway or
fugitive"
This provision of the law" said
Oakfell, the distinct exception in the
act of sale and Qullebert's perfidy in
entrapping the unsuspecting boy have
determined me, gentlemen, to institute
suit in behalf of Leon for freedom, and
/ have felt that | should declare my
purpose to those friends and neighbors
whose judgement and esteem | value
most"
All looked to Baldouino, who after a
moment of silent thought confidently
spoke their response:
Your resolution increases our re-
spect for you. Quillebert is a shameless
demoralizer. an evil influence in the
community. His chief gains have no.
toriously been from gambling and usu-
ry. His instincts are low, and his
practices are scandals hurtful to our
young men. This theft of a man from
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-03-19

confidence of NJ. Quiliebert." He &C.
companied these words with a signiti-
cant look at the girl. Advise him
against his dangerous impulses"
Her face was instantly afame. and
her eyes became orbs Of wrath. but she
made no audible reply nor returned the
bow of the priest and sheriff as they
rode away.
"You see, my little Gascoane." said
Quillebert, what flows from CON.
bination OF maudlin hystrr.a of TIE
Estelle I.atiolais type and abolition an!
bition and avarice of the Ou"irll
brand"
"The Horace Oakfell brand you
mean," Laure retorted sharply Nj.
Evariste, am sure, has no part in
these doings."
$50, SOL" unused Quilebert aloud, as
IL detecting something, vet doubling
whether the discovery pleased him.
Not NJ. Evariste, eh? Aha! Well, let
us see. Estelle, yes. Oakfell, yes. But
not NJ. Evariste; no? She has lost her
reason on Oakfell, but not NJ. Evariste,
eh? And have thought he was pray
ing at her church"
mot so. do not believe a word of
It," snapped Laure.
"Nor ! now. ! must have been mis-
led by the frequency of his visits at
the Latiolais house." Observing that
Laure's vexation was approaching the
limit Of restraint, he adroitly gave his
comments another direction. My ha-
tired of the one made it too easy for nae
to do injustice to his half brother.
should have remembered that Evariste
has French blood. His grandfather
was a grand rascal of '93. Estelle's
great-grandfather was grand gentle
man of 80. There should be more
puissant sympathy between him and
the true Gasconne maid than between
him and the simpering descendant of
a supercilious and skipping emigre.
We may have a friend in the enemys
camp"
But the warning must be heeded,"
Laure said
"For the present. yes" Quillebert re-
luctantly assented: but my day will
come"
eff you prudently employ those days
which lie between"
"You know my race"
eyes"
"Well."
'That is enough" And with a sting
ing blow of the whip Laure started the
hio rn11ln into n oip Two +or nd
the junction of the bayoHs. Reaching
the point where the road cut the levee
and wound down a soft, steep bank to
the narrow bridge at the crossing, she
beheld Evariste on the other side riding
briskly out of the swamp from the di-,
rection of the prairie, and, though she
could well have passed over the stream
before him, she chose to halt at the wa
ter's edge and await him, unseen from
her grandmothers cottage. He had
not observed her when he emerged
from the forest. nor was he aware of
her presence until he had begun the de-
scent of the almost sheer declivity with
apparent recklessness, but with just
fed confidence in the sure footed beast
that bore him. Checking his horse at
the bridges approach and saluting
Laure laughingly, he said:
"Apres vouz. mademoiselle."
mo, M. Evariste; pass over to this
side. l have something to say to you"
she replied, and in a moment he was at |
her buggy's wheel
"Tell me-" said she, "what is the |
meaning of this persecution of NJ. Con-
slant? Is it neighborly? Is it not |
abolitionist?"
CONTINUED next week
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-03-19

Mr.. T h ON as A.
Swarts, of Sub Station
c, Columbus, o., Box
Io3, writes "I was
taken with severe
headache, then cramps
In the stomach aud
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-21

shall the United States get its proper
share7 The first requirement, perhaps,
certainly one of the very greatest i'm
portance, is the establishment of steam
ship lines between our ports and the
ports Of the southern countries. This
was pointed out by President Mckinley
and 1t Is reiterated by Secretary Shaw.
The former pointed u that one of the
most essential means Of extending our
southern trade was to establish regular
lines Of steamship communication be-
tween our ports and the principal ports
OF South and Central America. Secre-
tary Shaw, as representing the present
administration, urges tho same thing,
and nobody who has given intelligent
consideration to the subject can have
any doubt as to the wisdom Of this. The
government should encourage, by every
proper and practicable way, the estab-
lishment Of transportation lines between
our ports and the ports of South and
Central America, as assuring better re-
turns ultimately than can be had from
any other part of the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-21
THE STRIKE SETTLEMENT.

Detroit Journal: The commission Is emil
nently fitted 70 arbitrate the dispute and II
has the confidence. of the whole country that
its finding will be equitable because scien-
tihcally thorough and without prejudice.
Cleveland Plain Dealer; Taken individu-
ally and collectively, the commission Is one
in which full confidence can be placed that
1t will investigate thoroughly. Judge dispss-
sionately and render a decision that will be
Just to both sides, so far as 1t is possible
for them to determine where exact Justice
lies.
Indianapolis News: The strike commits
sion is admirably constituted. 1t Is dom
mated by men of great experience, wisdom
and ability, who will go to the core OF the
subject without fear or favor. A good omen
is that II is acceptable to both sides. Each
expresses confidence in 1t. There may not
be such ~unanimity Of regard after It's ind
ing, for some contentious must inevitably be
denied. But there is no question that the
conclusion will command the confidence OF
the country.
Buffalo Express: President Roosevelt may
we'll be proud Of the personal triumph he
achieved In bringing the strike to an end
He has made warm friends among the min
ers and all other union men, while his
STRAIGHTFORWARD treatment Of a most trying
situation has shown the public in general
that he is worthy OF all the confidence
which may be placed In him. The settle
ment OF this strike undoubtedly will have q
favorable influence on his political life. as II
will on the present republican campaign.
New York Tribune: The tribunal OF
six members constituted by the president
is we'll fitted to ascertain the equities OF
the case submitted to It and the dlsinter-
estedness OF its conclusions will never be
disputed. That they will also be Just,
on the whole satisfactory to all concerned
and productive OF permanent improved
relations In the mining region may not
be so certain, but there is reason 10 hope
that lasting benefits will result from this
bitter controversy. The powers of the
board are complete and final under the
agreement. 1t is to Investigate and settle
all the questions at issue.
Chicago Tribune: II was a hazardous
matter for the president to intervene,
Success was uncertain and failure would
have been injurious to many interests
He ran the risk and has succeeded
Thanks to him the mines will be re-
opened. The shivering poor who have
been dreading the approach OF winter will
cast away their fears. TIT mills. closed
for lack of fuel, will resume work. Peace
will return to the anthracite regions, e
which II has been a stranger for nearly
half a year. Happy is the country with
chief magistrate who is not afraid wheT
great exigenoies demand II to step out
side the beaten path of duty and the con.
ventional sphere OF action and at thu
hazard OF being misunderstood OF re
buned bid warning capital and labor la!
down their arms and give the countrl
peace
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-21
KNOX POINTS TIE RAY

The speech of Attorney General Knox
regarding the power of congress to deal
with the combinations engaged in inter-
state commerce, to which we hereto
fore referred, has attracted a great deal
Of attention and commentator. The
general comment Is that the attorney
general has pointed the way by which
congress can provide a remedy for the
evils incident to the combinations, with
the constitutional powers 1t already has.
The New York correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press says that Mr.. Knox
expressed the view Of some of the
ablest lawyers of that city in assert
ing hat the common law furnishes, ex-
cepting possibly in two or three states
where other Jurisprudence than that Of
the common law is the basis. abundant
means for state and national regula-
ton of the corporations so that the evils
in them may be removed and so that
there may be control without at the
same time impairing their value to the
community. Mr.. Knox said that a law
which only covers contracts and combi-
nations in restraint of trade as defined
by the common law would exclude all
hurtful combinations and co~nsplracies.
Congress can adopt the scheme Of that
law, he said, and in the enforcement of
such law each case as it arose would
be considered upon its OWL facts and
the rule Of guidance would be as laid
down by the supreme court of the
United States.
The impression made by the attorney
generals presentation Of the subject
can hardly fail to reach congress and
indeed it is expected that the views OF
Mr.. Knox will be submitted to the ma
tional legislature by President Roose-
welt in his annual message. At all
events the country has been given an
exposition of this perplexing question of
dealing with the great combinations
that is most re~assuring.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-21
HOW THE LEAVES GAME DOWN.

Susan Coolidge.
The great tree TO his children said,
Your getting sleepy, Yellow and Brown,
Yes. very sleepy, little Red,
1t Is quite time to go to bed"
"Ah!" begged each silly, pouting leaf,
Let us a little longer stay;
Dear Father Tree, behold our griefs
IT'S such a very pleasant day,
We do not want to go away"
So, for Just one more merry day
To the great tree the leaflets ciunE,
Frolicked and danced and had their way,
Upon the autumn breezes swung,
Whispering all their sports among.
Perhaps the great tree will forget,
And let us tag until the spring,
II we all beg and coax and fret"
But the great tree did no such thing:
He smiled to hear their whispering.
Come, children, all to bed" he cried;
And ere the leaves could urge their prayer,
He shook his head, and far and wide,
Fluttertng and rustling everywhere,
Down sped the leaflets through the air.
/ saw them; on the ground they lay.
Golden and red, a huddled swarm,
Waiting till one from far away,
White bedclothes heaped upon her arm,
Should come 10 wrap them safe and warm
The great bare tree looked down and smiled;
Good night, dear little leaves" ne said,
And from below each sleepy child
Replied, Good night and murmured,
1T is so nice to go to bed!'
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-21
UNioNzEp LAROR HERE 10 srAr.

UNlONiZED LAROR HERE TO STAY.
The failure Of the formidable effort Of
the anthracite coal operators to crush
the miners organization is a distin-
gushing and most significant fact
which should not be lost sight of. 1t
Is Of no material consequence that the
operators still refuse to recognize that
organization. 1t has received recogni-
ton from the president Of the United
States and 1t will be recognized by the
commission he has appointed to, pass
upon the issues involved In the strike.
Mr.. Mitchell and other representatives
of the miners will appear before that
body upon equal terms with Mr.. Baer
and other representatives of the oper-
ators and It Is not to be doubted will be
treated with entire fairness and Impair
TALLY. The example of President
Roosevelt IL not discriminating between
the operators and miners will be OBJ
served by the commission in It's investi-
CATION.
Capital must make up its mind" says
the Springfield Republican, Ito get along
with unionized labor. Such labor is
here to stay and the law is more likely
to compel the unionization Of labor than
it is to outlaw the labor union. The
sooner this fact Is recognized, the
sooner will the country be placed on
the way toward attaining a permanent
4-I,,aN-NaI 800 TE4- A-AA T. ----
pretty generally realized. One OF the
largest operators in the Ohio bituminous
coal fields says that his company
used to think that the unions were
against it's interests. but it gradu-
ally worked out one point after an
other with the union leaders and found
them, on the whole. fair. reasonable
men. Since we made our agreements
with the men," he stated, I'VE have
done better than ever before. The
agreements have been kept, and kept
sometimes under pressure and when 1t
was for the temporary advantage Of
the men to have broken them. We
have found it safer to make contracts
with the labor unions than we have to
make contracts with competing compa-
MES" He regarded the agreements
made with the men as one of the best
moves his company had ever made,
hence he is a friend OF ~unionized labor.
All fair-minded men realize that with
capital working in combination with a
turn, the right of labor also to organize
for the promotion of its interests must
be admitted. The great lesson which
both capital and labor need to learn is
to work together in mutual recognition
of the rights of each. That they are
learning this is not to be doubted and
the great coal strike, enormously costly
to both parties, will impress the lesson
more strongly and deeply.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-21
A Triumph
Detroit Free Press dnd. dem.).

Detroit Free
II Is to Theodore Roosevelt that the
country is indebted for the settlement OF
the coal strike. To be sure, II the presi-
dent had not lnterfered the strike would
ultimately have ended. Such conditions
as those existing in the anthracite coal
region could not have continued indeH-
nitely. Either the operators would have
yielded eventually to the clamor from the
manufacturing and the Industrial inter-
ests. OF the miners, driven to desperation,
would have begun a civil war to be sup
pressed by bullets and bsyonets
The country has come to expect that a
great strike in which 100, 900 men are in
volved means Krag-Jorgensens and Cat
lings. That has been the experience In the
past when the reckless elements among
the strikers gradually gained ascendancy.
1t was to have been expected almost con-
hdently in the coal country where thou
sands OF the miners are ignorant foreign
ers imported by the operators to take the
place OF better labor and who have alb
sorbed little OF the spirit Of American in
situations. The situation was already be-
coming critical, not only from the point OF
view Of the consumer. but from the stand
point Of citizenship, when President Roose-
welt presumed to Interfere"
Disclaiming all legal authority to act, he
brought the operators and Mr.. Mitchell to-
gether to inform them that the situation
had become intolerable. The operators re-
fused to yield and even ventured to lecture
the president as to his duty in the case. In
spite Of their arrogant manners, President
Roosevelt retained an admirable self-con-
troll and instead Of assuming that his whole
duty had been done to the public when the
operators rebuffed his advances he contin-
ued his negotiations. Public sentiment had
been focused on the operators as a result
Of the White House conference and with
their ready intuitions in disposing Of quib-
bling technicalities the American people
as a whole quickly decided that the oper-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-21
WHITFIELD TO A POINT.

Boston Transcript: Fuddy-Money isn't
4 pu Sa. bat IT is the only thing that
will buy most Of thu other things.
Chicago Tribune: The Doctor-I had a
tooth pulled yesterday, and | walked past
could summon up the necessary resolu-
ton.
a pretty long preamble.
Chicago Tribune: voics On the house,
Bessie, what is keeping you out there on
the porch so long
Bessie-I am looking for the comet.
Voioe-You'n take your death u cold.
Bessie-Not at all, mamma lm-I'm
we'll wrapped.
Boston Globe; Bankerman-You'n par
don me, for saying II, but I'm afraid your
stryker-My dear sir. 1 can assure you mr.
credit is all right. Why, l owe about
everybody in town.
Brooklyn Life: orpheus had Just been
Boosting to his wife of his ability to move
$50 can our cat replied Eurydice; 81
way last night"
ton, he went forth and slew his rival.
her hard days work she has TO stay up
half the night with the babies"
Whats the matter with her husband?
Why doesn't he help herr"
"Oh. he puts in all his time agitating
for an eight-hour day for the working
man"
Chicago Post: Papa. can you answer a
question:"
'If it's not too hard a one"
cot, it's easy"
All right. What is itr'
why don't bald eagles wear wigs2"
Judge: Her Father-why do you en-
courage that young poet2 Don't you know
that poets are always poor?
Daughter-Yes, papa, but he writes such
beautiful love letters. They will be worth
famous.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-21

ress ind. dem).
Rtors we're in the wrong. As the president
shrewdly foresaw, there soon came a time
when public opinion was too strong to be
resisted. The operators found their moth
ing-to-arbitrate position u%ntenable. and
very automatically the president made II
possible for the trust to Save it's face in
conceding to the union what the men had
chiefly demanded. an arbitration OF differ
ences. Even the impudence Of the oper-
ators In attempting to dictate the char
acter OF the commission left the president
calm and judicial. He satisfied at once
any doubts that Mr.. Mitchell might have
as to the fairness Of such a commission,
appointed 1t Immediately as a guarantee
OF his good faith, and the work OF mining
anthracite coal will be resumed next week.
1t has been many years since a president
Of the United States faced a more serious
condition Of internal affairs than that which
confronted Mr.. Roosevelt when he decided
to use his friendly Offices to effect a set
Element Of the strike. The president was
under neither legal nor moral obligation to
interfere. He could have shielded himself
behind his constitutional limitations had
he cared to. But Mr.. Roosevelt chose to
make himself a real president who could
not look with unconcern upon anything
relating to the general welfare Of the
country. And he has brought about this
settlement without arbitrary extension Of
his authority. or any straining Of his con-
stitutional powers.
1t is Theodore Roosevelt, rather than
President Roosevelt to whom the Amer
lean people owe their debt of gratitude for
the ending OF this disastrous conflict. No
schemiDg politician in the presidency would
have ever ventured upon such a delicate
mission. No man with less than Theodore
Roosevelt's reputation for honesty, integ-
rity and fair dealing could ever have ap-
pealed to the confidence OF the miners at
a time when their confidence was a sine
qua non in the termination of the strike,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-21
INCREASING GOLD SUPPLY.

1t is certain that the product of the
gold mines of the world for the present
year will be at least up to the average
increase in recent years, and probable
that that limit will be largely exceeded.
The figures for all the principal gold
fields so far show a decided increase.
This Is the case in Alaska, where the
mining season is practically ended,
while an even higher rate of increase is
reported from Australia and Russia, as
well as from the chief gold mining re-
gions Of the United States. Mining
operations have been resumed in South
Africa, where they were interrupted by
wal for a series Of years, and on the
basis of actual shipments their output
will soon be up to the maximum Of the
past. While the demand for the yell
low metal is growing larger for Orna-
ment and in the mechanic arts, there is
now an increased annual quantity
which at once enters into the worlds
stock of money. 1t is almost instantly
available for the uses of commerce and
credit the moment 1t is run into bars,
whether coined or not. There can thus
be no impeachment to the healthful ex-
pansion of exchanges. to whatever ex-
tent they may go, by reason of lack of
money, for never before in the history
of the world was It's supply Of money
SO steadily and satisfactorily effected as
it is at present, and as there is every
reason to believe it will be indefinitely
in the future.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-21
BETTER FARM LIFE.
InteIIiEent Use Of Modern
Opportunities.
I%ndlananolls News.

Indianapolis News.
No phase Of life In the wonderfully de-
veloping life Of this country exceeds I'm i'm
p~ortance and interest the life Of the farmer,
which still and for generations must en-
gage the attention Of the great mass OF our
people. and no other phase Of life shows a
greater intelligence and a quicker %realiza-
tion OF opportunity. Aside from all OF the
improved machinery which still continues to
improve, and the use that is being made OF
the rural mail delivery, the telephone and
the trolley car, there is evident a deeper
realization OF possibilities In the effort to
MAKE intelligent use Of all Of the many
ways to better life and enhance effort The
educated farmer Is coming to be as promi-
nent a figure as the educated man in any
walk Of life. The same demand for intelli-
gent work, the kind that makes Of a man
educated from the top down. rather than
from the bottom up" is felt in work Of
farming, and It is being met.
A striking illustration of 1t is a class Of
more than fifty girls at the Minneapolis Col
lege Of Agriculture that this year have
taken up the study OF scientific farming.
This college is ten years old, but 1t has
only recently been admitting girls. The
course they take includes botany. chemis-
try, physics and geology, requiring in the
first two years at least two terms In each.
In about two-thirds OF the course the boys
and girls are instructed together In Lam
guage, mathematics, science, civics and
some technical work, but the girls are
taught cooking. laundering and sewing.
where the boys are taught blacksmithing
and veterinary science. Generally the girls
are directed more than the boys to house
hold art, home economy and domestic
science. Both are taught be plan farm
buildings and to lay out grounds. Attention
Is given to the furnishing OF houses, to lit
terature. music and social culture, with the
idea "of making the farm home the most
attractive spot on earth" What the result
Of this will be must be left to the future,
but the experiment is watched with the
keenest interest by educators, The con-
fessed difficulty In the past of keeping the
sons Of farmers at home 1t is felt will In
Q way be met by training farmers girls to
an intelligent interest in and knowledge
Of farm life, together with a knowledge Of
ways and means to make that life more
attractive and profitable in every sense.