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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-08-14
"A. ]. SIBLEY RENOMINATED.

a.
of the Vermont State Undcrtakers' asso-
citation was formally opened here to-day
The attendance was light.
"A. j. SIBLEY RENOMINATED
Montpelier, Aug. 12-In the largest dem
ocratic caucus ever held in this city A. j.
Sibley, representative from Montpelier in
the legislature of 1900, was this evening
nominated to succeed himself in the com
ing legislature. +. Nj. Bryan was chosen
chairman and j. H. keleher secretary. An
informal ballot was first taken. Mr.. Sibley
had 100 votes, j. ii. Senter had 43 and f
H. Carleton g. Mr.. Sbley was then nom
mated by j. j. Eagan, seconded by half
dozen, and his nomination was made unani-
nous amid much enthusiasm. on motion 4
committee of seven was appointed to con-
fer with the republicans and high license
parties in Montpelier with power to nom
mate Union justice ticket. This commit
tee Is composed Of j. o. Livingston, /. B
Brooks, T. j. Kellcher. +. H. Carleton
Charles Ryle. ]. ii. Senter and Henry
Premier.
POLITICS IN FAIRFIELD.
Fairfield Aug Zone of the sharpest po
litiCal contests for many days is assuming
interesting proportions here in a race for
town rcpresentatie. There are four can
didates in the field, p. p. b. Northrop. II.
w .Soule and Il. II. Hurley. all democrats,
hIu w I-- CIOSt' itpubllNd1 lSdCn man l9
making the most Of his opportunities and
judging from present indications Mr.
Northropis likely to receive astrong follow
ing in view of the fact that he creditahlv
represented the town in the last legislature
and that he has already established by cx-
perence his qualification for the office
Fairfield has n capacity for organizing a
lively campaign In almost any direction and
this particular struggle will be watched
with interest by the neighboring towns
The democratic caucus is called for Thurs
day evening at o'clock at the town hall
and the republican caucus for Friday af-
ternoon at O'Clock at the Office of the
Hon. w. II. Fairchild.
WANTS SECRET VOTE FOR CLEMENT
Middlebury, Aug. 12,-At eight o'clock
sharp DR.. 5. S. Marion and Horace Hulef
escorted to the stage at the opera house
and Dr. S. S. Martin introduced the Rev.
sam Small, who spoke before over coo peo-
pie IN this and outside towns on high H.
cense-local option tonight He was .Nllow-
ed closely for over an hour while he snow
cd the evils resulting from the prohibitory
law IN vermont. lie called II n la aw-making
mars anu hypocrtes and said local option
would let the will of the people prevail He
urged the selection of senators and rep
resentatiVes favora BILE to license and closed
with an earnest appeal for n secret vote for
Clement in September. Music was furnish
ed by the Middlebury orchestra during the
evening.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-08-14
RALLY AT RRADropD

me cast side opens its campaign hero
on Thursday evening of this week with
grand rally, which embraces the TOWNS
oil Ncwhury' Fairlec, Thctford Topsham
ana orange. Senator Dillingham;. Gen.
~ uII,uSh ahl Il. {. Archibald will te
the speakers The meeting will be hnId in
the large village hall. Music will be FUR
nlshed by the Lyndonviue Military band.
y pieces, Horace w Bailey Orange coun-
~ member of the State committee. will
preside Republicans in this section Of old
: range county are alive to the issues of
me campaign and this rally promises 10 he
the largest and most enthusiastic ever hcI3
IN this section. Senator Dillingham; and
Mr Archibald will speak at Port Mills VIII
laSe Friday evening
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-08-14
NEWS OF VERMONT.
More Important Events Grouped for
Free Press Notwithstanding
Shaw Appears as the Slayer
Of q Woodchuck.

When Secretary Shaw arrived at the sta
ton for Thompson's Point recently he en-
gagged young man to carry him to camp
En- route he discovered n woodchuck and
in close proximity an implement such as
Cain used to slay his brother. His boyish
instinct Immediately asserted itself, and
forgetting for the moment that he was
the distinguished secretary of the treasury
he leaped from the carriage with the agil-
ity of boy. and seizine the weapon he
dispatched the woodchuck in short order
with the compla cent remark that he was
master of the situation hut he hoped no
newspaper reporter would get hold OF the
incident
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-08-14
RACES AT NEWPORT.

newport holds her NTH annual fair and
races at Memphremagog Drivirs pn,e 'u
August 26 T and y. with 81 7-5 in n,,rs', IN
besides the premiums. The prospect g =.
large class of horses and many attractions
any information in regard to the fair can
ne obtained of Or, j. IL. Gaines, secretary
OF the association.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-10
BurcIar-prOOf Safes

According to a report made by ex-
perts to the American government,
there is no longer any such thing as a
really burglar-proof safe. The pro-.
fessional craftsman has been known
to use the oxy-hydrogen b%lowpipe to
burn through the steel walls of a safe,
or the electric arc fed by the current
which he finds convenient to his hand
on the victims premises. Now he has
a simpler method of procedure in the
use of a pyrotechnical compound
which gives off such heat as to rob the
hardest metal of its temper, thus en-
abling the burglar to penetrate it as
if it were pewter. For this reason the
American government is advised not
to expend large sums of money in
constructing so-called burglar-proof
safes in which to store its valuables,
1t is recommended that the best pre-
caution against burglars is to be found
in an elaborate system of electrical
alarm-signals, which will make the
depredators themselves give notice of
their unwelcome presence.-Cham'
hers Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-10
REMODEL THE HUMAN HAIR.
The Chinese Can Transplant 1t Into
Any Form or Fashion That
Is Desired,

Not alone the Chinese, but physiog-
nomists of other races are of opinion
that the eyebrows and whiskers of a
man are just as essential in their rela-
tions to his success in life as his other
qualifications. If the eyebrows are
feeble or the whiskers are sickly his
luck will be thin and his health poor.
Therefore, to stop the train of bad
luck which nature unfortunately has
ordained for such a man he orders his
eyebrows changed or replanted by a
Manipulating professor.
This is done by first carefully pull
ing out the rebellious or unlucky hairs
in the eyebrows. The next operation
is to select a spot of hair on the neck
of the patient or behind his ears that
would suit for a fine eyebrow and
reduce these hairs to the right length.
A pair of sharp pincers is picked up
with the left hand, and, selecting a
suitable sized hair, the operator jerks
it out by the root and with a needlelike
instrument in the right hand he
pierces a minute hole in the skin of
the bald eyebrow in a slanting direc-
ton, and while the point of the in
strument is still on the edge of the
hole the root of the pulled-up hair is
carefully inserted. But if blood oozes
out of it before the hair is planted the
hole will not be used on that day for
fear of inflammation and not sufficient
nutriment for the hair to take proper
root. The operation is repeated till
every hair in the eyebrows is replaced.
The patient is said to experience
pain in the eyebrows for about "a
hours, after which he is all right. The
professor charges more for planting
eyebrows than whiskers, because OF
the many varied degrees of slantine
each hair to make the eyebrow look
natural to the man or to suit the ideas
of the physiognomist.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-10

The suicide rate in European armies
far exceeds the rate of the country
to which the army belongs. The Ger
man army has a suicide rate of 60 per
million; the Italian army, 400; the
Belgic, $40; the English, $50; the Eng
lish-Indian, $50; the Russian, 200; the
Spanish, 140. The English-Indian rate
is due to the depressed'and suspicional
states produced by moist heat. The
suicide rate of the French army of
the interior fell from 470 under the
empire to 200 under the republic. The
African army of France has a rate OF
$50 per million, probably from causes
similar to those affecting the English
Indian army. The increase of suicide
among Americans in the Philippines is
in the same direction. The United
States suicide rate is double that of
the Irish and about one-half that of
the English.-Medical News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-10
LOATHE SIGHT OF GOLD.
That IL the Effect of Constant Con.
tact with the Metal Upon
Mint Employees.

81 have visited the minis of three
countries, remarked a traveller, a med
ical man, according to the Chicago
Tribune, and | have found all the of.
fetal guides in them broken down liz
nerve and victims of insomnia. Every
n of these officials is required to
give bonds, not only for his own hon
esty, buttocovertheft by visitors whom
he conducts over the place. 1t is Gus
tomary to hand money about among
the visitors to show the coins in their
different stages of development. If the
party be "A numerous m the nerves
of the guide are strung to such a pitch
that at the Hotel de la Monnaie. in
Paris, the man confessed that the sight
of coined gold and silver was odious
TO him, and that he had come to look
upon everyone who visited the mine as
a possible robber.
"Besides the effect upon the nerves,
in nearly every case it has affected
the eyesight. One of the guides told
me that 80 years of continual gazing
upon gold and silver had affected his
sight so that he is unable to distinguish
certain objects unless they possess Pc
culiar iridescent qualities"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-10
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

In Italy 30 persons out of 10000 die
by the assassin's knife.
The solano is a hot southeast wind,
loaded with fine dust, which blows
across Spain.
OF the infants cared for in the St.
Petersburg asylum for foundlings,
about 1,5OO are annually disposed of
to families.
Once a century the officials and ten
ants walk and define the bounds of
Lord Derby's WestmOreland (England)
estate.
The consumption of meat in England
has reached the total of 113 pounds
a head a year, which is more than dou-
BILE what it was so yearsago. d.
Progressive Canada estimates that
"the population capacity of Canada
cannot be less than 100, 0OO, 0O0." There
+ 10000 square miles Of arabic
land.
The Italian peasantry have a horn
called the ~serpentine, so called from
its appearance and curves. 1t is made
of wood covered with leather, and has
six finger holes.
The rebab of Palestine is a sort OF
violin. The body is a square frame Gov
cred with parchment. The instrument
is played with a bow. There is but one
string, a thick, coarse horsehair, but
expert performers can, it is said, ge'
considerable variety of one from this
primitive instrument.
Queen Wilhelmina's crown is very
gorgeous. 1t is of dull gold, only the
edges being polished. 1t consists of a
crimson velvet cap inclosed in a circle
set with sapphires and emeralds. The
imperial arches terminate in 16 points
eight of which are surmounted by larg,
single pearls, and the other eight, ben
toward the center and there crowned
with the globe and cross, are set will
nine pearls each, which are graduated
in size, the smallest being placed a
the top.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-10
A FAMILY TRUST.
They Had the County officers Among
Them and Held Court at
Home.

lowing to a railroad smashup l got
left in a little Nebraska town n night
a year ago" said the drummer, land
the way | came in contact with a trust
made my hair stand up. 1t was a
wretched town and a still worse hotel.
MY room was small, and the bed was
as hard as a board. | got up feeling
mad. and after a miserable breakfast
| was ready to boil over. The boiling
came when the landlord presented me
with a bill of four dollars.
"'Is this correct?'I asked as Hooked
at the figures.
"'Entirely So he replied.
"'Then you are a blamed old high
way robert
'The landlord had three sons, and
when they began to mix in | turned
on them and gave 'em some red-hot
talk. When l stopped for breath the
old man, who turned out to be a JUS
tice of the peace, sat down in a chair
and calmly announced:
"'Hear We! Hear ye! now declare
this court duly opened. James, have
you any business"
"I have replied his eldest son,
who announced to me that he was a
| constable, and that | was under ar
rest. He then made a charge against
me, one of the other brothers testi-
fed as to my language, and his honor
fined me ten dollars. AS the third
brother hadn't taken any part, turned
to him and sarcastically asked:
"'Where do you come in"
"'Me?' he replied. oh, I'm the town
marshal, and as you are evidently a
desperate character / shall lock you
up for "A couple of days and then run
you out of town.
at was a nice little family trust. you
see," smiled the drummer, land ]
couldn't beat it. | was locked up for
4S hours, but I had to pay the hotel
bill and the fine, and when | was set
at liberty and got my mouth open to
say something else, the jailer laid q
hand on my arm and whispered:
Don't do it. l am the oA mans
s~on-in-law, and if you kick against
my Jail he'll make your next stop 90
days."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-10
ANYTHING SHE WANTED.
Embarrassing Joy Of a Filipino
when n White Girl Spoke to Him
in His Language.

Mrs. Mabel LOOMS Todd, wife of
the Amherst astronomer, was telling
the Appalachian Mountain club the
other evening about her experiences
in the Philippine islands last summer,
one incident of which contained warm
ing against too great lingual facility,
relates the Boston Herald.
The party with which Mrs. Todd was
s%ojourning included a relative of one
of the civil commission, a young lady
who had lived several years in Samoa.
The party had reached one of the
southern islands of the Philippine
archipelago and were meeting" a
group of the natives that had com to
greet them. These natives appeared
to be somewhat different from the
run of Filipinos and were particularly
distinguished by the very handsome
beadwork on their garments. Men
and women wore it in elaborate and
exquisitely designed figures. All the
ladies of the touring party coveted
specimens, but all attempts to buy
were fruitless. The natives would not
sell on any consideration.
The young lady who had lived SO
long in Samoa overheard their con-
versation and remarked that she
thought she understood them, their
dialect was so nearly like the Samoan
language. Some of the older ladies',
the chaperones of the young fry,
urged her to go ahead and see what
she could do with Samoan, which she
accordingly did. The chief, whom she
addressed, threw up his hands in sur
prise. "What," said he. "does the
white maiden talk NJ language" He
was evidently overioyed and prompt
ly asked her the Samoan equivalent
for "what he could do for her?"
she told him in her sweetest Samoan
how much she admired the beadworE
on their garments and how much she
would like to buy a piece of it to take
back to her own country and show
her countrymen how skillful ant
artistic these particular Filipino:
were.
"No," said the chief with a lord1y
wave of the hand. "You shall not buy
You shall take as a gift" W%hereupor
he quickly removed his trousers ant
handed them over with the unblush
ing grace of a child of nature.
The young lady hastily resumed he
English tongue and the other ladie.
of the party confined their further i'm
portunities to women of the tribe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-10
"Fathers" of the Republic.

George Washington was but 43 when
he took command of the continental
army in 1775. Alexander Hamilton was
only 32 when he became the first United
States secretary of state in 1889; he
had signed the constitution at 80 and
had been a captain in the continental
army at 10. James Madison was but
SO when he became the father" of our
constitution at the convention of 1887,
Thomas Jefferson wrote the declara-
ton of independence shortly after his
thirty-third birthday. When he at
tended the ratifying convention in 1883
James Monroe was but 80 years of
age; at 80 he was United States SEN
ator; at SO United States envoy to
France and at Al governor of Virginia
Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-10
REPULSIVE FORCE OF LIGHT.
The True Nature Is Something Upon
Which the scientists Are Not
Perfectly Clear.

The tails of comets have long defed
satisfactory explanation. 1t is evident
that some repulsive force is active,
overcoming gravitation and driving
luminous matter swiftly from the sun;
but as to the nature of the force it
was possible only to speculate. While
the corpuscular theory of light pre-
vailed, the repulsive force was sup
posed to be due to the direct impact of
the luminiferous particles, but when
the undulatory theory prevailed this
explanation lost its plausibility, and
was replaced by a general, rather vague
impression that the force must be in
some way electrical, says a scientific
authority.
More than 25 years ago, however,
Clerk-Maxwell showed that as a neces-
sary consequence of his ~electro-mag-
netic theory of light a body exposed
to radiation must be repealed, and he
gave a formula by which the repulsion
might be calculated. According to it
the earth must experience a solar re-
pulsion of many tons, but so small
compared with the suns tremendous
gravitational attraction that it's effect
is absolutely insensible. Upon a small
err body, however, the disproportion is
much diminished; and upon a mere
particle of, say, a hundred-thousandth
of an inch in diameter, the repulsior
should greatly exceed the attraction
and the particle must be propelled by
the light with a continually increasing
speed.
The recent discoveries by Herr oil
electric waves 1.-THE same which render
wireless telegraphy possible) have
practically established the truth OF
Maxwell's theory; and within the past
year two independent verifications Of
his results have been obtained by Prof
1ebedew at Moscow, and by Profs. Z.
f. Nichols and Hull at Dartmouth col
Iege, who have succeeded in actually
measuring the repulsive force of beams
ca light, This is an extremely impor
tant step toward the explanation Of &
large number of interesting and per
picking astronomical phenomena.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-10

in addition to the bathroom, pantry
and closets. AS you enter the house
you pass through a vestibule into the
large reception hall, which is separat-
ed from the parlor by a sliding door,
and from which there is an orna-
mental staircase leading to the Sec
ond floor. There is ar open fireplace
with a handsome mantel in this room.
From this room you go to the dining
room through an arch and passage,
from which is an alcove containing
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-10
Meeting Him on His own Ground.

A gentleman staying with a vul'
garian was much irritated by his
hosts habit of telling him what this,
that, and the other thing cost. The
crisis came at luncheon. "This sal.
mon" sad the novus homo, laying the
knife affectionately upon a lordly fish,
"cost eight and six a pound-eight and
six a pound"
"Did it?" answered the exasperated
guest; and, holding out his plate, add
ed: "Just give me another nine.
Observation-Disclosures Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-10
ART IN ARCHITECTURE
Designed and Written Especially
for This Paper.

water closet may be used as a slop
sink into which to pour the wash
water when it comes from the other
rooms we may know how much it
represents in that way. The bath
room saves all such labor as carrying
the slops downstairs and bringing
the water upstairs, in addition to per-
forming its other service.
A furnace saves a great deal of
work. The carrying in of coal and
the carrying out of ashes from stoves
or CRATES on the frs and second
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-10
THE FORMER EXQUISITE.

-
He used to dress in splendid style,
And then he met a maid
And courted her a little while,
Till Cupid's game was played.
Her trust was given to his care
Five years or so ago,
When he was young and she was fair
And life was all aglow.
/ saw him yesterday; his hat
Was out of style, he wore
A rusty-looking old cravat
That he'd a scorned before.
His trousers bagged around the knees,
His coat was badly worn;
His vest was not a thing to please,
In fact he looked forlorn.
He saw me gaze with mild surprise,
AND stopped beside the way,
And with a moisture in his eyes
Looked up at me to say:
Dear little Willie wears a pair
OF shoes a week or so,
And oh, the way his trousers tear
When he is on the go!
"a pair of stockings lasts a day,
His waists go quickly, too;
He throws his little caps away
When they're as good as new!
"And little Elsie, too, must be
Arrayed in all that's best:
If what she costs were spent on me
How well I might be dressed!
"If what it costs for Willie's shoes
Alone were mine to blow
Ia be an object to enthuse
The tailor still, / trow!'
Then, choking, he could say no more;
His shoes were worn and brown:
The man so exquisite before
Was seedy and run down..
I hurried on, too sad to stay;
The case was narrowing,
But as l passed upon my way
heard him gladly sing:
'Oh, better than fine garments are
That give the proud delight
Are little arms that reach so far
To keep me guided right"
IS. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-IIeral
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-10

an open lavatory. 1t is the kitchen
and dining-room and their connec-
tons which require serious consider
alton when the wants of the house
keeper are properly considered.
There is no great trouble in planning
the front part of the house, but when
it comes to the kitchen and the DIM
ing-room, and the bath connections,
and all that goes with them, there is
required much thought if n is seri-
Gus in this kind of work.
A bathroom is a great saver of Ia
Dor. If we only consider that the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-10

floors is a very serious matter, not
only because of the actual labor re-
CURED in so doing, but because of the
wear and tear of the furniture, car
pets and other household fittings,
The furnace communicates heat to
all rooms and needs care no %oftener
than any single stove.
This house is heated by a furnace.
The general dimensions are 35X55
feet, over all. Height of the first
story ceiling is 10 feet, and of the
second story s feet 6 inches. There
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-10

A unique specimen of ocean life has
been captured at Honolulu for the
United States fishing vessel Al
batross, cruising in that vicinity. It
is a small fish which has four feet.
They are webbed like the feet Of q
frog, and r apparently the link be-
tween foot and fin. The specimen is
said to be one of a few such fish
found in the world.-Boston Budget.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-10
SECOND Floor.

is a cellar under the whole houst 7
feet deep. The construction rid
materials used throughout are first
class. The outside walls are
sheathed, papered and covered with
lap siding. The interior of the first
story is finished in natural color
hard woods, and the second story in
natural color pine. The house could he
erected complete on stone foundation
for {, 900, not including the furnace
or plumbing. which would probably
cost about $500 additional.
E. A. PAYNE.