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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-08

Personally appeared c, c. Brooks of Bristol
VT, and on oath states that he j. a resident of
Bristol and that on or about the 23d day Of May
1902. in conversation with W. II. Ridley, preei-
club, | stated to him that l thought l should
vote for the Mccullough delegates for the state
convention. Mr., Ridley told me to stay by the
Clement delegates and | would not lose any
thing by it. / asked him what about something
to drink. He told me To 20 to certain place
and get what wanted and have it charged to
him. After the caucus said Ridley paid me two
dollars for my vote as | understood it. | also
wish 10 state that said Ridley employed me TO
procure statements from one Lewis Dupee and
one I. II. No Bride, which ] provided for said
Ridley through fraudulent representations
which he made to me, {. C. Brooks.
subscribed and sworn to at Bristol on this
10th day Of June, A. y, 1902, In the presence
of l.. O. Chaplin.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-08
;afore me. william W. Wilson.

which he made to me, {. G. Brooks.
subscribed and sworn To at Bristol on this
10th day of June, A. D. 1902. In the presence
of l.. q. Chaplin
Before me, William W. Wilson,
Notary public.
In regard to state expenses Mr..
Archibald said that only two officers
could have the chance to steal, the
state auditor and the state treasurer.
and Mr.. Clement dares not make
charges against any of the past or
present incumbents. In fact the whole
Republican ring would cease to be
corrupt as soon as Mr.. Clement re
ceived the nomination for governor.
the one aim for which he is striving.
G. c. Fits then introduced Senator
William P. Dillingham; who spoke
briefly, combining himself mainly to
national issues. He said that the
Democrats as a party had always been
seeking after issues and trying to Gre
ate them, while the Republican party
had accepted the issues which events
had brought forth and in meeting
them not only had carried through the
late war but in its progressive tenden-
cy had met all the questions growing
out of it, assuming all the response /
billty of the government. The Demo
cratic party has been a party of OBJ |
struction and has no piece of legisla- |
ton to its credit to which it can point |
with pride. The only time the prog |
ress of the Republican party has been
stayed was in Cleveland's second adj |
when with Democratic |
House and Senate the Wilson tariff |
bill was passed. Senator Dillingham;
Their reviewed the remarkable develop
nent of prosperity since Mckinley was
elected in 1896, showing that the bal
ince of foreign trade in our favor is
greater in the last five years than since
he foundation of the government UNI
il 1896 Prosperity has also attended
Vermont as well as the nation as
whole, and while it is true that farm
-alues decreased up to 1880 they have
been increasing steadily since then.
according to census reports there has
been a gain of 60 per cent in the val
lie of farm products in Vermont be-
ween the years 1890 and 1900 and the
anne is true of manufacturing inter-
SITS.
The Republican party not only in l
he nation but in Vermont has always {
.ept its pledges. 1t has been in ac- |
ord with the progress of events and {
has adhered constantly to its princi-
les The people have trusted it and {
ever have been disappointed. In its I
Q years of power there never has been !
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06
TO DESTROY WILD BEASTS.

Scheme In India That Closely APP
proaches Actual Warfare.
In spite of the many plans which
have been tried by the Indian govern
ment, there is no diminution, but rath-
er the contrary, in the number of
deaths caused by wild beasts. Vari-
Gus cOnjectures are haZarded to &C
count for this failure of the executive,
but it is pretty well agreed that the
destruction of game by sportsmen and
by drought compels tigers, leopards,
wolves, and hyenas to prey to great
er extent on humanity.
Whether that be the case or not,
Lord Curzon has unquestionably gone
the right way to work by resorting to
the novel expedient of employing
Goorkha soldiers in some of the worst
infested districts. Born sportsmen as
they are, and perfectly fearless, they
readily take up with this new sort of
military duty, and there seems every
likelihood that the venture, if perse-
vered with, will be crowned with COM
plete success. Wolves are, it appears,
much greater delinquents than the
more lordly carnivora; they are
deBited with nearly 300 deaths per an
mum in the United Provinces alone.
But they will have a hot time of it
when the Goorkhas carry out their
proposed scheme of a scientific jun
gle hunt, much on the lines of Lord
Kitchener's blockhouse system. First
one patch, then another, will be sur
rounded and cleared by detachments
marching concentrically, the intervals
between them being filled up with
heaters humping on tom toms as at a
tiger hunt. There will be a reward
it may be assumed for every wolf or
other man-killing animal slain, but the
Goorkha does not need any monetary
intrlcement to enlist his best services
for such thoroughly congenial work
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06

; trunk Something was wrong with
the lock and 1 thought 1 was up
against it for fair.
''On general principles, l hit the but
ton for a bellboy and told my troubles
Is that all?' he says. I'll send
the locksmith up in minute
do you keep a 1ocksmith, on all
the timer asked.
Sure, he says.
I'm about five minutes a man float
ed in with an outfit that would have
opened a burglar-proof vault. He had
the trunk open while was taking OF
my coat and vest.
But that wasn't all. He had to take
the lock of. SO l said:
.Where1l l send this to now SOS r
can get a new lock on in a hurry to-
morrow?
''.Send it QUIT he says. You don't
need to. I'm only the night lock-
smith, and / haven't got all the tools
handy, but if you'll send for the day
locksmith in the morning he'll put a
new lock on it for you in a few min
utes'
And he did. Maybe that's nothing
new for you New Workers, but to a
man from a crossroads village Ike
Rochester, it seemed about the limit
on havir everything under one roof. .
New York Sun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06
Dangers of Life.

A beautiful ship sailed out of the bay,
Unconscious of reef or storm;
The sunbeams danced on the laughing
waves
That fondled her graceful form
But the night came down. and the storm
burst forth.
And a hidden rock was there
The fair ship struck on a treacherous
ledge.
And sank, mid a cry of despairl
A fair young girl with her innocent
heart
Sailed out on the social sea;
A breath of f1attery filled each sail.
And life was ecstasy.
A hidden reef, and the passion storm
Lurked cruelty there to ban
She trusted love-and her life was
wrecked
On the traitorous heart of man!
How fair she looks even lying here
With the city's nameless dead,
The golden hair DER her waxen brow
Like angels pinion spread.
Q. mother. who waits for the dear ones
voice
God pity all. for we know not how
Or when the end may come,
p s. Cassidy in the Washington Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06

phf1e and Angela mex op- Brt me,
know how dey come mex OPP The old
fellows guffaw caught the attention of
the youngsters coming up from the
hollow in search of the Anisette jug
whats de fon, Pere Lizana? they
shouted to him. Morton got UP ADD
walked away His mouth felt litrle
dry. There might be something yS1y
picturesque about this breach Of prom
Use suit that was heard, tried and
decided all inside of three minutes
by an old man in a boat, while the
beautiful early light broke over the
dreamy waters, but Morton's soiiloquy
took another turn.
That's the way with these cussed
'Cajans. When their blood's up they
don't care that for the laws of God or
man. The women are beautiful and
obedient, the men peaceful as we'll
fed steers if you don't make them
mad If you do" Morton found his
horse, mounted it and rode away He
had decided not to stay for the dance
that would wind up the chopping.
Camille would be there? Yes, but
then, it was Candles papa who had
just been telling him that zone good
story"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06
Hardly the Same Thing.

Senator Mason of Illinois is the pos
SCISSOR of fine voice. He exercises
it frequently when at his home by
singing melodies that strike his fancy
The other day he received compli-
ment upon his vocal abilities At
least he thought it was compliment
until it was explained to him. The
senator tells the story
81 was out at my summer home,y he
said, land as usual I went around
singing. One day my daughter came
to me.
. Father said she. Mrs x thinks
you have a fine voice
II was quite flattered.
What makes you Think 500
asked
oh, she told me the other day
that you sang heavenly
We'll, for q minute wanted to
send for Mrs. x and ask her ii she
wanted any passes Then my daugt-
ter finished the compliment
She didn't say it was heavenly.
but she said the same thing. She said
1t was unearthly.'
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06
New Use for Bees.

Down on Long Island the farmers
have discovered that persons suffering
from rheumatism and sciatica can OBJ
tain relief by allowing honey bees to
sting the affected parts. This is q
very unpleasant process and entirely
unnecessary The poison of the bee
sting is chiefly formic acid. This acid
is also found in singing nettles, in
ants and some varieties of caterpil-
lars. There is no difficulty in prepar-
ing formic acid, and it would seem
that physicians might find it advan-
tageous to experiment with it as a
remedy for rheumatic troubles-either
in acid form or in formates. Certain
ly some means can be devised of in
Producing it into the circulation less
painful than allowing bees to sting a
rheumatic sufferer by wholesale
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06

greater, while ON the other side there
would be no rain at all In this way
he would make London or any other
great city free from rainy days, while,
at the same time. giving plenty of rain
to the suburbanites and farmers round
about
sell from the fact that hills by caus-
ing the clouds to rise, produced prem
AZURE precipitation Russell suggests
that walls 300 feet high and i've or
six miles long would bring about the
desired result He believes that Lon
donss fog nuisance could also be ma
teriAlly lessened by the aid OF his
rain walls"
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it is wise for a woman to marry a
criminal for the purpose of reforming
MIN. The judge was asked to suspend
sentence on young man convicted OF
larceny because the accused was en-
tagged to IAN estimable young lady"
Ills honor refused, saying he had in
vestigated the fellows record and
found it bad. He added hope that
the young woman would also investi-
gate and take back her promise to
marry Then he sentenced the man to
six months in the penitentiary.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06
THE WOOING OF ANGELA
Copyright 1902 by DAILY STORY PuB11sH1Ne COMPANY,
BY E. II. LANCASTER

Meanwhile, old man LLAMA telling
the story of Theophile's long wooing.
A pretty tale, all f1ecked over with
moonbeams and wild flowers A story
too, of long, lonely rides through the
small hours when the boy, having sat
half the night on the steps with his
fawn-eyed sweetheart. made his way
to the distant logging camp. Riding
hard that his team might be the first
to role out at crack of dawn.
Old man Lizana sketched it all in
graphically, and Morton lay in the
grass, giving as much heed to the
song of the axes in the hollow as to
the slow, drawing voice at his elbow.
When the old fellow leaned forward
and spread out his toil-twisted fingers,
1T would be time enough to listen.
Presently that time came. A knotty
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06
Bio Length of Gable Laid.

Another stretch of the long Cana
dian-Australian cable has been com
pleted, the big cablelaying steamship
Colonia having placed on the Pacific
oceans bed its one load of $50
miles of cable, which it took out from
Victoria, B. c., Sept Is. The captain
of the vessel reported that everything
went splendidly on the voyage. and
that there was not hitch of any
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DESERVED TO SAVE HIS LIFE
Unparalleled Fortitude Exhibited b
German Forester.

Unparalleled Fortitude Exhibited By
German Forester.
Fritz Werner was a German forest
err. One day stag gored him fright
fully in the abdomen.
AS the Infatuated animal pulled
out his antlers, backed away and pre-
pared for a second charge. the injur-
ed man propped himself on an elbow
and fired just as the stag was closing
in on him. The animal fell dead and
the man tainted away.
When he recovered consciousness
he found that he could not attract at
tention by shouting. He realized that
he was out of the beaten paths and
that unless he dragged himself to ,
frequented place he would surely die.
So he began dragging himself thp.s<A
the forest in the direction of his en-
EIoyer's house, three miles away
He started on his journey at noon;
at O'Clock the next morning the oc-
cupants of the house were aroused by
the explosion of a gun nearby. In
Festigating they found the forester
in dead faint, and nearly dead from
loss of blood. lying on the lawn By
his side was a smoking gun.
When the injured man got so thar
he could speak and tell his story, his
master asked him:
But why did you drag that heavy
gun all the way?"
I knew that 1 couldn't shout when
I did reach an inhabitable place. was
the reply, so l brought it along To
attract attention. / didn't think of
it until 1 had crawled for half a mile,
then l crawled back and got it,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06
The Garden Walk.

The iris walk was al aglow
With stately beautfes-row on row,
Pearly and lilac, white snow,
Dusky and blue as old seas tide
But the fairest flower was at my side!
Stepping between them. scarce had she
A look for that flushed galaxy,
But Ian Ching went The acacia tree,
Loaded hung just too low; her hair
Was powdered with loose petals there!
The trailing, hounced. and silken gown,
Needless broke my carnations down;
She tore a rosespray. with frown
Cast it away-"too deep red
For her waist-ribbons," SO she saidi
When came back. the grass dew-wet,
The scent of sweet peas, mignonette,
Was all about me. forget
The hour of coming, but knew
Each petal of the rose she threw
There the pathway. I could feel
With it's red heart. the crushing heel
Trampling out swift all beauty sweet
Beneath such dainty, careless fseti
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06

Coin marry dat girl? Coin die?"
forefnger slipped it's interlacing fell
lows, and pointed southwark.
.-Angela.s papa eleve down yondah.
He flesh for de fact'ry. Mebbe he be
gone week, mebbe mont. Neva know.
Eef he find plainte shrimp de first
day" the. heavy. stopped shoulders
came into play. "Twas while he was
gone das Angela and T'eophfle fall
out. l nevva hear what he do but
Angela git mad. Call heem polecat.
Den Teophile he git mad, too But
hees mad was diff'rent from Angela.
Girl git mad more quick dan boy, but
boy stay mad, das-so. yas- Teophile,
he go down to de store and mex beeg
brag. Say he want nevva goin' marry
des lay low. By-em-by here come
T'eophile, walkin' mighty beeg and
whistle. Shake out hees sail and slide
of from de wharf. slow and quiet. Dey
want moch breeze. Eet was jes' be-
fore day and mos always eet's mighte
steel jes befo' day. But T'eophile
keep sleepin' away, sleepin' away, till
he get good piece out and old man
amt showed op yit. Dere was his
boat all tied up and dere was T'eo-
phile. Where was the old man? Jes
den a leetle skeef poke Gets nose out
from under de wharf. / see mans
back an, den de old mans cap and
Angela No. He goin' sell hees horst
and buy boat. Den he goin' way. Long
way, vas. Over to Louisiana And
he did. 'Cajan don talk for nothin
He sell hees horse and buy hees boat
and jes bout dat time Angela's papa
come home
he <oI1 r.
bout beeg brag T'eophile mex. How
he say he amt nesva goin' marry An
gela, and how he goin' start early next
mornin' for louisiana.
'-Old man didn' say moch. No, das
'Cajan's way when som'in' goin' hap
pen. But me. I know. Early next
mornin' 1 go down on de wharf and
som pin black on the las seat, and
den 1 know what's goin' happen
-Sho. but dat skeef move, yas. Run
like scared deer. And Tseophile's
boat goin' slow. more slow. De wind
almost dying out Den T'eophile, he
| catch on He git out hees oars and
begin to pull. Pull hard Twas
tonne. yas- Heem in dat beeg boat.
and das skeef runnin' like scared deer
Fonne? Vas. But it didn't las long.
/ Bout tree minutes old man pull in
hees oars and stand op- Dey want no
more black ting ON de las seat, but
| dere was som'pin against de old mans
| shoulder and som'pin close to hees
cheek And T'eophile's sail so steel II
couldn' scare q ny. Leetle while
ev't'ing mighty quiet. den de old mans
voice come over de wat
Coin marry dat girI4 Coin die !!
'eophile. he look at de old man
over dat gun. look at de sail, look Al
round Den he pick up de line and
trow heem to Angela's papa And
de next day he marry AngelAl
Down to de store. dey say TeD
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06

.sNeva hear how T'eophile come to
marry Angela? No? Das one good
story Yas.''
Old man Lizana took a long pull at
the Anisette, leaned back on the log,
clasped his knotted hands about his
knees and smiled meditatively at the
axes that rose and fell in the hollow.
Morton frowned. He did not want
to hear the story. Not that he doubt
ed it's being good" Llama was
Frenchman. French to the heart He
could tell story, even bad story.
and not lack for listeners.
Porquoi?
I don't know. But, yes: it is this
way.
Your Frenchman can be a hog; say
things, do things, even write things
quite hoggish and altogether dreadful.
And yet people smile. Comment?
The hog is only curl-tailed pig after
all. with his impudent nose in the air.
and his roguish eye asquint. All, but
it is different with your Englishman.
When he plays the hog he must needs
eat carrion and roll in the mud-the
very vilest mud. A hog is a filthy
brute, don't you know? And whatever
he elects to do, be it bravery or brut-
ishness, John English goes the whole
thing. Your American looks on and
laughs-if he is not too busy with his
money-making.
But this was not q bad story; any
girl could have heard it. Why should
Merton hold back from the tempting
treat?
Well. there were several reasons.
The story was hard on his host. This
was Theophile Lesseir's chopping. and
it is hardly fair to laugh at man be-
hind his back while you drink his
Anisette. Rather, one should chop
logs into coal kiln lengths, as one is
expected to do, as those young fellows
down there in the hollow were doing.
Running races and guying one another
on to exertions truly strenuous. Civ
ing promise of successful chopping
.T'eophile git hees wood all cot
dis time. sho,'' grinned old man Lii
,zana. He slapped his leg, guffawed.
tipped the Anisette jug. and resumed
his story. Morton laid down in the
grass. He wanted to hear and he did
not want to make the old man mad ?
Oui certainment- He was in love
with the old mans daughter. the
pretty Camille. Old men with pretty
daughters are generally popular with
young men-at least, it ia SO on Bayou
Des Arcadien.
EFT was dis way" the old man be
gan, ''T'eophile. he been comm see
Angela long time, long time, vas. Evva
since dey was chillun."
Morton nodded. He knew well the
customs of the people he had elected
TO live with. Their long wooings
their early marriages and hard-work
ing, patient lives Dumb, unreSpon
sive. pathetic. with a strange note OF
poetic joyousness running through the
whole.
Puzzling and foiling alike to psych
ologist and politician. Sir said
the psychologist, your Cajan win give
q lazy ha ha, where any other white
man would swear and then, sir, turr
around and fly into perfect frenzy Of
rage at nothing
Sir" responded the politician, who
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06

On the principle that If a current OF
garm moisture-laden air is made to
rise to 1oftier and cooler attitudes,
clouds will be made to yield up rain,
an interesting deduction has been
made by the Hon. Rollo Russell of
London, England
Russell has written q book on the
subject of regulating rainfall in sec
tons of country which get either too
little or too much of it.
The London meteorological ONCE has
expressed itself favorab1y as to the
pracficability of the scheme
Russell's plan is to erect wallis so
that the rainfall on the side from
which prevailing winds blow Mtn be
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06

John Massengale. a wealthy 60-year-
old ranchman of Macon county, Mis-
souri, was married last week to the
widow of his cousin. He and his in
tended drove to a preachers house
in Macon, and were married as they
sat in a buggy Then the happy bride.
groom called UP his lawyer by tele-
phone and told him to see that for
the remainder of the day no saloon
keeper should accept money from his
customers It's my treat" said he
land you send the bills to my ranch >
Such q jamboree resulted as Macon
lad never before seen, which was
probably the bridegroom idea of a
citing celebration
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06

kind The route over which the
stretch of cable was laid has a re-
markably even bottom, and this SIM
plified the work, although the section
is said to be the longest in the world.
This now leaves a section of 2,100
nautical miles between Tanning
island and Suva, in the Fiji islands,
to complete the cable.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06
i EVERYTHING UNDER ONE ROOF

Discovery of Man From Up the State
in a City Hotel.
81 never appreciated the complete
ness of your big hotels said the tray-
eler from up the state, $50 much as
this trip.
Il got in about Z one night and went
to one of them l had to get into my
evening clothes in hurry and hustle
to keep an appointment.
I'D just begun to get ready when
discovered that 1 couldn't open nay
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06
The vitaI ouestion.

1t was during the heat of the great
campaign The orator of the even
ing became eloquent as he reached
his peroration- Men of the 'Steenth
Assembly District, are you husbands.
are you fathers are you men? In =
word, are you willing to sell your suf-
frages2"
Nov. that's business. cried .
rough voice from the crowo How
much VIZ you pay for them!"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06

Could Not Work Judge.
Judge Foster of the New York court
of general sessions has put the stamp
of legal condemnation on the idea that