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BRISTOL.

c. f.. Waite will lead the Christian En-
deavor meeting in the Congregational
Church. Mrs G.. Il. Cady the Epworth
League meeting in the Methodist Church
and Mrs W, d, Durfee the Christian En-
deaVor meeting in the Baptist Church
next Sunday evening Mrs. +, n. Tho
mas and two children of Middlebury are
guests OF the Rev and Mrs. &. n. Tho
mas for a week. Mr.. Thomas spent Sun
day with them.-Miss Mary j. Elmer has
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the funeral
The warrant for Croto's arrest was
signed this morning by Judge Woodward
of Montpelier city court. This will
necesstate Croto's being brought before
that tribunal probably tomorrow and
binding Elm over for the grand jury now
in session.
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HANCOCK.

Miss Helen Campbell of Rochester Wis
tied her aunt, Mrs. Kennedy last week.
Miss Hattie and Ella Claliin of Bethel
visited at q. X. Churchs last week.
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Drew Crowd of $4,000 People
to Clinton County Fair
Grounds at Plattsburgh.
WELL CONTESTED RACES
Five Heats Necessary to Decide tho
2:16 Pace-A Canadian Horse Won-
GrOunds-Results of Races at
the Vermont State Fair.

Plattsburg. N. Y, Sept 9.-Governors
day at the Clinton county fair allied out
a crowd of about l5,000 people to hear
the chief executive of New York State,
Benz. b. Odell Jr make his annual ad-
dress. The governor spent the night at
Hotel Champlan and was escorted to the
grounds by a committee of citizens head
ed by the Hon. John II. Moffitt, pres-
dent of the Agricultural society, and
Mayor Sharon. Governor Odell was in
troduced by Mr.. Moffitt and made an ex-
cellent speech which was enthusiastically
received. The governor touched upon the
question of enlarsng the canals which
is to he submitted to the vote of the peo-
pie this fall and a fair and just con-
sideration of the matter At the con-
clusion of the speech an informal re-
ception was held and the governor and his
party went to Hotel Champlain for lunch,
returning by special train to Albany
in the afternoon.
The races to-day were we'll contested.
In the last heat Of the rs pace, E. r.
Brownell's Aldine made a great try for
first place, being barely beaten out bv
Baroness Highhyer. The summary fol-
lows:
2:2S PACE, PURSE $500
Baroness Highflyer, br. m, Clark
Spencer Greenwich, N. Y..........1 i
Pearl T, b. m, E. A. Sunderland,
Lebanon, n. H.......................2 2 3
Aldine, ch. e., l.. +. BrOUnel, Bur
llngton, Vt. ...........................4
Gazettes Daughter, Cyrille Laurin,
Montreal observation-disclosures. ...,....3 3
Time. 2:22 ga. 2:2l Il, 2:2o Ia.
ZIG PACE, PURSE $500
Wisdom King, w. A. Collins,
Hamilton, Ont. ................4 1
Harry Hill, Frank Edrdge,
Port Henry .....................1
Martie Wilkes, Z. Con An
drews, Sardinia, n. Y........3 3
Golden Dream, ch. m, II. S.
Soule, Fairfax, VT. .........2 1 dis.
Time, 2:15 IA, 21i II. 2:l5 Ia, 2:l7 81,
2:17.
2:21 TROT, PURSE $500
Graydon, br. g., Orville Drumm
Hudson, n, Y...........-....-....-..l !
| Minnie II. Wilkes. ch m, Z. A
| Sunderland. Lebanon, n. H.........3
May Smith, John Cary Ticonderoga
y. .........................2 5 I
Mary Scott, b. m, w. A. Collins
Hamilton, Ont. ......................4 4 )
Time, 2:24, pa 3-4, 2:25
! A number of pickpoCkets are operating
here and one gang of four were ordered
out of town.
A number of residents of the northern
party of the county were robbed on tho
train and several hundred of dollars in
losses have been reported
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BURLINGTON, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER

day last.--J. w. Ryan of Vcrgennes is
spending a week with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Ryan.-Mrs. George e.
Hack of Burlington with two children
are in town with friends.-Mrs. G. p.
Mellen of Alston, Mass, is in town, the
guest of Mrs. c. r. Burnell.-Mr. and
Mrs. J. Auuchman are in Canada for
two weeks.-Mrs. II. G.. IIbbard, who has
been with her mother in Poultney two
weeks, has returned home.-The schools
all convened on Tuesday, the Sth.
WEYBRIDGE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Griswold and
Child of Bennington were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. John Shaw last week. Mr..
Griswold is a brother of Mrs. Shaw
Mrs. d. +. Turlbcrt of Mcndon spent
last week with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. II. Wright.-Mr. and Mrs. II. o.
Wales are entertaining Mrs. Emily
Wales of Union Springs. n. Y.-Miss
Eunicc Sheares of Minevillc, n. y, was
a recent guest of Miss Mollie Hamilton.
Mrs Washburn who has spent the
Summer at Mrs. Emma Harrngton's,
r7as returned to her home in Boston,
Mass.-Mr. and Mrs. G. w. Cobb of
Brandon made short calls on old friends
and neighbors last Week.-Mrs. Mollie
Hamilton has gone to West Addison to
teach this fall, and Miss Grace Twitch-
ell teaches in New Haven.-Col w. b.
Hurlburt was the guest of G. III. Spriggs
last week-Miss Stella Dodge went last
Monday TO burlington. where she Will
make weeks visit before returning to
New York city.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-16
Feels Younger and Stronger.

Festus, Mo-, May 4th--Mr. January
S. Lilly, a highly respected old gentle
man, aged 76, and whose home is in
Festus. says:
For many years / was failing in
health. My kidneys were weak and
gave me 10 end of trouble. | had
pains in my back and hips SO bad that
I could not sit up straight without
bracing my back, and could not sit
only a few minutes in any one posi-
ton.
Il had to get up during every night
very frequently to relieve myself.
Our doctor said l had Kidney and
Bladder Inflammation. l have suffer
ed for over five years in this way,
always worse at night.
Il could get no reilef, and was get
ting worse till 1 used Dodd's Kidney
Pills.
After I had used a few boxes of
this remedy I felt stronger and better
than I have for years and years. My
pains all left me and I can rest and
sleep.
Every old man or woman who
feels as | felt should use Dodds Kid
ney Pills and l am sure they will not
be disappointed. They brought me
out wonderfully"
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white arms in the 1ickering light.

white arms In the flickering light
1--WE got himi Pull, both of youI"
Half the girls face was in the slime.
but she never let 60 Slowly the for
1orn objects were dragged to the little
line of turf; then up the bank TO
safety
~Come.. said old Gillett huskily.
gathering up the rope and lanterns.
let's get out o. this. Can you walk.
boy? That's it, lean on Myrtle-. Good
thing she heard you hcller and routed
us out"
As they turned. Luther thrust q
clammy hand in his pocket, extracted
his fist with difHculty, and threw
something from him with a gesture OF
disgust 1t struck with spat in the
very place which had SO nearly ter
minated his earthly career.
Whats THAR" asked Mrs. Gillett.
my lucky penny" replied Luther,
with some strength in his tone.
Il wonder if it fell heads or tails ="
laughed Myrtle, squeezing his arm
Elliott Walker in Utica Globe
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Her New Vocabulary.

She possessed mind discerning
That was stored and crammed wit
learning. ss-~9----
And her thoughts. forever burning,
She could suitably express.
All her sentences were rounded,
And her words imposing sounded;
/ was really quite astounded
As 1 listened, / confess.
1t was rather an inf1iction.
All this verbal unreStriction,
But her elegance of diction,
Each precise and polished phrase,
And the beautiful selection
OF the words and their connection
And her most correct infection
They were quite beyond all praise
But 1 saw her very lately.
And she did not talk ornately;
All that language suave and stately
She no longer kept on tap
She was saying "Bessums diddums!
Where he bad old pin got hfddums,
In his muzzer's p'cious kiddums,'
To the baby in her lap
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-16
Pay of Turkish Ministers.

A Turkish Ministerial portfolio is a
sort of gold-mine to the holder. 1t is
not the Vizier. however, who holds the
richest claim, though his salary is
$66, 900 a year, which is also that of
the War Minister. The plum" of
Turkish officials is the Admiralty,
which is worth $4,000 year, and
the present holder is stated to have
amassed fortune of $4,000, 900.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs has
$4,000. and finance comes next with
a thousand lower, financial ability be-
ing apparently esteemed in inverse
ratio to the need for it. The lowest
SALARY is that of the Minister of Mines,
though it is rather higher than that
of the Premier of Great Britain. The
sum is $27.8O0
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His Lucky" Penny

Heads, ask her; tails, don't"
Luther flipred his old penny in the
air and caught it deity in it's down
ward flight. He gazed at his closed
fist in some trepidation, then opened
it cautiously.
Gosh, it's heads he cried. 81
was hoping it might be tails"
But the die was cast. 1t was Luth-
er's habit thus to leave matters of
moment to the decision of his lucky
penny.
He thrust the coin in his pocket and
went on brushing his hair.
Heads" he whispered, gloomily-
Heads"
The prospects of Luther Chuhb-
financial, not matrimonial-were good
Had not Uncle Bildad considerably, if
Unexpectedly died and left him the
farm?
While Bildad Chubb had liveG and
Luther lived with him in the rather
ambiguous relation of favorite nephew
and hardest-worked hired man, the
charms of Myrtle G1llet had seemed an
all-sufficient desideratum for future
hopes in Luther's view of eysntful
matrimony.
Miss Gillett was plump and pos
with characteristics of independence
and hustling ability. And she fav-
ored Luther.
But with the accession of worldly
resources came hesitation on the part
of Luther and from Myrtle letter of
most sympathetic coincidence and I'M
mistakable personal interest.
Luther had involved himself by no
proposition. Undoubtedly, he could do
better. Still people expected it. His
attentions had been regular, If not
serious, and, after all, it would pain
him to lose Myrtle She had admir-
ers.
Luther's ideas, which had scared
temporarily above the Gillett connec-
ton, came down with rapidity. He
guessed there was no other way. His
lucky penny had settled it.
He spatted his hair viciously and
prepared to set out for Gilletts, mile
down the road.
The sun was behind the hills when
he tramped up the grass-grown path
and beheld Myrtle seated in the wide
porch-a fair picture in her white
dress, with the fading light softening
her strong features.
why, Luther Chubb, who'd have
thought of you coming over to-night?"
she greeted, in feigned establishment
kind of felt like it, responded ~Lu-
tier, with equal mendacity. Knew
you wouldn't expect me. Hows your
father?"
20, pretty fair for him"
"Ain't getting along very well late
Iy, l hear. Too bad"
well, the old place isn't what it
was, you know. Luther. Hope we
won't have to pick up and move over
to Fernside- He's talking OF it,
Il wouldn't do that
"Why not,"
Myrtle edged a little nearer.
THAT is-no use of your going,
guess"
Miss Gillett sighed softly and looked
down.
Thinks I'm easy" reflected Luz
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industrial conditions 80 frequently
change, as with us must of necessity
be the case, It il q matter Of prime
Importance that we should be ab1e
from time to time to adapt our econo-
mic policy to the changed conditions.
Our atm should be to preserve the
policy of q protective tariff, In which
the nation as whole has acquiesced.
and yet wherever and whenever neces-
sary to change the duties In particular
paragraphs or sch edules as matters Of
legislative detail. if such change is
demanded by the interests OF the ms,
ton as a whole
I'm making any readjustment there
are certain important considerations
which cannot be disregarded. II a
tariff, law has on the whole worked
well, and If business has prospered
under it and is prospecting, it may be
better to endure some Inconvenience
and Inequalities for a time than by
making changes to risk causing dis
turbance and perhaps paralysis in the
industries and business of the coun-
try The fact that the change in a
given rate of duty may be thought de-
sirable does not settle the question
whether it is advisable to make the
change Immediately. Every tariff
deals with duties on thousands OF
articles arranged in hundreds of para
graphs and in many schedules. These
duties affect a vast number of inter.
ests, which are often conflicting. II
necessary for our welfare, then, OF
course, congress must consider the
question of changing the law as a
whole or changing any given rates OF
duty, but we must remember that
whenever even a single schedule Is
considered some interest will appear
to demand a change in almost every
scedule in the law; and when it comes
to .upsetting the schedules generally
the effect upon the business interests
of the country would be ruinous.
zone point we must steadily keep in
mind The question of tariff revision.
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THE BRIDGE TENDERS HONESTY.
Chicago Man Satisfied of Standard of
Milwaukee Honesty.


Milwaukee Honesty.
There are an Industrious and hon
est lot of bridge tenders in Milwau-
kee, as / can testify from my own ex-
perience," said Arthur Mcdonald OF
Chicago, guest at the Republican
house. Il arrived in Milwaukee a
few days ago, having come on short
notice, and after getting here I found
l had a ragged pair of gloves on and
was possessed of but one coIlar, al
though I had to make a call in the
evening where / did not care to look
like tramp. I went into furnish
ing store and secured what I needed
while on the way down town, and L
showed the old things in my pocket.
As | was going across the river l
threw them in the water, having pre-
viously inclosed them in a newspaper
which l was carrying. / had pro-
ceeded nalf way up the block when 1
was over taken by a painting, running
man, who informed me that he had
seen me drop the bundle and had sue
ceeded in fishing it out or the water
before it had become soaked, and was
probably still in good condition
was taken abaek, but thanked the
preserver Of my property and handed
him a tip. AS soon as he turned his
back 1 dropped the bundle in the gut
ter and ran around the corner and
into nearby stairway until / was
sure that no one else had become
possessed with such a desire to find
the owner of lost property Mil
waukee Sentinel
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coin in his hand, head up, with eau
tious finger. A quick pretense of toss
ing,@a catching slap.
iii have to strike a MATCH" OBJ
served Chubb. coolly. "Nowi"
Holding the light in his left hand
he peered in apparent anxiety into his
right palm.
Heads" he whispered merrily.
Don't say you amt lucky, Myrtle"
Turning to draw her to him, he met
a fierce push and fell back in amaze
ment.
Lucky! 1 wouldn't marry you if you
were the last man on earth. lucky!
Yes, l am, to have found you out.
Take Jour hat, Luther Chubb, and go
home. and don't you dare to ever
speak to me again. Col"
'.Why-why," gasped the discomfit-
ed lover, 4 thought
But the woman was past him and
inside, angrily slamming the door and
locking it.
Luther rose, dazed and over
whelmed. Slowly he walked across the
road, climbed the fence ana trod on
through the high, wet gra-5, ablivious
to the fact that he was wearing his
new shoes.
The giamor of wealth nad departed
from him. He was no longer the pros
porous, envied heir of Uncle BiIdad,
the man upon whom fortune had so
richly smiled.
He was only the country boy who
had thought every night Tor two years
of Myrtle Gillett-every night until
that fateful one when his uncIa died,
and his head had been turned.
- "a
be no othar-never has been. without
Luther groaned and stumbled on,
hating himself and cursing
Surely there was no reason for
| breaking out like that, not even giving
him a chance to explain Didn't she
tell him to go ahead? Who ever sup
posed good lhumored, funloving Myrtle
Giliett couldn't take a joke? No, he
had lost hur-lost her:
How dark it was in the woods
What? Was he stepping in water!
Yes. and mud-mud. He must have
| strayed into Dyer's swamp. If he
should get into one of those mires.
Luther plunged wildly about, feeling
| for frmer ground and becoming more
and more confused That was the
way-no-this.
"Helpi"
| The frightened cry pealed out in
the gloom. Going down, down. Now
he screamed. knowing what it meant
Gillett's COW had gone the same way
/ Almost unconscious with horror and
weakness. his breath nearly gone, he
walled feebly. Myrtle. Myrtle. O-n-h
Myrtlet"
There he is, fatheri Hurry. fol
| heavens sake, hurry"
Where, girl? Where?"
Tonder. just his head. The rope
quick. Around my waist, so. Throw IL
some brush for footing. Now. HoIf
this lantern, motheri'
An oozy. pushing. slide. . CLEAN O
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-16
Armour's Idea of Time.

When Philip ID. Armour engaged .
new secretary he did not tell him at
what hour in the morning to report
The young man appeared at 9, but
found Mr.. Armour at work. Nothing
was said about the secretary being
late.
The next day he presented himself
at half-past eight, only to find Mr..
Armour ahead of him.
So on the day following he came at
8 o'clock, with the same result.
Determined to be ON hand before
his boss, he came at 1880 the next day,
only to be greeted by Mr.. Armour with
the question:
Young man, will you tell me what
you do with your forenoonsf"-New
York Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-16
ROOSEVELT SPEAKS
THE PRESIDENTS VIEW REGARD.
ING TARIFF REVISION.


That portion of President Roose-
velt's speech at Minneapolis. April 4.
1903, relating to the question of tariff
revision was as follows:
1--WE are now IN condition of pros
perity unparalleled not merely in our
own history, but in the history of any
other nation. This prosperity is deep
rooted and stands on firm basis be-
cause it is due to the fact that the
average American has in him the stuff
out of which victors are made in the
great Industrial contests of the pres
ent day, just as in the great military
contests of the past; and because he
is now able to use and develop his,
qualities to best advantage under our
well-established economic system. We
tons of the world because our people
are able to keep their high average
of individual citizenship and to show
their mastery in the hard, complex,
pushing life of the age. There will
be fluctuations from time to time in
our prosperity, but it will continue to
grow just SO long as we keep up this
high average of individual citizenship
and permit it to work out its own sal
walton under proper economic legis-
lation.
1.-THE present phenomenal prosper
ity has been won under a tariff which
was made in accordance with certain
fixed and definite principles, the most
important of which is an avowed de-
termination to protect the interests
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-16
IN CONVENTION.
Teachers Learn Something Not In
the Class Books

Teachers Learn Something Not In
the Class Books.
A number of young women attend.
Ing a teachers convention at Okla
homa City some time ago learned a
valuable lesson in hygiene through a
sister teacher who says: About a
year ago had my first attack IF poor
health and it seemed terrible thing
to me for / had always been so well
and strong. by stomach distressed
me terribly; it seemed like it was
raw, especially after breakfast, and
it would burn and hurt me SO l could
not rest / was soon convinced that
It was caused by coffee drinking and
at the request of friend I gave up
coffee and began to use Postum Cot
fee
The change In my condition was
something marvellous. I had actually
given up teaching because doctors
were unable to help my stomach trou-
BILE but since I quit coffee and used
Postum my troubles have disappear
ed and I have gone to teaching again.
Some time ago I attended a con-
vention at Oklahoma City and 1 de-
termined to have Postum at my
clearinghouse where there were
eight other teachers. four OF them
suffering from coffee sickness Ny
1andlady did not make the Postum
right, but 1 showed her how and we
all found 1t delicious. We all drank
it the rest of the time we were there
and the young ladies in question felt
much better and declared that their
heads were much clearer for study
and their general health much i'm
proved ! have their names ii you
care for them" Names furnished bv
Postum Co.. Battle Creek. Mich.
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come to it some time. Not specially
anxious, though"
In the dark he could not see the
girls eyes.
I'm fixed to do about as 1 please
now" went on Luther. But you and
| arr old friends, and people sort of
expect it, you know. Folks don't want
you to move away. Say, Myrtle, sup
pose | flip up my lucky penny-heads,
we get married; tails. we don't. .Eh?"
ss.All right said the girl, quietly;
ego ahead"
Luther chuckled-
Guess I'll end her misery" he
thought, feeling a sudden sense of
shame, and he carefully adjusted the
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of the American producer, business
man, wage-earner and farmer alike.
The general tariff policy to which.
without regard to changes in detail, |
believe this country is irrevocably
committed, is fundamentally based up
on ample recognition of the difference
between the cost of production-that
is, the cost of labor-here and abroad,
and of the need to see to it that our
laws shall in 10 event afford advantage
in our own market to foreign indus
tries over American industries, to for
eign capital over American capital,
to foreign labor over our own labor.
This country has and this country
needs better-paid, better-educated,
better-fed and better-clothed working
men, of higher type than are to be
found in any foreign country 1t has
and it needs higher, more vigorous
and more prosperous type of tillers
of the soil than is possessed by any
other country. The business men, the
merchants and manufacturers and the
managers of the transportation inter-
ests show the same superiority when
compared with men of their type
abroad. The events of the last few
years have shown how skillfully the
leaders of American industry use in
international business competition the
mighty Industrial weapons forged for
them by the resources of our country.
the wisdom of our laws and the skill,
the inventive genius and the admins
trative capacity of our people
+ 1T is, OF course, mere truism to
say that we want to use everything
in our power to foster the welfare of
our entire body polite In other
words, we need to treat the tariff as
a business proposition, from the
standpoint of the interests of the coun-
try as a whole, and not with refer
ence to the temporary needs of any
political party. 1t is almost as neces-
sary that our policy should be stable
as that it should be WISE A nation
like ours could not long stand the
ruinous policy of readjusting it's bust
ness to radical changes in the tariff
at short intervals, especially when. as
now, owing to the immense extent and
variety of our products, the tarin
schedules carry rates Of duty on thou
sands of different articles Sweeping
and violent changes in such tarin,
touching so vitality the interests of all
Of us, embracing agriculture. labor.
manufactures and commerce, would
be disastrous in any event, and they
would be fatal to our present well be-
ing il approached on the theory that
the principle of the protective tariff
was to be abandoned The business
world-that is, the entire American
world-cannot afford, il it has any
regard for It's own welfare, even to
consider the ACCESSIBILITY OF abandon
ing the present system
| yet. on the other hand. where the