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cARNIvoRous PLANTS.
Supplied with Bright Red T~entac1es,
Which Encirc1e Innocent Flies.

Supplied with Bright Red T~entac1es,
Which Encircle Innocent Flies.
Not a few plants are as truly car
nivorous as O. tiger, catching their
prey, converting their structure for the
time being into a stomach, and digest
ing the nutritious parts just as we do
our dinner. Our boys and mountains
are studded with the attractive little
sun-dew (Drosera r%otundifolia and
longifolia). From G loose rosette Of
battledore-shaped leaves rises the PLAN
icie of somewhat inconspicuous iow-
ers. The leaves are thiekly sprinkled
with bright red t~entacles, each crowned
with a tiny drop of sticky mucilage,
which g~litters In the sun, and gives the
plant Its name. But woe to the fly that
Is attracted by its beauty! Once let
him light upon II. and there Is no es-
cape; the mucilage holds him fast
There Is a story somewhere Of an Eng
lishman who won a large sum at a
gambling house in Paris. Unwilling to
walk the streets at night with so large
"a sum about him, he was persuaded to
engage a room in a clearinghouse next
door. ! Fortunately for him; he was too
excited to sleep, for in the still hours
he. suddenly became aware that the
tester of the bed on which he. vas lying
was slowly and silently descending to
smother him. The feeling Of the fly
on the sundew must be somewhat SIM
liar to his. Equally slowly and silently
the tentacles which cover the leaf fold
themselves around him; and when they
expand again there is nothing left of
the fly but the wings and the skin, the
rest having been assimilated by the.
leaf.
Another ~csrniyorous. plant is the
b~ladderwort Uelaria). It Is an
aquatic plant, wholly submerged, with
the exception of the blossom, and pro-
fusely furnished with small bladder
like appendages about the size of snipe
shot. The bladders are open, and the
opening is fringed with hairs pointing
inward like the wires Of a rat trap.
The small animal organisms, whose
number and variety In a single drop of
water when examined under the micro
scope astonish one, can enter, but they
cannot leave 1t. There and then they
turn into vegetable.-Longman'G.
, 1903-01-16
ODDITIES IN GOLD COINAGE

Remarkable Specimen of Uncle Sam's
Mintage Owned by a Kansas Man.
o. NJ. White, of Emporia, Kan, has
gathered an array of gold coins which,
In interest and value, is probably not
to be equaled by any other private col.
lection in the country. Among them is
q 25-cent piece, octagon In shape, mark
ed N dollar" Beside 1t is a round
piece of the same value. Other coins
are gold octagons and circles stamped
with the following values: 81, $3.50,
and So. There is also a gold coin mark
ed 400 cents" with a large star In the
center, In which Is stamped the purity
of the gold and the amount of alloy
used. OF the 81 pieces only 100 were
Issued; and these, on account of their
close resemblance to the So coin, were
soon called in by the government. To
this call eighty-three pieces responded:
of the seventeen which objected to re-
coinage Mr.. White owns six. for
which he has refused $1,000. A S.
piece of this collection presents a sur
face entirely blank save for the date
Of Its issue, 1907. Another interesting
coin is a $40 pixies Peak" piece, Is
sued in 1851 from the private mint Of
Clark, Gruber & CO., of Denver. A
still more notable coin, octagonal In
shape, ia marked fifty dollars" The
date of its issue from a San Francisco
mint, 1851, and the name of the assay
er, are stamped on its edge. This coin
vas carried for years as a pocket-piece
by G. s. Cross, an Emporia banker, ia
nous as the owner of the Sunny Slope
ranch, one of the largest thoroughbred
stock farms in the world. Other coins,
forgotten by the old and unheard Of
by the young, might be added to those
mentioned, but enough have been men
toned to show that, during the cen
fury, the United States has made some
surprising experiments In the coinage
Of its gold.
, 1903-01-16
cottonseed Meal andouality ofButte

1t is the general experience that cot
tonseed meal produces "A hard butter,
and In some instances a small amount
of this feed is given for that specific
purpose. Crude cottonseed oil has been
found to contain a Quantity of so-called
vegetable stearin, which is separated
from the ~cottonseed oil of commerce
in the process of refining. Its fatty
acids have a high melting point. and its
general composition is not unlike that
of other oils which have been found to
produce hard butter when fed to cows.
Corn oil. on the other hand. contains
practically no s%tearln, and its fatty
acids. like those of linseed oil, are hq-
uid at a temperature considerably he
low freezing point.
, 1903-01-16
IN FOR LONG TERMS.
NOT JAIL BIRDS, BUT UNITED
STATES SENATORS.
f~wenty-four of Them Have Records
of More than Invent, Years Each
Senator Morgan of Alabama Chosen
to Serve Out Thirty-two Years.

There are ninety United States Sena-
tors, and of the present Senate twenty
four members have served more than
twenty years. The recent success at
the Democratic primaries in Alabama
of John T.. Morgan insures him another
term. He took his seat in the Senate
o n-March 8, 1877, and at the conclusion
or his ext term will nave been thirty
two years co~nsecutively In office as
Senator from Alabama.
Senator Jones of Arkansas will have
eighteen years in the Senate to his
credit on the completion of his term
In 1908. Senator Teller of Colorado
FIRST entered the upper house in 1876,
and his present term does not expire
until 1903; but he resigned in 1882 to
become Secretary of the Interior, an
office which he held for three years, at
the close of which he was returned to
Congress. Mr.. Platt of Connecticut
has been more than twenty-one years
a Senator; his colleague, Senator Haw-
ley. has beer in the Senate nineteen
years; Senator Cullom, whose term ex-
piICS III hdlSh nCAls hhu WhOoC odNSCo-
sor the next Illinois Legislature will
choose, has had seventeen years OF
service, while. Senator Allison of Iowa
became q Senator IN 1873, and has been
continuously In that Office for twenty
seven years, and his term has still
three years to run. Senator Frye of
Maine was chosen nineteen years ago,
and bis colleague. Senator Hale, was
chosen at the same time. Senator Hoar
Of Massachusetts was elected in 1877,
and has held his seat continuously
since them. Senator Davis of Minneso-
Ia was elected In 1877, and the two
Missouri Senators, Cockrell and Vest,
are both veterans in service, any pro-
ject to replace either with a new man
being regarded in Missouri as little
short of revolutionary. Mr.. Cockrell,
who succeeded Carl Schurz. has been a
Senator since 1875, and MI. Vest, who
succeeded General Shields, has been a
Senator since 1879, twenty-five years
md 'twenty-one years, respectively.
Senator Vests term has three years to
run, and that of Senator Cockrell fve..
A. small State which has been very
tenacious in the support of its Sena-
torfal representatives is Nevada, Sena-
tor Jones having been first elected in
1873, and Senator Stewart having been
first elected In 1864 thirty-six years
ago. He was reelected in 1869. but re-
tired after sixteen years of service, to
re.snter the Senate in 1887, since which
he has served consecutively and has
been reelected for another term, at
Ahe- canclusinn nf which he yzilLhaya
had eighteen years of consecutive SER
vice and twenty-nine years Of actual
service with only one break. Senator
Chandler of New Hampshire has been
in once since 1887. Senator Sewell OF
New Jersey was first elected In 1881,
but has not been consecutively In the
Senate. Senator Aldrich of Rhode Isl
and has been a Senator since 1881. He
succeeded General Burnside. Senator
Bate of Tennessee was elected In 1887;
Senator Daniel of Virginia In 1887, sue
ceedjpg General Malone. E"
, 1903-01-16
Plants Boarded" in the summer

A Philadelphia woman makes a COM
Portable living each summer by TAX
ing plants to board" When the
wealthy residents of the city close
their homes, preparatory to spending
the sesson at the seaside, the woman
calls and gets their plants and takes
them to her own conservatory. She
makes a nominal charge for caring for
the plants and those who have rare
lowers find that it is much more sat
isfactpry to send the valuable speci-
mems out to board than to leave them
to the care of servants. ,
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Knights of he Garter.

The Knights of the Garter are forty
eight In number, of whom some ten are
crowned heads. There r twenty
knights of the Thistle and twenty-sev-
en- knights of st. Patrick. Each order
has a distinct emblem. The color of
the Garter ribbon Is of the shade
known as garter blue, green is the color
of the ribbon of the Order of the This
tie, while the color of the ribbon of the
Order of. st. Patrick is. sky blue. "
, 1903-01-16
Law Case 800 Years GID.

A case in the courts of Russia is sup,
posed to hold the record in age, making
the celebrated case Of Jarndyce VS..
Jarndyce an infant of a few days In
comparison. 1t is a claim for some
land alleged to be Illegally included
within the bounds of a Russian city,
and, though 1t was begun in 1400, it is
still In progress, a veritable legal Methu.
selah, aged 500 years exactly.
, 1903-01-16
Effect OF Climate ON Pianos.

The finest pianos known in America
were imported from London In 17s4 by
John Jacob Astor, but as they could
not stand the rigors of this climate they
0 became ruined. The fact led to
the attempt to build pianos In this cIoun-
try, and in the early part Of the pres
ent century uprights made their ap-
~nearance.
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Panared with Bonds.

Wall paper having an apparent value
of SAC, 1000, but in reality worth nothing.
decorates the study of a New York bust
ness man. 1t is composed of thousands
of 6 per cent. bonds, engraved and
printed at a cost of $500 for a COM
pany which, falling to attract Investors,
died before 1t could be foated.
, 1903-01-16
Americans In Egypt.

Americans occupy an important posi-
ton ip extending the prosperity and
civilization of modern Egypt, writes
Ralph Richardson, In the North Ameri-
, 1903-01-16

windsor's Kitchen 786 Years Old.
One Of the few parts of Windsor cAstle
which has remained unchanged Since
its first construction in 1854 IN the loyal
kitchen So.
, 1903-01-16

No matter how erect a general may
be he is apt to lean more or less on his
STAFF -"
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died conditions in various places in
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WILL PUT TAX ON
OFFICE BUSINESS

Much discussion is going on in the
ranks of resident agents for Ameri-
can business houses. over the dill
which was passed by the Legislature
making it possible to reach foreign
corpora tons doing business in the Ter
ritory with tax and license laws.
The bill which is expected to effect
this addition to the license valuations,
is an amendment to the law of 1898,
and puts it on the same footing with
the Pennsylvania law, which has re-
Gently been upheld by the Supr-Iae
Court of the United States. This new
law provides for the licensing of for
eign corporations doing business with
in the territory, upon the payment of
$3.50, and a tax of one-fourth of one
mill upon the capital stock of the cor
poration.
This law is called in some states
the office business law, and is meant
to reach outside corporations which
do not place an agency with a local
house but which maintain an agent
and escape taxation on the ground
that the goods are shipped from the
mainland and the accounts collected
there. so that all profits accrue in the
mainland. This will affect some of the
largest of San Francisco houses, but it
is said will not touch those establiush-
ments which have regular agencies.
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TEN BOLD ASSERTIONS
REGARDING CHAMBERLAIN'S CO
Lie, CHOLERA AND DIAR
RHOEIA REMEDY

REGARDING CHAMBERLAIN'S CO.
Lie, CHOLERA AND DIAR-
RHOEA REMEDY.
1. 1t affords quick relief in cases Of
collie, cholera morbus and pains n the
stomach.
2. 1t never fails to effect a cure in
the most severe cases of dysentery and
diarrhoea.
g. 1t is a sure cure for chronic diar-
rhoea.
f. 1t can always be depended upon
in cases of cholera infantum.
8. 1t cures epidemical dysentery.
6. 1t prevents bilious collie.
Z. 1t is prompt and effective in cur
ing all bowel complaints.
s. 1t never produces bad results.
9. 1t is pleasant and safe to take.
10. 1t has saved the lives of more
people than any other medicine in the
world.
These are bold assertions to make re-
arding any medicine, but there is album
dant proof in every one of the above
statements regarding this remedy. Ev-
cry household should have a bottle at
hand. Get it today. 1t may save life.
Benson, Smith & Co., Ltd, wholesale
agents, sell 1t.
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s An
IRA
Estin
ntracl
n Bic
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WILL GIVE
Up ASYLUM
Board of Health to
Obey County
Act.
The May Report of City
Sanitary Officer
Tracy.
DR.. Cofer Details Health Condi-
tions in The Orient-EmpIoyes
May Go to Camp.

The Board of Health will accept the
law as laid down in the County Act
without question and will surrender
control of the Insane Asylum to the
Board of Public Institutions immediate
Iy. This position was decided upon at
meeting of the Board yesterday fol-
lowing an opinion by Attorney General
Andrews. The Board of Health will
lum as in the past, acting however as
the agent for the Board of Public In
situations.
Il see no objection to the Board of
Health turning over the Insane Asy-
Ium," said Mr. Andrews at the meeting.
Under the County Act which is lawful,
until it is repealed or declared illegal,
the Board of Public Institutions is en-
see no reason why it should not be
turned over. 1t is the idea of that
board to have the Board of Health re-
main in charge as agents and it will
o. K. the expenditures, so that there
will be no question with the auditor"
Upon motion it was decided to send a
notice to Secretary Carter saying that
the Board of Health was ready to sur
render possession of the Insane Asy-
Ium.
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BOYS MAY GO TO CAMP

died conditions in various places in
them.
BOYS MAY GO TO CAMP.
Upon suggestion of President Cooper
members of the National Guard in the
employ of the Board of Health are TO
be given five days leave of absence TO
attend the encampment wnicn begins
June 10th.
ORIENTAL HEALTH.
DR.. Cofer's report on Oriental health
conditions was as fellows:
1 have to report the health condi-
tions in the Orient as follows:
Hongkong, two weeks to May Is, 1903
-Asiatic cholera, cases >. deaths 0;
smallpox, cases l, deaths l: plague,
cases 1874, deaths 165.
Note.-Smallpox cases among pas
sengers and crew. &c cases on board
upon arrival, diagnosed as smallpox by
local officer. cases developed on board
her in port in quarantine)
Annoy. China-Plague (estimated), so
daily.
Observation-Disclosures, cases 0, deaths
2.
agasaki-Clean.
Kobe-Smallpox, cases 4. deaths 0.
YOkohama-Plague cases . deaths ,.
(Both occurred May 18th and died May
14th)
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KAMEHAMEHA BOYS
ALUMNI BANQUE 7

Graduates of Kamehanella since 1891
gathered at the banquet board in the
dining room at the Boys school last
evening to recount the incidents and
experiences of their school days. Near
ly four hundred graduates with their
friends were present and enjoyed an
interesting evening.
The banquet was served at eight
o'clock, and a mandolin club rendered
sweet music while it was in progress.
The alumni were arranged according to
classes, there being in all twelve tables,
at which every place was filled.
The program which followed the ban
quet was highly entertaining and was
enlivened by recitals of the histories
of the members of the various classes.
Rev. s. L. Desha, w. o. Smith, ]. o.
Carter and others made brief addresses,
aside from the following program
which was carried out:
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TENDERS FOR SUPPLIES.


Tenders for supplies will be asked
Immediately by the Board for the next
two years. 1t was decided yesterday
to ask for bids for paiai at twenty
one, twenty-three and twenty-five
pound weights, as the action of the leg
islature is not yet known. In the call
for bids for the carrying service to the
settlement, the steamship companies
are to be asked to provide for hunks
for the accommodation of lepers. These
however need be only temporary af-
fairs
LAHAINA WANTS INSPECTOR.
A petition was read from Lahaina
residents urging the immediate ap-
pointment of a sanitary inspector for
that place. If all the things are true
that the petitioners say, then Lahaina
needs a general house cleaning very
badly. They say that there are a hun
dred Japanese and Hawaiian fishermen,
who sell bad fish at times, seven poi
factories, some of which are in bad
condition and eight coffee shops which
also need overhauling. The secretary
was instructed to notify the petition
ers that the Board of Health had no
appropriation for a sanitary inspector,
but had asked for one for that pur-
pose.
Acknowledgement Andrews reported
on the bill of G. w. Lockington for ser
vices at Hilo during plague times that
the work had been done more than two
years ago, and therefore could not be
paid out of the present appropriation.
He suggested that Lockington ask the
legislature to make a special appropria-
ton for his payment.
Mr.. Andrews reported also on the re-
quest of Mrs. Nakuina for lease of GER
tain land at Lahaina, that the property
was under the control of the Land De-
partment.
CITY SANITARY OFFICER
City Sanitary officer Tracy reported
| in part as follows:
| Sixteen lodging houses, seven res
taurants and two hotels applied for GER
/ licenses and all save three lodging
! houses which still have some minor i'm
provements to make were granted
them. OF the three lodging houses and
| one restaurant licenses held over from
| last month, the three lodging houses
! are still held. One thousand four hun
| dred and eleven adults can lawfully be
/ lodged in these buildings licensed.
/ Four 4S-hour notices have been serv-
| ed and in three cases the work required
was completed. In the fourth case ar
extension of time was granted.
| Three arrests have been made and g
conviction secured in each case. The
first case was a man who neglected &c
remove some dead animals from hi:
premises and was fined $500 and costs
the second was caught dumping gar
bage in a vacant lot in Chinatown. HI
paid $500 and costs. The third wa!
a man who was careless of the sanitary
condition of his place and paid $500 anC
costs of court.
Two inspectors have been on specia
duty all month and consequently thei
districts have not been watched a:
much as was necessary, but at various
times some of the other inspectors wer,
detailed to investigate and have rene
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-09-25
LEICESTER.

Miss Helen Horton is home from
Hyde Manor.
The camp-meeting at Silver lake is
in session for ten days.
a. o. Hood of Winooski lately visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fiske.
Miss Lucy Nicholson of Brooklyn, n.
Y, has returned to her home
Mrs. Oliver Laporte of Shoreham
visited relatives here last week
Mrs. Colson and Bernice of Vergennes
were guests at Mr.. Sparks. recently.
Mrs. c.. Rand of West Rutland. is
spending few weeks with relatives.
The Kings Daughters met to do work
in the church, Wednesday afternoon.
George Ryder and wife have returned
from visiting her parents III Monkton.
Miss Lucy Hitchcock reports fine sue
cess in her canvas for "Great Achieve
mt nts."
Madame Hall of Ticonderoga is at
present a guest of Mrs. Nicholson of
Locust Ledge.
Mrs. Herbert Shipman and children
after spending several weeks with
friends, returned to their home in Glas-
tonbury, Conn, this week.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Swinington September 16, Tom Swining-
ton and Miss Cora Rohan, both of Rut-
land, We're united in marriage by Rev.
Mr.. Thompson of Brandon.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-09-25
WHAT is JIFE7
WEST SALISBURY.

Miss Daisy Wainwright still remains
in a critical condition.
Miss Gracia Howe is visiting at Ansel
kelsey's for a few weeks.
Mrs. Nora Doolttle of Sandy Hill is
spending "A week with her cousin Mrs.
Alvin Forrest.
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Will Waterhouse who has been so sick is
improving very rapidly.
Miss Laura Kelsey expects soon to en-
ter Massachusetts hospital where they
educate for trained nursing
Miss Bessie Bump who has been in
Manchester Center for the summer has
returned home, but will soon enter coll
lege again to resume her studies as Il
Junior.
The ensilage cutters have begun work
i'm the east part of the town. We are
glad to learn there is another prosperous
farmer in town for viii Warehouse has
a new silo to fill this fall.
Mrs. c. \. Bump has bed of asters
SIT. long and oft. wide which contains
5s1 full blown asters, and more than as
many buds which makes it "A complete
mass of white, red and pink interviewer.
4hio. ~ ~ Dump anu llloiutl NllS.
Mary Bump start for Boston and vinicity
Sept. Both. where they will spend few
weeks with friends and relatives, they
expect to attend the Brockton Fair, Oct.
LIST.
The members of Dunmore Grange No.
211 had their annual picnic at Will Wat
erhouse's picnic house on Saturday last.
Over 100 people young and old We're pre-
sent and all seemed to have very en-
.joyable time.
Mrs. c. A. Bump picked two quarts of
red .raspberries Sept. 18th from new
bushes grown this year. We hear the
family had a huge three story short cake
from them not withstanding the lateness
of the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter L. Sheldon who
have been spending their vacation at
their summer residence in town, have
returned to their home in ST. Louis, Mo. =,
where he resumes his pastorate of the
church of Ethical Culture.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-09-25
WEST BRIDPORT,

Farmers have put in their winter stock
of coal
S. Gardner is suffering from blood
poisoning.
R. w. McCuen of Vergennes was
recently in town.
Russell, Whtford of Crown Point was
in town recently.
Mr.. Wilkinson and wife recently
visited in Addison.
Mrs. Eliza Wilkinson visited with Mrs.
Sarah Gardner Friday.
George N. Wilkinson attended the
races at the Sherman trotting park Thurs
day and Friday.
School director II. L. Townsend visited
the school taught by Miss Media Russell
in the Hathorn district Friday, and
found excellent order and q well taught
school.
Oliver Delphia on Wednesday, Sept.
16, had the misfortune to have a valuable
mare shot. The ball broke the animals
leg. 1t is thought to be the work of
mischievous person to reap vengeance on
an innocent man.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-09-25
SHOREHAM.

Mr. and Mrs. John Elmer of Cornwall
were at the parsonage Sunday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hall of Truthville, is
visiting her nephew, j. c. Moore.
Mr.. Kendall had horse in the races
at Hubers Tuesday which took third
money.
Mrs. f. F. Townsend entertained the
Moravian club Tuesday afternoon very
pleasantly.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Moore and Mrs.
Elizabeth Hall are spending a few days
in Crown Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Eldredge of Colo
RADIO Springs visited at j. c. Moore's
Sunday and Monday.
Fourteen ladies braved the storm and
attended the missionary meeting at Mrs.
Henry Wright's Thursday.
Mrs. c. w. Howard will represent the
Auxiliary at the meeting of the Vermont
branch in Bellows Falls next week,
Forty or more took the tram at shore
ham station Saturday for the Middlebury
Sunday school excursion through Lake
George.
Mrs. C. n. North, regent, and Mrs.
W. W. Moore, delegate from the
Hands Cove Chapter d. A. r., attended
the State ID. A. X. meeting in st. Adams
last week.