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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-09-26

Kansas City, Sept. 25.-Parks tonight
announced his intention of making
trouble when he gets back to New
York. He says he win call strike on
many jots and that he will get even
with the men who he claims sought to
depose him. He says he will call a
strike on all jobs where the bosses do
not comply with his demand.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17
vermont's Political Cauldron.

The announcement that the health o.
the Hon. III. G. Ide would not permit
him to participate in a contest for the
governorship of Vermont has set peo
pie to talking about other men avail
able and in addition to the Hon. G. j.
Bell of Walden, DR.. III. d. Holton and
the Hon. J. l.. Martin of Brattleboro,
the Hon. G. S. Emery of Chelsea, and
the Hon. Alexander Dunnett of st.
Johnsbury, the names of Gen. w. II.
Gilmore of Fairlee, Lieut.. Gov. z. S.
Stanton of Roxbury and the Hon. W.
E. johnson of Woodstock are being
discussed. 1t is somewhat early as yet
to discuss gubernatorial politics Sc
riously, although we are reminded that
at this time in 1901 we were in the
midst of lively preliminaries to the
now famous governorship contest.
1t is suggested by one contemporary
that the incipient talk about abolish
ing the mountain line is move in ia
vor of Clement, and it intimates that
the following of that gentleman may be
able to produce a candidate on the east
side and thus allow the mountain line
to continue to hold its magic sway.
There are those who think the project
of the nomination of some candidate
on the west side of the mountain line
for the mere purpose of breaking a
precedent, would not make much head
way. If, however, there is an indica-
tion of a desire on the part of the peo-
pie to abolish this rule, the west side
will probably be found to contain more
than one available candidate to seek
profit by the change.
There is every prospect that Vermont
will continue in the coming year to
have lively politics as in the past. In
addition to a governor and complete
list of state officers, we will be called
upon to elect legislature, the men,
beers of which will in turn elect Unit
ed States senator: the respective dis
tricts will elect congressman, and last
but not least will be the selection of
delegates to the two state conventions.
one of which will choose delegates to
the Republican national convention.
In view of the prolonged struggles of
the past year, however, our people will
seek to put off all coming po-
litical contests as long as possible, and
the early bird may be wise to govern it
self accordingly. = Burlington Free
Press.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17
TIMELY STATE TOPICS.
And What Vermont Editors Have to Say Con-
corning Them

The Times may have distorted view
of the matter, but it is of the opinion
that when the citizens failed to make
their objections or recommendations to
license applications known at the hear
ing provided for such by the license
law, they lost their opportunity OF hav-
ing anything to say in the matter. -
Barre Times.
The verdict at Rutland is not blow
to trade unionism pure and simple,
but it is a condemnation of those agi-
tators and zealots, who incite some OF
their comrades to lawlessness under
the banner of trade unionism. The yer,
dict denounces the law-breaker. not
the union man. And this is the lesson
the Vermont trade unions should take
we'll to heart. Profit by the experience
of the Rutland union men. Keep out
the agitators and the excitable ones
who counsel this mischief. More is to
he gained for the cause of organized
labor by obeying the law than by
breaking it. The great body OF intel
ligent union men are self-respecting,
law abiding citizens. Let them exer-
else eternal vigilance to prevent the
public forming its opinion of trade un-
ionism by the mischief these men do.
ST. Adams Messenger
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17
To the World e series OF why's" these

To the Worlds series of"whys" these
might be added:
Why may not an American girl choose
as she will, from among her suitors!
And whether she choose duke, a
banker, a farmer, or her coachman, is
it any of our business?
Why may not the vulnerable spot for
the unerring arrow of Cupid be found
in the heart of the English earl as in
that of the ordinary man who marries
a woman because he loves her? Is it
not possible that titled men and mil
lionheiresses' may sometimes love,
like common people? Is their mar
rage necessarily bargain?
Why should we object to other people
having countries with kings and dukes
in them because ours hasn't? Or to
titles, because Americans don't believe
in them?
We have a country that is different
from any other. We think it is the
best, the greatest and most wonderful
in the world. 1t is ours. We have
built it up, made its, laws, established
its ideals. But there are other ideals,
other countries, other people who love
those countries. Why war with the
ideals of others?
Why not give others the credit OF at
least as much loyalty and sincerity Of
heart and purpose as we ourselves
poSSesS?
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17
The Effect of Bad Roads.

The farmer must communicate with
the outside world over the public high
ways, and when those highways are
impossible he is shut up at home, and
his anxiety to get out is not greater
than the anxiety of those who desire
to do business with him. Nothing
whatever is gained by this retarded
state of affairs, but valuable time is
lost, wholly lost, rendering no remun-
erative returns whatever. What one
man loses in a business transaction
usually proves the gain of the man
with whom he is dealing, but what is
lost through bad roads is eternally lost
to every human being, and no man
gains anything from it, The farmer
loses a great deal every year through
bad roads. If the roads were improved
he would do more hauling. He could
do his hauling even if it were too wet
to pillow, and when the earth had dried
sufficiently he could plant and cult
vate his crops and not be losing time
running to town after goods. He could
thereby increase the acreage of his
crops, or give better attention to a
smaller crop and increase the produc-
ton of his land. Good roads would be
boon to the farmers. boon to the
business men, a boon to the tourist,
and in fact to everybody. Bad roads
are a heavy tax to every community
where they exist. Essex County Her
aid
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17

It's pitiful sight to look upon per-
son who is wasted to a mere shadow
with disease. So completely in the grasp
of the little death-dealing germs that her
every action, her voice, her stare, her
tread, all tell too plainly that the de-
mons are soon to have her life. Have
you not seen such person. and felt a
lump rise in your throat as you tried to
offer her some cheering word, some sug-
pestion of comfort2 If after seeing such
a person, and having the impression left
indelible on your mind, so that you would
remember her for days and weeks, you
should suddenly run across the same per-
son few months afterward, and behold
in her quite different person, this
time instead of hollow-chested, sunken-
checked, pale, stopped woman, with a
deep cough, which raised blood and
mucus, you should see a bright-eyed
woman, straight, erect, . tinge of color
in her cheek, her face full and round, her
figure plump and robust, her voice soft
and sweet, with no cough, her suffer-
ings all gone, her disease entirely over
come and almost forgotten-what would
you think Would you not ask quickly,
'Why! What has wrought this mira
Gle ?" Now that is the exact experience
that I passed through with Miss Nettie
Clark, Of 8 Hanson Street, Boston. Miss
Clark had consumption, and she had it
badly. So badly in fact that she was
given up to die. One day met her and
never beheld such . change in person
in my life. l could hardly believe my
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17
yes. This is the substance OF what she

told pe:
"About six years ago contracted cold
which failed to cure and 1t ended In ,consump
ton. From bad ] went to worse. When you
saw me last December had reached the poln'
where the ply scians said could not possibly
recover. / had tried everything suggested Tor
| it, but without success. AS you know l was !,
no strength for anything: Shortly after that !
decided TO give Blood Wine try. Abe first
bottle didn't seem to make much OF change,
but stuck to 1t because =! knew consumption
was stubborn disease, and, too, because mad
| lately heard Of several people who had been
cured with It. After the second bottle COM
menced to gain. This continued right along,
and when finished my sixth i started to work
again. still continued the medicine, however,
for several weeks after, and In time was aDle to
say was entirely well. Look at me nowi Do
look as II had any consumption / am IN
perfect health, and IT ia all due solely TO blood
Wine 1t certainly has no equal, and hope
that my endorsement can be used In some way
70 as to influence other poor sufferers to try 1t.
] would not think Of being without Blood Wine
In the house."
If any one will stop and think minute,
and ascertain how "Blood Wine" works,
he will readily see why it cures disease.
Consumption is produced by a little germ
not one but millions. When the lungs
are weak they swarm into them, and
gnaw down the paper like walls. This
decomposition of the lungs is consump-
ton. These germs only thrive where
there is weakness. The person never lived
who contracted consumption with pair
of strong, healthy lungs. "Blood Wine"
prevents consumption by keeping the
lungs healthy. 1t cures consumption by
absorbing the germs and passing them
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17
Real Life on the Farm.

We're too sober on the farm. And
that's 80 per cent. of the trouble with
the "hired man. Huntington Clip.
per.
This may be true, but if anybody car
discover cause for hilarity in waking
the cows up shortly after supper time
for the morning milking; in picking
up the stones from ten-acr lot; in
moving away under the caves; in eat.
ing a peck Of dirt and straw at the tail
end of threshing machine; in chop
ping all day on a lonesome hillside; in
doing a million and one other tasks OF
the hired mans lot, he is possessed OF
a cherubic nature that challenges ad-
miration. The "private theatricals'
of farm life are not of the comely or
der, and, perforce, cannot be. Ran
dolph Herald and News.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17
HAVE YOU SEEN THEM
Beautiful and Artistic Photographs Given
With Malt Breakfast Food.

To secure new users Malt Breakfast
Food is making the most liberal Offer
ever known. A rich carbon photograph,
3x4, is in every package of the food. A
wide variety of subjects is used, rang
ing from ideal heads and figure stud
les to the masterpieces of the worlds
greatest artists.
This liberality would not be possible
we're it not for the fact that those who
are induced to try Malt Breakfast Food,
find it so superior to other breakfast
cereals that they will have no other
Malt Breakfast Food is simple, honest
food, satisfying and delicious. 1t does
not merely "feed the brain" or the
muscle, but it supplies wholesome,
healthy nourishment to the whole
body. 1t is packed in full weight two
pound packages, and when cooked and
ready to serve one of these packages
has grown into twelve pounds of real
food, just eight times as much as in
package of the "ready- to-serve" &C.
reals. And isn't it better to have
hot breakfast, cooked in your own
kitchen, than cold one out of paste
board box?
In addition to the small photographs
that are packed with the Food, large
photographs, duplicates of those that
sell in the art stores for So, are given
in exchange for coupons found in the
packages. These are real carbon pho
tographs, without any printing or ad-
vertising, and will adorn any home. A
sample PHOTOGRAPH will be sent free on
request by The Matted Cereal Co., Bur-
lington, VT.
Your grocer will explain this prem
ium offer, and he will also tell you that
he has never sold any other cereal that
has given such general satisfaction as
Malt Breakfast Food, nor one where
his customers so fully received the
worth of their money.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17
nWhyp,

In an editorial entitled "Why?', the
New York World on Friday discussed
the coming marriage of Pittsburg
"million -heiress' to an English earl
In an attitude of injured patriotism it
waxed exceedingly sarcastic.
"why," it queried bitterly, should
an American girl with millions marry
a plain American citizen who might
do nothing but pile up more, when she
can bestow her wealth on noble for
eigner whose experience in the green
rooms of two hemispheres has taught
him the finer art of spending it!
"Why" should we worry about the
granting titles of nobility when we
the altar?
"Why" should anybody be distressed
about living in a republic when so
many people are trying to prove that it
is not much of republic after all?''
i, Such sentiments as the above are
very popular in America and they are
read or listened to with great satisfac-
ClOn especially ny SuCu VI US dS w hoe
possess millions and have never been
offered a title. We reveled in such
righteous scorn and lofty disapproval
when Consuelo Vanderbilt married the
Duke of Marlborough, when Anna
Gould wed the Comte de Castellane
and again when Helene Zimmerman
became the Duchess of Manchester.
And yet, as the years go by, we hear
of nothing but happiness and domestic
peace in any of these households. The
men seem to have made exceptionally
good husbands; the women have borne
themselves with dignity and honor in
their high social positions and in each
home, a charming family of children is
growing up.
We should not forget that American
men do not always make good hus-
bands; that they sometimes spend
money instead of piling it up; and
that, the world over, American or for
eigDer, laborer, millionaire or noble
man, "a mans man." and marriage
!. lottery.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17

If the Northern Securities decision
is upheld in the Supreme court, it will
open an almost illimitable field for
procedure to the administration. The
railroad, gas, electric light and other
companies, have been consolidated by
dozens in the past 20 years and all the
great trusts will properly come on the
list. OF course no hampering of any
legitimate combination or industrial
progression is desired but the people
must be protected from the extortions
of such combinations and the laws of
the country must be obeyed.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17

Bjornson's idea of peoples trust
for peace is new view of the posi-
bilities of the combination. We have
thought to combine for money, for
power and for oppression and others of
US have been forced to combine for
protection and we have seen what
enormous power can be thus welded /:
but we have not thought to combine
for peace, for freedom or for human
uplifting. And yet the world needs
these things most.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17

1t seems pity that the splendid rec
ord of the Red Cross association and
the last years of life of such service
as Clara Barton has rendered to suffer
ing humanity should be marred by bit
ter disagreement and open rupture.
With the public it is not so much what
the trouble is, or who is to blame, that
matters as it is the fact that this band
of comfort and healing which it has re-
vered so long, is torn by discussions just
like ordinary organizations.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17
GEORGE e. Greene, BrattIeboro, VT.
MARK S. MANN, HinsdaIe, N. II.

Fred E. Tiff. the new superintend
ent of the Bennington police force, is
only ~ years old, the youngest chief OF
police in Vermont if not in New En-
gland, He was educated in Vernon,
academy and at the Springfield, Mass.
training school, is feet tall, weigh:
210 pounds and has a wide reputation
as an athlete.
A family consisting of a mot her anc
eight children, some of whom are just
recovering from smallpox, have ap
peared in Burlington and as soon as
discovered were placed under strict
quarantine. None of them can speak
English and they are mill workers. Sc
rious results are feared and the state
board of health has been notified.
The body of Max Severance, the
Montpelier boy who recently died in
the Philippines while engaged in news
paper work, will be brought from Ma
Mia under direction of the army and
the Associated Press. This is brought
about by Senator Dillingham; and Quar-
ter Master General Ludington. The
transport leaving Manila June Is will
bring the body.
The Capital Savings Bank and Trust
company of Montpelier has sued the
Montpelier Savings Bank and Trust
company to recover 81, 600 on its cash
ier's check, which was involved in the
DIR. W. r. Hardness forgery case. The
CAPT tai bank accepted the check and
the Montpelier bank refused payment
after the forgery was discovered. Hank
ness is still in county Jail.
Judge Henry G. Ide of the Philip
pine commission has written to his ST.
Johnsbury relatives from San Francisco
that he will remain on the Pacific
coast until warm weather and recover
his health, but will come to Vermont
to finish his six mon tbs leave of alb
sence, and return to the Philippines in
August. This stops all rumors that he
might be candidate for governor in
the Vermont campaign next year.
The case of John wilkins of Bur
lington, formerly of Montpelier,
against DR.. W. w. Brock and his as
sistant, Mrs. l.. X. Rosselle of Mont
pelier, to recover $4,000 damages for
alleged malpractice by osteopathy, has
been continued to the next term of
Chittenden county court. The plain
tiff claims that during his residence at
Montpelier his wife was treated for her
illness by the defendants, and finally
died as the result, he alleges, of severe
pounding, bruising, etc., administered
by the attending physician. The de-
PENDANTS deny in their answer that
they were at all responsible for the
death of Mrs. wilkins, and that what
the plaintiff termed bruising, ETC., was
the method of treating by the osteo-
paths. The case, which promises to be
a noted one, was continued on account
of the raising of legal question.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
fake Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money If IL fails to cure
E. W. Groves signature is on each box 25c
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17

The board of agriculture is trying to
boom Vermont as summer home by
publishing pamphlet, advertising
farms and homes that are for sale, for
wide distribution. These announce
ments will be made without charge
but should be brief and plainly writ
ten. Communications on this matter
should be addressed to the secretary,
c. j. Bell, East Hardwick. This is a
movement that ought to bring graft
fying response
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17

The people of this country will not
thank Gen. Lew Wallace for his
charges against the conduct of Gen.
Grant as commander of the army OF
the Tennessee. II the accusations are
true, they should have been made long
ago. Gen. Grant is dead. We have
enshrined him, in memory, among the
heroes of our history. True or false,
it is too late to bring charges against
him now.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17

Bacolod has fallen! So proud and
defiant in it's fancied supremacy, so
satisfied with itself, its religion, Ian
guage and customs, it has neverthe-
less found one mightier to whom it
must, perforce, bow. Americans may
learn a lesson from these arrogant,
complacent, unfriendly Moros. There
is always one larger, stronger, mightier
than the boaster. The boaster is a
puff ball, which one squeeze of firm
hand reduces to nothingness.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17
Sufficient Unto the Day" etc.

Some of the Vermont newspapers are
peering over their dark lanterns and
whispering hoarsely, "Who is the
man." meaning the next governor, OF
course. just at present the average
Vermonter is worrying more about the
failure of the sugar crop and the pros
pect of the canker worm. Randolph
Herald and News.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17
He Could Be Happy With Either.

The removal of the Rutland railroad
general offices to Burlington seems to
be still hanging fire. Burlington has
not yet heard from President W. Sew
ard Webb since it voted to give $50, :
600 for this purpose, but hopes to have
the project consummated now that that
official has returned from the Pacific
coast. As far as can be seen, Burling-
toms position to-day is exactly what
Rutland's position was year ago.
Rutland News.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17
Things Are Different Now.

In 80 years of prohibition did Mid
dlebury ever have an experience like
that of last k?-Brattleboro Phoe-
nix.
Certainly, scores of times; but it is
local option now and people are not ly-
ing about the liquor traffic as they
used to. Rutland Herald.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17
That Middlebury Matter.


its first day under licensed liquor SELL
ing have been made the subject OF
wide newspaper discussion and COM
ment "from grave to gay, from lively
to severe" We have had golden OPP
portunity to see just how both the
friends and the opponents of the new
license law would feel were it to prove
a failure
For the first version of the matter
was truly appalling: The two Middle
bury hotels rushed to distraction serv-
ing drinks; crowds of hilarious roughs
and bodies of drunken men blocking
the sidewalks and throwing women
into MYSTERIES; free for-all fight, sad
ly detrimental to teeth and noses, In
the Addison house and eighteen ar
rests with more to follow! If such
things could happen under the new IL
cense law in Middlebury-Mr. Battel's
Middlebury-what might not happen
in other Vermont towns? What Won
der that panic seized us'
In the ensuing discussion, 81 told
you so" and "Just as l expected
were of course the dominant express
sions. Some ridicule, few jeers at
the NEW Vermont" and the NEW era"
were heard and the supposition that
nearly everybody in Middlebury was
drunk upon that occasion was consld-
cred very funny in some quarters. Only
few seemed to think seriously as to
what the affair really meant to the flu
ture welfare of the state. These made
no attempt to disguise the real gravity
of the situation but urged that the
matter should serve as lesson for in
creased care and watchfulness on the
part of those who guard the license in
terests of other towns.
But, happily, the case has turned
out to be one of stupendous volume
of smoke with very, very little fire.
For the license commissioners of Mid
dlebury, after personal investigation,
declare over their signatures that the
report OF the nights events was much
exaggerated by the newspapers; that
both hotels closed their bars early on
account of the presence of rough out
side element in town; that the only
disturbance in the Addison house was
due to the refusal to sell the party Ii
quor; that the disturbers were prompt
ly elected and that arrests were duly
made.
So, as it SINNERS down, no blame
can be attached to the new law. 1t was
only what may be expected, the upris-
ing of the element of mankind which,
under prohibition, has been lying and
sneaking and perjuring itself for so
long; which, like some other better
but equally undiscerning elements,
fancies perhaps that license law
means "free rum and lawlessness. 1t
will find, let us hope, whenever it rises
to indulge unduly in that belief, as it
found in Middlebury, that the new law
does not mean exactly that. 1t means
decency, it means order, it means pro-
lection to human interests, in connec-
tion with all its privileges of liquor
selling.
The Middlebury matter has proved
most valuable, most interesting, most
enlightening on a subject which Yer
mont thought she had already worn
threadbare but which, it may be, she
has as yet had only in elementary trea
tise. 1t has furnished striking OBJ
ject lesson of manifold meaning and
has not happened to no good purpose.