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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22
BURLINGTON. THURSDAY. OCT.
WANTED.

When you want anything advertise IN
the new special column Of this paper. Some
bargains are offered there this week when
It will pay you to read about see paee
seven. This paper has more than z''VVo
seaders every week, and one cent worn
will reach them all
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22

The Phiadelphians are reported as going
daft over the following problem; Mary is
twenty-four years old. Mary is twice as
old as Ann was when Mary was as ola as
Ann is now How old is Ann? Various
published answers give AIMS age all
along between six and twenty-four years
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22
TEN YEARS AT HARD LABOR
(From the Barre Times.)

Edward Clark, convicted of an attempt
to commit statutory rape, gets 10 years at
hard labor in the States prison at Wind
sor The Vermont courts are on the right
track and it is the earnest hope of those
interested in the moral well-being of the
State that there will be no swerving from
the course marked out by the Washington
county court. The offence charged
against this man was not so heinous in
nature as some that have come up in
Vermont courts. but it was sufficient to
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22
Scrofula
II is commonly inherited.
Few are entirely free from IL.

Pale, weak, puny children arc
afflicted with it in nine cases out OF
ten, and many adults suffer from it.
Common indications are punches in
the neck, Assesses, ovtaneous erup-
tons. innamed eyelids, sore ears,
ricketts,, oatarrh, wasting, and general
debilitv
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCORES.

Harvard ;. West FONT 0.
Yale q, Pennsylvania State 0.
Princeton II, Carlisle o.
Pennsylvania 30, Brown 0.
Cornell c, Rucknell o,
Columbia ~, Amherst o.
Dartmouth II, Williams 0.
Tufts Is, Bates y.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22
NO CHANCE FOR FIELD.
The President Says Evidence against
Him Is Too strong.

Washington, oct Ex-senator Proctor
of Vermont saw the President yesterday.
and asked him to reconsider the case OF
United States Marshal Field Of vermont
who was dismissed by order Of the Presl-
dent "A few days ago, in connection with
the escape of certain Chinese VINO were
being sent back to China.
The President told the senator THAT the
evidence was so convincing he could not
reconsider the case.
CHAPMAN APPOINTED MARSHAL
Deputy United States Marshal FRANK
II. Chapman has been appointed united
States marshal to fill the vacancy caused
by the removal of Marshal Field Inc APP
pointment was made by Judge Wheeler
in accordance with the statute providing
that the United States judge may fill tenn
porarily vacancy in the marshalshp
when it occurs while the court is in ses-
sion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22
LESSONS FROM THE BRATTLEBORO
LICENSE HEARINGS.
(From the Bellows Falls rimes)

In reading over the reports of the hear
ings in Brattleboro last week on the
question of revolving certain licenses to
sell intoxicating liquors one wonders II
the boys in other communities are cursed
with the thirst that seems to parch the
throats of Brattleboro youths. At the
differen, hearings all the hartenders tes-
tilted that they had had freqent requests
to sell to minors and that they had turn
ed many away. one barteder testified
that he had refused more than 400 minors
What shall be said Of the temperance
morals of any community when during
a period of less than six months hundreds
of minors flock to the saloons and toss
off their glass of whiskey or schooner
of beer with as much nonchalance as their
elders? What We're the parents of these
bows doing meanwhile? Was any effort
being made to steer them clear of the
shoals? 1t would be interesting to know
how many of their daddes were patrons
of these same saloons and what effect
their examples had on their sons.
The evidence showed that several of
these boys were only is or II years old,
and vet they told the bartenders that
they were q. 1t seems to have been the
pra ctce among Brattleboro hartenders to
ACCEPT the statements of minors as con-
elusive If they asked a boy if he was
n and the boy said yes, they had per-
formed thelr uuty anu they were pro-
tected in going ahead and selling the
| Youngsters all they could guzzle The
Rrattlehoro commissioners took differ
rent view of the matter. They placed the
responsibility on the seller, not on the
buyer The bartender must be absolutely
sure that he is not selling to a minor
the statement Of the minor that he is q
is not sufficient to relieve the bartender
Of liability under the law. What is the
practice among bartenders in Bellows
! Falls?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22

TO ENLARGE SCALE WORKS.

Officials of the Howe Scale Co., OF Rut-
| land announced Monday that they had
| purchased six acres of land adjoining the
present holding of 10 acres on the south
| for the purpose of charging the plant in
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22
The Wabash Railroad
Company
WlNOOSK|
SAVINGS Bank

From its careful management has no |
met with loss from any loan made dur
ing the last twenty years.
Deposits made during the first Ave days
of any month will draw interest fl ON th4
FIRST day of that month Deposits made
after the fifth day Of any month will draw
interest from the first day Of the mex
month.
Interest is credited depositors Jan. Isl
and July LIST compromising semi-annually{
The rate of interest paid depositors BY
al! savings banks in this State Is linn
tied by law to SO per cent. until its surf
plus amounts to 10 per cent. of its depos-
Its, when an extra dividend is to oel
made.
No interest is allowed by law to be paid|
on deposits in excess of two thousand DOL
lars except it be on deposits by widows1
orphans. administrators, executors guar
dams. charitable or religious institutions
or on trust funds deposited by order o1
court.
The bank pays all taxes in this State on|
deposits OF two thousand dollars or less.
VERMONT LOANS SOLICITED.
Deposits. June 30, 1903. ........E.V 9 IS, %
| ~Ni pau" '''''''''''' ''''''.''''''''''
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22

Deposits and surplus ..........h,07' fs7 81
OFFICERS-S. H. Weston, President;
j. B. Small. list Vice-President; S. Blg"I
wood. 2nd Vice President; Ormond Coiesl
Treasurer
TRCSTEES-S. II. Weston. j. B. small,l
Samuel Bigwood. E. G. Mower, Ormond|
Cole. D. P. Ray. c. H. Shipman, R J.|
White.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22
THE DIVORCE PROBLEM.

NFTom inc 81 JoHnsDUrE hcPUUTICHHI
Eighteen divorces were granted at the
recent term of the Windham county court
and the Bennington Banner in making
comment says: After all that can be Id,
however. it is right for the court to
remedy misft marriages as far as pos
sible. There is this to be said in favor
of divorce: Judges do not grant divorces
without some inquiry into the right and
wrong of the matter while ministers and
justices join people who have not the
slightest qualification for marriage. What
we really need is a court of competent
jurisdiction to examine applicants for the
degree of matrimony and determine fin
ally whether they should be sent to the
altar or the insane asylum. Until we
have such a court a reasonably liberal
divorce law should prevail
LESSONS FROM THE BRATTLEBORO
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22
HE SITUATION IN BRATTLEBORC
(From the Randolph Herald)

We are surprised at the report Of
the Brattleboro Reformer that public
sentiment in that town doesn't sustain
the liquor commissioners in revoking the
licenses of parties who sold liquor to
minors. What is the matter? Doesn't
the public want the law enforced to the
letter? Selling to minors was proven
beyond all doubt. The penalty is explicit
The commissioners could only do one
thing, and they did it. If the punish
ment falls hard, no one is at fault save
those who laid themselves open to it.
II the liquor law is to have the fair trial
that its friends crave for it. there must be
plenty of support for those on whom comes
the enforcement Of its many restrictive
provisions, If the Brattleboro inquiry
went further than was at first intended
it went only as far as the evidence sub
mtted plainly pointed the way. The
possibility that such things may happen
in any license town ought to discoura &c
unlawful selling and keep abuses down to
the minimum.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22

Tcrms-&1.OO a Year. Always In Advance
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22

the near future for the growing business
of the firm.
+. J. MANNING OF RUTLAND IN
JURED WHILE HUNTING.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22
WHAT OUR NEIGHBoRs SAY.
what the Governorshir Should Mean
for the Interests of Vermont.
(From the Lyndonville Journal)


We are In the habit here in Vermont
Of regarding the governorship as sine
cure, and the governor as a fgurehead
Just how far this notion is justified we
are not prepared to say. But 1t Is a fact
that almost without exception our gov
ernors have been really able men. II
they have not accomplished anything,
1t has not been for lack Of ability. We
should like to ask, as much for informa-
ton as anything else, why the governor
ship of Vermont Is not an office of more
influence and commanding Importance
We are inclined to think that the peo-
pie have never given their governors any
thing to do There has been no we'll de-
fined policy for the betterment of the
State about which every Vermonter was
in earnest. We do a little spasmodic ad-
vertising of the State and make a COM
mendable effort occasionally to induce
immigrants to settle on our abandoned
farms. All of these projects require con-
certed action and an active interest on
the part of every citizen for their success
If the people of the State could get to-
gether and agree on some definite poll
cies, and hand them over to the COVER
nor for execution together with an ade-
quate appropriation of money, and then
give their hearty support, the governor
ship might become something more than
a political honor. The governor should
office, and the leader in all that tends
to its betterment. We humbly suggest
that a scheme for advertising Vermont
as a summer resort and as a State we'll
adapted for manufacturing enterprises,
be devised by the next Legislature and
placed in the hands of the next governor
for execution.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22
HAVE SEEN A CARIBOU.

Taylor's Tale company are getting out
quite q large amount of the product from
the mines in Moretown Large sheds
and other buildings are being constructed
as fast as they can get men to work,
help being scarce.
Horace w. Bailey of Newbury an
Inounced yesterday that he was candidate
for United States marshal to succeed Fred
A. Field of Rutland.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22
WILL ISSUE NEW LICENSES.

The Brattleboro board of license COM
missoners voted Saturday night to issue
new licenses to take the place of those
recently revoked, provided applca tons
are received. The new licenses will con-
tinue for the uneXpired term the old ones
were to run and the charge will be pro
rata.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21
NEW WAY TO FIND NfA> .ER.
e. .vtricaI De"iee That Out3oes Witch.
hazel Wand.

Electricity has put the witch-hazel
wand and other methods of determin.
ing the presence of water under
ground out of business. Experts have
patented little electrical device
which tells surely Of the proximity Of
water. When it's needle begins to
show vibrations it can be stated posi-.
lively there is water beneath.
Officials of the geological survey
have became so impressed with the
->yention that they are giving it a
thorough test. The new water detec,
tor is something like the seismograph
used for determining earthquake dis.
turbances.
BY it's vibrations the presence Of
subterranean streams is not only de-
termined but the volume and direction
of the flow are also accurately re-
corded
This instrument will be of great
value to the irrigator and farmer, as
It will enable him 70 drive his wells
where he will find water. Freque' .ly
immense sums of money are expel.~ -
in drilling artesian wells, which afte.
being bored hundreds OF feet are
found to be dry.
In tests made with the new cleo
trical device steel rods are driven .
short distance into the earth and at.
tacLed to the machine. There is an
attachment somethirg g like the tele.
phone receiver b.. which the vibra,
lions are convcitod into sound waves
The device will got work satisf actor
lily in regions where there are vol.
canoes.
The officials of the geological sur,
"ey believe eventually the device can
DO used to indicate the presence Of
oil. but the vibrations caused BIZ oil
ere not so great as those set up by
water.
1t is very well to get good start,
but the start you get when some fool
puts HIS cold hands down your neck
may be too good.
According to late statistics, only
one man out OF every 1"~7,0OO 900
dies from over-work.
Money is no object; mos, Q. us be.
lieve it myth.
Most girls close their eyes hen
they are kissed; do you tlcme them?
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21
Even the Artist Was Not Sure.

Many of the pictures OF Whistler,
the artist, are vague both in treatment
and subject. One night he gas dining
with Henry Irving, so the story goes
Two of Whistler's pictures adorned {
the walls, and ne wished 70 further
entertainment than the study Of these
At very short intervals during tho
meal he took occasion to rise from his
seat and take q close observation OF
them
After studying the paintings in this
way for some time, be exclaimed.
"Irving, Irving, look what you've
done!"
whats the matter?" asked Irving
calmly.
Natter" thundered Whistler,
"why, the matter is that these pic
lures have been hung upside down,
and You have never noticed it.
suppose they have hung that way for
months!"
Il suppose they have" replied lrv'
ing; "but think might be excused
since 1t has taken you-the man who
painted them-over an hour to dls
cover that they are upside down.
Success.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21
Six.
LITTLE STORIES.
Z &+* ++++++* I. 1
Served Both God and Devil.

Father Black, the English clergy
man who has been writing letters to
the newspapers about the marriage of
w. K. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Ruther-
ford, visits the London prisons week
ly and tries to reform the prisoners.
In this good work he is often sue
cessful. Sometimes, though, he has
odd experiences. A religious paper
told recently how on one occasion he
devoted a fortnight to the reforma-
ton of house-breaker and how the
housed; eaker said to him gratefully
at the end of that time:
THANK you, sir; thank you for
what you have done for me. There
was time when l knew nothing Of
God or of the devil, but somehow you
have made me love them both. New
York Tribune.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21
Convenient Deafness.

John Mitchell was a guest at one
OF the recent dinners of the Glover
Club of Philadelphia. 1t is the rule
at this organization to call upon its
guests to speak, and then to confuse
them with interpolated remarks. But
M. Mitchell could not be confused.
The only notice he took of the Glover
Clubs gibes was to say:
81 guess l could get along better
with my speech here if l were deaf
It is often good thing to be deaf.
There is a deaf old woman know
UP in the coal regions.
"Once | went to see this woman
aud she asked me to stay to tea. l
thanked her and said I would, as I
was not expected home before dark.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21

The man who couldn't guess to save
his life what kinds OF stockings his
wife wears can always tell what kind
any woman has on that he sees get
on a street car.
Somehow the average man is never
able fully to realize that silence is
golden until after his face is swelled
out Of shape.
When you sae man trying to hold
up lamppost, it sh ows he sympa-
thizes with anything tight.
There is no truth in the report that
bald-headed men scramble for seats
in the front row-at church.
Matrimonial misfts are the Golv
bargains the average woman has no
Use for.
The poor ye have always with you
often so close that "~y touch you.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21
MILITARY PLANS WELL GUARDED
Russians EffectuaIIy Conceal Move.
ments on Afuhan Frontier.


The Russians evidently intend that
no prying shall follow the military
measures they are taking on the
Afghan frontier The official organ of
the government of Turke.tan pub
Nshes the following extraordinary pres
criptions with regard to foreigners
visiting Kussia's possessions ia Cen.
trail Asia:
These possessions may be visited
\. any foreigner against whom no
order of arrest has been issued by
the Russian administrative or legal
authorities. No foreigner is, under
any circumstances, permitted to visit:
Kuschk (on the Afghan frontier)
Termes, Kerki, the military stations
extending from the latter place along
the Amoo-Darja, or Tchikichlar,
Tchalta, and the military posts aioug
the Kuschk-Akkabat line. The same
Prohibition applies to the branch rail.
way lie to Kuschk.
Foreigners who are arrested will bs
at unce forwarded to the authorities
which have issued the order for ar.
rest, or to the nearest town.
Foreigners caught spying out the
country, or engaged in other practices
regarded by the Ia as criminal In
TurEestan QrcluG' the Khanate.
Of Buchara and Xiii, will be arrest.
ed and handed over r the authorities
qualified to deal hem.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21
Seven.

She had been hearing pretty we'll up
to this point, but now she got very
deaf all of a sudden. She had to ask
her daughter what I said
"sHe said, MOTHER exclaimed the
daughter, that he thanks you, but he
can't stay, as he is expected home
before dark
"At this the old woman looked re.
lieved, and departed. New York
Tribune
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21
Comnensations.

These tornadoes and cloudbursts
that are hitting the Southern cottca
mills at perceptible intervals, are al
mill strikes. There are compensa-
tions for all sorts of calamities in this
world owadays.-Boston Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21
ECONOMY CARRIED TO EXTREMES
Why the Servant Girl Loft tho HomsI
stead Of tho Green's

stead Of tho Green's
Hetty Green has achieved repuq
ton for parsinony, but he husba3
was not far behind her. At one II
they were living IN New Hampshire
and were the talk of the town. Ine
servant girl who lived with them had
great deal to contend With. ana
finally left when Mr.. Green would NOT
have the wood cut. She says thas
the pieces - wood were t.o long 70
put iuto the stove, and she objected.
The wood came in four-foot sticks, anu
Mr.. Green declared it was waste ol
morsy to hire a man to chop II up'
We'll, how can use them when tne!
won't go into the stove?' inquired tns
servant girl. "!'ll show you,' SAID Mf'
Green. Then he showed a 1our-loos
stick as far into the stove as IL wouiu
60 and rested the end on chalr'pack
AS the stick burned down he sho'eu
a little further into the stove, until
it was small enough to go in en9ifely.
The servant girl gave notice az vice.
New York Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21
Needs Watching.

Roosevelt has passed from kissing
babies to implanting the kiss of SYM
pathy on the cheeks of invalid girls.
her husband that the Casa Blanca
was the place for him. Susceptible
Teddy.-Mexican Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21
The Boodlers' Refuue

The Supreme Court Of Missouri has
its hands full these days granting new
trials to convicted boodlers. The feel
ing is very strong in the State that
the court intends to permit nobody to
suffer either injustice or JUSTICE
Philadelphia Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21
The Proper Man.

Once in while the eternal fitness
of things strikes Kentucky. The re.
Gently appointed sheriff pro tempore
of Breathitt county, Kentucky, was,
as set forth by his biographer, born
and raised at Troublesome Creek."-
Boston Transcript.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21
Bad Sign.

INA poowers are failin'" means the
famous writer of Scotch dialect
stories.
'Hoot, laddie," says his friend in
cheerful tones, "ye're aye muckle bet
ter than ane weel cud expect frae ye."
Il dinna KEN" sighs the author, al
belt he brightens somewhat at the
kindly wort,s II Ginna ken Twas
but the d.. wit SOON deealect
whilk sonelille felt onnerstoed ma
SCI"
Shakin"' ie,' dourly he cndeav-
OrS 10 ( Way to spell
things
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21
An Execution.

Mrs Nancy Rose has been for forty.
seven years the official lighthouse
keeper at Stony Point, n. Y. And yet
some women who have tried light
housekeeping say they would rather
bOard.-Boston Globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21

Our prayers are bills of exchange,
and they are allowed in heaven when
they come from picus, humble hearts;
but If we be broken in our religion,
and bankrupts of grace. God will pro-
test our bills; He will not be won
by our prayers.-The Examiner.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21
A TT. ..;.!iry Tale.

''Oh. what a thrilling tail is this!
How tunniiy l feel
Cried Tommy as he nonkeyed with
A long electric eel.
Yale Record,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21
Insult.

"Now," muttered the guide as his
charges approached the great ST Ber-
nard-"now things have come to q
pretty pass Harvard LamrSon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21
What He Said.

I had king high -!
He held an ace -!
OF course these blanks mean nothing,
but
They help to fill the space
Yale Record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21
Limerick Inteuixence

There was an old sailor Of Crek
Whose peg legs propelled him quite nete
Strong liquor he said,
"Never goes to my haid,
And l know it can't go to my rete."
Princeton Tiger
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21
Tired of Its Job

I'm weary of this we'll doing" said
the bucket.-Cornell Widow.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21
From tie N~riouS
College Publications
Expected She Worst.

"I',l get the hang Of this SRn,e in a
minute" s2id Gle guilll..er who had
been e;;;:ght cheating in .Aii::ona.-Yale
Record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21

There is one crank that is hard to
turn, and that is the human crank
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-21

T. =. A-0.5o- y i.lllit se:s are made IN
heaven, TIE; So.
u. VorSe-W"l. Tvc often tho Mt
this thing we call marriage wasn't
the REAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Punch
Bowl
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-03-18

ter. conductor, engineer, motorman,
or of any other employe who has su-
perintendence of any station or hand
signal.
That every company, corporation
or individual operating any mine,
smelter or mill for the refining of ores
shall be liable for all damages sustain
ed by an employe thereof within this
state without contributing negligence
on his part when such damage is caus.
ed by the negligence of any superin-
tendent, foreman, shift boss. hosting
or other engineer or craneman.
The contract OF insurance relief
benefit or indemnity in case Of injury
or death. nor any other contract en-
tered into. either before or after the
injury, between the person injured
and any of the employers named in
this act shall not constitute any bar
or defense to any cause of action
brought under the provisions OF this
act"