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The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

careful now"
do you mean that they get 80 rich fol-
lowing 1t that they don't have to come
again?'
You are a politician, young man. You'll
wake up and find yourself in Congress
some fine day, unless your father goes
back to newspaper work and writes some
editorials in your favor"
The boy had a pleasant smile. the
colonel thought.
'T have saved UP some money, colonel"
Keep it. That's the best advice ! can
give you. Go away instantly Great Scot!
youngster, you are in Wall street now"
"Oh, I'm safe enough in this office,
guess" retorted Carey.
The famous leader of the stock market
looked at him solemnly. The boy re-
turned the look imperturbably. Then
Colonel Treadwell laughed, and Carey
laughed back at him.
what are you doing to keep out of
State prison?" asked Treadwell.
I'm clerk in the Office of the Federal
Pump Company, third floor, upstairs. 1
have saved some money and / want to
know what to do with It. 1 read an ar
ticle in the Sun the other day. 1t said
you had advised people to put their saw
ings into Suburban Trolley, and how well
they had Jared"
THAT was year ago. Trolley has gone
up fifty points since then"
THAT shows how good the advice
was. And you also said a young man
should do something with his savings and
not let them lie Idle"
The young man looked straight into the
little, twinkling, kindly eyes of the leader
of the stock market
How much money have you?"
81 have $210." replied the lad, with an
uncertain smile. He felt proud of the
magnitude of his savings in his own
room; in this office he felt bit ashamed
of their insignificance.
Dear me-" said the millionaire specu-
lator, very seriously. that's a good deal
of money. It's a blamed sight more than
had when 1 started in business. Got 1t
with your"
Yes, SIR
well, I'll introduce you to my brother
Wilson, who has charge of our customers.
Come in, John"
John" came right in. His other name
was Mellen. He was a slim, quiet-looking
man Of about fve-and-ffty His enemies
said that he had made 81 900 600 for every
year he had lived and had kept it,
sit down, john" said Colonel Tread
well. shaking hands with Mr.. Melen, ''Ill
be back in a minute"
At the door he shook hands with two
more visitors-a tall, ruddy-Tlced, white
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

supposing he should tell that he had been
advised to SELL There would be ths
deuce to pay!
The colonel took chances Out OF ons
corner Of his mouth. 50 that he did not
even turn his head toward the boy and
so that the watching customers could
not suspect what he was doing. he shot
a quick Whisper lobsided, but philan-
thopic affair-at him: Look at the color
of your money, boyi Take your profits
and say nothingY' And he walked into
the room where the Suburban Trolley
magnates awaited him impatiently.
Carey, thrilled but taciturn. gave his
order to sell his Easton and Allentown,
unsupported by the mob. They sold 1t for
him at 1855 Deducing commissions and
interest charges the coloneFs whisper had
put 1850 in the young clerks pocket
And the stock went a little higher and
then 66rined slowly to about SO. The
customers all made a great deal Of mon
ey as It was, but not as much as they
would have taken out" of the Easton
and Allentown deal II they had over
heard that one OF Colonel Treadwells 8
many whispers-lobsided but philanthrop-
ic affairs
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

haired and whiskered man, Milton
Steers. after-dinner speaker and self-con-
fessed wit, and incidentally president OF a
railroad s-stem; also D. NJ. Ogden, who
looked like an English clergyman and
was the owner OF the huge Ogden building
in Wall street. They had come to discuss
the advisability of new deal in ''Trol-
ley" They represented, they and their
associates, more than $500 900 ,000 But
Colonel Treadwell made them wait while
he escorted his new acquaintance to his
brothers room.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-07-24
VERY REmARKABLE CURE OF DlARRHoeA

About six years ago for the first time
in my life / had a sudden and severe
attack of diarrhoea." says Mrs. Alice
Miller, of Morgan, Texas. Il got tenn
porary relief, but il came back again, and
again, and for six long years | have sutf
cred more misery and agony than | can
tell. 1t was. worse than death My hus-
band spent hundreds of dollars for physi-
clans prescriptions and treatment with
out avail. Finally we moved to Bosque
county, our present home, and one day
happened to see an advertisement of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy with testimonial of
man who had been cured by it. The case
was SO similar TO my own that conclud-
Ell to try the remedy. The result was
wonderful. | could hardly realize that
Was well again, or believe it could be so
after having suffered SO long, but that
one bottle of medicine, costing but few
cents, cured me-" For sale by milford
X Burt, Middlebury, aud DR.. ID. A.
Bisbee, Bristol.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-07-24

Dewitt e. webb, class of ~ n. IT,,
and son of Lucius Webb of East Gran
vile, who not long since secured posi-
ton in the navy yard at Philadelphia as
civil engineer, passed so creditable an
examination on his trial that he was adj
vised by members of the examining board
to submit to the test qualifying appli-
cants for higher position in the en-
gineering service of the navy department.
He did so recently at New York, the ex-
animation, which lasted two weeks. be-
ing very critical and covering the whole
range of modern civil engineering. Mr..
Webb scored the highest mark of any
candidate and has received notice of his
appointment to very lucrative post,
which also gives him rank as a commits
stoned officer in the navy. He does not
yet know where he will be stationed,
but will go wherever he is sent, as the
government service requires. Mr.. Webb
is only 30 years of age and his advance
ment in his profession since he graduated
from Norwich University has been steadi-
ly and highly satisfactory to his friends.
For the past two years two Chester
boys, Frederick F. Wiley and Charles w.
Pollard, have been attending school at
Wyoming seminary of Kingston, Pa.
small town in the heart of the coal re-
gions. Their success among the Pennsyl-
vania Dutch has, to say the least, been
very unusual, and proved that good old
Green Mountain blood is still the equal
of any in the land. When they gradual
ed, June II, each was an "honor man
with mark of over 80 per cent to his
credit for the two years; each was on the
editorial staff of the school paper; each
was member of the exclusive senior So
ciety, Knappa Alpha Sigma. In addi-
ton Mr. Pollard was the recognized leader
in the musical life of the school and was
the leader of the glee club. While Mr..
Wiley won the tennis championship, was
manager of the football team, was toast
master at the three most important
school banquets, was president of his So
ciety, represented the society in three in
terscholastic debates, was editor-in- chief
of the School Annual, and won by COM
petition the position of editor-n-chief of
the weekly school paper. Nor can the
wonderful success of the Chester boys be
attributed to any inferiority of the school
as glance at the Methodist Year Book
shows that Wyoming seminary is the
leading Methodist conference seminary
in the world. Vermont has good reason
to be proud of the standing of her boys
both at home and abroad.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-07-24
Guaranteed Income Policy.
THE PLAN.

BY the terms of this policy the amount
of the insurance will he payable at the
death of the insured whenever it occurs.
If the insured he living and the policy is
kept in force, guaranteed annual in
come of forty dollars for each 81 900 in
surance will be paid to the insured, be-
ginning at the end of the twenty. first
or the sixteenth year from the date of the
policy and continuing during the entire
lifetime of the insured. This form of
policy provides for the estate whenever
death occurs and. after twenty or fifteen
years. furnishes an income to the insured
during life at fair rate of interest, four
per cent, upon the face of the policy.
Premiums are payable during twenty
or fifteen years.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-07-24
License in Bellows Falls.
From the Bellows Fails Times


There are all sorts of opinions regard
ing the workings of the license law in
Bellows Falls. There are blind partisans
on both sides There are friends of the
new law who could stumble over a
drunken man ten times day and still
see nothing unusual in the process.
There are also well meaning prohibition
lists, who rarely saw drunken man
under the prohibitory law, and when
they did see him said nothing about it -,
who cannot now scent a funny breath
without imagining that the whole male
sex is stranded on the rocks of intem-
perance. The merits or dement's of a
law cannot be satisfactorily determined
by partisans or men with an axe to
the community which must pass on this
question. men whose minds are open to
conviction. whose judgment is not
formed before the evidence is in.
This paper, in common with the great
ma ority. wants the law which will give
! the best results, give the greatest degree
of temperance, sobriety and decencv. the
law which will make Bellows Falls tie
best place to live in and do business in.
If half the good things which the advO-
Gates of license have promised material
ize, 1t will forever support license. If on
the other hand, after a fair test, the law
proves a greater breeder of intemper-
ance, corruption and rottenness than the
prohibitory law, it will be opposed, and
opposed strenuously.
1t is being constantly affirmed ON the
one hand that drunkenness is increasing
and on the other denied. This papers
opinion on this point may not amount
to much but is given for what it is
worth, and the opinion is founded on
the observation with exceptional oppor-
tunities to observe with advantage.
During the first month under license
there was a big increase in drunkenness,
but during the past month, so far as we
have been able to observe, conditions
have not been much different than under
the old prohlbitory law. There has GER
tainly been big increase in the con-
sumption of liquors, but increased con-
sumption does not always mean increased
intemperance. The lovely things prom
ised by license advocates are not mater
ializing very fast, nor has the dire calam-
ity predicted by some prohibitionists
fallen upon the community The police
are no more anxious to arrest man
now than they used to be, and the
citizens of the village of all shades of
beliefs shirk all responsibility for the
enforcement of law now Just as they
always did. Those who kick the longest
and loudest have no greater ambition
TO come out into the open than they
used to have. 1t is the personal convic
ton of the publisher of this paper that
at the present time conditions do not
differ materially from what they We're
under the prohbitory law. If there are
citizens who think otherwise and they
care to give their opinions to the public,
the Times will be very glad to publish
them, provided they bear the signatures
of the writers. Citizen, lone Who
Knows" "E Pluribus Unum," etc,
won't go because it might lead to sus-
picion that the articles We're written in
the office
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-07-24
DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS.

Any surplus accruing on this policy
will be apportoned at the end Of twenty
or fifteen years and annually thereafter.
The surplus apportioned at the end of
the first period can be drawn in cash, or
applied to purchase an increase to the
guaranteed income or deferred annuity,
or to purchase additional paid-up life in
surance under the usual conditions. The
latter additional amount increases the
amount of the insurance but not the an
nual income.
That part of the premium which pro-
vides for the income or deferred an
nuity in combination is participating and
will increase the surplus.
The additions purchased with the sur
plus, once credited are participating and
non-forfeitable.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-01

The late r.. H.. stoddard was fond
Of contrasting the English and the
French workingman, to the great ad-
vantage Of the former. One of his
comparisons deal with the death Of
Dickens.
"A short time after Dickens died, F"
he would say. "a friend Of mine visited
the cen Of his last hours. and, in
search Of Dlckepsiana, stopped in a
n%eighboring inn. He spoke OF the
novellst's demise to the waiter. "A
great loss. he said.
"a great loss indeed TO as, sir,
the waiter agreed He had all his
ale sent from this house.
Contrast with that Mr.. stoddard
would exclaim, rthe answer OF a
waiter to whom, on the afternoon Of
Mirabeau's death, q guest said, "A dne
day.
Yes the walter answered. a Is
4 fine day. butt iiahean IS dead &"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-01

fond of Dick, did not trust him. In her
friend and pastor she had implicit
faith. Noting his look of grim despair
and Edith's glance of triumph, she
turned to Dick with ready wit: "Oh,
Dick, it is early to SO for your boat
ride; won't you come into the garden
and help Inc a few moments 2"
Dick looked toward Edith and his
rival hesitatingly, but he could not re-
fuse. As they passed out into the gar
den, Edith rose, saying: Pray, ex-
ouse me. Mr.. Strong; but I think my
mother needs me. too" she stepped
lightly around the table. AS she
passed his chair, he fixed his eyes on
her face and held out his hand i'm
pulsively.
edith" he said hoarsely, why do
you torture me so?" Then, drawing
himself erect, he added: But to-
night you shall hear me. If you pre-
fer to listen in company with Dick
Haskins and your mother, you may go
TO the garden"
Edith saw that he was in earnest
and angry; yet, fascinated by the
strange attraction which this man pos.
sessed for her, she seated herself and
turned toward him, thrilling under his
passionate gaze
Cant you see how / love you,
Edith? Have you no heart that you
can play with me as you have, and
still smile at my agony?" and, in his
passionate anger, he seized her wrist
roughly.
The girls smile was gone imme-
diately and a look of mingled fear
and remorse took its place. AS she
gave a little gasp of pain, he released
her wrist hastily.
Forgive he, Edith. l have hurt
you. / would die to save you pain"
and the young man stood humbled and
penitent before the girl, whose eyes
were filled with tears, yet who gazed
d~efantly at him.
You have no right to speak so. /
have not played with you. l never
meant TO pain you You know that
Dick"
Are you engaged to Dick Has
kins?" he interrupted harshly,
What right have you to ask?" she
answered hotly.
THE right OF a man who loves you
and who viii be answered.
"No. l am not engaged, but"
Then ! have the right that any
good man has to offer you my love.
Edith. l can make you happy. / know
/ can. You love me, Edith, / feel Il,
though you viii not acknowledge it.
What right has Dick Haskins e play
fast and loose with you and never
ask your hand in marriage2" The
question had 30 much truth IN its
taunt that Edith hinched. cut to the
quick. But she lifted her head proud
ly.
How dare you insult me SOY" she
cried angrily. How dare your"
1T is he who Is insulting you. On,
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-01

While there really seems to be
comparatively little use for the in.
yention we illustrate in the picture,
yet the designers of novelties continue
to turn them out, each a little differ
ent from the other and more or less
cumbersome and unhandy to carry
about. The chief difficulty in a de-
vice Of this character is to supply a
sea Of sufficient strength to support
the person, without at the same time
involving the addition OF so much ma
terial to the cane that It becomes too
heavy to be c~onv6niently carried
about in the hand. The favorite meth
cd Of designing this combination Is to
split the stick and utilize the parts
to support a canvas seat, the latter
being folded UP and contained in the
upper part Of the can In the design
here shown there is no cloth used,
nor is it necessary to use wood In the
staff or scat, the whole being prefer
ably constructed Of light steel, which
combines strength with neatness. and
lacks the bulk necessary in wooden
construction of the same rigidity. The
staff itself is slotted for a portion Of
Its length and carries a sliding
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-01

Edith. hts voice taking a tone OF IN
finite tenderness. 'liston to my plead
ing. Listen to your own heart, dear.
Does it mot tell you hat you may
trust meg You have scorned mo. but
IN your heart Of hearts you love me"
The girl stood np Sith a quick little
gasp. which be took for dissent, and
he added hastily. selling her hands.
Look me Ia the eyes and tell me
that You have no love for me in your
heart, and you viii neve see me
again I ana leaving in the morning.
If you desire it. / will never return
Edith loked at him a moment with
a startled gaze then, dropping into a
chair. She laid her head on the table.
The man looked down at the bowed
head. Then, moved by a sudden i'm
pulse, he pressed his lips on her wav-
ing hair and her white neck. The
touch Of his lips accomplished what
his words could not; for, as she lift
ed her head, her eyes shone with a
look which seemed to open the gates
of Paradise for him. With an inarticu-
late cry he clasped hef in his arms
Just as footsteps sounded on the walk
outside.
Dick Haskins looked ruefully az
Edith's flushed face, but he said
gaily Nov, Edith wen go, if Mr..
Strong will excuse us"
Strong started forward, but before
he could speak, Edith laid her hand
on his arm, as she said, VIII you ex-
cuse me tonight, Dick? Mr.. Strong
IS leaving in the morning, and"
And as I am to be her husband.
Dick, ! naturally want her to myself
this evening"" Mr.. Strong interposed.
Dick though surprised and chag-
rined. was no coward. Hiding his own
emotion as best he could, he con-
graduated Mr.. Strong and Edith heart
lily. and speedily left the room.
Mrs. Wentworth was very happy as
she kissed her daughter and gave her
hand to Mr.. Strong.
Where, OH where is the good
Elijah, now?" she said playfully.
Safe in the promised land" an.
swered Elijah quickly, as he turned
la%ughingly toward Edith.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-01
Science and Health.

That a great majority OF all deaths
between l and 8 o'clock a. m
was shown by the record Of 5000
s presented 10 the British Medt-
cal association by DIR. Haviland. Forty
per cent more deaths occur in the
fifth hour Of the morning than in the
tenth hour.
The X-ray operators at Guys hos
pital, London, where the most extens-
i've use has been made of X-rays ia
the treatment of disease, suggest that
the severe disturbances reported by
Mr.. Edison as coming from the X-rays
are really from the ultra violet rays.
for in their large experience In the
application of X-rays in skin diseases
.ro such accidents have occurred.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-01

Gan Be Attached to the Old Frame.
which makes possible the use of the
old machine with mutor attachment.
We would suggest. nevertheless, that
the rear wheel be replaced by n Of
slightly stronger build, as the in.
creased weight and the force of the
motor will soon expose any weakness
which may exist in spokes or rim. AS
the motor is shown there Is little, il
any, added strain placed on the tubu-
lar frame, which is a strong point in
Its favor when the attachment to old
bicycles is considered. The driving
hub should be provided with a coaster
brake, and a second %sprocket wheel Is
necessary to connect with the mo
tor, while the gasoline reservoir and
electric outfit can be arranged as
usual on motor cycles.
Stephen Nechlediel of Newark and
John Pawlitschek Of Orange, N. j.,
are the patentees.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-01
ELIJAH'S
"Where. Oh! where is the good Ell
BY j. NJ. GILLESPIE.
Copyrighted, 1908, By The AutAors PubHshing Company

where, oh! where is the good Eli
iah?"
Where, OH where" Edith's gay
young voice broke off in the midst Of
its lifting song at the warning finger
from the doorway. Before the girl
could ask the meaning of the warning,
the Rev. Elijah Strong appeared in
the doorway behind Mrs. Wentworth,
g%ravely polite, a little mocking smile
about his lips, a merry twinkle in his
dark gray eyes.
Here am, Miss Edith. am glad
you find me good"
Edith had been in the habit of hum
ming this song of her childhood ever
since she had known the Rev. Elijah
Strong, partly in ridicule of the old
fashioned name, partly to tease her
mother. Now, caught at her nonsense,
she blushed scarlet.
ooh, then, he hasn't gone up in a
chariot of fire." she flashed back
saucily, though her cheeks were still
ahame.
But he'll need the ravens to feed
him, If you're not ready for tea soon"
interposed Mrs. Wentworth, seating
herself and glancing ~uneasily from the
flushed face of her daughter to the
firm, clear-cut features of the young
clergyman. Hurry, dearie, and brush
your hair" whispered Mrs. Went
worth, while she, %excusing herself to
her guest. went out to attend to their
tea.
When Edith came into the room
again in a dainty white muslin, her
cheeks flushed, her eyes bright. she
found Mr.. Strong alone in the room.
you are not sorry that begged
your mother 20 invite me to stay to
tee, are you, Miss Edith" he asked
gaily. and yet a little wistfully.
"Ohl that's why 'momsie' has com
pany. l wish now that l had asked
Dick in; for three make such an awk-
ward number. Four is better"
Il beg your pardon, Miss Went
worth. think Dick Haskins would
be decidedly in the way tonight. /
stayed that I might talk with you fer
a few minutes after tea, and the set
jaw BODIED no good to Edith's coquet-
ries or to Dick Haskin's suit.
Indeed Mr.. Strong. have an en-
gagement after tea. / beg to be ex.
cused."
Pardon me, again, Miss Went
worth. if l to be o%btrusive. But
I must see you, If only for ten min
utes."f
Before Edith could answer, Mrs.
Wentworth announced that tea was
awaiting them on the shaded veran-
da. All through tea that must" rank
led in the girls mind. The steady.
compelling gaze of the gray eyes
across the table confused her. An un-
easy feeling came ove her IS she
mentally c%ontrasted Dicks easy good
nature and weak will with Mr..
Strong's firmness of character.
Dick Raskins, Edith had known
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-01
Mr.. WHISTLER WAS lnsuLrED.
Offer Of Ten Pounds for a Picture
Aroused His Wrath.

Offer Of Ten Pounds for a Picture
Aroused His Wrath.
The studios in and around London
r just now filled with gossip about
the late distinguished artist. James
Mcneil Whistler. One is told of a
female model to whom Mr.. Whistler
owed come IS shillings for sittings.
She was a Philistine Of the Philis-
tines, Who knew nothing Of her pa
irons fame and was in no way inn
pressed with his work. One day she
told another artist that she had been
sitting TO a little Frenchman called
Whistler, who Jumped about his studio
and was always complaining that PEG
pie were sWindling him and that he
was making very little money. The
artist suggested that II she could get
any piece Of painting out of Whistler's
studio he would give her $40 for it.
Although skeptical, the model decided
to tell her 4:ittle Frenehman" of this
too generous oner and selected n Of
the biggest and finest works in the
studio. What did he say?" asked the
artist who had made the offer when
the model appeared in a state of great
excitement. and, looking almost as
If she had come second best out of a
scrimmage, Tie said e10-good
heavens e10t and he got so mad
well, that's how ] came in here like
this"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-01

Metallic Construction Throughout.
sleeve, to which one end of each seat
flor there are two seats provided for
in this camel is attached. the outer
ends Of the seats being supported by
separate braces, piyoted to The STAFF
below the slotted portion. When in a
closed position the sleeve lies in prox-
unity to the handle, n the seats
parallel n conceal the slots in the
staff, while the braces lie close
against the lower portion.
Robert C. Dulin of McKeesport, Pa.
is the ~patentee.