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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30

TO accommo date those who are partial 10
the nasal passages catarrhal troubles, the
proprietors prepare Ely's Liquid Cream
&c. Druggists or by mail. The liquid EN-.
bodies the medicinal properties of the solid
preparation. Cream Balm is quickly absorbed
by the membrane and does not dry up the
secretiOns but changes them to II natural and
healthy character. Ely Brothers, SO Warren
street, New York.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30

A rifle-ball may be shot through a
pane of glass, making a hole the size
of the ball, without cracking the glass.
If the glass be suspended by thread It
will make no difference, the thread not
even vibrating.-Science.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
Sunday School Army.

More than 100000 persons are en-
rolled in the Sunday schools Of the
country. In public schools the enroll
ment is more than 100000, or only
10000 more.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
Honeymoons Too Long.

There are such things as unhappy
honeymoons. One who has studied the
subject says that most honeymoons
are too long. The moment the holiday
becomes tiresome, end it, and start
housekeeping"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
Oldest Lord.

The venerable Lord Gwydyr, the
oldest member of the English house
of lords in point of age, and who has
been present at four coronations, was
"a years old on April 26.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
Don't Eat Snow.

The water which will allay our burn
ing thirst augments it when CONCEALED
into snow. 1t is stated by explorers Of
the arctic regions that the natives prefer
enduring the utmost extremity of thirst
rather than attempt to remove it by eat
ing snow
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
Silver Cleaner.

If silver is washed every week in
warm suds containing a tablespoonful
of ammonia the polish can be preserved
for long time.-Household.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
Afraid!

A Jersey man got married and then
reenlisted In the army, which indi-
Gates that he is far from being a hero.
N. Y. Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
Delicate Touch.

In India the native barber will
shave his customers in their sleep
without waking them, so light is his
touch.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
Secrets Shared with a Pine.

If mans pipe could tell all the medi-
tations it has shared with him they
would make his wife's hair stand on end
IN. Y. Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
Salt in the Lamp.

A teaspoonful of salt in the reservoir
pf parafiin lamp will be found to i'm
prove the light.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30

William Burnham of West Woodbury.
was smothered to death Tuesday. Just
how the catastrophe occurred is matter
of surmise, but it is supposed that in
shoveiing at pile of manure 1t fell over
on him. The theory is that finding that
the top of the pile had been frozen too
hard to be penetrated by shovel Burn
ham undermined it. The body was
found buried beneath the refuse and
physicians pronounce death due to suffo-
cation. This is the second tragedy in
the Burnham family within six months.
A brother named Gideon committed
suicide.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
A COSTLY MISTAKE.

Blunders are sometimes very expen-
sive. Occasionally life itself is the price
of a mistake, but you'll never be wrong
if you take DR.. Kings New Life Pills for
dyspepsia, dizziness, headache, liver or
bowel troubles. They are gentle, yet
thorough. 25c at w. H. Sheldon's drug
store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-23

sign of the arctic dawn they plan to begin
their sledge journey of 500 miles over the
central polar Ice pack.
This is no unknown ground for Peary; he
has already travcrsed 1OO miles of the dis
lance northward, and his other journeys in
that region have taught him all there is to
learn of the dangers and hardships OF the
attempt. If re succeeds, re will have won
tic prize which. in peary's own words,
will signaliZe mans flr21 physical con-
quest of the globe" Here are the brave
words in which, in his address to the geo.
graphical congress, he weighed the pros
poets of success or failure:
Shall l win? God knows. I hope and
dream and pray that I may. But If I do
not some one else will. and here comes an
other feature of polar efforts. There is no
higher, purer field of rivalry than this arc
tic and antarctic quest. If I win you will
have another one of these magnificent to-
kens for me and be proud because we be of
one blood-the man blood. II I fail you
Will try 1t until some one gets there, and
then We shall have one Of these medals for
the man who wins, whether he bears the
or Norway. or Italy, and shall be proud of
him. for we shall know he is a man and
comes of a nation of men, and that the
best man has won.'
Many brave men have sought to penetrate
the mysteries of the frozen seas, but in all
the three and half centuries covered by
the history of polar exploration no voyage,
whether In search of a passage from ocean
to ocean or of the pole itself, started with
more perfect equipment or with brighter
prospects of success than those which will
mark the Peary expedition of 1866. And
generous hope of the American explorer
that the best man may win. be he Dane or
Italian, Frenchman or EngliShmaQ, German
or Norwegian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-23
Won Plehve's Uneasy Life.

Won Plehve's collaboration in the work of
UNFOLDING the government Prince Mesh
thersky, writes: "In all persons he con-
spirators against himself, and he therefore
cofversed with all as with conspirators. He
impaired to his entire mode of action the
character of a grandioSe plot against a
multitude of various conspirators." And
that was Inevitable. For he was wont to
Inearth conspirators and then to hunt them
down without rest or truce, and the habit
had become second nature. Everybody was
incapable or untrustworthy but himself.
and he a sort of 'sea green incorruptible."
He alone was not a conSpirator, and he
claimed special recognition of the honorable
fact. He received it, too-for a couple of
years, anG then fell the sword of Damocles.
Won Plehve knew that he was carrying his
life In his hands, but he felt confident that
1t was well protected. Better protected than
that of any of his predecessors it certainly
was, but not we'll For no mans life Is
safe If half dozen of mis- fellows are ready
to lay down theirs to take it, Against this
danger spies and police at home, armored
carriages in the street with motor cars in
the front and cycles at the side are but
i'm aginary defenses. Yet 1t was in these
that Won Plehve put his trust. Are the
nihilists dangerous?" he was asked by one
of the foreign journalists, whom the lonely.
pl aise-thirSty man was ever ready to re-
ceive and dazzle. Dangerous he replied
with contemptuous smile; they do not
count. We know every one of them and
everything they are doing" Yet at least
two plots had been Matched and one
almost carried out in spite of the omnis-
cience of his police. Some months ago
Russian from abroad entered the capital
with false passport, put up at spacious
hotel on the Nevsky Prospekt and set to
work on explosives. No member of the
police, no spy seems to have taken note of
him or his doings, and he might have ended
the minister's career in spring had not his
own awkwardness caused the bomb, which
was destined, it is said, for M. Won Plehve,
to burst and blow the would-be assassin
himself to ShradS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-23
Peary's Arctic Plans.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.


Commander Pearys announcement to the
International Geographical Congress that
the contract has been signed for his new
arctic ship, and that, humanity speaking,
his program for his long-planned dash
for the pole has been lifted from the realm
Of uncertainty, will rejoice all who have
watched with growing interest and admira-
ton the logged earnestness displayed by
this intrepid explorer. With record Of
achievement in arctic travel which already
insures to him high place in the annals
OF geographical research, he has for many
years kept before him the higher goal, and
all his brilliant work in the past In the
frozen north has been in way prepara-
tory to supreme effort to attain the pole.
Possessing an equipment Of dearly bought
experience such as has been won by few
men before him in the field of arctic dis
coVery, and holding to his theory Of the
best method of achieving his object with a
firm faith based on intimate knowledge Of
the polar lands and Of the difficulties Of the
problem. Commander Peary has been able
to inspire confidence IN his ability and wis.,
dom In those who have held up his hands
and enabled him to put his theories to- the
test. He has made the quest of the north
pole his life work, giving up the prospects
OF greater rewards I'M his professional ca
reer, and American pride In unselfsh man
hood and bold ehdeaNor in the cause Of sci
entific knowledge should not permit him to
fail for lack of ifundss
Of the severalIpossible routes to the north
pole. that via FranzsJosef Land has thus
far yielded the best results, measured by the
attainment of the highest latitude-the Duke
OF Abruzzfs SO deg. is min. north-and the
polar drift route.r tor which the brilliant
Nansen committed his hopes of solving the
mystery of the unknown north, has many
arguments in it's favor; but Commander
Peary bases his hope and faith upon the
Smith sound route. as the best and most
practical of the three. upon sound reason
ing. 1t affords land base 100 miles nearer
the pole than any other route, firmer ice
pack to traverse and the opportunity, or
possibility of doing the work in one year
The coast of Grant Land will give an In
f1nitely easier line of retreat than to the
narrow point OF aFranz-Josef Land, even
though the latter may be more easily
reached by ship. Peary has planned yes
sci with especial reference to the obstacles
to be encountered, and with this. In the
summer of 1905 he hopes to force the pas
sage of the ice-bound channels north OF
Cape Sabine to the northern coast OF Grant
Land. taking with him his Eskimo allies
his friends and devoted helpers.
There. far beyond the northern limit OF
permanent human habitations, Peary and
his little band will winter. and at the first
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-23

an office He has frequently been proposed
as a candidate for different positions, but
has never pushed himself forward. lie
was elected at a special session Of the legls-
lature called to fill a vacancy IN the Uhlteu
States Senate caused by the deatn VI
Stephen NJ. White. He was not candi-
date and did not take an active part IN the
proceedings but was selected as compro-
mise to solve a deadlock caused by u ..
Grant jr; Col Dan M. Burns. Irving M.
Scott builder of the battle ship oregon
and other aspirants. Bard has made known
to his friends that he would feel honoreo
by reelection but will not interfere with
the will of the people.
Frank P. Flint of Los Angeles, naive
of Massa chusetts and one of the ablest cor
poration lawyers in the state, has severed
his relations with the Southern Pacific Rail-
way Company and is making an energetic
canvass for the Senate. He Is considered
a man of unusual ability, and at the age
of forty has attained leadership at the bar
and in business affairs. He is personally
popular throughout the state and has the
advantage of locality in his favor Sen
ator Perkins comes from the city OF san
Francisco and the people of the south end
Of the state demand representation
George Alexander Knight, who has ap-
peared as a star orator at several national
conventions and who seconded the nominal
ton of Theodore Roosevelt at Chicago last
June, is also a candidate. He Is recog-
niZed the most brilliant orator and the
apieSt criminal lawyer on the racine coast
and has been active in the republican party
all his life. He has all the elements for
popularity. has high rank among the Ma
sonic fraternity, and, although the geo.
graphical conditions are against him, will
make lively contest.
Ulysses s. Grant, jr a resident of San
Diego. has been the leading candidate for
the United States Senate at every election
for fifteen years, but has apparently de-
cided not to enter the field this time 1t is
suspected that he anticipates a deadlock
and intends to make himself available as a
dark horse. Mr.. Grant has never done
anything brilliant. but is highly respected
and useful citizen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-23
man under his machine in Central Park

a man under his machine in Central Park
west.
Without anticipating judgment of the
magistrates as to the degree of culpability
In these particular cases, it is fact that
nearly all offenders who drive heavy auto
mobiles at excessive speed through the
city's streets hired chauffeurs-irre-
sponsble and reckless.
The victim of the accident in Central
Park west was run down by chauffeur
who. with several friends in his employers
machine was "out for lark. 1t is nota-
BILE that in many of the arrests made for
excessive speeding at night the culprit is
chauffeur who, after leaving his employer
at home, has taken a spin on his own ac-
count usually inviting friend or two to
ride with him. and has stopped en- route at
one or more drinking places.
When a pedestrian has to jump for his
life to escape one of these vehicles whiz-
Zing at a twenty-five miles speed he is i'm
PEELED to curse automobiles in general and
all who drive them. Thus Is fostered a
popular antipathy which reflects upon an
entirely different class of personS-the re-
sponsible and considerable owners of auto
mobiles who are extremely prudent and
careful in passing through the streets Of
the city. however fond they may be of a
burst of speed in the open country:
Responsible lovers of automobiiing VIII
consult their own best interests by not at
tempting to shield the employe who breaks
the law and kills or mains persons In the
streets. On the contrary, they should as
sist in discouraging this offense by seeing
that the culprit is severely punished Ihe
ground of popular prejudice against auto
mobiles is furnished by very few reck-
less owners and of very many reckless
hired chauffeurs who are Indifferent as TO
whether they ruin a machine costing many
thousands of dollars or crush needless
pedestrian in their path.
1t is high time to adopt drastic measures
for the suppression of these persons. Sem
fencing few of them to serious terms OF
IMPRISONMENT will have wholesome effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-23
The Other Candidates.

Senator Bard is candidate for re-eiec-
ton. He is not making an energetic can
vass. He has always been reluctant to seek
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-23

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-23

was played for sucker at the recent
state republican convention. 1t was his
first appearance in California politics. not
withstanding the fact that he has for
n,ally announced himself a candidate for
the United States Senate. He opened head
quarters at the convention and surrounded
by alleged friends and supporters. made
him self as agreeable as possible. The dele
gates accepted his hospitality and pretend
ed to reciprocate his friendly feeling. They
explained to him the prejudice that existed
because of his brief residence in the state
and suggested that it would be well for him
to identify himself with the party by be-
coming a candidate for elector. They told
him that if he could secure place on the
electoral ticket from his congressional
district Ii would be accepted certificate
O. citizenship and would forever silence the
charge of nonreSdence.
Victim of Conspiracy.
Mr. Oxnard accepted the suggestion in
good faith and asked the delegates from
his congressional district to make him an
elector. assigning the reasons given and
explaining that his election imperative
in order to make a successful campaign for
the Senate. When the ballot taken
his opponent from the eighth congressional
district was almost unanimously elected.
Mr.. Oxnard did not get votes enough to
count. 1t was a humliating as 1t was an
unexpected downfall. Mr.. Oxnard soon as
certained that he had been the victim of
conspiracy organized by his alleged friends
for the purpose of getting rid of him. He
accepted the situation philosophically, how
ever, and. although the republican leaders
TIN oughout the state and from his own dis
trict declared that the incident carried him
outside of the senatorial contest. he boldly
dismissed his large and expensive staff OF
political managers and tutors and def1ed
them in published interview as follows:
From this time on / will make my own
fight and be my own manager. i am still
a candidate for the United States Senate
and will continue to be. OF course, / am
aware of the means and manner by which
was turned down as a candidate for the
electoral ticket. / do not understand why
ii should have been done or how 1t could
have been done without the violation OF
pledges made by honorable men, or without
a perfect knowledge of what was done and
intended on the part of those who assumed
TO represent me. But l have learned
valuable lesson. l am going out into the
state 10 get acquainted with the people and
will give the politicians who have defeated
me lively turn when the legislature meets
in January
The Other Candidates.
Senator Bard is a candidate for re-elec-
ton He is not making an energetic can
vass He has always been reluctant to seek
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-23


The same may be said of California and
assuming that the republicans will carry
the state and control the legislature the
chief interest of the campaign is found in
the contest for the seat now occupied by
Thomas Robert Bard in the United States
Senate. An element of comedy has been in
troduced into the canvass by the appear
ance of Henry T. Oxnard. the beet sugar
king. as candidate, although his oppo-
nents declare that he Is a carpet Dagger
and has not lived in California long enough
to become acclimated 1t is true that Mr.
Oxnard has scattered around a good deal
during the last twenty years. He was origi-
many resident of Louisiana; then he lived
In Nebraska for long time. and took an
active part In the affairs of that state. But
OF Iate' since he and his brother built two
sreat sugar mills in California. he has been
spending ms summers there and his win
ters in Washington.
Notwithstanding the sneers of his rivals
In California Mr. Oxnard is a very able and
shrewd man and is capable of taking care
of himself in any contest. His oponents
are congratulating themselves that his
senatorial boom has been scotched In the
cradle. but 1t would be well for them to
keep a sharp lookout, for he is likely to
break out again at any time and in an I'M
expected manner.
thc friends of other candidates Mr.. Oxnard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-23
Voracious Paper Mills.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the bfUOkIyu fsts1e'
At the rate at which forests have disap-
reared before the advance of the pulp NILS
1t is only a question of years when the
supply will be exhausted and either other
fibers must be used or the prices of paper
return to somewhere near those OF forty
wears ago The straw of all cereals. includ-
ing rice is used for paper making to a
considerable extent, but for the white
blanket with which the newspapers cover
the earth morning and evening wood pulp
alone is used. 1t is interesting to speeu-
late as to the effect of a failure of thiS
supply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-23
Automobile Manslaughter.
New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
The hired chauffeur figures prominently
and very unfortunately in our news col
umns this morning.
One was held under bail yesterday for
running down woman in the Bowery, an
other under charges of bowling at locomo-
tive speed through a busy Harlem thor
oughfare and third for horribly managing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-23
workmen Killed by Collapsed Bridge.

dispatch from Vinita, I. T.. last night
says: The east pier of a steel toll bridge
being erected over Grand river, al Carry's
Ferry, ten miles east of Alton, fell at noon
killing two men, fatally injuring three, and
injuring twenty-one others, some of whom
suffered broken limbs. The dead are Thos
Browning and Ha.ry Becker. A messenger
from the scene states that 100 men were at
work at the time, and the pier collapsed
with no warning, owing to a faulty con-
struction of the foundation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-23
Her Generosity.

From the Detroit Free Press
Mrs. Pal1-'Have you given anything to
charity this year?'
Mrs. Mall-"Yes; I have just sold all OF
my old clothes to my washerwoman for al
most nothing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-23
Authorized to Attend Army School.

Capt. T. C. Dulin, assistant surgeon, Ma
tionai Guard of Washington. has been au-
thorized by the President to attend and
pursue a regular course of instruction at
the Army Medical School in this city. The
travelling expenses of Capt. Dulin will be
borne by the government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-23

Thomas M. higgins was acquitted at
Huntsville. Ala, last night of the charge
of murder in the first degree in connection
with the lynching of Horace Naples
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-01-14
Contest Notice.
Department Of the Interior, United States Land

Department of the Interior, United States Land
: Office, Minot, N. d., Dec. %, 1903.
sufficient contest affidavit having been fled
in this Office by Andrew p Noonan contestant
against homestead entry No. 1885, made Oct
10, 1902, for the sell, section 81 township 1863,
range IS, by Thomas G. Roberts contestee, in
which it is alleged that said entryman has who'll
" abandoned said tract for period
of more than six months last past and that he
has never improved or cultivated said land
according to the homestead laws nor ever es-
that saia alleged absence from said land
was not due to his employment in
the army, navy 81 marine corps Of
the United States as a private soldier.
officer, seaman or marine during the war with
Spain, or during any other war in which the
UnitedsS States may be engaged, said parties are
hereby notified to appear, respond and offer
evidence touching said allegation at 10 O'Clock
a. m. on Feb. u, 1901, before Albert Il. Makee,
a Notary Public at his Office at Portal, N. d..
land that final hearing will be held at 10
O'Clock a. M, on Feb. "a, 1904 before) the
Register and Receiver at the United States
Land Office in Minot, North Dakota.
The said contestant having, in a proper atfi-
davit filed Dec. 49,. 1903, set forth facts
which show that after due diligence personal
service of this notice cannot be made, it is here
by ordered and directed that such notice be
given by due and proper !, Rub 3 ;at
Mark Murphy, Attorney for Contestant, Por-
tai, N. D.