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Tailored Suits, $40 and Sn4.75.

100 in cloth, mohair and wolfe, walking
models, jackets lined with taffeta. Blue,
black and mixtures; all sizes represented
Former prices, SIS to $40.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-09
Taffeta Suits, S1l.

Is Shirt Waist Suits of Taffeta new pleat-
ed models, black and colors Also some of
pongee, with fancy piping. All sizes. Values
to $50.
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s5O.oOO.OOO Yearly For Golf.

Would you imagine that something
like S50CC0,C00 could lie spent yearly
on the game of golf? To besin with,
there are $40 golf clubs in England,
7G0 in the United States, CO in canny
Scotland, 134 in Ireland, 43 in Wa.es
and 63 in different parts Of the CONT
nent. There are, all told, probably not
less than 5000 organizations devoted
to golf playing.
These clubs. counting their grounds,
buildings and pre-in-nary expenses,
represent q permanent Investment of
$4OC0O,CCO or $J0,O00,C00 and compare
lively few of them can be run at a
yearly expense of less than $4,000. The
average membership is about 200, and
the average yearly subscriptions of
these 600,0C0 golf players amounts to
nearly S20,C00,OC0. Each of tie play
ers is equipped with an outfit that
costs OH an average about $50, and the
yearly purchase of go.f clubs all over
the world amounts, therefore, to sew
eral millions of dollars.-Springfe,d
Union.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1904-12-23

But, if it is necessary for us to read
spiritual books for mental food, how
much more necessary is it that we as
love that greatest of all books which
God has 81 Ell to us to lie our guiCe!
We have re d how the great masters
of literature loved their books. Dr..
Gcikie tell us that when Henry
Thomas Buckle, the distinguished his
torian, was dying his LIST words on
earth were, My poor books; my poor
booksr" When Leibnitz died he died
with one of his precious books in his
hand When Death came to call Rob
ert Southey ne found him an old, white
haired man. kissing and stroking the
books lie W, too weak to open and too
blind to read. Cicero's greatest desire
on earth was expressed in the words,
och, take all that have, but leave me
my booksw Could there be a better
picture than that which Cunningham
Gekia drew of the love which these
masters in literature bore their books!
Should that love be greater than the
love Christians ought to bear the book
of books which God gave to us to show
Us the way of life? If spiritual books
are essential for our mental food,
should we not feed upon this book,
which is wholly divine?
l want you to class books among the
best of fr.enGs and the worst of enc
mes. AS Loyola the wounded solder
of fortune became Loyo,a the soldier
of Christ by reading "The Lives Of the
Slints," 50 l want the good books to
lift you and purify you and make you
a gospel mes cenger among men. AS
bad books are tie worst enemies of
mankind, l want to enlist your help
in fighting item at every step. IF
ever the devil had an agent on earth,
l have been one" spalle tie dying
author of a pernicious book. ooh, that
l could destroy that booi!' l want
you to fight these evil books wherever
you so. ] want you to see that your
library shelves are cleared of the
"le~e-s." l want you to see that your
children never are allowed to touch a
had book. And furthermore l want
you, ty the Eelp of God, to scatter
forth tie copies of that one book
which shall yet trample over all evil
books, because it is the Sword of The
Spirit" which shall never fail.
May God teach US one and all to pill
low our Leads upon the promises and
five as Christ would have us live, be-
cause we love the "old book"
If thou at merry here are airs;
If melancholy, here are prayers;
If studious, here are those things writ
Which may deserve thy ablest wit;
If hungry, here is food divine;
If thirsty, nectar, heavenly wine.
Read then, but first thyself prepare
To read with zeal acd mark with care;
And when thou readest what here is
writ
Let thy best practice second it.
So twice each precept shall be
First in the LCo.: and next in thee
[Copyright, 1904, by Louis I[lopsch,l
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TIC prize MascuIlne paragon.

The young women of Kilkenny. Ire
land, have been kind enough to give to
the Irish Packet some ideas OF the
qualifications which they require in a
husband The first prize was awarded
to Miss Pauline Vesey Griffith. who in
sisted that her lord and master should
be as handsome as Apollo with the
courage of Michael Dwyer, the strength
of Sandow, the sublety of Machiavel-
Ii, the patriotism of Emmett. the enthu-
siasm of a Loyola and the patience of
job. In addition to this portentous list
of virtues Miss Griffith further sDcci-
fed that the partner of her joys and
sorrows should be able to eat anything
set before him, that lie should smile
sWeetly when lie found his papers scat
tered over the floor and the baby blow
ing soap bubbles with his favorite
meerschaUm, find no fault when the
wife of his bosom sharpened her pen
ellis with his razor, and accept the sit
uation with joy should she determine
to bring her mother and four sisters to
live with him. In conclusion Miss Grif-
fifth mentioned that she had no very
great hopes of ever finding this para
gOn.
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AIeXico's Eoom.

Real estate in tAe City of Mexico
has gone up from 200 to 800 per
cent in the last few years. The city is
being rebuilt with American capital,
business and RESIDENTIAL sections alike;
trolieys run to all tie suburban towns
and these are beng rebuilt also in cost
ly AMI substantial style. The city
shows up to date Improvements in con-
struction and equipment ana the signs
likewise of abundant prosperity. 1t is
every year becoming a more attractive
and delightful place for permanent res
idencC, and more and more foreigners
attracted by its beauty and heIltlful-
ness. are taxing up their abole there
The country at large shows the gool
effects of a wise Administered on going
over tie full period of Il generation. 1t
bulls more railroads, opens more
mines and gets richer YER by year,
keeping out Of the revolutions il which
most of the Latin American republics
frittcr away the little prosperity that
comes to them.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1904-12-23

Tie president Of the Northwestern
university in his report to the trustees
of that institution says tie coeduca-
tional system promises to cause the
disappearance of men students from all
tie schools in the Mississippi valley
wien it has been introduced Figures
are presented to show that the num-
Der Of women students is increasing
willie tie number of men is diminish
ing year by year. The note of alarm
thus sounded may be little more en-
phatic than tl.s perm calls for, but the
president of the Northwestern univer-
sity is not the first Of the educational
leaders of the west to call attention to
tie falling off of male students in CO.
educational colleges.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1904-12-23
CAYENNE PEPPER.
Try Sandwich of 1t if You Are
Troubled with Insomnia.

Try n Sandwich of 1t if You Are
Troubled With Insomnia.
did you ever try cayenne pepper
sandwich"
This question was asked a lady to
whom sleepless nights were growing
to be an almost uncomfortable burden.
mot that, but | have tried about
everything else" was the discouraged
answer. 81 don't suppose, however,
that it would do ME any more good
than the thousand and one things |
have tried"
81 have suggested the remedy to
great many people similarly afflicted,
and in every instance good results have
followed. l wish you would let me
make you one"
The haggard face of the sleepless
woman told its own story. She Ian
guidly assented to hel friends request,
with little or no faith in it's efficacy,
yet willing, like the proverbial drown
ing man, to catch at straw" that
promised any relief.
A cracker was forthwith produced
and quite generously buttered. A lib
eral sprinkling of cayenne pepper was
then added, the two halves put togeth-
er and the patient requested to par
take of the spicy concoction.
Strange as it may seem, but little
inconvenience was experienced. The
slight smarting sensation in the mouth
was soon over, and no unpleasantness
was felt in the stomach. The cracker
was eaten just before retiring, ana
very soon after the patient was sleep
ing peacefully.
The pepper acted as stimulant to
the stomach, drawing the blood from
the excited brain and inducing a night
of more refreshing sleep than had been
experienced for long time. The rem
edy was repeated the next night with
the same result. a cayenne pepper
sandwich is much less harmful than
drugs and when taken in small guam
titles is a good tonic for a weak stom-
ach.
Sick headache has also been known
to yield to a cup of hot water to which
have been added n generous pinch OF
cayenne pepper and nip of soda as
big as a pea. Table Talk.
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The Tunnel Up the Jungfrau.

The biggest tunnel in Europe is I'M
doubted,y that of the new Jungfrau
electric line which is to reach the sum-
NIT OF the mountain. According to re-
cent reports the tunnel, witch is now
in construction, has passed the altitude
of 5000 meters Us mics. AS the
road is entirely underground after
reaching the altitude of 2,400 meters
Q.04 miles, it may be safely affirmed
to be the highest tunnel in Europe.
The work, which commenced over ten
years ago, is very Slow The second
station, that of Rothstock, was opened
to the public on tie I'd of August. 1899,
and the third, tie Eige.wand station.
not until the LIST of July. 1903. The
next station, that of AIer de Glace,
will not be opened before next sum-
mer, and perhaps only in 1906. The
great length of time nee-ed for the
construction lies in the fact that the
rock is especially hard, and it is i'm
possible to use quick working drills
Scientific American.
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ToRACco POuLTlcE.
Said to BE Good For Rheumatism,
Sprains and SweIlings.


Last summer l was taking Il spin
one day in Il Light trap out in the coun-
try. and in attempting to PASS farm
er's wagon on a narrow road my trap
was overturned and | was thrown
heavily to tie ground, susta ming a
badly sprained ankle" George Max
well says. 1.-THE farmer came running
up to assist me, and Wen lie found
what was the matter returned to his
wagon and came back with a few to-
bacco leaves under his arm. If you'll
let me make a poultice out of these
and place it on your ank it will be
all right in the morning. he said, and
as l was about five niles from Il doc
tors Office, with the pain in my anAle
something fierce, | told him to go
ahead 1t couldn't do me any harm,
l thought, and it might lave a Slightly
cooling effect while | was driving back
to town. He dipped the leaves in the
water of q creek near by, ten bound
them tightly around my ankle with
the aid of handkerchief and assisted
me into my Vehicle. When l reached
my rooms l was surprised to find that
tie pain in my ankle was very much
les3ened and decided to give the poul-
tive a fair trial In the morning when
/ awoGe there was absolutely no p@in
in my ankle whatever and only the
Slightest suggestion Of a swelling. |
was able to don my shoes without
trouble and that day atten~ei to bust
ness as though nothing had befailen
me. Since then one or my friends suf-
fored a sprain and consented to have
leaf tobacco pou.tice applied, which
resulted in his case just as it had in
mine. l have also IT. ed it in other
instances OF Sight injury where there
were pain and dlnger of swelling and
have found that Invariably it relieved
tie pain within a remarkably short
space of time and generally prevented
any swelling. A friend OF nine claims
to lave tried it with good results for
81. git attack OF rheumatism and have
no doubt that it actually id what lie
claims for it; but, at any rate, for
spra.ns or similar injuries | am now
a firm advocate Of the smp,e, Lomeiy
remedy to which l was introduced by
my accident in the country few
months ago."-St. Louis Globe-DemO-
craft
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1904-12-23

There is at least one fool in every leg
islature. He imagine5 himself Il re-
former. He slips in his bill and trades
Nebraska tie reformer wanted to pro
hibit women from wearing corSets and
boomers. This was clearly class leg
islation, for the title made no mention
of men. In Pennsylvania lie wanted to
prohibit treating. In Kansas lie wish
ed to repeal the constitution anu enact
the Decalogue in its stead. In Inli-
ana he desired benevolently to change
the mathematical ratio of 3.141G to 3.1J
because it was "easier to calculate"
And in Michigan he wished to forbid
the wearing of tights in circuses ana
theaters and the use of every language
except English on tie menus of hotels
and restaurants. This last bill had its
origin in the woeful experience of a
country member who visited Detroit
for the first time. He confessed that lie
could not rea& the menu at the hotel
whittier he had resorted for his dinner.
SO he blindly ordered twelve dishes,
anu L II NC IluGStl II SSNtI VI I'll
weren't potatoes" he divulged as lie eX-
planned his reform bill. In Arkansas
three years ago tie fool member actu-
ally succeeded in passing a drastic an
thrust law which prohibits any corpo-
ration which is a member of any pool
or trust in any part of the world from
doing business in the state. The mem
bers who passed tits all reaching
measure probably formed a posse COM
itatus to insure its elIiciency.-S. ?.
Orth in Atlantic.
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st. AndreM brotherhood.

The Brotherhood of st. Andrew was
established about a score of years ago
by Chicago banker and has just held
its nineteenth annual convention in
Philadelphia. The Churchman says of
the convocation that men today. as al
ways. demand and respond to reality
in religion. TIE society now embraces
Z national organizations, 40 local as
semblies, 1900 chapters and 10000
workers. The recent convention was
the largest ever held and was attended
by more than 1000 DELEGATES.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1904-12-23
u. G. HYDE's ESTATE.

q FATE Of NermD mt,
- Bradford District, SIS
In Probate Court held at ThetfOrd in
said district on the ~ h day of Nov A u 1904.
+ 2 Hyne administrator Of the estate
Of - G Hyde late of STAFFORD,
Vermont, in said district deceased
presents his administration account TOR
examination ana allowance and makes
application for decree of distribution and
partition of the estate OF said deceased.
WhereupOn it is ordered by said Court that
said account and said application be refer
Probate Office in Thetford on the 2Hh
day of bee, A d, 1914. for nearing and de-
cisiOn thereon. And it is further ordere.
that notice hereof he given to all persons
interested by publication of the same three
weeks successfully in the United Opinion a
newspaper published at Bradford previous
to said time appointed for hearing, thu they
may appear at said time and show cause
II any they may have why said account
should not be allowed and such decree made
BY the Court, Attest.
s. M. GLEASON, Judge,
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.NIother" Deckerdyke.

The first monument in recognition of
the Eeroism of woman in tie civil
war is to be erected soon by the vet
Grams of Illinois at Galesburg. 1t will
be in honor of Mrs. Mary A. Becker
dyke known to the soldiers as Moth
er" Beckerdyke, who endeared herself
to tie members of both armies by ler
work as nurse on the battlefield and in
hospitals. The monument is given by
some of her boys" 1t was Mother
Beckerdyke who instituted tie Cow
and hen" mission, through which she
was enabled to send a hundred COWS
and a thousand hens to the hospitals
Of the west. She took charge of hos
pitfalls in the south and followed the
western armies through Vicksburg,
Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge
and Chattanooga, tending friends and
foes alike. The monument is the work
of woman, Mrs Theodore A. Ruggles
Kitson of Boston.
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GUARDIAN NOTICE.

G. TATE OF Vermont,
- Bradford District.
lnProbate Court held at Thetford in said
District, on the 10Th day of Dec, A. d, 1904
5. f. Locke guardian OF Catherine
CroX lord of Tapsham, makes application
to said court Court fol license to sell
the following described real estate Of his
said ward to wit: al real estate and all in
trrest in all real estate in this state, repre-
sentiug that the sale thereof for hespur-
pose of putting the proceeds of such sale at
interest or investing he same in stocks or
real safe and paying debts woulj be bene-
fetal To said ward.
Wherrupon il ordered by said court
thai said application be referred Ia a
session thos--r tt be held at Probate OfIice
in said Thet OIL on the 4th day Of Jan.
A. y. 1905, tor hearing and decision thereon
and it is turthe ordered, thatall persons in
terested he notified hereof, by publication Of
notice of said application and order thereon,
three weeks successfully ntht UNITED
OPINION, a newspaper published in Bradford
In this state. and whlCi circulatess in the
neigh borhood - those interested before said
time OF hearing, thai they may appear at
said time and place, ant if they see cause,
OBJ ject thereto.
BY the Court-AtteSt,
II -. NJ. GLEASON, Judge.
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NOTICE.

The .nnual meeting of the stockholders of the
National Bank of Newbury will be held in their
banking room at Wells River, Vt, on Tuesday.
January 10th, 1905, at ii O'Clock A. NJ, to act
on the following questions;
To elect board of directors.
To see if the stockholders will vote to amend
the sixth article of the articles of association so
il will read as follows; This association shall
continue until the close of business on May 20,
1925, unless sooner placed in voluntary lquida-
tion bv the act of its shareholders owning at
least two-thirds Of its stock, or otherwise dis
solved by authority of Jaw
70 act on the following resolution:
Resolved. That, under the provision Of the Act
of Congress of NAV /, 1886, the corporate name
of The National Bank of Newbury'' is hereby
changed to The National Bank of Newbury at
Wells River" TO take effect May 10th, 1905.
To do any other necessary business.
Wells River, Vt. December y. 1904.
NELSON BAILEY, Clerk.
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RETsEY LrTCH,s ESTATE.

= II r. undersigned having been appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court TOR me us
g. lei pf iradIurtl commissioners 10 receive
examine ami adjust all claims aud demands
~ all per~nnS against IN, estate of RetsN
Hitch late of Corinth In said district
t. C'aSpu. and all claims exhibited IN o1sel
herelu, hereby give notice that we WIZ meei
or th, purnuSrs aforesaid at ia resi-
ence o. lohu q Hovt ou the an day
january and 18TH day of May next from
20 ,'rlurk u m until O'Clock u m ~ Sitld DAYS
MI that six months from the III ,iaN 81
Noy 1904. j. the time limited 10y court Tor SAID
.resilorS TO present theii claims 10 Us Tor
.Naminatinu AMI q llowance
Dated at Corinth this 9Th day OF Dec'
", iiAA
ions o. HaYT Com,,s
10 WILLIE MACON. Z
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srooKHoLDERs, MEETING.

The annual meeting of the Stock
holders of the Bradford National bank
will be held in their banking rooms in
Bradford. on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1905,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the
election of officers for the ensuing
year and the transaction of any other
business that may legally come before
said meeting.
@. NJ. MARSHALL, Cashier,
Bradford, VT. Dec. g. 1904.
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Il LEGAL. II
PRonArn COURTS ANp COURTS on IHal..

PROBATE COURTS AND COURTS or INs1..
FENCY-BkADFOKD DISTRICT 1895.
Probate Courts and Courts of InsolVeuCy
within and for said district will be holden the
ensuing year AS follows:
BradioIu - Al Hotel Low in Bradford
ON he second Tuesday of every month
Wesl Fairlee-At the Eagle Hotel in W es:
Falrlee ON the last saturday of May, July
september and November.
Also at the Probate ONCE in Thettord Or
the first Wednesday, of every month
A $50 at East COrinth on the third Thursday
of May, July and September.
;. NJ. GLEASON, Judge
Thetford Centre, Vi. April !. 1876
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New Hampshire's Dry List.

The towns and cities of New Hamp-
shire have come to vie with each other
to see which shall have the most
names entered on the famous dry list
in vogue in that state under the provi-
sion of its liquor law. Somersworth IS
now out with the claim that two recent
additions give her total of 100 men,
bers and the leadership.
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cYRrs b. nILL1Ann,s ESTATE.

-H F. undersigned having been appointed
BY the Hon. Probate Court for the Dis
trict OF Bradford commissioners 10 receive.
examine and adjust all claims and demands
OF all perSons against the estate of Cyrus Il
billiard late of Straffprd In SAID disirici
deceased. and all claims exhibited IN offset
thereto, hereby give notice that we WI meet
for the purposes aforesaid al the Barrett
House in south Straffnrd on the 2lst OF
Dec and 26th dav Of MAY from o'ci"cl
pm until O'Clock p IN Of said DAYS anil thal
siX months from the 26th day Of Nov IN laU5
j. the time limited by said Court for Saih
creditors to present their claims To MS for ex-
animation and allowance.
A. ID, 1904.
IL ]. o. KENDALL.
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CONDITION OF ORANGE
HOIIMTX DEC It 1nna
RECEIPTS.

RECEIPTS.
Cash in hands of Treasurer lee. l.,
1908 Observation-Disclosures. 16 rs
Cash received for County tax l1-2
cent on dollar of grand lisD ....... $50 OF
Cash received from Darling Oar
ling, Office rent. Observation-Disclosures. IS 90
Cash received of F. Q. Whitney for
store Observation-Disclosures. .... 90
Outstanding orders Dec /, 1904 CO.. 5O4 81
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5 1917 ID
EXPENDITURES.

WILLIAM PAUL,
CYRUS L. LATHROP,
Asst Judges.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-01
RUSSIANS POURING
INTO MANCHURIA

PARIS, April 1.-The Mathis correspond
ent at Hardin says the troops are arriving
continuously, each day seeing 1900 descend
toward Hardin and further south in Man
churia by road and rail. The correspondent
says that more Sothias of Cossacks are ex-
pected.
ST. Petersburg correspondent of the
Echo de Paris says that the wife of one
of General Kuropatkin's orderly officers
has received a telegram from her hus-
band saying that the general staff does not
believe there will be any great battle be-
fore September.
Russian troops in Manchuria including
Port Arthur and Vladivostok, now number
2450O0 and the total may be 100000 by the
end of April and 10000 by September, when,
If the japanese have not crossed the Yalu
General kuropatkin will advance to drive
them out of Korea.
The only fear in high quarters, according
to the writer, is the inability of China to
restrain the mass of her troops or to pre-
vent troops landing in a Chinese port in
event of Japanese successes, however eph-
emeral.
General Kuropatkin. has telegraphed to
General Mishtchenko to avoid any engage
ments in which the security of the Rus
sian side would be uncertain.