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HE friends. He was not a New Yorker
himself, and it was not many years ago that
he had come to the city with only a few
scquaintances, made at Bar Harbor and
SarTagansett Newport was then unattain-
able to him. He nursed we'll the fash
ionable acquaintance he had made, con-
tinued to increase his list and moved along
as any man can who is particular about
certain small matters.
He called with great promptnese on those
who invited him. and also on those whom
he asked to allow him to call. He was
polite to old women and very young ones
He was agreeable enough In manner, not
unprepossessing in appearance, and. as he
was careful to offend only the people who
were uninportant. his list OF friends was
of a kind to be OF benefit to any young
ran. After he had been at this for a
decade he was we'll enough established
to take on far lily like the Smiths and see
it through to the social heights required
by it's r'illons
Willy landed the Smiths after several
years and his achievement is still reckoned
one Of the best In Its line He was the init
mate friend of the family and In the earlier
days Of the upward march he acted as the
head Of the house. II was he who invited
guests to lunch, and very often more formal
dinner invitations contained his card when
the guests happened to be altogether I'M
known to the family. The daughters OF
the house all mot his friends and a ready
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was no expense connected with this ex-
perience for them. as the villa bad been
rented and the share OF the one wing was
a small detail in the arrangements tor
the summer
Less elaborate Is the method OF woman
who has several families safely perched
on comfortable, if not dizzy. social heights
as the combined result of her tact and her
visiting list, which survives from older and
more prosperous days. She 10 not rich
and her principal means Of support is this
usefulness in providing social elevation
moderately and without great expense
for her friends. The muld-millionaires do
not call her in.
Mrs. Robinson is such dear little
woman she will say to one OF her friends
in that particular set that Mira. Robinson
ia so anxious to know. Il wish you'd let
me bring her in here some afternoon to tea.
OF course the divorce was very disagree
able, but she had nothing in the world to
do with it. He left his first wife long before
he met her
l. this takes we'll Mrs. r. comes around
to tea and makes herself very agreeable.
It depends on her own tact after that
whether she gets along any further with
this particular woman. Her friend will, at
all events, continue to INTRODUCES her to
those In the set she wants to know. until her
Efforts end in complete success or she de-
ci,,es that il Ia not worth while to keep up
the struggle.
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This duly happens The success Of this
helper Of the social climbers Is due to thu
fact that she has never imposed on her
friends cases that were plainly impossible
They have been invited to meet only women
who would prove interesting additions tn
their circle.
This particular social promoter has an
infallible nose for the wight kind OF people
and refuses to interest herself in cases
where the outlook Is not promising No
body believes that she receives compen-
sation for these services, but there are many
things that she dc IS that are paid for and
she is, Of course, In constant demand by
those hostesses who owe their position TO
her.
Another hostess who has helped to intro
duce some Of her friends to the herd OF
people they are eager to know has 20 much
money as 70 be beyond the suspicion OF
expecting a cent from those she may have
helped In the way they need help most
But while she Is rich. all OF her charities ars
not. She loves to have the wealthy help
them out, and II few introductions
several invitations to dinner, or even a
visit to Newport will be Of assistance to
the religious societies In which she is In
terested, her oordiality Is unlimited.
II will be seen how differently we do
things in this country. Nobody after
comparing the two systems would ever
say that they do them better IN Eng
land.
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and on four baseball mines, three OF which
won their series from the Ellis He was
captain Of one football team and one base
In the fall Of 1899 Helldevil repaid every
one who bought him ink with the seer ct
Information that Princeton would be yi".
torious In football.
But It's goin ter be close" he would
tell them, wagging his head wisely. -Ail'
over, This game won't be u over ef' until Il !, q" !.
over, an don't you ferget It,"
That was the year that Arthur Poe won
the day for Princeton with a drop Kick
in the last forty seconds Of play. The Anal
score was lilo.
But the greatest piece Of forecastine dons
by Helldevil was on the football game last
fall and In this case there is written proof
just lust before the team left for New Haven
John Dewitt, the husky Tiger captain re-.
ceived this note through the mail:
Nov II
the game 70 be played Saturday IA will b.
Yale
and don't you forsetit
Great was the fame Of Helldevi among
Princeton men when the game resulted
exactly as he had foretod.
He was one OF the invited speakers at
the celebration bonfire around the old
cannon, and he didn't find time to drive
his express wagon for over a week.
How do you do it2' he was asked rs.
on, don't know said Helldevl. II,
les sorter comes ter me-.
Some hold, however, that It doesn't
always come to Helldevil; that sometimes
Helldevil goes to it.
II Is said that on nights before certain
big contests he has been seen down on
the varsity field crawling around on his
hands and knees as though picking up
the threads of the coming games.
This would account for a curious slip
Helldevil IL said to have made In his proph.
ecy about the first baseball game with the
University OF Pennsylvania last spring.
The night before the team left for Phia-
delphia he came into a drinking place,
his clothes all muddy and torn, and an
nounced that Princeton would lick EN-
tomorrow. 7 to 4. an don't you forget it
Pennsylvania won that game, S to 3, and
for some time afterward Helldevl was
downcast and peevish.
A few weeks later. however, when Prince
ton met Pennsy on the home diamond
and turned the tables to the tune OF 7 to l.,
Helldevil's spirits rose again.
Il mighter known it wusn't tn Phila-
delphy score wus gettin' of tn Princeton
diamond" he explained. Yer can't PICK
peaches ofPn an apple tree, an don't yer
forget that. neither"
Some seasons the spirits don't take He'll
devil into their confidence. and this may be
one Of them. He's been sticking pretty
close to his express wagon Of late.
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Is that it is likely to attack one at any stage
OF life. and it sometimes happens that the
man who ridiculed the pastime when it
first came to his notice later becomes an
ardent disciple.
Stamp collectors advance all kinds
OF arguments to justify their hobby, the
chief being that it results in the collector
acquiring an intimate knowledge Of the
history and geography of the world, and
30 is an education in itself. Now this is
undoubtedly true, for the advanced collec-
tor has these two subjects at his fingers
ends.
'Once a collector, always a collector Is
favorite saying among stamp enthusiasts.
man may have tai en- up collecting in his
youth aud dropped it when he grew older.
But he is never secure from return Of the
fever. Thus does the beginner acquire
the habit.
First he asks gu estions and becomes
interested in the high prices brought by
rare varieties. Then he will buy one or
two stamps here and there-@just to have
q few specimens" Not long after this
stage he win try to get one series together.
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WEARY WILLIAMS WOODEN KICKER


AS sat there In the dumps, away of
in the distance | could hear the rumble
Of an approaching express, rushin' city
ward with It's cargo Of human freight.
Should cast me clay n wooden carcass
under the creu- el wheels n end it alf
Il gazed intently at the rail in front Of
me and was Mortified to see that one end
Of the fish plate connecting it with the next
rail was loose. Maxim q hasty examine
ton, found that one Of the bolts between
the fish plate n the rail had loosened n
fallen out, leavin' q bad connection at the
joint
what was to do7 The onrushin' e1-
press would be thrown from the tracks
m dashed to pieces. ! waved me hat
frantically In the air but got no response
from the engineer Of the flynn train
tore me hair. Pullin' that evidently put
the soundin' iron to work on me think tank,
fer got quick idea. 1ayin' prone on
the groun' at right angles with the track. /
stuck the, ferruled end of me wooden, leg
m this. takin' the place of the missin' bolt.
held the rail firmly in posish'n n, n the flynn
express dashed over in safety. | thought,
though, that the wind from the rushin
cars would draw me under the wheels
The engineer, seem me lyin' there.
thought he'd run over a man n stopped his
train.
-Mebbe the passengers didn't hand ne
the festive digits when they found out
what Id done It was just like gettip
money from yer fond parents.
AN now Capn, as the Gov NOR Of North
Carolina said to the Gov nor Of South Caro-
lima, this arid interim is very distressin'.
T anks. Cap'n, tanks, very much
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THE other evenin' I was wendin' my
way YEARLY along railway in that State
which is noted for the popularity of its
justice" said Weary William Rhoades
the one legged president OF the Amalga-
mated Association Of Hoboes. Trim OF
the Oxford, Pa. ties used in the construc-
ton Of the road, sat me down to rest.
had been grossly insulted earlier in the
day by farmers wife. ] had stopped
at her kitchen door n asked for susie
nance.
Here. me good man. she says, are
some preserves; they have worked a little.
but not enough TO hurt EN-
Kind lady. says l. you ,grieve me
deeply. Dost think ] would take into me
midst anythn' tainted by toll?
Then skedaddle,' she says In short
and terse sentence. In my boyhood days
| was taught the value Of short sentences. n
as grow older l appreciate 'em more.
unless the weather is cold n one has no
have the courage of me convictions,
hayin' been convicted four times.
Il was much detected as I sat along the
railway n my wooden leg bothered me
quite bit. If / had only curbed me al
coholic tooth in me youth n not tried to
make first trust of meself.' / muses., i
wouldn't be here
Even you can see. stranger. by me ma
jestic, horseess carriage that have been
used to better things. Why. used to be
tenor in comic opera chorus, an even now
I pine for the footlights. But i cant get
the pitch.
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In August, on the anniversary of the
birth of our Blessed Mother of God went
to the chapel with the assistance of my
crutches and prayed to God that on the
anniversary OF His Mothers birth He would
listen to the prayer Of poor. suffering
creature and in honor of His Mother restore
her to health and strength. / prayed as
had never prayed before.
Before leaving the chapel I felt strange
feeling as Of some mighty change coming
over me- I began to feel stronger, but I
could not make myself believe that my
strength was returning.
But l found that l could kneel down
and get up without any great effort. also
found that could walk without the aid OF
my crutches.
Fearing commotion il left the chapel
without them, went away as came, and
though I carried my wooden supports
under my arms I did not lean upon them
I went to mothers room and told her what
had happened.
MY presence shocked her. for she sup
posed l was unable to leave my room. I
told her Of my prayers and how felt and
what a wonderful transf formation had
occurred.
she was greatly surprised, but at her
suggestion we returned to the chapel and to-
eether thanked Almighty God for the great
miracle He had wrought. That was the
last time that used my crutches. It Is now
over a month since the miraculous recovery
took place and find myself In good health
and spirits
Physicians who were called to see Sister
Clementine and who said her disease was
incurable, have made careful examination
since her recovery and have found no evil
dence OF the disease which they advised
her would end In death. They now regard
her as completely cured
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tain whatever specimens may come their
way from time TO time.
France probably comes next to Ger
many, and is estimated to have more than
a million stamp collectors. Then follows
Austria, with about 100000 while England
ranks fourth, with 100000 more. The United
States Ia about fifth on the list, the collec-
tors in this country being estimated from
CoooO TO 100000, with the number incre
ing rapidly"
Although stamp collecting is one Of the
youngest Of leisure pursuits, its followers
have multiplied SO rapidly that they now
dwarf the multitude Of devotees OF any
similar hobby. Years ago the collectin 4
Of stamps was mostly confined to young
women and sohoolboys In later years
older persons have become interested in IL.
until at present no one il immune from
the fascination Of gathering these little
bits of engraved paper. lite disciples en-
brace every walk and condition OF life,
from the schoolboy to some Of the worlds
greatest men.
A peculiar feature Of stamp collecting
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TO FINISH HIS DRAMA
DUNBAR'S ONLY AMBITION

CLEVELAND, Oct. l6.-Houndsd by the
fear that death will overtake him before
he can finish his last literary effort and
burning with desire to SEQ his maiden
play staged, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, the
colored poet, whom consumption has marked
for the grave, lies at his home In Dayton,
Ohio. nursing his little remaining strength
% that he may dictate bit by bit daily to his
stenographer the remaining part OF his
last work.
his last hope for life climate more
.dition, and that soon, la the only remedy.
they say. that might check the rsyages
Of the nalady which Is consuming him
Tho poet wishes for life. But there Is
ono other desire he has the ful"lment Of
which seems Of more importance in his
estimation than the completion OF the
play he Is writing and which he had fully
,sIpected to have staged this fall. He Is
also putting the finishing touches to
novel-that Is, his photographer is doing
.so-at his dictation, for be is too weak to
pan the lines himself
A visitor at the Dunbar home few days
ago found the author, propped up by pill
lows. seated In large easy chair in such a
position that he could look out OF the win
dow.
Il 'Yes. have been kind Of busy lately
he said with q pathetic attempt at q smile.
You see have got 10 finish my new play
and bring my new novel to an end, besides.
] had written large part Of both before
my illness. II is slow work, you know.
] must dictate to my stenographer. What
L. tho title of my novel? Well, you see,
] haven't got far enough to consider that
feature Of IL.
< we had a sort Of rehearsal Of my play,
that Is, part Of IL, recently. My mother
And others Of the family took some Of the
parts. Several friends helped out. and
they all seemed to like 1t. When it is fin
tshed expect to have it copyrighted, and
then 1t is to be staged
Mr.. Dunbar is thin of body and pallid Of
complexion. Suffering is depicted in his
face, yet he tries to maintain q cheerful
aspect, and never was an invalid more
patient and less complaining
Il feel much better; am going to get
WE'LL he reiterates. His doctors shake
their heads.
While the visitor was at his home a rain
storm came up. A strong southwestern
wind carried the drops against the window
pane. In the street people were hurrying
past and the stormy blasts almost swept
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THE CABMAN'S DREAM.
New Proof OF the Old Adase That Drcar,i
Go by Conlrarios.

you remind me- the cabman said, as
hie fare stepped out OF the cab, of a man
/ saw last night in a dream"
"So?" said the fare, looking downward
and reaching in his pocket as he spoke
Exactly said the cabman. 'He wa
a tall, we'll dressed, good looking man, just
like you, and drove him around for iuat
about the same length of time, and when
we got through and he paid me my fare Ia
gave me a 81 tip besides
But this fare in the flesh now placed II
the claimants hand the exact amount due
him, with no tip at all; new proof Of the old
adaRe that dreams go by contraries,
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NO END TO STAMP COLLECTING
ONCE you GET THE HABIT you
CAN GO ON TO ETERNITY,

And Some 1000 900 Persons In the world
Have II, More or Less Acutely-AlI
" Seeking Unatt ainablc Complete Col.
20 7ieotions-B, -patfs Of the Hobby.
s y
-Nine millions is the figure at which
reliable English paper estimated the num-
r Der OF devotees OF stamp collecting, said
q well known dcvotee OF this worldwide
hobby. And yet, while this seems 10 be
a pretty big figure. it is not an oAaggera-
ton, In Germany alone, which leads the
rest Of the world in stamp collecting,
fully 10 per cent Of the population is inter-
ested in stamps. The doesn't mean ex-
actly that there are 80 many @ut-and-out
collectors, but there are go many inter-
eeted enough In the hobby to secure and re-
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Kitten Nursed by n Pigeon.

From he London Chronicit.
In a cottage near the village OF Newcastle
ton. Roxburrhshire a pigeon has evinced great
friendliness for kitten. With the oonsent
OF the old cat the bird has been sitting on the
kitten and helping to look after 1t and play
With H., The three constitute an tneonSrn-
Gus but b appy family. q.
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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-16
PERU.

Clara Boynton and Mary Prouty en-
tered Burr and Burton seminary TINS
fall.
Parties are numerous at our hotei
and picnic parties at the Richardson
lodge.
Mrs. Everett Adams has returned
from several weeks visit in Massa-
chusetts.
Miss Susie Hapgood invited her glrl
friends to a quilting at her nome
Thursday.
The c. f. society recently held a
leap-year corn roast sociabie Tor tiie
benefit of their church work.
Miss Jessie Farnum goes to Boston
Sept 90 to enter the Harvard annex
for special training in mathematics
The marriage engagement has been
announced of DIR. Millington and MISS
Susie Hapgood, the wedding TO take
place on Thanksgiving eve.
MANY of our summer visitors have
gone Mrs. Grant and sons of New
work. who have spent the summer at
w. J. Farnum's, remained until yes
terday, Sept. Is.
our schools all began last week.
Maud Sheldon teaches in district NO.
a. Willie Whitney in No. Z and Mabel
Brown in No. /. Mary Simonds is
teaching in Winhall.
Mrs. NJ. ]. Swart, who has been at
NJ b. Lyons part of the summer, mas
gone TO her home in Canton, Pa. She
stopped on her way to spend a rev
days with friends in Bellows Fans.
william Mack and daughter OF
Lowell, Mass, recently took car
riage drive to Peru and spent rev
days with their relatives here, the
families of NJ. B. Lyon and Charles
Batchelder.
saturday. Sept. 8, was the warmest
of the season until after the severe
thunder shower in the evening. Mt.
TarbeH's barn in Landgrove was
struck by lightning and burned, and
Mr.. Garfield's house was partly
burned.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-16
JAMAICA.

F. A. Ballard, who has been work
ing at Ludlow, is at home.
Rev A. E. Hartwell and wife are
taking their meals at j. A. Muzzy's.
Miss Florence Muzzy left for Mt.
Holyoke college Wednesday morning.
Wales Cheney is serving as juror at
Newfane court.
Misses Nina and Irene Gleason have
gone on a business trip to Boston
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hunt and son
from Peru spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Z. Carver.
The W. C. r. Z. meeting was held
with Mrs Sellers Wednesday AFTER
noon.
Fred Beman, son of Rev. !. H. Be
man. has gone to Saxtons River 10
attend the Vermont academy
S. A. Smith and Postmaster H. E.
Taylor of Brattleboro were at the ia
maica house Tuesday night.
Mrs. Nellie Porter and daughter
Ada returned from their trip in the
north part of the state Monday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Livermore of
West Townshend spent Saturday and
Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Al
bert Butler.
John X. Wolcott has given up his
school on South hill because of poor
health and the term will be finished
by Halle Sprague.
Mr. and Mrs. Green and Mr.. and
Mrs. Parker, who have been boarding
at s. E. Rawson's, returned to Wor-
cester Monday morning.
ooI Mar
rion Starks left for South Lancaster,
Mass, Tuesday morning where they
will all attend the academy the COM
ing year.
The little daughter of DIR. and Mrs.
Waterman of Brattleboro is stopping
with her aunt. Mrs. Webster, at ]. c.
Shumway's while her parents are at
St Louis.
The many friends of d. Lester Hig-
gins wish to extend congratulations
because of his marriage, Sept. Z, TO
Miss Tefft of Arlington. The happy
went directly to New York
where they have gone to housekeep-
ing. Mr. Higgins has a position with
George A. Butler, formerly of ia
maica.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Carpenter have
returned to their home at North
Adams. Mr.. Carpenter leaves soon
for Detroit Mich, and Mrs Carpen-
ter will return to Jamaica to spend
few weeks with her mother before
The Jamaica Lumber company
have commenced work on their lumber
lob on West hill. Mr.. Hollenbeck
came last week with his family and
some Is or 90 men and will have more
soon. Mr.. Shields is expected this
week. They intend to stock their
mill yard the coming winter so that
they will be able to run the year
around.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-16
WARDS BORO.

C. W. Martin is building a silo.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Wheeler are Wis.,
iting in New York.
l.. A Whitcomb and daughter An
ME are visiting in Townshend
Mrs. Blanchard and Mrs. Dexter re-
turned home from Petersham, Mass
Saturday.
The Vermont grange, No. 1879, will
hold its next meeting Sept. 20 IN the
odd Fellows hall.
Rev. Mr.. King of Maine preached
for Mr.. Campbell Sunday, Mr.. Camp
bell being i'll with severe cold.
The A. 2. club will meet in the yes
try next Thursday afternoon and
evening Sept. %. Supper will be
served from to s. All are cordially
invited.
II. A. Smith of Springfield, Mass,
has been visiting his father, Nj. A.
Smith, and sisters. Mrs. Annie New
comb and Mrs. w. w. Kidder, and
other relatives the past week,
Rev. Alfred William Birks, minister
of the First Unitarian society of Pc
tersham, Mass. and Miss Irene DeX-
ter McManus, niece of f.. {. Dexter OF
Petersham, were married in the FIRST
church at that city at nlSn noon Neu
nesday Sept. I, Rev. R. E. Birks OF
Deerfeld, father of the groom offl-
ciating. The church was decorated
with hydrangeas and pine and was
crowded with the wedding guests.
The bride wore crepe de Paris
trimmed with handmade lace and
wore veil and carried shower bou-
auet of sweet peas. She was accom-
panied by Mrs. C. F. Cluett of Troy,
n. Y, matron of honor, and the
Misses Catherine Dexter of Peters,
ham and Gladys Elliott Mansir OF
Matapan, Mass, flower girls, and was
given away by her brother, Walter w.
McManus of Troy Rev. B. j. New
man of Brooklyn, n Y, acted as best
man. There was large number OF
useful and valuable presents from the
many relatives and friends OF the
bride and groom. After a wedding
breakfast at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. f. C. Dexter the bridal couple
left for a short tour visiting Deer
field and making a short stay at the
parsonage and coming Monday TO
WardSbOrO,