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CrRO-DIAGNosIs AND EIEC-
TRo-THERAPEUTIC BY DR.. Toby
M Coin, Nerve Specialist of Berlin.
Translated from the Second German
Edition and edited by Francis A..
Scrathley, NJ. D., Of New York. With
eight plates and thirty-nine illustra-
s lions Cloth $50 pages. Price, $500.
BIS Funk and Wagnalls Company, New
York and London. =
This is an authorized translation. with
reprodu ctions OF the original plates OF
the most popular German manual upon
the kindred subjects of the diagnosis of
disease and Its cure by the use of cleo
tricity. It's author, Dr. Toby Cohn, of
Berlin, Is a practical instructor In these
branches and wrote the work to salts
fy an imperative need In his classes. DR..
Me,idel Of the University of Berlin. the
we'll known authority upon electro-diag-
nos;s. pays the highest possible tribute
to DR.. Cohn by noting the Interest and
enthusiasm of his students. and the
S"eXcellent and practical results" Of his
instruction. II A'sf4
The practical value Of DR.. Cohn s. work
Is thus briefly summarized by the editor
and translator:
ut gives concisely all that is import
ant in diagnosis and. in electro-
therapeutics all that Is Of positive value.
Tt places electricity exactly where 1t be-
longs in physcian's armamentariun.
ms a curative agent. Tt Will commend
itself because OF It's excellent plates, Its
precise and very thorough explanation Of
the method of investigation and how to
make an electrical diagnosis, and the
careful instruction 1t gives for the proper
use of electricity rs a therapeutic agent
1t presents so many good features In
such an admirable manner that It should
readily fill in this country the same place
Il ms filled In Germany"
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El,rIvTR JIMs BABY. BY Philip
Verrill Mighels. Published by Harper
Brothers, of New York and London.
For sale by the Bell Book and Sta
tionary Company.
Long ago It was written in the Book OF
Wisdom when the reign ofipeacc to come
was described by the Seer:..sThe lion
and, the lamb shall lie down together,
and a little. child shall, guide them"
Probably the writer of "Bruver Jim's
Baby had that scriptural passage In
mind when he composed the pages which
tell Of the nscendency gained by little
child. over the hearts of the men IN
rough Western mining camp. and the
gentle power which transformed them
into rough, but affectionate playmates
for the little fellow whose llspng tongue
could scarcely speak their names.
rho hook pictures rough scenes,
but its homely touches are instinct with
the animating principles Of real woman
hood and manhood and It Is written In a
way that gives 1t a strong hold on the
heart and imagination OF the lover Of
what Is truly alive with the quality of
what Is known as Human interest,"
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acres Of land that was given them by !.

acres OF land that was given them by =
wealthy member.
Their homes consist OF plain one-story
cottages, built Irrespective of streets,
ience and sociability.
All members of the "Israelites" must
give 10 per cent OF their salaries or hire
toward the church for support of same,
The men are forbidden to cut their hair,
and many have their hair from three 10
four feet In length; boards, also, are al
lowed to grow untrimmed and unshaven.
1t has been said younger members OF
the "Israelites" are so embarrassed about
the length of their hair that they pl1it
1t and wear It closely pinned to their
head.
Foot washing in church is also prac-
tlced. "
The belief OF the "Israelite' Is that if
we have the proper amount OF faith and
practice. unlimited cleanliness We shall
never die, but shall live on. and when n
member dies 1t Is attributed to uncleanli-
ness or negligence on the part OF the
member by not keeping drinking vessels
clean or some similar cause.
Brotherly love is carried on to such an
extent that several divorce suits are
pending. husbands and wives are sep
arated, either on account OF ono bel.ev-
Ing In the order and the other not hellav-
ing, or jeaously Is aroused by couples
caring more for some ono else's better
half.
The women wear sash or white silk
trimmed In green during services and
the men wear peculiar little caps as
signs of the order They have many de-
grees like unto other secret societies,
Their priest, SO called Is the Rev.
George sutton, assisted by his son.
Confession In public is the rule and Is
often the cause OF dlssensIon. The fol-
lowers Of this sect seem to be people of
intell'gancc but have formed religion
Of their own full of peculiar ideas .tt0
numerous to mention.~-Atlanta Journal,
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Cz.ET..LNL

BRAVE HEARTS. BY w. A. Fraser.
Published by Charles scrtbner's Sons.
of New York. For sale by the Bell
Book and Stationery Company. OF
Richmond
Just now. when all the American world
has turned It's attention TO the races,
nothing could be more enjoyable reading
than The sheaf of stories which make
up Mr.. Fraser's book. stories in which
love and romance are interviewer with the
thrill the excitement and the JOY of the
race and the love or the racer
The scenes Of the stories ring the
changes In the United States, Canada,
England and India. The stories them
selyes are written In vigorous, we'll
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900. With such figures confronting US "
seems hardly necessary to- advocate me
Greater use of fireproof construction,
construction by tho best known method,
not any makcshlft--sloW- burning, 4 pre-
iproofed wood or any other sunstltnte-
but OF steel frame encased IN mono" IRE
inroof tile with the maximum Of outer
hrick walls, and the minimum Of granite
stone and other destructible materials IN
the exterior and. without wood @or other
combustible mateGia Is in thestnterior.
Congress, in lts recent reclamation act
has approved one OF the most stupehuous
Of hydraulic undertakings IN the great
reservoir to be built at the punctloh OF
Salt River and Tonic Creek' .tf'Ao .',a
This reservoira.will he twenty-five miles
long. eight miles wide and 200 feet deep,
necessitating a masonry dam 2ao 1eet
high and involving IAN expenditure OF
5000, 900.
X Few people appreciatetthe vastness OF
the lake commerce. Much OF ~, !. ''ever
GOES near the 500 Canal put 'aklNs l'ial
'ncint onsthe lakes as "a barometer OF the
T,n,,,th. 70 Buffalo and Duluth to Chicago.
and vice versa. the figures are wor.hY
OF note. During the past season OF nav,
cation 34.s47, 4375 net tons OF Eelght, valued
at $3.50 BOG 800, were carr sihroush .ne
canal, and s2s727.735 was spaid1to lhe ls,-
500 vessels that carried58it through moss
locks. @jt98
In spite OF, the termltes that eat up
everything In the way OF lumber, grass
or anything else, tremendous rainfalls'
monkeys, elephants and the eusseahess
Of the natives, King Menellk VIZ Ioo py ,'le
end OF this year have nearly Nv ,'l'lsS
OF telephone wires in operation ~ Npss-
sinia,
The soldiers in olir@ army have 2, deposited
with the United states authorizes nearly
&c. 900 600 in savings during the past yehr
They get four per cent q year On 'h's
money,
There were 5000, 10000 telephone mes
sages exchanged in the United states
last wear. fl-& .et5tets45l gay ..N.
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TuE BY-wAYs OF BRAITtIE. BY
Frances Powell. Published BY Charles
Scribner's Sons For sale by the Bell
Book and Stationary Company.
Lovers Of the melodramatic note IN fic-
tton. Of all that goes for romance VIII
find ample qualifications in the pages OF
Miss Powell's latest book. There is no
lack OF color and excitement is her
novels, and for those who desire good
old fashioned hair-rlsing story with any
number OF exciting episodes to flavor It..
"rhe By-ways Of Braithe' can be most
safely recommended.
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Gertrude Atherton, author OF ''Rulers
of Kings" has left Munich and is now
travelling In Spain. She wrote recently to
friend that she did not expect a single
favorable review Of her novel In London,
on account Of its rampant Americanism
England with great deal Of Interest
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G1Ez.z1I

YhRBRouGH, THE PREMIER. BY
Agnes Russell Weeks. Published by
Harper Brothers. Of New York. For
sale by the Bell Book and Stationery
Company.
brilliant and powerfully written book.
one in which the character of an un-
sorupuous and able English politician, q
man who subordinated everything to the
policy which shaped his end Is depicted.
irhe scenes In which the story is worked
are both dramatic and Intense. me
characterization Is very clever, ana me
bitterness Of the wages of sin ending IN
death is pictured with painful and III
most perfect realism
The book throughout Is one of extra
ordinary and enthralltng interest.
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chosen English, and with a ring and A
mower OF expression that render them
most readable.


BY james Montgomery
F'lAgg Illustrated BY tho author. lAfe
Publishing Company New YORK.
Price SO cents.
Mr.. Flagg.s clever pen has enlivc NED
Life so very often that most readers
of that gay little periodical will welcome
this collection of them, which the com
pany has turned out. "Tomf oolery' Is
d choice gathering of hts drawings, lAn-
cr,cks and remark" sketches, and the
book Is irrcsistlbly funny.
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SOME OF THE RECENT BOOKS
UNDER THE CRITICS EYE.

III. y t 7 = i w e i y
|rcst OF several years OF careful work.
This Is pronounced BY al the critics
WHO have reviewed 1t to be one Of tho 4
most Important works Of fiction II many
years. 3ss
After a period Of three years I, q new.
Sns GyS ny a ahs aauSr fdr pablIe et
'Sir Richard Caltnadyn had the rare dis
tinctlon Of meeting with an excellent sale
sa aS sf SsaTt h Ss rsf0hf
S Sd stg 4 ea e5 av5 ssse q
St We Lege M'i Harrison tLicas Maiet, the
da,uEhtsr Ghnres inssleEy
men i,oveiists OF tho day. The new. novel,
to be published III tho autumn BY Dodd,
Mead NJ ana C9mpany Is 70 Boz called "The
James Barnes a, nSaor e the nsw tye
Of Lsht f orse Hairy 1 SIarp.ers} 81 o
Princeton man.. whose life has, been de-
voted to editorial work and The writing
If Dq IL s and w reee Hsrr 81 er sda
cation at St. Pa,ls School. Concord, n.
III. He Is already we'll known as the
aahor e Nay ye a e ths VIZ e
fiction biography and history. Nj. .' Ba les
i mas son Of the late
side in the Civil War. Flo lives in New
York city. ~ ...i# 4. Ei.ss .2 N N
The Bibbs-Merr Company sailnnounce
the publication or "'rhe Castaway, Z Il new
novel by Miss Rives.. H.'The Castnway'' Is
a romance OF the most romantic man
don Lord Byron. IT is, 'front.' the pen Of the
author whose Hearts Courageous was
such wonderful success 1t Isl Illus
eight pictures, four In color. 5{ ol5:i IL
Messrs. Henry Holts& Com pany have
cut book that should e / be Of npaEtlcnar
adelpfia and Hiss caly Ky Rylan m OF
Richmond This IS the love story of,two
journasts which REACHES rather4,nex,
chiefly IN Philadelphia and a Southern
city. which should be easily recognizable.
Two other books by Southern authors re-
are "The Romance. Of Piecator." by
Henry Wysham T.anier. a son Of sydney
Lanier,, the we'll known Southern poet.
Carisabel." by, Mrs. lisa Darlington
Gertrude. Atherton, author OF ''Rulers
travelling In Spain. She wrote recently to
q friend that she did not expect a single
favorable review Of her novel In London,
on account Of It's rampant Americanism
It has. on the contrary. been received in
England with a great deal of interest
Apropos OF the Hawthorne Centenary
Gully 4th), the July Century will have
three Hawthorne features: What is CON
ssdered an exceedingly satisfactory por-
trait Of this great American author from
4 photograph by Brady: poem, "The
Eyes Of Hawhorne,' by Edith NJ. Thomas,
and brief essay, THE Centenary of
Eawthorne, by Theodore u. Munger. au-
thor of ION the Threshold. Essays for
the Day.. etc. DR.. Munger ranks Haw-
thorne at the head of that group whose
work makes up the real literature of this
h country, and believes him ''at home and
abroad. the most highly esteemed Amer
In this country he is named only with
emerson, says DR.. Munger. '"ro illus
trate their relative positions we might
plays of. Shakespeare, But hawthorne a 10, for
Hamlet alone 5'1', ~ =
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The Bbbs- Merrill Company annnounce
the publication OF The Cas- taway y, Z III new
novel by Miss Riyes The CastaWay'Eis
known to literary history, George Cor
don, Lord Byron. IT Is, from'the pen Of the
author whose Hearts Courageous was
such a wonderful. success. It lis illus
trnted by Howard Chandler Ctrlsty with
eight pictures, four In color 49,
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Since 1890 there have been 45 fires In
this country In which the lossas have
been owed 100000, The losses involved
In the forty-fire fires aggregated $1,000
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-12

IT is authorltatively shown that the fire
loss at Toronto was sS,564,00O Ono hun
dred brick dwellings were totally do
stroyed In an area something like 20 acres
In extent. q
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NEW RELIGIOUS SECT,

"Israelites," Who Are Not Jews,
Have Colony Near Livingston.
Just four miles east OF Livingston, 'fss.
that call themselves 'Israeltes," al
though there Is no Jew among them to
give rise to that superstition. IL. !,
The colony live on several hu''ate9
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Glory Enough.

Mr. Hearst made the highest bid ever
offered for the presidency, That is glory
enough for one campaign, and tho young
millionaire can well afford to collapse
st, Louis Globe-Democrat.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-02-01
LOCAL NEWS.
CONTINUED FRoM FIRST PAGE.

CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.
intendent for the able way in which the
parts were carried out.
The Isaac Blake Post installed the fol-
lowing officers, Eugene Burroughs, Com
mander; Charles Church, S. V. C.; j. o.
Bailey, ]. V. c.; w. H. Calkins, Adit. !;
n. H. Piper, Q. M; John D. Griffin, Sur
geon; F. L. Holmes, Chaplain; A. w. Lyon,
o. D; c. n. Warboys, o. G.
Isaac Blake Relief Corps installed the
following officers last week, Emily Calk-
iDs, President; AdeIine Church, s. V.P.;
Laura Gatchell, j. V. c.; Ara Brown, Sec. ;
Frances Lyon, Treas; May Foster, Chap
lain; Mabel Wilson, Con Florence Smith,
Guard; Lorraine Wilson, Asst. Guard Myra
Cook, Patriotic Instructor; Hattie Wilder,
Musician; Minnie Barrupp, Press Cores
pondent; George Woodland, Ida Lauder
vile, Lila Lafiam, Lena Shannon, Color
Bear RS.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-02-01
GREENSBORO.

The sick ones are improving.
Mrs. S. A. Philbrook is gaining.
Rev. John Hood was in Walden last week.
DR.. F. c. Kinney was in st. Johnsbury
last Monday.
L. A. Jackson visited in Burlington and
Westford last week.
Mrs. ]. n. Darlington visited in ST.
Johnsbury last Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. SouIe and son are VISITING
Mrs. Soule's mother, Mrs. NJ. c. Ingalls,.
Miss Lulu Burroughs has finished wor
for Mrs. Norwood Drown and gone to he
home in Stannard.
The springs are so low that many of Ia
farmers are obliged to melt snow or dr.
water for their cattle.
Fl. Fl. Bailey has bought the lumber on
James McCue's farm and Is cutting and
hauling it to R. A. Patterson's mill.
John Simons, who has been i'll for sew
eraI weeks, died at his home of cancer in
stomach last Thursday morning, aged 7sl
years.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Simpson We
called to Hardwick Tuesday to attendtIas
funeral of their cousin, Mrs. B4Li4-
ingston.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-02-01
WEST GLOVER.

Mrs. George Dow is ill with the grip.
School in district No. 2 closed last FIR
day.
E. g. Baker is home from Washington
D. c.
James Teller spent two days in SD
Johnsb bury last week.
Rev. Marcellus Farman of WestfieId will
preach here and at Glover Feb. 9TH.
Mae Lyman has finished her school ID
the Heath district in Barton and is stop-
ping at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Styles start Monday
for Danville and st. Johnsbury to stor
with their daughters few days and then
will go to New Britain, Conn.,, to stop with
brother OF Mr.. Styles for several weeks.
Rev. M. Winslow Farman, the blind
chaplain of the Vermont Senate, will give
his popular lecture on Gen. Phil II. Sher-
idan in the church here next Friday eve
ming. Admission free. A collection will be
taken.
The school at West Glover closed last
Friday. The number of scholars was IA.
The average attendance was Is 1888.
Those having no absent marks were Gladys
Cameron, Vera Lewis, Agnes GiImour,
Bertha Gilmour, Marie Baker, Cora Baker,
Raymond Lewis, Harold Baker, Clyde
Barber, Earle Clark, David Wright and
Lewis Wright. Doris Cameron was absent
one day. Those not missing in spelling
were Raymond Lewis and Lewis Wright.
Harold Baker missed one word.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-02-01
NORTH CRAFTSBURY.

Mrs. Renfrew has been Ill the past week.
Fred Chandler is seriously ill with pneu-
monia.
Cecil Cole has been suffering from an
attack OF the grip the past week.
The Congregational church will give its
donation Tuesday evening, Feb.2. All are
cordially invited
The Earnest Workers held a meeting in
the vestry Wednesday evening and served
supper to about fifty persons.
Mr.. Topper has organized a class con-
sisting of the older children for informa-
ton on the Bible. It meets every Tuesday
evening at the parsonage.
The LoysI Temperance Legion met at
Mrs. Pixies Friday evening. The program
was very good, the debate being especial
ly interesting. Refreshments were served
and the children enjoyed very pleasant
evening"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-02-01
DERBY.

Mrs. Alonzo Bates has returned from a
visit in Boston and vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Daley spent Sunday
in town.
Fletcher Niles has gone to Bigelow, Me-,
to visit his brother Frank.
DR.. Comings accompanied Mrs. Wilson
to Waterbury last Tuesday.
Miss Kate Spears goods have been
shipped to West Somerville.
The Ladies' Circle Of the Cong. church
met with Rev. and Mrs. Cone last Tues
day afternoon.
The presiding elder preached an interest
ing sermon and administered the sacra-
ment in the NJ. E. church Sunday evening.
The disbanding grangers held an oyster
supper and dance in the town hall Friday
night. The attendance was large.
The sugar party, postponed from Friday
night, was held in town hall last Tuesday
evening and good time enjoyed, although
the night was unfavorable.
The annual donation supper and visit for
the benefit of the Methodist pastor, Rev.
A. b. Enright, will be held at their vestry
next Wednesday evening. Supper served
at the usual hour.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-02-01

Mrs. Eva Scott is visiting at
French's.
Hugh Carr has been driving the
for few days.
Edwin Gray has been quite sick.
to attend school.
Mrs. E. T. Mcclellan has been yisiI
R1vey Gray's in Sheffield.
Mrs. Ed Bickford and childre
stopping at Mrs. Cheney's.
Mrs. John Mcclellan has been Quit
but is able to be out again.
Roy Davis goes to Newport Cente1<
to clerk in Fred Taylor's store.
The Mite Society will hold a sod
the church vestry Friday afternoon.
The remains of Mrs. VIM. Phillips
brought here last week for intermentf
F. II. Percival and wife spent s,
with Mr.. and Mrs. Z. F. PercivaI at B /
Little Hazel Mcclellan has been III
to attend school of late owing to ill hI
Mrs. z Marsh has been sperdipI
past two weeks at Greensboro with hd
Carmie.
Ed Walker who has been confinj
his bed with rheumatism for several \
is able to be out again.
Mrs. F. 5. Phillips went to Mapch
N. H., last Wednesday, to spend a
with her daughter, Nora.
The Earnest Workers will have a h
corn social at the M. E. vestry Wednt
evening. All cordially invited.
Mrs. W. S. Willard, Willie Rich ia,
and Burleigb Sherburne are sick wit
mumps. The latter has been very i'll.
G. H. KimbaII has sold his place ir
village to Silas Gray, who will take DC
sion June LIST next. Reported price 81
Rev. M. w. Farman of Westfeld. 4
cred very able address at North Oh
last Sunday morning and will speak
again Feb. Z.
A hulled corn corn supper will be S,
at the Methodist church Wednesday 8
noon. A short literary program wi
given in the evening.
The selectmen and road commissj
will meet Monday, Feb. Sth, to settI,
business of the town. The auditors
meet Wednesday, Feb. 10.
DR.. Dow is doing quite a thriving
estate business, having bought and
one piece of property in HardWick
purchased another recently.
Carl Beams creamery statements
that from Is COWS the past year b
made 6516 lbs. of butter which bro
him $1289 10, an average of 434 % Ii
S85 81 to COW.
The village schools close Friday.
ercises will be held in Miss Tue
room in the afternoon and the q
in Mr.. Davis's department will Civ
exhibition in the evening.
F. s. Phillips received a hand
Bronze turkey COB bier last week
James E. Lord, fancy stock breed
stonlngton, Conn. The gobbler weie
pounds and is said to be one of the
birds In New England.
A "Household" article from the %,
Mrs. Helen Percival OF this town an
In the February number of the Nat
Magazine. Mrs, Percival has also cor
uted an article on "Maple Sugar" v
will appear in the April number of Gu
We are glad to notice her success in
airy work.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-02-01
Lockwood Cottons

by the web or yard at lie. for
36.inch, or I 1.4c. for 4O-inch. A
good cotton at &c. and 6 12c. for
the two widths.
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TABARD Inn LIBRARY BOOKS


have arrived. The frat instament contains $50 books
10y popular authors at least one half of these will be
exchanges every month for books. 81 80 buys
book for you and you can exchange it often you
desire by paying the exchange fee of five cents.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-02-01
GLOVER,

Lewis Cameron is away for few days.
Dan Gray is drawing Ium Der from Black
hill
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-02-01

Come in and let US tell you about it.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-02-01

was well entertained by Rev. Chrystie of
South Craftsbury who delivered pleasing
and instructive lecture entitled "a Trip to
Mars"