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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-10-27
Here Is the Proposition :.

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$3 We simply can't buy
decided to drop these lines wholesale from
other manufacturers 1t has always policy quick work
odd lots and broken EneSbedes find pretty good
and we have marked them
LOT pairs heavy cap toes heavy Good
year welt oes widths c. D and E. sizes 1-2 toy $1@
LOT pairs S. heavy cap toes heavy
sewed solos, widths and E, sizes II to = $3.50
Our guarantee with
satisfactory $98 displayed in south window
DUNHAM BROTHERS.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-10-27

Advertised Letters.
Men-Joel +. Wheeler.
Women-Mrs. John Chadwick. Mrs. A.
]. Grow, Mrs. Helen Fortier Langne.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-10-27

The Ladies' favor painting their church.
.es and therefore we urge every minists,
to remember we give a liberal quantity
Of the Longman & Martinez L. & N pain
toward the painting.
Wears and covers like gold.
Don't pay $3.50 n gallon for Linseed Of
(worth 60 cents) which you do when yc1
buy other paints in a can with paint
label on II.
Six and eight make II, therefore vh.i
you want IA gallons Of paint, buy o1T
eight OF L & NJ, and mix six gsA9s
pure Linseed oil with 1t, and thus &
paint at less than $1.20 per gallon
Many houses are well paints W
four gallons OF l. & NJ. and thrs nA's
OF Linseed oil mixed Herewith
These celebrated paints are 81
Robbins & Cowles, BrattleboN "
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-10-27

Library Endowed by Native Of jamaica.
BY the will OF Sidney Sanders of Spring.
field, Mass, a wealthy bachelor and
woman Halter who died in Jamaica about
10 months ago, a free library will event
ually he established in West Windsor,
says the st. Adams Messenger.
Miss Rena Kaser. a nurse OF Hartford,
Conn, has brought suit for $1,000 against
the estate. claiming this Is the amount
due her for services in caring for Mr.
Sanders for long time before his death.
Mr.. Sanders had large holdings OF real
estate in Springfield. Mass, and provided
that during the lifetime of Mrs. Char
lotte II. Fay and her daughter, Miss
Louise Fay, OF Chicopee, Mass, the in
come from the same should go to them.
After their death, the estate is to be
used to endow and support a free library
In West Windsor. Mrs. Fay is a sister
Of the deceased. Another sister is MRS.
Ella Quimby. OF Claremont. N H. Mr..
Sanders was a lawyer and real estate
operator. He was never married and
made his law Office his home He was
known as woman hater. and attracted
much attention at one time by declaring
during court trial that baby carriages
were useless extravaganza, and that a
workingman should be able to bring up
a family on dollar a day.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-10-27
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT
Elmer Prouty Found Dead in a
Mill at Marlboro
Probably Instantly Killed, But Head
Mutllated by the Revolution Of .
Large Belt.


Mutllated by the Revolution Of .
Large Belt.
Elmer Prouty. 43. was killed in Melvin
Dalrymples steam saw mill near the
South pond in Marlboro on Friday after
noon. Oct. 90 He was employed there
as an engineer and when the power ran
low the men in another part Of the mill
looked to see what the trouble was, and
II. c. Merrifeld and others found his
body.
broad belt ran from a large pulley
on the engine downward at an angle OF
about As degrees TO a small pulley near
the ground, from which the power was
transferred to the planer. This pulley
was so near the earth that the ledge OF
rocks at that point had been cut away
in order to give room for the pulley and
there was only three or four inches OF
space between II and the rocks. The belt
over the pulley slipped sometimes and Mr.
Prouty had frequently used soap on the
belt and pulley to prevent slipping. In
this work II was necessary for him tc
stoop very low or to get down on his
knees. II Is supposed that he was APP
plying soap to the pulley and that his
hand or sleeve caught in the machinery
and that he was thrown so that his head
was drawn between the ledge and the
pulley. The wheel was making 400 &c
500 revolutions minute. and running
upon him after he FELL It mutIlated his
head terribly.
Mr.. Prouty was born in Halifax Nov
80. 1862. son of Elias and Lucy Anr
(Smith) Prouty. He married Miss Alice
Smith OF Marlboro June 2, 1884. and he
IL survived by his wife and two sons
ossie f. and Perley X. Prouty. Mr.
PrOuty owned a farm in Halifax about
NNNyn WvRNln grnrY wnrha h.. L. 80
He had lived in Halifax all his life with
the exception of one year. when he was
in Readsboro. He was road commits
sloner Of the town two years, was a
member OF the Grange and was in every
way a respected and estimable citizen. q
kind neighbor. and obedient son. a Low.
Ing father and devoted husband. The
funeral on Sunday was largely attended
Rev. II. II. Shaw officiated. In addition
to his wife and children. Mr.. Prouty Il
survived by his parents and by a sister
Mrs. George w. Bliss Of Brattleboro.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-10-27

is a well known contractor. Mrs C,,.
man went to the Stafford farm las, tau.
in order to be on high ground. borlns
thereby to regain her health. She ras
the last Of three sisters to die N t,,S.,
culosis within two years. She s ~.
vived by her husband and one son I.,,
years old, also by her mother and w.
brother, Harry b. Trevitt, who ie IN +.
bank in Boston. Funeral services v.,,
held at the house on Guilford street .,
o'colck Tuesday, Rev. L. NJ Kenss,o.
pastor Of the Congregational church /.
West Brattleboro officiating The hoi,
was taken to Mt. Vernon, n H 4,
burial. Mrs. Cushman had lived in p,,,
tleboro but FIVE years. but she had MAJ.
many friends here. -4'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-10-27

there Is nothing in the way OF foriture
which is not easily executed by this
flute-like voice, and even In the most
intricate passages the quality and in
tonation remain pure and accurate" And
in addition to all this one should not
forget to mention her personal beauty
and magnetism.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-10-27

Detectives have recovered $50, 900 OF the
500, 900 stolen Oct from the American
Express company in Pittsburg, Pa, by
Edward G. Cunliffe, a clerk. Cunllffe,
who was arrested at the home of a rela-
tive In Bridgeport, Conn, last week,
shipped $4,000 by express in dress
suit case to Bristol, Conn, where It was
recovered. He had $4,000 in a package
with his laundry in Bridgeport and claims
that he burned $4,000 fearing that the
bills, which were in large denominations,
would fasten suspicion upon him.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-10-27
A Warm Proposition
For Cold Weather.
This Week, Beginning Saturday, Oct. %,

We the young ladies girls vicinity they
want good heavy outdoor school Shoes
dous saving in price On the great
have been advancing rapidly during the few actual
paying from 15c to Csc pair for the t
months
Evening star., 1905-08-20

that he has something in hand worth the
while of the magnate.
Here is where the men of money and in.
1uence are protected from the chance ex-
plosion, from Disagreement and perhaps
from death They are constantly arousing
personal animosties without even knowing
the names Of those who breathe vengeance
upon them. 1t Is needless to search long in
Imagination for a motive for the destruc-
ton of Messrs. Schiff and Guggenheimer.
who have just been honored by the atten-
tions of some unknown wretch. This man,
whoever he Is. may be safely classed as
with the insane criminals who think to
revenge personal wrongs or to cure public
evils by assassination The silly methods
they employ are a sufficient testimony to
their weak mental state. The pains they
take, without effect. to ensure the destruc-
ton of their intended victims may be re-
garded as evidence.
There Is little chance to detect such
scoundrels or unfortunates, or whatever
they may be termed. Gessler Rousseau,
the man who sent dynamite to trans
Atlantic steamship, would never have been
caught had he not tried later to destroy
the statue of Frederick the Great In this
city Usually all the police can do Is to
wait until one of these people becomes over
bold and exposes himself Meanwhile the
anonymous bombs and Internal machines
will continue to pass through the mails and
weIl-trained clerks will continue to detect
them In time, and the great world of busi-
ness will roll on uninterrupted.
Evening star., 1905-08-20
Bathing and Typhoid.

It would he Interesting and doubtless i'm
portant to know just why the use OF the
public bathing beach by the swimmers OF
this city has fallen off so markedly OF late
that the authorities have felt justified In
ordering the beach closed at once. Two
possible factors occur to mind One
Is the unusual coOlness of the season, espe-
cially during the past few days. Another
is the possible fear of the swimmers that
they may become infected with typhoid
fever by bathing in the Potomac waters at
the beach. OF these two the former reason
IS more likely to be popularity accepted. but
there is nevertheless a distinct fear the
part OF some persons that bathing In the
Potomac water is dangerous.
No less than calamitous would be the
general spread of this belief. If the river
water at the bathing beach cannot be
safely entered for swim certainly the do
mestic bath tub Is a source of possible In
fect!on. The only difference is that the
swimmer sometimes swallows water. where
as the tub bather does not. But the amount
swallowed by the swimmer is too small ever
10 constitute danger The whole case
comes back to the chance of fever infection
through The skin. The psychologists do
not today admit this possibility. II they
did humanity would be indeed in a sad
state, considering the scarcity of municipal
filtration plants and the almost invariable
use OF unrltered water for bathing.
The sooner the sanitary authorities spe-
officially declare that the use of even in
fected water for ablutons is as safe as
ordinary precautions demand the better 1t
VIII be for the public health. For the more
cieanly the community becomes. through
the free use Of the bath tub-or the bathing
heaCh-the better will be the chances of re-
Sisting the typhoid germ. For that malevo-
lent little creature finds Its best breeding
ground in the people who are In a run down
state. whose organs are not in good work
ing order and who neglect the ordinary
precautions OF health keeping. one OF which
~ free use of the tub
Evening star., 1905-08-20
Water and Other Things.

The victory of the prohibition element at
Asbury Park. N. j.. as announced In the
news dispatches yesterday. is encouraging
to those persons who feel that the use of
water should not be restricted to squelching
confiagrations, making steam for the pro-
pusion OF machinery. promoting the growth
of crops and sustaining warships and eX-
curs!on boats. There those persons
whose regard for water leads them to be-
lieve that its use should not be limited to
toilet purposes. fountains and canals. In
short. there are many persons who believe
in drinking it. or course. all persons do
not consider water palatable beverage.
Every man numbers among his acquaint-
ance men who scorn water even as a chaser
There is a great difference in the tempera-
ment of men. While there are some whose
belief In the charms of water Is so sincere
that they cannot pass beer sign without
getting the blind staggers. there are 9TH
ers whose antipathy to water Is so strong
that a picture of Niagara Falls. the pass
ing of street sprinkler or the sight OF
water-cress. watermelon water lilies will
throw them into commissions.
A great deal may be said for and against
water or course. some men can say .
Evening star., 1905-08-20
PHILADELPHIA.

Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia foregoes
his summer vacation to forward the cause
of reform in that town. Everything Is get
ting under way. and he wants to keep 1t
going. A very wise decision. Reforms
sometimes fall because of the leisureliness
and intermittent way in which they are
championed. 1t Is best to push them hard
once they are fairly started. Mayor Weaver
has the municipal job of the day on his
hands. The affairs Of the City Of Brotherly
Love seem to have been conducted on the
principle Of brotherly gouge. and graft and
grafters. repeaters at the polls and their
employers stain the record In every direc-
ton. To clean up the town will require
the united efforts of all who have its inter-
ests at heart and the mayor properly sets
an example OF diligence in the work from
which all are to benefit
Evening star., 1905-08-20
THE ANSWER TO SWEDEN.

From the Syracuse Herald.
In a total vote of $4,000 in Norway only
161 were cast against secession from Sweden.
The returns sound like an echo of the
Roosevelt Parker election.
From the Charleston News and Courier
The Norway election turned out very
much as though they had a tissue ballot
system over there-the result was 3,uUU to
in favor of dissolution.
From the Council Bluffs Nonpareu.
The SeceSsiOniStS carried Norway some
thing after the manner in which the demo-
Gratis carry Mississippi.
From the Atlanta Journal.
The people OF Norway have formally voted
to break bonds with Sweden. This Will sur
prise those of US who have been thinking
all the time that those bonds were broken
some weeks ago.
From the Buffalo Evening News.
Norway's vote was 5000 to l for inde-
pendence. Always find some mean cuss vot-
ing for himself.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Probably the 161 Norwegians who voted
against the separation from Sweden have
friends in both Countries
From the Wilmington DELI News
Norways complete vote on the question
of independence stands S0S200 for separa-
tion from Sweden and only lS4 against It
Somebody ought to move to make 1t unanl-
nous and then Norway should proceed to
select its f1rst president.
Evening star., 1905-08-20
Bombs for Business Men

The sending OF explosive machines through
'he mats 70 men OF affairs has fortunately
never resulted seriously in this country and
u''sSs tNe methods OF the anonymous as
sdSsl's improve or the intended victims
grow careless in their Office ARRANGEMENTS
no damage VIII he done by these devices
The latest bombs in evidence sent evidently
hy The same person to two of New yorks
prominent capitalists, were easily detected
as suspicious when they were received in
the offices. The would-be SLAYER seems In
most cases. as in these instances to think
that the mail matters addressed to promf-
n"nt bankers and merchants and manufac-
turers are all opened by them personally
Indeed. This is one of the chief points OF
our American business organization The
mail u the average New York business
man is so great that he could not possibly
handle it himself. In some offices not
even the magic word Personal" saves a
letter from being opened by the private
secretary. or perhaps even by the mall clerk.
whose business 1t is to sft out the strictly
private correspondence OF the members of
the firm from the mass OF pretending letters
thus married.
Many people who write to the leaders of
finance or trade think that they gain special
consideration II they can manage to elude
the ~atchfulness of the clerks who are
posted In Gordon outside of the sanctum to
circumvent them. II they can only get at
the private ear of the big man inside
all will be well. But the big man inside
knows his business. He is aware himself
of the best means of learning whom II Is
profitable for him to see and not even
the shrewdest tricks avail to elicit his in
terest II the applicant for attention fails
- satisfy the ali-knowing subordinates
Evening star., 1905-08-20
Mr.. Bryan in the Philippines.
he New York Tribune

Says the New York Tribune:
MIR. Bryan will take In the Philippines on
his trip around the world What a pity he
could not have been a member OF secretary
Taft's congressional party, and thus have
been able to enjoy the Hon Bourke
Cockran's speech in Manila. and perhaps
make one himselfr
Mr. Bryan will speak later. and his re-
marks will lose nothing of interest by the
delay When he arrives in Manila the news
OF his presence will quickly spread. and the
desire to see and hear him there and eis'.-
where will be very strong. Here. the people
will be told, Is the man who. as candidate
for President stood In 1900 for the early
independence of the archipelago. who again
advocated It last year In his canvass for
Judge Parker and who may be the demo-
cratic candidat te for President for the third
time in 1908. 1t requires no urging to In
duce Mr.. Bryan to take the platform. and 1t
must he said In his favor that whenever he
does take II he speaks his mind with frank
ness However lacking he may be In wis
dom. he is not lacking in courage or SIN
cerity.
But 1t will be ticklish situation for him.
Suppose he addresses meetings at Manila
and other cities In the Islands proclalming
the views with respect to our presence there
and the meaning OF IL tnat he HAS lieciJ
proclaimed in this country. Suppose the
effect of his utterances is to hearten every
anti-American agitator In the archipelago.
and induce them all to get busy again. Sup
pose American difficulties with the malcon-
tents Increase and are traceable to MI
Bryan's perfervd talk about buying people
at so much head and governing them not
only without their consent but against their
wishes That is the line of Mr.. Bryan's talk
here at home. and it does no harm. In the
Philippines it might prove very grave
matter.
Bourke Cochran at Manila cut charac-
teristic caper. He throws fipfaps like
professional. But Mr.. Bryan is of a diner
ent mold. He does not recant. He is dead
in earnest and goes all rhetorical and other
lengths In support of his opinions He Will
have to be interpreted to the rank and file
of the Filipinos, but his deliverances Will
lose nothing in the translation into Spanish.
His visit to the Philippines is going to be as
interesting to US here at home as to him.
u contains the possibilities Of a breeze.
Evening star., 1905-08-20
The Norfolk Horror.

Despite the fact that every man and
woman who travels on the railroads in the
United States Is vitality interested in the
solution of the Norfolk wreck mystery.
there is a large chance that the great ma
jority of the people will never know the
exact circumstances Of the affair or ever
learn Of the measures administered in pun
ishment or reform.
This Is one of the greatest weaknesses In
the public defenses against disaster. The
people soon forget the wrecks and appar-
emily the railroad authorities profit from
them only slightly. The Individual road or
division which a wreck occurs that
teaches lesson may apply that lesson In
the form of preventive measures. but there
Is no general tendency toward adopting
these measures broadly.
There is some doubt as to the exact nature
of the signals that were displayed at the
entrance to the drawbridge through which
the excursion train plunged. One report is
that red flag was set in standard to
show the engineer that the draw was open,
but that the flag had faded. being old. and
was not distinctly to be recognized as
danger signal. Another story is that the
engineer had never before been over that
section Of the road. and did not know there
ordinary story. indeed. and If true. war
ranting severe measures of discipline high
er up" to punish those responsible for send
ing out a green hand in charge OF human
lives.
The automatic cutoff, which will abso-
lutely prevent the passing of trains upon a
prohibited block or bridge. is impera lively
needed as a measure of precaution. Until
ic i,,to hv Ia
as the arbrake and the hand hold are be-
ing forced into use freight trains, there
must be reliance upon the individual train
workers. conductors, engineers and flag
men, and as long that is the case there
will be wrecks and deaths. Not even the
positive requirement to bring all trains to
halt before entering drawbridges, adopted
by some of the states by statute. will al
ways work for engineers will continue to
take chances. The protection of the public
will not be perfect until 1t becomes phys1-
cally impossible to send train into dan
ger from collision or an open bridge.
Evening star., 1905-08-20
Cleveland and Lamont.
The Champaign Qll) Gazette Is authority
for the following:

The Champaign Qll) Gazette is authority
for the following:
Several newspapers have given credit
recently to Daniel s. Lamont for ortginat-
Ing the expression. Public Office Is a public
trust Lamont was formerly private secre-
tary to Grover Cleveland. and as the lam
guage quoted was widely used during MT.
Cieveland'S first presidential campaign. 1t
was popularity credited to him. But, In
fact, II was not original with either of them.
Some years ago the late Col. John s. Wolfe
OF Champaign wrote communication to
the Gazette in which he showed that in a
decision written by Justice Samuel D. Lock-
wood OF the Illinois supreme court, prior
to the year 1910. that very expression Is
used. and there 1t seems to have all the
appearances OF originality. Justice Lock
wood served on the supreme bench of ILL
noiS from January 10. 1925. to December
4, 1S4S."
This recalls the fact that for year or
two after Mr.. Cleveland first entered the
White House there were many people who
believed that Col. Lamont was holding the
pen for his chief. and at the same time
supplying him with ideas on many subjects.
They reasoned In a simple fashion. Mr..
Cleveland had no reputation as writer,
while Col Lamont was known to have
served for some time In New York Journal
ism So that If anything issued from the
or state paper which caught the public
fancy the popular judgment was that Col
Lamont must have written 1t.
A moments thought and little industry
would have been sufficient to set anybody
right who was curious on the subject. Mr.
Cleveland's style-if style he may be said to
have-shows anything but a newspaper
training. His sentences are too long. and
his words too studied. Crispness and cpl
gram are not at all in his line Moreover.
his messages as mayor of Buffalo to the
town council. written long before he had
ever heard Of Col. Lamont. were in the
same form of expression which as President
of the United States he was now using in
treating Of national affairs.
Mr.. Cleveland was the author of all the
state papers that stood in his name with
but one exception. 1t is the general belief
that Mr. Olrey wrote the stirring message
in the Venezuelan case. Mr.. Cleveland Is
not phrase-maker. nor was Col. Lamont.
The latter did not distinguish himself in
and suavity. and not his pen. found sway.
AS for the former. he coined the phrase
"innocuous desuetude," which was droll
enough. as used. to amuse the public, and
In his famous tariff message he used the
striking phrase, that 'it Is a condition, and
not theory, that confronts u.s." Those
were Mr.. Clevelands contributions to the
quotable deliverances of his public day. and
they are not claimed by or for anybody else.
Evening star., 1905-08-20
Natural History.

"The MOTH" remarked the man who as
sumes superior knowledge, has never been
credited with the sagacity it really pos
sesses The moth is an epicure.'
"Itn cat anything In sight, replied his
auditor.
That's where you are wrong. 1t is
creature of taste and discernment. You
have observed that it eats holes in your
evening clothes. and only attacks your
bL siness suit when there is nothing else"
Which is sheer cussedness."
"Not at all. When you attend BAN
auet you wear your evening clothes. And
the moths procedure conciuslvely demon
strates that 1t knows the difference be-
tween terrapin and champagne and plain
restaurant soup"