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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-04-17
COVENTRY,

George Drake is sick.
Howard Knox of Hanover, n. H., is in
town. I.
The village schools commences next
Monday. -
Mrs. E. Gorham has been quite sicK the
past few days.
Mrs. Il. G. Nichols. is confusd TO sthe'
house with illness.
A. D. Thurber has gone to East Burke to
visit his parents.
Mildred Greenwood of Lowell is the
guest of her aunt, Mrs. H. g. Cleveland.
Rev. M. A. Turner will go to.conference
next Wednesday. 1t is hoped he will be
returned here.
Mrs. Higgins of Concord has come to
care for her sister, Mrs. Peter Williams,
who is quite i'll.
We are sorry to learn that Mrs. Harry
Manley is quite ill at the home of her
brother, George MetcaIf, in Irasburg.
The farmers call this poor sugar season.
Only about one and oDe-half pounds of
sugar to tree have been made thus far.
Mrs. Henry Howard went to Barton
Landing last Thursday tc see her son-in-
law, e. PerIey, who is In very poor health.
Beatrice Scott, who has been visiting
her grandparents in Albany, for some
time, has returned home to attend school.
At the town meeting last Tuesday it was
voted to erect two steel bridges. Wilbur
Scott was elected 1st constable and c. F.
Putney I'd constable. II was also voted to
accept the $1,000 state appropriation for
highways and bridges.
At the social held in the Methodist
Episcopal vestry last Friday evening, a
large number were present. James Chap
man was present with his phoDograph,
which added much to the enjoyment of
the occasion. A good program was rem
dered and good supper was provided.
Eureka grange held its last meeting in
the grange hall, Saturday evening. April 8.
After the business of the grange was COM
CONTINUED ON FoURTH PAGE.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-04-17

Sadie Putney is sick with infammatory
-heumafisn1
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-04-17

Mrs. E. E. Burrows is home from Barton
Landing, where she has been nursing.
Eva Kinne from Newport Center visited
relatives in town quite recently.
Mrs. Fordyce is very i'll with pneumonia.
Mrs. Geo. Litchfield is helping to care for
her.
Miss Jane Chandler, who has been vis-
iting her sister for the past few weeks, has
returned to her home in Massachusetts,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29

and drove us back to school
Dear dad have l any uncles? They
seem a good sort.
"Postkript g | didn't mail this letter be-
cause / wish TO open ii 10 say that the boy
with an uncle and me gave a class blow
out and II was CRATE. The matrOn made
us chocolate to drink which we didn't have
to pay for but we paid for all the other
things and some things We owed the store
keeper for who won't kick any more about
trusting | CESS for he was paralised when
we flashed the gold on him to change, ard
ne went TO the bank TO see was they reel
or shines. / love to pay my diets for then
you can buy things and not pay which is
a noosence-to pay is, l mean. We had
bakery cakes, old but filling and the small
est boys need such a lot of filling before
they begin to eat the things which cost
We had village candy. Bum. but sweet
We had hard boiled eggs which get brown
from your fingers when you peel the shells
off but with salt are good pickles. We
had tarts soaked in mapel sugar Juice and
hlled with raSbery jam where there was a
well IN the middle. The boys uncle came
to see was we having good time, but
would not eat any of the bread because he
said he was going to sale to Urope next
month and had 10 be careful of his stom-
ach. So the fzZical culture teecher gave
the boys uncle some medicine to drink,
with some soda water In it, and he said
that would do him until he got back TO
New York. don't know what the medi-
cine Is or what il is good for I've had
most every thing the matter with me that
fellow can get in school, but the fizzicaI
culture teecher never gave me any OF that
medicine.
I'VE had ginger pop and drank the health
OF uncle and he sang us song instead Of
giving any more toSts which was better.
I suppose mammals brother in France is
my uncle even If he isn't an American so
If he comes over to this country tell him
to come up to visit me, for 1 think uncles
are the best ever
If you don't send the nose gard I fear [
ha q
games as am now, and also your loving
son, Emmett
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29
TRICKS OF ANIMALS,
Instinct of Self-Preservation Causes
Them to Use Deceit Instead of
Showing Courage.
From the London Spectator.

From the London Spectator
There are a surprising number of Quaker
anmals-animals whose regular method of
self-protection Is to offer no resistance to
their enemies.
The 'possum's trick of "shamming dead"
is an old story. The hedgehog the porcu-
pine, the Australian echidnas and some of
the armadiIlos refuse to fight, but they
are protected by sharp spires or armor.
Some of the armadillos are great dggers
and take refuge in holes, while porcupines
often hide in hollow logs or trees.
Among marine animals is a starfish often
called the brittle star" which is the de
spair of collectors 1t seems to make it a
point of pride that none of its family shall
be shown in a bottle or on museum shelf.
When taken from the water this starfsh
throws off It's legs and also it's stomachs.
The story is told of one collector who
thought that he had succeeded in coaXing a
specimen into pail only to see it dismem-
Der itself at the last moment
w. II. Hudson describes the -feign-
ing habits of a small South African fox
common on the pampas. If caught in
trap or overtaken it collapses as If dead,
and to all appearances is dead. The de-
ception is so well carried out that dogs are
constantly taken in by 1t. When one with
draws a little way from a feigning fox and
watches him very attentively a slight open
ing of the eye may be detected. FINALLY,
when lett 10 himself, ne goes not recover
and start up like an animal that has been
stunned, but slowly and cautiously raises
his head first and only gets up when his
foes are at distance. l was once riding
with a gaucho when we saw on the open
level ground in front of us a fox not yet
fully grown, standing still and watching
our approach. AL at once 1t dropped, and
when we came up to the spot 1t was lying
stretched out, with eyes closed and appar-
entity dead. Before passing on, my COM
panion who said it was not the first time
that he had seen such a thing, dashed 1t
vigorously with his whip for some moments
without producing the slightest effect
Dogs show much the same tendency when
they lie down meekly, with their heads
down and tails tucked in, and invite
beating Puppies are just as good at TINS
as hardened veterans.
Some kinds of beetles, many of the Woolly
caterpillars which have poisonous hairs on
their backs and numerous spiders adopt
similar tactics. Even the weed louise mas
the same trick and rolls itself into ball.
In the whole animal kingdom, If anything
runs away there IS always found some
thing to run after it. The badger, which
defends itself wickedly when attacked, is
often used for batting.
Perhaps the commonest instance of pass
i've resistance is the land tortoise, Whlch
draws up its front piece and pulls IN IT'S
head and legs and defies its foes by locking
them out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29

tones maddened me.
Madam" / said with great repression
Il have done nothing to the child
The baby yelled on.
Yes, you have" said the girl indlg-
nantly. else it wouldn't be crying Give
II to me-the poor little dear! Needless
to say, l gave the baby up gladly. The
girl stroked and patted 1t In much the
same way 1 had done, but evidently her
method was more effective for the
babys cries became subdued and presently
ceased altogether. Its hands began to play
with the lace on the girls dress. The
girl soothed it in that foolish way that
women have.
Poo itsy fng." said the girl I looked
disguised. From the girls appearance
one would have deduced sense at has
had a hard time. Oh, look at it's poor little
hards-so dirty. They didn't take care of
90, did they. precious2 Did the nasty
things abuse 'oo?"
The baby gurgled and tried to tear off
n handful of lace. The girl turned to me-
Who brought it?" she inquired. / looked
perplexed. who gave it to your" she
added,
"a GIRL, 1 returned. "And / dare say
she thought she was very funny. She"
What's the matter with you. Limp" she
asked You don't seem at all glad to get
your child back. And poor Molly has had
her bed moved to the window so she can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29
Two Kinds of Fox Terriers.

rom outing
There are two varieties of the fox terrier.
smooth-coated and the wire-haired Both
have hosts of admirers and, while the
smooth has always been well to the front
and popular customer, the wire languish-
ed for awhile in remote obscurjty Now,
however, they, too, are rapidly gaining in
popularity this side OF the water. al
though It can hardly be expected that we
shall produce here for a long time either
the quantity quality manifest at an
important English show.
The early fox terriers seemed to have be-
longed to q somewhat nOndeScrlpt group OF
small dogs known as terriers" and were
to be found of all colors-black-and-tan
predominating. Some authorities have held
that judicous crossing with the old white
English terrier Influenced the markings, and
IN this manner the white body was obtained.
This is possible, but We know that some
terriers existed contemporaries of the
black-and-tans of the color now in vogue
While the type of the fox terrier has
changed considerably during the past TWEEN
ty-five years, It is fact worth noting that
several of the good ones shown in the sew
entities or Whereabouts could still hold their
own on the show bench. For instance how
many of the cracks of today could lower
the colors of old "Belgraye Joe?"
OF course, cannot make any positive
statements regarding the type of fox terrier
of the Elizabethan period, but we do Know
that in the middle of the last century O.
smaller stamp of dog than exists now was
general The present craze for abrormally
long heads and the question of size had beeh
causing a considerable amount of argu-
ments and tongue agging. In fact, there
has been discussion these two all-im-
portant subjects since the time that the
smaller, thicker-set terTiers-those of true
working dimensions-were superseded by.
those larger and of more slender appear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29
JAPAN,s CAMPHOR INDUSTRY.
It Forms a Staple Product From
That Country.

From the Scientific American.
One of the most interesting exhibits made
by japan at the late st. Louis exposition
illustrating camphor and its by-products'
was shown In the Forestry building. This
large collection formed part of the For
mosan government exhibit and represented
a great national industry known as the
camphor monopoly. By a provision Of the
law of 1903 the sale of camphor produced
in Japan is monopolized by the government
through a restriction Of the sale of crude
camphor and camphor oil.
Every part of d camphor tree, even to the
leaves contains camphor, The forests are
not confined to Formosa alone, but are also
found in Japan proper With the extension
of the industry the large areas of this Tree
have been greatly reduced, though replant-
ing and cultivation are practiced to a con-
siderable extent, tree requiring fifty years
to attain a diameter of one foot. In For
mOsa however, there Is still an extensive
supply of native forest growth and many
huge trees are to be found in regions still
unexplored. The supply, therefore, Is as
sured for years to come.
Camphor is found in the form of crystals
in the wood tissues, and is separated from
the crude oil by double distillation From
the first distillation is secured an oXtdized
product, camphogenotol the principle of
the camphor oils of commerce. The crude
camphor Is a dark-colored substance fuSing
at 10 deg c.
Among the by-products may be mentioned
crude camphor Oil, which comes out stimuli
taneously with the camphor; white oil, op-
tanned by sublimating the crude oil, and
used in the manufacture of soap. Red oil
is also obtained from the crude camphor
oil, as we'll as black OIL which is extern
svely used in the preparation of varnlshes.
A turpentine is secured from the white oil
that is in great demand for medical and In
dustrial purposes. From red oil is obtained
the product known as saffrol, employed to
a considerable extent in the manufacture
Of perfumery, and also soap; and disin-
fectant is also distilled from red oil, after
the addition of other substances, claimed
to kill the cholera bacillus Another product
is an insecticide, which, when mingled with
100 parts of water, destroys insects in
furious to farm crops.
The camphor products are: Refined gran
ular camphor obtained by sublimation from
crude camphor, price in Tokyo, yen o.S5,
about 40 cents per pound; refined camphor,
sublinled and compressed, worth one yen
per pound: and refined camphor tablets of
Fujisawa camphor. obtained from crude
camphor, worth yen 1.i0 per pound
The annual export OF camphor from Japan
is about 6000,00 pounds three fourths of
which is produced In Formosa, the other
fourth coming from Japan proper, chiefly
from KyuShu and Shkoku.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29
CHIMMlE FADDEN.
A Human Document Letter From Master
Emmett Fadden.
Copyright. 1905. by Edward W. Townsendl

Look at dis Letter I gets from my Kiddie
at school Say, he's all right at his
games. but l tink he has two left feet
when 1t comes to spelling. 1 never took
no prize at spelling, meself, but dis letter
don't look like de way tings is spelled I'm
de newspapers. Perhaps it's a new kind
of spelling dey teaches at de swell schools
so as de Riddles won't have to waste too
much time at DER games-what is what
dey goes to school for. Copy de letter so
dat you will have 1T right:
Dear dad there is much to do in the
spring that a boy has to skipp most of
his lessons If he is in it. Marbuls now
and hope running is fine but boy won
his marbuls from said I cheeted and he is
in the infumury now. No bones broke
but L got good switching from the he'd
master who took my marbuls away so if
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29
HERE, YOU" I SHOUTED, HERE
Idiotically, I held out my

which 1 possess Idioticaly, held out my
hands in return
BABY | said. And l grinned
At the same moment the young woman
got up and extended the baby 10 me- With
out knowing just why. 1 took the soft little
thing in my arms. Just what TO do with IT,
l didn't know Then l suddenly realized
that the joke was on me. ! grew red. A
sense Of humor doesn't help much when
the Joke IS on the wrong side of the
blanket
You're little early, sir" said the girl
II just got here minute ago. Hope you
didn't have any trouble about finding the
place. We got the check all right. Sorry
To have put you to so much trouble Good
bye. sir"
Obi goodbye, I echoed vaguely. The
situation had suddenly developed and had
enveloped me in it / was so much in the
dark that 1 didn't exactly know what TO
say. 1t is painful to chronicle such thing,
but l must confess that my customary
equanimity forsook me. and / couldn't even
think coherenuy until the girl had turned
and was vanishing around the bend of the
road.
Hereof! l say, my sirl-oh! well
now" ! began.
Papa" crowed the baby, rubbing It's
ridiculous plump little cheek against mine.
'Hullo.' l responded, with scowl. The
baby laughed delightedly and scowled in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29
English in Mexico.
From Modern Mexico.

FROM MODERN Mexico,
The increasing use and knowledge of the
English language in Mexico must not be
considered by foreigners who propose to do
business in Mexico as relieving them from
necessity of knowing Spanish. For those
who come in direct contact with the masses
in any way the native language is still
very essential. and viii always be- The
amount of English that can be heard by
the visitor in the main street of this cap
ttal city IS apt to be misleading 1t is not
necessary to journey to the interior of the
country to reach a section where English
is neither heard nor understood By walk
ing a few squares either to the right or
left, away from the beaten track of the
tourist and the foreigner one readily en-
counters the Mexico that must be spoken
to in Spanish. AS this publication has said
many times, 1t is more important that the
man who comes to Mexico should know
thoroughly his own business than he should
have a fluent knowledge of Spanish. Igno-
rance or his business Is quickly detected
by those with whom he has to deal and
at once discredlts him, yet he may employ
the services of an interpreter without of
Tense.
Many people who are not Intimately &C.
quainted with conditions In the Spanish is
lands that have recently come under the
control of the United States imagine that
they will be readily Americanized. They
do not know what a long process Is re-
Quired to change the language and the cls-
toms Of a race. 1t will not be- done In
generation, nor in many of them. Children
born of American parents in Mexico in
variably learn to speak Spanish before they
dc English, and Ii must naturally follow
that local customs are to them more ia
miliar than those of their parents. The
new dependencies. and the constantly grow
Ing trade relations between the United
States and Spanish-speaking countries
make 1t most desirable that the education
OF the young men Of the United States
should include a thorough course of Span
ish Many young men In coming years
will find o. knowledge of Spanish q va.ua-
BILE asset OF their atock In trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29
A Chinese Dog Story.

From the Woman's Home Companion
A number OF noted New Workers were pre-
scented to Prince Pu Lun and the Chinese
minister, Sir Chentung LANG Cheng, dur.
ing their American tour. and one Of these
gentlemen told an incident that illustrates
the remarkable intelligence of a dog of his
The minister said. with smile, IT am re-
minded, sir, of Chinese dog story.
There was Chinaman who had three
dogs. When he came home one evening he
found them asleep on his couch OF teak
wood and marble He whipped them and
drove them forth.
1.-THE next night when he came home the
dogs were lying on the floor. But he placed
his hand on the couch and found 1t warm
from their bodies. Therefore he gave them
another whipping. .s.-.->--
1.-THE third night, returning earlier than
usual, he found the dogs sitting before the
couch blowing on 1t to cool IT..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29

said, get your gang together and we viii
go 10 the hotel and have a time of it So
the boy he got his gang together. which IL
was me. and We went to the hotel because
uhc!e got pass from the he'd master and
we had dinner. Dear dad that was n won
derfui dinner. We had two kinds of Ice
kreem and pies TO burn and chocolate TO
drink ana razons and nuts and rost beef
Then the boys uncle said we should have a
taste of shampane. for he hadn't had such
n good time since he was boy at that very
place, and he hlowed up a botel as loud as
a gun and give us both half a glass and
filled the glass with fzzy water and said
Here's to King Youth; u kindly ruler a
true friend, f1attering listener; his crown
is truth, his roce innocence and he sways
the world by the magic cepter of depend
erce.
We said hooray as loud as we could
though we didn't know what he was talk
ing about, which l CESS lie didn't also.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29

9th, 18th, 35th, 41st, 5Sth Goth, 73d and
11sth companies. Coast Artillery.
Baltimore district-Fort McHenry, 2tst
and 39th companies, Coast Artillery. Fort
Howard. Md, 10th and 103d companies.
Coast Artillery, and detachmentS at Fort
Smallwood Fort Carroll and Fort Arm
istead
Coast Artillery.
In addition to these troops the following
companies of coast artillery have been as
signed for the exercises to artillery dis
tricts as follows:
From the Department of the East-To the
artillery district of the Chesapeake, the
18th. ADD, 45th, 50th. Dist, 10Th. S0th, S1st
SD s4th. seth, 9sth, 101st, 18TH and 123d
companies.
To the artillery district of Baltimore, the
Cd, Add 53d. 56th, 9th dorpedo company,
10Th, 9th and 1O9th companies.
To the artillery district of the Potomac,
the 10th company torpedo company
From the Department of the Gulf-To the
artillery district of the Potomac, the 18th,
18th, nth, 10th, 10th, 22d, .99th and 116th
companies.
To the artillery district of the Chesa-
peake. the Sd company
To the artillery district of Baltimore, the
Seth company.
These companies have been ordered to
proceed from their posts for the districts to
which they are ASST gGed in time to report
for temporary DUTY to their district COM
manders on or about May l, and viii le-
turn for their proper stations on or about
June 80 1905
The commanding general, Department Of
the East, has been ordered to provide the
necessary quarters. camp equipage ana S.p-
plies for all troops ordered to the exc cis-
districts The quartermaster's department
will furnish the necessary transportation
the subsistence department suitable sub
sistence and the medical department. prop
e. medical attendance and supplies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29
Blue Light and Nerves.
m the London Globe

Prof Redard of Geneva. who applied
music as a tranquillizing influence on per-.
sons under anaesthetics, has discovered
that blue light falling on the eyes, event
when closed, affects the nerve centers and
produces sleep either by a hypnotic or
anaesthetie action. Violet and green, bue-
not red and yellow, rays have similars
but weaker effect.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-14
HALF
A DAY
Is ALL
Mayor Lane Decides Portland
Can Take Half Of the Last
Day for the Fair

A proclamation was issued yesterday
by Mayor Lane, of Portland, declaring
a half holiday in that city from noon
today. This was to commemorate the
closing day of the Lewis and Clark
Fair. All Portland business houses and
public institutions were closed.
The closing exercises are TO be par
ticularly spectacular and impressive.
Besides a realistic sham naval battle,
there will be a grand final illumina-
tion and pyroteehnie display. just
before midnight the united bands will
gather and play "Auld Lang syne,
while the sky viii be frightened by
an enormous motto Goodnight" that
viii be written in great letters Of FIRE
on the biggest sky this side Of Chicago.