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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-03
BANK ROBBERY.

Blew ops Safe In Gilbertsville and
Secured $4,000.
oneonta, May "A bank Of masked
robbers rode into the village Of Glib
ertsville, about IS miles from here,
this morning, blew open the safe In
the private bank Of e. C. Brewer and
made good their escape with booty
estimated at between $4,000 and s1O,-
600.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-03
CHAPTER H.
How the Devil Came TO
W@vePleY

THE day was the first of May, which was the
| Festival of the Blessed Apostles Philip and
lanes The year was the I,349th from mans
salvation.
From tierce to sext, and then again from sext
to nones. Abbot Tohn of the House of Waverley had
been seated in his study whilst he conducted the
many high duties of his office. All round for many
mile on every side stretched the fertile and flourish
ing estate of which he the master In the center
Law the broad Abbey buildings, with church and
cloisters hosptium chapter-house and fraterhouse,
all buzzing with busy life. Through the open
window came the low hum of the voices of the
brethren as they walked in pious converse IN the
ambu1atory below. From across the clolster there
rolled the distant rise and fall of Gregoran chant,
where the precentor was hard at work upon the
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graceful line of open Gothic arches which sk1rted
a covered walk for the brethren within. Two and
two in their black-and-white garb with slow step
and heads inclined, they paced round and round.
Several of the more StudIOus had brought their
Illuminating work from the scriptorium and sat
in the warm sunshine with their little platterS OF
pigments and packets of gold-leaf before thems
their shoulders rounded and their faces sunk low
over the white sheets of vellum. There too was
the copper-worber with his burn and graver-
Learning and art were traditions with the Cister
clans as with the parent Order of the Bened1ctnes
and vet the library of Waverley well filled both
with precious books and with pious students.
But the true glory of the Cisterclan lay IN his
outdoor work, and so ever and anon there passed
through the cloister some sun-burned monk, soIled
rnattock or shovel in hand with his gown looped
to his knee fresh from the fields or the garden. The
lush green water-neadows speCkled with the heavy
feeced sheep, the acres of corn-and reclaimed from
heather and bracken the vineyards on the southern
slope Of Crooksbury Hill, the rows of Hanley fish
ponds the Frensham marshes drained and soWn
with vegetables the spacious pigeon-coes all crcled
the great Abbey round with the visible labors OF the
Order.
The Abbot's full and forid face shone with a
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she would ever put off the evil time until the harvest
was better until the monks of Waverley should give
up what they had taken, until his uncle should
die and leave money for his outfit, any other
excuse with which she could hold him to her
side.
And indeed, there was need for a man at Tiltord,
for the strife betwixt the Abbey and the manor
house had never been appeased, and still on one
pretext or another the monks would clip off yet
another slice of their neighbours land. Over the
winding river, across the green meadows rose the
short square tower and the high gray walls OF the
grim Abbey, with its bell tolling by day and night,
a voice of menace and of dread to the little
household
1t is in the heart of the great Cistercan monastery
that this chronicle of old days must take its start
as we trace the feud betwiXt the monks and the
house of Lorng with those events to which it gave
birth, ending with the coming of Chandos, the
strange spear-running of Tilford Bridge and the
deeds with which Nigel won fame in the wars.
Elsewhere in the chronicle of the White Company,
it has been set forth what of man was Nigel
Loring Those who love him may read herein those
things which went to his making. Let us go back
together and gaze upon this green stage OF England
the scenery, HILL plain and river even as now, the
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have sold the wool to Master Baldwin of WinCheS-
ter at two shillings bale than it fetched last
YEAR for the nurrain among the sheep has raised
the price"
''You have done well, brother"
Il have also to tell you that 1 have distrained
Wat the warrener from his COTTAGE for his Christ
mas rent is still unpaid, the hen-rents OF last
year"
He has wife and four children, brother" He
was a good easy man. the Abbot, though liable TO
be overborne by his sterner subordinate.
1t IS true holy father; but If l should pass him.
then how am TO ask the rent of the foresterS OF
Puttenham. or the binds in the village2 Such
thing spreads from house to house, and where then
is the wealth of Waverleys"
ssWhat else Brother Samuel
There is the matter of the hsh-ponds."
The Abbot's face frightened. 1t was subject
upon which ne was an authority, If the rule OF his
Order had robbed him of the softer joys of life he
had the keeuer zest for those which remained.
''How have the char prosPered brother2"
''Thev have done well, holy father but the carp
have died in the Abbot's pond"
carp prosper only upon a gravel bottom They
must be put in also IN their due proportion three
nilters to one spayner. brother Sacr1St, and the
spot must be free from wind, stony and sandy,
ell deep, with willows and grass upon the banks.
Mud for tench, brother, gravel for carp"
The sacrst leaned forward with the face OF one
who bears tidings of woe. There are pike in the
Abbot's pond" said he.
''Pikel" cried the Abbot in horror. "As we'll
New-York tribune., 1905-12-03
SUNDAY MAGAZINE 70, DECEMBER 3, 1905

oet content as he looked out at his huge but we'll
ordered household Like every head OF prosperous
Abbey Abbot John the fourth Of the name was z
man Of various accomplishment. lhrough ms own
chosen instruments he had to minister great
estate and to keep order and decorum among Z
large BODY of men living cehbate lie. lie was
rigid discip1inarian toward all beneath him. sup
Die diplomatist to all above He held high debate
with neighboring abbots and lords, with bishops,
with Dapal 1cgates, and even occasion with the
Kings majesty himself. Many We're the subjects
with which he must be conversant. Questions OF
doctrine questions Of building, points OF forestry
of agriculture Of drainage of feudal law, all came
TO the Abbot for settlement. He held the scales
of Justice IN all the Abbey banlleue which stretched
over MANY mile of Hampshire and OF Surrey.
To the monks his displeasure might mean fasting,
exile to some sterner community, or even I'M
prisonment in chains. Over the laynan also ne
could hold anv punishment save only corporeaI
death instead of which he had in hand the lar
more dreadful weapon Of spiritual excommunca-
ton.
Such were the powers Of the Abbot, and It IS no
wonder that there were masterfu lines IN the ruddE
New-York tribune., 1905-12-03

from the face of the land From that time the
Lorings, with estates sadly curtailed, lived IN
what had been the dower-house, with enough for
splendor.
And then came their lawsuit with Waverley
Abbey, and the Cistercians laid claim to their
richest land, with peccary, turbary and feudal
rights the remainder. 1t struggled on tor
years this great lawsuit and when it finished
the men of the Church and the men of the Law had
divided all that was richest of the estate between
them. There still left the old manor-hOuSe from
which with each generation there came soldier to
uphold the credit of the name and to show the i've
scarlet roses the silver shield where it had always
been shown-in the van. There twelve
bronzes in the little chapel where Mathew the priest
said every morning, all of men of the house OF
Loring Two lay with their legs crossed as being
from the Crusades. Six others rested their feet upon
lions as having died in Four only lay with
the efigy of their hounds to show that they had
passed in peace.
OF this famous but impoverished family, doubly
impoverished by law and by Pestllence, two
members were living in the year of grace $40
Ladv Ermvntrude LOring and her grandson Nigel
New-York tribune., 1905-12-03

actors in much very selves, IN much also -
changed in thought and act that they mlght pc
dwelers in another world to ours.
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choir, while down in the chapter
house sounded the strident voice Of
Brother Peter, expounding the rule
of Saint Bernard to the novlceS.
Abbot John rose to stretch his
cramped limbs. He looked out at the
nrnansNard of the clolster. and at the
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features of Abbot John, or that the
brethren, g1ancing UP, should put on an
even meeker carriage and more demure
expression as they saw the watChful
face in the window above them
A knock at the door Of his study
recalled the Abbot to his immediate
duties, and he returned to his desk.
Already he had spoken with his cellarer
and prior, almOner, chaplain and
lector, but now in the tall and gaunc
monk who obeved his summons to
enter he recognized the most impUr-
tant and also the most inportunate
of his agents, Brother Samuel the
sacrist, whose office, corresponding TO
that of the 1avman's bailitf, placed
the. material interests of the monastery
and its dealings with the outer world
entirely under his control, subject only
to the check Of the Abbot. Brother
Samuel was a gnarled and stTlngr
old monk whose stern and sharp
featured face reflected no light from
above but only that sordId worLaday
world toward which 1t was forever
turned. A huge book of accounts was
tucked under one of his arms, while a
great bunch of keys hung from the
other hand, badge of his office, and
also on occasion of impatience
weapon of offense, as many a SCARED
head among rustics and lay brothers
could testify.
The Abbot sighed weari1y, for he
suffered much at the hands OF his
strenuous agent. We'll, Brother Sam
ue1, what is your wills " he asked,
Holy father, 1 have to report that
New-York tribune., 1905-12-03

Lady Ermyntrude Loring and her graz
Lady Ermvntrude's husband had fallen
before the Scottish spearsmen at Stir
ling, and her son Eustace, NIgels father,
had found a glorious death nine years
before this chronicle opens upon the
poop of a Norman galley at the sea-
fight of Sluvs. The lonely old woman,
fierce and brooding like the falcon
mewed in her chamber, was soft only
toward the lad whom she had brought
up. All the tenderness and love of her
nature, so hidden from others that they
could not imagine their existence, were
lavished upon him. She could not bear
him away from her, and he, with that
respect for authority which the age
demanded would not go without her
blessing and consent.
So it came about that Nigel with his
lion heart and with the blood of a
hundred soldiers thrilling in his veins
still at the age of two and twenty
wasted the weary days reclaIm1ng his
hawks with leash and lure or training
the a1ans and spaniels who shared with
the family the big earthen-tioored hall
of the manOr-hOuse.
Day by day the aged Lady Ermyn-
trude had seen him wax in strength and
in manhood, small of stature, it is true,
but with muscles of steel and a soul
of fire. From all parts, from the
warden of Guildford Castle, from the
tilt-yard of Farnham, tales of his
prowess were brought back to her, of
his daring as a rider, of his debonair
courage. of his skill with all weapons;
but still she, who had both hus-
band and son torn from her by
a bloody death, could not bear
that this, the last of the Lorings, q
the final bud Of so famous an
old tree, should share the same Y
fate. With a weary heart, but A
with smiling face, he bore '
with his uneventful days, while
she would ever put off the evil time unit
was better, until the monks of Waverley
up what they had taken, until his
die and leave money for his outfit, O
excuse with which she could hold
side.
And indeed, there was need for a ma
for the strife betwiXt the Abbey and
bo,,ca had never been aDDeaSed and
The daily tribune., 1905-12-13
Grip auiokly Knocked Out.

.Some weeks ago during the severe
winter weather my wife and myself con-
tracted severe colds which speedily de-
veloped into the worst kind Of la grippe
with all lts miserable symptoms" says
Mr.. ]. g. Egleston Of Maple Landing
Iowa. "Knees and joints aching. mus
clea sore, head stopped up, eyes and nose
running. with alternate spells Of chilla
and fever. We began using Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, aiding the same
with q dose Of Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets, and by Its use soon
completely knocked out the grip" These
Tablets promote healthy action OF the
bowels, liver and kidneys which is always
beneficial when the system is congested
by cold or attack Of the grip. For sale
by all dealers. mwl
The daily tribune., 1905-12-13

matter should be gone over care
fully. There is no danger of Can
on getting more of its share of the
camp trade if the running of the
oars is adjusted by the franchise.
If the road is to be built to the
coal camps there is way of fixing
it 80 both Florence and Canon will
each get an equal chance. For
instance have the line run from
Canon over to Lincoln park into
the camps and from the latter
points to Florence. Then have
the cars start from Canon, run to
the camps and thence to Florence
By this those camp people who
care to come to Florence can do 30
The daily tribune., 1905-12-13

ing and closing as steamer pass
es, makes one of the greatest stage
effects and achievements on mod
ern stage. 1t took twenty men five
months to build this bridge scene
alone for "On the Bridge at Mid
night" but their work and the
plans of the producers were 30 per-
feet that the scene passed without
a hitch the opening night in Chi
cago and of course aroused the
greatest enth usiasm. The entire
river view, including the bridge,
is masterpiece of scene painting
and construction. As the two
huge sections of the roadway, the
valves of the jacknife rise to let a
The daily tribune., 1905-12-13
BEST OF THE SEASON.
"On the Bridge At Midnight, :
Houston Opera House, Satur-
day Night.

Klimt & Gazzolo's $4,000 pro-
duction, "On the Bridge at Mid
night" is among the local bookings
to be here soon. This is the sue
cessful comedy drama that con-
tains reproduction Of Chicago's
most celebrated feat OF modern en-
gineering-the lift or jacknife
bridge over the Chicago river.
Even experts in engineering
doubted that this huge novelty
would be success but its perfect
practicability silenced them and
likewise Klimt and Gazzolo
silenced doubters who heard Of
their determination to introduce a
working model of the bridge in a
play. The stage bridge works as
perfectly as the original and open
The daily tribune., 1905-12-13

their plants day and night. Bulls
and vsals sold about steady all
week. Feeder and stooker trade
Wa active and a large number
wsrs ssnt ont TO the country.
Some choice North Parkers sold
at 9425. which 10 the best sale re-
ported In some weeks. Bulk OF
tho pretty good steers went at
%. 40 to 1885, medium to fair al
e8 90 70 $40 and common stun
from 800 down.
Receipts today were close OF
q. 900 head and everything was
closed 1t steady prices nothwith-
standing the fact that eastern mar
kets were reported weak and in
some cases lower.
w. N. FULTON.
The daily tribune., 1905-12-13

steamer pass, audiences never fail
to bestow tremendous applause.
Much Of this is of course is due to
the development OF the deeply in
teresting story OF the play at this
point, the story Of the long sad
search of blind mother for q
child stolen when baby. There
are several immensely funny char
acters played by wcll known COM
edians and the rest of the company
is fully equipped and equal to the
many demands Of unusual comedy
drama. While it is strong play
and scenicaily impressive, all sem
sationel melodrame exsggeration
is avoided.
Tickets on sale at Houston's Of
foe. Price 25-35- 50-75c and 81.
BUILDITRIGHT-Befo the
city council gives franchise to
F. S. Granger to build and main
tain a street car system in this
oity as a Canon connection, the
The daily tribune., 1905-12-13
rELErHohE NO. 10
cattls wsre Plentiful.

Denver Union Stock Yards, Dec.
11-Reosipts here were liberal last
week, the total being about 10000
head - against 5000 she proceed
ing week. Eastern markets also
had . good run, q good many med
3ium and inferior cattle being in
cluded, which had a very depress-
ing effect ON the trade. Prices
were quoted 10 to l5 cents lower
at most eastern points and the de-
cline in some cases amounted to
as much as quarter. Trade here
was very satisfactory. Average
quality Of the cattle was good and
good clearance made da lily
Buyers were hungry on Monday
and bought literally and prices
were considerably higher, but lat
or this advance was lost on account
of the slump east, and good cattle
closed about the Same as q week
ago. Common cattle we're if any
thing little lower. Beef steers were
in fair supply but packers we're
good buyers Of everything in sight
and would have taken good many
more. Choice Wyoming steers
sold at $500 and bulk of the
weeks business was done around
$3.50 to $3.50. Cows were also
good sellers and the demand ex-
ceeded the supply. Best oowz
brought $3.50 and bulk Of the fair
to good sold at $40 to $500 with
the commoner kinds from $2.35
down. Good Christmas beef is
selling we'll here now as packers
have liberal orders and are working
The daily tribune., 1905-12-13
A Certain Cure for Group.

When child shows symptoms OF Group
there il no time to experiment with new
remedies, no matter how highly they may
be recommended. There is one prepara-
tion that can always be depended upon.
It has been in use for many years and
has never been known to fail, viz: Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. Mr.. F. M.
Compton of Market, Texas, says OF it;
III have used Chamberlain's Cough Rom
edy in severe cases Of Group with my
children and can truthfully say it always
gives prompt relief" For sale by all
dealers. mwi
The daily tribune., 1905-12-13
M. e. LEWIS

Then upon returning to Canon
from here let the cars go via the
coal camps and the traders perfer-
ring Canon can go that way. This
is an easy solution as to who shall
continue to have the camp trade
and it is believed Mr.. Granger will
consent to it. If Florence isn't
careful it will be shut out entirely
as this Office is informed that he
purposes to run his line to Lincoln
park, make a loop and then go
back to Canon. If this is done it
will be an easy matter to make an
extension of the Park line and run
it into the camps from there, thus
shutting off this town from any OF
the advantages that may accrue
from the system. The business
element should readily see through
this scheme, By the plan suggest
ed no one will get the better of the
other.
The daily tribune., 1905-12-13

ELKS ORCHESTRA - The
Elks orchestra of the Canon City
lodge will furnish the music at the
opening night of the Elks' fiesta
tomorrow night. The fiesta will
be open only at nights.
The daily tribune., 1905-12-13

1t isn't very often that you get
something for nothing. But we
want to furnish every home in
Florence with a 1906 calendar.
They will be opened up and ready
to be given out Friday morning,
Dec. Is, at our store. Morris d
Honey man the Jewellers. S7-9
The daily tribune., 1905-12-13

Don't forget that our Christmas
turkeys are killed and dressed by
ourselves. The Central market.
$3.50
The daily tribune., 1905-12-13

It pays to advertise your wants in
the Tribune.
The daily tribune., 1905-12-13
Shopping

w
Now is the time to do your
Christmas shopping and if you are
interested would advise you to
make an early purchase. Any of
the following articles would make
desirable present:
Dinner Set Carving Set
Glass Set Hand Painted
Lamp Plates
Plated Knives Pocket Knives
and Forks Razor Sets
Meat Choppers Gun
Pair Of Skates Express Wagon
Florence Souve- All Kinds of
Mrs Toys
Everything that is useful and
ornamental.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-06-23

make you irritable; you can't Gleep,
you are unable to quietly and calmly
perform your daily tasks or care for
your children.
The relation of the nerves and gen
erAuve organs In women is 30 close
that nine-tenths Of the nervous pros-
traton, nervous debility, the bluss,
sleeplessness and nervous irritability
arise from some arrangement of the
organism which makes her a woman
Fits Of depression or restlessness and
irritability. Spirits sssily affected, no
that one minute abe laughs, the next
minute weeps Pain In the ovaries and
between the shoulders. Loss Of voice;
nervous dyspepsia. A tendency to cry
at the least provocation. All this points
to nervous prostration.
Nothing will relieve this distressing
condition and prevent months Of pros
tration and suffering 30 surely as Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. M. E. Shotweu, Of 1os Flatbush
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hams Vegetable Compound suffered for
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not sleep and would walk the floor almost
every night
~ had three doctors and got no better, and
life was q burden. I was advised to try
Lydia z. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound,
and it has worked wonders for me.
am q well woman, my nervoumess Is all
gone and my friends say look ten Year,
younger
VIII not the volumes of letters from
women made strong by Lydia E. Pink
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-06-23
WEST SALISBURY.

NJ. NJ. Dowd has had his steamer
overhauled and installed a new en-
CINE.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Dyer and son spent
Sunday at their cottage on Lake Dun
more.
Mrs. Agnes Haywood went to Rut-
land Monday to visit her son, E. Hay
wood.
William Graves who has been on the
sick list for some time is able to be
out again.
Edward Preston, the station agent
has moved into Mrs. Matte Bailey's
house near the depot.
NJ. NJ. Dowd spent Tuesday in Rut.
land the guest of his son, I. NJ. Dowd
Of the Rutland railroad ST ,ff.
w. w. Dowd and H. Hyde who have
been guests of DR.. and Mrs. Rogers OF
Bolton, N. Y, for the past week re-
turned home Saturday.
w. Marcelle left Wednesday to take
up his work at the Frontenac House II
the Thousand Islands on the st. Law
renee river near Ogdensbnrg, N. Y.
What might of been a very severe
avoided by Mr.. Cloyce's quick presenc'
of mind. While trying to catch hi
colt in the pasture, the colt raised W
and come down on Mr.. Cloyce, bruisinl
his head severely.