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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17

The Pennsylvania board OF pardo,nas
granted reprieyes Wednesday, FEB, 10,
for Mrs. Kate Edwards and Samuel
Greason. who were TO have been hanged
yesterday. Mrs Edwards was IN a
state OF collapse, but Greason had not
given up hope OF escaping the gallows,
The reprieves were granted ~ order
that dispositions could be taken and
Mrs, Edwards examined as to the an'
thenticity Of her confession exonerat'
ing Greason. Gov, Penn, packer, has
signed an order withdrawing the death
warrants. Mrs. Edwards now declares
that she gave her husband liquor un,
til he became intoxicated, then killed
him with blows on the head from
hammer. Her daughter, Mary, who
witnessed IL all, Mrs. Edwards says,
helped her to throw the body into a
cistern. The case Of Greason will now
be again taken to the Pennsylvania
supreme court, and II that tribunal
refuses to reopen the case, the attor-
neys for Mrs. Edwards and Greason
will have to appear before the board
Of pardons next month.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17
cAMBRIDGEPoRT.

Loren Derby has been visiting his
brother, l.. W. Derby
Mrs. F. d. Goodrich is visiting rel
atives in Woburn, Mass
The work of stating the church roof
was completed Saturday.
Emery Vancor of Saxtons River and
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Derry of Brook
line were recent guests in town.
Frank Wyman of Brattleboro was
with his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
David Stevens, few days last week.
An alarm of fire was given one morn,
ing last week from the house occupied
by John Jenkins, but the damage was
slight.
A company of 80 passed Saturday
evening very pleasantly at the social
given under the auspices of the La
dies Benevolent society. Mrs. Ellis
was assisted in entertaining by Mrs.
Mary Davis, Miss Oma Harwood, Mrs.
D. L. Bemis and Mrs. Flora T. Walk
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17
CHESTERFIELD.

G. G. Hill has been housed with
tonsilitis for some days, but is i'm
proving.
The Congregational ladies hold q
supper with Mrs. Mabel Spaulding
Wednesday evening.
H. j. Allen, the Brattleboro mail
carrier, is another live man, and has
missed but four trips in the eight
years, nearly, that he has been in the
service. Those were by reason of bad
roads,
The NJ. +. ladies met with Mrs. j.
C. Hubbard Wednesday afternoon,
Feb. Is. Mr.. Hubbard was so years
of age on that day. He is quite com
Portable, but does not go out much
these days.
Our people have been busy on the
roads for some days, trying to keep
paths open for travel. Mondays storm
did not keep our meatmen from Put
ney and West Chesterfield from being
on time. Mr. Kendall of Putney has
been on the road for many years and
has seldom missed trip.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17
WHINING ToN.

o. E. Butterfield is still unable to
be at his office.
W. W. Peck of Morrisville has been
in town on business this week.
There are many cases of illness and
the doctors are busy day and night,
A number of the members of @. B.
Lawton post are planning to attend
the state encampment at Brattleboro
Feb. %.
The village schools have closed this
week. The teachers of the village
school gave very pleasant party at
the tavern Tuesday evening.
1t has been fight the last week to
keep the trains running on account OF
the snow but considering the difficult
les, good time has been made.
Regular meeting of Social lodge last
Tuesday evening. A number of the
local Masons will attend the district
meeting at Bellows Falls Feb "a.
The principal topic is the weather
and the deep snow. The snow will av-
erage over three feet in depth and in
many places it is four feet on the level
and in Searsburg and Somerset it is
fully six feet. Some of the logmen have
quit their work.
Eleven head of cattle belonging to
Heman b. Ware were tested and found
to be diseased from tuberculosis and
were accordingly condemned and killed
last week. Four head belonging to
Albert W. Boyd, I'd, were also slaught-
cred. 80 per cent of the appraised
value will be paid to the owners.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17
Antarctic Expedition May Be Lost.

Jeanne Charcot, granddaughter OF
Victor Hugo, and formerly the wife
OF Leon Daudet, has filed petition
for divorce in the Paris courts against
her husband, DR.. Jean Charcot, son OF
the famous nerve specialist, and head
of the French Antarctic expedition,
on the ground of desertion 1t IS
feared that the expedition command,
ed by DR.. Charcot, which started
more than a year ago for the discovery
of the south pole, has been completely
lost. 1t is known to have encountered
a terrible storm in April last year and
has not been heard of since.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17
Camphor for Colds.

One of the most efficient remedies
for breaking up cold during it's
earliest stage is spirits of camphor.
When the eyes begin to water and
there is the accompanying tingling of
the nose and feeling of chiiliness,
place three drops of camphor on a
lump of loaf sugar and place the
sugar in the mouth. Repeat this in
an hour if the chilliness continues
The Healthy Home.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17

Gen. Lew Wallace, author of Ben
Hur and the Prince of India, died at
Charlottesville, Ind, Wednesday, Feb
Is, aged 81. He was also lawyer,
soldier and statesman. He forsook
the study of law to fight in the Next
can war but later received his degree.
He fought in the civil war, command
ing divisions at Donelson and Shiloh,
preparing the defences of Cincinnati,
interceptipg the march on Washing
ton of Gen. Nebal Early and he fought
the battle of Monocacy. He was a
member of the court that tried the
assassin of Lincoln. He was mustered
out in 1865. From 1878 to 1881 he was
governor of New Mexico, and President
Garfield appointed him minister to
Turkey, which post he held from 1881
to 1885. Beside the books mentioned
he wrote the Life of Gen. Ben iamin
Harrison and the Boyhood of Christ.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17
EAST DOVER.

Mrs. W. ID. Howe is gaining slowly.
Wayne Yeaw is having hard time
with an abscess on his face.
Mrs. G. S. Sherman went this week
to Providence, r. L., to visit her chill
dren.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. D. Hale of Brattle-
boro were in town on business last
week.
Miss Verna Metcalf is not as well
this week and Mrs. Clarence Moore
does not gain as fast as desired.
Thirty-five attended the valentine
party at the Baptist vestry Tuesday
evening. A fine time was reported.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17

The grist mill of Clark Il Devine at
Mortified was totally destroyed by
fire Tuesday, Feb IA. The fire started
near the boiler room from unknown
causes. Loss estimated at 5000, in.
GLIDING three carloads of corn and
oats just received, The buildings were
insured for $1,000 l.. p. Harris a
Son, who were occupying the north
part OF the building as repair shop,
lost 81, 900 worth of machinery with
no insurance. A larger, up-to-date
mill will be built Immediately.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17
Aoonizing Burns

are instantly relieved. and perfectly
healed. by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. c.
Rivenbark. Jr., Of Norfolk. Va, writes:
Il burnt my knee dreadfully; that 1t
blistered all over. Bucklen's Arnica
Salve stopped the pain, and healed It
without a scar" Also heals all
wounds and sores. Is cents at +. IL.
Holden & Co.'S. druggists.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17
Hanoina Out Clothes in Winter.

ing water greatly sfmplifies the
hanging out of clothes in freezing
weather. AS sait prevents water
from freezing at the usual tempera-
ture, clothes thus treated can not
only be hung on the line before they
freeze, but if the sun is shining on
them they will partially dry before
doing so, a circumstance which pre-
vents much wear and tear. The laun-
dress ought to wear white wooden
gloves when hanging out clothes in
winter.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17
Grant us, o Lord, the grace to bea

Grant us, o Lord, the grace to bear
The little pricking thorn;
The hasty word that seems unfair;
The twang of truths well worn;
The jest that makes our weakness
plain;
The darling plan oerturned;
The careless touch upon our pain;
The slight we have not earned;
The rasp of care, dear Lord. to-day,
Lest all these fretting things
Make needless grief. oh, give us, pray,
The heart that trusts and sings
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17

Rev. W. n. T. Dean of Whately.
Mass, kept 1s hens through 1903. The
returns from them in eggs and chick
ems were ss7.6z; cost Of feed. s24-1o,
leaving a clear profit Of s4s.s2, or 81
72 for each hen
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17

The eight claims to be presented TO
the international court at Mortified
ore now in and sittings have been sus-
pended while Umpire Plumley con
siders voluminous documents in the
cases. Count Peretti will remain in
Mortified but DR.. Paul has gone to
Washington.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17

The house at Washington Wednes-
day, Feb. Is, unanimously passed a
resolution requesting an investigation
of Standard Oil with view to prose-
cution under the Anti Trust law.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17

The Brevoort house at Chicago was
partly destroyed by fire Tuesday, Feb.
IA, causing a loss of 800, 600 to the
building and hotel furnishings, and
forcing $50 guests to make hurried
departure. Three firemen were in
jured, one severely. The fire started
from crossed electric light wires. Fire
at Mobile, Ala, Monday, Feb 10,
destroyed the Battle house, Mobiles
historic hotel, the Commercial hotel,
and several adjoining buildings. The
loss is about $1,000 There was no
loss of life. The origin of the fire is
unknown.
Charles Merrill, electrical engineer,
son of Henry Merrill, of Fairfield, has
received government appointment
in the signal service department with
headquarters at Washington.
Felix McGettrick, who recently re-
moved to Boston from ST. Adams,
where he was in 1903 the democratic
candidate for governor of Vermont,
has been admitted to the Massachu-
sets bar. Mr.. McGettrick has formed
partnership with his son, Edward I.
McGettrick, who has been practicing
there for several years.
The senate at Washington Tuesday,
Feb. IA, passed the agricultural ap-
preparation bill. The Hansbrough
amendment, relative to drawbacks on
the duty on wheat, was agreed to, af-
ter an extended debate in which tariff
questions figured to considerable ex-
tent.
Mrs. William Blickensderfer, the
prime mover in the effort to reprieve
Mrs. Rogers, has returned to her
home in Stamford, CT. The Advocate
of that place says she will now devote
her efforts to raising a fund to pay
the necessary legal expenses incident
to a presentation of the case to the
supreme court and for new trial
should one be granted.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17

You will the elegant Twill Foud and sort Peau-aee
latest coongs patterns line of high grade Figured laeta with un
almost invisible Checks any one OF winch IS dream
anness making either full separate waists In Black kS the
contains desirable
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17
NEW BLACK AND coLoRED DRESS c

New Spring Fabrics from both the foreign
porter and showing
Costumes for Walking Suits and Skirts Some oft
leading fashionable EoGm Mohr Sian Rodea Prunena MTos
intnes V Broad Cloths Vos and Nuns Vn all which brought out int
prevailing coo we'll black with novelties small Checks and invisible PLAID
which popular this
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17
Black Peau-de-Cygne
Z" India
F." eros Grain
=" Crepe-de Chine
Black Peau-de.Soie
!" Armure
/" Taffeta
. Duchesse and

Every piece large collection of Silk Fabrics priced figure from 10
goods sold for Silk Departments and will appeal
connosseur of first sight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
A LONDON oPTIMIST.
Strong Believer in the American
Market and Railroad

The American market" writes the Lom-
bard street critic of the London Sunday
Times, continues the marvel of the house
After a rise of 30 to 100 per cent, it is as
strong, buoyant and as fit as when it
started on it's upward journey. My readers
may well ask for an explanation of this
astounding vitality. Is it only cheap money?
And is this cheap money the result of busi-
ness relaxation in the states, sign of
retrogression rather than advance? No one
who asks such questions can have paid
even cursory attention to the authoritative
data of American business progress. Bank
clearings, railway earnings statistics of
failures, all available indicia, in fact, tell
the same story, that of an active pushing
and profitable business life in the great re-
public of the west, and the steady rise in
railway shares shows that Wall street is
gradually waking up to the tremendous sig
nifcance of the old axiom that, owing to
the advance of civilization, the great Amer
lean railway lines can never again be dupli-
Gated. They are all in the nature of rich
monopolies growing in value with the prog
ress of the country. OF course, they do not
all grow pari passu, and there is plenty of
scope yet for knowledge to pick out the
winning horses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
pose of combining landscape gardening eff

pose of combining landscape gardening eff
forts on large scale
If all the jewellers in single square of
this city were to assemble some evening
and agree to take down their fences, till
the soil of their back yards, and keep their
premises up to certain standard the eff
feet would probably be such as to draw
the approving attention of the entire COM
munity. By such cooperative methods the
cost to each individual of making a whole
square beautiful would be very much re-
duced. 1t might, of course, be impossible
to get the consent of some of the occu-
pants or owners of the square. But if every
reform must wait until 1t is unanimously
approved there would never be any sort of
progress in the world. If four-fifths of the
residents of the block agreed to proceed
systematically to make their back yards at
tractive 1t is hard to believe that the re-
naming fifth would long hold out against
the tide of public sentiment, in the face of
eloquent contrasts between the beauty of
the whole and the shabbness of their own
premises.
With such cooperative methods In vogue
Washington might soon become a city of
beautiful courts instead of a city of sloven-
ly back yards, a change which would sure
ly be well worth the cost and pains In the
delight of residents and the envy of Wis
itOrS.
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Railroads in the Philipuines.
IN. II. Taft in Success.

Secretary VIM. H. Taft in Success
There are only one hundred and twenty
miles of railroad in the Philippine Islands.
In barbarous Algeria there are two thous-
and miles, although the territory Is very
little larger and the population is not as
great by one-third. This gives fair idea
of the disproportion in the matter of rail-
way mileage in the Philippines, when you
compare it with that of tropical colonies
similarly situated in other parts Of the
world. Nothing else will contribute to
the education, elevation and uplifting of
the people as the construction of railroads
through different parts of the islands. Moth
ing else will so contribute to their COM
mercial prosperity, because the railroads
will make it possible to bring the enormous
crops, which can be raised on various parts
of the islands, to the seaboards for expor-
tation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26

made solely for repairs. In 1891 it made its
first unconditional appropriation of $1,000
600. The first levee, built at New Orleans
in 1117, was mile in length and four
feet high. At the present time there are
1,s00 miles of magnificent levees below the
mouth of the Ohio. Above are some of less
extent.
This service is also required to forecast
changes in the rivers from day to day, when
no floods are present. This is of great
benefit to the steamboat people, The ques-
ton of loading a boat in low water is al
ways a pressing one. The more water boats
draw the heavier they can load, and a riV-
er's fall of only a few inches makes great
difference in the loss of tolls on tons of
freight"
Our Greatest Floods.
What have been our greatest foods?"
1.-The Mississippi flood of 1903 was the
greatest in the history of the United States,
the only inundat!on ever approaching it be
ing that of 1914. Third in severity was
that of 1897"
The great 1903 food lasted ninety-four
days, and, although the Mississippi rose
higher than ever before, 1t overfowed $3.50
square miles, or one-half the area flooded
in 1897. So nicely were the weather bu-
reaus forecasts needed that not single
life was lost, there was no drowning of
stock and no destruction of crops. Every
thing portable within the affected area was
removed to a place of safety. The value of
the property saved by DR.. -Frankenfield' S
corps was much greater than the $15,C00,0 coo
worth saved in 1897.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26

pennies for the purchase of flower seed
wherewith to plant a home garden. Then
the man who takes no pride In his premises
will begin to consider the case. with like
lihood of some Improvement.
School Garden Work.
1t is through the children that the best
chance lies for back yard betterment in
Washington. There are between thirty and
forty thousand public school pupils in this
city. Each of them has during the past
two OF three seasons been taught in school
the value of beauty in everyday matters.
They have had lessons in gardening, have
had their pride stimulated by the institu-
ton of friendly rivalries between the vari-
Gus schools for the production of the best
looking school yard and have been taught
how to prepare soil and grow plants at
home. 1t is probable that there are today
upward of fifteen thousand little gardeners
in this city ready TO begin with spades and
hoes and rakes on their tiny plats for the
reception of the seeds they have bought for
a penny a package under the advice of
their teachers
This is the most wholesome influence. and
must in the course of few seasons make
for a truly beautiful Washington. one that
will look as nearly well out of the back
windows as from the front. With any
sort of parental encourag cement these young
gardeners can improve the premises
by fifty per cent in single year They
can make flower beds around the yards.
planting brightly blooming plants and vines.
They can improve the quality of the turf
even in the yards where the household work
often interferes with good results.
The Flower Decked Home.
That home which boasts of a daily bunch
of flowers in summer, culled from the yard,
is the brighter and happier for the decora-
ton, however humble, however meager the
little bouquet. A morning glory stuck in a
ia,
If that morning glory came from the back
yard.
A Washington of pretty home gardens
with without high fences, viii soon result
If the efforts of the public school teachers
who are now working zealously for the
propagation of the garden idea sus-
tanned in even small degree by the parents.
little spading and hoeing for the boy or
girl a little kindly supervision and strong
hand at times to do the heavy work, will
start the process in way to insure marked
results this season. Next year the young
gardeners will find their task far less diff
cult, for this years flower beds will need
little working to make them ready for the
seeds and plants.
A Field for Cooperation.
Such a work is more likely to succeed
now than score or so of years ago. be-
fore Washington became so distinctly a
city of home owners. The population is
less shifting in character. Despite the
marked tendency toward fiat dwelling, the
percentage of individual residences owned
by the occupants is probably larger than
ever before This tends toward the instil-
lation of pride in the premises. The house
holder feels that his labor of this year
will benefit him next year, and not some
successor as a rent payer. 1t should be
possible in this city to organize neighbor-
hood garden clubs, such as have been es-
tablished in some other cities, for the pur-
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Pulling Down the Old House on Capitol
Hill

How easy to throw down the old red house
They builded so long ago,
From the Mansard roof and its stately spouse.
The President Cupalo!
hear the tins they are hurting away
Fall fiat where they sold the sods
And the bolt that splits the TALL green bay
Seems a bolt from the lightning rods
They are punching away the window stills
And the eyebrowed lines above,
Where Iadys arm with its lacey frills
Leaned forth to welcome Love:
o empty house! no more thy ghosts
OF faitbfulness or fault
Shall shine like the lighthouse on the coasts,
But leave thee day-dark Vault
And where Is she by the chimneyed room
Who nighted with Sappho's art
Diana, moving across the moon,
And the huntress of my heart p
Sweet Lowell though never spoke thy name
But gazed with soul Of vows,
i feel my death when they break thy frame
And leave me ruined house.
GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND.
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Cape to Cairo Railroad.
From the New York Sun.

Fr0m the New YORK sun.
By June next the Cape to Cairo Railway
will be completed northward to Kalomo,
the administrative center of West Rhodesia
or Barotseland A further extension of 25O
miles beyond Kalomo will be reached early
next year. This section will be built by
the Mashonaland Railway Company There
will then be continuous railway communi-
cation from Cape Town to within 100 miles
of the southeast corner of the Congo Free
State, total distance of about 1900 miles.
For the Kalomo- Broken Hill extension and
for other necessary development of the
country, the Mashonaland Railway Com
pany is about to issue per cent debenyures
to the amount of $780, 900, guaranteed by
the British South Africa Company.
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Crude Rubber Earnings in 1904.

From the Cent Per Cent.
Crude rubber earnings in 1901 as reported
by the most disinterested authorities have
wonderfully stimulated interest in rubber
cultivation; and it is now seen that the
men who entered into this industry four or
five years ago were far-seeing and accurate
in their Judgment and are on the road to
certain wealth. In the January issue Of
Cent Per Cent a leading authority stated
that crude rubber would certainly reach
cultivated rubber plantations of Mexico
will probably yield $500 per acre per year.
in the course of very few years.