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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-11-01

"OR nearly week the king was
constant to his new humor
The routine of his life remained
unchanged, save that 1t was the
room Of the frall beauty rather than of
Nine. de Maintenon which attracted
him In the afternoon. And In sym.
pathy with this sudden relapse into his
old life his coats lost something Of
their somber hue. His walk was brisk
er, and he gave youthful flourish to
his cane as defiance to those who
had seen In his reformation the first
symptoms Of age.
And as the king frightened, so all
the great court frightened too. The
salons began TO resume their former
fplendor, and gay coats and glittering
embroidery which had lain In drawers
for years were seen once more In the
halls of the palace. The Moniespan
anteroom was crowded every morning
with men and women who had some
suit TO be urged. while her rivals
chambers were as deserted as they
had been before the king first turned
a gracious look upon her. Faces which
bad been long banished from the court
began TO reappear In the corridors and
gardens unchecked and unrebukcd.
Will he black cassock Of the Jesuit
and the purple soutane OF the bishop
were less frequent colors In the royal
circle
But the church party was never Sc
riously alarmed At this relapse. The
grave eyes OF priest or Of prelate fol
lowed Louis In his cscapade as wary
hunismcn might watch young deer
which gambols about In the meadow
under the impression that II II master.
less when every gap and path Is net
ted and II is In truth as much In their
hands as though II were lying bound
before them They waited. therefore,
and they silcu,ly planned how the
IrJdigal might best be dealt with on
Ills return
To this end II was that his confcssor,
Pcre IA Chalsc. aud rossuei. the great
bishop os Meaux. waited one morning
u1on Nine. Dc Mainianon IN her cham
bcr. With d globe beside ber. she WAS
endcayoring TO teach geography 10 the
lame Duo du Maine and the miEchle'
youA ii;tle rontc dc fonlJuec. who had
cIougii OF their fathers deposition 10
make thea avprsc 10 learning and OF
their mothers 10 cause them 10 bate
ANY discipline or restraint
Nine. de MalHten0n dismissed hcr
two pupils and received iiic ecclesi-
nsiies with the mixture Of affection
and respect which was dne 70 those
who were not only personal friends.
but great lights of the Galllcan church. 4
The last fes days bad cast a palior
over bsr face which .spiritnalizei and
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-11-01
x uAh ~ Bf1sD

The year 1908 will long be remem-
bered n lhe home Vf Il. =. Taekei. of
Alliance, KY. M ycarot blood; which
flowed 20 eOpiously from Dir. Tneket's
lungs that death seened very near. lie
writes. Severe bleeding from the
lungs aud frightful cough had brought
me 10 death door, when ! begnn taxi
ing Dr, King's Aew Discovery tor Con.
sumption. with the astonishing result
that after taking four bottles ! whs
completely restored, and ~ time has
proven, permanently cured" " Gnaran-
tsed for Sore Lungs, Coughs and Code,
al Hard's and Whipple's drug stores.
Price 90 and sl.OJ. Trial bottle free.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-11-01
MAD cL0sE cALL.

"a dangerous surgical operation, iH-
y0iying The removal of a malignant ~.
ter. as large NJ my hand, from my
daughters hip, was prevented BY The
application of Baeklen's Arniea Salyh,"
says a. 6. Stiekei Of Miletus, w. Va.
"Psr.itient use Of the Salye completely
cured Il. Cures Cuts, Burns aud la
iuries, 2jc at Hard's and Whipple's
drug store.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-11-01
CHAPTER VIII.

"OR nearly Z week the king was
constant to his new humor
The routine of his life remained
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-11-01
SPENCER TRowBRIDGE.

Yes. said Bragg. I've decided 10
have long talk with The boss and tell
him just what think. Il il possible.
replied kno1 Why, don't you belies,
I've got the nerve 10 tell him what [
thinki Oh, ycsl But il you tell hna
just what you think how are you go-
ing 10 have a long talkf
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-06-01

In striking contrast with this are
the clauses in which Miss Lewis bene.
fits In the following sections OF the
same will:
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-06-01
LET THE iCEMAN BEWARE,
III I.FNI
An Iccbox That Requires No Ice Ii
One of the Latest IN
v.r+ions loo edl

The icclcss refrigerator, whichtiS tho
very latest refinement Of the electrical
industry threatens to dethrond tft lea
man so efcctuany that 1t Ihay be but
short time before his shining qRTn-
ing face will no longer be seen at the
back door The icoiess rtfrTcfttor,
SAYS the Brooklyn Eagle hs% ,hecn
perfected for the purposes itnhrpha
butcher. sturekoeper, soda water toun-
tain and the larger household 'Rhf 1t
has great variety Of rcdeemng fea-
lures to recommend it, It. 4 colder
than iCc cleaner than ida'Ah eifcapcr
than ice and more convcntJItW iFr1 ice.
In a few words, this t+allHqy9Rfnt
consists OF a complete, coII, ,Ftoragc
plant in miniature, tuck@P 6ws"eSith-
in the confines Of q refrH mgfH OF
ordinary size. This doesT pHt Iafan
the small ice box size at PRESENT., but
II IA only n matter Of 1#hda5F'mo
before this will be arriyqSi afTr3Eha
motor. compressor and other, rs 2efSeFy
apparatus are disposed OF In a com-
partment at one end Of the bdHasHhe
space usually taken up By, the rlce, Ia
occupied by tank for brine by medns
OF which the atmosphere osltliaI intkfior
Is cooled. The motor operatlpg the
cooling plant Is in action only q por-
ton Of the time, during HhiCh pcr4od
the brine becomes so chilledI thacit is
entirely sufficient to maintain u RHop-
err temperature for some censldGrable
additional period OF time" '"" jan
For instance. in the equibmshb aUiich
was experimentally instAlledagi a
grocery store for the purpose q ascor-
tanning how It met the cohdfttbits of
the establishment In actitallhs fuhe
motor IS run only durihsR thsl raEht
hours OF business Although the re.
frigerator is being constantlyA visited
by the employed during skatotinal sthe
temperature is always sqyaysl ldagIees
lower than has ever been ,Qblaincd
with the use o. ice. T'hfs las
demonstrated by actual ltSAa.s nrhe
same tests have also sbpBt4y that the
operative costs are lower than Che leo
bin and the sanitary cohtittun III the
interior is far superior to5thAtiH Barn
or times when 1t was Enthusiastically
with blocks OF fee, but apart freq. all
of these. the grocery nah saysNhe IN
more than repaid in Decentralization
from the bother and copfqt!9Fnsmthe
iceman's daily visit to his gs.nore., A
soda water fountain cooled N.Hnch
the same apparatus hasa 1tSionaostee
the economy and cleanli9eSf4oo eiadrsa
Refrigeration for this purpose. =,
While the principle IS 'h6A s'onew
one there have always Hoenahroeles
which seemed insurmoyNahAitA l the
way of the small isolated Refrigeration
plant. Bu. these have fNta HtH quo.
, cessfully overcome 81 aoi1amA
midi ynam
;ha ianoiisr
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-06-01

mentor when he went 90 New York
on matters social.
Martha L. Lewis YVES the daughter
of boat caulker employed by Mr..
Brown. When only a child la short
dresses the millionaire had taken TO
her because she reminded him Of his
dead daughter when she was tiny
girl. When she grew older he made
her his almoner in his many charities,
and when she was out of her teens
he had her made secretary of the Sun
day school which he had endowed.
Gifts were showerod upon her just
as the were upon Miss Grace Brown,
For awhile things went along smooth
~ enough on the surface, but Mrs
Brown gradually discovered that she
was being undermined. Miss Lewis
finally got control OF the establish
ment and ran 1t with an iron hand.
Family Makes Objections.
The other Observation-Disclosures cous
ms and nephews-didnt like this al
all. They demanded that Miss Lewis
be at least sent to live elsewhere and
that Mrs. Grace Brown be brought
back from Kentucky, where she hac
gone to give tone to the household.
mot for a minute" retorted the ole
man. Grace has chosen to live away
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-06-01
eyes Of such func,ionary when aTvw

eyes OF such 1 func.ionary when a-nrw
customer appears who has uniessue
ately not yet attained the hali-rnfrk
of fashion, and who has something OF
the stamp OF the trump or the dowdy.'
But madame's orders suffer no dis-
courtesy TO a visitor, except. perhops..
from herself. She has almost a sixtn
sense In determining at glahcs
whether a stranger Is to be woic0'ned
with effusion, or gently discouraged
Occasionally, but very seldom, her MS
erection Is at fault and she plumbers
into a rebuff to some one VINO mlshs
have proved n most desirable patron.
Her draving.room IS well furnished
and has nothing Of the gloom charac-
terlstlc Of boarding house parlors.@on
the contrary its appointments are COM
Portable, conventional and q little
stately. This is madamcs reception
room. and here she bears herself oMth
the suave and gracious manneruof
duchess, Just tinEei with sufficient
aristocratic aloofncss to keep her Gus
toners properly subordinate in-their
places. She suggests dictates aAIlor-
dams what the people who come 10
! her are to wear, and II they happen
TO be fayorites she lays herself ioub to
do them honor and so to dress them
4 that they shall honor her, ,-s
Formerly this potcntate was some
what noted for mendacity In thal aailt-
ter OF promising gowns for ocq89iPns'
but in these days she Is likely to keep
her word and promptly paying Gus
toner Is measurably sure 10 receive
her toliettes in good season, Tae ii5-
tie matter OF price Is seldom appa-
duccd until a choice has been made
and the gown ordered. Mf!ame
names a high figure hut the paptle
who come to her do not cXsGft- any-
thing cheap. and would be somewhat
disguised II their things did noe cost
money. All things on this eUth are
relative. and today in this riGn iand
we have many men whose Incomes
permit their wives and daughters to
apend large sums Of money Gnb
dress without their being in tho least
cxtravagaut. Indeed their spending
puts money in circulation, ana helps
to klndle hearth,Gres in the homes OF
the poor, Ds.sg
Every fashionable dressmaker has
a large corps OF workwomcn each OF
whom attends TO only single pr
tion OF a dress There is 2 highlY
paid filter who earns as much money
in the course OF a year as is paid to
the average college presidcntu17fhere
are women who attend only to sleeves
to skirts, TO emhroideries, to finish
inrs. Madame herself doest 'ro,hmg
ut all beyond exercising thaHottqp) OF
critic, which she does with an, exact
ness and swiftness of conclusion that
show her to be mistress OF ho situa-
ton. When finally she sendsh9Ipe TO
Its fortunate possessor a goTh that
will be called a dream, IT is careh.ly
packed in cnyeloping folds of tisrua
, paper. Is boxed with care Ryetl dis
, patched with as much detail q though
IT belonged. as It really does. 10 tho
realm of decorative art, of jFshsifss
, lace. or Of costly bric.aoracg mrgl4I
copyright by Joseph r. Bowles)
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-06-01
Disposition of Estate of Samuel S. Brown, PitsburS
Magnate, Reveals Scandal.
LEFT MUCH MONEY TO HIS LATEST PET
Girl at the Last suppIaned Wife OF Dead Son in fhe Old
Mans Affections - Will Was Made He
lay on His Death Bed.

Pittsburs, Pa.
William Brown, Princeton Ky:
Wait. | am coming down tR@t way
For an answer this came back
can't wait. WILL"
And this was the reply:
All right. Go ahead God bless YOU
both, Bring her home. FATHtli
But 1t was not SO fatei. VIII
Brown, undisputed heir to the larger
share Of his fathers millions. did not
bring his bride home. She brought
him home-in a coffin. Almost the
next day he fell i'll and was dead
within a week The bride-wiiow, al.
most III with her grief. met her IA
ther.in-law and went straight to his
heart.
Won must stay here with us, my
dear" said the millionaire. "and he
my daughter, too know VIII would
have wished 1t So"
Old Mans Daughter Dead.
So the girl stayed along with the
old man, and year after year made
herself better loved by him. Then
came another blCw-his only living
child his daughter Nellie, died in
Italy.
Il am afraid my poor old heart will
break" said the old man, bowed un.
der this added weight of woe,
There was no one to turn to save his
daughterin-law now. He called her to
him one day soon after the funeral
and said:
stay here with me. for | am left
alone BE the head of my household
and when die you will be the same
in my will as If you were my own
daughter. And why not? Are you
not the wife of my dead son, my only
/ boy?"
But the girl did not need this prom
| Use. She loved the old man as The
father of her boy husband. Her sis
ter came to live with them and she
took her place at the head of tht
/ Brown household. The servants wert
| instructed to obey her in everything
and wherever she went she was in
troduced by the millionaire as IN!
daughter Grace, my sons widow, dea'
to me as my own"
Everywhere t. was understood tina
the young widow YVES to be his heir
ess. Folks were told that MIR. Brown
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-06-01

Gently purchased from Horen Eros.
* Co"
TENTH also give and bcqurath to
Miss Martha H.. Lewis aforesaid, urst
mortgage bonds Of the p.ttsburE Brew
ing company to- the aggregate par value
of f@ouN. which / direct Subll De u'-
livered to her ~ my executor WITHIN
81 days after my death. aud II Tor any
reason the said bonds are not Delivered
within the period aforesaid, ! Gtrcrt my
executors O. pay 10 HCr on the irsi GAY
OF the moath inh"WluE my "'t'n w
sum of tl-l and a Tx" sum monthly
thereafter until A3tl bonds are delF-
cred to her
The library from which Miss Lewis
was empowered 10y the viii TO select
one.half of the books rs worth $4,000,
and one OF the most complete Libraries
in the city The Astoria racing plate,
which also went to Miss Lcwts, was
Of gold, valued at $4,000. 1t wA5
won by Sue Smith.
Received Many Presents.
BY the will Miss Lewis get in all
100000 This was only small por'
ton OF her benefits. When she was
23-her last birthday-Mr. Brown
handed the delighted girl 100000 in
new bills. Only a few months before
he had given ner a beautiful big house
on Greenfield avenue, worth S2O.oOO
This is where the bride will live when
she returns from her honeymoon. She
got $4,000 worth of diamonds, too
and in all $l2j,O0G In cash, say Mrs
Browns friends, before the old man.
death.
The Browns have taken the daugh
ter.in-law to their hearts. She Is
again mistress of the old Brown man
sion. there to stay as long as shc
rleases w. Harry Brown, the broth
or, even Weather than S. S. Brown
who inherits the bulk of the estate
Is understood TO be against Mis-!
Lewis claim.
There was tragic scene whon thu
will was read Mrs. Elizabeth VII
lard. sister of the dead man, knew
nothing of It. When she heard /
gave the young widow but 100000 IL
beer bonds she burst out weeping ant
ran from the room crying: 'Of' sam
mel. how could you have done Thu
thing?"
A strange feature of this stranG cas-
Is that the millionaire provided bet
ter for the young widow after he
death than during her life, A Mich
by his direction has been reserved TO
her In the rich marble mausoieum on
at the cemetery. There she Will res
with the others of the family's dead.
And whether an old mans fickl
fancy changed at the last or a design
Ing girl succeeded in a plot to secur
wealth ct the expense Of reputation
and standing in society, is the ques
ton.
Probably 1t will be answered in til
courts.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-06-01

Better an old mans darling than
a young mans slave runs the old
song.
Probably Martha L. Lewis will con.
cur, but Mrs. Grace McGoodwin
Brown. daughter.inlaw of the late
Samuel S. Brown, Smoky City mag
nate and muti.mllionaire, can hard
u be expected to.
Idoll2ed and petted by her father
1n.law for Is years. taught TO con.
slider herself his heircss, and intro
duced everywhere as his daughter she
finds herself left a pnltry $4,000,
while her supplanter, Martha e.
Lewis, has been given a sum exceed
ing S2j0oo0.
And a contest in the courts which
will enrich lawyers and furnish sensa.
tions to satisfy the most scandal
hungry dame is promised,
For Mrs Brown and all the rela'
lives of the dead millionaire assert
that his latest will, executed on his
death bed was made under undue
influence and Is unjust and unfair.
Worth over 100000.
Samuel 5. Brown died last Deem
rer. He left an estate scattered all
tha way between Pittshurg, New York
and New Orleans which is conscrva'
lively estimated at S2o000,ooo. lie
also left a will which is the bone OF
contention.
...s -
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-06-01
DRESSMAKERS TODAY
NO MONOPOLY OF TASTE AND
STYLE.

Tbs Village seamstress Profits by the
Fashion Journals and Occasional
Trips to the Large Cities-Latest
and Loveliest Fashions Exhibited
on tho stage-The Fashionable
pressmaker Of the Large City an
Eminent Parsonage - Her Estab-
lishmcnt Fitted Out with Every
Luxury for Which Her Patrons
Pay.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-06-01
Martha Lewis Appears.

Mrs. Browns sister married and
she went back to Kentucky with her
for visit. That was the beginning
OF the end. When she returned she
found that Miss Lewis had been asked
to live at the Browns.
Grace" said the old millionaire, by
way of making clear how things stood,
lust take Marty and buy her some
things. and show Ter how to wear
them"
MARTY" was what Mr. Brown elect.
ell to call the pretty girl he had in.
stalled as his protege In the Zig house.
Young Mrs. Brown baked some, but
she did as she was told. But she
refused to introduce the girl TO her
friends. and she still was Mr. Browns
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-06-01

had long been In love. In fact, tire,
loved each other before he was taken
III.
Here were the provisions OF the viii
concerning the young women in the
case.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-06-01
Inception of Romance.

Fifteen years ago William Brown,
the millionaire's only son. was sent
TO Kentucky to superintend the build
ing OF n railroad in which his father
was interested. There he met blue
grass be!le-beautiful Grace Mcleod
win, barely turned l6.
The boys head vas turned. 1t was
plainly love at first sight. There was
an ardent courtship. and the youthful
p.itor won. That day there came to
the old man In Pittshurg this dis
patch:
Princeton. Ky.
q s. Brown, Pittsburg, Pa:
am going to be married to the dearest
girl IN the world. WILL
That .ame day this wire went back
&c Kentucky:
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-06-01

Ninth give and hequeath to Miss
Martha f. Lewis, Of the city Of Pitts.
larg on"-half Of the residue Of my
iihrIry wherever the same may br sit
uatr mt the appraised value thereof,
she to have the right to select books to
the amount Of one-half. also give
and huQuCuth to the said Martha H..
l.cwIa MY Astoria States Racng trophy
and tho boz Of silverware which re-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-06-01
Beouests to Martha Lewis.

Second-"l give and brquclth to the
Union Trust company OF ptttsburg first
mortgage bonds of the P.ttsburg Brew
Ing company to the aggregate value OF
5000. In trust nevertheless, to pay the
net interest and income theretrom to
my dahghtcy-in-law Grace NJ, Brown
for and during the term OF her natural
from and after her marriage or death,
in further trust to divide or distribute
the principal sf said trust fund to the
persons hereinafter provided FOR IN the
ease ~ my rcsiduary estate. and ! au.
thor.ze and empower said trustee to
sell said bonds, and to rcinvest the pro.
Cecds of sale at It's discretion"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-06-01

from me ana | will not trouble her
Apparently. however, the aged mil
llonaire was still fond Of his sons
widow. She spent part of the sea
son with Mr. Brown last year and as
thc Christmas holidays were approach
ing she received a hurried call to come
to the old mans bedside
He was dying.
The young widow caught the first
train. But rs she sped through the
darkness another will was being made
in Pi,tsburg In tnc old Brown man
sion. With n few strokes OF the pen
all she had believed was to be hers
was blottcd out. But No one told her
this when she reached Pi:tsburg the
next morning.
Young Mrs Brown was received
with open arms. Twenty days later
Samuel S. Brown died. During those
20 days the deathbed will did not
come TO light. Mrs. Browns friends
say that 1t was purposely hidden so
that she would know nothing about It
until it should be too late. The mil.
lionairc died, surrounded by his fam.
ily. while Mrs. Brown knelt at the
bedside.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-06-01
Will Kept Secret.

Never we're greater efforts made to
keep a will from becoming public. 1t
was flied secretly. The authorities
were ordered to keep 1t secret and
mcekly complied. The family lawyer
furnished an extract to the newspa-
pers, but all reference to either of the
young women in the case was careful.
" eliminated
That's all we care to give out to
the newspapers" vas the lawyers
curt rcjoinier when pressed for an eX'
PLANTATION.
But the New York Sunday Worlds
CORRESPONDENT In Pittsburg made
things so interesting for all concerned
that finally the entire contents of the
will we're made public as provided by
law.
Then the storm broke. The feud
| became public property, Promptly
there came demand from the officers
of the Mary Brown church that Miss
LOWS resign her position in the Sun
day school.
Forced to Leave Sunday School.
| Tie church had Mr.. Browns $40,
600. They cared no lUager. They haC
bowed to his will In life, and they
had Installed his protoge to q posi-
ton of distinction in church affairs
Now they would have no more of her
At a public hearing she was asked
to resign, and she did.
Then she announced that she in
tended marrying and that was hcl
ostensible reason for retiring. Sh'
and william Arthur Porter, race
track employe OF Old man Browns
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-06-01

fdolzpd. When they grew UP moth.
ing was too good for them.