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was the home of Barkley. In the house at the time was the family cat, a big tiger striped animal known as Tabby. Nothing was seen or heard of the cat until a day or two ago, when 1t calmly walked into the new home which Barkley had erected and took it's place by one of the stoves.
 Barkley expresses the opinion that the cat at the time of the flood was carried by the swift current directly across to an island opposite the mouth of Bad river, where it lived on rabbits and other small game until it discov- cred that crossing the Missouri river on the ice was possible, when 1t ventured to the main land and found it's way to the Barkley home.-Sioux Falls Cor respondence of the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
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DELTRTOUS.

Young Wife-"How do you like my cooking? Don't you think I've begun well?" Husband-"U Um-yes. I've often heard that we'll begun Is half done '- Punch,
 Young Doctor-"He seems to have every confidence in my ability to save him."
 Old Doetor-"Is he delirious on other subjects, also?' ?'-Judge.
 The Arizona Terror--'I hain't got an enemy in the world"
 Tenderfoot-"Is it possible?n
 The Arizona Terror-"Yes; I've killed 'em all. Philadelphia Record.
 Footpad-"No back talk! I gotter have money!"
 Isaacstein-"You shalll Come aroundt to my pawnshop undt I will lend you feety cents on dot revolver Pluck.
 T see that ear containing 9OO,O0O silver dollars is on it's way to New York"
 Now is the time for the society journalist to interview the owner. = Cleveland Plain Dealer
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FACTS AND FIGURES FOR 1906.

FACTS AND FIGURES FOR 1906.
 It is worth noting that the number of days in the year just entered on is divisible by five.
 A curious feature of the year 1906 Is that if the figures are twisted round and turned upside down they read 9061.
 People who were born on February 29 have, strictly speaking, no official birthday this year. They may. how ever, celebrate their birthdays on the 18th.
 Easter this year falls upon a Sun day; this was also the case last year.
 It 'is interesting to note that the French names for the months are slightly different from ours. For in- stance, with them January is Janvier; February becomes Pewter, and so on. The Japanese terms differ even more.
 To obtain the number of minutes in 1906 a good recipe is to multiply three hundred and sixty-five (the number of days) by twenty-four (the number of hours in day) and then multiply the result by sixty (the number of minutes in an hour). This win be near enough for all practical purposes.
 The days In May and June will be much longer than at present, but the nights will be correspondfngly shorter.
 To qualify as centenarians this year candidates must have been born not later than 1S06.-Wtth London Punch's Acknowledgements to Half-Penny Con- temporaFies.
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mAs Othera See Irs.v

We, rating others honestly, are prone To wonder how they, in their little ness. Can pride themselves on merits of their own And be so blind to those that we possess, We see wherein they lack; we measure The faults which they serenely think they hide. We weigh their worth and see how far they fall Below the things on which they stake their pride. We wonder why they do not stop to show Due deference to us who loom so high; They pass us, merely holding as they go, Or overlook us as they hurry by. Perhaps when they consider you and me They, too, discover blemishes that mar. Perhaps it is our present selves they see, Not what we might be--and suppose we are.
 -The Reader.
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THE OPERA HAT.
The Inventor and What He Accomplish
 ed

The article of headgear known as the opera hat, but sometimes less ele- gantly the crush" hat, has had a rather diversified history. The ingen- uity of the late Mr. Gibus in inventing 1t was promptly recognized; but from time to time fashion has pronounced against 1t, and it has been relegated to other scenes than the marble halls whereof Fraulein von Arnheim was wont to dream. About twenty years az It underwent one of these periods of banishment. Then the ban was remov- ed and 1t reappeared in the highest circles. For the last year or two 1t has been once more anathema. Many dauntless souls have persisted in stick Ing to 1t during this last obsuration, and these will be pleased to learn that fashion has changed it's mind once more, and that MT. Gibuss name will again be mentioned to ears polite. Such alternations of the sartorial pendulum clearly imply one of two things. Either the opera hat is an ethical necessity which 1t Is vain to oppose, or it Is an infringement of sartorial law which moral ists are endeavoring unsuccess- fully to punish.
 No one denies the convenience of the opera hat. When closed it occupies the smallest possible amount of space, and it is also practically impervious to Ill treatment at the hands of hall boys and club porters. It may be fearlessly placed under ones seat at the theatrae
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even if it falls to the floor the kicks of
 careless neighbors cannot materially
 injure it, Carried under the arm it
 lends grace to it's naturally awkward
 owner. It is only by incessant prac- tice and long experience that a man learns what to do with his hands; and in the task his opera hat Is guide, phil ospher and friend. These are strong arguments in favor of the hat. There are those who say that it is beautiful as we'll as useful-that it surpasses even the silk hat in aethetic value. But
 beauty is hard to define; 1t often lies in the eye of the observer. Why is a woman beautiful? Cleopatra was a gypsy and Laura but kitchen wench to Romeo when he fancied himself in love with Rosaline. Is it the hat or the man under the hat who is admired by the fair?
 These. are questions which 1t were idle to attempt to answer offhand. So far as the opera hat is concerned the argument of convenience must be re- garded as against it rather than for 1t. No principle of sartorial ethics is better established than the principle that comfort or convenience does not count. In the corrupted currents of this world the easy way is not often the right way. If the silk hat is more be- coming and salutary accompaniment of evening dress than the opera hat, then the silk hat ought to be worn in seorn of consequence. This Is really the issue-not whether the silk hat un- timely loses it's gloss by evening wear. The gentleman will not permit himself to be seen anxiously saving his clothes from hard usage. He will not no more
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died some 12 years ago. The bill wan given her when a child by relative.
 It was issued under the act of July 2, ITO, by the State of Rhode Island riousity in his possession in a fve-dol- lar bill which is 125 years old. He has
 It is the intention of MT. St. John to communicate witht the authorities at Washington and ascertain if the State of Rhode Island will redeem the bill-- drawing five per cent. interest per as mum and signed by John Arnold Fig uring compound interest it is now worth $2,56O.
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CAT FOUND WAY BACK HOME.

Not even a flood, in which several lives were lost and property to the value of many thousands of dollars was carried away. can destroy the family cat and prevent 1t from coming back.
 This was Illustrated by the adventure of a cat belonging to the family of John Barkley, a resident of Fort Pierre, situated at the junction of the Bad and Missouri rivers in central South Dakota. The greater part of the. residence district of the town was swept by flood last July, the flood be- ing caused by a coudburst up the Bad river.
 Among the buildings carried away
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. Wants. Rents. and other small advertisements, one Cent a Word bach insertion. Five Cents Word for ; full week.
 Display advertisements. per inch. one insertion. s1.sO each subsequent lnser- tion. 90 cents: one week. ss.90: one month. slo; one year. sGo.
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HIS STRONG APARTMENT

A few years ago, George F. Haley of Biddeford, was trying his first crimin- al case before the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, with Chief Justice John A. Peters on the bench, MT. Haley was in the middle of his plea when a man in the audience fell over in convul- sion' The young lawyer stopped, dis concerted. Go on, sir said the chief justice; you're giving them fits.'.- Kansas City Journal.
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tes, relics. etc, can find an amusing collection in the curious bills that have been presented to our law-making bod les for their considera ton, not to speak of many that have been adopted and Tor time were located among the statutes.
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Ex-Governor Holbrook of Vermont. who served from 1861 to 1863, will be nlnety-eight years old February 15. There will be an anniversary celebra- tion at his home in Hyde Park, to which governors and the oldest former governors of other states will probably be invited.
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Senator Crane of Massachusetts is an expert judge of paper. When he opens his letters in the senate he may be seer crinkling the paper between his fingers and holding it up to the light to ob- serve the watermark, before reading the communications. It is the habit of a lifetime and one of the customs of his craft.
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The British empire is the greatest Mohammedan power in the world. As the essential of that religion Is "all for each and each for all," no matter where it's members are located, it Is easy to see that Great Britain's rule over India depends for its success on her treatment of Mohammedans every where.
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Emile Allemadi, a wealthy banker of Basel, left large fortune, the inter- est on which is to be spent in supplying poor girls of his native town with dowries.
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According to the Neldosha (Kan) Registers dramatic critic the hardest task is to reconcile the average soci- ety play with the usual stage furniture.
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defend his hat by frantic clutches than he will draw his coattails at the mo- ment of sitting. Whatever comes, he will take it calmly and gracefully. There is useful moral discipline in this; and to say that the opera hat preludes 1t Is in truth to argue against the me- chanism devised by Mir. Gibus. Certain ly the latest decision of fashion is by no means to be recorded without de- mur.--P Providence Journal.
 A VALUABLE BILL.
 L. c. st.John of this city, has a cu- just gained possession of it, although it was left to him by his mother who
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Mrs. Heyburn, the wife of Senator Hepburn, of Idaho is a portrait paint CT. One of her works is the portrait of Thomas F. Bayard, which adorns the state house at Wilmington, Del.
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Susan B. Anthony will celebrate her eighty sixth birthday on February 15. IA birthday party will be given to her in Washington on that day. The fol- sfeipg day she will come to New York
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They say that in the new British cabinet there are twelve disciples of Henry George = 'single-taxers" and that Sir Henry ampbell-Bannerinan the prime minister is one of them.
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Colonel Isaac H. Wing of Bayield, Wis, who has given Bowdoin college s5O,O00 to use as an endowment for the chair of mathematics, is a native of Winthrop, Me, and was graduated from Bowdoin in 1856 After leaving college he went to Wisconsin, and was the first man to enlist from that State when the Civil War broke out. He has made a fortune in lumber.
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The partition of Bengal has brought together the Hindus and Mohamme- dans of its population. It is a well known fact, too, that Mohammedanism is making more converts among the Hindus than is Christianity.
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The latest railway improvement In Palestine is the line from Halfa across the plains of Esdraelon, east of the Jordan, to Darla, there to join the He'd jag railway, now being constructed for the conveyance of pilgrims between Damascus and Mecca.
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In the first six months of 1905 Japan's exports amounted to $71 JOSS, ,44O, and im- ports to $143,281, ,4S1, The excess of Im- ports may be partly discounted from the fact that in the trade statistics for this period the shipments to the army and navy were not included in the ex- ports
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Norway has been passing through a religious revival on a scale almost commensurate with her political revo- lution, declares the Rams Horn. Inc Norwegian Evan Roberts is one Aldert Lunde, who was converted in 1896 in a Salvation Army barracks in Chicago. and thAnceforth worked more or less with the army both in Chicago and Boston
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According to "The American Israel ite," thirteen Jews have been elected to the English parliament, and of the thir-
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-12
Death Of Paul S. WIIns.

Paul s. Willis, rs, died OF heart disease
at his home at Highland street about
43O O'Clock Wednesday morning. He had
been in feeble health several years, but
had been confined to his house but about
10 days. Mr.. Willis was one of FIVE chill
dren of Caleb Willis and was born in Win
chester, N. H., Jan. 6, 1880. When he
was about a year old the family moved to
East Alstead, N. H., and from that town
Mr.. Willis enlisted in Company B, 14th
New Hampshire Regiment, serving three
years. He returned to East Alstead and
went from there to Langdon. While liv-
ing in Langdon he married Elsie e. Howe
of Grafton Nov. "a, 1867 They lived In
Langdon two years, in winchester IL
years, in East Westnoreland IL years
and in Westminster four years, coming
to Brattleboro 10 years ago next month.
His occupation was that of sawyer and
farmer, but for several years he had no
steady employment, on account II Ill
health He was a member of Sedgwick
post, G. A. r., of Brattleboro and was on
the government pension list. Besides his
wife and one daughter Eva S. Willis OF
Brattleboro, Mr.. Willis leaves son ana
daughter by a former marriage They
are Frank H. Willis Of Phillipston, Mass
and Ida M Burroughs of East Alstead.
He also leaves one brother, Samuel Willis
of East Alstead. His first wife was Maria
Tyler of NARROW, N. II. Rev. Fl. A.
Goodhue offered prayer at the house at
$50 o'clock this morning and the body was
taken to Bellows Falls for burial.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-12
SAVED BABY
LYONS LIFE
Untold Suffering and Constant
Misery-Awul Sight From that
Dreadful Complaint, lnfantile Ec-
zema-Commenced at Top Of his
Head and Covered Entire Body.
MOTHER PRAISES
CUTICURA REMEDIES

"OuF baby had that dreadful COM
plant, Infantile Eczema, which afflicted
him for several months, commencing at
the top of his head, and at last covering
his whole body. His sufferings were
untold and constant misery, In fact,
there was nothing we would not have
done to have given him relief. The
family doctor seemed to be wholly
incapable of coping with the case, and
after various experiments of his, which
resulted in no benefit to the child, we
sent to Macon, H., to a druggist and got
q full set of the Cuticura Remedies and
applied as per directions, and he began
to improve Immediately, and in about
three OF four days began to show a
brighter spirit and really laughed, for
the first time in year. In about ninety
days he was fully recovered, with the
exception of a rough skin, which is
gradually disappearing, and eventually
will be replaced by healthy one.
"Praise for the Cuticura Remedies
has always been our greatest pleasure
and there is nothing too good that We
could say in their favor, for they GER
tainly saved our baby's life, for he was
the most awful sight that ever beheld,
prior to the treatment of the Cuticura
Remedies. Mrs. Maebelle Lyon, 1925
Appleton Ave., Parsons, Kan, July IL,
1905"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-12
WEST CHESTERFIELD, N. II.
Some Valuable ReIIes.

The following is from tine Charles
town. n. H., correspondence OF the
Springfield. VT, Reporter:
20. z. Randall Of West Chesterfield
N. H, has recently been visiting Lucius
and Lizzie Rumrill, who are his relatives
on the maternal side Of Joseph Rumrill
of Townsend, Mass, a soldier OF the
Revolution Mr.. Randall brought the old
Rumrill powder horn with which the SOL
dier fought and which is now owned by
his great grandson, Peter Hamilton Rum
rill Of Hillsboro Bridge, N. H. The pow
der horn Is a marvel of unique en-
craving scratched with some rude. sharp
instrument, during the Revolution by the
stalwart soldier and bears inscription,
Joseph Rumrill Rex Geo M The tip OF
the powder horn was cut of after the war
while the old horn was in use In giving
dose of medicine to a sick COW and shows
plainly In photograph made by Joseph
RumrilPs third great grandson, Harold
Eleazer Randall Of West Chesterfield, N
H. David Rumrill, brother OF Joseph
Rumrill, settled In New Ipswich. N. H.
and was ancestor OF the Rumrills Of
Charlestown, N. H., and Springfield, VT.
Mr.. Randall is also the proud possessor of
the army overcoat, muslxet, cartridge
boxes, bayonet and scabbard used by
William Rumrill Of Hillsboro, N. H., In
the second war with Great Britain 1872
1914. William was grandson of Joseph
Rumrill Of the Revolution, and grand
father Of Oren Edmund Randall of Ches-
terfeld. who on unusually cold winter
days still wears the old army overcoat
that protected his grandfather in the
storms OF 1912. Mr.. Randall Is engaged in
the important work OF compiling a gem
eaiogy Of the Rumrill family OF America. :"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-12
BRATTLEBOR0 LOCAL NEWS
METHODIST MINISTER'S, MEETING.
Many Subjects Of Interest Discussed by
cIersymen Of Montpelier District In
5rattIeboro.

Many Subjects Of Interest Discussed by
cIeraymen Of Montpelier District In
Brattleboro.
Nearly every person assigned to speak
at the preachers meeting in the Metho-
dist church Monday and Tuesday carried
out his part Of the program. Ministers
from all parts OF the southern end Of
the Montpelier conference district were
present, many being accompanied by
their wives. The meeting was essen
TALLY one for ministers, and as such Il
was largely attended. In the interchange
Of ideas many practical suggestions were
made which will be found available in
the work of every minister who heard
them.
AS the papers and addresses were not
calculated to be of particular interest to
tho general public there is no call for
more than mention of the titles here
Presiding Elder w. M. Newton of South
Royalton was assigned to conduct the
opening devotional service Monday after
noon and to deliver an address. He
came to Brattleboro for that purpose, but
was called home by telegraph on account
OF Illness In his family. The devotions
were led by Rev. ]. H. Bennett of South
Londonderry. The remaining subjects on
the afternoon program were: Our Pub
lie Prayer" by Rev. r. A. Woodwork Of
Auu4oWt anu OuF AIM IN the Pulpit. -
by Rev. A. H. Jones Of Wardsboro In
the evening sermon was preached by
Rev. F. T. Clark Of Windsor.
The program for Tuesday forenoon was
as follows: Devotions. led by Principal
E. A. Bishop of Montpelier seminary;
Sermon Outline" by Rev. H. A. Miles
Of Athens; 1.-THE Sermon-a Product Of
Industry" by Rev. e. A. Legg OF Browns
vile; THE Minister'S Self Watch" by
Rev. J. H. Bennett of South Londonderry:
''Earuestness-Its Marring and Mainten-
ance," by Rev. o. d. Clapp OF North
Hartland. This was followed by busi-
ness session, not Of public interest.
Rev. M. H. Smith of Mechaniscville
opened the Tuesday afternoon service
with devotions. which was followed by an
interesting discussion of THE Young
Minister" Rev. Allen Charlton of Putney
speaking on His Difficulties and Rev.
w. F. Hill of Perkinsville on His En-
arrangements" At this point a paper on
The Roman Catholic attitude toward
ehtics and religion in the public schools,
by Rev. I. s. YerKs Of White River juno
ton, was read by Rev. r. A. woodwork
of Ludlow. The remaining numbers were:
Jesus as a Preacher" by Rev. F. T..
Clark Of Windsor, and THAT Mid Week
Service" by Rev. W. d. Hull Of Weston.
The meeting closed with a sermon in the
evening by Rev. L o. Sherburne Of Bel
lowe Falls.
The visitors were much pleased by the
hospitality shown them by the ladies Of
the church and by Rev. and Mrs. A. II.
Webb.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-12
A VAST STORE OF WEALTH.
Mother Earth Has Supplied the Worlds
Greatest Fortunes.

Greatest Fortunes.
Belts vast wealth came from rninas-
diamonds gold and copper--like the i'm
mense fortune of Senator William A.
Clark Of Montana; like the $25, 1000, 900 or
more accumulated by Cecil Rhodes.
The earth was also the source of the
wealth Of both John d. Rockefeller and
his brother William. The same thing is
true Of Carnegie's great store of wealth.
1t was really dug from iron mines-iron
and coal
Krupp piled up the largest estate in
Germany in like manner. He made his
money by manufacturing the product of
iron mines.
The earth Is a magnificent storehouse of
wealth. 1t has proved more fruitful of
immense fortunes than the vast trans
portation business which made the for
tunes Of the Vanderbilts and the Goulds
Hill, Hartman and the rest Of the rail-
road kings. 1t has beaten the mere
ownership and use Of the surface of the
ground, Aston fashion, says the Cleveland
Leader. Whereupon the Manufacturers
Record adds:
Yes, and uhe great centre Of the earth's
storehouse is the South. Think OF its
coal area, nearly three times as great as
tho combined coal fields Of Great Britain.
Germany and Pennsylvania: of its iron
ore, far surpa ssing in quantity that which
made the fortunes of Carnegie and Krupp:
Of its oil, promising to exceed in yield
all that went to make the Rockefeller
fortunes; OF its sulphur, which dominates
the worlds sulphur trade; Of its phos-
phate, which holds the same unique po-
sition in the worlds fertilizer industry;
Of its vast stores of cement making ma
terials. the industry which promises to
rival iron and steel; Of its copper and
other higher forms OF minerals. and then
let your imagination attempt to forecast
the vastness Of the wealth which this
mineral storehouse OF the world is to
turn loose in the South.-TNew York Sun.