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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-11-02
NEWS or WEEK SUMMARIZED
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
From the Capital.

Gen. Elliott, commander OF the ma
rine corps, says an immediate increase
In the corps is necessary to sustain
the efficiency Of the service.
The supreme court of the United
States to-day refused to assume 1urls-
dicson in the contempt case OF Mayor
Rose OF Kansas City, Kan, leaving the
$1,000 in effect.
It was announced at the state de-
partment that Herbert G. Squires OF
New York had been selected to be
American minister at Panama to sue
ceed Charles e. Magoon.
Fort Omaha, Neb., is to be the scene
OF many interesting balloon expert
ments during the next few months.
French manufacturers have shipped to
the signal corps of the army new
spherical silk balloon, which will be
thoroughly tested at the Nebraska
post.
Statistics prepared by the geograph-
ical survey Of the natural gas industry
show that In the calendar year 1905
the value of natural gas produced and
sold exceeded that of any previous
year by $3,O66,099. The total value
Of the gas produced and sold was $11,-
662.S55.
President Roosevelt was mustered
In as an honorary member Of the Asso-
ciate member of the Associate Socie-
ty of Farnsworth post. G. A. r., OF
Mount Vernon, N. Y. The ceremony
took place IN the cabinet room of the
executive Offices and was conducted by
Gen. Horace Porter.
President Roosevelt has deter
mined to prevent the further employ
ment in governmental service of hus-
band and wife belonging to one family.
Either one may remain, but the other
must retire. The president has re-
Quested the ivtl service commission
to furnish him list of all the cases
IN which both husband and wife are
employed in any Of the executive de-
partments here.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-25

Any man who wears it can
Men, are you weak, have
i, lumbago. rheumatism. en-.
xceSSes or overwOrk Nv
night will cure you. 1t fiIis
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-25

show off their best clothes, finished
up as he glanced over his audience:
II am thankful to see, dear friends,
that none of you have come here for
that reason
An Irish clergyman is credited with
having concluded a powerful grafton
in this fashion: My brethren, let not
this world rob you of a peace which it
can neither give nor take away"
Which is coupled with the remark of a
fellow country colleague who in reason
ing with a woman who had lost her
faith in Christianity told her: well,
you will go to hell, you know; and
shall be very sorry, indeed, to see you
there!''
But what can be said of the negro
student who, conducting the PRAYERS
at one of the great missionary col
leges, said: Give US all pure hearts,
give US all clean hearts, give US all
sweet hearts" to which the entire con-
gregation made response. amen"
The giving out of church notices has
often proved a pitfa1 for the unwary.
During Lent" said a rector lately,
several preachers will preach on
Wednesday evenings; but I need not
give their names, as they will be all
found hanging up in the porch"
1t was a rector who gave out hymn
beginning Awake, my soul, stretch
every nerve" before his sermon, and a
curate who read in the lesson for the
day, He spake the word and cat
hoppers came and grassipilIars innu-
merable;" but it was a young wornan's
blole class that when asked what
hymn should be sung at the close thew
all with one accord chose. Where is
my wandering boy tonight?
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-25
CLERICAL BLUNDERS

Each profession has its stock jokes,
belongs a flavor all it's own, says
.C,hamber's Journal" That the point
of a lest lies not in the tongue OF
him who makes it, but in the ear tnat
hears, is the testimony of the great
dramatist. The doctor on his ROUNDS
and the judge upon the bench nave
both an audience ready and Wiling
! to accept as the highest wit the Don
mots of the speakers; and there is no
club or gathering of men That does
not acclaim one of its members as
supreme in this respect, and are READY
TO yield due recognition of the gnt.
There is, however, a vast amount or
unconscious humor always floating
about, and to those who perceive 1t the
world is ever very amusing. 1t must
be admitted that the blunders ana
jests clerical stand for some reason
pre-eminent both il number and IN
mirth producing qualities. The rea-
son. of course, is not far to seek; the
very surroundings in which they occur,
the very upsetting of ones precon-
ceived notions of reverence, all tend to
cause a reaction in the ordinary men
tai equilibrium, and the simplest mis-
take or accident under such circum-
stances assumes the proportions Of
huge comedy.
The divine who in drawing the at
tentfon of his congregation to a special
communion service on the following
Sunday informed them that the Lord
is with US in the forenoon and the
bishop in the evening is chronicled
With praying for the children of his |
parish in these words: And now. 0 |
Lord, bless the lambs of this fold, and !
make them meet for the kingdom of |
heaven While a Scotch minister in |
nocently. perhaps, hit the mark by |
telling his people: ''Weel friends, the /
kirk is urgently in need of siller: and |
as we have failed to get money hon |
estly, we will have to see what a ba-
zaar can do for us
There is a certain amount of excuse
to be made for the young curate who.
Temarking that some people came to
church for no better reason than to
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Continued from Page Sd

habitants of India, The men do not
smoke because it is forbidden in their
religions to bring fire in contact with
anything which is impure. Their love
of light is shown by the manner in
which they illuminate their houses with
various kinds of brilliant lamps and
elaborate chandeliers The fire on the
altar of their temple is never allowed
to go out: they claim that it has been
carried with them on all their pilgrim
ages and that it has been burning con-
stant1y for hundreds of years. They
believe that it took a year to create
the world; that the task was completed
at six unequal intervals. each marked
by a day of rest. All of these suppos-
ed periods are observed by fasting and
prayer Before a child is born the
mother passes through the rooms of
her house with lighted candle in one
hand and a cup of water in the other,
The object of this strange proceeding
being to insure that her offspring may
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-25

always have light and never want for
water
The members of this alien race have
many good qualities which are recogniz-
ed. They are adopts at trade and
many of them have become rich. One
of their most pronounced attributes is
generosity, no people in India being
more liberal in their benefactions
Queen Victoria knighted one of them
for the many acts of charity which
he performed without discrimination
as to color, caste or creed. They have
a free press and show great interest
in all. public works. The floral fountain
in Bombay is the gift of a Parsi, and
the bea utiful Victoria Gardens were
largely subscribed to by prominent
men of this class. On the whole In
dia Jared well when she attracted this
strange clan of refugees to her shores,
for her population numbers no more
substantial citizens than they have
proved to be.
FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-25
BAND CONCERT TODAY
At CAPITOL GROUNDS

The Hawaiian Band will give a con-
cert this afternoon, at O'clock,
at the Capitol grounds. Following is
the program:
PART l.
''The Old Hundred
Overt Military'' ........... Killing
Ballad-"The Holy City" Adams
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ............ PAU
election-'.Robin Hood. DE koven
PART II.
Vocal-Hawaiian Songs. Ar by Berger
Mrs n. Alapai.
Serenade'' ....Herbert
ntermezzo-'R Russian ........ FRANKIE
Airs" .O'Hare
1.-THE Star Spangled Banner"
Programs will be distributed at the
concert.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-25
INoPPoRTUNE ENTHUSIASM

Friend Cat a French play: Why did
you applaud so vigorously when that
comedian made his speech before the
curtain?
Spriggins Confidently: So that folks
would think [ understood French What
did he say?
Friend: He said the remainder of
his part must be taken by an under
study, as his mother was dying.-Tit-
Bits
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-25

d vigor of youth. 4
ysical development.
constipation
of the results of ex
while you sleep at n
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DR.. McLaughlin's Electric Bel

Restores the snap. the vim ar
be a giant i'll mental and oh
you pains in the back, weak
iarged prostate gland. or any
method of applying Electricity
tho :
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-30
GAMES or ANIMALS.
U'rom the strand Magazine.)

Uro G,d ,,oro thu, one wild animal
which nractises and ,n,ovs a sliding
MAY C,tors 20 i'm for REGULAR tobogean-
inc Eirs, choosf,o a steop. .loping
river bank where the soil is Of clay and
,ba r,+o, a., t5o haitian, fairly deem they
SGT to work and carefully remove all che
sticks and loose stones which might get
in their way and then the fun begins.
Climbing mn the hank at some SPOT where
If is NOT too steen. the first otter gees
,o the head Of tho slid, lies down nat
ON his stomach gives n kick with his hind
,ags and dow, he uliaes. mead foremost.
into the water THE second follows his
LEADERS, cxan,nle and then the ,hlYd, as
ranidlv a. tbo, c.n THE hank soon he
cor,os ep,ootb ana sIi1nerv ard the fas-
tcr tbov traval tho ,rore the offers en- low
Il rb,v Lne, an and an until quito tired
o,+ or1 u,n, ,on,o hocx to tbe samc snot
do,, oftor d,y 10 ~.,ew their game. So
&c. ~, .n,a,tco ~, tho mart ~.
at,a., ,,n+ 49,. nafont1oes tronne. Iono
400 c,ra IN lrow II well and makes n
a,,t,aa aIt,,aa hie ,rar INST where
Ia noa ,,,,o hons,s Ioave thc water to
cIIn,h afroeb for orother slide and hardl,.
avon faiIs,to .oorro tho loader. generally
,h, o,d aoo-otor
win ottcrs thIs t~ohoygonlnr l., not
uoro,v - urmor nostime In winter
tboy haro ,bo sar,o a,usement the only
d,ryererce heinz NAT they choose a snow
,na, i.atoo1 ,,ud ono
prahn, ,ha coru., notura,,s, has re-
ooraoa - o,oo.,,, ~siu,ar game n,oved
~, -, -. H. Aims In suun,o,
n,oi. o,t,,h ,bo MINOR heights. and
thcre In the midst of the solitudcs OF
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-30
ORDER OF
Biennial Convention of Vermont SOci-
ETY. In Montpelier, September IS.

T. 3. Wright of this city, State treasur-
or of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, is
a member of the committee in charge of
the fifth biennial convention of the order,
to be held in Montpelier Tuesday, Sep
TENDER is. The other members of the
committee are James T.. Burke, State
president, of Rutland and j. f. Koran.
This State gathering will without doubt
be the most important in the history of
tho organization and every county and
division officer entitled to sit in the con-
vention is urged to aid by his presence,
The Washington county Hibernians,
through William J. Kingston. county
president and chairman of the convention
committee. have arranged an attractive
programme. The delegates will meet a,
the headquarters in the pavilion hotel a,
nine O'Clock in the morning and proceed in
a body to st. Augustine's Church to at
tend a solemn high mass at ten o'clock
at which State Chaplain Rev. +. J. Barrett
of this city will be celebrant. The business
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-30
LARGE A EXPECTED.
Freshmen at the University of Vermont
VIII Number over 1OG.

With the opening of the college year
for the academical department still
over Il month III the future, the pres
cnt Indications point to a large en-
tcring class at the University of Yer
mont this year. At the entrance cXam-
nations given in June there wcre So
candidates for admission. The ma
jority of these were from out of town.
This year about 20 of the graduates of
the Burlington high school in the class
of 1906, with a few from former class
cs, intend to enter the university.
will take the entrance examinations
on Tuesday, September 26. Last year
the entering class numbered about 100.
This fall the number Will be as large
n probably larger.
All the changes made in the faculty
thus far have been mentioned in the
Free Press. Charles Pierce and II, \.
Edison, two graduates. will take the
places of Professor Brett, assistant
professor of mathematics in the en-
gineering department., and Professor
w. j. Morse, assistant professor of
bacteriology, respectively. Fred B.
Wright of this city will act as instruc-
tor in electrical engineering in the
place of Henry c.. Clement. 1t is prob
able that a few more minor changes
will be made before the opening of
college September &c.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-30
WOODMEN'S DAY.
Hundreds to he In Uuriirgtou ON Field
day. September l..

Next Saturday will nN Wood
mems day in burlington. ON that day
the second annual field day tor burlington
Camp Alpha. uumhcr 80, VIII he held
here. An invitation has been extended to
all the other camps In tho state To take
part in the field dny and at this time II is
expected that between l,5" aud 2.o'H wood
mon from all parts of tn" state VIII como
to burlington that day. ThNrc are in ino
State 50 or 60 camps of woudWcn, COM
prising 5000 members of the order.
The programme for the day Will open
at ESQ in the afternoon, when there VIII
be a procession in which 10 teams and the
Montpelier Military BAN will be in line
Directly after the procession, probably Al
about two o'clock, the field day Will he
at Athletic Park. The chief events
Will be speeches by Mayor Burke, Zen
Gates of Montpelier and a speaker from
the head camp at Rock Island, Ill. Fol
lowing the speeches there VIII he IA base
hall game between members of the Mont
nelier and Barre camps and the Burl!ng-
ton and Winooski camps. Other Held
events will be held.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-30

family Of Mr.. Bishop. Mr.. and Mrs. Bis
hop were absent in Sharon and the only
persons at home were Miss Bishop, her
friend. Mrs. B. II. benedict and the
Weeks boy. The boy was around the
buildings after dinner. About twenty
twenty minutes after three, Miss Bishop.
who was at the house. heard a cracking
noise and looking towards the barns dis
covered them afire. She at once went to
the barn and tried to remove a morse be-
longing to Nergil C~oddington, She UNI
fastened the horse but was not able to
get him out Of the barn. The Weeks boy
was standing around all this time. but
offered no assistance. though he was but
a few feet from the barn. Young Weeks
was afterwards asked If he set the fire
and at first nswercd he did, and showed
how he did it. but later dcnied it. His
father Is n driller at the Ellis quarry and
came to Bethel the past summer from
Barre. 1t seems that before he came to
Bethel there was n fire at Barre with
suspicious circumstances pointing towards
considered the matter enoug Importance
to demand the restraint of the boy. and
on the certificate Of Drs. r. NJ. Chase
and O. V. Greene the father took his son
to the Waterbury asylum Saturday and
the sclcctmcn have instituted proceedings
to throw the support upon the State, as
the father is not able to bear the burden.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-30
TIE NEW ARMY BULLET.
1t Is Small but Very Deadly and OF
Great Range.

IT would seem that in the type of hui
let about to be adopted by the army
there is 2 potent argument FOR peace
SAYS the Philadelphia Ledger. This bullet
Is a third lighter than any now in use
but It is most deadly. It's penetrating
power is such that at a mile 1t would pass
through fifteen men. If these had the
to stand in line in front of It,
At short range it will so through thirty
nine inches of seasoned oak. At 800 yeards
thirtv-two inches of white pine fail to
stop it, and at 1000 yards 1t Is equal to
piercing fourteen and a half inches, The
day when safety lies in lodging behind a
tree appears to be passing.
Tho strong point about this admirable
bullet is the nat trajectory. With the
present style of bullet, fired at "A target
/ 900 wards distant, one could stand with
perfect immunity at many points between
the muzzle and the target. as at 900
wards the missile would pass seventeen
feet over his head. The new bullet shows
only a tcn-foot rise at this distance. Al
most the entire space between mlzzle
and target would be a zone of danger.
Only one fault is found by experts with
the modern bullet. and this is a lack of
accuracy. They think this may be over
come, and even If it shall not be rene
died. a regiment advancing and WIN
the field ahead with bullets capable oil
penetrating whatever they happen to mt
would dlsconcert the enemy. 1t ls not pro
bable tina advocates of peace VIII admire
the fresh device for promoting the ehec'
| tiveness of troops. but they may gar
comfort from the the drought that az
implement so destructive might giVt
pause to the impulse to declare wa
and, anyhow, that a battle marked BY
it's use would be brief.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-30
FIGURES.

There is a Western senator Of rather
an irascible temper who, on the days
when everything goes wrong, enjoys seold-
ing the clerks employed by his commit
tee.
ON one occasion during The last session
of the Senate. the Western Scion had de-
sired one of the clerks to prepare "A tanu-
lated statement of certain trade statistics
of the United States When the state
ment was laid before the tcsty senator,
he glanced at it with an air that BODIED
trouble. Suddonly he exclaimed:
Look here, johnson, this won't do,
Why didn't you prepare this statement on
the typewriter. These figures are dis
graceful. Any oflce-buy could do better.
See that five, 1t looks for all the world
like Il three. Nobody would take 1t fol
anything else! Just look At it,
Il beg pardon, Senator replied the
humble clerk; 1.-The fact is, it is a three. u
"A three!' roared the senator, "You
IDIOT 1t looks like a 1ive!'-Ilarper's
Weekly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-30

Humboldt speaks Of having seen a
tame capuchin monkey riding a pig. The
monkey would wait about in the morning
till he could catch n pig, spring upon its
Back, and ride off with every symptom of
delight, ~clinging so tightly that poor
piggy. do what he might. could not free
himself of his encumbrance. Once he
had secured n noun nothing would in
duce Master Capuchin to give it up.
Even when the pig was feeding the mon
key kept his seat.
The lemur is not a monkey, but a
very near relative. A white frontcd l"tlur
belonging to Broderip, the naturalist, us
ed to have tremendous games with a
tame beaver named Binny. MaCky, as
the lcmur was called. would play tag
with Binny, touching his great fiat tail
with one finger and dancing round and
round the heavy, aniable beast, while
the beaver with elephantine playfulness
would charge Macky with all his might,
but, of course, never coming near the
airy sprite.
One day the two We're left alone to-
gcthcr. In the room was a linen press,
and some careless person had left the
doors open. Hal; an hour later the
beaver was found snoring happily on Il
comfortable couch of piled up tablecloths,
sheets and napkins. while close beside
| him. his head pillowed on the beavers
soft fur, lay Macky, also sound asleep.
The writer once owned a pet American
raccoon. The little creature formed a
firm alliance with a black kitten, and the
games those two had beggar description.
Hide and seek around the coon's kennel
| and a pile Of barrels was the commonest
play, No one could watch the TWO with
out feeling positive that they enjoyed
! the romp and understood one another
| movements Just as well as any two chill
drcn ever did. one day in her wild *
element pussy ran onto a sprlngboard
| which stretched out over a pond, ana fell
in. What did the coon do but deliberate
ly follow. There was apparently no in
| tent.on Of rescue. ard in AIRY case the
cat was ashore AGAIN IN a few strokes.
| for cats are Very fast swimmers.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-30
FIRE LOSS ABOUT $4,000.
Laboratory and ONCE of Henry, john
son q Lord Destroyed by Fire sat
urday--L. II. Lord Some
Burned.

The laboratory and ONCE of the
Henry, Johnson & Lord Co, manufac-
turors of patent medicines, at Nos. 1G2-
1874 Howard street was destroyed Satur-
day afternoon by fire and the loss is es-
timatcd ut over $4,000. The insurance
is 5000 and l.. j.. Lord estimates that
the sum ia not sufficient to fully cover
the loss.
The fire caught from a gas Jet over
which MIR. Lord was heating some rosln. /
He believes that the rubber tube which q
was attached TO the jet burst and the
flames in that way lcapcd into the dish
he was holding. An cirpioye vas work
ing outside the building with Il garden
hose. Attracted by Mr.. Lords shouts
he rushed into the building and turned
the water from the hose into the burn
ing dish. The heated and burning ros-
in was scattered on the floor in this
way and quickly lgnited a barrel part
ly fun of alcohol.
Otto Ockerblad ran to the junction
of South Union and Howard streets and
rung in an alarm from box SO but be-
fore the alarm had sounded the build
ing was a mass of flames. The run
was made by the department In quick
time but the blaze had gained such
Roadway that a portion of the roof mad
fallen in when they arrived.
The fire was one of the hottest the
+, department has had to contend with in
2 a long time and il was with difficulty
: that the adjoining buildings were saw
, cd. The engine house ANA two store
! houses were situated only about %
feet from the burning building and
- Chief Niles directed that the fircmer
turn their attention to saving them
J, BY holding wet horse blankets in from,
= of the tircmen they were able to with
stand the heat and by playing the hose
on the buildings they kept the flames
+ from getting started. a strong south
wind made the work much more diff
a cult. AS it was Firemcn Lombard
: Collins and Mossey were badly burned
about the arms.
Before the tiremon arrived Mr.. Lore
VI attempted to ~eXtinguish the flames an,
he was somewhat burned in so doing
y portion of the weekly pay roll wa
a on u table where it had been lief
preparatory to placing it in the en-.
Vclopcs. The fire spread 50 quickl,
that Mr. LORD could not get to tn,
g HlOleN ana uDOul sou was burned, III
. papers and books were in the safe an,
4 were uninjured.
The building contained a quantity o
bottled goods and the greater part o
y them were destroyed although some o
the goods in the basement can be used
" y quantity of chemicals and the ofic
" furniture were burned.
1t is probable that the company will
rebuild at once. The insurance adjust
st ers Will probably arrive this week an
n after they fix the loss the work Of re
d building will probably be begun.