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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-06-08
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The Brook
I come from haunts of coot and hern;
l make a sudden sally,
And sparkle out among the fern.
To bicker down a valley.
By thirty hills hurry down,
Or slip between the ridges;
By twenty thorps, little town,
And half a hundred bridges.
Till last by Philips farm 1 flow
To join the trimming river;
For men may come, and men may 60
But I 90 ON forever.
chatter over stony ways,
In little sharps and trebles,
bubble into eddying bays;
babble on the pebbles.
With many a curve my banks 1 fret,
By many a field and fallow,
And many a fairy foreland set
With willow-weed and mallow.
I chatter, chatter as l flow,
For men may come, and men may go
But l go on forever.
wind about, and in and out,
With here a blossom sailing,
And here and there a lusty trout,
And here and there a grayling;
And here and there a foamy fake
Upon me, as l travel;
With many a silvery waterbreak
Above the golden gravel;
And draw them all along, and flow
To join the trimming river;
For men may come, and men may 60
But l go on forever.
steal by lawns and grassy plots;
slide by hazel covers;
move the sweet forget-me-nots
That grow for happy lovers.
slip, l slide, I gloom, glance
Among my skimming swallows;
make tho netted sunbeams dance
Against my sandy shadows.
murmur under moon and staggt
In brambly wildernesses;
linger by my shingly barss
loiter round my crosses;
And out again curve and Ho~>
To join the trimming river;
For men may come, and men msS
But / 60 on forever.
ALFRED Tennyson.
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HAVE NOT SPOKEN IN YEARS.

brother and Sister Maintain Silence
Toward Each other.
On q seventy-five acre farm four
! miles from Chateaugay, Franklin
County, N. Y, dwer James and Mary
Durney, brother and sister, who, al
though they have lived in the same
house since childhood and the the only
occupants of the house, have not
spoken to each other for ferty-two
years.
James IL 60 years old and Mary IS.
Their Recommendations has for
twoscore years been one of the won
ders Of that part Of franklin County,
and the fact that otherwise they ap.
pear to get along together amlcably
has but served to intensity interest In
tho case.
| What further adds to the interest OF
the situation Is that neither brother nor
sister ever says derogatory word OF
the other to anyone.
| Yet the cause Of the period of forty.
two years Of silence toward each other
is one Of the traditions Of neighbours
When Mary Durney was 10 years old
she wanted to go to a party in the
village of Chateaugay, and her broth.
er, five years older, declared that she
should not; that she was too young ia
go to parties.
The girl tried to slip out Of the
house, but her brother caught and de
tanned her, and refused to permit her
to leave the sitting room Of their home
until the last vehicle had departed
with Its merry load of youthful farmer
folk. As the sound of the wheels OF
the last carriage died away Mary was
seized with frantic grief and passion
and struggled desperately to open the
door that her brother had locked. put
ting the key in his pocket. He sat
! back and laughed at his little sisters
vain efforts to open the door. She
struggled to force the lock and then
pounded frantically on the door until
exhausted by her efforts and her i'm.
potent rage. she fell On the floor. She
lay there for hours, refusing to move
and shrieking when her mother tried
to get her to rise.
When the girl arose the next day she
refused to speak to or notice her broth
er, and this is the attitude she has
maintained resolutely, through good
! fortune and bad, through deaths Ia the
family, through success in business en-
terprises that came to them, through
the sickness or health Of both Of them.
Her brother, quick to take his cue,
and apparently feeling as angry as
she, after few abortive attempts,
ceased to speak t. her when he re-
ceived Ne answer to his remarks. And
from that day, forty-two years ago on
Oct II, these two persons, dwelling
together, have locked their lips against
each other,
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RED STREAM ~ CAVERN

Two Women Explore Mysteriens caSA
in British Cofzasia.
Daring the superstit1eas OF tho Re-
tves and Drawing the dangers of an
unexplored cavern at Ross Peak, Brit
ish Columbia, two Philadelphia wom-
en-, Miss Elizabeth VAIN Vaux, a
daughter of the late Mayor Vaux, and
Mrs Charles Schaffer, had an excit-
ing experience. The result Of their
courage is . moro extended knowledge
Of the depths Of the recess in the rocks,
which is locally known as Dutchman's
cave, says the Philadelphia Bulletin.
One of the most wonderful things they
saw was a stream which had the ap.
pearance Of blood. In the dim light
of the candles which they carried the
women were unable to determine If
the water itself were colored or the
red effect was given by it flowing over
a deep red rock base.
The trip was fraught with many
dangers. None Of the natives ever
venture more than 4 hundred feet
from tho mouth of the cave. 1t is
their belief that the place is inhabited
by ogres and creatures Of magic
power. The tales only whetted the
desire Of the two Quaker City visitors
to penetrate the depths Of the rocks
81 they secured large candles to light
the way into the unknown galleries.
No one would accompany them. but 1t
was arranged that If they did not re-
turn that night searching party was
to be sent fer them.
After making their way along a mar
row ledge for about hundred yards
from the mouth of the cavern, the ex-
plorers found themselves in a large
grotto, the roof hung with beautiful
stalactites, which glittered in the dick
ering light of the candles, which gave
the scene a weird aspect. The floor
was covered with a veritable forest Of
stalagmites that arose like gigantic
columns, many of them joining the
stalachtes.
1t was through this cavern that the
blood-red stream runs. The ladies
walked along the edge Of the water
until it narrowed 50 that they could
scarcely squeeze through. At tho other
end was another cavern, larger and
more magnificent than the first. Their
candles were burning low by this time
and they had to hurry back to the en-
trance, tho last candle sputtering out
tust as they reached the beginning of
tho incline leading to the entrance.
The last stage of the trip was made
in total darkness, but the venturesome
tourists reached the outside world
safely, and astonished the natives
with accounts Of what they had seen.
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A Chinese WheelbarHow.

Il stayed two or three days In CHI
fu," writes David Fraser In "A Mod
ern Campaign" land during that time
made the acquaintance Of a won
derful sound. 1t came to nae first al
was being shaved In q BARRIERS shop.
The barber was Japanese, and when
the first wild strains broke upon my
ear sat up with a jerk that put my
jugular vein In Jeopardy. and asked
what It was. He did not know enough
English to tell.
whatever it was, it was fast ap-
preaching. It sounded like ten thou
sand pigs being killed inside a heavy
lidded box that opened and closed at
short and regular intervals. The sound
was always present. but alternately
muffled and clear, like the lamentation
of a steam-eperated brass band.
II put my besoaped countenance out
Of the shop door to lock. There was
nothing visible except a patriarchal
Chinaman straining at an enormous
wheelbarrow. The noise came out Of
every doorway and window In the
street, from the heavens above and cut
Of the earth below. The stones spoke
1t, the walls groaned 1t, the air
screamed 1t. Only the old ChinaMan
seemed to have no part In 1t. He came
slowly up the pathway, toiling and tot
tering behind his Unbalanced vehicle
Then hs came opposite the BARRIERS
door, and the noise struck me h Ae
face like the blast Of q tempest. I
drew back with 4 shudder, knowing
at last that the cause was the grease
less wheel Of the barrow. Laugh not,
o reader, for 80 terrible q thing is this
wall Of the China whselbarrew that
his honor Of Wehaiwei has promul-
gated an ordinance awarding imprison-
ment fer the first ofense, death for
the second, and a ave-dellar fine for
the third. So wheelbarrows are Of
blessed memory in Weihaiwei, for the
Chinaman loves them, chiefly, for that
which renders them a terror to the
European. But elsewhere in China
they flourish, to ths confusion of
euphoay and the glorihcation Of dis,
cord"
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To be continued.)
Different.

She had said Ives" and he was tax.
ing the measure for the solitaire.
Darling" he said, ''you are the
only woman ever proposed to-"
I'm afraid you have poor mem
DRY, DEAR" she rejoined. You once
told me you had been engaged to q
widow
"True," he replied, "but thit was
during leap year"
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ne GAVE WHAT he Rad.

East Avenue, on the beautiful cam.
pus Of Cornell University, is shaded ~
q rev Of elm-trees, each end OF the hne
marked By q small brown stone bear
ing the Inscription, "Ostrander Eims
Henry w. Sage. whose name stano
next to that Of Ezra Cornell on the ros
Of the benefactors of the universV,
told the story Of these trees In On aor
dress at Cornell several years aSe
After speaking Of many things tnas'
had been done for the young coliee@.
he said:
And last, not least, a gift which M
always had for me fragrance aA.'
to that Of the widows mite immoruF-
lied in Scripture. John B. Ostrandef' !.
man remarkable for his integrity sn''
humility, after having served me tW@
ty-nve years in the forests OF Canaas
and Michigan, returned at the age 81 !.
to Dryden, his native town. to spes'
there his declining yeads.
Meeting me one day, he said:
'Henry, l have been to tne un
sity grounds and seen the work =.
progress, and feel as If I want 70 ~
something to help it along. Now ~
no money, but have some nne !o.ns
elms in nay woods, and l can olus
down thirty or forty and plant w.. :,
there. They will look well. ana VIZ
make q shade for somebody afteF y''-
and I are gone"
l replied, ''They are just wnat ~
want. Bring them, and they snA"
known a. the Ostrander Elms.
Those are the elms on East AVen..
and q. stone at each end MARKS ~
name Of the donor. The snado"
death has rested over his tomb se'o.
years, and not long hence VIII lss.
over mine, but the elms remain. anu -
hundred years hence the shadows ~ :.
their graceful foliage will attest ~
loving gift he made us-"they W"
make q shade for somebody.
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CuEER JToRlB

~~~~~~~~~~.o1
The longest clock pendulum a,..
made Is that Of the Eiffel Tower- ~
feet. -"
A chasm thirty miles in length ho,
been excavated by the waters Of ~.
Grand Falls Of Labrador.
The occupants Of the Pb,l;nn,.
represent such variety of races ths.
thirty-one languages are spoken tber.
The most costly tomb in existence !.
that which was erected to tho m.-
DRY Of Mahomet. The diamonds ona
rubies are valued at f2,OOO,OOO.
Steam has by no means made s.u
Ing vessels obsolete. The total 6nr
Der OF them in the world is still .,
034, as against only 3O,561 stea
An acting model of the bum.,
heart, with every detail, has heoD
made by a French physician. Thu
blood can be seen coursing TO ana
from it through artificial arteries
Naturalists say the smallest troo =,
the world is the Greenland birch Tb,.
miniature tree grows to a height ~
less than three inches, although y
spreads over radius of two or tbroo
feet.
Every three years all Chinese domi.
ciled in Siam have to pay small mil
tax. When this has been paid the col.
lector ties string around the man.
left wrist and fastens the knot with
a special official seal. The bracelet 1.
a Chinese receipt and must be worn
one month.
Automatic billiard tables have been
invented in Germany to do away with
the services of an attendant and save
the proprietors Of cafes the mems
wages. On dropping a small coin
into a slot the balls are produced
automatically and at the end of fifteen
minutes they disappear from the table
During a recent cold period in Swift.
Zerland thousands of swallows fell ex-
hausted and half frozen. At Lucerne
and Zurich the birds were collected
and taken care Of by the people
When they had sufficiently recovered
they were shipped by train to Italy
and there set at liberty to continue
the migration southwark.
This country is the greatest con.
sumner Of hides and skins in the world.
1t uses in a year 100000 goat skinA
24,OO0,0OO sheep skins. 100000 hides
Of all kinds, nine pillion calf skins,
and two million other skins. 1t i'm
ports all it's goat skins, total amount
Of about $2o,00O,OOO worth, and over
SIC, 100000 worth of hides and over
ST., 100000 worth of other skins,
total of over $5O.00O,OOO worth Of
hides and skins. Germany imports
one-third less hides and skins than
does this country, and England and
France each import one-half as much,
A formidable list Of persons killed
and injured In one month by eating
adulterated food has been compiled
by q current magazine. The list Of the
dead include four persons who died
from eating toadstools mixed with
mushrooms, three poisoned By candy,
three BY wood alcohol contained II
lemon extract, and many by the sane
substance In whisky: four infected by
typhoid fever germs contained In to-
cream, twin babies poisoned by fer
maldshyde used to preserve milk. and
hundreds Of persons poisoned BY beer
manufactured from glucose, In the
manufacture of which sulphuric aeid.
made from an arsenic bearing mineral
has been used. Many of these cases
were reported by health officers ana
food commissioners Of the varloua
States in which they occurred.
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She Supplied Them,

Sne SuppIIeu Ihem.
Tragedian-I hear that Rowland
Rants went out on tour through the
West.
Comedian-Yes, lecture tour, l be-
lieve.
Tragedian-I thought it was trag-
edy. How did it happen to be lee
ture tour?"
Comedian-His wife went along.
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Some disbursement Anyhow.
1T was your arst poem, eh? Did
the editor accept it,"
mo, he sent It back"
ANY eomnent7"
well, yes; he said my 'haadwrit.
ing was quite promising "-Phila.
delphia Press.
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In the Adirondack,

Eva-What glorious air I'D in these
mountains. l declare it is really intox
icating.
Dick-Then 1 shall be cautious how
I breathe it.
Eva-Why so?
Dick-1 am afraid 1 might get air
tight
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II a woman's FIRST husband was a
preacher, her second husband should
be at least a bishop n she wants her
family to think well Of her.
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In His Line.

The fugitive Cossack landed In
America and applied to the construc.
ton department of a large telegraph
company for work.
"Bahr' scoffed the foreman. "You
won't do. What do you know about
stringing wires?"
Nothing" replied the ex-Cossack,
"but 1 know how to plant Poles"
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Not Well Trained.

Caller-Is Mr.. Owalott in?
Once Boy-No, sir. He told mo to
tell you-that is, he's gone to Los An.
geles. sir. He started yesterday.
Caller-And when will he return7
ONCE Boy-Why-er-after lunch.
sir.-Cleveland Leader.
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What has become Of the Woman
od-fashioned that she leaned on W.
escorts arn?
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The average wife suspects that
something Is wrong about I've years
before she finds It out.
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Merely q Choice Of Ev.l..

MeFely o Choac0 q Evils.
why Do you ask that woman's
youngest child to recite?"
Because" answered Miss Cayenne.
ut was the only way to keep tho cid
est child from playing the piane."-
Washington Star.
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When yeu are working very hard
take some comfort in this: Those who
are idle don't seem to be having a very
good time.
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It pays to keep the good will of the
people. But it 10 difficult to keep it
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-06-14
A Liquor Case from Lamoille
County Sent to Supreme Court
for Decision.
FURNISHING ALLEGED.
Barber in stowe sent Orders for
Liquor TO n Licensed Seller in Nor
risyiIIe Had II Forwarded and
Delivered 1t to ustomers-
Organization for state.

Stove, June i3-'rhe case of state vs..
+. S. Roardmau of this town, charged
with furnishing liquor was brought be-
fore Lamoille county court to-day and
sent to the supreme court for a ruling
without Il trial in the lower court. This
case Is in the nature of "a test case of
the present liquor law. It is alleged that
Mr.. Boardmau. who conducts a barber
shop and lunch business here. is in the
habit of taking orders for beer and other
intoxicating liquors and telephoning his
order to the saloon in Morrisvlllc, which
holds a second class license Tho saloon
keeper fills the orders and ships tho liquor
to Mr.. Boardman in stow. who delivers
it to tho customers and collects tho pay
FOR the same and forwards ii to the seller
in Morrisvilo.
The question to be decided is whether
or not ths Is selling and on the decision
will rest the matter of q licensed liquor
seller sending his goods to any part Of
the state.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-06-14
MISSIONARY WORK PR0SPERS
Encouraging Reports Vend mt the
Congregational COnvcntiOn-Ncw-
Iy Elected Officers.

Woodstock. June l3--Thc morning Z
session of the State Congregational
convention opened to-day with an en-
coura Eing report of the eVangeli site
forward movement committee, outlin-
ing tho work of the past year. At
ten O'Clock the annual meeting Of the
Vermont Domestic Missionary society
WAS held Of which the Rev. g. II. Mcr
rill is secretary
Tho report of tho directors shows
ury. new churches and an unusual
ship. The treasurer. j. 7. Richtic of
st. Johnshury, reported total receipts
OF Sl3,o55.6O. The outlay of the So
cioty was s7.S55.54 Of which $1,000
was "A gift to the national society. The
totals for all home missionary pur-
poses amounted to S19.S73oa The
national society has received from the
state s7,967.46 The directors note an
increase in number ana efficiency of
student labor, effectiveness of womon's
work and material Improvement in
many fields.
New directors of the missionary so
cietY for three years were chosen as
follows: G. W. Osgood of Bellows
Falls, w. }. Van Patten of Burling
ton, j. NJ. Comstock of Chelsea, the
Rev. J. G. Peterson of East Berkshire.
The vacancy in the board caused by
the death of Deacon &. +. Thompson
Of Brattlchoro was fuled by the eiec
tion of II. A. Slayton of Morrisville
and the place of the Rev. \. G. Ferrin,
removed from the state, is taken by
the Rev II. X. Miles Of Brattleboro.
Tho morning session closed with short
addresses by the Rev w r. Stewart
and others.
At the business session this afternoon
Rev. G. ". Smith of Pittsford was elect
ed president; vice president. w. J. Van
Pattcn of Burlington; secretary, Rev.
Evan Thomas of ESSEX Junction; treas
urer, j. NJ. Camp of Newport: auditors,
]. G. Clark of St. Jnhnsbury and {. T.
Rauncy ~ Newport. trustees, ReV. Henry
Fairbanks Of St. Johnsbury, g. ". OS-
good uf Bellows Falls. w. j. Van Patton
of Burlington, Rev. John Barstow of
Manchester.
Resolutions recommended that assist
auce l." sent tn San Francisco churches
and tho committee ON change Of policy
are directed TO act ON the union of the
denominations, Congregational, Christian
and Protestant Methodist which lis being
carried ont in other States
The topic Of discussion this afternoon
was Goth Century Chrstianity" Tho
speakers including Attorney General G.. C.
Fits Of Brattleboro, Rev J. g. Smart Of
Burlingt>n. Rev. |. W Stuart Of Hart
land, and Rev. James W. Cone Of Sharon.
the discussion OF the topic was continued
at the evening session.
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WEYBRIDGE.

Mrs n NJ Adams has returned TO her
honFs after an absence OF several weeks
in Brandon.-Children' day will be OH
served with appropriate exercises at the
Methodist Church next SundaY.-Edward .
Elliot and W, ]. Newton spent few
DAYS at Kellogg bay last week.-The
RsV. Peter Heller. pastor of the Metho-
dist Church. went to White Creek, y. y
last Monday to attend a prea chers' meet
ins.-1he Epworth League VIII hold their
business meeting at the home II Mrs. car
die Brittell next Friday evening. \ musi-
cal programme has been arranged for. the
evening. Light refreshments W! bo
served and a social timc onjoyed.-A very
quiet wedding occurred a high noon last
Saturday a the home o. Nj and Mrs.
". G. Stur;evunt whoa thor daughter.
Miss Nc;tie. was united N marriage 20
Thomas Cornell Of lsiip, l.. J. Tho young
couple will have in a few days for lshp, (
their future home y. T.. podz7 went 10
Pujsrord last week 80 attend the funeral .
of cousin, Mr.. Leonard. M, william
White is the guest ~ MIR, and Mrs l.. Il.
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PANTCN,

Mr.. and Mrs. John Otis are the parents
Of d daughter born the 7th.-Mr and Mrs.
g. 5. 'url'r and MI. and Mrs. c. j.
Spauding attended the funeral of Mrs.
David Hare of Waltham last Sunday The
concert at the Methodist Church last Sun
day evening was largely attended The
house was tastefully decorated with ever
greens and flowers and the recltation.,
dialogues. singing, etc. were well rem
dorcd.-Mr and Mrs. Il. l.. Hanchett and
baby daughter Of Moriah. y. Y. have
been calling on friends in this vicinity
During the heavy thunder storm of Sun
day afternoon lightning struck and killed
three COWS belonging to Clayton Curler
and one belonging to Walter White all
of which were under q Tree IN pasture
;ogct thcr.-At the caucus held last Satur-
day evening T.. l.. StagE and l.. G.. Kent
were elected delegates to attend the State
convention; :. HaWley. Rufus Noonan, c.
!. SpauldinC and l.. g. Kent the county
delegates; +. Snou and Edward Butler
the district delegates. Rogers
spent last week with his cousin, DR., T A.
Rogers of Alburgh
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MIDDLEBURY

Young man anunt % Years ~ axe
called upou the ChirF of police, &. \.
Dickenson. little after midnight Sat
urday night and asked for n place IN
which to spend the night. he said he
DID not wish to beg but that he had
bcen robbed Of a bicycle, sl6.5o and a sill
Yer watch He gave his name as w. II,
Ray and said his home was in Rutland
to which place he was going. lie claim
ed to have been working for physi-
clan in Montreal and that when he COM
pleted his services there few days ago
he started for his home on wheel
which he had bought in that city. lie
got as far as Burlington, where he met,
in Battery Park another lad. with whom
he became acquainted. His new friend
said that he was going 10 Pittsiord on
"A wheel They started out together and
arrived here about midnight. They did
not stop IN the village but continued ON
and when the young man came To his
senses he found himself on the lower end
of Court street minus his wheel, money
and watch, plastered with mud and with
a bunch on his head. lie proceeded to the
center of the village where he found
Chief Dickenson, who found him place
for tho night at the Allen House. The
young man described his comrade as uf
medium height, brown hair, wearing d
pair Of brown trousers and j greyish