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NEW TRAINBLAsTER.

A. B. RamsdeH Succeeded Here By A.
j. Copper OF Rock Island, Ill
Trainmaster A B. RamsdeT. who
came here six months ago to relieve J.
W Usher, trainmaster temporarily.
VIII leave this week for Des MOines.
having been transferred from this d.
vision.
He is succeeded at this place by A.
y. COPPER from Rock Island, iii.
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FOund-Big sheekskin mitten. Own
er call at this Office.
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We wiz pay the highest cash price
for Tour turkeys and ali kinds Of
poultry and VIII also buy eggss Dur-
ter and cream You VII ma as two
blocks northwest 81 school hcuea
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Harry J. Rowe has a line Of Fine
High Grade China
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L P. H Hatch examines your eyes
free Of charge.
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Harry ]. Rowe handles Rogers
1847 ware.
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easy Monthly Payments.n

EASY Monthly Payments"
Lives Of Great Men stands behind
me,
Stamped in gold and bound in blue
Every book tries to remind me
That the next installment's due.
Judge.
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AFGs
Just little water,
Just a little rye,
Makes a man see double
And have a bleary eye.
Milwaukee Sentinel
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DIR. r. B. HARVEY. DENTIST.
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NJ AT %
Remarkable Record of Mrs. James
Null Stands UnbrOken.

Married at thirteen, a mother al
fourteen. and a grandmother at TWEEN
ty-nine is the remarkable record OF
Mrs. James Null. of Wellston. Ohio-a
record as vet unbroken in the United
Mrs. NulIs daughter. who is the
of the baby, was born Decem-
Der 25, 1890. She was married Deem
Der 16, 1904, at the age of thirteen, tc
Frank Vittoe. about twenty years OLD
|On November IS last, a daughter. Llz-
lie Arizonaf was born. She is a tll>
little mite of humanity weighing only
three pounds. !.
Mrs. Null is a comely. lighthaired
blue eyed woman, who looks no Older
her twenty-nine years. Her hus'
Iband was killed last December by &
fall of slate in a mine. She has s1>
besides Mrs. VittOe. the
Youngest being but six months OLD. III
spite of the fact that she is supporting
the entire family. she is very cheerful
land evinces great pride as h display
1.-The latest addition to the family.
The mother-in-laW of Mrs. Null. who
Twas present at the birth Of her great
granddaughter. stated that she was bu'
at the time Of her marriage
Boston American.
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Should Capital Punishment be -Aaban-
dOncd?

4 bill has been prepared and will
Ibe introduced in the Ohio ~legisiature,t
hat capital punishment Del
abolished. Commenting on the subject
Ian exchange asks the pertinent ques-l
Ition. But are we yet advanced enough
lor certain enough of our ground to del
lcree that the man who murders snail
likewise be saved from DEATH"
Here are two arguments that haVeI
been advanced, n against capital
punishment absolutely and h other
presenting strongly the dangers to sol
iciety that might follow the ~abandon-|
lment of this punishment.
Against:
ST believe that no man is near en-
Tough to divinity to take the life of
Ianother. The wonders of life and the|
mysteries of death are beyond the|
Ecomprehension of human beings. when
I've get down to cold facts We are very
blank about all of the most POWERFUL
influences about us. Why. then, mas
1nuch as We do not know. dare we deal
iout to another misguided. mistaken,
diseased and under-developed fellow a
legal dose. the properties of winch we
know nothing beyond the spectacle OF
death? We know our own sensations.
SonSdtlOIS OIL Tie tIuS u ~
livery like our own. He has missed
something that We have had. else he
iwould not be a thug. We would have
ibeen murderous thugs ourselves IL
Isome one of these awful influences we
know little about had worked it so.
Therefore, to prove our superiority. is
lit not logical that we should be mercl-
full, forgiving and helpful. rather than
Iattempt to punish the one who has
been so unfortunate as to live in a
lWOrld where nature n conditions
ihave made some intellectually or ply
Esicallv better han others? If We get
Jour probes in individual cases we can
trace all crime back to faults in the
construction of the criminal n over
which he had no control. or to Condl-
|tiOns which he could not move
can old woman so years old, lived
!alone. Her children had died. and her
grandchildren were scattered she knew
mot where. She had a little money
Just enough to keep her out of the
lpoorhouse-and this small sum she
Ihoaded ~iealously. One night about
Ieisht months ago two men broke into
this old woman hOus to steal the
money. To prevent her making a noise
lone of the men gripped his fingers into
her throat. ard left her dead from
Istrangulation. He wax not caught IL
he had been, how much mercy woulo
The have deserved?
"Or in the south when a negro fienc
Irapes and kills a white woman? PUB
lie opinion usually gives him as Shor'
shift as it would a mad dog.
1.-The question is as deep as thu
Invstery of life-as wide as the hope:
tof civilization. Murders in the United
Estates are increasing at an alarming
Irate. which the execution of a Mrs
IRogers or of a CZologsZ in no wise
Ichecks. Does not the fault lie not Sc
lmuch in the laxness or severity Of ou1
laws as in our failure TO get at tn
Icauses of crime-the slums. child Ia
ibor. brutalizing and underpaid toll II
lsweat shops and sweating factories
short comings in public education ant
Icare Of the ignorant and the undevel
Ioped winston Journal.
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The ordered out a large force of men and
the sun rose there remained not
la vestige of the structure. The archl-I
Itect, upon his next visit, looked n vain
flor the gate, but understanding the
dukes pe~culiarities said not a word.
nor did the duke offer a word OF ex-
PLANTATION.
/ CLAIMANT A CARPENTER.
Another eccentricity Of the dukes
was the mode of travel he adopted
when going TO London. He entered
Ibis closed carriage at Walbeck and
WAS driven 70 the station, where his We
shicle was loaded on a fiat truck On
reaching London, he was driven To
Ibis town house. which he entered by
Ian underground passage. Consequent
Ilv. he was never seen by anyone, and
Ito this is attributed his desire 10 sink
This identity. SO much o the perso-
lnality and characteristics Of the Duke
Iof Portland.
George Hollanby bruce, the claimant
Ito the vast estates, was born IN 1888
lat Campbel1's Creek, near Castiemaine,
lin the State of Victoria, Australia. His
Iearly life was spent on a farm, bur MS
trade is that of a carpenter and joiner.
besides, he is a mechanical engineer OF
lsome note. IN appearance he IS a typ
heal Australian, but quiet and unob-
ltrusive. with force and determination
written on every feature. He Is a wild
lower with Il family of six children
three boys and three girls.
The prospective rights of the claim
ant have been taken over by a COM
Ipany to which $4,000 has been sub
Iscribed. Mr.. bruce holds the MAORI
Ity of the shares and the remainder
have been taken by the public. L
Ishey win the shareholders will re
|ceive one hundred times the amour
They have subscribed, and it will only
he a matter of a few weeks before he
tissue is decided.-Exchange.
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| II C4llCS WIZ AA
tiers of both the fifth duke and ThoHlas
Charles bruce.
Many and various were the dukes
peculiarities. For eighteen years he
converted Walbeck into a gigantic
workshop. Eighteen hundred men We're
employed to build the famous stables,
tan gallop, riding school, underground
gallery, and apartments, besides sub
~terranean kennels, all of which honey
coined Walbeck like a rabbit warren.
In those eighteen years it is estimated
that he spent upward of $35, 600, 900 on
the improvements. Yet with all the
wonders of this fairy palace, this &C.
centric old man held no parties, gave
no reception, or was ever known TO
have company, but lived in two o
three plainly furnished rooms.
He would wander about the estate
dressed in a shabby overcoaL a tall
hat, and carrying a broad umDrelia,
which absolutely protected him from
the gaze of the curious. A servant
speaking to him Or even salutlng was
dismissed, his orders being that no one
was 70 take the least notice, but 60
pass by as if he were lnan1mate. III
and out those eleven miles or tunnels,
which he had constructed, he was OF
ten seen, but when he saw that ne wa:
observed he made off with all poss1oia
speed.
1t was told that an architect by or
der of the duke built a very massive
gate, leading. to the castle. ms
structure had been completed 1t did mo-
please the duke. Rather than onene
the architect he waited until nighdal
and when the moon was Just beginning
to peep from beneath a bank OF clouds
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CAME ON ME?" HE SAID.
else mixed up. Why, they sent me spe-
cial notice of the meeting tonight and
said 1 must be sure to be there"
81 was in hopes we might go to the
theater."
1--WE can go to the theater any night,
but there won't be another such meet
ing of the Old Jays for a year"
Well, 1 hope you won't let them
work n game on you," she said, as
she saw that his mind was made up.
Game? Work any game on me-"
he replied as he drew himself up to
his full height and stood with folded
arms. ''Who would attempt to work
any game on me? Who has ever at
tempted it? Explain your words, If
you please"
'"They may try to make you believe
that you are a great man and that
that
and what?"
"And coax you to sing a song and
then-then''-
"And what?"
COR get you up to make a speech and
then-then''-
Woman, beware! You are close to
the dead line! Don't let me hear any
more such talk. To hear your words
a stranger would think 1 was a born
fool and that you were my guardian"
Then we won't talk about it any
more. I'll help you get ready, and do
you go along and IA a good time
Mr.. BOWser stood and glared at her
for a minute and then marched off up
stairs to change his clothes. There was
something else he wanted to say, but
he hung off about it until his good ma
ture was partly restored and he had
come down again; then he tried to look
Indifferent as he said:
Il have got a hint or two that my
friends are going to put me forward
tonight. and it may be just possible
that | will be voted the most popular
member"
That will be nice" replied Mrs.
Bowser as she retied his necktie.
You'd let EN- vote if they wanted
to, wouldn't your
"Why. certainly"
AND II l am decidIeu elcCteu anu
they call for Il speech
Then make one. CT course. Just get
up and say that you feel honored;
wouldn't trade positions Wits the pres
ident of the United States; glad You
are one of the Old Jays, and SO on and
SO forth. Don't attempt too much.
Now you are all ready"
81 may not be home before mid
night"
Never mind if you are not home be-
fore daylight. AS you say, this thing
occurs only on a year, and you can
afford to dissi:. ate q little. Sure you
have got your latchkey? Well. run
along now.">
Mrs. Bowser's sudden change of front
was Il puzzle to Mr.. Bowser, but after
thinking it over for awhile he decided
that it was one of those cases where Ii
was "just like q woman" and arrived at
the club with a feeling of anticipation.
What occurred there was told two
hours later by himself in his w home.
1t 10 O'Clock, as Mrs. Bowser sat read
ing and the cat vas doing the purring
act on the hearth, there came an nncer-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
BOWSer Most
Popular Man
Is Voted as Such by Members
Of the Old Jays Club at
Last Meeting.
WOULD MAKE A SPEECH
He Is Rolled on a Barrel, His Head Is
S~andpapered, and He Returns
Sadder, but Wiser.

copyright, 1s5, by Mcclure, Phillips & Col
n II R. BOWSER had come home
I'M from the Office half an hour
wv ahead of time, and when Mrs.
Bowser asked for an explana-
ton be replied:
"T am going out this evening, and
there are two or three little things I
want to see to first"
"Is it to a club?"
eyes. There's going to be a big turn
out at the Old Jays club this evening,
n a vote will be taken to see who is
the most popular member"
But the last time you went to the
Old Jays you came home mad. You
said they snubbed you"
"Snubbed ne. Not on your life.
You must have got me and some one
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She Didn't Like Is.

Papa says I'm not old enough to
marry"
Ibid he? Well, I'll bet he wouldn't
have liked it if somebody had asked
him to wait about marrying until he
was long past thirty"
"Sir."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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IIf your stomach is a little off, Kodol
dyspepsia Cure will digest what you
Ieat and enable the digestive organs te
Iassimilate and transform all foods into
ltissue-building blood. KodoI relieves
ISour Stomach. Belching. HEARTBURN
land all forms of Indigestion. Palatable
land strengthening. Sold by r. r. Bel
'kamy.
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Complete.

"What are your qualifications for an
Office boy?'
well. sir, / can do anything from
filing inkstands to attending directors
meetings."-New YorkIife.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-06-15
DeIegat Elected.

The Republican voters met in caucus
at the town hall on Saturday afternoon
and it required less than IS minutes to
elect delegates to the county, district and
State conventions. The delegates will
choose their own alternates. Those
chosen to the county convention to be
held in Middlebury on Thursday, June
81, are :-Chas. E. Pinney, w. H. Thomas,
John Houston, Warren W. Goodrich,
Chas. L. Hooker, w. w. McGilton, A.
N. McQuivey, Jerry Trudo, T. F. Lynch,
P. j. Donnelly, Chas. F. Rich, F. L.
Liberty, w. II. Davis, L. S. Knight,
f. P. Cushman, NJ. T. Butterfield, C. c.
Wells, JOS Calhoun, jr., Mark Bessett,
c. H. Williamson, George Eldridge.
The following will attend the district
convention to be held in Middlebury on
June 10, for the nomination of a member
of Congress from the first district Geo.
Chaffee, w. J. White. John H. Sargent,
A. K. Carr, Geo. S. Russell, Bert G.
Peck.
The delegates to the State convention
are ID. G. Noble. James b. Donoway,
Thomas F. Burns, German Hope, Milo
Day, Geo. A. Goyett.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-06-15
Com m unication.

Editor of the Register:-In the tribute
to our townsmen, Rollin A. Foote, hich
appeared in your issue of June s, the
statement is made that he was first
elected road commissioner on the sec md
day of an annual meeting which ex-
tended into the third day. Mr.. Foote
was first elected road commissioner on
the first day of the annual meeting of
1898. The Legislature which met the
previous fall had enacted a law which
created a single headed commission and
as there were several aspirants in differ
ent parts of the town their friends chung
to them tenaciously and a result was not
reached till after dark.
The legislature of 1892 had also enacted
a law creating the town system of schools
and the meeting adjourned to elect a
board of six school directors and COM
pleted its labors the next forenoon. The
conrbative qualities of the people of
Cornwall are known to the people of the
county and the state but the statement
that an annual meeting of Cornwall ever
ran into the third day is peversion of
the truth of history,
FRANK HI. WARNER.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-06-15
TOLD OF THE TITLED.

The sultan of Turkey is great coll
lector of canaries.
Lord Tweedmouth, first lord of the
British admiralty, is an assiduous COL
lector of old china.
President Diaz returned the other
day from hunting trip with three
mountain cats and II deer. Mexico's
president is only &c.
Prince Khilkof1, formerly minister
of railroads in Russia. and builder Of
the Trans-Siberian road, intends to
make tour of inspection of the rail-
roads of this country.
Frederick VIII, king of Denmark,
is said to be in the habit of inviting
editors of leading political organs to
visit the castle to discuss the different
political issues of the day.
Prince Kotchoweff, a Russian, has
been ordered by the Berlin courts to
pay $3.50 a year for life to a waiter
whom he assaulted during the Russo
Japanese war in a Dresden hotel.
King Alfonso of Spain is devoted
to the pleasures of the table, and
keeps cook up until four in the
morning. Five meals are served in
the "a hours at the Escurial palace.
Sir Edward Clarke, the brilliant
member of parliament who is making
his presence felt by denouncing the
idea of tax on meat or corn, start
ed as a jewelers. assistant in his ia
theirs store.
In appointing his son, Lord Bruce,
as his private secretary, the earl of
Elgin only followed the example of
the late Wnliam E. Gladstone, who,
when he became prime minister in
1880, appointed Herbert Gladstone,
then young man of 20, to a similar
position.
The duke of Norfolk is a man of
simple tastes, and yet he is the pos
SCISSOR of the most extravagant cos
tune in England. The uniform which
he wears as earl marshal represents
an outlay of over $1,000 exclusive of
Jewels Seventeen thousand yards of
embroidery are worked into the coat
IN gold lace until but little of the
original cloth is to be seen. His
grace feels more at home in his old
clothes.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-06-15
COAT OF ARMS WAS USEFUL
1t May Not Have Been Genuine, But
1t Filled Blank Space on
the Wall,

How is business?" asked the friend
OF the genealogist, relates the New
York Sun.
1T is good, except that l have had
to stop furnishing coats of arms to
people"
Why"
Because | will not furnish an in
accurate one, nor supply one to a per-
son who is not entitled to it, The
work is hard, for each device means
great deal and must be traced accu-
rately, and many of my patrons, alas!
do not care whether they are entitled
to 1t or not If they can only have
something to hang on the wall and
point to and use on their stationery.
mot long ago searched out a coat
of arms for lady and had an artist
paint it for her After | sent it to her
learned that it was slightly inaccu-
rate. and as l was anxious to have 1t
changed at once, | asked her to re-
turn it to me awhile for that purpose.
She replied:
"Oh, no. 1t doesn't make any differ
ence. | have it framed and hanging
on my wall, and if | should take it
down now it would leave a bare place. ."
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-06-15
A Mosquito Lula by.

Hush, little skeeterbug, hush a-bye,
Mother will rock him, don't you cryi
know you are hungry, my little sweet,
With nothing to drink and so little to eat
The natives are tough and their blood is
thin,
But the city-folks soon will be rolling in
Hush. little buzzer, go bye.
Hush, little skeeterbug, hush a-bye,
Think of the summer time, just you tryI
Chubby old ladies and thin old boys,
Plump little children and, joy Of joys,
Fat little babies, all fresh and sweet
And juicy and lovely for you to eatl
Hush, little buzzer. go bye.
Hush, little skeeterbug, hush a-bye.
Soon you'll be ready to buzz and fly;
Daddy will sharpen your dear little bill,
And Mother will teach you to bite, she
will!
Maybe they think we are slow and dumb
But we're not afraid of petroleum.!
Hush, little buzzer, go bye.
Puck.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-06-15
GREAT SCULL RACE.
To Be Feature of the Burlington
Carnival Other Sporting and
Fire manic Events

The big Carnival week which wi be
held in Burlington June %, 20 and 30
under the auspices of the Commercial
club of that city, gives every promise of
exceeding in interest and affording such
monster sporting attractions as have
never before been witnessed in the state.
Great interest, not merely local but of
a national character, centers around the
sculling match between Charles Stephen
sons and James Rice. 1t is to be race
for purse of $500 and can truly be
called a contest for supremacy at the
oars between America and Australia.
Both oarsmen are extremely well known
in the sporting world and for several
months a contest between these two
scullers has been under negotiations.
To Burlington it can be said belongs the
credit and success of pulling off this race.
The course will be in the waters of Lake
Champlain along the water front of the
Queen city, the sloping hills and large
docking facilities affording command
ing view to witness the contest. James
Rice, the American sculler, is head coach
for the Weld crew of Harvard and ranks
among the fastest oarsmen in the
country. Charles Stephensons is an
Australian and has rowed in all parts of
the world. The race in Burlington will
be fast and exciting and will be watched
with interest throughout the whole
country.
Miss lilly Ashly dashiDg beautiful
lady. will give a spectacular exhibition
in fancy sculling at the same time.
These attractions are free to all and will
I've held Thursday, June 2S.
On Friday there will be a firemen's
tournament with one of the most hotly
contested hose races ever run in all New
England. Many teams are now already
in training for the race and some fast
time may be expected. The tiremens
parade will take place in the morning
and the races will he run in the afternoon
Cash prizes of $3.50 will be given, divided
into four classes-s100, SIS, $50 and S25.
A beautiful silver trumpet is offered to
the Vermont hose company making the
best time in the above contest, to be con-
tested for at the annual tournaments of
the state association until any company
shall win the same three times. when it
shall become the property of such COM
pany. In this connection the seven
tenth annual convention of the Vermont
Firemen's association will be held Thurs
day evening, June %, in Burlington city
hall.
Base ball will be played each day by
league teams of the Northern league
Then the Champlain Kennel club will
hold its fourth annual dog show June 81,
2S and 49,
Numerous other events of striking in
terest, including home week reunion,
will fill in to make the carnival one con-
tinued round of pleasure and sport.
Lowest excursion rates Of the season
will be made by rail and boat.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-06-15
THORIUM FINDS IN CEYLON
Mineral Substance Used in the Manu-
facture of Gas Nantes Is
Plentiful.

The most important discovery con-
Injected with the meteorological survey
Of Ceylon in 1904, says the latest Off
cial report, was that of the occur
renee of thorium bearing minerals in
Ceylon. OF this the most important
is thorianite, a mineral new to science,
and containing 70 to 80 per cent. of
the rare. earth thoria, which is used for
the manufacture of incandescent gas
nantes.
The government was informed that
$3.50 per hundredweight was being Of
ferec in England for thorianite con-
tanning from 70 to 72 per cent. OF
thoria. With a view to encouraging
further search for this valuable min
eral notice was published giving the
above particulars and also stating the
places where thorianite and thorite
had been found. Intending prospect
ors were informed that the govern
ment would for three years undertake
tC levy no royalty on this mineral, ex-
oept in the case of extraction from
crown lands, where the permission to
wash will be by agreement on liberal
terms
There is a large area, including all
the province of Sebaragamuwa and
part of the central, western and south
erl provinces, where the mineralog-
ical survey were further engaged in
examining the gemming districts in
SaDaragamuwa and the southern prov
ince, in investigating discoveries of
corundum and of heavy minerals con-
tsining rare elements, as, for example,
atlantic and several minerals belong
ing to the Samarskite group.