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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-10
DESKS OF FAMOUS MEN,.
There Are Many Of Them Scattered
AbOut the Country.

About the Country.
The desk of Salmon p. Chase. n nIain
piece of furniture made from mahog
any, IS in one of the rooms Of the treas.
ury department at Washington. There
are mauy of these old desks scattered
about tho country, their chief claim t6
interest being that once some vel.
known man leaned over them.
Alexander Hamilton's travelling desk
made of mahogany and measuring l.
by IS inches and 10 inches high. is All
interesting object. Upon this desk was
written much cf his literary work, and
the worn green baize with which it is
lined attests to the use to which it was
put. There is drawer in one side and
several compartments for pens and
ink, while upon the top is inlaid a sill.
yer plate with the name General Al.
exandcr Hamilton engraved upon il.
Within the top is a strip Of parchmen.
which says. Given by Mrs. General
Schuyler TO her daughter, Mrs. Gen.
eral \. Hamilton" No doubt the con.
venien; size was what recommended II
to the general.
Nathaniel Hawthorne's desk is IRE
served at the custom house. Salem,
Mass. A desk Mt which he wrote some
of his inimitable romances was Just a
board standing out from the wall at an
angle. This is still in the tower room
at Wayside, his home at Concord,
Mass. Victor Hugo had in his Guern-
sey house study built almost entirely
of glass and perched upon the roof.
Like Hawthorne. he, too, stood at his
writing. and his desk was mere shelf
fastened by hinges to the wall.-Deline-
afor
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-10
HENRY r. DA\IDSON's ESTATE.
STATE OF VERMONT. D,stric, OF CHI,

fo az rcrso,ns Interested in the IS.
tom !" said district, deceased
GREETING;
At a Probate Court holden at Purline.
toi" within and for the District of Chi
i'ud'r. uu the 2Ith day of Arm 19us
~! iha'IuiucHt rulpprtiuS To be tho I4st
VIII ana testament of Henr,.
=. Davidson. late Of BoIton fl, sat-,
district. deceased, was presented -
tn. sour5 aLores9id, for probate.
,NiG day of MaN. 1906. at liz
Probate Court Rooms IN said Rnre
lington, be assigned for proving
sad 1nStrumcnt' and, that notice
cerned by publishing this order mr.
weeks sucressively in tho Burlington
Weekly Free Press, q newspaper publ;sae3
At sad Burlington. previous to the Tins
appointed Inv
Therefore. you are hereby notified u
appear before said court. at the time ana
place aforesaid. and contest the MO.
bate of said Will, n you have cause
Given under my hand. at Burlington. in
Salt district tAls 2tth day Of NpriI
1905, i'i
NJ. NELLIE FLYNN.
i5.W3t Rrristor
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-10
ESTATES or TREFFIE M\CI\ ,xn
MARIA MtSIt OF MESTFORD.
svATE Oh VEKMONT, Dlstrict nf chi..

STATE or VERMONT. District of Chit.
tenden ''
The Honorable the Probate Court for
the District ot Chittenden.
TO all persons interested in the es
tate of Tr"nlc and Maria Macia late ~
Westford, in said district, deceased.
Whereas. said Court has assigned Ina
2lSt day of May, next for tho scttI"s
mont of the account of the admiuistra.
tor of the estate of Trcfflc and
Maria Macia late of Wcstrnrdf
deceased, and for decree -,
the residue of said estate 10 tLss
lawful claimants of tho same nr3
ordered that public notice thereof Ne
given 10 all persons Interested in saiJ
weeks successfully previous TO the da
assigned, in the Burlington Weekiy
said district. ~
Therefore you are hereby notified 10 ~,
pear at tho Probate Court Rooms in Pr
hngton, Vermont. on the day assigned
then and there to contest the ailovanc.
OF SAID account II You see cause. ans
to establish your right as noirs. lerae
tees and lawful claimants of said
residue. "
.GW"m under my hand, this 2Sth day
Of April. 1905. '
MARCELLUSS \. BINGHAM.
H''"'I' Judge.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-10
The Month of August

Few persons know why August has
thirty-one days. July. which takes its
name from Julius Caesar, has thirty.
one days. and Augustus, who complet-
ed the calendar, declined to submit to
the mdignily of seeing his own month
branded with the inferiority of one da v
less. The astronomers had according.
~ to reshuttie the lunar cards, and, aft
er some perplexity. hit upon the ex-
pedient of shearng twenty-four hours
from February's glory in order that
August might face the world ON a
footing OF perfect equality with July.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-10

STATE OF VERMONT. District Of Chit.
t"nden
TO all persons Interested in tho re-.
tat" Of Ihliura y. STYLES, late of Burr
liu@ton, in said district, deccasod.
Al Probate Court holden AZ RurIt1g.
ton. within and for the District Of Cbif.
t"udrn, ON tho 10th daN of Apri1. tgos
an INSTRUMENT purporting to be th1
last VIII and testament uf Philra 4,
StNlnS. late Of burlington, i'm said 40
triCt deceased. was presented to ~
Court aforesaid, for probate.
And it is ordered by said court tina,
tic lltu day Of MAY, I90s At ~
Probate Court rooms in said Bur.irp<
ton. b" assigned for proving said -
strum"ut; and that notice thereof hs
given to all persons concerned. BY nub.
fishing this order thrcs weeks Success
eively in the Burlington Weekly t'ra/
Press, "a newspaper published az said
Idrlin@tou, previous to thc time au-
pointed. wy
Therefore, YOU are hereby Notified :.
appear before said court. at the tl,,1S
and place aforesaid and contest ~
probate os said will, IL you have cause,
Given under my hand at Burlington. IA
Satd district this 20th day Of ArriI
1905
MAItCELLUS \. BINGHAM.
@'.NpI judge
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-10
GEORGIA PHILOSOPHER

Play ball with Time. If you want to-
but don't forget that its only three
strikes aud out forever.
The darkest sky still has hope in il. for
trouble makes us see stars.
Hope Is such a sweet decever We for
give her every time she fools us. and get
ready to be fooled again
Even the hurricanes of life split the
trees to kindlinE wood and save us lots
of trouble. Atlanta Constitutions
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-10

Francisco is tho same that faces all
people. Our safety is not to be decided
by how fast we can run. but bv how
well we can do the work God has
given us 20 do Then when the death
summons comes, no matter how or
where IT may come. may we be able 10
calmly look W and say: Here nm /.
LORD. Here am |. Come and take me
while ! am working at my post of
duty"
The silver Lining.
Now. amid all these scenes of de.
struction and sorrow that have come 10
our herelt sister city. send to these
suffering people words OF congratula-
ton and good cheer. First say.
THANK God. If the earthquake had 10
come, that it came in the early hours
OF the morning You know that San
francisco is situated at the Golden
Gate of the Pacific. 1t was truly the
Golden Gate then. The sun was iust
arising over the eastern hills and
throwing it's light upon the shimmerln.
waters of the bay. Had this earth.
quake come hours later Oakland and
Berkeley and San Rafael and scores of
other suburban cities and towns would
have emptied their thousands and tens
or thousands of business men and sbop-
perS into the great metropolis. Then
the huge office buildings would have
been crowded. Then. when the walls
cracked and fell. il would not have
meant the loss of hundreds of lives.
but Of thousands upon thousands.
Thank God. | say. that the earthquake
came ut $50 n. III. instead of 1890
a. M. God be praised, we say. San
francisco walls have toppled. but
San Francisco's fathers and mothers
and children live. Even the blacklist
clouds may have the brightest Of silver
Innings.
Second fact for congratulatlon: Al
though the city Of San Francisco has
fallen, vet the city Of San Francisco
shall rise again. The future San Fran
cisco which shall arise will be as much
ahead Of the old city as the modern
locomotive is better than the old pra-
RE schooner Or canal boat. Like Gal
-''''' US s'i'TtN W III bt DTOducT anu
lined with nobcr buildings. Its pal
aces will be richer, its stores filled
with better goods lis people will have |
better homes, II is all nonsense to talk |
about this being the end Of San Fran. |
cisco. You can no more blot out San |
francisco than You can obliterate New |
York or London.
BETTER city.
Then, lastly congratulate San |
francisco because this great sorrow is |
going to result in the publication and
The cleansing from sin and the consc-
grafton of IT'S people 90 the service of
Inc Divine Master. The city of San
Francisco has been filed with eastern
people. Most OF these people came
rom ChristiaM homes But after many
of them left the old homes,caus they
broke away, or rather, drifted away,
rom the old spiritual mornings. They
III as so many eastern pcope who
nave come 10 Los Angeles have done
lhey put their church letters in their
runkS and never took them out. They
pent their week days in making money
ma their Sundays in sport and fun
e"king, In other words, they have
not been children of God, as their fore.
atherS We're children of Go1 Rut
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-10

Had dyspepsia or Indigestion for
years No appetite. and what | did eat
Ritters cured "'+"--i. II. Walker. sun.
bury, Ohio.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-10

1hen, as the crowds grow thicker
ana denser we find men fighting their
way out. "What is the matter with
you:' We ask. Let me out" they cry
Let me ont, | want TO get tho train
ma start north at once. must get
into that doomed city and go TO my
dear ones Crowds are now blockad.
Ing the railroad Offices for passage: bur
TROUGH thousand cars were TO start
II would not be a long enough train IN
accommodate those who wished to 20
10 san Francisco 70 rescue their
friends. Then the reports came in aw.
fully monotonous regularity: "Flames
spreading. Buildings being dynamited
TO stop onward progress of confagra.
ton. General Funston forbids apy one
TO land in the city Water famine
threatened, All wholesale houses de-
stroyed. Hunger and famine staring
the people in the face, People diving
in the streets from exhaustion and
starvation. Napa Insane asylum de.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-24
SATURDAY, FEBRuARr "A, loos.
MILL THEY AGREEP

Almost everything we read about the canal project adds to the doubt and uncertainty as to what will event. uaiiy be done. A canal cut through at the sea level or a canal with locks which is it to be? As is we'll known there is a Board of Consulting Engi- neers which Is composed of eight American engineers and five foreign CTS. named by the President to give advice concerning tho kind of canal to be constructed. That board has been in consultation for months, and the result is divided report. All the for eigners and three Americans decide for a sea level canal. while five Americans recommend one with locks. and each side has sent it's report.
 The President sides with the Ameri- can minority and has sent a special message to Congress advising the ac- ceptance of the minority report and the adoption of it's plans. Some of our contemporaries think this will end the discussion and that Congress will fol- low the Presidents advice. but we are not so sanguine. We have not read the two reports and do not know what arguments and proofs the majority have to sustain them in deciding for the sea level proposition. It may be that Congress will agree with the President, but maybe not. A controll- ing majority of the two houses may decide that the five foreign engineers and the three Americans who unite with them are right and will vote to carry out their proposition. In any case we may expect the matter to be debated and all the old arguments threshed over and possibly no decis- ioR reached. If those in power will agree on what kind of canal we are to have it will be some encouragement but even that doesn't seem very near or hopeful.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-24
MHrcH IS rHE cHnrsr1ANf

On more than one occasion during the war between Russia and Japan The Advertiser took occasion to criticize some of it's contemporaries who com tended that Americans should sympa- thize with Russia. because, as they said. 1t was war between a Christian and a Pagan nation. We pointed out that as far as the acts of the two pow CTS proved anything they proved that the Japanese were better opponents or genuine Christianity than the Russians were. In a recent issue of The Phil adelphia Record we find this further evidence of the correctness of our po- sition:
 During the late war Russia appealed to the sympathies of Christendom son the ground of bsins the rePrsssnssdtiy;e scnsd ;e war with an Asiatic and pagan power. fnere were not lacking during tho war
 ,l that an a on qsnd patches. One Is that General Linevitch has ssp e @ sdo ey sss the mse of 'The Butcher by driving into the Amur River the entire population five thousand men. women M and ,, chil-
  vestchensk. The world was so horrf- fled at this act that Russia made haste to say that the man, had been aus missed from the army in disgrace: but this proves to have been like other Russian statements. The other Is the story of Russian soldier that after every battle the sanitary officer would mark with black paint the men so bad iy wounded that 1t was not thought worth while to save them and they were buried alive-unless they had money. Immediately after one wound ed man had paid ten rubles the san got back his money and 300 rubles be- sides. and survives.
 We say now. as we have said before' that Japan is the more Christian na- ton of the two. If we judge. by acts and deeds. It is difficult to imagine anything more brutal and savage, than 1 is described in these two instances, The American Indians, in their primi- | tive state, never did such horrid deed as was done under the orders of Gen eral Grodekeff. who has been rewarded | by high military honors. And no peo- pie are entitled to the appellation of a Christian people when they treat their own wounded as the Russians are shown to have done If the statement above given is true, and we see no reason to doubt it. Christianity does | not lower men to the level of beasts. nor does it induce rulers to act worse than savages, "Christian Russia" must make better showing to entitle it to higher position than Pagan Japan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-24
Another Southern Conspiracy.

Charleston News and Courier.
 The Boston Advertiser charges the Southern Congressmen with a conspir- acy to force up the freight rates on raw cotton shipped from their part of the country to New England mills If the Hepburn bill should become 9 law. 'aThere is proof absolute back of our statement" the Advertiser asserts Tt is proof that would be accepted in "any court if 1t could be submitted to "such a body" This will probably be news to the members of Congress from the South but 1t must be admitted that the suggestion is not without merit Heretofore, accoTcdaing 2,.1 to the sworn sworn manager, the railroads Supplying the New England mills with cot. cotton havG ,,S rate. in order that the New England mills might overcome in some measure the natural advantages of the south ern mills. which are planted in the cot ton fields We do not believe that the Southern Congressman were affected b. any such consideration in their sup port to the Hepburn bill, but the sccu- sstion of the Boston newspaper might very well set them thinking.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-24

When the President was made a Red Man it devolved on the Past Great In- cohonee to do the talking for the oc- casion and here is part of his speech:
 Such men as you. MT President, arc not the result of accident. At their nativity the bright star of promise burns with splendor, and around their sacred forms the robe of immortality clings, shielding and protecting them until their life's work is done; then wrapped in the love and admiration of of the leal, where their everlasting praises will be sung by the choir of the heavenly courts.'
 We have not learned the name of the genius who got off this sample of un- mitigated gulf, which is a pity, for we would like to assist in sending his name resounding down the corridors of time so that future generations might rise up and do him honor. A man who can unload that sort of stuff on a President ought not to be forgot ten. We have read orations delivered by great Indians on many occasions but this imitation Indian lays over" the best of them. Roosevelt Is somewhat accustomed to flattery but we doubt if even he didn't feel an uneasiness in his diaphragm when this speaker was swabbing him with soft soap.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-24
HERE'S HOPING HE GETS IT.

gant and the best usage, but what is likely to be pleasant to the ear and ef~ fective, and the trend towards Southern methods and customs in pronunciation Is steady and plain. This seems to in- dfcate that we are nearer right than anybody It does not make any spe- cial difference Thanks be there are enough Southern people who do not strive to initiate anybody to keep alive and in active use our own methods of using English, and we have no idea at all of changing.
 Leader is a sort of Colonel Cyarter, or Cyartersville. who cyan't see why his cyart his gyirl. his eyat. his guarden, his cyabbages and his everything else are not the very best in the world . However that may be, 1t is certain that his ear is defective, else he would not declare that this method of pronuncia- tion generally obtains among south erners who affect precision and ele- gance" in speech. We had supposed that this. curious method was confined to rural Virginia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-24
LET Us nE UNpERsTOop.

In a letter from a friend with ref erence to a recent editorial relating to the Hepburn bill the writer asks: "Are it's readers to understand The Adver- tiser as being opposed to Legislation for the regulation of railroad rates in general. or as merely opposed to this particular bill on account of It's defec- tive provisions%'
 The Advertiser would much regret to think that anything it has printed edi- torialIy would lead to the impression that if is opposed to any or all legIsla- tion on the subject of regulating rail- road rates, because the prevalence of such an impression would be an indi- l cation that we have failed to be as ! clear as we could wish.
 Briefly, then, We not only do not op- pose Legislation on the subject but un- equivocally favor it We not only be- lieve but know that there are inequal- ities which should be remedied. favor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-24
FEBRUARY "A IN
 WORLDS HISTORY
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 Washington, D. C,)
 1525-Battle of Pavia in Italy. The imperialists under Bourbon, Pescara and Lannoy defeated the French and they sent prisoner to Madrid: The king fought with heroic valor, killing seven men with his own hand.
 154O-Charles V. of Germany entered Ghent, which had been in state of in surrection; twenty-six of the principal citizens were put to death. He was born at this place on this day, 1900.
 15S7-Thomas Cavendish passed the
 l645--A treaty of peace. which was begun at Uxbridge on the 30th of Jan uary between the Commissioners of Charles l.. and those of the Parliament,
 17I6-The earls of Derwentwater and Kenmuir beheaded on Tower Hill, for treason in favoring the cause of the Pretender.
 i75S-BattIe of Hoya in westphalia.
 I7S5-Chafles Bonaparte. father of Napoleon, died, leaving his family in straightened circumstances.
 1T9T-Resumption of hostilities in Italy between the French and Austri ans.
 fsO4-Congress appointed a commit tee to revise the laws against kidnap- ping which had become a common Of- fense in the East.
 lS05-Commodore Preble. who com manded the American fleet at Tripoli, arrived at New York.
 IsOg-Drury-Lane Theatre burned. It had been previously burned, and re- built 1871, by Sir Christopher Wren at a cost of 200, ,O00 pounds.
 1S15-Robert Fulton died aged 30. He was born at Little Britain, Pa. and early discovered q genius for painting and mechanics: and he subsequently, studied painting in London, under Ben jamin West. He also resided several years in Paris. after which he returned to America. and presented to the world the phenomenon of the steamboat.
 1S29-Burmah sign,d 2 peace treaty with England ceding the latter large amount of territory, with an indemnity of 1000. 900 pounds. Is30-Grants of land were being made in India to European who would settle ir the country
 1s52-David Kennisol. the last of the Boston tea party, died at Chicago, aged
 iSs4-In the United States Senate de- bate on the bill making Gen. U S. Grant Commander-in-C Chief, Fessenden declared Halieck a better military lead CT than Grant. while John sherman thought every general as successful as Grant shouli be q Lieutenant General. olina issued a war proclamation t'that the struggle for freedom shall never be given up"
 1S74-Carl Schurz made his famous | speech in the United States Senate against the proposed currency imitation 1S94-Teguciagalpa capital of Hon. | duras. captured by the Insurgents un- | der Ortez.
 | 1s95-A measure to prohibit the im- | portaticn of American cattle was plac- ! ed before the Cabinet of France by the 1 Agricultural Department.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-24

itisms which should be checked and discriminatIons which need to be sup pressed by law, If it can be done in no other way. There are wrongs which can and should be righted under State laws and regulations, and there are others which cannot be reached by the State but which can and should be remedied by Federal legislation.
 But while we believe in and advocate regulating Legislation by the general government we just as firmly Insist that such legislation should be just and fair to the corporations as well as to the people. to the railroads as well as to those who patronize them. We have criticized the Hepburn bill because 1t does not seem to be an equitable measure. In various partic- uiars. not necessary now to itemize, it is not just or fair. If enacted into a law and rigidly enforced 1t would work harm and hardship in a number of ways: that is, provided it could be en- forced, of which we have grave doubts if it should become a law in it's origi- nal shape.
 
 When we stated in recent editorial that we were not sure that any harm would be done if the Hepburn bill should die a natural death we meant the House bill without amendment Il would be better for tho people. for ths i railroads and for the country at large to have no railroad legislation at thi' session than to have laws passed which would be unjust. intolerant ant unequal, and which would clog ths courts. of the country with -vexationi and expensive litigation. The need O
 such legislation is not so urgent al
 to demand the passage of the Hous'
 bill. We still have hope that the Sen
 ate will amend the bill so that 1t vii
 be just and fair. and that such bil
 may become a law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-24
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