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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-02-19
TURPENTINE MEN PLEAD GUILTY
TO VIOLATING ANTITRUST LAW
BY Associated Press.

Savannah, Ga, Feb 18.-In the federal court to-
day the S. p Shotter Company; Patterson, Down
ing & Co., the Standard Naval Stores Co., and the
Belgian Co., corporations and S. p Shotter and ].
F. c. Myers, individuals, known the "Turpen-
tine Trust entered pleas of guilty to the charge
of violating the Sherman antitrust act. Judge
Speer fined each corporation and individual five
thousand dollars. Other individuals were indicted,
but the cases were nole pressed.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-25
UNION VILLAGE.

Abbie Ellis is sick with the grip.
C. a. Root and wife we're at
Hartford one day the first of the
week.
Miss WOOdcock has recovered
from her recent illness and has
begun teaching again this week.
Eva Benson has returned home
after spending few weeks with
her brother in Conn.
Born on January 81, daughter
to Rev. Mr.. Rollins and wife.
Mrs. NJ. S. Pierce and Mildred
were in Lebanon on Saturday.
NJ. D. johnson and wife of
Somerville, Mass, have been visit
ing relatives in this vicinity.
Mrs. J. S. Campbell has been
spending a few days with her
daughter, Mrs. Bradley.
Jason Daniels has been on the
sick list.
People are busy ny ice.
J. S. Campbell has been con-
fined to the house with the pre-
distemper.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-25
EAST ORANGE.

S. G. Hutchinson of Mass, was
called here recently on account of
the serious illness of his father,
Lewis Hutchinson.
Mrs. G. w. Davis who has been
i'll for several weeks is able to be
about the house again.
r. H. Blake and wife visited in
Barre over Sunday.
Mrs. Nathan Burroughs is re-
covering from an attack of grip.
DR.. Dow attended her.
Mrs. M. r. Hamilton, who has
been confined to her bed for sew
eral days with a severe attack of
grip is recovering slowly. She
was attended by DR.. Hutchinson
of Washington.
The steam mill has started up
and will saw lumber for any one
that wants their services.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-25
Trousers and Religion.

Many of the chiefs in the protec-
torate of Gambia wish to have their
sons educated in the new Mahommed-
an school of that religion. says the
Tailor and Cutter But there was a
bar to their full enjoyment of the ed
ucation they were likely to receive.
The pious Mohammedan papas were
afraid that the wearing of modern trou-
sers was part of the school curriculum.
and therefore they viewed the school
with peculiar suspicion. The governor
Of Gambia now reports that the par
ents have been assured that their chill
dren will not be converted into "trou-
sers men," and the prospects of the
school are now very bright.
1t would be interesting to learn how
this suspicion of the modern neither
covering arose and whether the dry
goods merchants denied the natives
their ordinary material. But it may be
interesting to recall the fact that the
British government forbade highland
ers to wear the kilt for some years aft
er the battle of Culloden. However,
the government was in a tight corner
during its continental wars. and it was
glad to raise several regiments of high
landers, who resumed the kilt, and the
trousers wearing edict died a natural
death.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-25
HORSES AT SO a DOZEN.
An Odd but Paying Speculation by
an Actress.

an Actress.
Miss Edna Wallace Hopper is
good judge of horses. How good
judge she discovered only by chance.
ut was one of the oldest experiences
in speculation" says Miss Hopper.
that ever came to me-. 1t happened
several years ago when l was on my
way to the Pacific coast. 1t should
be said, too, that it was before the
Boer war had cleaned up the American
ranges of mustangs. Horsefesh in the
northwest was hardly worth keeping
track of. CHANGED to stop off at Spo-
kane, Wash, and in going about the
city was attracted by large crowd
before the courthouse. Upon investi-
cation | found that an auction by the
sheriff's Office was going on, and lot
of cayuses-as they call them out there
was about to be sold. Curious.
waited to see the fun. The horses in
corral near by looked mighty good to
me, and l was struck by the evident
lack of desire to bid on them. Final,
ly the auctioneer managed to coax
bid of $50 for the lot. | could not be.
lieve my ears-50 cents apiece for real
live horses! Some within seized me
and l called out a raise to $50, fully
expecting, of course, that another buy
er would go higher but hardly were
the words out of my mouth when the
auctioneer snapped me up and knock
ed down the lot to my bid.
81 could not get out of it, and there
was with 100 horses on my hands 5000
miles away from New York. 1t looked
for a time like the original white ele-
plant, but since l was on the trade
determined to stay in. made arrange
ments with rancher a few miles out
from Spokane to run the horses on his
range, and I agreed to pay the eX-
penses for winter feed and keep, for
which he fixed a ridiculously low fig
ure. Then for the time being l drop
ped them from my mind. | returned
to New York, and l had almost for
gotten that l was the proud possessor
of a band of horses when | received
a letter stating that an offer Of $1,000
had been made for them by an agent
of the British government. l set the
wires hot telegraphing my rancher to
take the offer in a hurry, fearful that
1t might already be too late. In the
course of a few weeks l received a
check for the full $500 from Spo-
kane bank. Counting the cost of keep
ing them, the cayuses averaged in cost
81 each to me, so my profit was clean
81 400, which was not bad on an in
vestment of such size. bohemian
Magazine.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-25
BRADFoRD ADDITIONAL ITEMS.


The C. L. S. G. meets with Mrs.
McDuffee on Thursday, Jan. 31st
at 2 p. M, with the following pro
gram: Roll call, Current events;
lesson, "The Dominion of Canada "
and "The Road to the East:
Egypt" reading, "Theaters of
Elizabeth's London" all from the
November Chautauqua.
On February first at four o'clock
in the afternoon, the Fortnightly
Club will meet with Mrs. H. j.
Kilbourn, AS it is Reciprocity
Day each member has the privilege
of inviting one lady as guest. The
program will be as follows: Roll
call; club song by the club; paper,
The Government Of our New Pos
sessions, by Mrs. Hardy; music, solo
by Mrs. Johnson; reading by Mrs.
Sargent; conversation, Coast Pro-
lection, Mrs. Conant. Club tea.
The house owned by Henry Mar
tin, which is just south of the
farm which he occupies, was burn
ed to the ground early Thursday
morning. About fifteen minutes of
three the family was awakened
by smoke and found that the
house had caught fire around the
chimney. The men of the neigh,
borhood quickly cOngregated and
worked to save the house, but it
was impossible. The household
goods were nearly all saved. There
is no insurance. Mr.. and Mrs.
James Dillingham; of South New
bury moved into the house Monday
and had just gotten settled. Mr..
Dillingham; is working at the
Proctor Mill.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-25
COPPERFIELD.

Miss Margaret Rowell has been
ill several days with the grip,
but is convalescent.
Mrs. Frances Chamberlin and
daughter Miss Grace Lord OF
Cambridge, Mass, recently spent
several days at F. w. Farnham's.
Georgia Astbury received a Sc
we're cut in the head last week
when chopping wood. At first it
was thought the eye was injured.
He was attended by DR.. Allen
and is gaining.
Kate Muir is in Pike Hill work
ING for Mrs. Philip Murphy.
Several of the farmers from
here and West Fairlee were at
VIII Coburn's last Monday and
drew to Maxham's saw mill the
logs Mr.. Coburn had ready when
he was taken i'll.
Much sympathy is felt for Mrs
Coburn and the children in the
loss of their husband and father.
Last Saturday evening there
was a basket ball game in the hall
between the Copperfeld and Thet-
ford Academy teams. Score 30
to % in favor of the COpperfield
team.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-25

One feature which | noticed espe.
cially in a recently opened church in
the city was the large number of
small pews-pews intended for two
persons only-was the comment of an
old New York churchgoer the other
Sunday. Now, fifty years ago the ma
jority of the pews held six persons
comfortably and sometimes more
There may have been a few of these
two seated pews, but they were ne
cessity because of the interference OF
q pillar, and there were never more
than six or eight Of these small pews
In an entire church. In the church |
speak of noticed two rows of them
extending the entire depth of the audi
forum. | couldn't help but think of
the good old times when the entire
family went to church in a body and
filed a long old fashioned pew. And
/ got to wondering what the new two
seated arrangement stood for. Is ii an
outgrowth of apartment living, race
suicide and all the other evils one
hears of. or Is 1t old fashioned now
for children to accompany their par
ents to church7-New York Sun.
Patronize the Opinion Bindery.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-25
Origin of CnrnI AtoIIs.

According to the Investigations of NJ.
Seurat among the Pacific islands, there
is a slow elevation going on there
which. by lifting the reefs gradually
above the waves, preserves them from
erosion at the top and enables vegeta-
ton and certain animal forms of ter
restrial character to exist there. This
is quite in opposition to Darwin's idea
that the atolIs were formed by the
gradual submergence of small islands,
that the coral insects built up encir-
cling reefs as the islands sank. NJ.
Seurat shows that the elevation of the
islands is a general phenomenon, but
variable in amount, some islands, like
Aukena, in the Gambler archipelago,
rising rapidly and others very slowly.
Both the flora aud the fauna of these
islands are confined to very few spe
cies. although, seen from a distance
some of them appear very rich in vege
tatioD.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-25

DeW1tVs E Ens.i SaIvo
Fer pies. Burns, Sores.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-25
TO ENJOY A GOOD DINNER.

HOW TO AVOID DISTRESS AND lNDl'
GEsTIoN AFTER EATING.
Let us show you how to enjoy
a good dinner, how to regain the
appetite of your childhood, ana
to relish your food.
There is no need of any sell
denying diet list, no call for nasty
and disagreeable medicine, no
list of hard exercises; simply a
Mona stomach tablet before
each meal, and one before going
to bed, and it will so strengthen
the stomach that good dinner
will give you pleasure and com
fort without the least fear of dis
tress.
The best proof of the value of
our advice is the fact that j. M.
TAYLOR gives a positive guarantee
(applying to two SOC boxes of Mi
o-na) that your money will be
refunded unless the remedy cures
A guarantee like this must give
YOU confidence in Mona stom-
ach tablets.
Mona is not mere digestive
with only temporary relief, but
a specific for all disorders of the
stomach, strengthening the diges-
tive organs and making a per-
manent cure.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-25
THETFORD.

Mrs. N. II. Porter has her sis
ter, Mrs. Carey with her for an
indefinite stay.
George Allen and Luther Hig-
gins ere in town the first of the
6. - Is has returned to her
home . - spending several weeks
with friends and relatives in Man
chester.
Mrs. Belle Morse has Miss May
Silvia, a friend from Boston, with
her for an indefinite stay.
Mrs. L. j. Hubbard has been
confined to her bed for the past
week but at this writing is slowly
improving. They have Mrs. Kib-
hey to help them.
Mr.. Warren Blake from Wo-
burn, Mass. was at w. d. Cooks
last week. He came to attend the
funeral services of Mr.. Kendall of
STAFFORD.
A Sunday School convention
will be held in the church Thurs
day afternoon, February 2, it is
hoped that our school may be well
represented, also the schools OF
the adjoining villages.
AL Interesting sermon was
preached to a very small cOngre-
CATION Sunday. Text taken from
Acts 2: AZ
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-25
WASHINGTON.


The |. o. G. 7. held a sociable
in schoolhouse hall Thursday
evening.
Zoe Hill who is teaching in
Websterville spent Saturday and
Sunday with A. L. Patterson and
wife.
W. G. Rogers and G. Fl. Dickey
have each bought some full blood
registered Holsteins from parties
in Franconia, N. H.
Frank johnson and wife enter
tanned a few friends Thursday
evening, an oyster supper was
served and for entertainment,
music and whist.
Mrs. @. FL. Dickey has been
spending a few days at East
Barre with Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.
Dickey.
Austin Huntington and wife
who have been in town the past
two weeks have gone to their
home in East TOpsham.
Ernest Seaver still remains
quite i'll.
Leon Smith and wife have been
recent visitors in town. Mr..
Smith is soon to 60 to Mortified
and will open a dry goods store
under the firm name of Smith &
BOyles.
Geo. Trombey died at his home
of pneumonia, Jan. 14th at the
age of 73 years. The funeral was
held at Graniteville and the in
terment at Barre city in the
Catholic cemetery.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-25
EAST CORINTH.

Arrangements are being made
for the Village Hall Fair to be
held Feb. 81 and %.
The TOpsham and Corinth Sun
day School Institute will be held
in the Union Church, Jan. 9th,
sessions beginning at 1915 a. m.
and lis p. m. Pres. Worcester
of County Assn. and State Sec.
Fuller will be present. The Insti-
tute will be composed OF the
Presbyterian and Methodist
Schools at East Topsham, the
Methodist School at Waits River,
the Union School of Methodist
and Free Baptist churches at
West Topsham, the Free Baptist
Schools at Corinth Meadow and
West COrinth, the COngl School
of Corinth Center, the COngl
and Universalist Schools at East
Corinth. For local speakers Rev.
Lewis Dexter, B. G. Nye, W. f.
Harding, John Wright will be
present. Mrs. James McLam,
Mrs. Erwin Hood, Mrs. w. III.
Thompson, Mrs. Deacon Slack,
Miss Edith Hartman, MIS-.
Homer Sargent, H. b. White and
DIR. Rowland will also be on the
program. The music will be a
special feature. Rev. E. NJ. Fuller
will have a special sermon early
in the afternoon session. Sneak
ers are to be sent if available to
the surrounding villages in the
evening. Mrs. Hartman, Mrs.
Butterfeld, Mrs. A. c. Jackman,
Mrs. W. A. Dow are the commit
tee on lunch. Everyone BRINGS
basket lunch and coffee will be
served free to all by the local
schools. Special provision for
teams. Everyone is asked and ex-
pected TO attend. A collection
will be taken for county work. Do
not forget il when Won come
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-25
Green Cut Bone the Cheapest
pOultry Food

The problem of finding a cheap poul-
try food that will increase egg-Droduc-
tion during the winter when eggs are
high has been solved by those farmers
who purchase Green Cut Bone for their
Poultry. c. S. Page of Hyde Park, Vt,
grinds many thousand pounds annual
ly of this article and Is this year sell
ing 1t for $3.50 per barrel of 200 pounds
freight prepaid to buyers railroad
station. There is now no necessity for
going without this staple Poultry Food.
If you cannot use a barrel yourself.
get some Of your neighbors to join In
with you. You will find It valuable
egg prouucer.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-25

Nearly every person who is subject
to attacks from the stomach suffers
rom a morbid dread of a dietic treat
ment for relief, that is ee-fourths
starvation. and one-fourth coast and
milk. On the other hand you can eat
rs you please and digest the food by
the aid of a good digestant. thus Civ
ing the tired stomach equally ~ much
rest Fat what you please and take n
littIe Kodol For Indigestion after your
meals. IT dlge%ts what you eat Sold
by John M. Taylor.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-25
French Satire.

Some timely advice is given by the
Cri de Paris. "Frenchmen," it eX-
horts. "drink only boiled water" This
advice is good. but the following is
even better. Before stepping into a
train make sure that no Russian grand
duke travels in it." Further, Before
stopping at hotel make sure that it
does not harbor some Russian grand
duke" There is today nothing more
dangerous than a hotel in which a
member of the cars family has TAX
en- quarters. A patron sits in the read
ing room or in the dining room when,
bang! the shattered window panes fly
about and the ceiling tumbles down.
In Justification of this exhortation to
precaution the paper calls attention
TO the fact that the train between Bor-
deaux and Cette in which a Russian
grand duke was travelling to Biarrltz
ran of the rails, and two passengers
lost their lives; that simultaneously a
bomb exploded in the Simplon tunnel
after grand duke had passed
through
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-01-11
HUMOR OF THE HOUR
no knew the Name of n.


In one OF Greater New York's cor
ieges there is professor who teaches
q class of students about nature. One
day three students consulted together
and contrived a plan to fool the pro-
fessor. They got the head Of one bug.
the thorax of another, the abdomen Of
another, the legs of another and the
wings of another. These they put to-
gether and formed curious sort Of
bug and placed it upon the professors
desk the next morning. When the pro-
fessor was about to begin the lesson
on insects one Of the students walked
up and said:
Professor. what sort of bug is
that"
The professor took out his glasses
and began to look at the bug. He then
took his magnifying glass and wrinkled
his forehead and really became per-
picked. He was just about to give up
and say he did not know when an idea
came to him. ITS humbugw he ex-
claimed.-Judge's Magazine Of Fun.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-01-11
Tin In the Carolinas.

Cassiterite, the only important ore
of tin, has been known in the Caro-
llnas for over twenty years, during
which time various attempts have been
made to exploit deposits at several
places, but up to the present the out
put has been an Insignificant factor In
the worlds production. When prices
take hysterical jumps as they did in
May, at which time they rose to 491a
cents per pound, putting the temporary
value Of tin above that Of nickel or
aluminium, interest Is attracted to-
ward all deposits giving promise of
commercial production, so that at the
present time prospecting is being car
ried on at half dozen or more locali-
ties near the North Carolina and South
Carolina line. The belt or region
through which tin Is found extends
from Gaffney, Cherokee county, s. c.,
four or five miles south Of the state
line, to Lincolnton, N. c., distance in
an air line of about thirty miles and
nearly midway Of the states east and
west. 1t seems not unlikely that some
where in this strip commercially valu-
able deposits may be developed
Frank L. Hess in Engineering Maga-
zine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-01-11
CHOICE MISCELLANY
Graft Even In sponse..


Certain pubic officials were recent
ly discussing the question Of graft In
one OF our largest cities when the fol-
lowing was told:
A physician on the city health COM
mission had ordered ten pounds Of
sponges. In due course he received
number of sponges that together fell
short Of pound In weight. Later a
voucher came for his signature SO that
the .ntractor might get his pay from
the municipality. OF course the physi
clan refused to sign the voucher.
why not?" asked the contractor.
surprised. -
"For the reason that the order calls
for ten pounds" replied the physician,
'and the sponges sent me weighed con-
siderably less than that"
That's funny" said the contractor,
with an air Of doubt, because weigh
cd 'em myself"
"And so did / weigh them," was tho
dogged response the physician made.
"If you don't believe me weigh the
sponges again. There they are"
"Whatw cried the contractor as he
glanced at the goods in question. "You
don't mean to tell me that you weighed
'em dryT
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-01-11
The Pecrle.s Cash.

According to an estimate recently
published, the total amount Of deposits
held by national banks. savings banks,
state and private banks and loan and
trust companies in the United States
reaches more than $12000,000,000. This
Is an average Of not far from $3.50 per
capita, including men, women and chill
dren in the calculation. 1t is known
that in the savings banks alone the de-
positors number more than 100000.
These figures are, of course, only ap-
proximately correct. No exact state
ment on the subject could be made.
Yet 1t Is certain that in no other coun-
try under the sun do the people own
any such amount of hard cash. from
which they draw regular rates OF inter
est.-Phladelphia Bulletin.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-01-11
Tnnraten In War.

The metal tungsten is remarkable for
the great density of its alloys, and on
this account, since the introduction of
repeating rifles of small caliber, many
attempts have been made to fatten tho
trajectory of the bullets BY augmenting
their density through the addition Of
tungsten This fact has led to sim
gular situation With regard to the
tungsten deposits found in the eastern
part of France that have hitherto been
exploited by German company. The
question Is NOW seriously debated
whether the French government should
not assume entire ,ontrol of this supply
Of what may become an important ma
terial of war. Up to the present nearly
all the tungsten of commerce has come
as q byproduct from the tin mines Of
Wales.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-01-11

When Lord Rayleigh, the British
scientist, was a student at Cambridge
the examiners set among other prob
iems one which they based on an ar
ticle In German mathematical period.
ical supposed unlikely to have pene
trated to Cambridge. Only two mer
solved ii. Mr.. Stutt (Lord Rayleighl
and another. The examiners asked the
other man about this problem. "Oh."
be said, 81 take the - mentioning
the name of the periodicaD, and was
very glad to find that, thanks to an
article in the last number, that prob
lem came out quite easily" When Mr.
Struts turn came they expected Q
similar answer, but he astonishec
them by replying; "The fact is, gentle
men, that I sometimes contribute to
-, and could not help feeling great
" flattered that you should have
thought my little problem worthy Of
place in this examination" He wa
awarded the prize.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-01-11
The Cement Age.

A man has invented cement shin
gle. It is metal shingle covered with
cement and is really tile as lasting as
stone. AS cement becomes more known
and it is learned that every man can
make his own cement, there will be d
boom in cement building. The price OF
cement is high now, but there are vast
supplies and no possible monopoly.
Cheap machines for making the blocks
and plenty Of sand and little knowl-
edge is the foundation, and the price
outside the cities will be cheaper. We
are beginning the cement age, and con-
crete houses will be the houses OF the
future.-Birmingham Leader.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-01-11
Athletic Stunts.

An interesting program has been
prepared for the convention of Bible
students at Whitman college commen-
oing today at 8 80 a. m. and continu-
ing until Sunday, January 13. Not
only will there be excellent series of
meetings extending over the three days
but on Saturday afternoon the var
ious delegations will compete in Whit
man gymnasium in athletic stunts.
There will be basket ball games aud
wrestling among the numbers on the
program. The Weston Normal school
will have delegate there who was for
merly lightweight champion of Utah
and. unless other visiting delegations
have a man who desires to meet him,
one of the Lyman brothers of Whit
man, may take fall out of him.