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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1908-07-10

north as In the south. If you want to
wake up any listless audience any
where in America, start the orchestra
to playing "Dixie" No other song will
bring men and women to their feet
with beating hearts and flushed faces
like the old song.
Let "Dixie" alone.
Lips that are long since dust have
shouted those awkward" words. They
are embalmed in sacred recollections.
To change them would amount to an
insult to the dead.
This itch to change the words of our
national songs breaks out every so
often. Not long ago an attempt was
made to substitute new words for
"The Star Spangled Banner" 1t failed,
and deserved to fail, because the old
words of the song are fighting words,
the words that famed up hot and pa
triotic from the swelling heart of
Francis Scott Key.
To change the verses of any great
national song is to do violence to his
toric sentiment.
The choppy, staccato syllables of the
"Marseillaise, dashed off in the fervor
of revolution, forever belong to the
wild, weird music. The stanzas that
go with the slow cadences of "The
Watch on the Rhine" will ever be dear
to every lover of the fatherland.
Let "DixieS alone. Because
You cannot change its body without
harming its immortal soul.
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Supposins the Ak Had FaIlenl

Some years ago an inquiiitive med
zeal student, while examining a gull
lotine in a big waxworks exhibition in
London, took it into his head that the
sort Of yoke which fits down on the
shoulders Of the criminal te hold him
in his place would not be efficient to
confine a person who struggled.
His curiosity on that point led him
to watch till the place was empty,
when he actually put himself in, let
ting down the yoke. He soon found,
however, that he was quite unable to
lift it, and it at once flashed into his
mind that the sharp AK suspended over
his neck might not be firmly fixed or
1t would fall, as it should, with a
touch.
he was afraid to struggle lest the
shaking should bring it down and at
once deposit his head in the basket of
sawdust below him, into which his
eyes were of necessity steadily look
ing.
Having stayed some time in this
plight, he was overjoyed to hear the
approach of a visitor, whom he i'm
plored to release him. 1t was in vain.
I'm thinking" said the gentleman.
a Scottish visitor to the metropolis. to
his wife, that he must be hired to
show how the thing acts, and | think
we'd better not interfere"
So the luckless student was left till
one of the attendants came in and
made fast the AK before releasing him
from his predicament. The ak was
afterward removed and laid by the
side of the structure to prevent future
accidents
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1908-07-10
THE CALL OF THE GOLD.

DR. Carl Eckstein of the University
of Chicago got tired of the complex
life of civilization and went to Idaho
TO live the simple life.
DR.. Eckstein went far away from the
haunts of men and on the barren and
unfrequented side of lake built him
self a shanty and Invested himself of
the clothes OF civilization. He an
swered the call Of the wild.
The desire to get away from every
body is an impulse that comes to all
betimes. Every day the doctor spent
two hours In the water He lounged on
the sandy beach by the hour. He hunt
ed and fished to the full He ate when
he was hungry and slept when he felt
like 1t. He obeyed only the primal In
stincts.
So far so good
But one day he had a sh5ek. He was
surprised in his wilderness-as- much
surprised as was poor old Robinson
Crusoe when he came upon the human
footprints I'm the sand.
The learned doctor. who had turned
savage. one day accidentally stumbled
upon one of the richest gold mines ever
discovered I'm that part of the country.
Whewl
That discovery quickly changed bis
point of view. 1t awoke in him the
dormant desire of the white man for
loot. Almost in the twlnkling OF an
eye the sight Of the yellow nuggets
overcame the gentler teaching OF Pas
tor wagner's simple life and the
primal Joys OF freedom.
Then DIR. Eckstein put on again the
garments of conventionality. II is re-
ported that he has sold his claim for
fabulous sum. He will go back to the
fatherland a millionaire. Ii is even
limited that Eckstein is negotiating for
baronetcy.
He viii try the gold cure for his en-
nui.
The call OF the gold was stronger
than the call Of the wilderness.
Is that a reversion TO type?
However that may be- the story f.
Illustrates the age long struggle OF hu-
manity forever oscillating between the
sordid and the ideal. forever drawn by
this call and that. like children chas-
ing phantoms.
Only when we get TO heaven shall we
be absolutely sureof want be really want.
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THE DANGEROUS DRUG HABIT.

Are we becoming modern lotus eat
ers?
Literature Is full of reference to
those tabled beings who lived on the
fruit OF the lotus-those who forgot
cares and the lapse of time and gave
themselves to indolent pleasures.
The Lotophagi Of fable have their
counterpart in the modern drug eaters.
The lotus flower of our day is opium
| and its products, or cocaine, or alb
smith, or any number of preparations.
1t is said intemperance is the great
est evil of our day. The drug habit is
a large part of that vice.
If you will talk with a retail drug
gist who will tell you the facts or con-
suit the best medical authorities, you
will be shocked and startled.
One might expect, for instance, that
large quantities of morphine or cocaine
would be sold in the drug stores of the
Tenderloin districts. 1t is also true
that the pharmacies in the fashionable
districts have a large trade i'm these
and other drug stuffs. Besides, THE
DRUG HABIT is PREVALENT AND
GROWING AMONG ALL CLASSES
OF OUR PEOPLE.
The society woman is tempted to the
use Of stimulants because dissipation
drains her vitality. She must keep
the pace and be vivacious. The flesh
is weak; the temptation is great. On
the other hand. the low and the unfor-
tunate, impoverished both in body and
In mind, take the drug to forget their
misery.
But there are others.
Besides the high and the low, the
mass Of the common people are COM
ing to be arge drug users.
The temptation is an insidious one.
Perhaps tie stimulant was first pre-
scribed by a physician. 1t soothes
racked nerves. When the pain comes,
use It. The pain comes often Per
haps one cannot sleep. There is the
drug. Perhaps one has a great weak
ness--the drug again. Anxiety, wor-
~, depression-the drug. And, finally.
almost every phase Of the victims life
makes a special draft on the danger
Gus drug.
And so the modern lotus flower
makes dreadful inroads on our society. /
The drug habit has almost ruined /
the French % pie. The government /
frightened over the ravages. placards I
the dead walls 4 the cities. warning /.
the people against the use Of drugs |
and intoxicants
The habit vii ruin any people. IL |
saps vital forces. Il ruins generations /
yet to be. wh1. hope is there for a
race that inherits the Initiated blood |
and sodden brain cells Of drug taking .
mothersf
The press and TIE pulpit must fight /
this growing vice.
Because the ev1 Is intrenched in 1
secretiveness. Unlke drunkenness. Il /
does not manifest Itself II shrinks /
from publicity II must be dragged 1
into the limeiight.
Sound the alarmi
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The RreathIess Model.

When Sir Luke Fildes was paip0S
his famous picture, THE Village Wed
ding" he employed a rustic to pose as
model for the bridegroom. Soon after
the artist had begun to paint the mod
sl turned deadly white. Are you ill|'
asked Sir Luke anxiously. 'Naw," said
the man; 81 be all roight, EUR" How
ever, the painter made him rest awhile,
but when he resumed work a little
later the unfortunate bridegroom
became even paler than before, and in
serious alarm Sir Luke asked him
what was the matter ITS nawthing
at all except the 'olding Of me breath
so long" replied the model. For some
extraordinary reason he had imagined
that It was necessary for him to refrain
from breathing all the time he was
having his portrait painted.-Bellman.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1908-07-10
The White Elovuer

There is a lady living on a main
street in a certain great city who had
a window full of flowers, all in bloom.
One day she answered a ring at the
doorbell, to find a little girl perhaps
nine years old shivering on the door,
step.
please, ma'am," said the waif, lift
ing her shy, beautiful eyes to the face
above her, will you give me a flow
err The request was such an unusual
one that the lady hesitated in surprise.
Just one little flower" pleaded the
child, looking as If she were about to
cry.
"Why, of course" said the lady, you
shall have a flower. Come in. You
shall have a pretty red rose"
She stepped to the window where the
flowers grew, but before she had cut
one light touch fell on her arm.
mot that one, please-not a red one;
that white one" And the little girl
pointed TO a candidum unfolding its
lily petals.
81 cannot cut that one, child" said
the lady gently. why must you have
a white one? Why won't any flower
doY"
"Oh, because-because it's for poor
mamma. Mamma is dead, and l ran
away to get some flowers" The next
moment she was sobbing on the bosom
OF a new friend. and when she went
away she carried the precious lily and
other flowers TO the home where death
had been.--St. Louis Gl0hn- Democrat
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A JUDICIAL VIEW OF judicial
ARISES

| have never noticed any signs Of an
undue OF over-tender consideration for
the action Of the court on the part Of
gentlemen who have urged anti-injunction
legislation. and feel confident that II they
knew Of facts that would justify charge
of an Improbable crime. they would not
hesitate for an instant to make il.
In this connection it ought not 10 be
improper to allow the highest court in the
land to express its judgment upon the
conduct Of the inferior Federal Judges
with reference to the granting Of injunc-
tions. In the case Of EX parte Young.
decided by the Supreme Court Of the
United States on March .. 1908. in an
swering the suggestion that il the Supreme
Court upheld the action Of the Circuit
Court in that case IL would draw 10 the
lower court a great flood Of litigation
where one Federal judge would have it in
his power to enioin and nullify the legis-
latiye acts Of the State. either intcriminal
OF civil actions. the court said.
To this IL NAV be answered in the first
place that no injunction ought 20 be
granted except in q case reasonably free
from doubt. We think such rule Is and
will be followed by al the judges Of the
Federal courts
II there have been any gross abuses Of
Judicial power in this respect by the
Federal Judges. Il Is quite obvious that
the Supreme Court Of the United States
has not up 10 date learned thereof .-
Honorable Charles f. Iittlefeld Of Maine
in American Industries for july.
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WILLIAM E.s. CELLEYs WILL.
or M or A~U-n MONT

District OF Bradford. s..
In Probate Court. held az lhetford, in and for
said District. on the 2fthEday Of June, A. ID.
1908.
An Instrument purporting 90 be the last VIII
and Testament Of William r. ;, Neiley, late OF
Fairlee I'M said district deceased. being pre-
sented 10 the7Court by A. l.. Celley. the Execu-
triNf namedftherein. for Probate: IL is odrered
by said Court. that all persons concerned therein
be notified to appear az a session Of said Court
20 be held 40 the Probate Office IN Thetiord
on the 18th day Of July. 4. d. 1905, and show
cause If any they NAV have. against the Probate
Of aid will: for vhichvpurpose IL is further
ordered that a copy Of the record of this order
be published three weeks successfully iu the
United Opinion, newspaper printed az Brad
ford previous 20 said time appointed for hearing.
;. NJ GLEASON.
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meager wager

meager wager
Why do we pay the highest price to
the man who saves our dollars and
the lowest price to the man who saves
our soulsf
Why does the world offer fortunes
to the man who shows us how to
make money and starvation wages to
the man who shows us how to make
beautiful lives?
Why does the woman who shines in
society get recognition and the woman
who paints picture get press notices
and medals, while neither recognition
nor medals come to the woman who
keeps a model household and rears no
BILE children1
Why do we accord highest place TO
money mongers and lowest place to
teachers of ideals?
Why do we point to big factories
and high buildings as indices of real
prosperity?
Why do men fuse body and SOUL
brain and conscience, into a frenzied
money madness?
Why all this2
Simply because the fullness of time
has not yet come for a people to dis
card false standards of civilization,
because our people have not held the
right estimates of human life. We
have stumbled over the definition of
the supreme good. Here and there
noble men have pointed us to higher
ideals, but we have not needed.
But
ing over the spirit of American
dreams. We are beginning to raise
right standards.
1t is this way:
Heretofore only the material things
have concerned us. We must master
a continent. We must girdle the globe
with our commerce In this accom-
plishment we have grasped the occult
forces of nature and solved, as no 9TH
er people have solved, the problem of
the production of wealth.
Now we must stop!
We are up against a greater prob
lem-the EQUITABLE DISTRIBU-
TION Of wealth.
All, that is different When you
start to study THAT problem you run
against all sorts Of moral laws-hu-
manitarianism, justice, Righteousness.
You begin to see how false is the
standard that pays the MOST to him
who ministers to the LOWEST and
the LEAST to him who ministers to
the HIGHEST.
And so
We are beginning to see that MEN
and not MONEY, are the supreme good;
that the greatest wealth is CHARAC-
TER; that the only real things worth
producing are MANHOOD and WON
ANHOOD.
The time of our strabismus, when
we say things awry, is slowly passing
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| tire population of the camp had gath
cred in excited groups near the hoist.
| Sinclair, ready to make the first trip
down, would permit no one to go with
him. Slowly the engineer lowered the
old man down the shaft
| The time seemed an eternity, par
ticularly to the tall, slim girl who stood
motionless and white apart from the
crowd, her eyes strained to catch the
slightest vibration of the signal wire.
At last came two short jerks-the sig
nal to hoist quickly. A great sob came
from the entire crowd.
Its no use, my friends" Sinclair
said, with his eyes on Helen. ''The
cave began in the 800 foot level and
has buried everything as far as the
crosscut"
But the manhole, dadP came
through Helen's white lips.
"There is only one chance in a mill
lion that Mason was at that end of
the crosscut. But if he was he would
by this time have made his way
through the north drift to the foot Of
the manhole, and then think Of the
cIimb-hundreds of feet"
Sinclair led the way, and the anxious
crowd moved on to the north end Of
the claim, where now existed the only
egress from the lower level.
Dozens of men were ready to make
the descent down the small round
well, with its hundreds of feet Of lad
der, but Sinclair selected one of the
younger, stronger men, and just as he
stepped over the edge a "clip-clip"
was heard He drew back, and the
crowd listened.
The sound came nearer, eager eyes
peered into the dark below, and In a
few moments eager hands stretched
down to lift an exhausted, half faint
ing man to the surface. His forehead
was cut, and the blood made his white
face CHASTITY. His left arm hung limp
and broken.
Helen, with a cry, pushed through
the crowd to his side and oblivious of
any one in the world but him whis-
pered a word in his grlmy ear.
His pale face frightened. His eyes
shone as he took her hand, and, turn
ing to Sinclair, he said: you were
right, old man. The gold is there. But
think" with a glance toward Helen,
"that l as well as you have found a
fortune through the lower level"
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ESTATE OF CARRIE Z. sPEARF.

The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Hon. Probate Court for the District Of Brad
lord Commissioner. 20 receive, examine. and
adjust al claims and demands a. Al persons
arainst the estate q Carrie II. Sueare. late 81
Nershirn. Vt. IN sid District. deceased and At
claims exhibited IN Offset thereto. hereby rive
notice that ne Eil meet for the rurposes sfcre-
said AZ the residence II late Carria = Spear Yer
shire. Vt. on the 18th day a AUG. and 18th day
Of Dec. next. from % o'clock an. urfi o'clock
p. m. each q sid days, and that 81 months
f-um the llth dsv n June A. y. 1a1s. is tn
tine limited BY said Court for sid creditors 20
present Their claims 70 us for sraminatinn ard
Ds'e5 a. vershire. VI. this sri day q July
A. n. 1905
John SKINNER y--
n. r. Fuller. NohNrss1oNnHs
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MELISSA D. CoRLISs WILL

District Of Bradford, -
In Probate Court. held at Thetford. in and for
said District. on the 10th day Of June. A. ID.
1905
An INSTRUMENT purporting 70 be the last VIII
and Testament Of Melissa ID. Corliss, late Of
NeWhury in said district. deceased. being pre-
sented to the Court by James r. Nclam
the Executor named therein. for Probate: II
i ordered by said Court. that all persons concern
ed therein be notified 20 appear AZ a session Of
said Court 20 be held at Hotel Low in
Bradford on the i4th day of July. 1905
and show cause. II any they may have, against
the Probate Of said viii: for which purpose
Il l. further ordered. that a copy q the record
Of this order be published three weeks succes-
sively in the United Opinion. q Newspaper print
ed AZ Bradford. previous % said time appointed
for hearing.
BY the court Attest,
sM. GLEASON.
b Judge
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IS WOMAN A nARTYR7

Life 10 most women, says Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps. is a martyrdom.
She specifies.
No person. she says, who has ever
heard the condolences OF the sex can re
call without emotion the confessions Of
these women tied to traditions they
dare not question. broken on the
wheels Of drudgery whose iron revolu-
tons crush Individual gifts out Of the
soul and personal powers out Of life
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LEGAL.

PRoBArECoURTs-BRADF DISTRICT l906-'7
Probate Courts within and for said district
will be held the ensuing year as follows:
Bradford-At Hotel Low in Bradford on the
second Tuesday Of every month, except Deem
Der, January February, and March.
North Thetford-At Jaquiths Hotel on the
second Tuesday Of December. January. February
and March
Also at the Probate Office in Thetford on the
first Wednesday Of every month
s. NJ. GLEASON. Judge.
Thetford Center. VT. Dec. Is. 1906.
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WHY WHY WHY

Why does a baseball pitcher receive
$4,000 a year for his work and a set
clement worker only $500 a year for
htsf
Why Is the president Of a life In
surance company paid 10000 In sal
arr and perquisites, while the hard
worked head Of a school draws a
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Heart to- Heart
Talks.
ONCE HE WAS A MAN.
BY EDWIN A. NYE.

Copyright, 1908, by Edwin A. Nye.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-07

a large percentage of the first motor boat men, as the users of the gasoline engine are now popularly known. were those who did more to kill the engine than to help 1t, yet there were a sufficient num- Der to demonstrate that the motor" had a great future and that even the first models properly handled were handy, ca pablo little affairs and able to do all that was expected of them.
 The opening of the marine field to the gasoline engine, or motor. drew at once the best mechanical and inventive genius of the world toward the engine. and vari- ous types made their appearance on the market. While all are alike in principle, yet each has it's individuality, and some have many good points that others have not.
 Commercially, the first motors offered no Inducements. They were unreliable to too great a degree, and they were ex- pensive not only to purchase, but to op- crate. This being the case. it devolved upon the yachtsman to foster the motor, to bear the initial burden. to pay the cost of learning and to defray the ex- penses of many inventors who sold him their experiments, some of which proved worthy of merit and some of which did not.
 The yachtsman who had up to the in troduction of the motor depended upon either steam or wind for his pleasure took an interest in the new power especially he of the sail power, for he had learned that while the wind blows hard at times, it fails to blow at all just those times
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seen the tall marble columns of the Pal ace of Fine Arts This building Is large and of beautiful architecture. The build ing has two large wings; both of these are adorned with fine bronze groups sym bolic of art. Over the doors and win dows are seen bronze busts of great tlem- ish and Dutch artists, such as Van Eyck, Rubens, Jean de Cologne and Van Rouys- broeck The first floor is given over to sculpture, the work of Belgian and french artists. Above stairs is a splendid collec- tion of old Flemish paintings, the work of Corneille de Vos, Jordaeas, Suyders, Teniers and Gaspard de Creye Though this gallery has some paintings by mod ern painters, most of these are housed In a different building under the title, the Independent School This museum has large subsidies at its command, and not year goes by without their adding new pictures to their already valuable collec- tion.
 Across the street are two handsome buildings, the Royal Conservatory ana tne Synagogue, and then the Place du Petit Sablon. This square is adorled with fountain and handsome flower beds But the square is really historic gallery or Belgian great men of the sixteenth cen tury who spent their time and talents making their country famous. About the square are AS pillars of Belgium marble; each one of these is surmounted by bronze statue. ~ The two principal ngures are surrounded by 10 monumental statues In white marble.
 The Palace of Justice Is at the end Of this street and Is one of the most splen-
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did buildings in Europe The architect, Poelaert, who designed the great column of the Congress and the church at Lac ken also planned this building. He gave 16 years to its erection, though he did not live to see his gigantic work realized. This structure Is Il most worthy tr1Dute to his genius for, large as it is, every part is worked out with careful nicety.
 The Palace of Justice is larger than St. Peter's, though less costly The cost was $9,0O0.OO0, while St. Peters was $4S,- 000,0 GOO. The most conspicuous part of the structure is the great dome, this measures STA meters, and is surrounded by a large copper cupola It is guarded by four great figures of law. justice, power and royal clemency. The front facade is perhaps the most attractive side of the building
 At the other end of the street are the botanical gardens, one of the largest and most attractive of it's kind. It is as beautiful as 1t is original The splendid hot-house on the summit of a hill has nearly every variety of tropical plants. The garden is laid out in terraces; at the foot is pond and rare collection of aquatic plants.
 This is only one of the many beautiful gardens that adorn the city. Facing the Rue de la Regence is park, called Gin quantenaire. Some years ago it was the maneuvering ground of the garrison, but the barracks were removed. It is laid out in the classic style of the seventeenth century and is adorned with statues and many large trees. In the center Is q grandstand. where concerts are given