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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-07-09

instances to the penitentiary. Boston
Lowell and other Massachusetts towns
report sending some Migrants to the
state farm, where there is nine
months sentence. In these jalls and
warehouses; the labor required, when
there is any. consists generally Of
breaking stone In quarry or In jail
yard, roadmaking. chaircaning, chair.
making and farm work. This work is
'on paper There is little or no ef.
fort made to bring reformative infu-
ences to bear on those serving short
sentences or to teach trade Even
at the Massachusetts, state farm,
where the workhouse conditions are
far better than in most correctional
institutions where misdemeanants OF
the vagrant or inebriate class are con
fined, the industries maintained seem
to be far more largely carried on as
sentences than as chances to earn
a living.
MANY of the cities use the Bertillon
AVA system of Identification measure.
ments One chief reports asking the
usual questions" another the name
and address"-as though a Migrants
name and address would be of value!
What a contrast is this to the elabor-
ate Belgian system for the identified.
ton of Migrants. which centers in the
easier centrale de vagabondage," a
general Identification bureau at Brus-
sells? In Belgium the process of trying
an arrested vagrant is speedy and
thorough. AS soon as the police arrest
vagrant they communicate by tele
graph with Brussels. Within a few
hours there is sent back from Brus.
sells by telegraph full description of
the vagrant and Of his previous career,
If anything of the prisoner is on rec.
ord On the following morning the
who is a graduate of the
has before him sufficient
material about this particular vagrant
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-23

cannot be released from his daties ON
Ill the count Is finished Fortunately
however, the money on hand Is MT
all ii one dollar coins and bills. nor
must It be counted BY one man, The
work will be done by Is experts as
sisted BY a force OF laborers, and
heavy scales, All the silver nickel,
copper and bills will be gone over,
piece BY piece, but the gold will only
be weighed III sacks, with an occa-
sional count to verify the accuracy Of
this process Even so, however, the
counting will be a laborious process
for there is on hand at present in the
sub.treasury $i7o,0oo,OOO in gold coin
7SoOO,0Oo silver dollars, @Soo,o0O In
fractional silver, that Is dimes, guar.
ters and halves, $4,000 in pennies
and niekels, and $S0OOOoOO in bills,
An this amount the new sub.treasureF
will have to count and his efforts in
this line will be watched with special
interest as 1t Is rumored that he will
attempt 10 make new record,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-23

two months ago that the President
would "turn loose" this winter and
indulge IN some plain speaking The
prediction is being abundantly tnl'
klled. Never before did official cont
munieations from the White House =
the capitol 50 bluntiy call a spade y
spade. And he has made no secret OF
the fact thar he has other plain lam
ruage in stock ready for use should
Congress invite It's issuance,
When you come to think of it, there
is no good reason why the President
should not now speak his mind. He
has champed at his bit as it were, Tor
several years because party and other
considerations made il inadvisah|e
for him 10 employ the language he
wanted TO use in discussing divers
men and measures He can have his
say now without ieopardizing his own
political fortunes or seriously threa;'
ening the fortunes Of his party
Congress makes no pretense OF llE'
ing the things that have been handed
ii, but. on the whole, the country ap'
pears to rather enjoy the situation
There are those, OF course. who eritl'
cize the President for his most recent
strenuosity, but the critic we have
always with us, This criticism is not
going to bother Mr. Roosevelt huge
~. He is firmly convinced that pub
lie opinion win back him up, and be
lieves the more he lambastes Congress
the greater his popularity. And il
would seem that he is justified in this
belief,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-23
TO COUNT MILLIONS,
win Take Many Weeks to Complete
Their Labor.

NEW YORK. Dec, 22-The very
first big job for this eity's new sub
treasurer just appointed will be the
unique and laborious task Of counting
$2S2, 10000; that is, the cash on hand
in the sub-treasury at the present
time. Were the whole of this tre-
mendous amount in bills and coins of
the denomination of one dollar each,
it would take one man, counting at
the rate Of 90 pieces a minute, more
than $1,000 hours to finish counting
them. matter Of 10000 working days
of eight hours each. or something
more than 50 years altogether. Indeed
if the man who is responsible for the
count had to do it all himself he could
come nowhere near finishing before
another president was elected and his
successor appointed, who in turn
would have to repeat the whole pro-
cess. The retiring assistant treasurer
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-23
GROWTH OF CONGRESS.

There are veteran leaders in Con-
vress who believe the membership Of
both the Senate and House should be
cus in two. The theory is that better
results would be obtained with small
er bodies. As the membership Of the
Senate Is fixed by one Of the funda-
mental principles Of the Constitution,
ID reduce the number Of Senators IS
out cf the question. 1t could be done
only BY reducing the number Of states
and that is as impossible, almost, as
to stop the moon in its monthly
Journeys around the earth. On the
contrary, the Senate is bound to in
crease its membership. II IS only a
question Of time when Arizona and
New Mexico will be states, and there
win be 96 Senator's. Some day Alaska
nav be a State, and the number of
Senators viii be increased to o8 1t
i unlikely, unless Cuba should be an
nexed, that any Of the insular posses
sions viii attain the dignity. Of state
hood, 50 oS Senators may be looked
upon as the final number.
A Congressional enactment, how
ever, is all that would be necessary
10 reduce the size Of the House. The
House now has 3ol members, and
each 10 years in the past has seen an
increase, aside from the increase re
suiting from the admission Of new
states. II the practice Of years IS fol
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-23
GERMAN WOMEN CONTENT.
Few Suffragettss There, as the Simple
Life Is Enough,

CHICAGO, Dec. q Girl students
Of Germany are not permitted 20
stroll down to the drug stores for
dainties nor are they allowed to hold
the mirror up to nature with elaborate
coiffures, said Miss Harriet Kempf
who has returned from Berlin, where
for two years she taught at school,
The suffrage movement Is not active
in Germany, she says, as the women
are quite content 10 lead the simple
life. Girl students are rigidly ehape-
roned.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-23

lowed the House membership Is GER
tain to 20 over 400 after the census OF
1910 Under the constitutional appor-
tionnent Of representation, there were
IS members Of the House. The hrst
census was taken in 1870, and making
Il the basis Of new apportionment'
the nunber Of Representatives was
increased TO 100, The census Of 1900
increased the number TO l42, that OF
1910 10 1856, that of 1870 to 2lS, that OF
1850 to 242. Members of Congress
decided even then that the House was
too large and that something must be
done 10 check its growth. So, when
1t came to making the apportionment
under the census Of 1870, the number
of members was reduced to 232. Since
then. however, growth has been I'M
checked, The census Of 1850 inereas'
ed the number to 237. that of 1850 to
24s. that Of 1870 to 2o3, that Of 1880
to 3s2, that Of 1890 to 3s7, and that q
1900 10 Sol, PARTON Of the increase
in each decade, Of course, being due
to the admission of new states,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-23
The OulLLOTINE.


N Was Not Invented w hs MAN
Whose Name u eeare
IN a book publshcd by Hector
Flolschman 10 Germany the story OF
the origin Of the Instrument of execu'
tion which WIS named for DR. uulllo'
tan IN the days OF the reign Of Iorrof
Is tlatly denied. There h nc truth
ln the story, Va long believed" he says
cthat the genial old physician Invented
che machine which was named for him
and hy means Of which hc h said 70
have Loaf his lie shortly aftor It's adop'
tlon, Guln0tln. IN keeping with the
spirit Of his time. proposed on Oct
10. lTSQ. that all Offenders, regardless
OF their birth or station. should be dealt
With alike by the law, aud six mouths
latcr hc proposed to tho government
that convicted murderors should DO
hchoaded By means Of a simple appara'
tus. The mechanism OF which be and
no one else had any idea at that time
was spoken Of as the simple appara'
tus' by the humorlsts Of tho day, ana
the phrase was used to make lts pro
poser ridiculous, No that when q INA.
chine flnally was adopted tho wits or
the time named 1t guillotlne. The Eoy'
ernment, evidently recognising the val
ue OF the suggestion, asked one An
toine Louis, surgeon at tho salpo'
trlerr. to devise machine aud later
gave a similar order to n carpenter by
the name Of Gnldon, who offered 70
construct an instrument for dccapita'
ton for $500 lIyrcs This was conaid'
cred too high price, and the contract
was given to German cahlnetmakeF
by the name Of Tobias schmidt, who
| received S2l liyes for the accepted
model N iTae, schmidt made guillo'
tines for all the provinces, and the m
dustry brought him moderate for
tune, which he proceeded TO squandci
In Paris. while DF. Guillotin, who ney
or had anything to do with tho making
OF machine which bore bis name
continued to practice his profession
quietly and unostentatlously In Fari'
untIl he died there on March 20, lslt''
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-23
CHRISTMAS DO YOUR SHOPPING AT WAITE

Gifts For 'tGrowr1s Ups"
After looking around many other the city trying 70 decide
buy your mother wife, sister sweetheart for Christmas you
will pay us visit able supply with "u the
thing" instance you fancy imported handpd China
any price, articles Merry Widow hat pin and OsF
styles fancy pins wast SETS and links necklaces handksh
bracelets pins jewy writing stationery and other articles
mention
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-23

Our store will remain open
until 8 o'clock every evening
until Christmas.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-23
TURNS THINGS LOOSE.

Republican leaders in Congress say
they have no desire to quarrel with
President Roosevelt between now and
March 4 1t is very apparent tho
president is not going to run away
from a quarrel; but, then, the Presi-
dent is going out of Office in less than
three months and Republicans in Con-
gress, except those who fell by the
wayside last November, have got TO
keep on doing business.
Mr., Rooseevlt's friends predicted
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-23

the situation at zeigler A. orders have
been issued iorbIdding any non'resi-
dents from lettering about the town.
l. Is thought an effort will be made
today by a party Of men to descend
into the mine 70 ascertain just what
has been accomplished in the ten
days II IL probable that aoodiug the
mine viii mex, be resorted TO.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-23
ONLY TWO MORE DAYS BEFORE
Toys For Boys

For boy probably the largest stock Of toys in town.
Repeating araes $780, ppgs M swords isc Christmas horns " to
2sc sand pals and spades 2 pocket knives Sc to so mail box
banks combination mechanical automobiles Soc wooen dogs
Eo mules etc. on @ Happy Hoorgan iron wagons and tucs
Of every description prices Ali kinds Of iron toys at from Sc to SOC;
mouth organs 1o to &c. cpenters $2 soldering M and
tools the boy kind had here galore at low prices You must visit
our boy department to fully appreciate the large assortment
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-23
FREE

Just drop into our store and submit
your guesses Of the number Of shot In
the small glass turnbler; your guess
may be the lucky one and win the $l4
doll to be given away Christmas eve.
You don't have to buy to guess.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-23

DUQuoIN, ILL.,, Dec. q. = Despite
the heroic efforts Of the several hum
dred men who have been lighting
flames in Joseph Letters collicry AZ
Zeigler, the fires still exist thought
to wha. extent cannot be determined,
Il is next 10 impossible 70 ascertain
any information as TO the gravity Of
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-23

II you think you are good guesser'
we challenge you to tell us the amount
Of shot in the small tunbler in our
Commercial street window. II does't
cost anything to guess and you may
win the pretty doll for your trouble.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-23
co,ld Lland,t a Shovel.

The foreman OF Chicago Iron mill
once employed 4 tramp who had been
a college baseball champion. Their
acquaintance began In a way that
showed the tramp still to be game aud
CHEEKY. II WIS a cold autumn dawn,
and the tramp had slept In front OF a
furnace on II warm stone. The fore
man, being short Of laborers, on bis
morning tour Of inspection spled the
fellow and thought hc would give him
a job,
"Aiy man." be said, "can you 90 any
thing with shoyelr
"well. could fry a piece OF ham
on it"- Minneapolis Journal.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-23
THE WEATHER

Oregon, Washington and Idaho :
Rain.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-04-24
NEW

Miss Katherine Sanborn, who has been
critically ill for the past two weeks, is
slightly improved.
The report of last week was incorrect
as to Mrs. Goulette being in town. 1t
should have been Mrs. Remelie is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Edward Goulette.
Miss Blanche Coursey spent Saturday
and Sunday with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. d. Coursey.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Russell were in
town last week.
E. w. Howden, who has been in poor
health this spring, was taken worse Sun
day night.
Many of our t~ownspeople attended the
Easter services at the Congregational
church last Sunday, although the wealth
er was very unfavorable.
Harry Peck. wife and daughter, also
Roy Taft and wife were Sunday visitors
at Albert Danbrook's.
V. NJ. Benedict has purchased the late
Emily Dexter cottage and it is to be &C.
cupied by Roy Potter and family.
1t is a common occurrence nowadays
to have a snowstorm three or four times
a week.
Mrs. Martin Barrows and Miss Della
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-04-24

Our Grandmothers used to get a lot of
old nails, place them in a vessel contain
ing vinegar and allow them to remain
until the acetic acid in the vinegar pro.
duced an iron solution. This connection
was then taken by nearly every member
of the family during the Spring and Fall
and it rarely if ever failed to strengthen
and benefit the person taking it. The old
way was good but there is a new way
that is far better. Science has discovered
a way to manufacture Iron so that it can
be dissolved in syrups and elixirs and
given in definite doses. One of the best
and surest ways to take Iron is in Ry-
dale's Tonic. This remedy is a combina-
tion of Iron, Quinine and Strychine in an
Orange Elixir and combined with other
ingredients that make it very valuable as
a blood and nerve tonic. 1t is without
an equal for old people needing a stimu-
liant and for weak and puny children and
a sure cure for chills and malaria. NJ.
r. Burt, M%iddlebury, w. r. Warner &
Co., Nergennes, Vt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-04-24
A Good Thing and Nothing
to Pay.

Just see what DR.. Greene offers to do for
all weak and suffering people. He is the
most successful living specialist in curing
nervous and chronic diseases. His unparal-
leled offer to consult with anyone, free of
charge, by letter correspondence, is doing
wonderful good. If you have any complaint
which you do not thoroughly understand, and
which you would liked cured, write the Doc
tor a letter stating Just how you feel and what
symptoms trouble you. He will answer it.
giving a complete description of your case,
explaining the meaning of every symptom,
and telling how you can surely get we'll and
strong. lie gives most careful attention to
each letter, and explains your case SO thor
oughly that you understand exactly what ails
you. All this costs you nothing, you have no
doctors fees to pay, and you lon have to
leave your home. The Doctor makes a
specially of treating patients through letter
correspondence, and they nearly always get
well. lie is the discoverer of that wonderful
medicine, DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and
nerve remedy. Write to him at his office, "a
Temple Place, Boston, Mass, and you will
undoubtedly be made strong and well,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-04-24
ORWELL.

Oscar Hornbeck's mother died on Mon
day night last and her funeral was held
at her sons on Thursday at l pm, Rev.
j. G. Williams officiating, C.. l.. Stay in
charge.
The only child of Mr.. and Mrs. Rollin
Wilcox of Glens Falls, N. Y, died the
first of the week in the hospital at AL
bany and the remains came to the grand
fathers on Tuesday evening, where the
funeral was largely attended on Wednes-
day at ] p. m, Rev j. G. Williams, c. l..
Stay in charge.
At the Republican Caucus Saturday
evening, last. II. II. Cults, Delous LaDuc,
and G. d. Bush were elected delegates to
the District and State Conventions at
Burlington the 2Sth and Goth, f. o. Bish
op, w. N. Nickerson and Luthern Lilly,
alternatives.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-04-24
COUNTY NEWS.
RRIDPORT.

The net proceeds of the NJ. E. Easter
entertainment and supper amounted to
ten dollars.
The Ladies' society of the Congrega
tional church will hold an orange supper
at the vestry Thursday evening, June
4th.
Mrs. o. f. Converse, who has been
seriously Ill, is convalescent.
D.. E. Grosvenor shows a slight improve
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Z Heitnan of
Shoreham recently visited the latters
brother, Truman Grandey.
Mrs. Emma Warren of Middlebury
was the recent guest of her daughter,
Mrs. G. E. Holdredge.
The delegates appointed at the Repub-
lican caucus Saturday evening for the
district and State conventions at Bur
lington, April 90 and 80, are Ms follows /:
District E. G. Blaisdell, Edward Nichols,
T. w. Fletcher. State j. II. Witherell,
j.. II. Howe, o. Z. Converse.
The Ladies' Glee Club of Middlebury
College will give a concert at Grange
hall Friday evening, May LIST. Proceeds
for benefit OF piano fund.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-04-24
Catarrh Cannot be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can.
not reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh
is a blood or constitutional disease, and in
order to cure 1t you must take internal rene
dies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally,
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not q quack
medicine. 1t was prescribed by one OF the
best physicians in this country for years and
Is n regular prescription. 1t is composed of
the best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination
of the rwo ingredients Is what produces such
wonderful results In curing Catarrh. Send
for testimonials free.
Y. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c,
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-04-24
v

Mrs. Florence Bagley is on sick list.
Horace Hack is on the gain.
f. N. ~Hemenway went to New York
on the excursion.
j. E. French of the Brandon Inn was
in town q day last week.
sugar this season and still gathering
more.
Mrs. Frank Ford spent a week in
White River junction recently with her
sister, Mrs. Amos Phelps, who was very
ill but is now on the road to recovery.
Mrs. G. r. Bagley, who has been nurs-
ing in Randolph, returned home last Fri
day after a five weeks absence.
Miss Ninette Porter of Braintree spent
last week with Mrs. Angie Lamb.
Miss Annie Wilson is in Braintree visit
ing her relatives.
The Central House has undergone re-
pairs in way of plaster, paint and paper.
Adelbert Bertell of Rochester doing the
work.
James Horneck is not gaining as much
as his friends would be glad to have him.
Angie Lamb, who has had the grip the
past W weeks, is on the gain.
1t is reported by Mrs. E. K. Farr who
is in Boston with her sick husband, that
he has cancer of the stomach with no
hope of any improvement.
w. j. Carpenter, who was at his home
in Mortified last week with his family,
has returned here and resumed work in
d. N. Rice's mill.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-04-24
WEST %sRIDPoRT.

Leman E. Wilkinson has been ill fol
the past week.
E. F. Colburn was at Moriah on BUSH
ness of late.
F. H. Eldredge was in York state last
Friday.
Melvin W ilkinson has returned home
from Br%attleboro where he had been on
business for several days during the past
week.
Owing to poison refuse run into the
streams of Lake Champlain from chem
ical mills large numbers of fish have died.
They can e seen in all parts of the lake
floating south of Chimney Point
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-04-24
BRANDON.

Mrs. William Yale has gone to Utica,
N. Y, for a several days stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Maynard have re-
turned from Washington, d. c., where
they spent the winter.
Mrs. r. H. Newcomb and daughter,
Miss Clark, have returned from Spring.
field, Mass.
Miss Bess Bacon is spending a few
days at her home in Leicester.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ross, T. w. Ray
and son, Reginald, have gone to Allan
tic City, N. j.
Mrs. E. Page has returned from a sew
eral months stay in New Britain, Conn.
A daughter was born Sunday to the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-04-24
Rydale's
Liver Tablets

are made from the prescription of a
professor in an Ohio medical college
and are especially recommended where
there is a catarrhal condition of the
stomach, bile, ducts Oh bowels. They are
the pleasantest liver medicine on earth to
be as effective and powerful as they are,
For biliousness and torpid liver they are
without an equal. so chocolate coated
tablets in a metal box, 25c.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-04-24
ElliOtt's
EmuISified Oil Liniment

is not a prescription of a specialist, but
an emulsion of kerosene oil, spirits tur-
pcntinc, origanum, ether and ammonia.
BY a machinery process the oil globules
are broken up into minute particles and
rendered very penetrating. being quickly
absorbed. 1t is as fine a formula for
man or beast as medicine can produce.
Every bottle sold on a guarantee, 1t is
put up in half-pint bottles (yellow
PACKAGE, csc.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-04-24
Barney's
COMPOUND

is another preparation for stomach
troubles. 1t is impossible for one remedy
to cure all forms of dyspepsia, for the
reason that some people have too much
acid in their stomachs, while others do
not have enough. 1t is a physical i'm
possibility for the same remedy to re-
lieye both of those conditions.
Barney's Compound is especially rec
commended where there is an excess of
acid, and where catarrhal conditions
exist. For that soreness of the stomach
it never fails to relieve.
Two sizes, SOC and $I.oo.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-04-24
Rydale's
Cough Elixir

The prescription for Rydalc's Cough
Elixir was secured in western North
Carolina near Ashcville, where so many
persons with lung trouble go. 1t will
not and can not cure consumption, but
for coughs, colds and bronchial troubles
it never fails to benefit or cure. If ii
does not you get your money back.
Two sizes, CSC and soc.