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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-12
KING OF THE SAMB0S.
Niearssuan Potentate Who ls Too
Willy Fer the White Man.

There Is probably no richer country
II the world than Nicaragua" said DIR.
Flanagan. 1T Is, however, almost In a
virgin state, as there has been scarcely
any development of rs great resources
President Iclaya, the able and ener-
getic chief executive, is giving the
country a most excellent 9dministra-
ton and enjoys the absolute confidence
quito Coast, as my section is called, are
known as Musco, or Sambo Indians,
and are a queer mixture Of Indian, ne
gro and Caucasian elements, with the
native Indian type predominating,
though most of them show their strain
of African blood by a Kindness of the
hair, while others are fair haired and
light of skin as n reminder of Scotch
buccaneer progenltors. Not one in fifty
of these Sambos ever slept in a bed.
and not more than one in five ever
handles a piece of money. The older
members OF the family sleep in ham
mocks woven from the fibers Of the
heniquen, or the banana stalk. while
the Juveniles curl up on the floor. They
are about as near 30 nature as any
people under the sun, for nature sup
plies them with everything necessary
to sustain life.
'These SamboS are nominally under
the Nicaraguan government, it is true,
but they pay direct allegiance to a
king. a monarch of their own tribe.
His authority extends over many vii
lagos and settlements, embracing a
coast line of 100 miles, and he is by
no means Il fgurehead, for in period
ical revolutions he often holds the bal
snce of power ana dictates terms to
the contending leaders. The Mosquito
Coast is the most backward. CONNER
cially and industrially, of ali the re-
Cions bordering on the Caribbean. and
for this the Sambo king is directly re-
sDousiblc. He is shrcwd enough tc
know that wherever the white man
gets footing the native soon vanishes
and therefore has he refused the grant
ing of concessions for the exploitation
of the valuable forests of his kingdom
nor will be allow his subjects to sci
their lands. Thus this willy Indian rul
er, who can't write his name, has man
aged to hold his territory in its prima
state against the avariciOus schemes OF
the white men. His people obey hin
unquestionabl and the general gov
eminent is content to let him alone."-
Baltimore American.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-12
THE SPEAKERS MACE.
Origin Of the Emblem Of Authort
Used In CONGRESS-

OseO IN congress,
At tho right Of the Speakers desk
In the hall of the house of represent.
atives in the capitol at Washington
stands n large cylindrical pedestal
made OF highly polished green marble.
When the house is called to order
each day, the sergeant at arms or one
of his deputies places upon the pedes-
tai the mace which is the symbol of
authority in the house. When the body
adjourns he removes it and keeps it in
safety until the house meets again.
This mace is OF very ancient and
honorable origin. Under the old Ro-
man republic the magistrates passed
on foot from one place to another adj
miniStering Justice, trying public OF.
Tenders and imposing penalties.
Each of these magistrates was at
tended by small body OF men known
as lictors whose duty It was to make
way for the officers Of the law, pre-
serve order make arrests and infiict
punishment on condemned citizens.
Each Of these lictors carried with
him bunch of rods tied together
with thongs and having an ak bound
to the outside Of It. The thongs were
used for scourCng and the AK for
beheading Sentences imposed by the
magistrates were at once carried out.
Those bundles of rods were known az
fasces When the Romans conquered
Britain the use OF the fasces as a sym
Dol was brought with them, and many
81 .x-l+ 81
the British people.
While it was no longer used for in
ficting punishment, It continued to be
used as n symbol by the early English
magistrates and when an officer ap-
peared carrying the fasces his au-
| thority was Immediately accepted by
| all It was. in effect, his badge Of
| office.
The English form Of tho fasces was
! slightly changed IN that the AK was
placed inside Of the bundle OF rods.
with the blade protruding from the
top.
The great councils Of the early
Saxons gradually developed into one
general body. which in the fourteenth
century became known as the house
Of commons. In all these earlier coun-
ellis the use Of tn fasces was con-
| tinued. but it then came to be known
as the mace. which has remained as
the emblem Of legislative authority in
that body down to the present day.
The house of representatives Of the
| United States was modelled closely
after tho house Of commons by the
| trainers OF our constitution. and the
usage of the mace was borrowed from
| the English custom.
The first mace adopted by the house
was destroyed by fire when the Brit.
ish burned the capitol in 1914. From
| 1914 until 1s42 n mace Of painted wood
| did service. but in the latter year the
present mace was made after the model
| of the original one.-Cleveland Plain
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-12
IN COUNTY COURT.
The I'irs. Divorce Cases of the Term
Heard Yesterday tCtcrpOOu

nc session of Chittenden county court
was resumed Monday afternoon when
various court matters were taken up.
In th" c"S" of estate of Harriet G. Peck
". executors of +. w. Pock's estate.
the question Of the jurisdiction Of the
court to hear and determine tbc ques-
ton of the waiver of f.. w. Peck to the
provisions Of his wi'o's will. before the
final order of distribution was made in
probate court was argued as well as the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-12
PLAINTIFF GETS VERDICT.
Court So Orders in Case of Louis Kcrt-
MGR VS.. Marion MESSENGER.

Tho chit cndon COUNTY court case Of
Louis Kcrt2mcr W. IIarion Mossemcr.
an action to recover 81 for house rent,
came to an end FRIDAY morning whom
the court directed q verdict for tn"
plaintiff 20 recover tn" amount of the
claim. Rent Of a New York apartment
for q month l. half Wa the matter of
the litigation. The plaintiff claimed that
Miss Mosscme: hired an apartment for
n year but moved out before her lease
expired. There was no dispute about the
lease but the defendant claimed that tn"
plaintiffs agent james +. Taylor, rc-
leased her from the former contract.
when tho testimony was completed
each side claimed that there was nothing
for the try. that the question was
legal ono as to what constituted a re-
lease from the contract or lease Each
moved for a verdict and after exhaustive
arguments. tho court directed verdict
for the plaintiff to recover 81, the amount
OF his claim.
An entry If settled ana discontinued
was made Friday I'm the case Of
Thomas Allen. apt. V. Ira J. MulvihilL
an action OF assumpsit.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-12
THE PECK CASE.
Goes Bnck TO Probate Court for De-
crcc-An AppenI Wi, Follow.


The case of estate OF IIarrio &. Peck
vs.. executors Of ". w. Peck's estate,
which was to have been taken UP in
Chttenden county court Tuesday will
now so back to probate court in ac-
cordance with the ruling OF Judge IIascl-
ton made Tuesday morning. There
never was decree Of distribution made
in probate court under Mrs. Peck's will,
although the validity of Mr.. Peck s
waiver was passed upon and tho case
has been to supreme court. According to
the ruling made yesterday morning tho
case goes back to probate court and
after a decree Of distribution has been
made an appeal will be taken.
The new entry docket for the March
term Of court was Issued Tuesday. IT
contains &c law cases Of which 10 are
petitions for divorce. The state docket
contains five cases and the chancery
docket 10 cases.
The following entries were made Tues
day in Jury cases
Strong Hardware Co vs. Owesso
Carriage g. Sleigh Co. and trs., SGT to
tho court.
Mary A. Degree VS. tho Mutual Life
Insurance Co. of New York. continued.
Anna George vs.. Peter Houias, apt,
Judgment Of lower court affirmed.
w b. johnson w. c. e. Howell, apt,
, continued.
W. C. Flynn vs.. Philomon Kirby, con
tinucd.
Charles Lapoint VS.. Daniel Decar-
rcau continued
Martin Pierce e Co. vs.. NJ d. Tillcy
and Reed & Patrick tr. set to the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-12
HURLED TO HIS DEATH,
George Touchette Fatally Injured
by Army Mules.
Was Holding Animals Which Bccom-
ing unmanngcabic Dashed Him
against Post on College street
End Came Three Hours
Later.

George Touchettc. n carpenter of II
Hayward street, was fatally injured
Monday afternoon while holding "a
pair of army mules in front of Hagar's
hardware store on College street. lie
died Monday evening at 6:2o o'clock at
the Mary Fletcher hospital
A pair of white mules from Fort
Ethan Allen hauling heavy govern
mcnt wagon drove in front Of the store
at $3.50 o'clock and the driver asked
Touchcttc to- hold the mules while
he repaired the wagon. The mules be-
came frightened at an electric car
and commenced to rear and plunge.
| TouChctt" held tightly to the rcins,
however, and when the animals plung
ed madly across the street, the man
became cntangled in the rcins and
was unable to free himself. The
frightened mules crossed the street
diagonally and Touchettc was thrown
with great force against the iron post
in front of BaileY's music rooms The
mules became free then and ran Wild
( IS down College street, where they
were captured later by tho driver.
Numerous spectators, who had wit
messed the accident, hurried to Tou-
Chettc's aid but the mans injuries
were of such a serious nature that
nothing could be done to alleviate his
suffering DrS. clark and Baylios
were summoned and tho man was
taken to The Mary Fletcher hospital.
Dr. J. i. Wheeler was summoned to
the hospital to ascertain the exact ma
ture of the mans injuries, but tho
patient died before a thorough eX-
animation had been made.
The left arm was fractured above.
The elbow and it was thought that
pact received by being thrown agains,
the iron post.
| Mr.. Touchette was about 50 years
Of age and is survived by a wife.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-12
LIGHTEST IN TEN YEARS.
COLLECTIONS in Customs District o
Vermont for February Fall
to S@f.250.33.

During the month of February just
pissed tho duties collected in the Gus
toms district of Vermont amounted to
S24,25953. the smallest amount col
lected during February in 10 years.
Last year the collections for the month
of February were s5l ,G50.S1 or over
twice what they were this year the
merchandise exported through the dis
trict last month was valued at si31.2j6
which is also tho lightest valuation
of merchandise in n similar period for
a decade.
The falling off in customs business
last month is attributed to the general
financial stringency and to snow block
AIDES in Canada. Conditions, however,
show signs of Improvement as during
the first week Of the present month.
the collections were more than twice
what they were during the first week
of last month.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Your sons probably please you as
well rs you pleased your father.
If you don't look carefully after your
own affairs, who do you imagine will,
A good many people try TO administer
forgiveness and punishment at the
same time.
About all some men get for their
efforts to he digniticd is a reputa tiou
of having the swelled head.
The greatest triumph for boy Is
the privilege of being accepted as an
equal by boys somewhat older than
himself.
Don't begin TO wonder how other
people can afford so many things that
you can't afford. That Is big step in
the direction OF growing cnvious and
sour.
We have noticed that people who do
exactly as they please, whether theit
friends like it or not, get along about
as we'll as those who are always trying
to please.--Atchison Globe.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-12
Daraue Of Suns Rays to Ships.

"Did YOU ever wonder if there was
system in the way vessels are faced
when they are placed at the docks for
the winter" asked a shipping mer-
chant as he stood at his office window
look ing out at the winter feet.
you will notice" he continued
that some of the boats face one way
and some tie other, from which you
would naturally infer that there wasn't
any method about it, but Il you had q
picture OF the same boats laid up last
year YOU would Invariably discover
that then they We're turned the other
way The vessels are reversed from
year TO year for TIL reason that lying
at the docks one side is much more eX-
posed to the weather than the other,
not so much the wind and rain as the
sunlight reflected from the water.
"a boat wintered always in one po-
sition will require new bulwarks and
decking on the water side in just half
the time required to rot the timbers
on the unexposod side. When you
consider that the decking and bull
warks of a ship must be entirely re
newed once every seven or eight years
the scheme Of reversing the vessel
really works a great saving. "-Detroit
Free Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-12
RETAIL TRADE IS QUIET.
Merchants Buy Iittlc--Enrm Produce
sun Receives High Prices,

Reports to Bradstreet's for the week
from farming districts show retail trade
has been quiet and by reason of that
merchants have not been buying very
heavily for future. Weather conditions
have tended to restrict trade. On the
other hand, farmers report they find a
ready market for all their produce and
prices received have been high. AS n
rule prices asked and received are much
above average. As the spring season APP
proaches reports are heard of some maple
trees being tapped but so far very little
actual work has been done. Conditions
generally are not right, 1t being too early
Reports from manufacturers are still
OF an uneven nature. While in some lines
an Increase is reported, others note a
quictness and but little new business is
received. In slate Ccnters reports show
still a good demand for billiard stock but
for other purposes not many new orders
are coming in. Lunbcrmcn report quite
ness although in some instances good
orders have been received ut profitable
prices Wholesalers and others report
collections are slow. Only one failure
was reported for week.
Burlington reports fair business among
retail merchants. Manufacturing inter-
csts show little Improvement but quiet
market is reported generally. Rutland
manufacturers note labor fairly well
employed, some new mon engaged Re-
tail trade working towards normal con-
dtions while collections are slow. At
st. Adams retail merchants note farming
trade is coming in slowly. Railroad shops
are operating on short time which has
to some extent been felt in general trade.
ST. Johnsbury reports general Guictncss
in both manufacturing and retail trade
and difficulty is experiences in making
collections. The important topic under
consideration at Montpelier and Barre
during past week has been suspension Of
business in granite line. 40 adjustment
has been made and no definite statement
trouble. can he made although extended
effort has been made to bring about a
settlement. Bennington manufacturers
report mills running on short time with
part force New business is slow in
coming in. General retail trade quiet
and collections slow
At Bellows Falls only part Of manu-
featuring interests are employed Re
tail merchants complain of slow trade
generally. Brattleboro report wood work
ing establishment resumed business dur
ing past week with part force Lumber
men have had plenty snow and have TAX
on advantage Of Same. Retail merchants
report trade fairly good for season of
year. Tho tanrory at Bethel is employed
fun time.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-12
Fireless Stoves.

Fireless or self cooking stoves which
have been so popular in Germany for q
number of years have been recently
much improved. The early types were
simply boxes made with double walls
so as to retain the heat, and food to be
boiled or slowed was first thoroughly
heated and then inclOsed IN the box
for sufficient time to cook by the re-
tanned heat. The latest apparatus Is
stated by Deputy Consul General j. w
Dye of Berlin to be heated by stone
This is made sufficiently hot in an over
or over any fire then placed in the
cooker with the steak or roast, and tbs
box is sealed up and left for an hour
OF SO until the food is thoroughly cook
ed and hot. With double boxes boil
ing, frying and roasting may all pro
coed at once without care.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-12
Easily Replaced.

Mr.. Fastsct with eXtra)-Sensa-
tionai elopement. Well, what do Won
think Of that: Young Galley has run
off with his fathers stenographer.
Mrs. Fnstset-Ncavens. Why. it'll
break the poor old mans heart Mr.,
Fastset-Oh. don't know. There are
Just as prett!s stenoGraphers in the EN-
ployment agency as ever were hired
Puck
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-12
THE WASHER AND THE MAID
"a Lettored Iyl

In the garden, a maid he C's.
She had such deep blue Is,
He speaks to her-she's n hor Els
For to his game she's VS..
He says, "May help shell those P's'
"Oh, no, sir, It's no US"
MY dear YOU are a little u.s.
From this she takes her Q's,
She says, leave me now or Us
I'll think YOU are one OF those Us
And oVcrturn hive of BIS"
To make his exit, he SAs.
March Bohemian.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-12
GOLD PRODUCTION.

The estimate of the gold produced in
the United states during last year by
the director OF the mint is $50 GO, 339,
against s94, 1913, 500 in 1906
The output of gold from the Trans
vaal in 1907, according to the London
journal South Africa, aggregated $780,
s6o. 300 against s1l9,slS,507 in 1906 and
SOL 265 575 in 1908.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-12
NO CHANCE TO KICK.

Ostend-Does money talk pa?
Pa-No, my son, II money could Talk
tho new $40 gold pieces would let out
ONal about the eagle in pajamas ana the
Shakesperian Indian.-Chicaso News.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-12

Dyspepsia is Americas curse Bur-
dock Blood Bitters conquers dyspep-
STA every time. 1t drives out impuri-
ties, tones the stomach. restores Uer,,
feet digestion, normal weight, aSd
good health
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-12
THE WAY IT HAPPENED.

They say money ruined him."
Yes, It did"
How did he get it?"
He didn't get it. His rival got it,
Chicago d-Ierald.
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To ne seventy years youns IL some
times far more cheerful and hopefu,
than 70 be forty years old.-Holmes.
Arizona republican., 1908-03-29
RAILWAY LAWS HELD UP
Pending an Investigation Into Their
 Real Character

Montgomery. March 2S-In a sleep ing decision making permanent pre- liminary injunction issued last Au- gust. Judge Thomas J. Jones. of the federal court of Alabama. for the middle district. declares that the acts which sought to prevent the railroads of the state from going into the feder- al court unconstitutional. and that the anti-railroad acts of the Alabama leg islature should be suspended pending an investigation of the complaints of the railroads that the acts were con fiscatOry Judge Jones declares in his opinion that the issue of state rights :s rot involved.
 The effect of the decision is to de- -clare unconstitutional the greater part os the railway code adopted by the state legislature and to suspend all rates until the justice of the rates can ba determined.
Arizona republican., 1908-03-29

copy may now be sent to San Fran cisco. It is considered extremely doubtful whether the admiral will be able 10 do all that was expected of him while on the coast. He will prob ably delegate most of his social duties to Rear Admiral Thomas. who will bring the fleet from Magdalena to San Diego. where it is planned that Ad- miral Evans flag will again be hoisted
 The .fact that Admiral Evans dis patches to Washington declared that he would rejoin the fleet at San Diego is good news to the local committee who feared at first that going north. the coinmander-in-chie might not re- turn.
Arizona republican., 1908-03-29
SAN DIEGO SCARED
 FOR A TIME Al LEAST
1t Learned That Admiral Evans Flag
 ship Would Pass That Station.

San Diego. March 2S.-The news that the flagship Connecticut has been detached from the fleet at Magdalena Bay to bring Admiral Evans to San Francisco for a course of treatment was received here with considerable apprehension. Measuring reports re- garding his health were later received
 The San Diego reception plans were forwarded to Magdalena Bay yester- day for Admiral Evans approval. A