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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-05

Jesse BlacE," said Langford, curtly.
Afraid to peach for fear of antag-
oniziry the gang Afraid to vote
against the tools OF the cattle thieves
fer fear of antagoni1ing the gang.
Afraid to call your souls your own
for fear of antagonizlng the gang. Your
'on the fence policy didn't work very
well this time, did It? You haven't
found your cattle, have you? The
angel must have forgotten. Thought
you we're tainted of Egypt, eh?"
ut is easy fer you to talk" said VIII
liston. simply. '1t would be difficult II
your bread and butter and you little
girls as well depended on scrawny
little bunch like mine"
Maybe" said LanEford, Struggling
his shoulders Doesn't seem to have
exempted you, though. does It? But
BLACK is no respecter Of persons, You
know. However, the time has como
for Dick Gordon to show OF what stuff
he Is made 1t was for this that |
worked for his election, though I con.
fess | little thought at the time that
proofs for him would be furnished
from my own herds Present condi-
tons humiliate me utterly. Am I a
weakling that they should exist? Are
we all weaklnEs?
A faint, appreciative smile passed
over Williston's face No, Langford
did not look weakling neither had
the professed humiliation lowered his
proud head.
Langford strobe to the door. Then
he turned quickly
Look here, Wiliston. I shall make
you angry, | suppose, but it has to so
in the cattle country, and you little
fellows haven't shown up very white
self"
"Well?"
Are you going to stand pat with
u.s."
IF yon mean, am I going to tell
what | know when called upon" an
swered Williston, with a simple dig
nifty that made Langford color with
sudden shame, II am. There are many
OF us little fellows who would have
been glad to stand up against the
rustling outrages long ago had we re
ceived any backing. The moral sup
port Of men Of your class has not beer
what you might call a sort of on the
spot support. now. has it?" relapsins
into gentle sarcasm. At least un
til you came to the 'front.' he quail
fed.
You will not be the loser, ant
there's my hand on it, said Lang
ford, frankly and earnestly, ignoring
the latter part of the speech. The
Three Bars never forgets friend
They may do you before we ar
through with them, Wiliston. but re
member, the Three Bars never for
gets
Mary Williston, from her window
as is the way with 4 maid. watche,
the two horsemen for many a mile a.
they galloped away She followed then
with her eyes while they slowly be
came faint, moving specks in the leve
distance and until they were altogeth
er blotted out, and there was no sigl
of living thing on the plain tina
stretched between. But Paul Lang
ford, as is the way with a man, for
got that he had seen a beautiful girl
and had thrilled to her glance. HI
looked back not once as he urged hi
trusty little mare on to see Dicl
Gordon.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-05
KNOWLEDGE Demonstrated.

Would you like to attend lecture
on the fine artsT'
mo" answered Mr. Cumrox. Moth.
er and the girls can make me feel my
ignorance sufficiently ut home free OF
charge r--WashinGton Star.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-05

ground
She had listened to Thorn dutifully,
half believing, swallowed hard and
followed her uncle, her fathers
youngest brother, to the Land of the
Dakotahs"
Now. that same dear uncle was a
man of power and position in the new
land. Only last November he had
been reelected to his third term on
tho bench Of his circuit with q big,
heart-stlrring majority In the day
of his prosperity he had not forgot
ten the little, tangc-haired girl who
had cried SO inconsolably when he
went away, and the unaccountable hor-
ror In whose eyes he lad tried 10
laugh away on that Observation-Disclosures
ten day when he had wronched his
heartstrings from their safe abiding
place and gone forth in quest Of the
pot of gold IL the rainbow's end
the first Of many Generations. Trodi-
ton knew no other since his ances-
tors had felled forests and built homes
Of hewn logs Now no had sent for
Louise. His court reporter had TO-
Gently left MIN for other fields Of
labor
There vas comm0tiou among her
people On receipt Of the astounding
proposition she lived over again
the dark days OF the first fitting. It
might well be her uncle had exaS-
gerated the dangers Of life in the new
land. 1t was great fun to shock HIS
credulous relatives. He had surely
written them some cnoru GUS tales
during those IL years and more. He
used to chucklc heartily to himself
at reading some Of the sympathiling
replies. But these tales we're held in
evidence against him now that he
dared to want Louise. Every letter
was brought out by LoVise's dear old
grandmother and read to her over
again Louise did not half believe
them, but they were gospel truth to
her grandmother and almost so to
her father and mother as well. She re-
membered the old spirit of fun ram
pant in her favorite uncle, and while
his vivid pictures took all the color
from her sensitive face deep down in
her heart she recognized them for
what they were worth Tho letters
were strange medley Of grasshoppers
billiards. and Indians But d ten.dol-
lar per diem was q great temptation
over tlve-dollar per diem. and times
were pretty hard on the old farm
More than all. the inexplicable some
thing that had led her uncle to throw
tradition to the four winds Of heaven
was calling her persistently and would
not be denied
The dear hero Of her childhood
was much changed to be sure BIZ.
big joints had taken on more fest
and he had gained in dignity of de
pertinent what he had lost in ease o.
movement. His once merry eye hat
grown keen with the years Of jus
Judging The lips that had laughed
SO much in the old days were set il
lines Of sternness. Judge Hammond
Dale was man who would live up t
the tenets OF his high calling withou
fear or favor. through good and evi
report. Yet through all his gravity
of demeanor and the pride Of his in
tegrity, Louise instinctiYely felt hi;
kindliness and loved him for it. The
loneliness fell away from her and a
measure Of content had come in its
place, until the letter had come from
tbe -tata'c attorney IN In kprpab
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01
THE PEACE AND PROSPERITY CRY.

All for trade and some other things that used to be considered important well lost seems to be the attitude of some of the Powers just now The oth- CT day we saw that Germany didn't seem to care as much about colonial expansion as about trade expansion. Now 1t appears that France loves Great Britain because Great Britain ls her best customer. Al the annual dinner of the British Chamber of Com- merce in Parts the most noticeable speech was that of the French minis ter of commerce, M cruppi He point ed out that last year the totalttrade between France and England had reached fsO,oOo,Ooo, a figure which jus tihed him in describing England as the hest customer of France. \ partlcu- larly interesting feature of this com merce was that it had involved no riv- airy with British trade, but had sim
 ply supplied England with articles not produced on her own soil French trad CTS supplemented the requirements of the British people. but were not their | rivals in trade. He further contended that the development of relations be- ! tween the two countries, which was capable of great extension. ought not ! to be confined to the economic and ma | terial sphere or to tho relations be- ! tween the politicians of tho two coun- tries. but should extend to tho whole of the British and French nations Both peoples would benefit thereby. In conclusion. NJ. Cruppi declared that the entente cordlale was an arrangement between good friends for good and moral ends. whereby each could guar antee the other, through the union of their forces. the maintenance of peace. Peace and prosperity isn't a wholly bad cry, though lt may seem some
 what sordid to those who don't want to see the world wax too fat But 1t is decidedly interesting and significant to hear the big men of the nations talk ing as Baron sternberg and NJ. Cruppi have just talked. Our own great man hasn't yet put things In inc way they
 have. but he has let 1t be known that
 he wants peace, evon if 1t takes many
 battleships to secure 1t.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01
Age in Exile.

Weary of the miles and miles of crowded street and square. Weary of the towering walls that stint Inc light and air. Weary of the changing hells--ay mold
 hercd with the noise Weary of the crabbt looks of little girls and boys How l miss the mountalnside and how
 ] miss the glins! How 1 miss the singing and the sigh
 Ing of the wins How l miss the silence in tho dark that used to fall- Yet t ia the neighbors that miss the
 most ot all Faces by the thousand, it Is here a
 man may pass Never such a sight at home, at mar
 ket or at mass Faces like the tides that in the river
 ebh and flow Yet, among them all there's not face
 man may know An. I'm often wishing now for just .
 sight of one Face that was familiar in the plea san'
 time that's gone. How the sight would henrton me when
 life begins Co pail For ii ia the neghhors that l miss tho
 most of all Ay, my boys are good as gold since
 first they brought me out Not blessed thing to do but smok,
 and walk about Eating of the very best and wearing
 decent clothes Sure 'tis I'm the happy man, God ir
 heaven knows Yet cant deny but that do be miss
 ing still Plnccs I was used to once in meadow
 vale and hill; Places ay, and faces too. and volcet
 l recall For lt is the nelgL bors that miss th'
 most of all.
 Denis 4 Mccarthy.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01
MAY.

Having had pleasing imitation of Summer in April tt may perhaps be fair to expect May to be good. or a good deal better than last May was. Last year, it may be remembered, there were only three days that could be called May days, and tho caller had to stretch a little then in each case. It Is to be hoped that there will be more than three Jnis month, and no stretching. A good fashioned May in this region would do much to restore confidence by cheering up all who are responsive to tho sweet influences of sweet Spring days.
 We hope he Queen of the May will not need her furs or her rain coat to-day. though the last fckle day of April indicated that she might need either or both. If she does never mind. It would ho a pity to have her catch a cold and a red nose. So if she cant shina as she ought to to-day let her take good care of her self so as to be able to shine when the days that she wants come.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01
VIRGINIA K. TOMBSTONE.

By the death of Miss Virginia K, Johnstone a gentle and uplifting force has been taken out of the artistic life of New Haven Miss Johnstone was a graduate of Miss Mary Dutton's school for girls, which was a famous instltu- ton here many years ago, being locat- ed where Grove Hall now stands After graduation she taught out of the city for four years She then returned home, where for nearly forty years her in nuence has been steadily felt by those who came under her musical instruc- tion in the Johnstone schooi for girls on Whitney avenue, and by those who, farther along In years, were made to feel and share her enthusiasm for the education of the public in music of a higher class, both orchestral and vir- tuoso, It was largely through her in- strumentality that leading citizens be- came interested in bringing Theodore Thomas famous orchestra frequently to New Haven Later 1t was Seid and Damrosch, the elder, who were induced to come here with their splendid bands and swell the educational processes which she had conceived as part of the higher life of the city. IL Is very difficult 10 measure the stimulating in fuence of such a temperament at a time when the people of New Haven were preparing to live rather than liv- ing, and to adequately express the | gratitude 1t calls forth. IL Is less dfTl- cult to realize with what pleasure she must have viewed the development of the higher musical culture of New Ha- ven, as 1t has taken form since the es- l tablishment of the Yale School of Mu- 1 sic and the organization of the orches- tra and the different singing societies, She would have been fully justified in claiming large share of the credit for having sowed here the seed of mu- sical appreciation There will be many 10 remember and dwell upon her gentle traits of character and her love of the beautiful.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01
THE WRONG ONES TROUBLED.

It has been discovered and announced that a person in Louisiana who slips on q banana peel and falls through q plate glass window Is not liable for damages to the window II appears that an inoffcnsiye citizen, walking along q business street of Baton Rouge stepped on q banana peel on the sidewalk The citizens feet went up, his head down and his elbow through merchants platc-glass window Suit was brought for the value of the window, and after several months of litigation, the final decision ls against the merchant
 Of course this doesn't comfort the bcreft merchant much, though he doubtless realizes that tho man that fell through his window was not to blame for doing SO, But 1t Is a comfort to the man who fell through the win dow, Meanwhile the wretch who threw the banana peel on the sidewalk, and who seems to be the one really guilty of the damage to the window, has not been heard from He may not know what harm he did, or he may not care But 1t is a pity that he was not the one to be troubled by the result of his carelessness, Instead of the innocen ones who were troubled.
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to Do materially reduced, of course but MT, Abrahams declares that over-pro- duction has never been the policy of any of tho companies named, and there will ho no oVerproduction now, owing to labor conditions in Africa and to other considerations, he continues 1t probably would be neither expedlent nor economic 10 close down entirely, but, go far IS concerns the ultimate effect upon the market, 1t is immaterial whether the rough diamonds are per- mitted for time to lie in the ground or are allowed to accumulate In the coffers of the companies and the sym dicateS,
 Of course. So continue to save and by and by you can have diamond and be happy.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01
New rnsinnds ro,incn, Independence
rrhe snrlnglold Rennhllcnnl

tlhe Sprlngneld Republlcan)
 Now England as section is out chasing all others ln the country In It's political independence this spring If the state conventions called to nomln- nte delegates to Chicago and Denver are standards of comparison. In no Now England commonwealth thus far has any state convention. whether re publican or democrat. instructed It's delegates for a particular candidate; and It is worth noting that conven- tlons of one party or the other have now been held in all of them. That there has been great pressure upon New England 10 favor MT Taft, on the one side and Mir Bryan, on the other Is well known. If the few remaining state conventions In this section were to keep the record consistent with its present aspect. the performance as a whole would be highly exceptional.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01
ECONOMICAL.

"You're the whole cheese with sis
 Why do you say that, son?' inqulr- ed the gentleman caller.
 Sis gin me nickel to. Louisville Courler-Journal
 Mrs, Baker-My old school friend Mrs, Jones. writes me that she Is just beginning to live,
 Miss An Teek Widowed or divorc- ed Brooklyn Life,
 Vistor-,Do you find it economical to do your own cooking?
 Young wife-Oh yes; my husband doesn't eat half as much as when we had a co0k,--Comc Cuts.
 MT pursngton says he believes a man should pay as he goes
 Judging from the way he gets In debt he must be accustomed to travel Ing backward, Washington Star.
 "You must be very careful with your daughter, Mrs Comeup. She has d rapidly growing mentality" "Oh, Era- cI6us, doctor, Will she have to have an operation to cure ,'-Baltimore American,
 What forced you 10 become crook ed?" asked the magistrate to the pris- oner before him Trying to make both ends meet your Honor was the more or less lsatisfactory reply--Cleve- land Leader
 Citlman--You ought to know some thing about flora and that sort of thing Tel me what Is a "forget-lne- mot ?'' Subhubs Why it's a piece of string that your wife ties around your finger
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01
CAN AFFORD TO WATT.

They are not going to let "the cost of living" down much if they can help it, and they think they can. The head of the Diamond syndicate assures those who are thinking about diamonds that they need not expect to sec them cheaper, He points out that ninety
 eight per cent. of the worlds output
 of diamonds is controlled by the Dc Beers Diamond Mining company, the Premier Diamond Mining company, of the Transvaa., and the Jagars- Fon- tein Diamond Mining company, and that these three giant concerns, stand ing together, will see to 1t that prices are maintained. The output will have
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01
Kansas Needs Fnrm Workers.

tThe Topeka Capltal)
 Tn the absence of a Kansas immigra- ton bureau the states employment agency. though short of funds, might act in this situation, either alone or in cooperation with a voluntary associn- ton of land owners, At the wheat har- vest we have an lndlscriminate horde of aborers thrust Into the state, mostly a shifting class of people, who come and go again, nobody knows where and not skilled fin farm work, There Ia room In Kansas for competent we'll behaved farm workers and tenants, prospective small land holders n selected class If there were organlza tlon here to pick them out through agents and locate them where they are in demand, Other states as South Car olina and Maryland send commission ers to Eurore and pick out immigrants there The panic in the East offers an opportunity for selection from real workers, not tramps. If working as- sociation could be formed among inter estcd land holders in Kansas to coop crate in th's immigration work tenn porarily, a state bureau could later be created to carry 1t on permanently.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01

torlously unfit 10 possess It provokes unpleasant impressions, and of Itself brings under suspicion the method which prevails In the State of Con nectcut of handling the liquor trade When a license is asked for, the bur den of proof as to fitness and locality should rest securely upon the shoul- ders of the applicant; he should be made to show satisfactorily that he Is recognized among his nelghbors and friends as qualified to take under control the sale of liquor, and that the place he has selected to carry on his trade Is not hostile to the social needs of a given locality It should mt be necessary for citizens to un- dertake the consideration of a license as though a defendant at the bar, which Is too often the case,
 The Ahern case, though possibly an exception, does necessarily stimu- late an interest in some new method of distributing liquor licenses and possibly for some new legislation, The partisan organization of the coun- ty has always been offensive, and req sons enough on that account have 
 been given Co abolish 1t. Let the gen eral impression be added that the police, the respectable liquor traders and the public are without Influence in the case of man notoriously unfit ted to sell liquor, and the movement tc substitute for the county commission State excise commission appointed by the higher court will gain irresist lbe headway.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01
NO JUMPING AT THIS OFFER.

Beer has been put on the defensive in Newark. New Jersey, where n lot of it is made A man of that place who attended a meeting where the moral, intellectual and physical benefits to be derived from beer and more alcoholic beverages were made much of by earn est orators was SO moved by the elo- quence that he thus said: lf any habitual consumer of any products of Newark hreweries will equal the recent feat of Edward Payson Weston, life long abstaner, in his walk from Port land, Me, to Chicago We will arrange to pay a certified check for s1 GOO, it be- ing understood, of course, that com petitors must be old as Mr. Weston, We will be pleased to have Mayor Hausel- ing or Chandler w Riker hold the prize AS this affords an attractive op- portunity of advertising the product of Newark industries, we trust there may be many competitors.
 So far there has been no response to this offer, and those who are acquant- cd with habitual beer drinkers don't expect any However good for a man beer is, it will not it him to take GOO mile walks. How far water will we dc not know, but proper eating, water. drinking and tho right kind of exercise will help a man to be able to walk a 1000 miles if he has the grit" And they will help his grit.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01
orn CONTEMPORARIES.
Locutc Your Farm Right. Then Whit

Tnchte Your Fnrm VITht, Then WnIf.
 tThe st. Louis Globe Democrat)
 One of the Astor farms in New York city. bought in 1888 for soS.ooo, has just been divided among the heirs at q valuation of s3,25000o And yet there are people who say that farming does n't pay
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01

A man has heen put out of the Sen ate gallery at Washington for using cStravagant language, Such language Is not allowed in the Senate chamber except on the floor.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01

That seats In the New York Stock Exchange are getting to be more com fortabe Is indicated by the fact that one of them has just sold for sIl,0OO
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01
SAVINGS AND DoISEs,

While taking un the lloor of an emp. ty house al Patrooinia, Brazil a rool woman found embedded in the eartl beneath a diamond of the first watei and perfect shape, weighing 220 carats It is the second largest diamond eve, found Tn America
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01

A Los Angeles woman has been asleep for eighty-two days, Perhaps she was one of the women who need and want a good long rest.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01

The Tennessee man who is suing an- other man for slO for aienating his wfes affections is either very mean or very just
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01

on tho Danish island of sjallant there Ia an electric lighting system which is driven by windmill Tht wheel ia forty-six feet In diameter and Is supported by tower forty-thret feet high. The area of the blades cx posed 10 the wind is S4 square feet and with wind blowing twenty-thre feet q second the mill will give S.l horsepower, The speed Is then twenty four revolutions a minute. Current ii supplied to BIS lncandescent and si, arc lamps, besides several smaller mo tors.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01

Germany is taking steps to supply it. self with eels The other day the liner Kaiser Wilhelm IT. called at Plymouth and took on board for Bremen twelve
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01

President Fouse. of the Fidelity Mu- tual Life Insurance company calls at tentlon in his annual address to tho vast extent of the life insurance bust ness In this country, by comparing it with the banking business The 6,b4i national and ll.S52 State, private and savings banks and trust companies have an aggregate capital and surplus of SS, 00,0O000o, and deposits of Sl3.- oOOo00,00. Ninety-three insurance companies have admitted assets of over $3,Oo.O00,G00 and insurance in forcC amounting to Sli,)00, ,000, 000.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01

Tho rich of ancient cities, said Rev W, A Bartlett of Chicago In his Sunday morning sermon, spent the day in per. fumcd baths and were almost too wea to walk when the sun went down. SC slaves carried them It Is hard tc catch up with many rich men of Chi, cago, as they arrive early at tho of. fee, do a dnys work by noon. meet iy a religious committee for relaxation and raise money for good work as d. version