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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-04
Church N otes.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

DIR. Dickinson morning subject. "The
Pharaisee and the Publican" Evening,
''Helps and Hipdrances" the first in the
course on The Beginning of the Chris
tian Life. At 1915 Prof Wrights
Church and College Glass. Tuesday
1880, Union Prayer meeting of the
three Churches.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-04

AFTER 33 YEARS expt rience millions
of users of l.. 81 NJ. PAINTS, claim
First, it wears 10 to ID yearH-Second,
it only costs Sl.20 a gallon-Third, its
the best they have ever used-Fourth,
sixteen thousand agents certify to these
facts.
Farnsworth & Co., Middlebury, w. b.
French & Co., Orwell, L. Q. Dixie & Co.,
Bristol.
l.. & NJ. Paint Agents.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-04
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

School opened Monday after the usual
Thanksgiving recess
The standing in the inter class basket
ball series is as follows:
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-04-25
Mr.. Madden's Story.

Edwin c. Madden, third assistant postmaster gen
eral under Postmaster General Cortelyou, has writ
ten book since his compulsory retirement from
office. 1t deals with Mr.. Cortelyou and his fraud
case against f. c. Lewis, banker and magazine pub
Usher of St Louis, who ruined in business and
reputation by what Mr.. Madden calls the persecu-
tons of the postmaster general
1t is a strange story and if it contains half the
truth claimed for it by its author the postal service
is proper subject for radical legislative reform.
The postmaster general denied Mr. Lewis publca-
tons the use of the mails under pound rates and
closed the avenue of postal communication to his
bank correspondence both illegally and unlawful1y
according to Mr.. Madden. He not only ruined Mr.
Lewis in business but secured indictments against
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-04-25
The Recall Applied.

Senator Hetfeld, mayor of Lewiston, is having
little practical experience with the recall which was
authorized in the charter of Lewiston at his in
stance.
The recall provision enables percentage of the
voters by petition, to call upon official to stand
aside until the people take vote to determine
whether they want him to continue in the office he
holds or perfer to substitute another man.
The test is about to be applied to Mr.. Heithed,
having been instituted by some opponent not known
to him, who able to the signatures of
twenty-five per cent of the voters to the petition
Not many cities of the United States give them
selves the privilege of the recall, though it is COM
ing into vogue slowly 1t is permitted by the char
ter of Los Angeles. Des Moines has recently adopt
ed it, The South Dakota legislature, at its last SEES
sion, passed law authorizing cities above 5000
employ the recall at their option
The State will be interested in the experiment as
it is being worked out in the case of Mr.. Heitied.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-04-25
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

him for so-caled offences that not offences
under the statutes pursuing him relentlessly with
autocratc malevolence. Such charges preferred by
late official against his superior call for an en-
quiry.
Putting his estimate of the and his official
work into condensed form, Mr.. Madden says in
his book:
"The Government could never have been SO hui
inflated and dSgraced under any one OF the other
who have held the office of postmaster general
within the last hundred years. History must record
this man COrteyOu a freak of singular and unac-
countable Crcumstance-three times cabinet officer,
but nonent1ty in each; man to whom opennesS and
trankneSS is stranger; whose hight wholly
refected totally lacking the power of initia-
tive; man born to be mastered-a beggar mounted
he rode his horse to death. And-now note the i'm
mutabty of fate-as this book goes to print the
press accounts to the effect that this has
been discovered in double dealing to the hand that
raised him. By their fruits shall you know them
Aside from all consideration of the grudge that
Mr.. Madden may hold against Mr. Corteyou there
are abuses in the administration of postal affairs
that do not belong to a Government under Re-
public
1t is possible for an official of the postoffce de-
partment to do just what Mr. Madden says Mr.
Corteyou did to Mr.. Lewis. 1t happens at times
that newspaper or magazine entitled to all the
privileges of the mails is summarily cut out and
the publisher has no recourse. He may appeal, but
his appeal is ignored
The postofice department is now enforcing an
absurd rule that says publisher shall not send a
copy of his paper to subscriber unless it is paid up
to certain date-that is unless the subscriber has
paid the publisher, The publisher always pays the
postage before the paper is placed in the mails and
that is far the jurisdiction of the department
can legally extend.
Mr.. Madden's book, beside being interesting
arouses an appreciation of other arbitrary tran
sactions that entitled to complaint
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-04-25
A Reasonable Deduction.

While adherng strictly to its stand of independ-
ence IN Republcanism with regards to PLATFORM the
Times will not hesitate moment in endorsing anv
Democrat for county State office, if in its judg-
ment the Democrat seeking office stands for bet
ter administration than does the Republican In
county politics the officers who have not faithfully
performed their duty while holding office will not
be supported by this paper under any circumstance
should they attempt to be reelected
genuine ring of patriotism. There is nothing in
winning elections, unless in the winning you can
bring about better condition of affairs
No good administration can be secured through
machine politics and ring methods. Gooding and
Brady united with the Mormons and erected the
first political machine known to Idaho Every
body familiar with past politics in Idaho recog-
nizes this undeniable Not one tenth part of
the Republican party of Idaho today wants Brady
for Governor expects, at his hands, an admins
traton, even as good the present one 1t has
election of high-grade man for Governor sur
rounded by state officials of merit and character and
ability
No amount of enthusiasm is worth the effort
unless, by the success of party at the polls the
common peoples interests are to be guarded care
fully, justly and equitaby. No party and no man is
worthy OF a nomination election who is inpl-
Gated in broken campaign pledges. Broken cam
palgn pledges should brand those who break them
as unworthy of the suffrages of the people
If Brady promised four or five cardinal principles
man and three four of these were not kept, what
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-04-25
Dealing in Fiction.

1t may be more than suspected that the Johnson
presidential boomers not unwilling to deal in
fiction of the rankest sort in the interest of their
candidate This is the period of the campaign when
it is usual to claim everything for the enticement
of men who may prefer one else, but don't want
to miss the band wagon 1t is the time when they
alarm the timid with dreadful stories that are not
true
Here is one, made out of whole cloth, that was
recently put forth from the Johnson headquarters:
IF ex-senator R. F. Pettigrew of South Dakota
is to be taken at his word Mr. Bryan has already
chosen his Secretary of the Treasury. The favored
is other than Mr. Pettigrew himself 1t
not generally reported that way, but the fact
is that at the South Dakota Democratic convention
on April T. Mr.. Pettgrew had it announced from
the platform that he was to be Secretary of the
Treasury in the event of Mr.. Bryans election.
Pettlgrew was one of the original free silver Re-
publicans, and from that fact it is possible to OBJ
tain some idea of the principles that would govern
him as Secretary of the Treasury"
This is story that was sent eastward not west
ward. 1t was designed for the eye and ear of the
pets Of the treasury department. under the meth
DDS Of the past and present. who are the first to
be upheld when the clouds lower the financial
horizon. 1t does not require any argument to
vince them that there would be favorites with
Mr.. Pettigrew Secretary of the Treasury and
that the fnancers of the street would have to take
their turn with the rest
But the statement so entirely foundatoness that
one may well wonder why designing politicians will
call rank lie to their aid
The South Dakota Democratic convention was
held on the 18th of April and it went off in an
derby way and nothing said on the rostrum or
the floor to afford excuse for the story the
Johnson bureau has concocted and sent abroad. The
newspapers of the State published full reports of the
convention and in of them was there a sug-
gestion bearing the subject exploited by the
pagn bureau of the faction that is using Mr. John
son, of Minnesota.
Mr. Pettigrew would make very good Secretary
of the Treasury-that is, good for all the people
and perhaps the fear of the Johnsones is father to
the thought. But it may be convincingly said that
no in the presidential class is counting chickens
SO far ahead of the time for incubation
This circumstance calls attention to the proba-
bity that great many untruths may be uttered be-
tween and the Denver convention, all designed
to iii affect the standing of Mr..
Bryan in the estimation of men who are swayed by
arguments.
The Cleveland Parker wing of the party is active,
and unscrupulous-well supplied with
will resort to any kind of misrepre-
entaton in furtherance of its anti-Bryan con-
piracy.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-04-25
Democratic State Conventions.

Pursuant to the authority of the Democratic State
Central Committee and in accordance with their
action, notice is hereby given that the Democratic
State Convention will convene in the City of Twin
Falls State of Idaho, on Wednesday, June 8, 1908,
at o'clock p m, for the purpose of eectng dele
gates to the Democratic National Convention to be
held in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, on
the 18th day of July, 1908
And, pursuant to the authority and by the direc
ton of the Democratic State Central Committee
the Democratic State Nominating Convention will
convene in the City of Wallace, State of Idaho,
Tuesday the 4th day of August, 1905 at p. M, at
at which state convention the Democratic platform
of principles will be announced new State Central
Committee will be elected and candidates will be
nominated for Justice of the Supreme Court,
member of Congress, and state officers to be voted
for at the general election to be held on Tuesday,
November 3, A. D. 1908.
The various counties of the State are entitled to
delegates in the state convention, follows
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-04-25

resolution was passed by the State Central Com
mlttee duly and properly assembled to the effect that
wherever the American parties are fully organized
III any OF the counties of Idaho they are hereby in
vted to hold primaries and send delegates to the
Democratic State Convention
H. w. Lockhart Chairman
Chas E. Arney Secretary
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-04-25

decomposition there that he be relied on this
year as candidate for Governor to keep his party
pledges? Is Mr. Brady "of, for and by the people,"
or of for and by the machine?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-19
BY WtNIFREO BLACK.

GROCER'S clerk was arrested
the other day for stealing
small change from the till OF
his employer.
II furnad ont that he had
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-19
BY W. HOLT WHITE.

uoat back 10 COokham had been or
dered overnight and al o'clock they
found II waiting for them outside the
Mitre.
Before he climbed into the car,
Strong hooked one of his fingers round
the lapel OF Langley's coat and drew
him on one side. and for some mo-
ments spoke To him volubly and earn
estly
J Langley. staring at Strong tiXedly
through his gold.rimmed speetacles.
nodded his head every now and
again. and his thin-lipped mouth
moved as he repeated 10 himself the
/ instructions which Strong gave him.
You are sure YOU quite under
stand" Strong asked finally. you are
, sure you quite understand and are
willing 10 take the risk?"
Perfectly" said Langley. quietly,
and gripped his hand once more.
Then Strong got into the car. and
ATbuthnot started the engine. They
did not take the chauffeur who had
/ brought the car TO the hotel for Meth
er was OF a mind 10 have third
party present In what might easily
/ prove to be somewhat strange circum-
stances
/ The owner OF the garage from which
! the car was hired had been in some
doubt as to the advisability OF allow
/ Ing the VIGOROUSLY reckless Mr.. AT
buthnot To drive the car himself. But
on this point Arbuthnot had been quite
decided, and the cheque he left behind
/ him as a guarantee Of good faith 10
some extent consoled the proprietor of
the car.
/ They ran along In silence. for there
was nothing 10 say ana much 10 think
over. Strong had not merely the
plans OF the next few days. but the
/ plans for the next few weeks and next
few months TO turn about in his mind
and finally straighten out. ArDuthnot
was quite sufficiently engrossed with
the part that he would Immediately be
called upon 10 play 10 keep even his
ready tongue still
Arbuthnot was hard driver. and
| they made good speed. so that II was
before noon when they reached the
high road lying some hundred yards
or so distant from the bungalow.
Here there was a gate which gave
/ Jnem SulIl 10 the IouSn Sltdi IA :
which the neighborhood knew as the
paddock.
Strong got down and threw the gate
open. and with turn OF his wrists
Arbuthnot brought the car safely
through. ana then they went bumpty
bump over the uneven grass and pull
ed up opposite the cinders. which
showed where the shed had burned
out
Together the two men went round
the corner OF the house. and there
they found Lord Belliieham summing
himself on the rickety veranda
Lord Bellingham WAS tall and
very thin young man with fiaxer
moustache and almost painfully iiaxer
hair His eyes were large and mild
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-19
Editorials BY the People.

Here's j. r. M. Again, Mr.. Llnsday.
To the Editor OF The Times.-Some
lew days ago a particularly striking
editorial appeared in your paper ia
which one O. G. Linsday was beauti.
luily ahhlhilated for his senseless at
rack on the Roosevelt policies and the
bF!ahlte program Before | had the
opportunity 10 read the editorial in
my own copy OF The Times. a neigh.
dora physician, by the way. and a
graduate or Yale. rs we'll as a Demo
crat or many years service 10 the marty
called my attention 10 the able ar
ucle. read IL and as an innocent
introduction to later letter addressed
to You. deemed IL expedlent To make
that editorial the subject Of a passing
compliment And please note the con.
sequences OF that temerity.
Mr. Linsday came back az me In
Fridays Times in white heat. Be.
ginning by referring to me as some
CHAP ne proceeded to inform your
readers that had presumed" TO scold
him. Perhaps IL is presumption for
any one TO differ with Mr.. Iinsday's
opinions, but that care nothing about.
What | would like to say Is that
was hugely amused by Ar-fztnsday's
fefTort 10 prove that he was not to be
caught by any militant socialist or
( devotee OF Herr Most like myself.
My letter contained not one word
about socialism nor was Herr Most
mentioned In II. All OF which leads
me 10 believe that Mr. Linsday now
and then must see things" Ny re-
ligion and my politics are both uncom.
promisingly opposed To socialism and
my knowledge of Herr Most is con
! fined 10 the occasional reading or
some pungent jlbes at that dignitary
In the comic papers. In the vision OF
Don Quixote windmills became giants.
and so when Mr.. Linsday reads sane
line from a genuine Democrat, he be.
comes frenzied The motto OF the
trusts, which Mr.. Linsday has elected
To defend-and which the socialists
ndorse--is "let me alone" May !
ask will Mr.. Linsday let me alone"
II he Will, shall be good in the flu
ture. Though / shall always be pleased
to read anything and everything that
an ungrateful world may force him TO
write this Is positively my last ap-
pearance, my farewell" tribute TO Mr.
Linsday.
In conclusion. being a tri1e moro
modest than Mr. Linsday apparent
w, | shall ask leave again 10 sign
merely j. r. Nj
Detroit. May l6. 1908
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-19
No Honest Man Need Fear.

To the Editor OF The Times II have
just been reading your editorial on
the National Prosperity association
and their address to Roosevelt Your
remarks are good and sound, but
would like TO know why that y. z. as
ISOLATION doesn't go TO work to reform
It's own members. No honest man need
fear the law IL seems to me these
fellows want TO work the people 10
their own profit. All thieves want 10
be let alone | am a moss-back far
mer. don't want any special laws
In my favor and don't want them in
favor OF those rich gamblers either.
Roosevelt talks good deal about the
square deal. He Is anything but
square himself lie fiops around
so much it's hard to keep track OF
him. He has always been good
Lord and good devil sort Of fellow
and don't like such man. never
he ard that he showed any great
friendship for LaFollette. the only
genuine reformer OF his party In the
L. S. senate The grafters arn't afraid
OF him and they have no reason to be.
FRANCIS WILLIAMS.
May is, 1895.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-19
1.-THE 6NAN WHO STOLE THE EARTH

, and blue though not altogether limo
cent or or lurking sense OF humor.
The right eye was invariably sheltered
behind cleaning eye-glass.
Ills clothes. 10 those who had soul
for such matters, represented an ideal.
They were as clean-cut and debonnair
as the man himself Even at Whites,
where the cut of garments is not
considered above study. he had been
dubbed He OF the Perfect Pants"
lee was gazing with entire satisfac-
ZION at the river flowing past him,
while between his fingers he held q
smouldering cigarette
Al the sound OF footsteps he looked
up.
Good man." said Strong. Good
man. He drew near and with that
familiar. friendly little touch OF his.
patted the earl on the shoulder. And
how is 'What-What?' he asked.
Belllngham smiled at his nickname.
! FIT" he said IL was not certain that
this monosyllable nobleman did not
do his very best TO live up TO his
reputation for reticence.
ANY yisitors?" asked Strong.
None" was the answer.
Strong sat down opposite him, while
Arbuthnot lounged near
What's the game" asked Belling-
ham.
Excellent game. my dear boy" said
Strong. one Of the finest games you
ever played In. Licks polo into
cooked hat He got up and stood
before Lord Bellingham and made a
little bow. Behold In me" he said
the man who is about to steal the
earth"
Good egg" said Lord Bellingham,
and chuckled With huge delight.
Ito he Conitnued)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-19
A Million Dollars Worth of Hope.

only day al time. said the doe
tor. and the woman smiled and bore
her misery with brave heart-only a
day al time.
Life is just long road for a short
one. as the case may be. to all or us,
and it's never "a straight road. Thank
the kindly Providence that makes II
possible for us to find pleasure at
every turn OF tiff our eyes are only
opened.
Just think There's a whole week
ahead OF you-seven long. beautiful
days. Imagine all the good things
that can happen IN that time. Bad
things-well. they never last long
when they do happen. and the only
thing that's really bad about them az
ter all is being afraid 10 meet them
A dollars worth OF hope
Come on. let's have a million dol
lars worth OF hope and faith and JOY
and courage together right now, you
and l-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-19
The Diary of a Duke.
BY WEEK JONES.

can dollars--dashed idiotic coin, a
dollar. by the way; why can't the
dashed chumps use pounds. shillings
and pence. wonder.
Papers all got articles this morning
saying | am going to marry Miss
Alicia Eagleblrd. Never saw the per.
son In my life. but suppose her fam
ily will be fiattered that | even know
the name. and | can certainly obtain
lot OF credit on the strength OF Il.
Tradesmen all soliciting my patron
age now. Tailor very anxious 10 keep
my name on his books. Fancy he Will
be tired OF keeping II there before he
gets through.
Most extraordinary young man fore
ed his way into my presence this
morning You the Dock OF Doodle
bug?" he asked Pray who are
you?" ! asked. "Eaglebird." he snap
ped; "whatie mean announcing en-
gagged 10 my sister" Thought would
tell him II was a blooming lark. but
he didn't look as IL ne had any sense
OF humor whatever So few Ameri-
cans have. Told him II was a mis-.
take on the part of those dashed beast.
ly reporters. He insisted | write out
statement for the papers contra.
dieting the announcement. Very un-
pleasant.
Tradesmen cleaned out my place
today Of all | had got from them on
strength OF first announcement Must
set over 10 America and marry one
OF the American girls although de
test their ways. Have placed adver-
tisement in Morning Post:
FINANCIAL. ASSISTANCE - Duke
In almost perfect repair reqnires An!
ancial assistance 10 visit America Ad-
vance returned with % per cent in
terest day after wedding.
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ffVvlARD up for little ready
uA money. Grocer called this
Hill morning and succeeded in
forcing his way In. Said his
family was starving. Told
him no wonder. II he fed them on his
own groceries. Asked me for money.
Told him | had forgotten what money
looked like. Couldn't get him out, SO
slipped down fire escape and took an
other apartment. Rather clever
scheme, fiatter myself. Would make
9 good scene in play.
New landlord very vulgar person.
Said he wanted security Told him
I had long ago forgotten there was
Z such thing; that | wasn't even Sc
cure In my last apartments. He sniff.
ed at this, and | told him not 10 let IL
get out to the beastly newspapers, but
that I was going to marry an Ameri-
can girl
Tailor met me on street. Said he
had been waiting outside my door for
seven hours, and that he positively
must have some money or he would
20 bankrupt. Told him his personal
affairs couldn't be expected 10 interest
me. and reminded him further that
had paid him two pounds on account
IN 1894. Impudent fellow WOULDN'T
90 away, 30 | jumped into cab and
drove around the block for three
hours, when the savage tradesmaT
Z fell exhausted. and | was able 10 gel
back to my rooms.
Z As I expected, landlord tipped Of
& the papers that | was going TO marry
an American girl. and the reporters
were around In fiocks. Borrowed tel
ehillines from one of them, and wher
& he asked me which heiress IL was
Z picked out the one that's said TO have
Che greatest quantity Of those Ameri