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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-16
BE UNAFRAID.
Fear is MANS deadliest Zoe.

Fear is mans deadlieSt foe.
And yet in all the universe Of God
there is nothing to be afraid Of
If only every day is fronted with
high courage!
/ Some of us are in bondage to fears
all our lives because we forget that
divine love rules in every place and
watches even the sparrow's fall.
Fear is born of ignorance.
He who knows the ordered ways of
nature knows that every tiny leaf that
! is swirled by the hapless winds finds
at last its safe retreat and destiny In
the vast reconstruction of things.
Every drop of water does what it Is
bid to do
The pollen of the fields gladly yields
itself to the swift breath of nature and
is waited to distant shores to fructify
fertile, waiting soil
Everything in the world. man ex-
cepted, graciously yields itself to
change.
Why should man be stubborn?
Why should he hesitate to adjust
himself to changed conditions, shud-
dering with fear lest he lose himself in
transformation?
To do so is a great mistake
Because all things are on the move.
Man must move with them. He can
not stop If he would Willingly or I'M
/ willingly, like the drop Of water, he
must yield himself to the inevitable.
Why not, then, willingly submit?
If man is to be happy he must be in
accord with his environment.
Realizing that he is to go on through
life's lofty chambers, through the por-'
tails of death, through vast eternity, he
should adjust his mind and heart to
the great changes.
Why not meet that which must
needs come fearlessly and gladly?
Therefore let us cut the Gordian
knot of every single thread Of fear
that is in us.
Gods in his heaven, and ais we'll"
Stay not shivering in the edge of
vain shadows that will flee away when
you have disenthralled yourself from
foolish fears.
Hold up your chin and be unafraid.
Naught that is bad can really harm
your fathers child, neither death,
nor life, nor angels, nor principalities,
nor powers. nor things present nor
things TO come"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-16
OUR FAT PRESIDENT.

When big Bill" Taft went to bat on
March the fat man got his innings.
| Since the days of Falstaff the pudgy
| figure of the man of adipose has stood
for sleek good nature, bland tempera-
ment, unctuous speech and slow loco
motion.
But our 300 FOUNDER Of president is
not slow.
1t is undeniable that he waddles In
his walk like duck. though the Taft
waddle is not as well known as the
Taft smile-because Big Bill usually
rides In carriage.
But he is not slothful
He is stout without being obese, he
is portly without being pursy, and he
is anything but lazy. He is neither
slow on his feet nor sluggish in his
mind.
Taft can do days work along with
any lean and hungry Cassius.
He has a suave smile, but-he saws
wood. Just because he doesn't wrin-
kle his brow and enshroud his soul In
gloom is no sign the man is lacking In
will power or able decision.
Somebody is going to be fooled by
that smile.
For behind the glossy and jellied sur
face Of the mans exterior. over which
no wave OF trouble seems to roll; be-
hind the easy laugh and the hearty
manner, behind the sleek badges Of
good fellowship. is a sense Of justice
as keen as an edged tool. an incisive
judgment. an obstinacy that is like
a stone wall
BESIDES
Taft has what Theodore Roosevelt
lacked-diplomacy.
All fat men are diplomats.
Taft knows how to handle men 30
as to get things done. which Is a rare
trait
He has proved that faculty. whether
II has been In an Interview with bolo-
man or South American minister Of
state. whether he has matched his
wits with a smooth contractor or the
emperor Of japan He knows how to
get results.
Beneath the rule Of men entirely
great will the oleaginous way be
mightier than the big stlckT
That remains to be seen. But. how
ever that may be. with the coming Of
Taft the fat man comes into bis own
And the cartoonist revels In the
wrinkles Of the presidential chin.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-16
WALK LIKE a NAN.

You have noted how the village
ne'er-do-well lounges and SHAMELESS
about with his hands IN his pockets.
when he walks he shuffies and
moves In a listless way. usually with
his eyes on the ground, advertising
himself as an idler by every motion he
makes.
Do not fan into his slouching habit
Hold yourself up.
The manner I'm which you carry
yourself. the way you step on. your
whole bearing. has much to do with
what you try to do or to be.
No man can hope 10 accomplish re-
suits in the guise Of a weakling or a
coward
Men are quick 10 read men.
A glance az your face and bearing
will enable any observer to put you
down for what you are
The man who has an alert look about
him, an upright. self respectful bear
ing and q brisk manner VIII get an
audience with men. He who shows
a slovenly gait. a laggard manner and
a slOuching habit VIII. az the Irish
bull has r. lose bis chance before he
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-16
ROOSEVELT I'M
AFRICA
Hunting the Lion
BY Frederick K. ToOmbS
COPYRIGHT 1909. BY AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION

comes headlong through the tnlcket.
Usually more than one well olrecteu
shot must be fired before lion drops.
Frequently the beast advances on a
hunter after four or i've balls have
struck him in seemingly vital spots.
Raging from pain. be springs upon his
enemy and in convulsive death strug-
giles kills him If the native gun bearer
has not the courage and skill to stand
by and dispose of the beast without in
Turing the struggling hunter. When a
lion is shot and lies as dead the ma
tives never allow any one to approach
the body until they have thrown sticks
and stones at 1t repeatedly without re-
sponse, for the treacherous beasts
have habit Of playing possum," pre-
tending to be dead and springing fierce.
ly on those who draw near.
Mr.. Abel Chapman, noted African
hunter and explorer, in his latest
book, "On Safari," describes an excit-
ing Uganda lion drive and its results
in part as follows:
81 was on the left of the line of
guns facing the lake. l was lying
hidden in long grass about 100 yards
from the covert, and the noisy line of
beaters had already approached with
in half a mile when my Soman gun
bearer, Elmi Hassan, who was lying
beside me, pointed into the woods,
saying: 'See Two lionsl You no
seer l certainly did not see. They
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-16
PAVING the DAMAGES.

Between the second and third acts, y
said the girl who always sits in the
first row in the balcony at the play, II
dropped my opera glasses over the
railing. and they fell kersmash right
on some woman's head She screamed,
and so did l, not because she was hurt,
but on general principles. She had on
too much hair to feel the shock. The
glasses balanced for second on her
cushion Of puffs and curls. then slip
ped off into her lap. There was a little
excitement, but pretty soon everybody
quieted down. ] was going down to
apologize, but the usher in our aisle
said he would attend to that for me.
And be sure to bring my opera glasses
back | said. They are an expensive
pair. and | can't afford to lose them
Before he came back noticed that
my victim had moved. but he brought
the glasses. The trouble was they
were not mine. Instead of the twenty
two dollar pair had dropped he hand
ed me pair Of the kind you can buy
In any department store for S2.49.
When | told him that, he said he was
sorry, but he thought the lady had
gone. She had, and my opera glasses
had gone with her. OF course the ex-
change may have been unintentional
on her part. but the more likely suppo-
sition is that the woman thought she
was justified in collecting damages for
the attempted assassination, and
don't know that can blame her.
New York Press.
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gets it,
Stand up!
You are man made in Gods own
image. There is the royal blood OF
divine origin in your veins. You are
the son of king.
Show your royal prerogative.
Years do not matter Do not permit
your physical uprightness to droop be-
cause you are old. Keep a straight
spine. Walk as If you were some
body.
When the slothful fellow shambles
along he shows the figure of failure.
Do not shamble.
You were born to walk upright and
briskly, even to your grave. Hold up
your chin. Do not allow your frame
to be stopped as If You sought a way
to go on your hands and feet. You are
no four footed animal
You are Gods kin.
No more beautiful sight is presented
to the sons Of men than that of a
white haired, energetic man or woman,
erect, brisk and CHEEKY. Character,
dignity and nobility are spelled by the
upright attitude.
Therefore look up, not down.
Do not shamble like a bear.
Walk erect like a man.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-16

England, you know, is asking the
question, What shall we do for Goa
when natures supply is exhaustedY
That is a vital problem in that country
of deep mines. Sir William Ramsay
says the way to get limitless supply
of light, heat and power Is to tap the
molten or semimolten interior of the
earth
Big thing!
And the discussion of 1t has brought
out the fact that governments have
made some costly experiments in Dor
ing deep holes.
For instance
The German government has pierced
the earth's crust in Silesia to the depth
of about 10000 feet, nearly two miles.
At La Chapelle France has made a
bore of about the same depth for ex-
perimental purposes, and the Russian
government has gone to about the same
depth at Stavropol
1t costs money to probe into the
earth's vitals.
Turbine" Parsons, the eminent en-
gineer, says that to drill a hole ten
miles deep into the crust of the earth
would require an expenditure of $685.
100000.
However
That sum Of money is small in COM
parison with the millions the United
States will pay for the Panama canal.
American ingenuity and capital could
easily bore the ten mile hole.
OF course 1t is hot down that deep,
and there would be danger In poking
around in the hidden fires of old earth.
The probe might make vent that
would develop an unwelcome volcano.
However that might be, the discus
sion of the big project raises some in
teresting reflections
The earth is big. Man is bigger.
That Is to say, man has attributes of
supremacy that earth never can have.
Mind is ever lord Of matter and must
subdue 1t no limitations were imposed
upon him. The whole realm of nature
is his.
Man will never be satisfied until he
has explored both earth and sky.
He will not rest until he has dug
down to the furnace fires that are IN
der his feet and is able to navigate
the upper air like bird.
And when he has done that he will
go on investigating the rest of the uni
verse
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-16

WHEN you ARE DEAD.
An insurance policy in a good com
pany is mighty handy thing to have
In the house at your funeral.
1t brings money to your family at
the time when the family needs money
more than at any other time.
Life insurance is the greatest and
most benefcent form of cooperation
the world has known. 1t distinctly
carries out the Scriptural injunction,
Bear We one another's burdens"
1t is an organized effort toward the
abolition of poverty.
Now
If you deserted your family while
alive, what would the law do to you?
Put you in Jail.
Does death, which relieves you of le-
gal responsibility, relieve you Of the
moral responsibility to your family?
If you ran away from your wife and
children and left them unprovided for
the neighbors would call you rascal.
They would not call you rascal If
you should die without providing for
your family but your memory would
suffer. The neighbors would say you
had been neglectful, to say the least
And your wife and children-how
will they think of you?
When you die, my friend, there will
be weeping in your house and sadness.
Whether you be rich or poor, wise or
neglectful, there will be a great sense
of bereavement.
But
You have the chance while living to
provide for that day of mourning, to
take away the anxiety about money
for expenses and the worry because of
the future years.
And the memory of you shall be
blessed.
Life insurance is not charity.
1t is more than charity, better than
charity, because 1t saves to its bene-
ficiaries their self respect and indie
pendence.
The money it brings to the family
belongs to the family. 1t is theirs. 1t
was intended for them.
You have reached out helping hand
from your very grave-a hand to bless
and sustain your own whom you have
loved and lost awhile.
And the money you have provided is
ready money.
HE gives twice who gives quickly"
When you are dead, my friend, you
will no longer be able to shield your
wife from the rough corners of the
world or to help your boy to an edu-
cation or to save your daughter from
and temptations.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-16
ANSWER THE TELEPHONE |,

A writer tells about rural telephone
line out in Walloma, in interior Ore
/ gon, which reaches back some sixty
miles into the scanty settlements of
the countryside.
The line meanders through the can
yons. over the foothills, into the for
ests, along the isolated sheep ranches,
farm and sawmills and on to the
county seat.
1t is a cheap line, of course, and it
Is almost impossible to carry on a
conversation over the whole line.
And so
Each family is sort of relay sta
ton. That Is to say, the families liv-
Ing on the outmOst edges of the set
Element call up a family near to the
town, and the message is repeated to
another family. and so on until the
town is reached
1t is a fixed custom that the message
or order to merchant, stock buyer or
physician be repeated through the two
or three relays so that every word
may be understood.
One signal, that for the physician. is
three rings.
1t is the signal that every patron of
the line is alert to answer. Whether
1t be morning, noon or midnight, when
the call for the doctor comes every
family on the line goes TO the tele-
phone to learn who is in need.
The message for the doctor is speeded
quickly on its way. Then the nearest
neighbors go Immediately to the relief
Of the sick or injured.
And when central" gets the call for
the physician one is called, and he
starts Immediately on his long, hard
ride.
1t is the call Of humanity.
Well
Let us say what is true-that you
and | are connected upon life's long
telephone line. In some places It Is a
weak line" We must help out by
repeating the messages.
The call to rescue comes over the
line. 1t will die out II we do not take
down the receiver and ding the urgent
message down the wires.
Let us listen especially for the three
rings.
Some one Is wounded. helpless. sick
In body or mind or heart. Send the
FALL on to central for the Great Physi-
tian. But
Let US, the neighbors, go.
Let US keep in touch with the throb-
bling line that tells Of the struggling.
suffering world and heed the human
call
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-16

IlG MONARj II
AS many as 5000 natives year have
been killed by the lions and lionesses
of Uganda and its neighboring regions,
and the number of whites thus lost
iaborers. railroad employees, officials,
residents, soldiers and hunters-is by
no means inconsiderable. The grim
death roll of the jungle beasts is nc
respecter of persons.
All the askaris Grained native hunters
of the safari, or expedition are usu.
ally called into active service in lion
stalking or lion driving, for the speed
strength, resisting powers, ferocity
and resourcefulness Of the jungle mon.
arch render necessary all the opposi
ton that can be mustered.
In a river or lake region, Of which
there are many in Uganda, 1t is custom.
airy to seek the lion along the waters
edge early in the morning, where be
attacks the various kinds of antelopes
when they come down to drink. The
curious spectacle is here often pre-
scented of a large herd of wildebeests "a
species of gnu being led to water by a
graceful, shapely hartbeest. The wilde
beest is an inferior animal and knows
Il and regularly secures the 6eeter,
sharper cared and eyed hartbeest to
guide herds to the water at sunrise
and sunset. The wildebeests assemble
at a certain spot on the plain, and at
the proper time the pilot steps of In
the lead, as proud and as conscious as
a much epauleted colonel on dress pa
rade.
If lions are not discovered In the
reed and flag beds Ctinga-tinga) along
the river, and there is reasonable GER
tainty that they are in the immediate
vicinity. a drive is organized In the fol
lowing manner: The askaris and such
other natives as have been brought
along. equipped with their native mu-
steal Observation-Disclosures and tomtoms
supplemented by biscuit tins and
sticks. gourds filed with stones, etc
spread out in a long line. say half or
three-quarters Of mile distant. Now.
making all the noise possible, they ad-
vance toward the water. beating the
bushes. The white hunters, or guns,
and their gun carriers have been sta
toned in open patches toward which
the drive is aimed. Crouching at sepa-
rated points in the brush. they anx-
iously await the approach Of the de
sired game. for lions and other ami
mails are afraid Of the noise and re-
treat before 1t. thus being forced close
TO the marksmen. Great danger here
arises for the hunters not only from
tie liens. but from the cross fire Of the
different guns aimed al plunging ami
mails from different angles. Stray bull
lets from a 80 autoloader or 40 Ex-
Dress rife are not pleasant visitors.
Quickest thought and action and sur
~ aim are here required as a lion
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were not easy to detect, so low and
stealthy was their advance. AS the
lions were completely inclosed, /
would not risk The uncertain shot they
now offered. At q point exactly on
my front the two beasts lay down in
two green bushes that grew within a
dozen yards Of each other beneath the
last struggling trees.
Hardly had this incident occurred
than we became aware, by a chorus
Of discordant yells from the beaters,
some of whom we could see rushing
out Of the woods, that they had come
across something inside that was not
quite to their taste. The word sim
ba' Qion) predominated, and at once
the three guns on my right, includ-
ing my brother, dashed toward the
point indicated. Having two lions in
front of me, remained quietly where
| was, beckoned to my left hand
neighbor, told him what ] had seen
and arranged that he should advance
from the left while / went straight in
to the lions in front.
"At twenty yards distance it seemed
impossible that so large a beast as a
lion could still be lying in so small a
bush without my seeing 1t. They
must, tho, ght, have slipped away
unobserved, and / was walking on.
almost carelessly. until within ten
yards or the right hand bush;T when
Elmi suddenly seized my arm, point
ing the rife he carried into the base
Of the bush and Kissed: See! Seel
The lion! Shoot him! SpringF
"once more must admit that could
see nothing. Strain my eyes as l
would. could distinguish nothing like
lion in that bush. | decided rather
recklessly, and perhaps from some
sense Of shame that a black man
should be 80 superior In eyesight, to
fire. There was no mistaking the re-
sponse-a growl more savage than l
ever had heard in my life before.
also saw through the thick smoke the
electric CONFUSION with which the
beast pulled itself together for a
spring. The movement disclosed the
position Of the head and shoulder, and
! put the second bullet well In behind
the shoulder. The beast. still growl-
ing. but MORALLY sick, crawled out be-
yOnd. now saw Il was a lioness.
Elmi handed me the 45, and a third
bullet. raking forward from the stern.
stretched her among the grass.
while rushing forward TO examine
the beast and in the excitement Of the
moment utterly forgetting the second
lion in the other bush. now behind us.
was promptly reminded by shouts
and two rapidly fired shots In that di-
rection. Turning round. l was Just In
time TO see this beast. also honess.
bound out toward me. a yellow streak
from the thick covert growing and
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-16
SAVE THIS, ANYWAY.
Put 1t in Some Place, for 1t May
Come in Handy Some Day.


Here is a simple homemade
mixture as given by an eminent
authority on Kidney diseases, who
makes the statement that it will
relieve almost any case of Kidney
trouble if taken before the stage
of Bright's disease. He states that
such symptoms as lame back, pain
in the side, frequent desire to
urinate, especially at night; pain
full and discolored urination, are
readily overcome. Here is the re-
cipe. Try it:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one
half ounce; Compound Kargon, one
ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsa-
parills, three ounces. Take a tea
spoonful after each meal and at
bedtime.
A well-known druggist here in
town is authority that these in
gradients are all harmless and
easily mixed at home by shaking
well in a bottle. This mixture has
a peculiar healing and soothing
effect upon the entire Kidney and
Urinary structure, and often over
comes the worst forms of Rheu-
matism in Just a little while. This
mixture Is said to remove all blood
disorders and cure the Rheumatism
by forcing the Kidneys to filter and
strain from the blood and system
all uric acid and foul, decomposed
waste matter, which cause these
Affections. Try it if YOU aren't
well. Save the prescription.
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EsTELLA |. PAYNE,s ESTATE

9 TATE OF VERMONT, In probsts
- DISTRICT OF BRADFORD, So Court held a.
1hetfori. in and for said District on the 27th day
OF March, A D., 1909
}. r. McLam: Administratrix If the e.
tate Of Estella /. Payne late Of Topsham 10
said district deceased makes Application 10 said
Court for license 10 sell all Of the real estate o.
said ldeeeased, situated in this State represent.
ing that the sale thereof is necessary for the
purpose Of paying debts.
Whereupon. it is ordered by said Court. that
said Application be referred to a session therenf,
70 be held at the Probate office in said Thetiord
on the 18th day Of April A. D., 1909, for hearing
and decision thereon, and il is further orderea
that all persons interested he notified hereof by
publication 81 notice Of said application and
order thereon three weeks successfully in the
United Opinion. newspaper published az Brad
ford in this State. and which circuates in the
neighborhood Of those interested before aid
time OF hearing. that they may appear 81 said
time and place, and # they see cause. object
thereto.
BY the Court.
ATTEST:
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The OninIIs

The quipus, upon which the ancient
Peruvians kept their records and ac-
counts, consisted of a thick main cord.
with smaller cords tied to it at certain
distances. Upon these smaller cords
the knots were tied by means of which
the reckoning was kept. The length
Of the main rope varied from a foot to
several yards. The cords were of va
rious colors, each with its own proper
meaning-as red for soldiers. yellow
for gold, white for silver green for
corn, and so on. The reckoning seems
to have been largely regulated by the
distances of the knots from the main
cord and the sequence of the branches.
New York American
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CLARA 5. ELMER'S WILL.

OIHII Ut En- MUNI.
District of Bradford Sc
In Probate Court, held al Thetford, in and for
said District. on the 9th day Of April, A. d,
1909.
An INSTRUMENT purportinp to be the last viii
and Testament of Clara ;. Elmer late of
Ihetford in said district, deceased. being pre-
sented to the Court by Katherine c. Porter Exr.
for Probate: 1t is ordered by said Court, that
all persons concerned therein be notified to
appear at a session Of said Court TO be held
at the Probate Office in Thetford on the goth
day of April, 1909, and show cause, if any
they may have, against the Probate of said will:
for WHICH purpose it is further ordered, that
three weeks successfully in the United Opinion,
newspaper printed at Bradford previous to
said time appolnted for hearing.
By the court Attest.
IN. GLEASON.
y Judpe