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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-03-03

Forcing him to open has fingers and drop
his gun.
saying: ooh, stop it all! Look here,
Echo Allen; you know your hair amt
fixed yet"
can the minister due here at any
minute added Mrs. Allen.
Come along; we will take charge Of
you now" ordered Polly. The girls
gathered in a group about the bride,
bustling and chatting, telling her all
men were brutes at times and, looking
| at the fat sheriff, who blushed to the
roots of his hair at the charge, that
Slim Hoover was the worst of the
lot Mrs. Allen pushed them away
and again fell weeping on Echo's
shoulder. Hold on now. They amt
Il soul goin' to no nothin' for her except
her mother" she whimpered.
"There she goes again. said Jack in
disgust
Hes goin' to take my child away
from me- walled the mother
! Tears were streaming down Echos
| cheek. Don't cry, neither" she vert.
NO. no. don't cry" echoed the girls.
cts all fer the lest" began Polly.
'1t's all for the best: it's all for the
best" chorused the group
"Well, I'll be- gasped Jack.
Jack Payson, you just ought to be
ashamed of YOURSELF said Polly,
stamping her foot. you nasty, mean
bid thing!' she threw in for good
measure
Mrs. Allen led Echo from the ROOM
The girls followed, crying, You nasty,
/ mean old thing!" to the unfortunate
bridegroom.
The cowboys enjoyed the scene i'm
mensely. 1t was a bit of human come
1y totally unexpected. First they
initiated the weeping women and then
laughed uproariously at Jack.
did you ever see such darned car
ryings on?" said the bridegroom in
disgust. ''What have done?"
'Shucks! All mothers is just like
that" remarked Allen alphabetically
"They fuss if their girls marry, an
carried Oh somethin' scandalous when
Josephine roped me-"
All of the men chuckled except Jack.
I'm appointed a committee" con-
tined the Old rancher. ''to sit up with
l YOU till the fatal moment"
I'm game" responded Jack orimlv
Il know what's coming, but l won't
squeal."
You'll git all that's a-comin' tc
you," grinned Allen.
Slim had maneuvered until he
reached the door, blocking Jacks way
AS the bridegroom started to leave the
room he took his hand and with ar
assumption of deep detection and sor
row babe him "Goodby"
"Oh, dry upH' laughed Jack. pushing
the sheriff aside. Hating, he request
ed, Zone thing | want to understand
right now-if you're going to fling any
old boots after me remove the spurs
This here's sure enough event
an I'm goin' to tap the barrel an
throw away the bung. Vow shout
ed Sagebrush
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-03-03
Annual Village Meeting.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE FIVE

Article $40 see what action the
collected sewer assessments, hall sub
scriptiOns, hall rents and electric Wir-
ing bills.
Article 9-To see if the village will
adopt the following by-laws:
All officers collecting money for the
village are hereby required to keep a
true record of ali such money, show
ing when and Dy whom paid. And
also that such books be Kept by the
trustees as are necessary to enable
them to render an itemized statement
of any and all accounts due the viii
lage whenever required.
Article 1o-To see if the village will
vote to raise sum of money for the
and if so, how much.
Article Ito see if the village will
vote to purchase an automatic re-
peating device for its fire alarm sys-
tenn.
Article 12-To see if the village will
vote to raise sum of money for park
purposes, and if so, how much.
Article 1910 see if the village will
vote to raise sum of money for
sire ct lighting, and if SO, how much.
Article IA To see what action the
village will take in regard to provid-
ing electric light and power for the
future.
Article 15-To see if the village will
prohibit tho sale or firing of fireworks
and fire. rackers within the limits of
the corporation.
Article 16-To see if the village will
vote to adopt the survey of its streets
as mace by Prof. Votey
Article Ito see if the village will
vote to hire a manager to have full
charge of the opera house. He to be
voted a salary for his services and
have power to make such contracts
for shows etc. and hiring a janitor,
and carrying out such orders in re-
gard to the opera house as the citizens
may vote to do.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-03-03

some" There is none OF the COM
! mingling Of sexes seen in the east.
At a dance the girls sit at one end Of
the room, while the men group them
selves about the doorway until the
music strikes up. Then each will
seize his partner after the boldest has
made the first move. When the dance
measure ends, the cowboy will rarely
escort his partner to her seat, but will
| leave her to find her way to her chum,
while he moves sheepishly back to the
doorway, to be received by his fell
lows with slaps on the back and loud
jests. At table cowboys carry on lit
tie conversation with the girls. They
talk among themselves, but at the wo-
men. The presence of the girls leads
them to play many FRANKS on one
another. The ice is long in breaking
for their habitual reserve is not easily
worn off. Later in the evening this
shyness is less marked.
AS Jack and Echo entered the door.
way Parenthesis had arisen from his
seat at the head OF the table and
was beginning. Fellow citizens',-
Confused cries of ''Sit down." lie
him talk greeted him.
Sagebrush held up his hand for ST
lence. go ahead. Parenthesis," he
cried encoura gingly
Parenthesis climbed on a chair anl
put a foot on the table This was toe
much for the orderly. soul of Mrs
Allen. Take your dirty feet off my
tablecloth.' she commanded, maxim.
threatening move toward the of
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TO BE CONTINUED.
Merrory of Animals.

"The, elcohant's memory is proven
bial," said f. Martin Duncan, F. z. S.,
''but that of the other beasts of the
Jungle is hardly less noteworthy. tt
gers in captivity always remember a
kindness and recognize Il friend even
after the lapse Of months Lions which
have been in geological garden for
years have also been known to show
signs Of abject fear when visited hH
uatipe hunters from the country
where they had their early h6me."-
London Mail.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-03-03
CHAPTER VII.

" NTERING the living room, Bud
- found Echo surrounded by sew
eral girls from Florence and the
AA neighboring ranches, who were
driving her almost distracted with
their admiring attentions, for she was
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-03-03
The Little Red Laugh-Book

Second Edition. the GENTLE MAN
from HAYVILLE. 16 Pages New Mat
ter-New Pictures, New Cover, New
Preface-Author' Photo--Brings Diary
Down to Final Adjournment
From Dealer-Anywhere by Mail for 2.
Cents. II. L. Hindley, Rutland, Vt.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-03-03
snapped Jack.

snapped Jack.
The men howled with glee at the
rude badinage, which only called forth
fresh burst Of weeping on the part of
Mrs. Allen, in which the girls began to
show symptoms of joinils..
Polly sought to soothe the trouble by
pushing Jack playfully to one side and
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-03-03
Sour Milk.

The milk was not of the desired
sweetness one morning, and little FL
mer pushed his glass awaW after TAX.
ing a sip. 4
What's the matter With the milk,
Elmer?' asked his mother.
Il guess the milkmaH has been feed
ing his COW on pickles" was the re-
ply.-Exchange.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-03-03
The Dael.

Castor burst like a whirlwina in
upon his friend AlpRonse. Will you
be my witness?'' lie dried.
.Going to ight:"
NO; going to get married.
Alphonse after al pause inquired.
scan't you apologize Argonaut,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-06

tary chamber. As the latter repre-
sents and stands for the social system
it is really a struggle between the
aristocracy and the democracy. The
budget puts additional taxes ON the
lands held by the aristocracy, and we
have, therefore, a full issue between
the privileged few and the toiling
many in the mother land.
Some claim that the English people
are not truly democratic. They de-
sire plenty of liberty, but equality Is
not highly priced by them. But old
age pensions are at stake in the cleo
tions, and the electors may vote to
sustain them and the building of
Dreadnoughts, provided they can put
the additional burden ON the lands OF
the wealthy class. The Lloyd-George
budget raises the issue broadly. The
lords have met 1t, and the electors will
decide it on economical rather than
on equality grounds.
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Prosperity Ahead

The year closes with general bust
ness conditions highly satisfactory.
The steel trade, which is naturally
good barometer, has never been so ac-
tive as during the past three months
and everything points to its continued
strong and bullish condition A year
ago, the panic of 1907 was still being
felt and no optimist would have been
bold enough to have predicted such
rapid recovery in business as the coun-
try has witnessed Since midsummer
there has been marked activity in al
most every branch of trade and as for
the United States Steel Corporation it
has been making wonderfully fine
records.
There is a lull in the pig iron mar
ket as is always the case with the
approach of the holiday season. 1t
will remain quiet until about the 10Th
or 18th of January, but it is in
healthy state and another brisk buying
will be due not later than the middle
of January. There is a probability,
however, that the market will not
wait even for the 10th of January TO
take on new life. for consumers are
needing iron.
The new year will mean new era
in the Birmingham districts progress.
Conditions here have never been SO
promising. The year 1910 will be one
of high records in production and OF
phenomenal growth In population.
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AldrIGh,S Western Trip

Senator Aldrich has completed his
tour of bankers in the northwest and
has returned to Washington, where
the monetary commission will set to in
cubate a central bank. The commits
sion will no doubt succeed in Matching
out the scheme that the Rhode Island
senator has had up his sleeve a long
time.
He did not, however, gain many re-
cruits in the northwest His tainted
tariff bill, drawn to bleed the many
to serve the few, was against him,
and he did not have the courage to
present in the northwest clean-cut,
specific proposition. He worked to-
ward it by stealth. He gumshoed in
favor of it. But he was not able to
convert TO his views the American
Bankers association. Not over one
half of that association want CEN
trail bank of issue, and none OF the
plain people.
The monetary commission is sitting,
however, ard when its report is ready
no doubt tho long-expected central
bank scheme will appear. 1t has no
chance to become a law in the coming
session. It is. however, to be kept
before the people in the hope that the
people can Re induced hereafter to &C
cept it. They cannot be while Aldrich
stands as chief sponsor for 1t.
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I never did repent for doing good,
Nor shall not now.
Merchant of Venice.
FLYING Machines for the People

Magnates Of all sorts in New YORK
have organized company with paid
I'D capital of 100000 to make flying
machines at Dayton, O., under the
Wright patents 1t is to be Wright
company In all essential respects, and
the company proposes to make living
machines for all corners.
This company will make heavier
than-air machines only, and 1t will
place gasoline motors in every one OF
them. The Wrights claim priority in
the use of gasoline motors in flying
machines, Just as Mr.. selden claimed
priority in the use of gasoline in auto
mobiles. The courts have thus far up
held the Selden claim, and no doubt
they will uphold the Wright claim, ana
tnen we will have a flying machine
trust. The infringement case involving
the claims of the wrights will come up
next month, and the belief is that their
claims will be upheld.
Certain it is that no one else worked
so persistently and so tntelligently as
they did to develop f. light in heavier
than-air machines. and the general pub
lie, indeed, hopes they will yet be duly
rewarded. The dsngers of trust in
lying machines will be overlooked in
the hope that The Wrights will reap
where they had SO industriously sown
new ideas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-06
Movement Of the Crop

Exclusive of inters, repacks and sim
liar items the New Orleans Times
Democrat puts the current crop at TO-.
$4,000 bales. This is the final report
of its correspondents. 1t points to a
commercial crop of just about 11.000,-
900 bales, and no better estimate is
perhaps possible at the present time.
The crop In Alabama is estimated by
the Times-Democrat at 1850, 900 bales,
or about 100000 bales all told. The
states commercial crop last year was
1,423,o00 bales, which was the largest
crop the state ever produced except
that grown in 1904, when the crop
went to 1.47o, 900 bales, the record crop
of Alabama
The crop OF this year is pretty
nearly picked. and the weather is still
fine throughout the cotton belt. The
IdiiIodus, noWsfeT, report railing on
in cotton shipments, and this indicates
not only smaller crop but the holding
for increased prices Of many thousands
of bales.
The season of guesses and estimates
is upon us, and these range all the
way from 10000. 900 bales up to II AGO.
900. On December 10 the government
will issue its official annual estimate.
This is, as a rule, wide Of the mark,
but still it Is anticipated each year
with interest, and its figures will have
some effect on the market
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-06
THE "DEATH WATCH"

From the Strand Magazine.
The patient, after suffering long, had
fallen into deep sleep, and the nurse, in
the still hours of the night, was, with
anxious forebodings. critically watching
her charge. Intently she listened to his
weak and irregular breathing, and while
she listened weird ticking commenced.
Five gentle but distinct taps-a pause
five more taps, but this time from a diff
ferent direction; then a dead silence The
old and superstitious nurse hopelessly
raised her hands and shook her head. All
now was of no avail. 1t was warn
ing. She had heard the death watch
Two hours later the patient died.
Such a passage as this was common
enough in the pages of novels not very
many years ago.
In the earlier days the death watch
was heard much more frequently than
now; indeed. was quite a popular terror
among the superstitious and ignorant,
who believed in "omens.'' warnings"
and such presages of future events. How
ever, like most of the superstitous fan
cies of by-gone days, this supposed
prophetic and mysterious "augury,"
when investigated with ordinary scientific
methods of observation, proves to be en-
tirsly fallacious and a delusion.
The death watch that produces the
weidr tickings formerly so much feared
Is nothing more or less than a mischiev-
Gus and destructive little beetle madly
In love and very DESTROYS Of finding it's
mate Thus is the fallacy of our ances-
tors regarding this mystery dispelled.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-06
ALABAMA's PROTEST.

From the Shreveport Times.
There is danger Of going to extremes
In all reform movements and nothing bet
ter illustrates this fact than the vote on
tho proposed amendment to the constitu-
ton of Alabama providing for perpetual
prohibition In that state and containing
legislation of drastic and far-reaching
character.
A little over a year ago the legislature
OF Alabama enacted statutory prohi-
bition law. Mobile and other cities were
bitterly opposed to It and for time the
law was virtually ignored In these COM
munities. Instead Of being satisfied to
let public sentiment remedy this condi-
ton of affairs and in the end provide
ways for the better enforcement of the
prohibition law, the extremists. flushed
with their easy victory in the matter Of
statewide prohibition. rushed pell nell
into legislation so sweeping In effect that
thinking men stopped to consider what
the consequences might be. Under these
circumstances a revulsion of sentiment
was inevitable and the result is that more
harm than good has been done the prohi-
bition cause in Alabama II not elsewhere
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-06
JAPANESE sEhslTlvENEss.
Slight Rebuke to Maid Caused Her to
Go Out ana Hang Herself.


From the Correspondence of Lafcado
Hearn in the December Atlantic.
sensitiveness exists In the Japanese to
an extent never supposed by the foreign
ers who treat them harshly at the open
ports. In Izumo I knew a case of a maid
servant who received slight rebuke with
a smile and then quietly went out and
hung herself. l have notes of many GU
rious suicides of a similar sort. And yet
the japanese master is never brutal nor
cruel. How Japanese can serve a certain
class of foreigners at all. l can't under
stand. Possibly they do not think Of
them Cthe foreigners as being exactly
human beings-but rather Oni, or at best
Tengu.
Well here is another thing. My cook
wears a smiling, healthy. rather pleasing
face. He is good looking young man.
Whenever l used TO think of him L
thought of the smile. I saw a mask before
me merry as one of those little masks of
Oho-kumi- nushi-no-kami they sell at Mo
noseki One day I looked through a lit
tie hole in the shoji, and saw him alone.
The face was not the same face. 1t was
thin and drawn. and showed queer lines
worn by old hardship. I thought he will
look just like that when he Is dead"
I went in. and the man was all changed
young and happy again-nor have l ever
seen that look of trouble in his face since.
But l know when he is alone he wears
1t. He never shows his real face to me;
he wears the mask of happiness as an
etiquette.
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WOMAN IN POLITICS.

From the Richmond News Leader.
Southern people read with some dismay
and indignation Of brass bands taken to
the polls at Birmingham, Ala. by op-
ponents Of the proposed prohibition
amendment to drown out the voices OF the
women gathered there to sing and pray.
Let tho anti-amsndment people legally
had the sarle right to use the influence
of brass lands that the women did to
attempt to sway the action of voters with
prayer and hymn. The conditions de-
scribed, repugnant as they are to our
system of ethics and to our general con-
duct toward women, are what may be
expected naturally when women thrust
themselves into actual and physical par
ticipation in public and political affairs.
Inevitably they wear away the rever-
encs for their sex, which Is part of the
Unborn instinct of the southern man de-
Gently brought up The basis of that
reverence is the chivalrio feeling that
woman, being the weaker sex and the less
able to care for herself, is entitled to
the tender consideration and respectful
care of all men. When, however, she
asserts her equality of strength and pre-
sents herself as a vigorous and visible
force in the conduct of political affairs
she throws away her chief title and claim
to the Difference heretofo4s accorded.
Young women who go, about the streets
accosting strange men and undertaking
to fasten white ribbons on their breasts
invite rebuf and almost justify rude
ness. The man who undertook such q lib
erty probably would be knocked down.
II women ara coming into politics they
must expect gradually to forego the spe-
cial privileges they have enjoyed. They
cannot be women and men too.
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Lords and Commons

Political action is direct and speedy
in England. Almost as soon as the
house of lords had rejected the budget
the house of commons met the ISSUE
parliament was prorogued and will
soon DO dissolved and writs issued for
new elections to the house of com.
mons. These elections are to begin
January 10 and will extend to January
"a. And upon these elections will de-
pend one Of the greatest and deepest
contests Great Britain has ever
known.
The issue is this-shall the people at
large vote taxes. make appropriations
and make general laws, or shall their
will be subject to veto by GIT heredi
tary legislators made up Of three
princes of the blood, two archbishops
20 dukes, 20 marquises. 124 earls, A
viscounts, "a bishops, 835 barons, II
Scottish representative peers elected
for each parliament and 20 Irish rep
lesentative peers elected for life? This
is the issue.
There will be attempts to confuse
the issue. There will be much tall
about tariff and free trade, abou
socialism and aristocratic land owners
But It I'm after all struggle between
the popular chamber and the heredi
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CONGRATULATIONS.

From the Mobile Register.
The Register congratulates the Mont.
gomery Advertiser. The birmingham
Age-Herald, the Selma Times, the Ma
rion Standard. the Demopolls Times. the
Townsville Echo, the Andalusia Star,
the 0adsden Times-News the Foley On
locker. the Fairhope Courier, the Hunts
Vile Mercury-Banner, the Bessemef
Weekly. the Dufaula Times. the Hunts
Vile Democrat edited by women. the
Cullman Times. and other esteemed con-
temporaries. who fought the fight Of the
people. upon the fine showing Of the pow
err of the public press. This was a cam
paign Of education. and the needful edu-
cation was impaired largely by the news
papers we have mentioned We will in
clude. also, as suggested by correspond
ent. the Birmingham Times, republican
paper, that was second to none in its in
telligent exposition of the issue present.
ed to the people in this campaign.
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SELF.

BY Arthur Christopher BENSON.
This Is my chiefest torment, that behind
This brave and subtle spirit. this swift
brain,
There sits and shivers in a cell of pain,
A central atom, melancholy, blind,
Which il myself; tho when spring suns
are kind,
And sick leaves riot in the genial rain,
cheat him dreaming, slip by rigorous
chain,
Free as skin before the dancing wind.
Then he awakes. and vexed that I am
glad,
In dreary malice strains some nirnhle
chord,
Pricks his thin claw within some ting
line nerve;
And all at once I faltsr, start. and
swerve
From my true course, and fall unnamed
and sad,
Into gross darkness tanGibIa. -
heryedl