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A MAN AND HIS BABY.

You have heard about "the man be
hind the gum"
Well. a more powerful combination
than that is the baby behind the man
What? Just baby?
Just babies. You do not see them
catalogued by the treasurer of the
United States as part of the national
assets, but they are big assets. No
Fourth of July orator refers to them as
an item in our national resources, but
they are large resources.
In fact, the baby crop is our biggest
and best crop.
That is so not only because Of the
infinite worth Of the babies them
selves, but on account of their tre-
mendous influence.
You have seen a selfish, careless wo-
man changed into a thoughtful, care
full matron by her baby. Did you ever
note also what the baby does for its
father?
Put the responsibilities Of father
hood on a man. If there is any worth
in him his backbone will Immediately
stiffen to bis neck.
When the baby comes the thought
less or improvident father begins to
see the realities Of life. The future of
his baby becomes big concern.
A new incentive has come into the
fathers life. That precious but wee
and helpless mite appeals to him Won
derfully. 1t is his own flesh and blood
and dependent upon him. The sense
of obligation stirs every drop Of his
manly blood. To account for the new
stir in many a mans life you must
know there is
A baby behind the man!
Every employer will testify that,
other things being equal, the employee
with baby is a steadier worker than
the man without a baby-more dill
gent, more anxious to give satisfac-
ton.
And bank officials will tell you that
many a savings account is started
purely on baby's account. So far as
he and his wife are concerned, thinks
the father why I'VE will get along"
But baby-that's different.
1t is also true that some fathers are
led to live better lives morally be-
cause of the baby In the house.
The bachelor is not so. He lacks
responsibility and incentive. He lacks
ballast. There is no baby.
And so 1t is vertically true that the
worst famine that can come to any
people is a baby famine.
Race suicide" is something more
than a subject to poke fun at. A
dearth of babies means a dearth of
manhood. Worse than financial panic
is the calamity Of the home without
the baby.
Men do and dare, they work and
save and strive, they stand upright
and clean, because
"a little child shall lead them"
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FHTY MILLION DOLLARS.

II. II. Rogers. Standard on magnate,
left a fortune Of Sj0.OO0O00.
Can a man honestly accumulate In
n single lifetime S5OOO0.OOO?
Passing by such a natural inquiry.
IL is worth while to ask. Ought not a
portion Of this mans vast estate, &C
cumulated from the people. to be re-
turned TO the peoplei
Ex-President Roosevelt thought so
and recommended a federal inherit
ance tax graduated according to the
size OF the estate.
Is there any good reason in morals
or policy why the government which
gave Rogers opportunity and protec-
tion should not impose a heavy tax
upon so much wealth.
In this respect we are behind every
civilized government II is rightly
held that beyond a reasonable limit
n rich man holds his property in trust
Tor society.
In France. for instance. under the
Inheritance tax the state would tax
Rogers estate 1siz per cent. or $780,
600.
Many Of the states In the Union have
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A GOOD FRAU.

Behind the newspaper stories Of the
successful flights Of Count Ferdinand
Zeppelin, the venerable German aero
naut, is a fine tale of devotion.
1t has been fifty years since the
of an airship.
He belonged to a distinguished fam
lily of the nobility, was rich, accom-
pIished and popular The cup of pleas
.ure was his for the drinking Of it.
Nevertheless
This man chose the better part. In
stead of life Of luxury he turned his
back upon society, fitted up a labora-
tory and went to work upon his idea.
Fancy what people of his generation
would say Of a man who would try to
invent a flying machine OF course
he was put down as crazy.
Fifty years ago, remember, there
were no practical appliances of cleo
tricity, no street cars or telephones or
automobiles. The possibility of wire
less telegraphy had not entered the
conceptions of man. The Morse tele-
graph was still nine days wonder.
Zeppelin's generation was inhos-
pitable to his idea.
That a rich nobleman should give
up the chances of a social career or
service to the state or to the army in
order to tinker on a machine was evil
dence to his peers that there was a
screw loose In the mans head.
For many years, years of ridicule
mostly, Zeppelin worked without a
word Of encouragement.
Let us take back part of that state
ment
At thirty-one Zeppelin married-he
Is now seventy-one-andf for forty years
his wife has been his helper and sym
pathizer. When his machines fell to
the ground she nursed his bruises
and broken bones and comforted him.
And
When the count had spent all his
fortune in experiments she sold her
property to help him. She became
his laboratory assistant. She never
lost faith in her husband.
Finally. when the aged aeronaut and
his wife had made themselves paupers
in order to perfect the invention, the
German government took up the prof.
4ect and provided the means for carry
ing IL out.
And thus after years Of team work
by husband and wife success came to
them.
Fly? And long distances? And stay
up for hours?
why, how could the man help but
fly with such a frau by the side Of
him?
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Open the windows, top and bottom.
OPEN YOUR EYES.

How much can you see?
Your oculist will tell you that you
can see but 80 per cent of the things
at which you look.
But, according to Ruskin, unless you
are genius you cannot see even that
much.
Ruskin says that for every hundred
men who hear only one can speak,
for every hundred who can speak only
one can think and for every hundred
who can think only one can see.
Which is Ruskin's way of saying
that most people are blind to the
beauties of nature and art all about
them.
How much do you see?
Your eyes may be good and yet you
may see but little. You really see
with your brain-your minds eye"
Your eyes are the mere instruments,
the means to the end. The faculty of
observation is in your brain.
You were born blind.
Ever think of that? When you came
into the world you had eyes, but you
saw not. You had to learn how to see.
You were really blind until your little
brain got the faculty of observation.
We speak of schools for the blind.
All schools are for the blind in a sense.
Schools teach one to see things as
they are. When you started to school
you could see objects clearly enough,
but you saw them individually. You
did not understand how they were re.
lated to each other. You did not see
things as a whole until the school
taught you.
Education?
All there Is In education Is In the
faculty of seeing things as they are.
Add to this the ability to express what
you see and you have all the schools
can teach you.
Open your eyes!
You can educate yourself by observ-
ing things and reasoning back to their
causes
That is why many who have not had
the advantage of schools have been
able to educate themselves. They have
trained themselves to observe and
think.
Open your eyes. Do not go blindly
through all the world of beauty and
Of thought.
Learn how to see-and what to see.
Ten thousand things worth seeing
are about you. Select those that ap.
peal to you as worth your while. See
them as they are.
There is enough In one acre Of pas
.ure lot or Of forest land to keep an
soul busy a thousand years.
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How to Mix Fertilizers at Home

SThe question of the proper ferti-
hzation of land to suit varied needs
of the different Crops and Soils is
becoming one of the paramount
questions among thinking farmers
today. Drop us a postal card and
let us tell you how to mix a ferti-
lizer ct home especially adapted to
your needs and explain to you how
very simple a matter home-mixing
is. We believe we can convince
you that YOU not only get better
goods but that they cost you less
money than when you purchase in
the usual way. Write today. Ad-
dres, CARROLL S. PAGE,
Hyde Park,
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Bee SIGNALS.

In an article on bees and ants by
CASTOR Bouwer in the Revue Hebdo-
Insects carry on conversation among
themselves aud that, while this is
done by means of their feelers, they
are not entirely dependent upon them.
"a whole colony" says Mr.. Bouwer,
sin an ant house or beehive often
responds instantly to n signal which
may have been given without contact
1t is interesting to see an ant laborer
for whom a burden is too heavy go to
a fellow, make a sign or give a GER
tain touch with his feeler and then
see the second insect join the first In
lifting or moving the object"
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Heart toHeart
Talks.
THE IDEAL HUSBAND.
By EDWIN AWE.
When all this sad earth needs
Is Just the art of being kind.

Is just the art of being kind
A Chicago minister has made an eff
fort through inquiries addressed tt
the young women of his congregation
20 discover the sort of husband these
girls desire.
The replies are significant.
What is the chief quality of the
man, do you suppose, these young wo-
men insist upon in their ideal hus.
band?
Good looks?
Not one. Indeed, some of these SEN
Sible girls actually object to a, hand
some husband as one too apt to have
~taf1inities"
Wealth?
Scarcely one Of them names a money
requirement Some expressly stated a
preference for a poor young man that
they might have the pleasure of help
Ang him up in the world.
Occupation?
Neither occupation nor position In So
ciety cuts any figure in the selection of
a desirable husband. Any honest en-
Dloyment would suffice.
What, then, think you did these 100
modern girls, ranging from eighteen to
twenty-five years, insist upon as the
one desirable trait in the man of their
choice?
Pathetic insistence-
Every Young woman put into her re-
.quirement that she wished, above all
things, to marry A MAN WHO
WOULD BE KIND TO HER!
That's all.
The husband might be plain of fea-
ture, rich or poor, millionaire or Ia
borer, but-he must be kind.
And here is the distinctly feminine
viewpoint, view often misunder-
stood by men.
Says the mystified husband who has
domestic difficulty: "Do I not provide
for her? Am not neat and clean?
never touched her in anger. What
more does she wantT
What more does she want? TEN
DERNESS, SYMPATHY. She is built |
that way.
The real woman of today doesn't |
mind burdens II there is a husbands |
sympathy. She gladly makes sacri- |
fees II he shows appreciation.
L tell you, Mr.. Man, the things you
may account as trivial-a touch Of
kindness, a shy caress, a grateful look
these are all in all to your wife.
II is so easy to make a woman
happy.
All she asks in return for giving Won
the best that is in her is just kindness
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She stuttered-more especially when
she was nervous.
She was nervous now, because she
felt quite sure the young man meant
to ask her to marry him, and she firm
ly intended to say no.
1t happened just as she expected.
"Will you marry meY' he asked.
She had the no on the tip Of her
tongue"
"N-n-n-n-n," she stammered.
"Try again." he said.
''N-n-n-n-n," she repeated.
Then his face suddenly frightened.
''Oh. l understand" he said. "It's
naturally you want to say! My dear
estr'
And she let it go at that.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer
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.TATE OF VERMONT

- Bradford District. Sc
In Probate Court. held at .Thetford in said
hi rict, on the oath day Of June, A. D
1909
Horace W Bailey Administrator Of the estate Of
r. NJ. Chalmers late Of Nevbury. "a said dis
trict deceased presents his administration account
for examination and allowance. and makes appl-
cation for decree Of distribution and partition
Of the estate Of said deceased. Nhereupon. il
i ordered by said Court. that said account and
said application be referred 20 a session thereof.
tofbefheld 81 probate office infThetford 81 p. m
on the 2Sth day Of July. A. ID. 1909, for hearing
and decision thereon: And. Il l. further ordered.
that notice hereof be given 20 al persons inter
ested. by publication Of the same three weeks
successfully In the United Opinion. a Newspaper
published at Bradford. previous 20 said time
appointed for hearing. that they may appear
At said time and place and show couse, II any
they may have why said account should not be
allowed. and such decree made.
as y VIZ N. GLEASON. Juds,
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ADELBERT osBoRNE's WILL.
: TATE OF VERMONT. -.

- District Of Bradford, So.
In Probate court. held az Thetford IN and for
said Distrist, on the 25th day Of June. A d 1909
An instrument purporting to be the last viii
and Testament Of Adebert Osborne late Of
Bradford in said district deceased. being present.
ed TO the Court by Emma Osborne the execu-
triX namedl therein for probate. II is ordered by
said Court, that all persons concerned therein he
notified 70 appear at q session Of said Court to be
held at Hotel Low in said Bradford on the
10th day Of Aug. A. ID. 1909. and show cause IL
any they may have. against the Probate Of said
viii: for which purpose il Is further ordered. that
copy Of the record Of this order be published
three weeks successfully in the United Opinion,
newspaper printed at Bradford, previous 10
said time appointed for hearing.
By the Court. Attest.
20 s VI GLEASON. Judge.
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ESTATE OF WILLIAM WEIGH

The undersigned. having been appointed by
the Hon. Probate Court for the District of Brad
ford Commissioners to receive, examine and
adjust all claims and demands of oil persons
against the estate of William NJ WEIGH late
Of Topsham VI, in said District. deceased
and all claims exhibited in Offset thereto hereby
give notice that will meet for the purposes
aforesaid at the lateresrdence of VIM. II. WEIGH
in T0psham the oath day of July and Both day of
Dec. next from 10 o'clock a. m, until clock
p, m, each Of said days, and that six months
from the Both day Of June, A. d, 1902 IL
the time limited by said Court for said credi-
tors to present their claims TO US for examination
and allowance.
Dated at Tepsham this 25th day of June.
AID. 1909.
Charles Mills.
80 L. r Sanborn COMMISSIONERS.
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The New German Naval Guns.

1t is claimed that the eleven inch
guns, of which the new German battle
ships will have main armament OF
sixteen each. have such great power
and endurance as to be equal or even
superior to the twelve inch guns Of
other nations and that the sixteen
eleven-inch guns Of the new ships will
be more than equal to the ten twelve
inch guns of the British Dreadnougbt.
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LEGAL.

PRoBATECoURTs-BRADFo DIsTRIcr le06-t7
Probate Courts within and for said district
will be held the ensuing year as follows:
Bradford-At Hotel Low in Bradford on the
second Tuesday Of every month. except Deem
Der, January. February, and March
North Thetford-At Jaquith's Hotel on the
second Tuesday Of December. January. February
and March.
Also at the Probate Office in Thetford on the
first Wednesday Of every month.
S. NJ. GLEASON. Judge.
Thetford Center. VT. Dec. rs. 1906
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In Levers Charles O'Malley" the
hero's boast while on his way to a
duel. Il can break the stem Of a wine
glass at fifteen PAGES" was met by his
friend and mentor with the comment.
Yes. but the wineglass hasn't a pis-
toll in its hand"
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III. Pres, AGENT Proposes.

"Your pulchritude is peerless. You
are an Astounding aggregation OF fem
mine faultlessness. Be miner
SURE responded the girl. Il never
could resist that press agent Ian
uage."-Louisville Courier-JournaL
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ELLEN E. TURNER'S WILL

District 81 Bradford :.
7, Probate Court held az Thetford, in and for
- District on the 9th day Of July. A. ID.
1903.
- T..farnent 81 Ellen +. Turner late OF
fi-tf,-i In aid district. deceased. being pre-
sented 20 the Court by Nhls ID Barter
4. = ordered BY said Court. that al rer-
-. -orrernei therein Be notified 70 an
pear AZ session q SD OSurt % ee bed
- ~ Aug A u 1909, and show cause. II anv
49,, nav have. arainst the Probate q said vii.
for which purpose II = further ordered. that a
-.,r,- N TIE record q this order be uuhf.hed
tb--, weeks successiveiy IN the United Opinion.
-s--rarer printed AZ Bradford. previous 10
I'D tine aupointed for heArtnE.
s. N GLEASON.
Al Iuav9
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Over the Limit.

Husband reading from bis paperl-
Here. they say. Is a comet coming to-
ward the earth. travelling at the rate
Of a million miles a minute. Wife
(awaklng from a dozel-why don't
they enforce the speed laws betterf-
Baltimore American.
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They used to say I was a man with
a future"
"And nowT'
Now they refer to me as a man
with a past Wish I could have a
present once."-Cleveland Leader.
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Roots Compliment to Bailey.

Senators of both parties at times go
for each other I'm lively fashion and
say rather rough things, and again
they will pay each other pretty com
pliments even when they are diamet-
sically opposed. Senator Root Of New
York I'm making a powerful argument
on the corporation tax question had
occasion to allude many times to Mr..
Bailey Of Texas and at the outset re-
ferred TO him as 'the senator from
Texas whose mind always works as
true as a Corliss engine" The COM
pllment caused Bailey TO bow and
smile his appreciation.
CHARLES W. ARTHUR
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VIII Ex-Seoretary Wright Go on Su-
Preme Bench of United States ?-The
Death of Representative Cushman-A
Few Compliments Between Senators
of Opposing Politics,
Evening star., 1909-07-18

WHEN Mary and Fraulein Lechner arrived
w in Rome with the American Baby they
found the whole city talking of nothing
but the 'Pope's Mass" Pope Leo Mary soon
learned had recently recovered from severe Illness
and as a tribute to the devotion of his people, had
mass The Italians looked forward to this with
more than their usual fervency of expectation be-
everyone in Rome believed that it would prob
ably be the last public appearance Pope Leo would
ever make.
Mary and Fraulein Lechner found their hotel
crowded with good Catholics and avid tourists who
had come by all roads to Rome to attend the great
In this cosmopolitan assembage if a tur-
baned Mohammedan had dropped in from the East
he would have only casual attention. But
Mary's young protege who in every level, superior
guests proclaimed himself distinguished oriental
lately arrived from the Land of the Morning Star on
tour of the EARTH was wont to break up the in
difference of even the most blase mortal.
Even Mary, spoiled belle of Southern town used
to having all her comings and goings noted, could
not but that these strangers looked her twice
on account of the American Baby, to for her
self. She surnsed from the sympathetic gances
they gave her that they took her to be a very new
and adorng: mother. / am proud and happy little
man, to be even thought to be related to YOU said
where she breathed tender contidences
The infant Socrates only reply a conceited
chuckle He thinking how he had upset the
tactics of soldier of the regular army of Great Brit
ain.
Mary had no idea what a charming Young Madon-
ma type she seemed to these picture gallery habues
The Russian painter stared at her for a long time
and remarked to his wife in his own language that
the American madam distinctly a Muro Ma
Evening star., 1909-07-18

he got off his horse and | got down beside him
He said to me. Kowa coyote. No good! Heap
bad Indian. and he kill you! Him think you got him
heap trouble
From this / gathered that the captive chiefs
looked upon me the cause of their detention, and
that as they were at liberty they meant to be
revenged on
smiled at his earnestness, and he made sign that
meant he talking straight" He then pointed
times one the other indicating that he wished
to trade horses with me- As mine was United
States horse, | shook my head and pointed to the
brand on it. At this he seemed troubled and studied
over the matter for sometime Then he told me that
when night came must take his horse and 60 point
ing toward the Red River of the South and Texas. l
shook my head, at which he seemed greved, and
repeated kiowa, heap bad Indian! Him kill
you'll
asked him why he liked me and wanted to help
get away. He said because had never lied to his
people; that had fed them when hungry; and that
/ had taught them the value of different pieces of
money, SO they knew how much they were getting
for their robes At this time common buffalo robe
worth from five to seven dollars in any market
and have them bought for the most insignifi-
cant sums by persons who deceived the Indians to
the value of the coins. But they discovered that
they had been cheated when they tried to purchase
goods from the settlers. So had taken pains to
teach many Indians the value of different pieces of
money and the value of their robes.
He told me that if | did not 60 away the kiowas
they fancied had done them knew very well that
if they determined to kill it would only be
matter of time before they would succeed in their
purpose.
l had been south and liked the country and as
had saved up considerable money began to think
seriously of taking his advice, and told him l would
take the horse he offered me- This seemed to please
him, and we rode back to the fort together. That
night he brought me his horse, and went out and
Picketed it in secluded spot the camp. In
the morning started out to feed my new horse but
the Comanche who was like my shadow, took the
corn from my hands and would not allow to 60.
went to General Hazen and told him what l had
Evening star., 1909-07-18

the carriage at the Piazza of Saint Peters, she was
surprised to see drawn up there companies of gor-
geously uniformed soldiers playing spectacular part
in this religious event. Grouped the steps of
Saint Peters stood the Popes famous Swiss Guards,
in their sashed red black and yellow medieval uni
forms, as dazzling flock of tropic birds
Within Saint Peters an assembage of almost fiftv
thousand people had already gathered On both
sides of the immense church the people stood like
solid wall behind the double line of soldiers that
guarded aisle down the center
Though Mary had come late, the crowd good
naturedy made way for the beautiful foreigner who
had doubtless come far to have her baby blessed bv
the Holy Father. She and Fraulein Lechner were
thus able to very good position in the middle
OF the church. The American Baby in Roxie's arms
looked over the undulating of heads with Joy Here
was crowd big enough to satisfy even a baby
At noon buglers from balcony over the entrance