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a 205 our as would in bear in C. 0. in THE VERMONT BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1901. NEWS IN BRIEF ARMY SCANDAL AT MANILA. Frauds in the Commissary Department Result in Several Arrests-Unauthorized Persons Had Government Goods.

Frauds in the commissary department at Manila have resulted in the arrest of Capt. Frederick J. Barrows of the 30th volunteer infantry, quartermaster of the department of southern Luzon, seven commissary sergeants, several civilian clerks, a prominent government contractor, the assistant manager of the Hotel Oriente, the proprietors of three of the largest bakeries in Manila, a number of storekeepers and other persons. The investigation has scarcely begun, but thousands of sacks of flour, a quantity of bacon and wagon-loads of other goods, all bearing government marks, have been found in the possession of unauthorized persons. It is alleged that the contractor in question.

who has been doing EL business approximating $100,000 a month, has spent huge sums in entertaining officers. A prominent commissary officer is accused of leading a scandalously immoral life. It is asserted that large quantities of stores have ben lost or stolen in transit, and also that there is a shortage in the commissary depot. New scandals are developed daily. Illicit transactions have been traced back to June, 1900, and it is possible that there are others of earlier date.

The exorbitant tariff on provisions makos the surreptitious sale of the commissary supplies immensely profitable. It is understood that other United States officers may be arrested. Commander Roper Suffocated on Petrel. A fire was discovered in the sail room of the U. S.

gunboat Petrel, Lieut. Commander Jesse Mims Roper commanding, at Cavite, Luzon, Sunday morning. The sail room is a small compartment adjoining the magazine. The heat was intense, the smoke suffocating and the flames difficult to extinguish. Lieut.

Roper was the first to descend into the hold, but he was forced to return to the deck. Others went down. Seaman Patrick Toner was prostrated and about to perish, when Lt. -Com. Roper endeavored to rescue him and was suffocated in the end attempt.

Lieut. Josiah Slutts McKean and Cadet Lewis suffered severely in bringing the body of Lieut. Commander Roper to the deck. of the crew were prostrated, all will reSent cover. The contents of the sail room were destroyed, but the damage to the gunboat was slight.

The origin of the fire has not been ascertained. The death of Lieut. Commander Roper is greatly deplored. His body will be sent to the States April 5 by the Buffalo. Three Fell Over Precipice.

Mrs Daniel Patterson, wife of a mechanic; her 12-years-old daughter and Nellie Chase, aged 14, all living in Cold Spring, N. while out walking Sunday stopped on Table Rock, half way up Breakneck Mountain, to watch the forest fires burning on Crow Nest Mountain across the river. Suddenly the Patterson child slipped and fell over the cliff. The mother sprang forward to save the child and also fell over rock; Nellie Chase became greatly excited and fell over after them. Table Rock is 200 feet above tide water and the side of the mountain under it very steep.

A laborer heard screams and rat up the hill. He found Nellie Chase in the branches of a large tree, where she had fallen. She was uninjured. The Patterson girl was found a few feet further down with a broken arm and a cut and bruised body. Mrs.

Patterson was found down the mountain, dead. She had fallen at least 100 feet and was dashed to death on the rocky side of the hill. Death of Roland Reed the Actor. Roland Reed, the actor, died in New York city Saturday of cancer of the stomach. Several operations had been performed upon him in the hope of saving his life.

He was born in Philadelphia in 1852. When 19 years old he became a member of Lotta's company which was playing in the Arch Street theatre in Philadelphia with Mrs. John Drew as manager. After playing in western cities Reed became a star with a company of his own in 1882, a when he produced He had starred without success in two plays before that but "Cheek' was a success. He appeared afterward in several plays.

His wife, known on the stage as Isadore Rush. had been his leading lady in recent years. Noted Actor Insane. Maurice Barrymore, the noted actor, is now an inmate of the insane ward of Bellevue hospital. His mind broke down on the stage in New York Thursday, when he gave as a part of his lines a fierce attack on the Jews.

Barrymore is an Englishman but was born in India. He is a graduate of Cambridge university in England. Before becoming an actor he was lawyer and also an amateur boxer of note. He has been on the stage in this country continuously for about 25 years. His wife was Georgiana Drew of the noted Drew family of actors.

His daughter, Ethel Barrymore, is now playing in the Garrick theatre in New York. Famous Hotel Jefferson Burned. The Jefferson hotel, the pride of Richmond, was burned Saturday. It was built by the late Lewis Ginter, the millionaire tobacconist, at expense of more than $1,000,000, and was maintained by him as one of the finest hotels in America, largely as a matter of pride, as it was not a financial success. insurance on the building was $650,000.

The chamber of commerce in Richmond has taken action to secure the rebuilding of the hotel. Brakeman Injured. George F. Parmenter of Bellows Falls, a freight brakeman on the Boston and Maine railroad, was struck by the high bridge at Troy, N. Saturday morning and narrowly escaped instant death.

He was on top of the train, and the smoke from the engine hid the bridge from view. When he struck he was rendered unconscious and lay" senseless on the ear roof until found by the trainmen arrival of train at Keene. His head and face were badly bruised, several teeth were knocked out and one leg cut and jammed. Off Your Cuard The mild days of early spring make you careless and then you take cold. Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar will cure your cold before more serious trouble ensues.

504, $1.00 per bottle; the largest size cheapest. At all druggists. Refuse substitutes. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in One Minute. VERMONT NEWS.

AN OLD SOLDIER DEAD. Gen. Van Vliet, a Vermonter, Who Served in the Mexican and Indian Wars. Gen Stewart Van Vliet, one of the oldest oi the retired officers of the United States army and a member of the famous class of 1840 of the Military Academy at West Point, died at his home in Washington Thursday. His death removes a unique figure fom Washington.

He was a man of considerable wealth, had been a liberal entertainer and had accumulated remakable collection of pictures and objects of art. den. Van Vliet was born in Ferrisburg, Jan 21, 1815. He was first captain of cadets when Gen. Grant was a and Gen Grant used to say in his later years that he was at the time in doubt as to whether Napoleon or Capt Van Vliet was the greater man.

Gen Van Vliet graduated ninth in his class. He saw service in the Seminole war, and then went through the Mexican war with the Third United States artillery. He WaS in command of the company which led the charge that won the day Monterev and received the sword of Gen Ampuelos. He participated in the battle of Blue Water, when Gen. Harney finally defeated the Sioux Indians.

He fitted out Gen Albert Sidney Johnston's expedition against the Mormons, who were in open revolt against the United States, and atter it started was ordered to go ahead and communicate with Brigham Young. He made wonderfully rapid 1000-mile drive from Leavenworth to Salt Lake City, traveling with his escort of 30 soldiers, in light wagons. On approaching Utah several travelers urged him to turn back, as the Mormons had threatened his life. He was so much impressed by these warnings that he left his little force 150 miles from Salt Lake City, in order to endanger their lives, and rode into the Mormon stronghold alone, He was treated courteously, and the trouble was settled without bloodshed. Gen.

Van Vliet was chief quartermaster of the army of the Potomac during the Civil war. His last service was as a member of the retiring board at Washington in 1879. He received four brevets in the course of his career. Moulton of Green Mountain Stock Farm Dead. Gilman S.

Moulton, 67, who died at the Hotel Manhattan, Long Island, Friday, was a native of Randolph, and for many vears had been connected with the ing firm of Austin Corbin Co. of New York. He was also at the head of the Green Mountain Stock farm, established in Randolph in 1865 for the purpose of breeding high class horses. About 20 years ago. the farms were given up chie.ly to dairying and the breeding of Jersey cattle.

The Green Mountain Stock farm included a tract of about 1200 acres St and the annual butter product of 38.000 pounds brought fancy prices in New York. The butter from these farms won the gold medal at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893. Mr. Moulton leaves two brothers. residents of Randolph, and a sister, Mrs.

William H. DuBois of that town. For the Vermont Room at Buffalo. The executive of the Vermont association Pan- American committee, exposition has appointed Mrs. H.

S. Bingham of Bennington as a committee to arrange the state exhibit in the Vermont room at Buffalo. Col. Henry O. Carpenter, Vermont's representative on the general building committee, has been appointed to see to the furnishing of the room.

He will De assisted by C. Farnham and S. D. Stickney, former Vermonters now residing in Buffalo. Five hundred dollars have been appropriated for this purpose.

The committee has accepted a water color painting of a scene on Lake Champlain by Custer Ingham of Vergennes. Four water colors by Miss Lucy Torrey and three by Mrs. Lyman Allen, both of Burlington, have also been accepted. Expert Testimony in the Page Case. The Messenger has the best of authority for believing that when the Livingsof the Bennington county court at ton-Page case tried at the June ton sermon chester-if it is tried at that time--the plaintiff will use as witnesses 15 or 20 editors of Vermont newspapers in order to give the jury expert testimony as to the value of the alleged services rendered.

What a hegira, what a pilgrimage, what an outpouring of the spirit, what a forced march, what an editorial excursion! What-but language fails. Suffice to say that the like of it never will have been seen in Vermont the Morrisville Messenger. Seized 80 Barrels of Beer. Deputy Sheriff Slayton, assisted by Officers Cayhue and Gale, raided the Central Vermont freight depot at Barre Saturday and in the special Boston car seized between 50 and 60 barrels of beer and ale, and several boxes supposed to contain spirituous liquors. At the same time Deputy Sheriff Camp, assisted by officers, raided the Montpelier and Wells River railroad, seized some 30 odd barrels beer and several boxes.

The stuff was consigned to the regular liquor dealers of Barre. Captain George A Converse, who has been given the command of the new battleship Illinois, is a native of Norwich and formerly attended Norwich university. During Spanish- American war he held the of commodore and was rathe in command of the Nashville. William Hodgkins, who was reported to have been drowned while crossing the ice from Basin Harbor to his home in Westport, N. last week, and who was said later to be the victim of foul play, is now looked upon as an eloper who deserted a wife and four children.

The woman who disappeared at the same time and who is supposed to have accompanied him to Canada is also married. Fred Goss, who was charged with having shot Bert Rickert at Middlebury, was discharged Saturday. The hearing began Friday, Rickert alleging that he was shot at about 1.30 o'clock in the morning as he was leaving the house of his sweetheart, and that Goss, who he claimed was jealous, had threatened to shoot him. The evidence presented, however, was considered insufficient to hold Goss. Ex-Congressman George Willard, who died at his home in Battle Creek, recently, was born at Bolton, Chitten.en county, and at the age of 12 went from Vermont with his parents to Michigan, where in turn he became student, teacher, minister, professor, member of Congress and editor.

He was rector of St. Luke's Episcopal church at Kalamazoo for two years. For 10 years he was a regent of Michigan university. He was elected in 1872 to Congress, where he served four years. Mr.

Willard established the Battie Creek Journal in 1872 and managed the paper up to the time of his death. Former Northfield Man Died in Fitch. burg. Samuel S. Holton, who died Fitchburg March 24.

was born in Northfield, Nov. 16, 1818, and was a farmer and miller in his early life. He went to Fitchburg from Montague in 1872. He was selectman and assessor at Northfield for several years and representative from Northfield in 1855. He was an overseer of the poor in Fitchburg six years, and clerk of the board in 1886, '87 and '88.

Mr. Holton married, Dec. 24, 1844, Miss Samantra N. Grout of Wendell. The 50th anniversary of their marriage was observed.

Their adopted son died in 1884. Mr. Holton leaves an adopted daughter, wife of Jacob H. Fairbanks. IN THE LOCAL FIELD.

GUILFORD. Miss Lulu Smith returned to North Adams last week. John Chandler goes this week to Bernardston to work for the present. Benjamin Chandler of Westfield, spent Sunday with her mother. Mrs.

Lucy Chandler. Lorenzo Haynes and family have moved to Gulford Centre, where he is to work on the Springs farm. Frank King and family and Lyman Bullock moved to their new home in Springfield, last week. Wells and family from West Dummerston have moved into the lower tenement of Store Keeper Gorham's house. Clifton Haynes sold his household goods, at auction last and will vacate the Mellen house this week and will work for J.

Flagg the coming season. GUILFORD CENTRE. Schools in town will begin Monday, April 22. Miss Hildreth is at work at H. J.

Richmond's. Dr. H. F. Ward of Readsboro is at his father's, F.

E. Ward's, for a few days. Miss Maria Thurber of Hale is assisting Miss C. for a few weeks. Asa Clark, who has been employed by Frank E.

Thayer several weeks painting, is now at work in his sugar camp. Sidney Hodgkins, traveling salesman for the Universalist Publishing house of Boston, has been canvassing in this locality this week. The sugar orchards yielded their sweets bountifully for a few days previous to Wednesday, when a rainstorm came, with some "sugar snow. Roy naynes moved this into the house vacated by Fred Thompson. will assist H.

J. Richmond. Fred Snow of Chesterfield will also work during the summer on the Weeks farm. The sugar festival held in Grange hall the 29th was largely attended. The entertainment was enjoyed by all, and the supper was fine.

The proceeds added a good sum to the treasury of the ladies' society. HALIFAX. A. K. Powers was in town last week.

buying cows. A. F. Hill has been granted a pension of $6 a month. Walter Stone is working for L.

W. Summer in the mill this spring. Harry Learnard has entered the Williams carriage factory in Brattleboro to learn the trade. Mrs. Jennie Stone has been visiting at D.

E. Tucker's a few days. Her many friends are glad to see her out again after so long an illness. The friends of Mrs. Ellen Powers.

formerly of this town but now of Rutland, are glad to learn that she is improving, after being ill nearly all winter. WHITINGHAM. Snow is fast disappearing and many wagons are used. C. S.

Chase anu Robert were at North Adams Saturday. Ethel Wheeler went to North Adams Saturday. Her friend. Mr. Miller, returned with her, remaining over Sunday.

Ethel and Christine Wheeler went to Athol Monday afternoon for a two weeks' visit there and in Boston and vicinity. Eighteen went on the special train from Whitingham station to attend the entertainment at Readsboro Monday night. Etta Newell went to Brattleboro to work Monday. sister, Gertie, accompanied her as Greenfield Her, to visit in Turners Falls. Guy Morse arrived at Fred Morse's Saturday night, remaining until Tuesday morning.

He is at work for the electric railway company in Allston, having charge of two miles of track. Aguinaldo Conferred with Cabinet. News of the surrender of several more of the insurgent Filipino leaders was cabeld Friday by Gen. MacArthur, that of Capistiano's command marking the end of the rebellion in Mindanao. Aguinaldo conferred with several members of his cabinet in Manila Friday, They advised him to use his influence to establish peace and for the recognition 01 American sovereignty.

Secretary Long has cabled to Manila an acknowledgment of Gen. MacArthur's generous praise of the navy for its cooperation in the capture of Aguinaldo, and a message of hearty congratulation. Funston a Brigadier in the Regular Army. Gen. Frederick Funston received immediate reward for his brilliant exploit in capturing Aguinaldo, the President announcing on Saturday his appointment to be brigadier general in the regular army.

Funston's previous rank was that of major general in the volunteer army. The President also promoted Gen Loyd Wheaton to a major generalship. Funston is only 35 years old and his rank now as a brigadier will eventually make him the commander-in-chief OL the army of the United States, as in the natural course of events he will succeed Gen. Leonard Wood, who will hold that position for a term 01 several years. The executive committee of the United Mine workers, to whom the Hazelton convention referred the question as to whether a strike should be declared April 1, voted unanimously Friday in Wilkesbarre against a suspension of work.

This means that 143,000 men, who contemplated EL strike will continue at work. The miners are satisfied with their wages, which were raised at the time of the strike last year, but they wish to have union recognized by the operators of the mines. Immense Railroad Capitalizations. the Springfield The railroad consolidations now going on are bringing about some huge single capitilizations. Ten years ago there were only three railroad companies in the United States with an outstanding stock capital exceeding Atchinson, the Pennsylvania and the Southern Pacifica their stock issues did not severally rise far above that figure.

Now a dozen railroad companies can be named whose capital stock amounts to 000 or more, and three of them go above the $200.000,000 mark-the Union Pacific with $296,000.000, the Pennsylvania with $251.000,000 and the Atchinson with 000.000. The stockholders of both the Union Pacific and the Pennsylvania companies recently decided to issue of additional stock in each case, and this" is included in the above figures, IN THE LOCAL FIELD. the TOWNSHEND. Served Three Years in Navy. Clarence Snow, who enlisted in the navy three years ago for service in the war, has served his time and is now at his home here with his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Alroy Snow. Mr. Snow was first on the ship Minneapolis, one of the largest and swiftest vessels in the navy. It carried 520 men and consumed 2400 tons of coal in seven days.

He also served on the Brooklyn and the Marblenead, and in cruising around in different waters he became familiar with many countries, including the West Indies, California, Mexico, and South America. There are many lepers in the island of St. Lucia, one of the islands in the West Indies, and also a large colony of lepers in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, which is a village in itself. In Chiii he saw the wonderful garden of callas where many acres are cultivated for the fete of tne lilies at Rome: also beautiful wild geraniums grow there. Mr.

Snow sailed through the Straits of Magellan and on account of the swiftness of the current and the danger attending the passage they sailed only in the day time and anchored their ship at the different stations along on the passage for that purpose. Mr. Snow brought home with him many curiosities. We hope he will give a talk while he is here on the many countries he has seen, as the writer. who conversed with him for a short time.

was much interested in all that he told of his travels. Carrie Allen was in town week. Mrs. Fred Davis has visited recently at Orion Davis's. Hon.

Orion Barber was in briefly last week. Mrs. Persis Hodgkins is visiting relatives in town. Mrs. May natfield has recently been in town visiting friends.

Mrs. Ory Ober is at West Townshend caring for the sick. Cassie March, who has been at Dr. Osgood's, has returned to her home. Guy Austin works for the season at his Uncle Albert Austin's in Brookline.

Several from this place took the examination for teachers at Newfane last week. Frank Holden, who has worked for John Ware, has gone to Grafton for the season. Rev. M. F.

Hardy, in exchange L. Curits, preached an excellent sermon from Matt. xxi: 6. Ralph Martin, who has been some months in a hotel at Manchester, N. has returned home.

"The Baptist ladies' aid society held their monthly meeting on Thursday, with supper as usual at 5.30 o'clock. Royal Sanderson reports one following: Snow tall during the month of March, 12 1-3 inches; rain, 2 7-8 inches. The youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Frankin died April 1 of pneumonia, aged one year and ten months.

Hugh Holbrook has been ill with grip. Mr. Wetherbee is on the sick list. Mrs. Sanderson is suffering from influenza.

Arthur Follett, a recent graduate of Yale, has gone to Buffalo. N. where he is employed by the Pennsylvania railroad company in the engineering department. The members of the magazine club are not pasing the reauing as promptly as they should. We hope it will be sent the rounds more speedily and that each member will see that it is.

The Tannehill family, who were here with the artists and spent the summer a few years ago, are expected here this summer. They will take a house in the village if they can find one that suits them. Mrs. C. E.

Bruce of New York city visited her sister. Mrs. A. A. Blood.

last week and the latter accompanied Mrs. Bruce to New York for a visit. Dr. Bruce occupies the position of superintendent of the Juvenile Asylum, No. 176 Amsterdam Avenue.

Prentiss Carr. who lived in this town nearly all his life, died at the West village, at the home of his stepson. E. Holden, where he and his wife had lived or a few years since leaving their farm here about three miles northwest of the village. This farm has been owned by the Carr family for many years.

The community was much shocked on Saturday last to learn of the sudden death of Mrs. Walter Cudworth. She had been ill with grip and later with the rheumatism which went to her heart. She was faithful wife and mother and leaves a husband and tour sons, the youngest a baby a few months old. Much sympathy is felt for the family in their great sorrow.

The funeral took place Tuesday forenoon at 10 o'clock from her late home. Rev. L. B. Curtis officiated.

Young Tormentor Fined. Thomas H. Hart, Frank Crelan and Willie Coughlin, all of Northtield, were taken into the district court at Greenfield Saturday by Constable Moore of Northlield, charged with disturbing the peace last Wednesday evening. Hart and Coughlin pleaded guilty and Crelan not guilty. It appeared that the boys, in common with others, have been in the habit of giving vent to their youthful vigor by making Charles Stearns, a middleaged man.

as miserable as possible. On Wednesday evening while Mr. Stearns was watering his horse at the trough in Northfield street, he was attacked by a gang of young fellows, who threw stones. took out an oil can and knocked it around. lifted the back end of his wagon from the ground, and indulged in other boyish pranks in which they found far more pleasure than Mr.

Stearns. Both Mr. and Mrs. Stearns testified that a gang of young roughs have been in the habit of following them home and stoning the bulldings and making all the noise they can. Judge Lyman gave the boys fatherly advice and fined Hart and Coughlin $5 each.

which they paid. Crelan was discharged. The President has appointed Calvin P. Titus to be cadet-at-large at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Titus was the first soldier to scale the wall at Pekin.

Adjutant-General Corbin Monday cabled Gen. MacArthur at Manila to send young Titus home on the first available transport in order that he may take the entrance examination to the academy. The American Flour Manufacturing company of Vineland. N. has just been incorporated with an authorized capital of $1,000,000 for the making of flour trom sweet potatoes.

The Vineland plant is said to be the first of its kind in the country. The company was organized by H. S. Morris, a member of whose family invented the process. The flour is said to be bright golden yellow and has a sweet taste that is very pleasant.

The farmers of south Jersey are jubilant over the organization of the company, which proposes to erect mills throughout the sweet potato-growing belt. CHESTERFIELD, N. H. School at the Centre will begin about the 15th. The selectmen are taking the annual inventory around town.

Fred Stone of Amherst, was in town last week briefly on business. John H. Butler is having a serious time with his old enemy, rheumatism. Chandler Cressy and Ransom Farr have been drawn as grand and petit jurors. Rev.

G. L. Lowell and wife will spend the next two weeks at Spofford with Mrs. Lowell's parents. Miss Jessie Goodrich went this week to her school duties at Troy, also Gladys Butler to East Jaffrey.

Wm. M. Brown has rented the Converse farm and will move as soon as the present occupant vacates. Frank Day has proved himself a very efficient sawyer at Butler saw mill, getting out 15,000 feet in nine hours. The Congregational ladies' aid society will meet with Mrs.

Annie Batchelder. April 10th. A full attendance is requested. Miss Gladys Butler has returned home for a few weeks' rest, having resigned her position with the Worden Company of Hinsdale. Lee Higgins has resumed his duties at Fred Harris's after a month's wellearned vacaton, spending most of the time at H.

H. Spaulding's. Communion services will beobserved at the Methodist church next Sunday. The Sunday fohowing. the pastor, Rev.

George L. Lowell, will preach his farewell sermon and then go to the general conference, which will be held at Littleton. We are very sorry to have to part with Mr. Lowell and wife, who have endeared themselves to all. We wish him success and prosperity in his new field of labor, wherever he may be sent.

Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys. Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. All the blood in your body passes through your kidneys once every three minutes. The kidneys are your Es ter blood out purifiers, the waste they fil- or impurities in the blood. If they are sick or out of order, they fail to do their work.

Pains, aches and rheumatism come from excess of uric acid in the blood, due to neglected kidney trouble. Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady heart beats, and makes one feel as though they had heart trouble, because the heart is over-working in pumping thick, kidneypoisoned blood through veins and arteries. It used to be considered that only urinary troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all constitutional diseases have their beginning in kidney trouble. If you are sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild extraordinary effect of Dr.

Kilmer's Swamp- Root, the great kidney remedy is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases and is sold on its merits by all druggists in fiftycent and one-dollar sizes. You may have a a sample bottle by mail Home of Swamp-Root. free, also pamphlet telling you how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing Dr.

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PEEL'S REMEDY COMPANY, Brattleboro, U. S. A. HOW MUCH MONEY Do You Want to Invest in Spring Clothing? If you want A cheap Suit or Overcoat, we have them in good styles and qualities that we can recommend. Our strong hold Is in our medium priced lines of Suits from and Overcoats, rangine $8.00 to $14 00 with the $10 00 ones as leaders.

We have always Made the $10.00 lines very popular, and we Can back up our statement with the goods, when we say that we have never shown better styles, in patterns and manner of make-up at that than this year. price The broad, well-padded Military shoulders are called for this We show these in our medium priced, popular lines. Should you want Higher priced Suits and Overcoats, of the we can show you the PLUMS market at $15.00, $16.00, $18.00 and $20.00. If your purse Den ands better than $20 we take you to 00 and show you goods that our DepartCustom ment, by we cut, trim and make up for you 66 our own work shop. Not the competent journeymen tailors in ing with the kind, but Custom-Out, Custommade-to-measure" made clothindividual finish obtained in no other way.

YOUNG KNOWLTON. del. Maple Sugar and Syrup WE WILL HAVE THE BEST A FINE LOT ON THE OF PACKED READY MARKET. WITHOUT EXTRA FOR SHIPMENT GIVE US A TRIAL. CHARGE.

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