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\Here Shall the Proas the People's Bights Maintain, Unawed by Influence and TTnfcribed by Gain.\ VOL. XX. MALONE, N. Y. 4 JUNE^ g7, 1900,; PAJJIHC Loo k-lii your mirror today. Take a last look at your gray hair. It sure- may be e last if y ?ant its °; vou needn'tkeep your gray hair a week longer than you wish. There's no guesswork about this; it's sure every time.— To re- mm VI80P color to grayrfiair use— After using it for two or three wcejfcs notice how much younger you pear, ten years you at least. Ayer's Hair Vigor also cures dandruff r prevents falling of the hair, makes hair grow, and is a Splen- did hair dressing. It cannot help but do these things, for it's a hair-food. When the hatr_ is well fed, it cannot help but grow. It makes the scalp healthy and this cures the disease that causes dandruff. $1,00 a bottle. All druggist*. \ Myy hairr -wass coiningg outt ba butt Ayer'g Hairr Vigorr stoppedd fallingg anddd hasss madee myyy hairr M hai -wa coinin ou badly, bu Ayer'g Hai Vigo stoppe th« fallin an ha mad m hai very thick andd much darker than before falling an ha made m hair ry thick an much darker than before. I think there is nothing like it for the hair.\ CoRX^&rfretr, April 25,189*. Yarrow, I. T. * Writ* thm 0oe*«*. ** If yoa do not obtain all thft bexeflt* you desire from the see of the Vigor, write the doctor about it. Andrew, DR. J. C. ATEK, Lo^ll, Maw. LUNGS NATURALLY WEAK, Lungs sore or weakeaed b j the grip, or by pneu- monia or successive colds! and throats raw or in- flamed from colds and coughing, need the balmy soothing and healing influence of TOLUIA EMULSION. It Is grand for the children, it is grand for the grown folks. It is very palatable, and as harm- less as honey. A bottle of this toe preparation has often saved a child's life by. obviating the conditions leading to croup and diphtheria, while for adults it is a great protector against Asthma, Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Consumption. Even where the latter diseases are chronic TOJLU1A EMU LSIOZV will .give more of relief and oom- fort than any other remedy. It is guaranteed to i befi t oney i d f th than any other remedy t g benefit or your ^noney is returned for the i g asking. C, W. HYDE, Druggist, MALONE, Y. During the Warm Season ......Call at Rice's Shoe Parlors, For your Russia, Tan and Kid Oxfords. He has a very large line which he is disposing of at Greatly Reduced Prices. He also carries several tiiffr^int M*i^ in Men's Duck and eajrfSsShoes for rusticating and athletj^usea, as well us ^t-eempfete line of Hand-Sewed Goods. P. HENRY MCE* Malone, N« Y. For Sale on Easy Terms. Valuable lot. 100 f«*t front o n Ki m St. Best location in Malone, No. 49 Elin St. Ths lot extends to the railrrad. To be sold on veryUbeiral terms; two-thirds of the purchase -price, may remain on bond and mortgage. The house is large, two %tory brick building, substantially built, and needing only moderniza- tion to make it one of the finest places in Malone. Full particulars may be had of PANGB0RN & MARSHALL, Counsellors at Law, 6a Wall St., New York City, InEichange for Iiproied Property, Village Plats or Wild is the Adiroadacks, A Residence in Montclair, N, J,, Situate on the Valley Road and Lower Mountain Ave. For Particulars address, S. S. SHERWOOD, 24wi6 Pattenon, N. J. C^lUfeAm«'Bakery for gtooeriw a© entire wheat bmd\ \ ltyt coats JsNcteMEirr 1900. A Cfcoice Programme Rendered^ Commencement Bay this year, as in the past, called oot an audience which com- pleiely filled the Opera House, the ladies of town and county being present in large proportion. It seems as though tt was, the one day when every lady pats on her best, and this year the many elegant sum- mer costumes made the scene one of un- usual brilliancy. Fortunately, Thursday morning was comparatively cool*,' with a. fine breeze stirring r and all enjoyed the program me in ease and comfort. The stage was handsomely decorated with ferns, plants and cedar, while across the front near the footlights str^tehed the class motto in large letters, \Omnia su- peranda ferendo sunt.\ The class pre- dated: a fine appearance on the stage and was flanked on either side by the* faculty of Franklin Academy and the members of the board of education. One thing which distinctly added to the programme was its brevity, only six of the eleven essays and orations which had been prepared being presented. The programme opened with a waltz, Oriental Roses, 15 very nicely played by J. F. Wright and daughters. The instru- ments comprised violin, violincello, piano and saxaphone. After prayer by Rev. Dr. Myers, William E. Cameron welcom- ed all with a brief,well worded salutatory and launched at once into hie oration en- titled \Defence of the Boers.\ He took up the South African war, declaring that it was a very important onejyjtLone con- demned by most of the civilized nations of the world. Taking up the treatment of the Boers by the British he followed them, in their wanderings to the Free State, iio Natal and finally the Transvaal, declaring that Britain had made two pre- vious attempts to rob them of their coun- try and its mines. He laid the present war largely to Chamberlain and insisted ^hat the question of suzerainty w«s sim- ply an excuse behind whieh Britain hid to avoid arbitration. The British, be held, had no right to demand citizenship, and the fact that the Outlanders so largely outnumbered the Boers was sufficient rea- son for not granting it to them, because by its result the Boers would actually lose their independence. The fact that the Outlanders who were not British did not sympathize with Britain in tJtiis war he cited as a good indication of who were right in the controversy: Arthur EvMeCiary answered with a Justification for the EnslisV in one of the best composed and best delivered ad- dresses of the day. A very strong point was made at the outset by the fact that the British flag is the emblem of protec- tion throughout the world, and that wherever an Englishman* goes there his oountsgrjeill protect his life aad liberty. Great Britain, be said, rated over the greatest empire on earth and by the most \~ \republican form of government known. The struggle in Africa, according to his yiew^wis one between the present civil eated and their gradual separation as dis- tinctive arts. Their capability for the portrayal of thought and emotion was compared, and the life-history 6t both Chopin and Tennyson repeated. The music and poetry of the two characters were then contracted. Ttitre waa not a meaningless bar in Chopin's music, she said* in which were found all possible ex- pressions. Tennyson's poetry was per-, feet in-cythm and style. The former was not appQjg|j|fc^i in his own life time, while the latter lived to see and enjoy a full half century of his triumph. Each served in his own effective way to elevate and uplift mankind. Her paper was fol- lowed oy two selections exquisitely exe-, cuted on the piano, one from Chopin and one from Liezt, which were roundjy ap- plauded. Miss Vaughan is the most promising young pianist of Malone. : Howard T. Whipple handled admirably the subject of \Anglo-Saxon Supremacy,\ first quoting a prophecy of_ expansion of the United Sfcates,,bec«usr of this predom- inating trait of the race, and following it with^i clear picture of the great stretches of the world's territory now dominated by the Anglo-Saxons. The term Anglo-Saxon is now applied to all the English speaking peoples, who occupy one-fifth of the habita- ble globe and number 145,000,000 souls. He spoke of the race as the imperial people of this century, largely occupyiiag the theatre of action, of itg characteristics— notably will power and personal indepen- dence, and its degree of civilization—the greatest ever yet attained. While he pre- dicted yet greater things he ventured the assertion that none could say that we would always lead. The effort closed with the first verse of Kipling's Reces- sional, particular stress being laid on the last phrase, '*Lest we forget.\ \A Plea for Shylock,*' by Miss Edith L. Bueil, brought out the peculiarities of the character as a personification of the Jewish race. <• He was shown to be made of the same clay and moved by- the same emotions as others, and his idiosyncracies directly traceable to years of persecution and provocation. Man, she said, was made the thing he is by society, and Shy- lock was human, like all of us. A spirit of revenge under t bese circumstances was not surprising. The plea was effective and convincing. O. W. Taughan, Jr., then delighted the large audiance by singing in splendid voice and expression the 'Rhine Wine Song,\ a difficult but pleasing selection. He responded to a rousing encore with \O Loving Heart, Trust On/' which he sang with rare pathos. ization and the superstitions and barbaric customs of a hundred years ago. The history of the Sooth African Republic,,he said, distinctly showed that its indepen- dence was subject to the suzerainty of the queen. The Qotlanders numbered two- thirds of the inhabitants of the Transvaal and were compelled to pay the expenses of official corruption, put up with abom- inable schools and to live and do business under the insolent dictatorship of a race far less-fit to rule than themselves. Needr ed reforms brought on the inevitable con- flict whieh power despotically used always brings. He made~ftrelear that tne igno-« ranee and obstinacy of the Boers wasmot to stand longer, in the way of the advance and progress of South Africa. At this point Messrs. Ameden, Kenney, Williamson and -Keeler sang \The Owl and the Pussy-cat\ nicely and were warm- ly encored, in respond to which they sang another selection. Wallace K. Beldinjg's oration on Joseph; Jefferson, the celebrated petor, was a par- ticularly interesting production and was well delivered. He traced the history of Jefferson from hie childhood, his par- entage and early education as an actor, his parents being of th« theatrical profession, and followed his course as. a minor actor until be hit upoa Rip Van Winkle as the play and part exactly adapted to bringing ©\}t his powers in the portrayal of comedy, and pathos. His success, even with this play, was not immediate. There were ma ?y wea ^ n ?s 8e s w hich were gradually found out and corrected before his charac- terization of Irving's beautiful aud unique story made him famous. Theo he traced his tours and successes in foreign lands, and spoke of hia presentation of the play ia Catskill, where the scene of the story was laid, closing with an eloquent tribute to the character of the man aad his influence upon the profession. One of the most entertaining and f ally developed subjects was \Tennyson and Chopin—Poet and Musician,\ by Miss Bessie P. Vaoghaa, and the aubiect-iaai- ter was'much enhanced by the. grace and clearness of delivery. The union of poetry and music in the earlier times i delin Letter to Fred Benlo Dear Sir: Lead and oil is no longer the paint to be prosperous with. As everybody knows, lead and oil chalks or powders off iu about three years—three years is jits limit. Painters are patting & little zinc their lead to make it tough—it lasts* good three years with a little zinc. But painters don't like the job of mix- inn zinc. It's a tedious job, and, both being white, nobody knows when the mixing is thorough It gets half-mixed; acfi thfr paint goes on, a streak of lead and a streak of zinc That is not good t^rotk. - .The mistake made is in trying to do bj hand what is better done by machinery. Handiwork can't compete witn m&chloe- work. Devoe lead jod zinc is your paint. It w«rs twioe as long aa lead and oil. This reduces the cost of keeping 1i house well painted to half. Yours truly, #. W. DpvoB & Co. \Valedictories are necessarily in the same line of thought year after year, bat Miss Edna Carter's was clothed with an orig- inality of expression which gave it a charm of its own. The faculty, she said, had been friends as well as teachers and bad helped the pupils in many ways other than iu books. The leave-taking was sad, hut. there is compensation in the new and wonderful things beyond. The 3 word \good-bye\ was really not sorrowful in its dear old meaning. Her valedictory was short and to tb« point, leaving a most favorable impression of the entire program. After the singing of drill in the essentials. The solution of the question of saving time was beina workedont, she said^by many teaejiefs and would eventually result in the~eleva- tkm of the calling to a science. __ \ThePersonality of the Teacher,*' by Miss Hannah Sullivan, was also a most excellent production. She questioned at the outset the pessimistic belief that in this age of specialties and special training there were great scholars but no great teachers, and added that they were not* only persons of great mental ability, but men and women of marked personal- ity, as well. She illustrated very'clear- ly the influence of personality on the success of the teacher—that Indefinable something which does not depend upon personal -appearance, the principal re- quisite of ,which is sincerity and love of the work. Pestallozzi and Dr. Sheldon were cited as shining and noble examples, and all were urged to strive to overcome the influences and weaknesses interfering with a good,, sincere, earnest and sympa- thetic spirit, as the accompaniment of intellectual culture and power. Miss Georgia Catherine Cowan was the author of the class prophecy. This took up each member in the world-wide travels df the writer. She was constantly finding some of them in the most unexpected places, and her witty shots at her class- mates proved amusing to the audience as well as to her colleagues on*thestage. The production was very nicely read and often brought down the audience with a hearty laughs There were nicely delivered recitations by Misses Harriet E. Attride, Julia A. Looby and Rebekah A. Rogers, and a song, \Dreams by Miss Dorkee, which was so generously encored that she was obliged to appear again. This time she sang catch ingly a verse of a sparkling coon song melody. Miss Marion Wright also played beautifully two violin solos, accompanied by her sister at the piano. Miss Wright's smoothness of touch and Quality of tone are very noticeable, and she promises to become a musician of note. It is only a short time since she began to learn the violin. A song by the entire class furnished the other musical number. The exercises closed ;wnth quite an elab- orate address by Prof. Burri&t, in which he took up the question of the proper equipment of the teacher and the difficulty of determining, in awardiag certificates, who will succeed. He spoke of how much the law of 1895 bad done to elevate the standard of the profession in New York state, of the greatly increasingly number of teachers who were receiving some form \A Rose in Heaven\ by a double mixed quartette. President Hubbard, of the board of edu- cation, closed the exercises with the pre- sentation of diplomas and brief congratu- latory remarks to the class. The lowers presented to the graduates were beau^ful and in great profusion, covermg a large table at the front of the hail. There,were many big bunches of the choicest pinks and roses. The farmer adds Its congratulations to the class and the school on the general excellence of the productions—a certain indication of the cultivation of thorough- ness and a fair barometer T>f the good work performed, at least along certain lines. May each member prove a credit to Old Franklin, which has won an envia- ble record among the schools of the state. TRAINING CLASS EXERCISES. Friday evening another large \audience gathered at the Opera House to witness the closing exercises of the training class. These are comparatively a new feature of graduation week, having been in vogue only about five years, but they have proved each time instructive and pleas- ing, and were on this occasion no excep- tion to the rule. The large elass of seven- teen young ladies presented a handsome appearance oa the stage, and the variety of the carefully arranged programme made it decidedly entertaining. After a piano solo by Miss Buell aad prayer by Rev. Mr. Cass, the first paper, titl^^^AUthSh^B'' read by Mis* Florence E. Mc€ibboo. Miss Mcf ibbon treated: the sobject ttfost in- telligently, and pled convincingly for giv- ing more attention to cultivation of love for the beautiful early ia the life of chil- dren. She declared that this love is dormant in every child, and only needs to be aroused to produce good effects in th,e making of character; She called atten- tion to the fact that the art record of a nation preserves its .history aad by it largely will the future judge the civiliza- tion of our day. We, as a people) are too intensely practical. The love of the beautiful is a divine plant ia every child aad eare should be taken not to let it be choked by the weeds of environment. She advocated the teaching of the subject both as aa educating influence and a diversion. The faculties of great artists have been developed by little incident* and the ulti- mate effect of the study of choice pictures by the children could aot be estimated. The next paper was presented by Edith F, Cooaey oa the subject, \Are Oar Courses of Study Overcrowded P' This, too, was a very practical paper and con- taiafd maay excellent suggestions for solving the difficulty which aa a&rjaa tive answer t» the question showed to be the bane of the prerent system. The public hl h id hed h h b^ tfirlsof the laad to best aerve the public. Tbe fact that the namoer of studies la oar school curriculams had nearly doubled la recent years and that the result was a Rtnattertag of too many things aad thoroughness In &QB* m$» admitted. The elimination of <em» sub|ects and correla- tion of others,, such as arithmetic aad algebra aad geography aad history, was advised. She pled for a more thorough <t pfufebskmal training and the gradual increase in remuneration for the work— showing that a professioaai training pays. The constant effort of the state has been to place a premium on a professional edu- cation for tne teacher, and it is yielding grand results. Of course, there isThe danger that, with short preparation and a crowded course, the schools may be filled with those bearing the stamp of profes- sional training, but who cannot be a suc- cess in the profession. These, he believed, would gradually fall out and turn their attention to other things for whieh they are better adapted, but must at least have received some benefit from their in- struction. He stated that Fraaklia Academy had graduated from the train- ing elassjSinee it was established five years ago, 67 teachers, 62 young women and 5 young men, who had received credentials practically equivalent to life certificates to teach in the pudlic schools. This class had passed a larger per cent, of successful examinations than others and he congrat- ulated them for it. Their time had been very fully occupied. He did not see how more could be done in so short a time,and yet, next year more would be required. A great benefit was that the eyes of the class had been opened to the necessities of the profession and a clearer perception gained of it* probleais and difficulties. He urged the great importance of being constant stu- dents of new facts and keeping in touch with every new discovery. He advised all who should find that they did not en- joy the, profession to make baste to get out of it,and called particular attention to the value of keeping pace with new ideas for the next few years by reading and travel. The address was a very appropriate one. full of sound advice, and formed a fitting conclusion of the exercises of the week. THE TOJL^Xfi AT BURKE, The citizens of Burke and vicinity will have a grand celebration Jury 4th, under the auspices of Shiloh Lodge, L O. O. F. The Odd Fellows are building a new ball, the npper story to be txmd for lodge purposes and the lower for a pabHc hall—a crying need of the place, as there is no suitable plaoe to hold eotertain- mems or public meetings. The proceeds of the celebration will go towards the building faad. ^ The program for the day will consist of a grand \horrible\ parade at 10:00 A. M., fancy bicyle parade, base bail game, two bicycle races—first opeo to Burke riders only, second free for all, foot race, tug of war, sack race, three-legged race, egg race, hurdle race, &c Liberal prizes will be awarded to the winners. Dinner will be served from 12:00 M. to l?30 P. M, aad sapper from 5:00 to 6:30 P. M. Rev. P. A. Walker will deliver the 4th of July dd t 11 'lk address at 11 o'clock. A running horse race, take place at 6:00 P. M l f fik i th mile heat, will Spleadid dis i fi play of fireworks la the evening— finest ever seen tn that vicinity. The people of the surrounding country are invited to come and eujoy a gala day and help a worthy cause. ' Remember the celebration of the Fourth at Tapper Lake. The Saraaac Lake and St. Regis Falls bands will be preaeat, and h Piflldd H Cd S schools, she said, should teach the sub- the Piercefiel Hose Co, and Saranao jsste whieh would befit equip Che boys and *Lake fire department, 60 strong, will parade ia uniform, besides competing ia the hose race. There will be a bicycle parade also aad several groups of horri- bles. The sports iacfode bicycle, foot, wheelbarrow and potato races and otbef sports. The baud coccert aad display Of fireworks and bonfires from tbe rooks above the village promise an taterestiag time ta the «reatog. The railroads an- nounce axf ffreion rates. BE ATM OF A CENTKNA UHN. The last of Malone's extremely old citi- jns^ passed away oa Thursday, at the ronnd old age of 100 years, three month's and six days. Peter Barnard was of French Canadian blood and was born at Point Oliver, Lower Canada, coming to the States at the age of 16 or 17 years. He was a sawyer by trade and worked at Burlington, Keeseville, Piafefcsburgh_an<L other places, finally coming to Malone to operate the Titusville mill for Wead & Meigs some 58 years ago. He was boss sawyer at toe Paroseteti .mill in this vil- lage for a considerable time, and was boss sawyer at Ladd & Smallman*s mill after he reached the age of 95, being rugged and healthy and able to attend to the duties of overseer. He could never read nor write but was remarkably well posted for one who depended on 'others for his information, and, being a strong Demo- crat, was a hard worker in his day for that political faith. Mr. Barnard was married twice and\ had six children by each wife, only, font of whom survive him. Mrs. Frank La- montine, who resides on Willow Street, is the only child left by his first wife and she is some 60 years old. Had the oldest child lived till now its age would have been three score and ten, and Mr, Bernard must have been close to 70 when his youngest son, Jo, was born. Mr. Barnard was never addicted to the use of intoxicants, and for more than half a century~had been' a teetotaler. He chewed tobacco but did not smoke. He had been in failing health for only about a year, but was able to be up ni and walk out, till the last five his life. His miud was clear till the heart stopped. He was greatly loved and re- spected by his children and grandchildren. Last March his hundredth anniversary was celebrated at Notre Dame church, of which-he was a communicant, and a re- ception was gfven him there, the church being handsomely decorated in flowers and the bell tolling 100 strokes as he walked down the aisle. Mr. Ladd sen| him a Ine easy chair for a centanial birthday present. SEXT TTEBiL, THE 4tli. The Fourth of July committee have now arranged definitely the numerous details of our celebration, and a few changes have been necessarily made. The ball game will be between the 1 Maiones ^Bd-th* Mascots, of MontresJ^-whc- « the amateur championship of Canada, instead of Potsdam, as the 4th was re- served for local games by th« league teams and Potsdam expects to celebrate. Ne^ Satiations are also under way to secure the Sixth Fusiliers Band, of Montreal, if possible, to accompany the ball team from that city. Valleyfleld will furnish one of the lacrosse teams and the Valley field Band, of 25 pieces. The Montgomery Band, of Rouses Point, numbering 25 pieces will also be present and the lacrosse team from St. Regis. The fireworks oi the evening of the Fourth are to be fur- nished by Payn of New York, one of the best-known dealers in pyrotechnic dis- plays. The New York Central will make excursion rates to Malone from Long Lake West, Moose Lake, Adirondack Junction and intermediate stations, and the Knights of the Maccabees of Montreal will run an excursion from that city to Malone. It is expected that our Canadian neighbors will come over in large numbers and help «s to celebrate.. Excursion rates will be made from all stations on the O. & L. C. Ry. BASE BALL. The Malone base ball-management is busily engaged in making preparations for th* opening of the league season. The grounds are being put into good shape and will bie in old-time condition for the opening game on the Fourth of July. The management' is to issue reason tickets for two dollars_that will admit to the league games, nine in number*. We note in the Ogdensburg Journal that the \ fails \ there are already think- ing of ordering a Sag pole for the pennant. We would^ advise oar friends to delay such action until they have seen the Ma- lone players. While Hildebrand will not be here, there are other college pitchers and just as good, too. The local men are putting in an hour or two of good stiff practice every day* andLby the las* of the week, when the entire team is here, may be expected to play fast, dashing ball, that will remind, ail of the ninety-six team. * Already we have one of the best college catchers in the country ou the ground, and more will follow. Ogdensburg may have a chance to sell her sag pole to Malone. Ogdensbnrg defeated the new Gkmver- neur team the other day by a score of-flve to three aad the Maple City is begin sing to feel its oats. The Gouveroeur team is largely composed of players from the old Ilion team. Ogdensburg is to be jprom- inent in athletics this season, for a feot bail team is also to go into training under the skillful coaching of Leary, of Yale. Games have been scheduled with several of the colleges, Including Syracuse, \Booh ester, Hobart, Hamilton, St. Lawrence and the University of Vermont. William Lenney, of Potsdam,the father of Mrs. John a Blzel, died at his\ home in that village, \of heart disease, Sunday night. He was a retired farmer and a man of high character, who enjoyed the confidence and respect of all who'.kMW him. Mm- Bteel was wittj her father for several days before bi« death and Mr. Biuei left lor Potsdam on Saturday *ran» ing's train. . tend i s Holly w^odj. Kildaww Graaahoe and RJverafcale in th* AdirondackflJ© the Racqoette River Paper Co. tor $tf?,00d. Th* Jaad has been ext»ul*«ly adwttoed andthliis tie highest price wfchsh has beea offered tern. OF LOCAL I?(TEBfi!)T. The quarterly communion service of the Congregational church will <be held next Sunday m«rni»g, Preparatory ser- vice on Friday evening at 7:30, The H. D. Thatcher Co., of Potsdam, have purchased tbriee new machines MM1__ will re-establish and re-equip their plant ked air m~Boon as possible. The manufacture of baking powder and patent butter palls will be resumed. Fern wood Hall, oa Lake Ozonia, will' be open from June 30th to Sept. 10th. This is one of the most attractive aad healthful places in the Adirondacks and is easily reached by rail to St. Regis Falls and thence seven miles by stage. „ Frank L. Proctor, of Watertown, for* merly of Canton, who pleaded guilty to a criminal assault on Florence Kelly, a 15 year old Canton girl, while she was visit- ing at his home, baa been sentenced to two and one-half years in Auburn prison, Albert T. Baker, of Portland, Maine* son of the late A. T. Baker, formerly of Brainardsvilie, ST. Y., died, in the Philip- pines, of chronic dysentery, March 15th. He was a private ia the 16th Regiment, William, a brother of the deceased, re- sides at Chateau gay Lake. The O. & L. C. R. R. has been_ assessed about $15,000 for street rights and croa*- between ^Ogdensburg and Rouses Point by the State tax commissioners un- der the franchise tax law. Attorney Hasbrouck has been in Albany endeavor- ing to secure a reduction of the assess- ment. The body of Duquette, who w%s drown- ed in the Chateaugay Ore & Iron Co.'a mine at Lyon Mountain several months ago, was recovered Wednesday afternoon. The work of pumping out the mine ha» continued since the date of the accident, millions of gallons of water being taken out during that time. On Wednesday evening last, Joseph, the 12-year-old son of Joseph Youngs, foreman of the Cnateangay Pulp Co.'s mill, went out on the mill pond in a leafcy boat for a fishing trip and was drowned. It is .ftupposeti that he overturned the boat while bating it out. The body was in the water twelve hours before recovery. Robert Traux, electrician of the electric light plant at Thousand Island Park, was instantly killed early Wednesday mom- ivg. While manipulating a switch board, his hands came iu contact with a bolt and 1,150 volts of electricity passed through his body. Traux was %$ years old and was to have been married in August. Work on the Hannawa Falls power plai^jj£i§B progressing favorably. About 450 ^^wejwwjamployed. There was a strike after the last pay day and about 100 raeo went away. About 500 were em- ployed before the strike. Work on the power house is now as far advanced as it was before the spring freshet, and work on-the fore bay was begun last week. They have dug down to bed rock and are patting in a heavy wall. The canal has been repaired where it washed out except ; near the power bouse, wberT heavy sten« work will be put in. The Remenyi Concert Company gave a 'magnificent program at the Baptist church Monday night, and it was declared by the best critics present to be the finest concert ever given in this village. Miss Margue- rite Hall certainly has no superior as a mezzo-soprano in America. She has a large, deep voice, which is under elegant control. Mr. Wheatley is an excellent tenor and the duet between Mr. Wheatley and Miss Hall at the close of the enter- tainment fairly raised their auditors off their feet. Mr. BeigeJ, the piaoisfe, is au artist and composer of rare merit »nd taste. As an accompanist it is doubtful if %e has his equal. Tb^e company good- naturedly responded to repeated encores, and the programme was deserving of a much larger audience. At. the meeting of the board of trustees Monday night representatives of the elec- tric light company submitted a proposi- tion to light th« village streets the coming year at $60 per light. This was a \stun- ner\ for the old members who served oa the board of 1898. The present contract expires July 1st and was made for a year at $44 50 per light v tbe price having final- ly been bid down to that figure; between fche franchise was granted we notice by the files of the Farmer that it was voted on the distinct understanding that lights would be furnished all night every night for five years at not exceeding $50 per light, and a memorandum, was signed the day the franchise was granted, by mea Who are now officers of the company, in- corporating these provisions hot without limit as to time. Whether this could be held to be perpetual is a question, but, under all the circumstances it seems that it ought to be good for five years at least and we think it is. Whether the consoli- dated eoiapany is operating under Ore new or the old franchise we are unable to My, h«t& it coald not have purchased the old at an acceptable price had not the new ^franchise beea give©. aad the public understand* the aroafcWation for this fraochise to have beea $S0 r light per year for a* Itaat five year*. The board voted\ not tn aeeept the |80 proportion, mA we shall probably be without light* agate after 3n\j 1st. The members of tfee ooeapMBj are all good fel lowland •» per tight per year would aot tuSMftsaaMa BTSM hut lor the couaiderattaa on waica the fraocbUe was Aa t*bt» sot a matter of ship th*U*t* oaa&ot aee its way clear pay tftM ]»«<», *«r ha» it U» mooey, the mains to lum gives ia 1818 io. The tracers justified ia begiaalBf aa tor specific perfora*&ee*> Tfe* board voted to ptoos new sfeas at the t cosset*, maay of the old oeee h*v- ** s: «•'
