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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-08-14
Bogus Coffee.

A man said to be a cousin Of me -, =,
who first made wooden nutmegs Is 81 l1 80
some kind Of artificial coffee u pes 81.
phia and it has found its va! . L 80.
kIrg. The manufacturer disiAs
circular reads as follows: \. 4
Dear Sir: l send YOU sAs -
imitation coffee. This is man u ,... =,
bean and is composed Of -four. ~ go. =
easily mix Is per cent Of this sue'. -,
in with genuine coffee thar runs = l -,
from 90 to 214 cents, and 1t Will ~, ~ s,
the flavor Of the same. II granuiis...'r 4, 4
same as coffee. If you deal W. -,
will be in the most complete co i..'..., (
This SIS. coffee Superior saS s. III
packed in barrels, weight 49, %
pounds to the barrel. By the uss 80 y, -
bean you can increase your p,s----.rs
and one-half cents per pound sno y, ~ SIS
the flavor. Try a sample bArreli !. =, rs.ssI
per pound. No attention paia I" -
cards. Send shipping direetionA ITEs.s-
not shoy samples to employss'-
ingtoa Star
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things and who happepsa,.,
O. Count Harnoncourtt,- sbs,N &1
Toth-Aradacz. "n0se ssi'
A SNOWMAN billed a snail
Georgia some time aoo , small u,
ments that he would az. s..a saas
stones St, gratis at esSa A'i nosi !
These proved to be uaiut.IP silqp'
the recipient of one If .S OeaaI
sent the Snowman 800. with a !,
that he was notified tbs d WIN b.
his "luck stone" that a I Ss.s allqA
had left him $4,000. '''sa''d
A RECENT disastrous aco;s.
Northern Pacific at Drummo ,uSa |. :
was caused by a "sun kings ! 10
Heat expanded the rails to sua 4 y
that the spaces between them u,I =
tirely closed, and there heinz M icy
room for expansion a curve ' -. y :
and the ties and rails were tbs,s y I
out of position. '0l
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A siamese Execution.

A few months ago a murdere, :.
cuted at Bangkok, saws n,
Thwing, few miles from VIII Vi,
now writing. Captain Morris Il
present, gives me the followip, ~
It was a pleasant November n y.
in the tropics there is no wiuts,
palm, the mango and rhododend,..
not blighted by frost, and tbs u
the dove and oriole need m, "
balmier cline than this. But tb.v'
of flower and song Of bird VsS
needed by the doomed one, A NJ,
about 80 years. The procession -.
a Buddhist temple in the subu,s.
double file of soldiers formed iuto.
low square forty yards in length 4
were dressed in gray holland stua
red facings, in peaked cans win
band and tassel. They carried sids
and rifles and wore no sandals
officer was in charge. A dozen ".
tors were allowed to sit on bench n
the lines and perhaps three bprI
natives looked on from without
The chains were removed hon i
arms of the prisoner and he was f,r.l
by cords to a 7 post in the ground !
knelt with his back to an altar mad, \
few stones, on which were an III
jar and a few joss sticks. The al
toner stepped TO the victim and M
WORD or two to ask his forgiveness 4 n
ng what he was required to do and n
returned to the altar where be prs,,
his sword as if to have il sanctiss ]
accepted. His assistant took MS
mud, plugged the ears Of the msn Il
it, and made q mark with the same "a,
the back Of the neck where the bloru
to fall. The sword was doubleeaS
two inches wide, and two and a hais
long, japanese style.
With apparent reluctance the "a.
in charge, an elderly man, gave th. d
sign. The headsman started from 4
altar, forty feet from the victim d
walked with long strides, swinging
air his sword with each stride. h
blade fell with the final step and
head of the murderer came a
smoothly as when removed by guil0ti
1t was then placed on a pointed banb
and left on the execution ground, IT
ror to evil doors. The assistant ID
chopped off the heels to remove them
from the ankles, and left the remains
dogs and vultures.
Cremation is common in Siam VII
people can afford the expense I
hundred thousand dollars or more d
been spent in a royal cremation servir
The scene, though ghastly, is vasiG
advance of other days when wIeic
were boiled in oil, crushed under weigi
or sawn asunder. Pictures Of these
bolical deeds are seen in the corridors
the Bangkok palace. On Canton exc
ton ground, which l have visited "
within a few weeks, formalities arc nj
more brief, probably because bushes
his line is more brisk. Foroneyear
iaily average was over a hundred hss
Strange enough, substitutes are scceP'
ave in treason cases and in parTicids
natricide, and the sum paid Is sn
The act, it is supposed, brings q blsa
n the other world to him who .
sacrifice.
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the latter fair description of the looks
and shape of the offender.
Our friend. the dog, met on his way
an animal of the genus feline, who had
Just arisen from a refreshing afternoon
nap. Pussy, true to her nature. inn
mediately proceeded to hump herself.
Our friend, the dog, was puzzled.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-08-14
How Uncle Jerry went Back on the Crowd

How Uncle Jerry Went Back on the Crowd.
Every boy Of us in the village knew
Uncle Jerry Crawford He was q
dried-up old man, and never seemed 3
get any older, although always COM
planning. The form Of salutation was
invariably this:
Hello Uncle Jerryl'
-Iass, yass."
"How you feeling?"
"Wretched, wretched, thank ye.~
I've heard that at least one thousand
times, and never knew deviation but
once. A drummer who used to come
up occasionally from st. Louis got on
TO II, and one day when a dozen Of us
sat on the steps of the drug store Uncle
Jerry was seen coming up the street.
isn't that old Crawford 2" asked the
drummer, as he shaded his eyes with
his hand.
"Yes."
Hes the man who always replies
that he's pretty well, praise God?"
-Oh, no. He is the man who always
replies that he's wretched, wretched,
thank We"
my NC hAAotahcui Jul QOu
think so"
~Of course you are"
well, hate to give in. I'll bet $50
that when he comes up and you ask
him how he is he'll reply as 1 said
There were seven OF us there, and
all we could raise was $16. We hand
ed that out fast enough, however, and
it had been covered when Uncle Jerry
came along. We were on the grin as
the drummer called out:
Hello Uncle jerry
-Yass, yass."
How you feelings"
Pretty well. praise GodT replied
Uncle Jerry, as he passed on.
II was about two minutes before we
could get breath, and then the drum
mer had gone with the stakes. An
hour later / asked Uncle Jerry what
he meant by such conduct, and he re-
piled:
Took me all day to learn it, and the
Teller gin me two big dollars. '-Nes0
York Sun.
A YOUNG man who made . wager that
he could court thirty young women in
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-08-14

FTER God had
created the world
and all the AMI
mails in It. the
latter elected q
king, who, Of
course, was the
Lion. One very
line day his mai
esty, the lion,
notified all Of his
people to assem-
BILE ut q certain
place and hold q
great meeting.
Everybody show
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-08-14

"Are you that camel?" he hallooed
at her.
Incensed at such an insult, the mad
dened cat at once attacked the dog
with her sharp claws.
From that time on they we're bitter
enemies.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-08-14

I'd up except the camel, who failed to
out in an appearance. To bring him
% his duty the king sent very smart
aound out to search for him, and gave
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-08-14

A YOUNG man who made . wager that
he could court thirty young women in
one month says he is now ~on his last
lap.S he viii win By tight soeeze.
Mower County transcript., 1890-01-29

of mustard seed! Only wait!''
1t was on a blossomy, rain-sprinkled,
April Sunday when DR.. Pinkney was
| able to hobble for the first time into the
new church, leaning on cane on one
side, and on the other supported by
Sarah.
"You are 50 clumsyv' said he, fret
fully. ''You jerk me so! Where's Lucy3
Why didn't she Gomez"
''Lucy isn't as tall as I am, pa,'
whined poor Sarah, ''nor so strong!'
"But she's got more sense in her than
all the rest of you put together!" re-
torted the invalid.
| The sound of the familiar hymns, the
softened light of the stained-glass win
dows, the voice of the clergyman, how.
ever, all tended to soothe the old mans
perturbed spirit when he was seated.
my favorite hymns" he said to him
self. ''Good Lord-it seems almost as
If were boy again! That new organ
has sweet tone!''
One by one the slow tears rolled down
his cheeks; nor were they altogethe,
tears of sorrow, rather restful, tender
dews, sacred to the past.
II haven't thought as much of these
things as ought" pondered he, as the
majestic strains Of ''Old Hundred" rolled
down the aisles. perhaps the Lord
knew better than did when BE laid Hit
heavy hand on me. Who knows?" =
swell, DOCTOR" said the puffy, spec
tacled little church warden when they
all went out, what do you think Of ou1
new organist2''
Mower County transcript., 1890-01-29
vORACIOUS WORMS.
Their Gluttonous Appetite Satisfied Only
with Steel Rails.

Their Gluttonous Appetite Satisfied Only
with Steel Rails.
For the past two years the German
Government has been making inquiries
into the life, history and ravages of one
OF the most remarkable worms known
to exist. This wonderful creature,
whose gluttonous appetite is only salts
fed after feed on common steel, was
first brought into general notice by an
article in the Cologne Gazette, in June,
1887.
For some time preceding the publica-
tion of the account mentioned the
greatest CONSERVATION existed among
the engineers employed on the railway
at Hagen, by accidents which always
occurred at the same place, proving
that some terrible defect must exist
either in the material or the construc-
tion of the rails. ss,-' -, H..
The government became interested
and sent a commission to the spot for
the purpose of maintaining constant
watch at the spot where the accidents
one of them attended with loss of life
had occurred. 1t was not, however,
until after six months had elapsed that
the surface Of the rails appeared to be
corroded. as If by acid, to the extent of
over one hundred yards. .=- lES
The rail was taken up and broken,
Iwhereupon it was found to be literally
honey y-combed by a-thin, thread-like
gray worm. The worm is said to be two
centimetres in length and of about the
bigness of common knitting-needle.
1t is of a light gray color, and on the
head it carries two little sacs, or
glands, filled with most powerful COR
rosive secretion which is elected every
ten minutes when the little demon is
lying undisturbed. This liquid when
squirted upon iron renders that metal
soft and spongy, and of the color Of
rust, when it is easily and greedily de-
voured by the little insect. "There is
no exaggeration,' says the official re-
port, lin the assertion that this Great
ure is one of the most voracious, for it
has devoured thirty-six Kilograms Of
rails into fortnight: Louis Re-
publio.
Mower County transcript., 1890-01-29
EXPENSIVE MEDICINES.
The Cost of Special Drugs Employed in
Special Treatment. =

The Cost of Special Drugs Employed, II
Special Treatment. \
Some medicines are very expensive
At recent exhibition of the America1
Public Health Association in Brooklyn
one manufacturing chemist, E. Merck
| exhibited ease of bottles. about
enough to fill an ordinary barrel, the
total value of which was over $4,000
The most costly drug in the case was
labeled ''Hom atropine hydrobromate
cryst." It was all in one bottle, con
| tanning six pounds, and was valued al
1900, or at the rate of So, 100 pound
This drug is an alkaloid, artif1cally pre-.
pared from atrophine. Its effects are
similar to those of atrophine, but not
so lasting. 1t is preparation of bella.
dona, and is chiefly used in treatment
| of the eyes, and always in minute
quantities. 1t expands the pupils of the
eye.
This substance is a striking illrstra.
tion of the application of chemistry to
we'll known medicines. The physician
does not deal so much with substances in
their crude form as with the quintes.
sences or active principles. BY this
means all superfuous matter is removed
and only that part which is needed tc
be used in the healing art is given tc
the patient. Thus, not only have the
roots, herbs, flowers, seeds, barks
juices, ores and earths of ancient medi.
cines been forced to give up their essen
tial and active parts to the retort O,
| crucible of the chemist and to reappea,
freed from dross or inert matter, re.
duced in quantity and vastly magnifled
in intensity of action, but entirely new
com mbinations of elements have been
devised by chemical science and formed
by chemical art; and wholly new
and previously unthought of modes o1
action in the human organism have beer
| achieved by some of these new forma
tions. AS the healing art has become
specialized, and no one physician claims
| to be able to treat all ailments, SO the
use of special drugs for special treat
ment has become necessary, 50 that it i.
difficult to find even a druggist who /,
familiar with every one of the drugs nov
in the market. The United States Phar
macopqeia is huge book, with the con
tents of which but few are thorough,
familiar. Yet to get a list of drugs il
actual use it will be necessary to stud,
also the German Pharmacopoeia and tn,
British Pharmacopoeia. In the exhibi
tion referred to one house showed Isl
articles only out Of 5000 produced in tn,
laboratories.-N. Y. Sun. 49,
Mower County transcript., 1890-01-29
PITH AND POINT.

"A man is great when the trining in
cidents Of his life are noticed.
An unruly stomach is not to be tanned
by lectures.-Table Talk.
Success depends quite as much ON
adaptability as ability.-Advance.
How ridiculous are the mistakes of
c...e--; -axenaahle-
own.
Tho poorer man is, the more apt
he is to refuse the pennies you give him
in change.
When mans temper gets the best
of him, it reveals the worst of him.
Altoona Tribune. 3:
"A miser grows rich by seeming poor;
an extravagant man growspoor by SEEM
ing grich.-Shenstone.
-Unceasing and relentless watching
over ourselves is the price of success in
the higher aims of life.
There is not enough justice in the
world to prevent the right from occa-
sionally getting left.-B;nghamton
Leader.
BE courageous and undetermined;
our own hearts and not other mems
opinions of us, form our true honor.
1t is a cold, clammy thing to say, but
those people who treat friendship the
same way as any other selishness get
most out of it.-Atchison Globe.
1t is the man who orders room on
the top floor who takes up the most room
in writing his name on the hotel regis
ter.
The sympathies of people are always
with the unfortunate, because the people
know they are SO liable to be unfortu-
nate themselves.
1t is said that 'tmen are the archi-
tects of their own fortunes" This e4
plains why so many of them fail, for bit
few get beyond the nave.-Philadelphia
Press.
If some people would stop worrying
about the past and worry little about
the future they would improve their
chances of success. Detroit Free Press.
What q unmarried woman doesn't
know about bringing up children could
be written on the back of postage
stamp, but it would ruin the stamp.-N.
Y. Commercial.
With the most of us, the man who
believes as we do is not only right, but
strong, able and successful; our SYM
pathies are so strongly with him that we
take it for granted ne is carrying every
thing before him.-United Presbyterian.
In removing friction, in calming ir-
ritation, in promoting sympathy, in in
clining the hearts of others towards, in
stead of against him, the speaker of
kind words exerts force much greater
than he conceives of. Results that
could never be accomplished by harsh
compulsion or an iron will often flow
easily and pleasantly under the in
vigorating influence of kind words
Once A Week.
Mower County transcript., 1890-01-29
BOWIE-kNlFE FICTlONS.

Truo History of tho Invention Of This
T Z * Formidable Weapon.
Many wild tlctions have been circulat-
ed by sensationalists in regard to the
Bowies, for the reason, pure and simple,
that Rezin P. Bowie, and not James,
conceived the idea of the bowie-knife.
The Invention of this knife arose from
a very ordinary incident.
At theS time of its creation Colonel
Rein ?. Bowie was q planter in Ope-
lousas; while hunting Wild cattle in the
company Of some friends he attacked a
young steer which, in throwing up his
head, struck his 5hunting-knife with its
horn in suph a way as to knock it
through his hand, cutting itdown severe
ly between the thumb and forefnger.
AS was usual with all planters,
Colonel Bowie had on his plantation a
blacksmith shop for plantation pur-
poses; at this time he employed in it a
hired white man by the name of Jesse
Cliffe. '''
On returning from the hunt he re-
paired to the shop determined to have
knife made which would insure protec-
sAOA AEOA1 %Iuo IGCuEIcuCo VI WIG MOIA-
ing's accident. All
Picking up an old file he ordered Cliffe
to make Of it knife having cross
piece placed betwixt hilt and blade, SO
that it would be impossible for it to be
driven through mans hand. Thus did
tho bowie-knife owe its birth to a mis-
hap on hunting expedition, and its
originator never designed it for other
than hunting knife. <"
Colonel Bowie's daughter, my mother,
Is now living in this city. She was with
her father when he issued his order,
heard it and witnessed it's fulallment.
So much for Uncle Sims Reminis-
cences," which he seems to have ac-
cepted at second hand Aom some party
no more correctly informed than him-
self. We owe him no ill-will for his
error; we say to him: p&r pobis q Cor,
n. O.,Picaypne zs ss55 UNI 81
Mower County transcript., 1890-01-29
BlSMARCK'S SECRETARY.
How He Obtained His Position Under the
Chancellor.

How He Obtained His Position Under tho
Chancellor.
Herr Won Rottenberg, who is some-
times introduced by Bismarck to foreign
diplomatists as his right hand, while he
facetiously adds that he keeps his right
arm for himself, owes the high position
he enjoys entirely to his own genius and
the keen perception of the Prince, by
whom it was discovered. Count Her
bert had been a college chum of Herr
Won Rottenberg, and had maintained a
friendly correspondence in after life.
One day Prince Bismarck, on finding on
his sons desk brochure entitled ''An
Ideal State," put it in his pocket, curl
GUS to see the subject of Count Her
bert's studies. The Chancellor was de-
lighted on perusing the work and in
quired with much interest concerning
the author. On learning that he was
engaged in commercial pursuits, much
against his wishes, his taste being
wholly devoted to science and lit
erature, the Prince Immediately
exclaimed: ''Then let him come to US.
The author of that brochure is just the
man wanted in our Chancelerie; just
the man should like to consult-the
man to give valuable advice in state
difficulties. Write to him at once"
This was done. Young Rottenberg ca
gerly accepted the offer, and deserted his
uncle's counting-house with delight, al
though warned by his friends that the
post would be hard one. Such it has
proved with vengeance. Bismarck is
a man to whom fatigue, whether Of
mind or body, is unknown. He can
work from seven in the morning until
night, scarcely allowing himself time
for meals; and then, again, will supple
ment the labor of the day with another
spell Of work till midnight. And never
yet has Herr Won Rottenberg failed to
keep pace with his giant patron. He has
indeed, become Indispensable to the great
master, who can not bear his absence
for moment. It is common saying
among the Germans that Bismarcks
eyesight, hearing and memory are all
represented by Herr Won RottenberR.-
London Letter. J. i
Mower County transcript., 1890-01-29
) FANcIEs OF LuNATICS.
WhGt a Reporter Saw In . New York Insane

WhEt q Reporter Saw In q New York Insane
IL: u: Asylum.
In q New York State Insane Asylum,
reporter recently noted these Incl
dents: In one of these pavilions, q de-
mented barber was shaving fellow pa
tient, using a safety razor, while score
OF -nther. -lunatics were awaiting their
turns. In the midst Of the operation,
the barber quietly wiped his razor, laid
it aside, and taking a seat by tho win
dow, fell into what was apparently
brown study, with his dull, dry eyes
sweeping the distant Forest and his
dnger-tips drumming tune on the win
dow-sill: The man in the chair, one
half of whose face was still lathered
and unshaved, gave no evidence of i'm
patience or vexation with the unpleas-
ant eccentricity of his barber, and the
other occupants of the room did not ap-
pear to observe any thing unusual in
the course of events. After an
interval of at least ten min
utes, the half-shaven individual
arose from the chair, and with the
lather still sticking upon one cheek,
walked out to resume his work on the
farm. Not ripple of amusement dis
turbed the empty faces of the other Gus
toners in the shop. One Of them, a
huge fellow in brown jeans, arose and
remarked quietly: II should like to
pull down Brooklyn BRIDGE" The bar
ber, by this time, had recovered from
his fit of abstraction, and, walking to the
chair, said "Next!" in perfectly busi-
ness-like tone, but all his customers had
wandered away. In a neighboring laun-
dry, half-a-score of men were busily en-
gagged with suds up to their elbows. One
gentleman quietly lifted a dripping un-
dergarment from the tub, and wrapping
it around his shoulders like a soldiers
coat, announced that he was Napoleon
Bonaparte. A fellow-lunatic informed
him that he was crazy, and he immedi-
ately returned to his washing as though
nothing had happened.-San Fran cisco
Argonaut.
Mower County transcript., 1890-01-29
SECRETS OF SUCCESS.
How the Ounce of the College Made Him
self Famous Man.

How the Ounce of the College Made Him
self q Famous Man.
As boys and girls grow toward man
and womanhood, they naturally feed on
dreams of their future life, and look for
ward with hope to gaining success
They see that it follows and comes as
the reward of honest, faithful work,
which they are willing to give. Many,
however, forget that the work must be
mixed with brains, that there must be
intelligence as we'll as industry.
A rustic lad, anxious to climb the lad
der of fortune, willing and Industrious,
hired himself out to thrifty farmer on
the outskirts of large city. Hitherto
he had labored hard all his life, follow
ing the reapers and mowers in the field,
or the wood-choppers in the forest, as
each days task was given him, as a
faithful drudge. His work had required
no thought or intelligence, only simple
obedience and industry. The first day
of his new life he was sent to sell load
of pumpkins in the city.
At evening he returned, discouraged,
with his cart still heaping full, saying
he had driven faithfully, all day long,
through all the streets of the city, and
nobody had said word to him about
pumpkins. +
, If persons are willing to learn from
their failures, they can conquer most of
the difficulties of life. DIR. Blake, as
boy, was a student at Rome, and so re-
markably slow and dull as to be con-
sidered Ounce. This was, in part
owing to great indistinctness in speech
and stammering tongue. One day he
modestly gave his opinion in some dis
cussion among his comrades, and to his
surprise he was rudely interrupted by:
''What business have you to speak, who
are the Ounce of the College?"
The wound was keen and sharp. The
poor boy did not reply, but turned away,
with the harsh words burning into his
bosom. He reflected that the cruel
speech met no rebuke from any one, but
was silently accepted by all. That must
be his character among them, and the
opinion of all, even Of the kindest of
his friends. For this rough rebuke he
felt he ought to be thankful.
And now what was to be done? The
reproach must be wiped away, the char
acter changed. So he wrote on slip Of
paper: ''The Ounce of the College," in
plain, unmistakable letters, and placed
it in his desk, where, unseen by others,
it should be ever before his eyes. This
sharp, stinging goad was ever at his
side.
He strove to speak slowly and care
fully, and after time cured the defects
of speech. BY close, faithful effort he
soon rose to post of honor in his class
and in the school. His comrades never
knew the secret of his success.-Mary
Lansing, in Santa Claus.