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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-12

Many people turned TO look at a tall
massive, handsome man with a genial face
who was strolling along Broadway the
other day, and no wonder for few men
bear more striking personality than Gen.
o. a. Poe. Of the United States army liz
was Sherman's engineer-in-chief during
the late war, and distinguished himself by
doing all sorts of unheard OF things in
clearing away roads and distractions. He
was the officer who in the early part of the
war created a sensation by cutting chan.
mel through the swamps facing Island No.
10 on the Mississippi river, and bringing
transports loaded with troops to New Mad.
rid. Gen Poe always passes several months
of every year in New York, and is quite a
prominent club man. Since the war Gen
Poe has been engaged in various engineer
ing enterprises. York Telegram.
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Driven to suIeIde bx HIs vIetim.. Ghos,

John II. Smith, giant oil well driller
of Pittsburg committed suicide by tyinl
a fire escape rope around his neck and
swinging himself out of the third story
window OF Boley's hotel, on Diamond
street. The noise OF his dead body swing
ing against one of the windows led 10 the
discovery Of the act.
Smith was feet inches in height, and
was known throughout the oil country as
Murderer John Smith" He was very
gloomy at all times, and other drillers
would not work with him, as he was looked
upon as a Jonah. Many years ago he and
a companion killed man at EdenburQ,
Clarion county. Smith turned states evil
dence and was released His COMPANION
fed and was never captured Ever since
Smith was said to have been haunted by
the ghost of his victim, and has attempted
to commit suicide in several different WAYS.
Once he tried TO shuttle off by the aid Of
a can Of dynamite, but was caught and his
life saved. Another time be contemplated
self destruction and three revolvers were
taken from him. Again he walked into
the river. He tried TO borrow a revolver
from the clerk of another hotel than the
one at which he was stopping, but it was
refused. Then he went TO Boley's and
hanged Observation-Disclosures Times.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-12
A Defect IN T:aIlroadirr.

All over the country, when trains draw
up under covered depots the passenger,
step out from them into a deafening. be
wildering noise of discharging steam, clam
times, shrieking whistles. l wish to record
the fact here that the day is near at hand
when a railroad president or superinten-
dent who permits a locomotive engine tc
precede train into terminal depot viii
not dare TO confess himself a railroad man.
1t should be so today. He is a bungler at
his business who with one lobe Of his brain
provides the most finished facilities fol
speed and comfort, and with the other lobt
ignores the minor decencies of his calling
Julian Ralph in Chatter
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ON BABIES GRAVES.
Curiosities Seen in the Ancient Cemetery
of Washington Colored People.

| Curiosities Seen in the Ancient Cemetery
of Washington Colored People.
A little child's tea set spread out upon a
new made grave. What could be more
pathetic9 The tiny cups and dishes all
carefully arranged as if for a make believe
party, with small tea pot in the middle
But the mite of girl who should play the
hostess at the lilliputian feast is lying cold
and stiff in wooden box buried three feet
beneath the mound of fresh earth wherein
the tea set is arrayed.
The little grave lie but one Of thousands
such huddled together in an old colored
peoples cemetery out towards the north
west, beyond the city limits and close by
the bank Of Rock creek. Acre upon acre
of the inclosure is so thickly occupied by
the dead that the graves adjoin one anoth-
er row upon row without an inch of space
between to set the foot upon. No verdure
conceals betneath its green carpet the
crowded hillocks of clay and gravel, nor
do costly monuments arise TO commence
rate the virtues of the departed. There
are not even headstones, but usually slabs
of wood instead, most of them merely
shingles and old scraps Of board stuck into
the ground, and all this not because of
any lack of love or reverence, but simply
for the reason that the builders of this ne
cropolis are poor.
On the piece of board at the head of the
grave where the tea set is spread out is
this inscription:
MedoRA EveI
INA SCOTT
Sleep
In JEAS.
AGED yrs OLD
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-12

An official report shows that there are
2S3 Indian schools in the dominion. OF
this number 81 are managed by the Church
Of England, so Roman Catholic, 80 Method
list, 10 Presbyterian and l6 undenomina-
tional. The funds for their support are
divided as follows: Roman Catholics,
S257, COO; Church Of England, $3.50, 761:
Presbyterians. SO, 439: non-denominational
s5l,94l: Methodists, 81, Sal; total, s574, 2s5.
The Church Of England, the Presbyterian
church and the Methodist church supple
mented the government grant quite ma
terially, but the Catholic church is not
known to make any expenditure for the
chools.-Exchange
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-12

There is no berry more delicious when
preserved than the strawberry, and none
more difficult to put up successfully. The
favor of the berry is so evanescent that it
entirely disappears in canning. II requires
q rich sirup to hold this delicate flavor,
and therefore strawberries should always
be preserved. Select perfectly ripe, fine
favored fruit for this purpose. The most
delicious preserves in the world are made
OF wild strawberries Hull the strawber-
ries, and as soon as you have about pound
ready weigh them and put them with
three-quarters of their weight of sugar in
a porcelain lined kettle. Continue till the
kettle is nearly full, then set them at the
back of the stove. When the Strawberries
are well covered with juice bring them for
ward where they will boil up rapidly. Stir
them only enough TO prevent their burn
ing. After they have boiled rapidly for
ten minutes skim them carefully and be-
gin putting them into bottles which should
stand IN boiling water TO prevent the hot
preserve cracking them. Seal them up
instantly as tightly as you can.
Wipe of each bottle as IL is filled and
sealed and stand it on paper on the
kitchen table till cold. When cold screw
up again and set it away. These preserves
VIII keep more securely If the bottles are
packed in sawdust. Another method is to
preserve the berries exactly as directed
using pound Of sugar, in place of three
quarters of pound, to every pound of Der
ries When the preserves are ready to put
into bottles, pour into tumblers instead
and set the tumblers covered with glass in
"broiling" hot sun for two days. At the
end of this time cover them with brandy
papers and seal them up under layer Of
cotton wadding tied or sealed closely over
them, but not in such manner as 20 rest
on the preserve. If you prefer seal up the
preserves in paper instead OF wadding,
though this is not the newest method. The
last preserve is very rich, but too candied
and sweet TO be agreeable TO every ones |
taste.-New York Tribune.
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MedoRA Even
INA SCOTT
a Sleep
In JEAS.
AGED 4 yrs OLD.

This is by no means the only grave on
which toys and such things are TO be seen
displayed. On the contrary nearly every
little mound of earth that covers child's
coffin exhibits some relics Of the sort.
Near by is single serving the purpose of
head stone, against which is tied with
Irvine dolls chair with a china doll sit
ting in il. The dolls dress has had all the
color washed out of it by the rain, but it
still sits there patiently, as it has sat for
many month, waiting for its mistress to
pick it up when the day shall arrive and
carry it before the Judgment seat
On grave not far off is a tin box full OF
empty spools-once doubtless used for play
things TO beguile baby hours-and mouth
organ. Tied TO another head board is a
pair Of little reins, and scattered over the
mound are several dominoes A grave that
is marked simply "No. ln-may be the
child had got no name-was adorned mere
ly with stoppered nursing bottle
The nursing bottles seemed to be of all
things the most frequent decoration of the
graves-certainly the most pitiful. As
rule they were partly filled with mud
washed into them by the storms. But they
were not by any means the only kind of
bottles TO be noticed on the mounds Medi-
cine bottles were there in plenty--enough,
indeed. TO supply an apotheeary's shop with
glassware. As well AS could be discovered,
il was much the fashion to place on grave
all the medicine bottles emptied by the de
ceased during the last and fatal illness.
Thus one was enabled to surmise at |
glance whether or not the sickness had been |
very long or complicated. Some graves
would have only two or three bottles, while |
Others would make showing of as many |
as fifteen. Many of the medicine bottles |
on the other hand were partly full.
One head board bore the epitaph:
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-12
Country Merchants, Butch.

ers, Peddlers. Produce Deal
ers, Tinmen, Marketmen and
traders generally will often find
the collecting of Calf Skins a
profitable addition to their
other business.
| desire 10 arrange with
some good man or frmin every
village in the United States
and Canadas to take in and
ship to me the Calf Skins ia
ken off in their vicinity.
Cash furnished on satisiac-
tory guarantee. For particu-
lars address. mentioning this
paper,
CARRom. 5. PACE,
Hyde Park, VI.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-12

Hr. Herndon has done more 10 picture Mr.. Lin
coin as knew him than any OF the many others
who have undertaken TO give histories Of his life
Tar as have seen them.-Er- Senator lyman
IyRNbNH
The greatest Life Of Lincoln vet written.
The Late 9ades =. C. kNicfy6ockv.
The best American biography that has ever been
wriuen-Hoyace Wkfts, Il. ~. y E0eHiag F0sf.
r. The very best American biography have
ever read.-Ccr. flames H. Wilson.
This true story Of Abraham Lincoln ought to be
in every library in the land and il will be whenever
its merits and faithfnlness become known-I0N
c. z. Hab6aya, late meDfbey Of Congress /y0m NJ y
> Al these loving adherents will hail Hern-
don's Lincoln with unmixed, unbounded Joy
Csseag0 7ribaHe.
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Our babe slept away
Quietly to Bulah land
In the sweet by and by.

III tue SWEET uy ana D}.
On the grave were a rubber doll, tin fir.
engine very much rusted, and little china
cat.
A curious thing found on one of the
mounds was cast Of a human foot in or,
binary plaster Of the sort that is used for
houses. Perhaps the father OF the family
was in that business. Other casts of angels
and such things in the same rude material
were not infrequent The most conspicu-
Gus object in the cemetery was a huge
hobby horse placed over small boys
grave. Many day, doubtless, had he
ridden on il to Banbury Cross. A pathetic
ornament, washed down by the rain from
mound, was childs school slate. Stick
ing up in the mud by it was half used
slate pencil. The slate itself was broken.
One thing that struck the observer in
the cemetery was that all the ornaments
and articles Of whatever description that
decorated the graves were without excep-
ton broken or deprived Of their usefulness
in other ways. If such had not been the
case they would be likely to be carried
away Even tin basin on one mound. red
with rust. was punched full OF holes. A
starch box on another grave was full of
fragments of china dolls, and even the
nursing bottles were cracked. The big
hobby horse had lost its rockers and every
one Of the statuettes were more or less
mutilated. Coffee pots, with their nozzles
Knocked off. in very many cases served the
use of pots for flowers, though no flowers
were in them. of course. = Washington
Star.
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or the Barber Lied.

Barber-I guarantee this magic hair re
storer. 1t has never been known to fail
Jones-But, my dear sir. tried it and i
had no effect whatever.
Barber-Then there was something tn,
matter with your head.-Texas Siftings.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-12

Nature plays queer freaks with the flower
seeds sent out by the agricultural depart
ment at Washington. man who re-
ceived a package Of seeds labeled giant
pansyn planted them in flower bed and
soon had small crop Of turnips, while
number Of seeds labeled double pinks"
produced long neck squaxhes.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-12

Men Of good character and
Nv ability Z" sell Tor the Fonthill Nurseries.
u $50 acres OF choice stock. New speclaiies
4 pay. salary or commission. send Pluto. with
cation. For terms address STONE 4 VEL
NiION. 242 st. James ST.. Montreal Canada.
Beall. Manager.
bic this paper.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-29
A lively Ely Tran.

In passing a drug store l noticed an
oil painting placed in tho window for
exhibition. While looking at it 1 sud-
denly saw IL small dark object spring out
from a crevice near the window, leap
high into the air, make a quick move
ment and drop back to the floor.
So quick was the motion that it was
all over before it reached my brain that
what I had seen was mouse. The little
creature now sat looking intently at me
as if to say, "What did you think of
thaty' while at tho same time l observed
that by its cat like movement it had Sc
cured something which it was chewing
with great relish.
Presently the mouse stealthily con-
cealed itself i'll an opening and left only
its pointed nose visible. 1t remained
perfectly still; not a muscle moved.
Then a fly flew past. Quick as light
ming the mouse sprang into the air,
caught the insect in its mouth, devoured
it greedily and resumed its former posi-
ton.
This was repeated several times within
a few minutes. In every movement the
mouse showed cunning and quickness
similar to that of its much dreaded enc
my the cat. l wondered if it had
proited by the lessons it's old enemy had
taught it. 1t never failed to catch its
prey us it flew within reach or CHANGED
to light upon the plate glass.-Cor.
Youths Companion.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-29
Robbed of Its Poetry.

DIR. Nachtigal, the celebrated African
explorer, was once the guest Of a rich
Hamburg merchant. The merchants
son, a young man of somewhat senti-
mental temperament, said that his dear
est wish was to ride across the desert on
tho back of IL camel. He thought such
a ride must be very poctical indeed.
"My dear young FRIEND" replied the
explorer, 81 can tell you how you can
get q partial idea of what riding a camel
on the desert of Africa is like. Take an
office stool, screw it up as high as posi-
bic, and put it into a wagon without any
springs; then seat yourself upon tho
stool and have it driven over uneven
and rocky ground during the hottest
weather of July OF August after you
have had nothing to cat or drink for
twenty-four hours, and then you will
get a faint idea of how delightfully."- DO
etc it is to ride on Il camel in the wilds
of Africa. London Tit-Bits.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-29
Whero To Sha2

Where is that "divine perfection Of a
woman" entitled "the loveliest of her
SEX" to he found? "Therel' "There"
"Therey" shout no end of enamoured
bachelors, each pointing ut his hearts
idol. The husbands are less enthusiast
tic, for it lisa lamentable fact in aesthetics
that matrimonial familiarity modifes
very materially the ante-nuptial opinions
Of the parties implicated with respect to
each other. But almost every unmarried
man with a malleable heart knows or
has known some woman whom he re-
CARDS or has regarded as ''the loveliest
of her SEX"
Yet the superlative is ridiculous, for
the simple reason that there exists no
absolute standard Of womanly beauty.
The sculptor who shaped the Medician
Venus thought he had combined all the
rarest physical charms Of the sex in that
remarkable work Of art, and yet we have
heard it criticised as too short, too tall,
too plump, too thin. etc. ETC.; and a six
foot-four Vermonter who went to Rome
to perfect his taste In vertu recorded In q
visitors register" there the unsenti-
mental dictum that "the figure is pretty
good, what there is of IT, but there isn't
more'n half enough" So that even the
statue which, we are told, "enchants the
world" is not everybody's paragon
New York Ledger.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-29
A Japanese Night Ride.

We had now to take o long night ride,
and at length we rushed out into the
moonlight, our fourteen runners appear
ing and disappearing as we came In and
cut Of the shadows In the long process.
sion of our train.
We whirled past the houses Of the small
town, indiscreetly close to the paper
screens, lighted from within, against
which were profled the shadows of
faces, sometimes with pipes or cups lift
ed to their lips OF the outlines of coiRures
piled up on the head-all pictures more
Japanese than their very originals; then
between rounded hills on which stood
masses Of maple trees; then near to empty
spaces of water; then sank into dark
hollows, at the bottom of which q river
ran as fast the other way.
Watched and looked as long as fatigue
allowed, but fell asleep In the uncom-
Portable kuruma, walked every nov and
then bysome sudden jolt to my extended
arm and head.
Occasionally l had dreamy glances at
what I remember as a vast blue plain,
with lofty colorless mountains at one
side, and perhaps l saw glimpses of the
sea. The night air was cold in the hol-
lows after the sweltering day, and l
found my arm and face damp with the
dew. A Japanese poet would have said
that 1t was but the spray from off the
oars Of some heavenly boat which sailed
that night across the starry stream of
the milky way.
In the dawn we saw the white walls
of the castle of the city Of Osaka, and
ran across its many bridges, all silent in
the morning.-John La Fargo in Century.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-29
Grim Conscience.

4Aot AcA1OW y u COuSQI'
yes"
He'd hold you up at nightw
81 believe it."
"He'd rob your kouser'
81 think he would"
"Then why did you give him a quar-
ter:
The above conversation occurred be-
tween two gentlemen standing on the
corner of Broadway and Fourteenth
etreet.
"Ill tell you Why" said tho one who
had promptly handed out the piece of sill
vcr when ''struck" for lodgings money.
Zone day two or three years ago l was
down on Canal street. A tough looking
chap asked me for money, and l not
only refused, but threatened to have
him arrested. l didn't exactly mean it,
but he thought that l did, and in his
hurry to get away lie ran in front of a
big truck team and was knocked down
and run over. The wheel crushed his
hips, and he didn't live over ten minutes.
| helped carry him to tho walk. and I'm
telling you straight when I say that he
kept his eyes straight on mine until they
closed in death.
"There was that in his look which
made me feel contemplate compared to
a worm, and for the next month it seemed
to mo that everybody in New York
looked upon me as worse than q muir
derer. That man died blaming me for
his death, and I'd have given five hun
dred to SEQ him live. That's why l
come down whenever I'm struck, and if
| hadn't but half u dollar on earth I'd
divide it if called upon."-New York
Sun,
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-29
Men Should VICAR corse.s.

1t may sound awful to say so, but do
you know I think that men ought to
wear corsets? Not steels, stiff whale
bones and strong lacings and all that,
but something to remind them that nat
ure intended them to stand straight, and
that they should lay claim to a SUCCESS
ton of a waistline. When q man gets
to be 80 CT q little more he goes all to
pieces In looks, unless he is made of I'M
common metal. At 80 a man is married
or gives up the idea. Whatever his con-
dition, his main object In life is to take
comfort. He takes comfort.
In year or two his shoulders, that
were firm and square, take on q pathetic
droop. The coat that was buttoned up
with 30 much pride and showed off the
symmetrical back and waist in such fine
lines is apt to swing open, the smooth
front becomes q wrinkled %nonentity, and
that waist line, that vas so symmetrical,
Is lost in what is called a stomach" /
know some men take great pride in that
comfortable looking stomach. It does
show that life is worth the living, but it
also proves that q man is getting on in
years, and each year adds several inches
to the waist measure, and-and-it isn't
graceful if it is comfortable.
Now, a corset II band. say eight or
ten inches wide. made with heavy cords
stitched in solidly to give frmness, in
the front several pieces of silk elastic
tape and the back provided with buckles
and straps, would not be uncomfortable
to wear and would be q support for the
stomach that cannot stand too much
comfort without a sacrifice of symmetry
and grace.-Chicago Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-29
Tho rrcnchman Gave Up the Seats,

can interesting little incident &C.
Cured at the Theatre de Varieties"
writes u New Yorker travelling In France
to an acquaintance in this city. Ayoung
Missourian, accompanied by a lady,
found to his annoyance that his seats
had been appropriated by q military
looking individual. Re explained the
situation to the attendant, but that func-
tionary was too frightened to do any
thing in the affair, and the American
learned from bystanders that the in
truder was Capt. C-,a famous duel
list and bully of the Cuirassiers.
II I'm sorry to disturb you, monsieur"
he said, walking to the captain. "but
you have my seats"
The reply of the captain translated
into Fourth ward patois would be,
"What are you going to do about it?"
Nothing now," quietly replied the
son of the States. 81 have IL lady with
me. But as you leave the theatre to-
night I shall shoot you through the head.
Good evening"
While tho American was returning to
the hotel with the lady the cavalryman
left the theatre and took the express
train for Munich.-Ncw York Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-29
"A Convenient Paper Pad Holder.

Every member of the noble army Of
s%criveners should feel grateful for a new
paper pad holder which has recently
come out at London. The holder is a
square of wood, with a raised fiat bor-
der on the left side and across the bot
tom; the pad of paper fits into the angle,
and the whole block can thus be held
with the greatest possible ease in the
left hand, in any position most conven-
lent to the writer.
The underneath part of the paper pad
is a sheet of thick blotting paper, and as
each sheet is torn off when covered it
can be thrust in between the holder and
pad, not only without fear of blotting,
but also thereby helping to maintain
the pad at the same level to the end. To
those who love to scribble their lucu-
brations on their knee, in bed or any
where, in fact, except ut Il desk, an in
vention like this paper pad and holder
will come as a most decided boon and
blessing.-New York Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1890-11-29
As Others See lis.

AS Others See Us.
A lady who prided herself on being
animated NICE asked her maid,
''Mary. how do | look when l am talk
ingY'
MOSTLY as if you was awful mad,
num-" was the honest reply.
Three gentlemen stood chatting to-
gether in a railway station, and one
CHANGED to notice two-thirds of a cigar
cite lying at their feet.
"Ah." said he, 1.-The lady with whom
he had an appointment came sooner than
he expected. He would never have
lighted 1t if he had known"
"No," said the second, that isn't it.
He was only a beginner, and he couldn't
stand anymore of it,"
II think you are both wrong" put in
the other. "He droppsd it by accident,
and was too proud to pick it up"
Each one of the three was sure that
his conjecture vas correct, and they
urged their respective views with some
heat and animation. at % short distance
from them stood two boys, one of whom
had been intently watching the group.
"Bill," said he to his friend, slook at
them three gents 6ghtin' over a bit of
cigarette. The big un found it fust, but
the others were on him afore he could
grab it. "-Youth's Companion.