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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-19

1t appears that thirty-four members
ol the present House Of Representatives
are under forty years of age and the
majority Of them are nearer thirty years
man the higher figure. They are among
Inc brightest and most active members
o. the body. Some of them are Repub-
hcans and some Democrats. There is
moral in this fact for the Republican
party all over the country. In its plans
ol reorganization one of the main OBJ
Jec's should be to bring the young men
mo It's ranks and push them to the
lOnt' Give the young men chance
Republican.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-19

Some OF our subscribers seem TO have
gained the idea that because we could
offer the Rutland Herald and this pa
per for Sl.25 a year, they ought to have
the Boston Journal or Mirror and Farm
er at the same price. They do not read
what we say, or else do not believe us
when we say, that THIs, like the Trib-
une offer that expir ID Dec. l, was a
SPECIAL OFFER. Both the Boston Jour-
nal and Mirror and Farmer cost us
twice as much as did either the Trib-
une or Rutland Herald during the life
of the SPECIAL offers referred to. By
the way, the time to take advan-
tage of such offers is before
they expire. After they have ex-
pired, it is out OF our power to ex-
tend them because a subscriber forgot
to take advantage of them in time. We
are constantly trying to secure such of
fers with papers that we know our sub
scribers would like, not to make cent
out of them, but to benefit our sub
scribers,
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-19
New Books ana New Editions,

Thirty years ago or more, The Atlantic
Monthly in reviewing Susan Warner
books (who wfote under the name OF
Elizabeth Wetherell) placed them with a
very few OF what they called "real Ameri-
can novels" j. b. Lippincott & Co. were
Miss Warmers publishers then, and they
have just bought out new edition Of her
works, which calls out great praise from
her old friends and makes many new
friends. "Nide, Wide World" lies open
before me and we are glad to see in the
etchings by F'redrick Dielman, that the
characters are not tricked out i'm the fash
ions OF to-day but represent the period in
which they lived, and still more glad are
we after lapse of years TO find the char
acters themselves have the same power To
please and bring US into sympathy with
them that they had when we first made
their acquaintances.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-19
Editorial Notes.

Subscribers out Of Vermont are re-
onested to observe the terms of this
paper. The price is s1.25 year out
side this State.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-19
so >

each, in ADDITION to the price OF this
paper (s1 in this county, s1.25 elsewhere)
will pay for any of the following papers
Boston Journal, Rutland Herald Mirror
and Farmer, N. Y. Tribune, Burlington
Free Press. Pay your Postmaster or send
direct to USED.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-19

The Montpelier Watchman celebra-
ted the SSth year of its existence by
adding column to each of its eight
pages. The Watchman has been a
very good family paper heretofore, but
promises more and better things here
after.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-19

The executive committee Of the State
Press Association is in Chicago this
week arranging for the annual excur-
sion, which will be to the Worlds Fair
this year. Particulars will be given
soon after their return.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-19

Hon. William K. Barrett, who has
Just been elected speaker of the Massa-
chusetts House of Representatives for
the fifth time in succession, began life
as a reporter for the St. Albans Mes
.enger.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-19

We have still few copies OF the
pamphlet of the laws of the recent leg
stature As the supply viii soon be eX-
bansted, those Of our subscribers wish
Jog any should write at once, enclosing
10 cents.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-19

In connection with the twentieth vol
ume of the West Randolph HERALD
AND News, Editor L. p. Thayer may
look back upon bright and successful
journalistic record, the most of which
has been made by his persistent energy
and enterprise. This typical Vermont
newspaper fills its field to the satisfac-
tion Of large constituency, and to the
credit of the State Press.-St. Al
bans Messenger.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-19

The Montpelier Argus does itself
proud by the issue OF holiday edition,
printed on fine paper, containing hand
some illustrations of the Worlds Fair
buildings. with descriptive letterpress.
1t is an exceedingly creditable piece of
work.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-19

We have had more complaints about
the Free Press than any paper that we
club with, from subscribers who did not
receive their papers. Why this has been
80 we do not know. We have promptly
forwarded all complaints as soon as re-
ceived, and this is to explain the situa-
ton to those who have written us about
that paper.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-19

Here is a strong argument against
free textbooks and school supplies in
an item from an exchange;
The possibilities of communication of
disease from one individual to another
are startlingly demonstrated by story
which comes from Detroit, Michigan.
The diphtheria epidemic among the
school children there has been traced to
the fact that they exchange lead pencils,
all Of them being dropped into one box
at the end of each session.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-19

Our subscribers undoubtedly noticed
that the paper last week was not cut
and pasted, but folded the old way. The
cold weather,or something, so charged
the paper with electricity that we could
not work the folder and the papers were
all folded by hand, causing a delay in
getting off the mail which was as an
noying to us as to our subscribers, who
received their papers late.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-19

Never in the history Of the Central
Vermont road has the freight traffic
been so heavy over its line as at pres
ent. At times, during the past week,
over 1000 loaded cars have stood at
junction points awaiting motive power
and their turn,going south alone. 1t
amounts almost to blockade, some
times delaying passenger trains seri-
ously. Probably no other company in
the country does as large a business on
single track road sa the Central Yer
mont.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-19

Subscribers to the Farmers Advo-
cate are beginning to receive little
equivalent for their money. In the
answer to the correspondents column in
the last issue of that paper this gem
occurs ''Well, no-Baby separators
are not used by baby farmers, nor
are they used to separate babies from
their natural mothers" And thus the
education Of the masses by the Advo-
cate goes bravely on.-Hardwick Ga
zette.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-07
SUCH FUN TOO COSTLY NOW.
4 Severe Penalty Imposed in Mississippi
 for the Shooting of Q Man.


 Popping at a man with pistol be- cause you do not happen to like him is going to have in the future some dis agreeable consequences. In the. good old times if the man shot at got hit and the doctors cut him up and killed him, there would follow a trial, of course, and some inconvenience to the shootist, but acquittal was usually the result, and the shootist bore thereafter all the Lonors custom decreed one who had '.killed his man." Those good old times are gone, however, for the United States district court in Mississippi has stepped to the front and put price on killing or trying to kill a man that will be prohi5itory. As related by the Mo- bile Register it happened this way: James A. Mayfield, James II. and George II. Sisl1 met one J. II. Ross in Amory, Miss, two years ago and filled him to the muzzle with cold lead bull lets. They did not like Ross. so they loaded him with lead and tried to sink the life out of him. Ross, however, managed to pull through and did not die; on the contrary, he lived to bring suit in United States court, demand ing that his assailants pay him $1OO, 900 damages done to his anatomy by the cold lead they had sprinlzled into him. There was g hot legal contest, with talented lawyers on both sides, John M. Allen, of Tunica, appearing for the defendants, and J. H. Watson, of Memphis, for the plaintiff, and the jury, after two hours deliberation, brought in a verdict for Ross for the full amount claimed.
 People may judge what a catastro- phe this proved to be for the defend ants by the fact that as soon as the verdict was rendered they made gen. eral assignment for the benefit of all their creditors
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-07
TOE WEIGHTS ON TRoTTERs.
Their Value as Speed Producers Accident
 ally Discovered in Missouri.

Their Value as Speed Producers Accident
 ally Discovered in Missouri.
 The discovery of the fact that to i'm prove the speed of many trotting horses it is necessary to weight their forefeet was made in a rather peculiar and amusing way, as related by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. About thirty five years ago Edward Butler, the we'll known and wealthy democratic poli- tician of St. Louis, Mo-, was but struggling young journeyman black smith. He was at that time in the em- ploy of man who was the owner of several trotterS in the interior of New York state. The horseman had entered one of his horses in the race which was about to be run. and on the morning Of the day of the race had exercised the trotter on the track. When the horse was taken back to the stable it was found that he had lost a shoe from one of his forefect. Blacksmith shops and horseshoers were not so plentiful then as now, so young Butler had to go all over the traclto find the lost shoe, but was unsuccessful in his search. He was in a dilemma, as he had no stock of shoes on hand, and the nearest place where he might get a shoe was a wagon shop three miles away. Off he went for the wagon shop. only to be disappointed. as the only shoe to be had was large, heavy one. The horse had to be shod, so on went the big shoe. When the owner saw his horse later in the day he made the air blue with pro- fanity, but, as there was no help for it, the shoe remained on. The horses got away pretty well together, but it was noticed that the trotter with the big shoe would throw his newly shod foot much farther forward than he would the other. and his speed seemed much increased. it any rate he won the race. The owner had another heavy shoe put on the other foot after the race, and when given a trial it was found that his strides were much long CT and his time much faster, so that ever since weighting has been in com mon practice.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-07
Church Building in Germany.

One of the most notable features o1 the reign of Emperor William is the extraordinary impulse which has been given during the last few years to the building of churches in various parts of the empire. In Berlin alone no less than twenty-siX new churches have either been erected or commenced since the accession of Emperor Will liam, which, added to the four-and- twenty evangelical churches with which the Prussian capital was pre- viously provided, will render Berlin as fully entitled to style itself ''The City of Churches as Brooklyn. These new churches represent a money value of twenty million marks, three millions of which have been provided by the emperor and the government, while all the remainder has been raised by vol untary contributions
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-07
YOU NEVER SAW A FULL MOON.
So Says One of the Leading Astronomers T
 of the Present Day.

of the Present Day.
 Did you ever see a ''full moon?'' asks writer in the St. Louis Republic. I know what your answer will be with out waiting for it. It is this: 'Yes, once every month since 1 have been old enough to pay attention to such phenomena. Yet I take the position that you are badly mistaken, and that in all probability you have never in your life beheld the full face of our ''silvery sister world" By way of so- lution let us see what 1t takes to con- stitute a ''full moon'' in the exact sense of the term: A full moon occurs only when our obsequious attendant is one hundred and eighty degrees of longitude from the sun, Old Sol and the earth being on the ecliptic. But the moons orbit is inclined to the ecliptic at an angle of five degrees eight min utes forty-seven seconds and is there fore never on the ecliptic except when at it's nodes or crossings.
 This being the case, what we call the circular disk of the moon Gull moon) lacks considerable of being an exact OhOIO, OOLdS NhdO eSoOAOAiOAAC1o CCIu ''in state of gibbosity," and is never perfect disk except when "a full moon" happens exactly at the time when Luna is crossing the ecliptic, at which time she must necessarily be centrally eclipted. One of our best present day astronomers, in conclud- ing an article of much merit on the same subject, says: "We therefore con- clude that real full moon, one having a perfect circle, has rarely, if ever, boaI1 soon g
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-07
Hawaii's Standing Army.

The standing army' of Hawaii in time of peace consists of seventy men. When the dogs of war are let loose, it is swelled as high as two hundred men sometimes. The Hawaiian army rarely stands" however. It prefers to sit down when it is not on the dead run for cover. Every man in the army has a different kind of uniform. The equipment consists of almost every sort of noise producer, from bulldog revolvers to the matchlock that Capt Miles Standish used to kill Indians with. If the rank and file take no- tion" to obey the order of their supe- rior officers, well and good. If they choose not to obey, also well and good. It's all the same to the officers, and mCre so to the rank and file.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-07
DOES FREEZING KILL FIsHEsq
Result of a Practical Test of This Inter-
 esting Question.


 A number of live perch were secured and placed in water at the ice manu- factory, says the New Haven Register, and the water was put in the process of specialization. It requires about sixty hours to freeze a cake of ice, and during this time the fish were watched to ascertain the effect of the intense cold which surrounded them. They kept alive and continued to swim in the water until their confines were so narrowed that they had 10 space in which to move. The ice in its freezing process begins at the outside and freezes toward the center, so the space in which the fish had their liberty was gradually narrowed down until the fish were encased and the water around them froze, pinioning them tightly in its folds.
 Each fish when the cake was com pleted was as natural as life, it's fins and tail being spread as they were while in the act of swimming. The cake of ice containing the fish was placed on exhibition, and numerous bets invo ing several hundred dollars were made as to the outcome of the experiment.. The cak was left intact for day or so and then cut open and the fish taken out and placed in water They were left for some time, and of the five fishes which were originally put in the cake none of them exhibited return to life so far as can be def- nitely determined except one, and whether this one was indeed alive is open to conjecture. After being placed in water this one fish, it is asserted, moved from the position in which it was placed and assumed an entirely different position which it is believed the fish made itself. However, as no one saw the movement it is taken that the death of the remaining fish is proof positive that this one fish was also dead and that the change of position was the result of something else than life in the fish.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-07
A HOTEL INCIDENT.
The Traveller Who Was Mistaken for a
 Dead Man.

The Traveller Who Was Mistaken for a
 Dead Man.
 ''The m ost singular thing that ever happened to me at a hotel," said the travelling member of the club, accord ing to the Detroit Free Press, twas this: I was stopping over night at Q large hotel in Chicago, and retiring late I left word to be called in the morning. intended getting up in time for late breakfast.
 ''I was awakened by knocking at the door of the room next to mine, mysterious whisperings and orders given in a suppressed voice. I lay still, wondering what time it was, and whether I should get up or not, when there came loud racket against my door, and sound of the transom nov ing. I sat up-my bed being close by the door-in time to see a small boy backing in over the transom. Hanging full length, he held by his hands and then dropped to the floor. As he gained his feet he turned toward the bed, and, seeing me sitting up and looking at him, he gave yell that made my blood thrill.
 "'Op-n the door, commanded mans voice on the outside.
 "'He's alive yelled the boy, sprawling on the floor in abject ter TOT.
 'sI thought everybody was crazy as I heard the noise outside, and, unlock ing my door, I asked what was the mat ter. The hall was full of chamber maids, bell boys and porters, all of whom took to their heels as soon as they saw me, and ran as if possessed with demons.
 ''The landlord and one of the clerks came up to explain matters, which they did quite smilingly. It was slight mistake, that was all; they had mis- taken my room for the one next door, where a man had killed himself the previous night. They had looked in at his transom, and seen that he was dead, but when the boy came up with step ladder to climb in and unlock the door they had helped him into my room by mistake. That was all.'
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-07
WHITE RAIN AsToNlsHED HIM.
Son of Java Chieitain Starts Out to See
 the Worlds Wonders.

Among recent arrivals by steamer was the nobleman, Baden Adain, son of the powerful chieftain Natodi Laga of Java, says the San Francisco Ex- aminer. He was arrayed in the curious manner of his countrymen, with sandals on his feet, decl1ed with gold, a sarong bound around his Joins and gold and diamond buttons on his coat.
 Admin, the nobleman, is dauntleSs, intrepid-looking man of about thirty two years. He is tall and has an in- tellectual loolzing-face. Admin has never been in America before, and speaks no English. A. R. Kirlzhoven, however, a fellow countryman who is travelling with him, told all about him. He said that the nobleman lived in the city of Sutaboime, had Q wife and two children, and feeling it incumbent on himself to enlighten his mind on the condition of the world, had set out, like Haroun-al-Raschid, to be gone many months.
 ''On the second day out from Yoko- homa," said his companion, ''when we were about three hundred and forty miles from land we ran into a violent snowstorm. When the nobleman Admin saw the flakes fall upon the deck he thought it was the most remarkable thing that could happen and called the flakes white rain. He had never seen snow before. Later, when he saw the passengers grasp the snow, press it together into balls and throw it about, he was amazed. Admin found it pretty cold aboard ship, and is greatly nleasad that it is so warm here,
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-07
FORTUNE FAVoRs PAUPERs.
There Is One Institution at Least Where
 He Is Well Treated.


 Tn Islington, a district of London, they have committee of guardians of the poor who are more than humane. They add SO much to the many attrac- tions of workhousc life that the fortune of pauper who is lucky enough to gain admittance will need celebratory verses. In fact, says the Washington Evening News, they are fast making of the institution club, the only qualification for adnittance being a lack of those things which the estab- lishment affords of it's bounty.
 All of the old women who do not take snuff are allowed some other luxury, and any man who does not smoke is provided, if desired, with any newspaper or periodical he may choose at cost not exceeding three pence week. But censorship is to be maintained. Every newspaper of questionable principles or lacking a severe moral tone will be excluded. All sporting intelligence is to be ''blacked out'' after the manner of the St. Petersburg authorities, the object being to prevent the betting of tobaco, butter and other such articles on the result of the ascot or the derby.
 Any man who is troubled over the possibility of becoming needy in his old age will now know where to apply. The ''Islington Club" however, is very crowded, and there is long waiting list.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-07
utah,s Odd Minerals.

The mountains and valleys of Utah are perfect magazines of odd minerals, some found only sparingly in other places, while a great many kinds are plentiful there that are found in no other locality on the globe. Ten tite," soft, resinous substance found in quantities in the Bear River mountains, was unknown to the min eralogist prior to 1890, and is even now wholly unknown ia other quarters of the earth. Experts who have given it thorough tests are of the opinion that it will finally become amber of the finest quality. ''0zolzerite,' ' a species of natural mineral wax, a rarity else where, is found in large quantities in this locality of queer mineral sub- stances. It is an acid and water proof. and makes the finest insulating material known. '-Gilsonite,' '' another variety of mineral wax, contains eighty per cent. of carbon or asphalt in its pure form. The Utah vein is almost three feet wide and Q mile in length.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-07
Mercurr Manufacturing.

The production of mercury reaches about ffty-fve to sixty thousand francs per annum. The frascos are enormous bottles of cast iron, which contain four arrobes of about twenty-five pounds each. Each bottle, which measures twenty-two centimeters in height by six in width, weighs, when filled, about one hundred pounds. The workmen at present employed number about two thousand. There are also one thou sand. workInen who are employed out of the mines with machinery, furnaces, transports and other works.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-07
HE LIKED FISH.
Sam Wanted 8 Whale and Nothing
 Short of It.


 A party of young men who were on a fishing excursion on the Ohio river some years ago were joined by an ec- centric man, skilled as a fisherman, known in that region as "Barefooted Sam" He was good cook, and made himself useful in so many ways that his presence, though uninvited, was tolerated by the amateur sportsmen.
 Que morning two members of the party returned to camp with their ap- petites well sharpcned for breakfast, and were greeted enthusiastically by third man, who said: E'You just come along and see the finest baked perch you ever laid eyes on.''
 They hurried to the table, but saw only rick of bones, from which every fiber of meat had been taken. Sam was nowhere to be seen. When he returned no comments were made upon the cir the company were lounging on the bank, Sam drawled out:
 ':I'd like to have all the fish I could eat, jest ons1. I aint had mess sence Pete Toilet ketched that big catfish. three years back"
 "Sam," remarked one of the group, dryly, q thought you had quite fair mess this morning. That perch weighed about ten pounds, I've been informed"
 'Oh, yes," replied Sam, with no sign of embarrassment on his placid coun- tenance, 'I ate that; but what mean is reel, reg'lar mess!'
 The company pondered on this re- markable statement in absolute silence for some moments, until at last the man who had caught the perch calculated: 'Well, snum!'' and nothing more was said