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Farm For Sale

| will sell at GREAT BARGAIN
a desirable farm only two miles from
West Randolph. Keeps ten cows and
a team, and can easily be made to keep
much more; good buildings, running
water at house and barn, good sugar
orchard, apple orchard, plenty of wood
and timber for the place.
This is a rare opportunity to pur-
chase a good farm on good road and
near the thriving village of West
Randolph, very cheap.
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Editorial Notes.

The Burlington News is improving
with every issue and is filling long
felt want literally, logically and COM
pletelv.
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PLUM Bing

Having hired competent man who
has served his time and learned his
trade, ! am prepared to contract or
do day work, in anything in the line
Of Plumbing, steam and gas fitting
ID. G.. WOODWARD.
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CLUB RATES 1894.

gs- Above offers are gSsd only in
VT. Out of Vt. add 25c.
GS-Pay your Postmaster or address
L. 2. Thayer. West Randolph, VT.
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coupon for PIcturesque. America.

Send 10 cts. in silver and one coupon
and give No. of part wanted. Write
your address very plainly. Address
ART DEPT. HERALD, WEST RANDOLPH, VI.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-08
More Truth Than Poetry

There Is a whole lot more truth
than we wish there was in the follow
ing extract from Arthur McEwen's
syndicate letter to the Los Angeles
EXPRESS
Judges are lawyers, and are prone
in practice to regard the courts as be-
ing inventions for the use and benefit
Of their profession. 1t is judges who
are principally to blame for the ac-
emulation of unhung killers in the
jail. When a lawyer takes the case
of a murderer he sets about delaying
the time Of trial, knowing that the
greater the space between the crime
and the facing Of jury the better
the prospect of aCquittal, Delay Is
got by asking for contlnuances, which
the judges grant. The alleged con.
venience Of an attorney Is considered
paramount to the interest OF justice.
At best the law is sufficiently cum
brous and productive Of delay, bu
the judges could expedite trials
greatly IL they wore not disposed to
accommodate the bar to a scandalous
extent. AS for the Bar Association,
its function is to help keep up the
fiction that lawyers as a body are
public-spirited citizers. It's own
members are about the only persons
who profit financially by the security
enjoyed by the residents Of Murder
era, Row
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-08
Mnohlnes thnt Almost MINK.

An automatic winder of cotton
thread has been contrived, mechan-
ism which takes thread from eight
large spools loosely wound and trans
fers it to eight small spoos contain
ing 200 yards; these small spools hav-
ing received 200 yards exactly, stop
revolving, a knife cuts a slot in the
spool, the end Of the thread Is fast
ened in this; the machine then cuts
the thread, off drops the spool into a
trap, takes eight empty spools from
as many hoppers, places them On the
spindles and fills these as it did the
previous set The machine goes
through the entire process in just
forty-flve seconds, making all changes
automatically and with the greatest
precision. In another machine the
small spools are placed on an inclined
track, and in rolling through the ma
chine receives on each end ticket
cut from long strip or roll Of previ-
ously printed tickets placed on a
stand above the machine. After the
ticket Is cut, paste is applied to the
back and it is then pressed upon the
spool, which has rolled into proper
position to receive it--this at the
rate of ninety spools per minute. --'
Cun
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-08
Invention Mal,inp life Easler.

The electric current, as the flexible
and far-reachlng arm OF the steam
giant, now applies the power Of our
coal beds to do work miles from its
point of liberation from its ages of
rest, says Prof Robert II. Thurston.
With continued application Of the
genius Of the inventor and Of the en-
gineer, 1t may yet transmit energy
dormant since the carboniferous era
from the coal beds of Pennsylvania
or of Illinois, in form of light, Of
heat, of mechanical power, to every
hamlet, to do the work of factory,
mill, Of household even, and to re-
store independence to the workman
by giving him the force needed for
his work in his own home. When
domesticated thus, the tyranny Of
corporations and trusts will be broken,
as far as 1t enslaves the worker, and
such combinations will be then only
beneficial through reduction Of costs
of production in limited fields. In
ventions Of new forms Of mechanism
in every department of industry will
unquestionably continue to make the
labor of the individual easier, life
more comfortable, hours of labor
shorter, necessities easily obtained;
comforts and luxuries now only known
to the rich, the usual and certain
privilege Of all.
With reduced hours Of struggle for
life and needs, time will be afforded
every good citizen for rest, for enjoy
ment, for thought, and all classes
may then become classes of leisure,
in ample degree for their own best
welfare. Easy lives will come to mean
comfortable and happy lives. The
world will grow better as it grows
older, after the struggle for survival
shall have ceased, and the length Of
the life of the individual will be pro-
longed, while the growth of popula-
tion, now limited only by the suffer
ing consequent upon overcrowding
the present field, will be given it's
natural uncomfortable expansion to
a limit set by the extent to which
vital powers are expended in mental
and intellectual eXeTtion. The fam
lily of the nation will, like the family
of the individual, be smaller and
happier as the mind, instead of the
body, comes to utilize all physical
movers
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-08
Opium selling Is Profitable.

Whatever opinions may be held re-
specting the effects of consuming
opium, there seems to be no doubt
that selling it is profitable business.
Mr.. John MacGregor, the senior part
ner of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson &
Co., the China merchant princes, died
recently, and in recording the fact
the Scottish Leader says:
"Years ago the house was among
the largest importers Of opium into
China, and so enormous were the
profits that three Of the partners, by
sheer force Of wealth, expanded into
baronets, while a fourth, the late Mr..
James Jardine, of Dryfeholm, be-
came one of the largest landowners
in the south of Scotland. Sir James
Matheson and his brother, Sir Alex
ander Matheson, spent upward Of a
million in buying land in the High
lands, and the latter left besides over
$4,000 Mr. Magniac, the ex-M.
p, who left G2OO, 900, was also a
member of this firm. Sir Robert
Jardine, of Castlemilk, is the old
head of the firm and probably the
wealthiest of them all. Sir Robert
does not only own Castlemilk, one Of
the finest residences and estates in
the south of Scotland, but ten years
ago bought up the Rogersons, Of
Wamphray, for &12O, and later
added the property Of Lanrick Castle,
in Perthshire, to his already great
possessions. He could buy up a score
of such places If he so desired"
Dealing in opium is Of course only
one branch of the great firms bust
ness, but it is a most important one,
and a trade, whether right or wrong.
which has such potentialitles of profit,
must, like Tennyson's half-truth, be
a hard matter to fight. Westminster
Gaznttn
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which tumbles down various preci.
pieces, forming some of the grandest
waterfalls in the world. Among them
are the Yosemite Falls, Bridal Veil
Fall, Virgins Tears Fall, Ribbon
Fall, Chllnualnu Falls, and Nevada
Falls.
OF this wonderland Benjamin f.
Taylor said:
yosemite awaited us without a
warning, spectral white In the glanc'
Ing of the sun; the first thought was
that the granite lodges Of all the
mountains had come to resurrection
and we're standing pale and dumb be-
fore the Lord. / turned to it again
and began to see the towers the
domes, the spires, the battements,
the arches and the white clouds of
solid granite, surging up into the air,
and come to everlasting anchor until
the mountains shall be moved. You
hasten on; you hear the winds inton-
ing in the choral galleries a mile
above your head; you hear the crash
of waters as of cataracts In the sky;
you trample upon broad shadows that
have fallen thousands Of feet down,
like the cast-ofr garments Of descend
ing night"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-08
A Ple-HEADED BRUTE.
The Black African Rhlnoceros Is One OF
the Most Savage Animals.

The Black African Rhlnoceros Is One oi
the Most Savage Animals.
If the entire world was searched
over a more irasclble, Obstinate reck.
less and pig-headed brute could not
be found than the black rhinoceros
Of South Africa. 1t breads nothing
In creation, and will give battle to a
lion, an elephant or a buffalo equally
as In its mad rage 1t attacks a tree,
a rock or whatever stands in its way.
In its wanton display Of strength the
black rhinoceros tears up bushes and
small trees and digs the earth with
It's fore feet, throwing the clay back
ward like a dog. In appearance the
animal Is clumsy, yet 1t can keep up
with a swift horse for a short dis
tance. All the mammoths of the
wilds give 1t a wide berth.
Recently a tourist in Boerland was
witness to a remarkable scene in the
wilds. A wounded rhlnoceros COW
with her calf was keeping a magniG-
cent lion at bay. There the two
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-08
Try This for Yourself.

Place on the surface of the water
contained in large glass bowl sew
eral pieces of camphor Of unequal
size in such manner as to form the
shape of an animal, for instance, a
scorpion. After a while the scor-
pion will begin to move itself in the
liquid; you will see it move its legs
as if it wanted to swim, or agitate its
tail convulsively.
This experiment. is very amusing
and inexpensive, as you will find
camphor in every household, and,
though apparently simple, it will
afford us some interesting illustra-
tions.
B In the first place, we will notice
that the scorpion 5wims on the water,
but partly submerged, which proves
that the camphor is almost as light
as the water.
Secondly, the animal does not melt,
which shows that camphor cannot be
dissolved in water. 1t would have
melted away II it had been put In
alcohol instead.
Third, it illustrates the force known
as cohesion, which means that the
pieces stick together.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-08
He wanted 20 Find Ont.

A little boy whose experience with
elevators had been very limited one
was brought up to the city few days
ago by his mamma, and in the course
Of two or three hours shopping the
little fellow was taken up and down
in different stores a good many
times.
Finally the two went to an office
building, took chairs in rather small
room, and waited.
"WheIe are we now, mammal"
asked the boy.
AIN Uncle Rob's Office"
He glanced around the rather con-
tracted quarters, and then asked;
"When does 1t go upp"-Pittsburg
Chronicle.
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Worthy of Tartarin at His Best.

A posthumous anecdote of the i'm
mortal Tartarin is related by the
"Gaulois." 1t was in the gun-room,
and Tartarin, after regaling his audi
ence with various thrilling tales of
his exploits and adventures in the
chase, described the following terrific
experience: "The other day." he said,
"in fearful snowstorm, l found my
self, without a gun or any weapon,
face to face with three wolves. "
well, what did you do?" "Well, I
simply stared at them, with my hands
in my pockets, and whistled." "Do
you mean to say they didn't attack
you?" "They couldn't; they were in
a cage" In Professor Gamers case
the conditions were reversed. Lon
don Globe.
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what Could Have Allied Her?

The human body is very delicate
and highly complex organization, and
it is not surprising that it sometimes
breaks down for no easily ascertaina-
BILE reason. A farmer met the viii
lage doctor, according to an exchange,
and said:
"If you happen to be out our way
any time, l wish you'd stop and see
my wife. She don't seem to be feel
ing very we'll"
what ails her? Whatar some of
her synptoms?"
Il dunno. This morning, after
she'd MIXED the cows and fed the
pigs and got breakfast for the men
and washed the dishes and built a
fire under the boiler in the wash
house and done a few little odd jobs
round the house, she complained Of
feeling tired-like. l shouldn't won
der If her blood was poor, and / guess
she needs a dose Of medicine"
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into the bowl Of any sized pipe. The
cleaner is charged with the heads of
two or three fusees and another Is
fixed in the cover by its stem fitting
into a tube made for the purpose.
This one being ignited and the cover
being replaced ON the body Of the
cleaner-prevlously adjusted to the
bowl Of the pipe-and held down by
means Of a non-conducting knob, an
explosion takes place as the several
fusees ignite, which serves to drive
out every atom Of nicotine deposit
through the stem, leaving the pipe
absolutely clean and dry. The opera
tion is perfectly clearly and simple
and'has none Of the dangers attend
ant upon the usual method of prod
ding and stringing
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-08
WcToRlA'S STABLES.
Even Dukes Consider 1t an Honor to Rule
Over Them.

Even Dukes Consider II an Honor to Rule
Over Them.
In the garden of Buckingham Pal
ace, Lon ion, one Of the seats Of
Queen Victoria, are the royal stables,
better known, perhaps, as "The Royal
News" The head functionary Of the
Royal News is the master of the
horse, always man of wealth and
rank as well as of great political in
luence, THE salary is $40, 900 a year,
with the right to stable a certain
number of horses in the Royal News.
The Office goes with the government
and in 1889 was filed by no less a
parsonage than the Duke Of Port
land.
The main entrance to the stable is
through a handsome gateway that
opens on Buckingham Palace road.
A sentry from the Buckingham Pal
ace Guard always stands outside.
The courtyard of the stables Is about
400 feet square, and here are quar-
tered ITO magnificent horses, In con-
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The Grand SIuftI.

This is very old game, and one
which makes lots Of fun. One of the
players stands on a stool in the midst
of the other children who are in the
game, impersonating that mysterious
grandee, the grand multi. He or
she makes any motions desired, the
mo absurd the funner, such as lift
ing the arms, extending the hand,
squatting, standing on one foot
dancing jig, hopping from one to
the other, ETC., at the same time say
ing: @Thus does the grand murti!"
or; $50 does the grand muftil" The
two words, ~thus" and $50" makes the
game, for when the grand multi says
"1hus does the grand mufti," every
one must make the same gesture, or
do the same thing, but when the
grand multi says, $50 does the grand
multi" no one must initiate, under
penalty Of paying a forfeit. Great
attention and thickness are required
not to get confused as the game
ouickenS
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els at Gettysburg. He was held as q
prisoner until 1865, and when he was
mustered out Of service 1t was with
the rank of colonel. He then re-
turned to Switzerland In 1855. In
his own country he has held many
positions Of honor. He was Minister
to the United States from 1882 ia
1883.
Since his election many interesting
stories in connection with his career
in this country have come to the sur
face. One ia that he was at one time
woodchopper in Ohio. A couple oil
years before the war a stranger In
destitute circumstances applied al
the house OF a farmer named Graf
void, In Wayne Township, Butler
County, for food and lodging. He
gave his name as Fret and said he
had been exiled from Germany for 0
political offense. In return he offered
to assist his benefactor and was taken
into the family. He spent the follow
ing winter Chopping wood, and early
In 1860, after having spent two years
with Gratwold, he went to Illinois,
where he engaged as a farm hand un
til his enlistment In the Union army,
He never forgot the Gratwold family.
and one day recently son of Mr.
Gratwold received letter from M.
Frel, Presdent.elect Of Switzerland,
recalling early scenes and telling oil
the success that has crowned his de-
cllnlng years,
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A smart Rows Letter.

A correspondent of an English
paper has presented copy of a
genuine letter" from a lad at school
to his mother, After complaining
generally Of the school, and narrating
some trihing mishaps that had be-
fallen him, the young gentleman
said:
II hope Matilda's cold is better 1
am glad she is not at schulz. / think
i have got consumption. the boys at
this place are not gentlemanly, but
Of course you did not know this when
you sent me here. will try not to
get bad habits.
"The trowsers have worn out at
the knees. ! think the tailor must
have cheated you, the buttons have
come of, and they are loose behind.
/ don't think the food is good, but i
should not mind if was stronger.
The piece of meat sent you is off
the beef we had on Sunday but on
other days it is more stringy,
"There are black beadles in the
kitchen, and sometimes they cook
Them in the dinner, which can't be
holesome when you are not strong
\ i do not mind my being so TN
comfortable, because do not think /
shall last long. Please send me some
more money as o Sd. if you cannot
spare it think can borrow it off a
boy who is going to leave at the
half quarter, but perhaps you wd.
not like to be under an obligation to
his parents, as they are trades-peo-
pie. think you deal at their shop
-Yr. loving but retched son."
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REpoRrs Of outrages committed by

REPORTS Of outrages committed by
tramps in the rural districts show
that these Vagabonds are becoming
desperate and dangerous. They take
by force what is denied them, and,
not satisfied with receiving food and
shelter, they have begun ransackiDg
houses for money and putting in
mates to the torture In order to
compel them to deliver up valuables.
The farmers should protect them
selves against these modern free COM
panions by force and arms. They
should provide themselves with fire.
arms and use them on the slightest
provocation. A tramp filed with
bird shot is tramp reformed, so far
as housebreaking and violence are
concerned. The peppering Of a few
vagabonds in every county will stop
the lawlessness.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-08
He Was Excused.

A bride tells of a difficult moment
of her recent wedding trip. A few
days of it were spent with an uncle
Of hers, very deaf and very pious
When they sat down to dinner on the
night of their arrival, the uncle asked
the groom to say grace. Much en-
barr ssed, as he was unaccustomed to
officiating in this way, he leaned for
ward, murmuring a request to be ex-
cused. Where1pon the uncle, watch
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grandfather had taken him out to see
the colt. "There, Roger" said the
old gentleman, did you ever see such
little horse as that?" Roger never
had, and his eyes shone, but there
was one drawback. whats the mat
ter with him, grandpa?" he said.
"He hasn't any rockers, Youths
Companion.
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mighty beasts confronted each other,
the lion intent on making a feast of
the young calf, which chung closely
to its mother and the rhinoceros with
glaring eyes and steamlng nostrlls
breathing defiance at the foe. The
rhinoceros had been badly wounded,
and in sympathy with her. the tour
st sighted his rifle and sent a bullet
through the lions head.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-08
The Skoptzi.

The St. Petersburg correspondent
OF the Standard tells this story: "A
banker and his niece, who are men,
bers of religious sect called the
Skoptzi, or self mutilators, were SEN
fenced recently to fifteen and ten
years. imprisonment respectively. The
banker tattooed cross on his niece's
breast, and mutilated himself. Mu-
tilation is penal offense in Russia
only when it is prompted by religious
motives
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nection with the care of which is re-
quired small army Of men. The
floors of the stables are all sanded in
patterns. In one part of the court
yard are the royal carriages, eight in
number. The most magnificent of
these, indeed the most magnificent
in the world, is the "glass coach,
built in 1851 at the cost of $45, 600.
The paintings on the panels are
beautiful and so valuable that 1876,
600 was offered for one panel. The
last time the Queen used this car
riage was about twenty years ago,
when she opened Parliament in state.
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GoUNoD, and Haleyy In
1897 he was awarded the second prize
for composition, and two years after
ward he carried off the first His
first great opera was "Sappho," which
was produced in 1851. In 1859 "Faust"
was brought forth in the Theater Lyr-
ique, and it met with unparalleled
success at once. Among other produc-
tions were "The Queen Of Sheba,
"The Two Queens Of France" "Ro-
meo and Juliet" and several hun
dred minor compositions
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ing him, only waited until his lips
stopped moving to utter a sonorons
"Amenl" in response. 1t is hardly
necessary to say that the blessing
for that meal went unsaid.
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He was born June
II, 1918, and show
ing in early life a
fondness for music
he entered + h Q
Conservatoire at
Paris, W h ere he
studied the, piano
with Zimmerman
and harmony and
counterpart with
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To A young man asking for his
opinion DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes
recently enumerated as the best three
books "the Bible. Shakspeare's plays
and a good dictionary, say, Worces-
ter or Webster"
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"DID you know that Miss Bjones
was going to marry young Smith,"
81 knew it; but / cannot understand
how girl as intelligent as she is can
consent to marry a man stupid
enough to want to marry her. >
Brooklyn Life.
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WONDERFUL YOSEMITE.

A Valley Unequaled In tho World foi
Grandeur OF Scenery.
The Yosemite Valley, in Mariposa
County, Cal, is unequaled in the
world for grandeur of scenery and
magniacence of waterfalls Through
the valley winds the MERGED River,
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stirring issues Of
those times that
he decided to be-
come anAmerican
citizen, and when
the war broke out
in the year fol-
lowing he enlisted
as a private In the
Federal army, He
had risen to the
rank of major
when he was cap
tured by the reb-