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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-04
FEMININE ELECTRICITY.
The Unfattering Term Negative" Is
Still Used.

The Unhattering Term Negative" Is
Still Used.
From the beginning it had been no
ticed that there were two kinds of cler-
ical forces, but these were named, with
reckless discourtesy, positive and neg
alive. as though the second had been
inferior, inactive, merely receptive,
says Harpers Weekly. And yet there
were suggestions of the true relations
of these two forces that should not
have been overlooked. 1t is recorded
that six years after the ST. Petersburg
professors fatal experiment about
1850, Robert SPINNER, when pulling
off his stockings in the evening, re-
marked that they gave a cracking
noise and emitted sparks" By varied
experiments he discovered that the
electricity was most powerful when
silk and worsted stocking had been
worn on the same leg, or, if the stock
ings were both of silk, then more di-
veTting results were obtained when
they were of different colors. Two white
silk stockings or two black ones gave
no electrical indications. When black
and white stockings were withdrawn
from the same leg, and then separated,
they were SO much inflated that each
showed the entire shape of the leg AMI
at distance Of eighteen inches they
rushed to meet each other. Separated
by force they would again become in
f1ated and be as ready to rush together
as before. When this experiment was
performed with two black stockings in
one hand and two white in the other,
the repulsion of those of the same color
their jealousy-and the attraction Of
those of different colors would throw
them into agitation and make them
catch each at that of it's opposite color
at a greater distance" Plainly this
eighteenth century student mad to do
with masculine and feminine electric
ity and yet the unfattering term meg
ative," as applied to the feminine, has
persisted even to our day.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-04
A Fish story.

There is IN old darkey who can be
found any day perched on such freight
as may rest upon the platform of the
little station at s., up in Marie. He
has a cheerful word for every one that
will greet him, and was never known
to lose his good-humor except on one
occasion One morning he as, as uSu-
al. perched on bale of straw, but in
stead of whiting at piece of stick, a
habit of his, he sat with his face in
his hands, gazing mournfully out over
the little lake that stretched away
among the hills. 1t was then | noticed
that his nose had assumed enormous
proportions, almost shutting out his
eyes.
"Why. Ike, what's the matter with
your noses"
He shook his head sadly, and in
,uired if I had little ''baccy." |
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-04


w. J. Rainbow, an Australian natur-
alist, gives description of the large
blrd-entrapping spiders of his country.
Representatives of this genus abound
III tropical and subtropical regions.
Their webs are composed of two kinds
OF sllk-one yellow, exceedingly viscid
and elastic; the other white, dry and
somewhat brittle The latter is used
for the framework of the web. the guys
and radii, and the former for the con-
centric rings. These snares are ct
varied heights, sometimes within reach,
again ten to twelve feet from the
ground, but always in a position ex-
posed to the rays of the sun. The diam
eter is also variable, from three feet
upward. One seen by Giraffe in the Fiji
islands constructs web thirty feet in
diameter. These snares are strong
enough to entrap small birds. In the
authors opinion the web is not set for
such game, and the spider does not feed
on her ornithological victim. In the
case where she has been observed with
her fangs in the body of the ensnared
bird, 1t is probable that it is for the
purpose of Fastening the death of the
bird in order to prevent it's iniuring the
web In its struggles to escape. Spiders
OF the genus Nephila are easily tanned.
Although exceedingly voracious, they
can exist for many days without food
or Water.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-04
He Wonld Manage II.

Pater-I would like to keep my
daughter with me few months longer.
His Grace should much prefer that
our marriage take place at once.
; ooh, what difference does it make
to you? I will advance you enough to
live on in the meantime. Life.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-04
nnen tn ConYiction.

Parson Ito youngster fishing on Sun
day)-My boy, I'm surprised to find
you here.
Yeungster (innocently)-Do you know
some other place where they bite bet
er?-Up-to-Date.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-04
necidedlx sn.

Mrs. Dearborn-Is she unmarried?
Mrs. Lakefront-Decidedly So She has
been unmarried three times.-Trith.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-04
Going to Extremes.

A woman will wear theater hat az
big as cart wheel, but in her shoes
she wants standing room only.-Tfuth.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-04
Awfnllv Vain.

Jayson-Duzzey is an awful vain fell
low, isn't he? Jubely-What gave you
that idea? Jayson-Tve noticed that
he can't take drink without looking
in the glass. -Roxbury Gazette.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-04

artist? Why, he's a mere newer of
wood and drawer of water"
He isi't even that. His marines are
execrable. Detroit Tribune.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-08-17
sIade Famous By Dreaming.

Some Of the brightest minds have
been reamers-but they dreamed sensi-
bly,. They educated themselves along
the line chosen as their life work. Oar
win dreamed over his "Origin Of Spe-
cies'' 20 years before it saw light. Mil
ton dreamed over his Paradise Lost
from boyhood Columbus was con-
demned as soothsayer, a visionary, a
cuack, yet after 10 years Of the crucllst
antagonism he proved the truth of his
dreams and astounded the world. Fer
dinand de Lesseps dreamed for IL years
OF bringing London nearly 4, coo miles
nearer India by the reconstruction of
the Suez canal before the necessary per-
mission was granted by the khedive OF
Egypt. But these men dreamed with a
purpose. They read, argued, studied
and fought for their beliefs because they
knew they We're right. They knew from
positive demonstration, from practical
knowledge They had weighed and an
alyzed and sifted and refined until all
facts and data were made to converge to
one common center and end there in
one grim, unwavering point. When
they laid their finger on a plan they
saw the result as it would appear to the
ignorant world when finished.
They did not sit for hours consuming
cigars and staring blankly at the open
sky. They worked. They bent every en-
ergy to one grim purpose. All their lives
were devoted to the consummatiou of
the one supreme wish of their lives.
They gave their work, their hope, their
life From the dim recesses of human
mind, ordinarily SO incomprehensible,
they evolved the brightest thoughts, and
followed the birth of each idea with the
sacred solicitude of a loving mother over
her firstborn child.-Home Worker.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-08-17
FIRST TIRE WAS A GARDEN HOSE.
Tires Once Hooted Have Achieved fortune
and Fame.

and Fame.
In 1889 a Belfast ;snctor-a @veterl-
nary surgeon, in fact, :. ancy Dunlop
having q regard fc- s..z spiral column
Of his eldest boy, COL :eived the idea OF
taking q piece of garden hose, wrapping
it around the wheel CT his sons blcycle'
Welding the two ends together with
melted rubber, and thus forming the
first pneumatic tire. This gave a cush-
ion to the periphery of the bicycle and
made its mounting Of obstacles easy and
cushionlike Dunlop had friend III the
person Of we'll to do Irishman named
Harvey DuCros, who abandoned the
business he was engaged in and r1sked
his wealth in the formation OF a COM
pany that had for it's object the explo1ta-
ton of a pneumatic tire for the bicycle.
It was capitalized at 500, 900, and
Is months later--that was III the early
part of 1891--it declared dividend OF
10 per cent, CT so, 600 in all, and added
1000, coo to its surplus fund. Two
years later that same company declared
dividend Of So, 500, 900. One year ago
the rights Of that organization were
sold to q British syndicate for $15,-
OOO,OOOj et1lNt li10 ~ zap
tailed the company at $40, 600, coo
and openly asked for subscriptions to
that amount.
The proffers were nearly three times
the amount Of the capital stock. In Bel
fast, at one bank alone where books
were opened, 81, 900, 900 was subscribed
in less than three hours.
Meanwhile those who had control Of
this valuable patent had not thought of
America A prominent manufacturer,
when spoken to Oh the subject, said:
"Oh, that pneumatic tire business is
all nonsense. You will run over q sharp
stone or q tack and the air will escape,
and then you will walk back home.
There is nothing in it. 1t will never
take i'll this country But, meanwhile,
two years had elapsed and under the
patent laws it was too late to get an
exclusive franchise in this country.
The result is that today America has
no hindering patent right stamped upon
it. Any maker of wheel can use it,
but the owners Of the British invention
have deprived themselves of many mil
lions of good money. That this is true
is demonstrated by the fact that in the
last year there have been spent in this
country for bicycles alone the enormous
sum of SOS. coo, eco. - Philadelphia
Press
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-08-17
A Battle.

was at Gettysburg July IA, 1863,
with my brother Gen. o. o. Howard,
but not as soldier. 1t was my first
and only battlefield. I received there
not only my first impression, but by
far my deepest conviction as to the
real and essential character of war.
The ''pomp and circumstances were
not wanting as we broke camp at
Leesburg, Va, and marched to the
sound of music and under waving ban
ners towards Pennsylvania.
The report of the first gun, follow
ing distant fash, and the slow ris-
ing of puff of smoke over the woods
excited thrill of patriotic emotion.
Our achievements hurrying beyond
the town to repel attacks already be-
gun, and others Fastening to gain and
hold important positions on Cemetery
Ridge, reused my honest sympathy.
But when the first broken line of
limping, bleeding, wounded halted
along the Baltimore turnpike, and
attempted almost alone, the work of
relief, I felt as never before wars
cruel sacrifice of blood and limb and
life.
On the second evening of the battle
the moon rose as peaceful faced as
ever and the silent stars looked down
unchanged on the upturned, CHASTITY
faces of our dead; the otherwise
noiseless night resounded with cries
of mortal agony from the dying
around me. I said to myself, 80 God,
the moon and the stars Thou has
made, but not this miserable murder
and mangling of men,"
On the third afternoon / went up,
weary with hospital work, for a few
moments rest to the cupola of farm
house. The thin line of blue coated
summit of the ridge. I involuntarily
prayed for their safety, my country
and for the right. just then, above
the rafting of musketry and the roar
of artillery, there came clap of
thunder from rapidly rising cloud.
For moment no other sound was
heard. It was as if God was saying,
81 am mightier than We all!-Hear
my voice. Cease your mad and tum-
ultuous strife!o Here the question
came to me as never BEFORE" us this
the work of God or of Satan? Is there
no other way of settling human differ
ences, establishing and confirming
human rights?'
ROWLAND B. HOWARD.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-08-17
Estate of Adelaide r. Alden.

STATE OF VERMONT, ORLEAEs DISTRICT,
- S.. in Probate Court. held at Newport,
in said District, on the 18th day Of July,
A. u. 1896
Z. Chamberlin. admin istrator of the es-
tate of Adelaide r. Alden, late Of Barton, in
said district, deceased, pre- ents his admins
tration account fer examination and allow
ance. and makes application Tor decree of
distribution and partition Vi the estate OF
said deceased.
Whereupon, il is ordered by said Court,
that said account be referred 10 a session
thereof to be held at the office OF Is. f. ID
Carpenter. Barton Landing, on the 2lst day of
August. A. D. 1880, for hearing and accession
the reols:
And, it is further ordered that notice hereof
be given To all persons interested, by publ
cation of the same three weeks successfully
in the Orleans County Monitor. "A newspaper
published at Barton previous 10 said time
appointed tcT hearing, tEat they may appear
at said time and place. and show cause. II any
they may have. Why said account should not
be allow ed, and such decree made.
By the Court, Attest,
3l-53 r. e ALFRED, Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-08-17
A Spoiled Face.

Perhaps the most curious incident,
Ascot was during one Royal Hunt Cup
race. Every one knows how pretty the
distant scene is as the long row OF bright
colored jackets comes streaming over
the hill. The horses kept their level
formation until nearly home, when sud
denly a thunderbolt, not from the blue,
descended on them. A mounted police
man occupied a position just in the
course, and when the battling steeds
were nearly opposite him he suddenly
charged them. He and his horse dashed
into their very midst, scattering them
to right and left, and spreading con-
sternation all around. Never was there
such scenel All the likely winners
were included III the catastrophe, and
the actual winners turned PIP III some
outsider that escaped unscathed from
the general melee The unhappy police
man was Immediately taken into Gus.
tody, but the investigation showed that
he was blameless. It was his horse that
did it. Perhaps the animal had all along
cherished the notion in his breast that it
had fine turn for speed and thought
that the psychological moment had ar
rived to prove it. But nobody had back
ed it, so that if it had won nobody would
have been the richer. Accordingly the
crowd was angry and wanted the poor
creature turned into cat meat at Cnce.
Such is the reward of trying to be what
we are not.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-08-17
TROUBLE WITH IN EDITOR.

Stranger-So you have no paper in
this town?
Native-No sir. We did have once,
but it wasn't run right, and we were
glad to git rid of it.
"What was the matter?n
"Wall, in the first place, the editor
didn't alters treat folks right. He'd
call one gall young and handsome,
and slurringly refer to another gall
just as pretty, leavin' it ter be infer
red she wasn't pretty enough ter be
called handsome, and she might be as
old as Methuselah. Wall, that made
trouble, an after that, when Farmer
Hayseed and Farmer Fallow both left
the same sort of stuff on his table, he
gave Fallow two lines more than the
other.o
"Yes.'
'tWall, things kept gettin' wuss and
wuss, until Gineral Oldham up on the
hill died, and got half a column obitu-
airy notice, all about the Mexican war
and things, while my Uncle Jake, just
as good a man, who never left the
farm, but tended to his duties like a
Christian, an pillar in the church,
got only quarter of a column. You
better believe, me an my friends felt
hurt.'
81 suppose So"
"Wall, we begun inquiring around
about this editor, and we diskivered
that, while he was chargin' us for
every little two line advertisement
we put in, he was printing hull col
umns about his job Office fer nothing.
That raised breeze, [ tell you"
'tNo doubt.''
CATER that, things came ter head.
The teller commenced stoppin' the
paper on them what didn't pay their
subscriptions. Then we rose in our
might an druv him out of town.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-08-17
Old People.

Old people who require medicine to regu-
late the bowels and kidneys will find the true
remedy in Electric Bitters. This medicine
does not stimulate and contains whiskey
nor other intoxicant, but acts as a tonic and
Alternative. 1t acts mildly on the stomach
and bowels, adding strength and giving tone
to the organs, thereby aiding nature in the
performance of the functions. Electric Bit
tiers is an excellent appetizer and aids diges-
ton. Old people find it just exactly what
they need. Price fifty cents per bottle at Fl.
G. Pierce's drug store
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-08-17

csTATE OF VERMONT, III TRIor OF Or
- LEANS IS. In Probate Court, held at
Newport in and for said District, on the 2sth
day Of July, A. d. 1895.
An Instrument purporting to ne the last
VIII and Testament OF Joseph Drew. late
of Glover, in said district, deceased. being
presented TO the Court by Nancy Drew, the
execntrix therein named, for Probate.
1t is ordered by said Court, that all persons
concerned therein be notified to appear st a
session of said Court TO be held at the Office OF
b. f. d Carpenter, in Barton Landing, on the
list day OF AUGUST. A. ID. 1896. and show cause,
if any they may have, against the Probate OF
said will For which purpose it is further or
dered that a copy of the record of this order
be published three weeks successfully in the
Orleans County Monitor. printed at Barton,
previous to said time appointed for hearing.
By the Court-Attest.
81 SO F. r. ALFRED. Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-08-17


Everybody knows that the earth
makes one complete revolution on it's
axis once in each twenty hours.
But few, however, have any idea Of
the high rate of speed at which such
an immense ball must turn in order
to accomplish the feat of making one
revolution in a day and night. A
graphic idea of the terrific pace
which the old earth keeps up year
after year may be had by comparing
it's speed to that of a cannon ball
fired from a modern high pressure
gun. The highest velocity ever at
tanned by such missile has been es-
timated at 1925 feet per second,
which is equal to a mile in 2 10 sec
onds. The earth, in making one
complete revolution in the short
space of twenty four hours, must
turn with a velocity almost exactly
equal to that Of the cannon ball. In
short, it's rate of speed at the equa tor
is exactly 1907 feet per second. This
is equal to seventeen miles a minute.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-08-17

One of the first resolutions which
are formed by men and women who
are succeeding in life, that is, as
measured by the only standard in
use nowadays, increasing their pos
sessions far beyond their actual
needs, is that they will put safeguards
around their children; the hardships
which they themselves contended
against shall never, if they can help
it, be encountered by their offspring
They not only coddle themselves, in
dulge themselves with unaccustomed
luxuries and spare themselves all
avoidable physical exertion, but they
believe this course to be the right
way to live, and that if it is good for
them, it is good for their children
They do not understand that char
acter is formed under the pressure of
the compulsory hardships and self
denials of youth, just as they forget
that health is not a gift or an acct
dent, but the reward of abstinence
and of hard work under natural con-
ditions, perhaps continued through
several generations.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-08-17
Mortality In the Far North.

A great many people actually believe
that signing the roll of a vessel which
is bound north on a voyage OF discovery
is equivalent to almost anything But
death, pure and simple. That this is a
great mistake is proven by some recent
exhaustive figures on arctic exploration
in general. From these it appears, that
97 out Of each 100 who have gone north
exploring have returned in safety to
civilization. st. Louis Republic.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-08-17
Columbus Harriman's Will,

CTATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT OF Or
- LEANS, IS. In Probate Court held at
Newport, in SAID District, on the 18th day of
June, A. ID. 1896.
An instrument purporting to be the last
will and testament of Columbus Hartman,
late of Craftsbury, in said district, deceased,
being presented to the Court by A. NJ. Harri-
man. the executor therein named for probate.
1t is ordered by said Court, that all persons
concerned therein be notified to appear at a
session of said court to be held at the Probate
Office in said Newport the 26th day OF
August. A. d. 1895, at one O'Clock p. M. ana
show cause, if any they may have, against
the Probate of said will: for which pui pose
it is further ordered, that a copy of the record
of this ord er be published three weeks sue
cessively in the Orleans County Monitor. a
newspaper printed at said Barton. previous
to said time appointed for hearins.
BY the Court Attest.
50 81 w. SPEAR. Register.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-08-17
On the summit of a hill in Potter


On the summit of a hill IN Potter
county, Penn, are four springs SO
near together that person may car
ry water in the hollow of his hand
from any one of them and drop some
OF 1t into the other three. In one of
THESE springs the Allegheny river has
It's source. Another is the fountain
head of the Genessee River. In
third the Sinnemahoning branch of
the Susquehanna rises and flows west
and south to the main stream. The
fourth spring sends forth the Pine
Greek branch of the Susquehanna
River, which flows east and south to
the main stream. Thus waters start
ing on a northern Pennsylvania hill,
within a stones throw of one another,
separate at last SO widely that those
from one spring have their outlet
in the Gulf Of Mexico, those from an
other pass on into the Gulf of ST.
Lawrence, while those from the other
two unite again in the Chesapeake
Bay. 1t is doubtful if there is an
other such watershed on this CONT
nent as that Pennsylvania upland.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-08-17
Barton
Academy
and
Graded
School,
Barton, VT.

The Fall Term will open Tuesday, Sept. /.
with the following teachers:
HI. j. STANDARD, Principal.
Miss Laura Nelson, Assistant.
Il. Elmer Webster, Grammar school.
Miss Kate Heating, intermediate.
Miss Jennie VI. Locke, Second Primary.
Miss Nellie f. Case, First Primary.
Mr.. Stannard has been Principal of the
school for the past three years and has done
much to raise the standard of work. The
Course of Study has been revised to meet the
requirements of the uniform course and
has received the approval of State Superin-
tendent Stone, that all those wishing TO
take the Teachers Course" may receive af-
ter graduation 1.-Two Year Certificate" with
out examination.
The school is up to date in all its depart
ments aud not only gives the best Of instruc-
zion in lower branches, but will fit for college.
Send to Principal or Oh. Trustees TOR Cat
alogue and particulars.
j. n. WEBSTER,
MRS, H. T. SEAVER, Trustees.
III. @. PIERCE,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-08-17
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
Estate Of Carlos 3. Leland,

The undersigned having been appointed
by the Hon Pronate Court for the District or
Orleans, Ecmmissi toners, to receive. examine
and adjust all claims and demands of all per
against the estate OF Carlos 3. Leland,
late of Barton. in said district, deceased,
and all claims exhibited iu offset thereto,
hereby give notice that we will meet for the
purposes aforesaid, at the residence of the
late Carlos b. Leland, in said Barton, on
the 18th day of August and 18th day OF
November next, from O'Clock n. until
O'Clock p. M, each OF said days. and that six
months from the 18th day of July A. ~. 1886. S
the time limited by said Court for said credi-
tors to present their claims to us for examin-
alton and allowance
Dated at Barton, VT, this 9th day of
July, A T. 1896.
a,.sa y, O. p G fiulED' Commissioners.