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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-10-21

Estate OF Lysander l.. Battles.
The undersigned. having been appointed by the
Hon. Probate Court for the District Of Randolph
Commissioners. to receive. examine and adjust an
claims and demands Of all persons AGAINST the estate
Of Lysander L. Batties.ia OF rook0et. in saddis
trct. decease.and al claims In Offset thereto. hereuY
rive notice that will for the purposes afore-
said al the resideurc Of Charles H. Farr in Ran
dolph on the 18th day OF November next
from O'Clock y M. until O'Clock p. M. on each Of
said DAYS and that six months from the
i2h day II Oct. A. D. lss7. Is the time limited BY
said Court for said creditors present their claims
70 us for examination and allowance. Dated Al
Randolph this lSsh DAY Of Oct a. ID. ISg7.
1855 n. ". SMAALENt Com
C. "a. fARk mssiouers.
}. r. Adams. A imr.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-10-21

Karl's clover Root Tea Is pleasant laxative
Regulates the bowels. purines the blood. Clears
the complexion. Easy 20 make and pleasant "a
take. 25c. sold By 4. f. Black 4 Co., South Roy
altons Drew Leonard, Randolph.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-10-21

That lame BACK can be cured with
Ir. Miles NER IF PLASTER. ONLY sc
an druggists sell DR.. Miles Nerve Plasters.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-10-21

Ia West Braintree, Sept.27, Mrs. Abigail,
wife OF David Annis, aged IS years, 6 mos.
and 10 days.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-10-21
East Randolph.

Ladies desiring hair work call on Mrs.
Hiram Bean, Randolph, VI Write for prices
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-10-21

A. G.. Osgood is in Boston this week.
Marion Huntington is having her barns
painted.
Camps cider and jelly works are now in
operation.
The cream separator is run only alter
nate days now.
Mrs. Grow is spending a few days with
her daugh at West Hartford.
p. Blanchard is moving back from Will
Jamestown, where he has been living the
past year.
Rev. Ransom Hall Of Redfield, Dakota,
Fred b Emery and sister, Miss lua, OF
Washington, ID. c., and Mr.. and Mrs. W.
A. Clifford OF Barre were guests at +. >.
HalPs recently.
The many friends OF Fred Waldo will be
sorry to hear that his barn and its con-
tents were burned Friday evening. The
barn waSa comparatively new one, large
and well built. The fire was caused by
the npsetting of lantern while husking.
Mr. Waldo was barely able to get out his
cows and horses, losing his hogs and poui'
try as well as his hay, grain and farming
tools, The barn was lightly insured. Mr..
Waldo has always resided in this town
until quite recently. He nov lives north
east of Chelsea village on the road TO
Washington. He is Il brother OF Ii. Q. and
GIN. Waldo OF this togn.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-10-21

STATE OF VERMONT I In Probate Court. held
Randolph District. IS Al Randolph in
said District the 20th day Of October, A. D. 1881
c. r. Granger. administrator Of the estate of
Pasrhal p. Ripley. late Of Randolph in said
district deceased presents his admintiOn account for
examination ana allowance and lake application
for decree Of distribution and partition Of the e.
tate Of said de seased.
Whereupon il is ordered by said Court that
said application come under consideration and be
heard on the h day Of Nov AID. 1897. at the Pro-
bate Office N Randolph and u Is further ordered that
All persons interested be notified thereof by pubica
ion of notice OF this application and order three
weeks successfully In the HERALD AND NEWS. nrfnt-
ed at Randolph. before said time Of hearing, Tnat
hey may appear at said time and place. and show
cause II any they may have. why such account should
not be allowed and such decree made. By the Court
1855 Attest. y LILLIAN n. NICHOLS. Judge
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-10-21

You can't cure consumption but you can
avoid IL and cure every other form Of
throat or lung trouble by the use OF One
Minute Cough Cure. E. T.. Evans y Co,
Randolph; X. ?. Stockwell, Betheli Nj,
Sargent Il Son, So. Royalton;A "A. Il. Hood
a Son Chelsea
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-23
PROSPERITY ITE3IS.


The big hay crop and the big corn crop
on the farms than for years. This is the
farmers year.-Thorntown Argus.
Muncie wheels to the home of the Sultan
of Turkey. fruit jars to Africa, Australia,
China and Japan, and weekly ship loads of
other mercantile goods TO all parts of the
world, there is no wonder that Indiana is
Floating along with the head of the pro-
cessiOn ION to prosperity. "-Muncie News.
A well-known commercial man Interested
in a Lafayette manufacturing concern has
just returned from a business trip through
the middle West. He usually makes short
routes, but this time he was on the road
a month, and was SO crowded with orders
that he could not find time to come home
Lafayette Call.
The Tribune is pleased to add its testi-
mony to that of the brethren in other por-
tons of the State, as to the greatly i'm
proved condition of things In South Bend
and St. Joseph county. This is the best
year our big manufacturers say they have
seen since 1892, and ali the industrial insti-
and some overtime with a full force of
employes.-South lend Tribune.
John Fildes, jr., president of the Clear
Lake wooden mills, was emphatic in stating
the result of his observation. Without
doubt there is a large increase in the trade
of the country generally. Locally, espe-
cially in our line of business, the advance
for the better is unprecedented. There is
not a wooden mill in the country that has
not refused to accept orders since the tariff
bill became a law. Since that time there
has been a 20 per cent. advance in WOOL the
farmers receiving the benefit '-Leporte
Herald.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-23
LESSONS OF THE WHEAT BOOM.

The boom in the price OF wheat makes
this a fitting season to make few observa-
tions:
First-The rise is largely the result of
natural causes During the past few years
the worlds wheat crop and the worlds con-
sumption have been about equal. Year by
year the visible supply" at the beginning
of the crop year has been growing less and
less. This year the failure of the wheat
crop in India and Argentina and small
crop in all Europe has made the supply
apparently unequal to the demand. During
the years which wheat has been falling
there was more than bushel of wheat TO
fill the call for a bGshel. Hence low and
declining prices. This year it has been dis
covered that there is a demand for more
than bushel of wheat for every bushel in
existence. Hence the rise in prices. 1t is
perfectly natural, and sensible people
should see it at the present time and never
again permit themselves to be muddled
with such absurd assumptions as that the
prices of wheat and silver are tied and
that there would never be dollar wheat I'M
I'll the country should have free coinage of
silver. There is no connection between sill
Yer and wheat or wheat and any other COM
modify, except some other breadstuff the
price of which will advance, as is the case
with corn at the present time.
SeconG-The price of any article depends
chiefly upon it's abundance or scarcity.
Next year, if Argentina Russia and Europe
shall have large wheat crop and we have
a large one, we must not expect the prices
of to-day. AS an apparent shortage has
caused prices to advance, so the indication
of surplus of 1OO 100000 bushels of wheat
in a crop of $500, 0O0 600 bushels will cause
decline in the price.
Third - The general advance in prices
which is reported proves that the assump-
ton of a few alleged economists to the eff
feet that the decline in most lines of mer-
chandise was due to the worlds going to
the gold basis which they held to be in
sufficient to sustain prices, has no basis in
fact. The volume of gold is increasing
but the real cause of the advance of prices
is the generally larger demand in this coun-
try incident to the return of confidence and
the extension of consumption.
Generally it is fitting season to get a
firm hold of the fact that prices depend
upon supply and demand, and that demand
is broadened when confidence has stmu-
lated all the industries of the land into ac-
tivity. 1t is the best time there has been
for years to cut loose from the heresies of
calamityites, the demagogues and the self
sufficient theorists.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-23
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Justin McCarthy's Latest Contribution
to EngIiNh History.

In 1878 that industrious and entertaining writer
Justin Mccarthy, published "A History Of Our
Own Times" which was a history of the reign
of Queen Victoria from its beginning to that time
Subsequently he published third and fourth
Volume bringing the narrative down to 1880. Now
he publishes another volume covering the period
from 1850 to the diamond jubilee. This volume
begins with the spring of the year $780, when the
Liberal government came back to power with
Mr.. Gladstone as leader. 1t is review OF the
historical events which have affected English in
terests during the last seventeen years, and is
particularly valuable in that it explains and
elucidates matters OF general interest which find
place. which merely referred to, in
larger and more pretertious histories. One chap
ter treats Of TIE Venezuelan and Transyaal
troubles. though much more space is given to the
arbitration treaty than to the Venezuelan troU-
bles Much space is given TO the Irish question.
The Dongola campaign, the Armenian question
and the Benin disaster are all mentioned; but
nothing but mere outline of those matters could
be given, the solution of the difficulties in
VoIved has not vet been reached. The book con-
tains "reminiscences Of various parliamentary and
historical figures who have died since 1SS0-John
Bright Lord Randolph Churchill, Cardinal Man
ming and others-and there portraits of the
chief English persC nages of this period. The book
is well worth reading for the sake of the events
described in its pages, even apart from any in
terest it has as a successor to former volumes.
harper x Brothers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-23
THEY SHOULD ARBITEtATE.

An important point towards the settle
ment of the coal miners strike has been
gained in the agreement between the min
ers and the operators for conference. The
conference will take place at Pittsburg to-
day, and while it may not result in a settle
ment there is possibility that it may
The proposition for a conference came from
the operators and seems to be their last
proposition before undertaking to start
their mines regardless of all opposition. AS
the scope of the conference is explained
it is not expected to result in a settlement
by the miners and operators themselves
but in submission of the matters in con-
troversy to disinterested men for arbitra-
ton. In this case there would have to be-
first, an agreement to arbitrate; second
an agreement on the points to be arbi-
trated, and finally an agreement on arbi-
traitors If after all this the leaders of the
miners should insist on submitting the re-
suit of the arbitration to the miners them
selves for ratification or rejection, the pros
pect of a settlement would seem to be
rather remote. An arbitration should be a
finality. If the miners claim the right of
final judgment on the finding of arbitra tors,
accepting or rejecting at their option the
operators could with equal fairness claim
the same right. and there would be an end
Of arbitration. The first step in to-day s
conference should be an agreement on both
sides that if they agree to arbitration it
should be a finality.
If the conference fails the operators de-
clare their intention of starting their mines.
This will be the beginning of the end of
the strike. for there can be no question Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-23
PnhIishers, Notes.

Messrs. Small, Maynard x Co, Boston. an
nCunce that they have acquired from the poet s
literary executors the sole right to issue the
works of Walt Whitman, ana Will bring out
greatly improved editions of Leaves OF Grass
ana the Complete Prose Works early in the
autumn.
A new series of historical books especially pre-
pared tor the young under the general title - The
CElldrens study is announced by Mr.. Thomas
Whitaker Inc following volumes are nearly
ready: Greece" by Alice Zimmern; Rome.
sell. The United States is beng written by
Nina Smith, of Boston.
Among the books announced by Funk & Wag-
The Epic of Paul" by William Cleaver Wiikin-
son, author OF Inc Epic OF saul 1t is poem
depicting the life of saint Paul with high order
of poetic diction. They also announce In
cyclOpedla of Social reforms. This work is a
complete, authoritative ana thoroughly up-to-d lie
Cyclopedla covering the entire range of social re-
FORMS including political economy, political
ism, charities. civil service, currency, land and
legislation reform, penalOSy socialism, social
purity, trades unions, woman suffrage, etc
G.. p. Putnam sons announce that they will
include in their series OF the Writings of the
Fathers of the Republic the works OF Samuel
AdamS, edited by Harry AIonZo Gushing. Dr.
Gushing is d member the department of his
terry of Columbia University. He has already
published The History OF the Transition from
Provincial 10 Commonwealth Government in
Massachusetts" ana has made some other note
period. The present work Will be the first col
lected edition Of the writings of Samuel Adams,
and it will include much material which has
never before been published
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-23
DOLLAR WHEAT.

Hurrah for dollar wheat! Hurrah for
Republican times! Hurrah!-Laporte Her
aid.
Wheat does not seem to have reached the
top, nor silver the Observation-Disclosures
News.
Wheat is still acknowledgements Herald
The man who has dollar wheat would be
tribune bun 0'e'' A'- i C '-'' g ''''' l0' u
Wheat is making good progress in climb
ing towards the roof, and silver is slipping
down nearer the floor Of the basement day
by day.-South Bend Tribune.
The worlds eye is upon the United States
looking for its wheat supply, and there is
every indication that we will have wheat
enough to sell to make US all feel rich and
happy.-Mishawaka Enterprise.
Wheat is worth 50 cents in this city to-
day. A Bryan silver dollar is worth only
Al cents. This makes the Kokomo price of
wheat 81 a bushel in Bryan money. This
truth is torture to the professional calam-
ityites.-Kokomo Tribune
jump of cents per bushel in the price
of wheat is the record of the local market
for the last twenty-four hours and those
who have an abundance of the staple
cereal are indeed happy.-Portland Com
merCial
One strange feature about the rise in the
price of wheat has been the absence of the
usual W Cdfo dll SluliipS. 4 uG SlCduy mar
ket indicates that the price is actually
based on the supply and demand and not
on the operations of speculators.-Lafay-
cite Courier.
Grant county farmers who have wheat
in their bis are getting ready to sell and
many who have wheat stored at the eleva-
tors think the high notch has been reached
and are already selling Others think the
dollar mark will be made and are holding
their naturalization Chronicle
The farmers up at dawn of day, harvest
ing wheat or hauling hay; he knows protec-
tons here again, for moneys waiting for
his grain. The markets up. his crops are
good, he'H buy new clothes, have lots Of
food; he'll heed no more the free-trade
beat" who guyed him once with dollar
wheat. "-KendallvjH Standard.
There is dollar wheat in Anderson to-day
and lots of it. During the day there has
been a procession of wagons laden with
wheat heading for Wellington. Schalk &
CO. elevators. where one dollar was paid
for every bushel received. Whooppee! But
won't the store box whiting farmer tura
red in the face now as he talks about the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-23
THE REFERENDUM.

An organized movement has been started
among the Swiss of Chicago for the adop-
ton of the referendum in the Constitution
of Illinois, with a view, ultimately, to
its incorporation in the Constitution of
the United States. The referendum, by
which is meant the referring of proposed
legislation to the people for ratification by
them before it shall become operative is
somewhat attractive in theory, but it does
not follow that because it works well in
Switzerland it would work equally we'll
here. Switzerland has also the initiative
system under which laws may originate
with the people, and the legislature is re-
quired to pass any measure that is adopted
by certain majority of the popular vote
The system seems to work we'll in Switzer-
lard, where the cantons and constituencies
are small and where party spirit is almost
unknown, but, as already stated, it does
not follow that it would work equally well
in this country. Constitutions are d nat
ural evolution of national characteristics
and peculiar conditions, and even the best
features of one government may fail when
a common remark that we have too much
politics in this country already. The adop-
ton of the referendum would greatly add
to it by increasing the number of popular
votes on measures some of which would
result in exciting campaigns for and
against. If in addition to the referendum
the initiative should be adopted, between
originating measures and voting on their
adoption the country would be in a con-
tinual turmoil. Our present representative
system is a good one if well carried out
If the people are careful to elect legis!a-
tors who are fit for the position they need
not be afraid to intrust them with the
making of laws, and if a law prove unwise
or unpopular it is easily repealed. In short,
there seems to be quite enough popular
government in this country without the
referendum. OF course, constitution
should always be submitted to the people
for adoption or rejection because it is their
organic, fundamental law, but it does not
follow that ordinary measures of legisIa-
ton should be.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-23
The OLD HOosier State.

Oh, the old Hooser State
1t is grand, it is great,
And her landscapes are smiling bright to-day
Her spreading plains in glory
Help the hills proclaim the story,
So let our happy people all be gay.
We have peace and plenty
Though oats only twenty
And corn still fingers rather low,
Yet better days coming
To help our harvest homing
When wheat Will bring three figures in a row.
Don't get the Klondke fever,
Beware that great deceiveT-
Contentment. oh. tbs better far than gold
Just stay with those who love you,
And thank the God above you
For health and all His blessings manifold.
No more of sad repining-
Don't Jou see the silver lining
OF the dark clouds swiftly rolling by?
And 10! the bow OF beauty
Across the path of duty
Stands grandly, as a portal in the sky
oh. the old Hoosier State
1t is grand, it is great
Be proud you're a Hoosier every day
Thanksgiving day is coming
SO do not think of roaming
For pumpkin pie and turkeys on the way.
A p Kerr
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-23

A dispatch to the Sunday Journal from
Mexico City says that owing to the con-
tinued decline of silver the government has
under consideration plan for the accumu-
lation of a large stock of gold of native
production. To this end it is proposed to
exempt from taxation all gold mines which
may be opened, TO impose a heavy tax on
the expectation of gold and to take all the
gold that may be offered at the govern
ment treasury, paying its full value in sill
YER The plan has not been decided upon
yet, but the fact that it is under discussion
shows that the Mexican government is Sc
riously considering the advisability of pre-
pairing for change from the silver to the
gold standard
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-23

If the Pennsylvania coai-mine operators
are telling the truth, their competitors in
Indiana. Ohio and Illinois have conspired
to prolong the strike, to the end that the
Pennsylvania people may be shut out of the
market with the close of lake navigation,
leaving the whole field to those in the
nearer States, which ship by rail. The indi-
cations sustain the charge. The Western
operators have displayed no anxiety to
bring the strike to an end. The most of
them are very silent about the matter, and
when one of them speaks it is in the tone
of patient waiter which is quite different
from that of the operators about Pittsburg.
If this is the case, the operators whose in
terest it is to have the strike continue an,
other month should assume the expense
OF feeding the miners and prepare to pay
higher wages should the alleged conspiracy
succeed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-23
As 40 Clothes.
Chicago Post.

We must heartily commend the decision
of the mayor of Asbury Park. In effect that
persons, without discrimination of sex or
shapeliness. shall not be permitted TO wear
their bathing suits in the public streets
We need net point out that this is a far
reaching decision. for if bathing suits,
however modest and decor0us, were wirked
at il would only be a short step to paiamas
and bath robes. which we all recognize as
not only destructive to physical pulchritude
but subversive of artistic thoughts, high
emotions and lofty ideals. Some time ago
it was reported that the ladies living on
the West Side of this city were in the
habit of going out to sprinkle their lawns
with the garden hose attired in their
wrappers and Mother HubbardS. We sug-
gested at the time that this was a most
dangerous procecding-nOt that it was in
the least immoral but rather. on the con-
nary, that il tended to deprive gentlemen
of those sweet and tender emotions with
which they have been accustomed to con-
template the gentle sex. When woman in
a Mother Hubbard enters the door love
tumbles out of the nearest window. This
is an important truism in sociology that
should be steadfastly borne in mind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-23

country going TO the demnition bow-wows
because of its defective ''feenance" sys-
tem?-Anderson Bulletin.
William Jennings Bryan: MY friends.
while l still maintain that the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver at the ratio of f6
to is the stuff, my friends, | am forced
TO admit, my friends. that when l said the
price of wheat and the price of silver went
hand in hand l was talking through my
hat, my friends. This dollar wheat is kill
ing me, my friends. Hammond Tribune
Wheat is still soaring skyward. The
price jumped up from 80 to IS cents this
morning and local buyers firmly believe
that it will be worth a dollar or more by
Monday. Within the past three days farm
ers have begun to realize that the price is
steadily advancing and they are holding
their grain for an even dollar.-Noblesville
Ledger.