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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09
THE PHoNoeRAPH IN RUSSIA
Regarded with Disfavor by the Po-
lice Authorities.

Edison's photograph has had bat
tie royal with Russian press censorship,
says the Anglo-Russian. In the pavilion
of the public gardens in Tagonrog the
machine was exhibited, and attracted
large audiences. 1t played and sang.
and laughed and spoke for some time
undisturbed. until a police officer heard
the machine reciting one of Kriloff's
famous fables. viz: "Demyan's Ukha"
(soup or hospitality, but with some
variations on the original text The Of
ficer got suspicious, and not trusting
to his memory, he ran at once and got
Kriloff's book, and came again to listen
to the monographs version of the
fable. To his horror he found the
fable reproduced not at all as it was
passed by the censorship more than half
century ago. An alarm was raised at
once, the higher local authorities COM
municated with. and the manager OF the
pavilion. Mr.. Parafinovitch, was called
upon to explain the behavior of that
speaking American beast. All the poor
manager could do was to open the mys-
FERROUS inside of the criminal machine
and hand over to the authorities the in
discreet cylinder which threatened to
tell the peaceful inhabitants SO many
undesirable things. But the arrest of
the chief criminal was considered in
sufficient. as it could not have acted
without human accomplish. So. ae-
cording to the Taganrog yiestnik. the
affair has taken its official course, and
the innocent manager Of the pavilion
has lost in the mean time his generally
good appetite and sound sleep, as he
does not know il what punishment the
official proceedings win result, and how
long he will have to wait until his fate
is decided.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09
Kerosene a Bane TO Ch,pa,

China. or at least some of the off.
eials of China, wished few years age
to retaliate for American Chinese re.
striction laws by laws prohibiting the
importation of American kerosene
Chang Chitung, viceroy of Canton, ad.
dressed memorial to the emperor. in
which he arraigned kerosene as the
greatest menace to the peace and pros.
perity of the empire. 1t burned up 400
houses in Swallow. he said, and cost SOC
people their lives. Soon afterward II
burned 1000 houses in Canton and de-
stroyed s1o,O0OO0o worth of property,
1t was responsible. he declared. for
nine-tenths of the fires that occurred
every winter in Canton.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

IL began to be alarmed at my eoos,,,o.
"Ths change for the better In INV h,,Is
began on the day when fist took Dr.. Va.
hams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
They were recommended to NV o,o,s..
by neighbof, who knew Of some marvsl.
loss cures they had effected.
my strength gradually returned, a, Il.
pills gave ma an appetite, and once uo,,
ate nourishing food with keen relish.
an a short time resumed NV vo,t =,
. news agent, the Lake Shore e. MIN.
gan Southern Railroad.1
Mr.. Marshall added that he sav, q,
experience with the hope that 1t would y
OF help TO some man or woman afflicted !,
he was.
"Now,7 he said, In conclusion, ~ s,t
three or four square meals every day,s and
his appearance gave evidence that this wa,
true.
The action Of Dr.. Wiliiams' Pink PHI, "a,
Pale People upon the blood and nerves pro-
duce the happy result described IN tie eav
ct Mr.. Marshall. They produce healthy,
natural stimulation, a craving for noursb.
ment and the power 10 convert 4 into
healthy nerve and flesh.
The pure, powerful vegetable ingredients
IN DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale PeocIe
supply the antidote for poisonous matter %
the blood and add those elements needed 10
build up body and brain.
They ara for sale by all druggists. Ons
box Tor so cents, or six boxes for $3.50.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09
MR. cenrLssY cHAeRInEn
He Realizes I'm His Own Experience
Something He Had Often Read OF.

He Realizes I'm His own Experiences
Something He Had Often Read OF.
"When there arose In the household 3
question as to the expenditure of money
for a purpose that to me seemed a
luxury we could not afford and should
not indulge In" said Mr.. Gentleby, ac-
cording TO the New York Sun, II OPP
posed it vigorously. / am not SO sure
but what some of my vigor arose from
the fact that the money to be spent
would come out of my own pocket; but
/ was right about 1t, anyway. 1t would
have been an unwise and unreasonable
expenditure for us to make, and knew
1t, and I resisted 1t to the extent Of re-
fusing to make it.
"And then I made a great mistake.
After had got 1t all settled for good
reasons. and finally and distinctly had
refused to spend the money, then,
moved by Mrs. Gentleby's continuous
discussion and by my own desire to
please her. said all right. we'd spend
the money.
WELL said Mrs. Gentleby, i think
they ought TO put you up on that polel'
and she pointed to a fagpole on a
building within sight Of our domicile,
upon which there was once a weather
vane. which we often consulted, but
which has now been removed.
"Welli I haven't been so shocked in
yearsl / had read in novels, and every
where else, about how women like
strong men. that above all other quail
titles they admire courage and that they
glorify the resolute and despise the
vacillating, but had never realized 1t
until now. But realized 1t now with
vengeance. By this one act of weak
ness. prompted by kindness though 1t
was. had knocked myself down from
my pedestal.
thereafter when I kick kick to the
end"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

He had taken his shoes off and was
about TO CREEP upstairs, when he
stumbled over the umbrella rack.
John" came a voice from the head
Of the stairs. sis that your"
"Yesh, m'dear."
Are you intoxicated?'
"Hic-no'm."
Say special personal prerogatives.
then" continued the relentless voice
There was an interval of silence
John"
"Yesh.-
well. why don't you say it?"
I'm ated-hic-m'dear.-
Then. hanging his shoes on the hat
rack. he took his hat in his hand and
proceeded upstairs.-N. Y. Journal.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09
LUMINOUS PAINT.
Used for Variety of Purposes in city
and Country.

and Country.
Luminous paint is used more in
the country than in the city, but its
use generally is increasing, says the
New York Sun. II is used in cities in
dark scenes in the theaters, and dancers
costumes are coated with II. Luminous
paint is used for the illumination OF
doctors signs, and of street numbers
and night bells, and keyholes and door
knobs. and it is used to paint match
boxes and various other things. 1t is
not luminous except in the dark, and SO,
for sign purposes, it is used only in
such places as are not reached by the
rays from the street lamp.
Luminous paint is not phosphores--
cent, but it absorbs light in the day, or
light from electric or other artificial
lights. which it gives out in the dark:
most commonly, indoors and out. II is
used upon objects that are exposed to
daylight. The distance at which such
objects can be seen at night depends
upon their size. Luminous paint Is
used in the country on highway sign
boards or guidboards, for painting
posts or stones marking roadways. and
so on, and on the water it is used for
painting harbor buoys.
There is also made luminous card
board. which is used for various pur-
poses.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09
A..aciation of Idea..

-John," said loving wife, Il wish
you would sing two or three lines of q
song for me-"
''What on earth do you want me to do
that for?"
''There is something l want you TO
bring home, and I've forgotten what 1t
Is. but think I'll remember 1t II you
sing"
The good-natured husband complied.
and the charming wife said:
81 remember now. Its file want"
Odds and Ends.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

Helen-Why, Angelica, dearI you sur
prise me. Just look at those feathers
in your hatl / thought you belonged
to the bird protective association?
Angelica do; / am a charter MEM
Der. wouldn't wear a whole bird on
my hat-not for the world. poor little
thingsl These are only wings.-Judge
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

women must find it a hardship some
times not 10 be able 10 swear"
20, /, don't know. They have their
own ways When they want to be par
ticularly nasty about another woman
they say she means WE'LL and 1t really
comes to the same thing."-Pick-Me-
Up.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

There are "a muscles used in car
rying on an ordinary conversation"
she said, looking up from the book she
was reading.
"And yet woman is supposed to be
weak creature" he said. thoughtfully.
And then he dodged.-Chicago Post.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

Timmins-I have never been able to
make up my mind whether l am a
genius or not
Simmons-It is easily tested. Just
act like hog when you are in society.
and if you are a genius people will adj
mire you for it.-Indianapolis Journal.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

II never do anything by halves" re-
marked the man who was hurrying
along the street.
That's all right, mister" replied Me-
andering Mike. who had just overtaken
him; "a quarter or rs cent II do
Washington Star.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

Wife-As it was three a. m. when you
crs~led home. Jcka, suppose ys='S
like an sye-opener before going "
work?
Husband-To tell you the truth, I
would.
Wife, thought so; here's the bin for
a hat bought yesterday-only $3.50.
-Up-to-Date.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

Rev. DIR. Swallow, who polled such a
surprisingly big vote in Pennsylvania
recently, had campaign button which
was a mystery to all save those who
knew the family history of the preacher
and his wife. Mrs. Swallow was Robin
before marriage. and the button con-
tanned picture of two birds flying side
BY side.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

Doting Mother-I do not know what
we are going 10 make of little Rodney.
He declared to-day that when he grows
up he is going TO be a robber and des-
poll people OF their hard-earned gold.
Shrewd Father-H'mi I'll take the
little rascal downtown in the morning
and apprentice him TO Skinner. the real
estate dealer.-N. Y. World.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

she-Tbis gas bill is simply extor-
toni
The Collector-Yes'm. When shall
cal Town Topics.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

Mrs. Manycooks (severely)-Didn't 1
hear man talking loudly with you in
the kitchen just now. Mary?
Mary (complacently)-Oi hope so,
nam, for thin OF can call yez as a wit
ness in case av braich av promise suit,
mam.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

visitor--I don't see how You can al
low your son to fiirt so outrageously
with that pretty servant girl
Hostess-Sh-hi Her father is In the
Klondike. and next summer she may
be richer than any Of us.-N. Y. Jour
nal
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09
Getting Along Nicely.

"How is your wife getting on?"
"She's improving slowly. She is not
well enough to attend to her house
hold duties yet. but yesterday she was
out shopping."-Tit-Bits.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09
A PftfaIl.

what makes all the men shun Miss
Backbay? She's not bad looking"
mo, but she is so terribly well IN
Chicago Record.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

IAN eye for an eye. and tooth for a
TOOTH"
Thus says the Good Book. but wonder.
forsooth,
Just how It would work n started to pay
My dentist his bill In that Scriptural way.
m Y. Evening Journal.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09
A Natural Inference.

He-My wife tries to make the best Of
everything.
She-0h. did she marry you to reform
you?"-Yonkers Statesman.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

Together the lovers cast their lot.
And were Joined In holy wedlock;
But It was a failure, so they got
A divorce to break the deadlock.
Chicago Daily News
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-27
Paroda. as sin onerirT..

just as brewers and other evil men
in England conciliate heaven by erect
ing churches so the bold, bad, bloody
handed Burman makes it all right for
the mex existence by erecting pagodas.
In proportion to the height of the pa
CODA his heap of sin disappears. And as
the Burman, like the rest Of us, looks
after his own wants rather than those
Of his ancestors, he builds a pagoda all
To himself, ana allows his grandfather's
To topple over. An uncle Of the deposed
king must have been round shouldered
with the weight of his w%rongdoings.
Anyway, mt the foot of Mandalay
hill-a nice, breezy eminence. admi-
rable to give you an appetite and a pain
in tho back-he built 729 pagodas,
though the guides count wrong and
say there are only 100. But perhaps
they mention the smaller number out
of regard for their monarch's uncle, not
wishing to expose the real magnitude
Of his s%infulness. The pagodas are all
white and set out in rows, aud under
each were what we pronounced TO be
tombstones. We were wrong, for the
inscriptions were not to the dear de-
parted. but constituted a complete copy
Of the law in the Pail tongue. Travel.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-27
The Indemnity Was Paid.

THE controversy between Haiti and
Germany over the Lueders case" said
nm old resident to a Star reporter re-
Gently, brings TO my mind the fact
thai the United States at one time at
least during my life showed the same
spirit that Germany did In demanding
an Indemnity at the point of Il gun.
The incident happened just after the
close of the war and was about the
same kind OF affair. The Brazilian gov
eminent had imprisoned or treated an
American citizen In some outrageous
way. and the American minister at
Rio Janelro, acting on his instructions,
demanded an indemnity. He "a put
off from day to day. and finally from
week TO week, until he made up his
mind that he was either going to do his
duty or lose his position, so he said
nothing more about the matter, but
waited for a United States warship to
anchor in the harbor. When the yes
sci arrived he quietly moved his effects
from the legation to the boat and then
announced to the powers In Brazil tina
no Ind located the United States lega'
tion ON the deck Of United States war
chin. and that unless that indemnity
was forthcoming In three hours ht
would shell the town. The indemnity
was paid
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-27
the right muscles without his subject

the right muscles without his subject
knowing what his face expressed. In
this way he esta blished the law that in
a general way the contraction of a sin
gle muscle can produce IA complete ex.
preston; that Is TO say, each muscle
has its part TO play in the mechanism
of the physiogpomy. For instance, the
frontal muscle is the muscle of atten-
ton; the superclliary muscle is the mus
Gle Of grief; the great zygomatic mus
Gle Is that of laughter; the muscle of
the upper lip is that Of weeping; the
triangular muscle of the chin that Of
mlsprlsiOn or dlsdain; the square of the
lower lip. that of disgust, etc. He
showed that the face is n signal board,
whose readings can be understood by
all mankind, irrespective of race or ma
ton. Before his time. II was thought
that human expression was very COM
plieated, and that the whole face took
part In It; but he established the fact
that each passion has its own muscle,
which can express It. He photographed
his results, and a child can tell the emo
ton which each picture expresses.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-27

There is something very remarkable
In the almost reasoning powers mani
tested occasionally by birds in eluding
pursuit or in tuning attention from
their nests and young. but in few is
this more noticeable than in the duck
tribes. In Captain Blacks narrative of
his arctic land expedition the following
instance of this is given:
One of his companions, Mr.. King,
having shot Il female duck, fired again
and, AS he thought, disabled its male
companion. Accordingly, leaving the
dead bird, which he had the mortiflca.
ton of seeing shortly afterward carried
of by one of the white headed eagles,
he waded into the water after the drake,
which, far from being fluttered or
waiting to be taken up. Still, as he
neared II, il glided easily away through
innumerable little hooks and windings.
Several times he reached out his hand
to seize it, and, having ut last with
great patience managed To coop il up
In a corner, from which there appeared
to be no escape. he was tIiumphantly
bending down 10 take it when, to his
utter astonishment, it looked around at
him, cried "Quack - and then flew
away Sc strongly that he was convinced
he had never hit it at all. The birds
object clearly was to draw the gunner
away from its companion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-27
OPEN LETTERS FROM
Jennie q. Green and MRS. Harry
Hardy.

JENNIE q GREEN, Denmark, Iowa,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 had been sick at my monthly
periods for seven years, and tried
almost everything l eve heard of, but
without any benefit. Was troubled
with backache, headache, pains In the
shoulders and dizziness. Through my
mother l was induced to try Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
1t has done me so much good. I am
now sound and we'll"
Mrs. HARRY HARDY, Riverside, Iowa,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham the story Of
her struggle with serious ovarian trou-
BILE, and the benefit she received from
the use Of Lydia L. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. This is her letter:
How thankful 1 am that l took
your medicine. l was troubled for
two years with Inflammation of the
womb and o~varies, womb was also very
low. / was in constant misery. l had
heart trouble, was short of breath and
could not walk five blocks TO SAVE my
life. Suffered very much with my
back, had headache all the time. was
nervous, transformations were irregular
and painful, had a bad discharge and
was troubled with bloating. l was q
perfect wreck. Had doctored and
taken local treatments, but still was no
better. l was advised by one of my
neighbors to write to You. / have now
finished the second bottle of Mrs. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and am
better in every way. l am able to do
all my own work and can walk nearly
a mile without fatigue; something 1
had not been able to do for over two
years. Your medicine has done me
more good than all the doctors"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-27

In Japan tho traveller sees many Gu
rious sights. One of the strangest of
which is the population washing it.
self Mt the corners of streets toward
evening. In Yeddo the citizens fire.
quent large bathing establishments.
The street doors of such resorts staIid
open. and a striking spectacle, to say
the least, is presented by the inmates
sitting washing themselves with the ut
most This is a general Gus
tom. and nothing whatever is thought
of it. Such an apparent want of modes
ty is difficult to comprehend and is not
reconcilable with the advanced state OF
civilization of the Japanese. In many
other of the manner and customs dc
the Japs offer a striking antagonism to
those accepted by Us.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-27
SAVED BY A DREAM.
ATHRlcE REPEATED WARNING THAI
WAS LUCKILY Needed.

How Two Men Narrowly Escaped Assssss-
nation In . Western Ontario Inn-The
Reality Was a Perfect Reproduction of
the Vision Of the Brain.
Miss Mabel Wiloughby, writing In
the Toronto Globe, relates this strange
story:
MANY years ago my great-uncle, a
magistrate of Niagara district, had oc-
c%asion, as he often had, to make a jonr-
ney on horse back through some of the
more unsettled parts of western On
tario. AS those were the pioneer days,
many parts of Ontario now thickly set
tied and prosperous communities were
almost unbroken stretches of forest, in
tersected by roads, passable only by
equestrians. The only places of public
accommodation were small taverns or
inns to be found at intervals Of many
miles along these trails or roads. My
uncle and his father-in-law, who PC
companied him, carried large sums OF
money with which to buy grain and
cattle from the settlers.
Zone afternoon. toward nightfall, as
they were nearing the small inn where
they intended stopping for the night,
they heard the sound of horses hOofs
close behind them, and, turning III his
saddle, my uncle saw that the strangers
approaching him were "a dark visaged
pair of men whom he had noticed ut
the dinner table with him at the last
hustelry. They, however, saluted my
uncle and Mr.. H, his father-in-law in
a very civil and returned the
compliments of the hour.
1.-THE party o on reached the inn,
and, to uncle's surprise, the two stran-
gers trotted on past tho only resting place
there was for miles. But he concluded
that they were hunters or settler liy-
ing farther ON, and 10 for the time
thought no more OF it.
"Our two grain dealers took their
supper and shortly afterward retired
comfortably for the night. Not long
after going to bed Mr.. H., feeling thirs-
ty, rose and went down to the baIroom
for a drink Of water. mo laughter here.
He was a local preacher and stanch ad-
herent to the Methodist church,
ION entering the bar he was greatly
surprised to see stretched out on the
wooden benches the guests of the din
ner table and travelling companions OF
the early evening. However, he trou-
bled very little about the matter, as he
thought that they had been overtaken
by night and turned back. On return
ing to the bedroom he found my uncle
DOING, aud so made no mention of tue
uncanny pair in the barroom, and in a
few minutes fell asleep also.
after a short sleep uncle awoko and
almost started out of bed, having had a
most vivid and frightful dream, i'll
which he saw one OF those men advance
ing toward him with "a dark lantern
turned upon his face and a drawn knife
i'll his hand. But, finding the room per-
fectly quiet, uncle persuaded himself
that his dream was the result of some
slight apprehension he had had concern
ing the two men, and so fell asleep
again. but only to have the horrible vi
sion repeated.
"He began to feel that the dream, SO
vivid and persistent, might have the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-27
Best tea.
Cats of Other Days.

The lot of the average nineteenth
century cat does not compare fayorably
with that of its ancestors. Everybody
knows that the early Egyptians held
the cat sacred, and any n injnring Il
sacred animal was liable to severe pun
ishment. Among the ancient laws of
Wales was n statute which prohibited
the slaughter of u cat under u curious
penalty. The owner of the slaughtered
animal held it by the tip of the tail,
with its nose touching the floor, and the
slayer had to give him, by way of com
pensation, as much wheat IS would
bury the entire animal out of sight.
The grain was supposed to represent
the amount that the owner would lose
through the depredations of vermin by
being deprived of the cat.
Saxony, Switzerland and other Eu-
D countries also had laws enacted
for the protection of cats, which were
regarded of economic value. Now, how
ever, pussy is simply a decorative do
nestle adjunct.