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The times., 1898-09-18
WiIheImina,s WAY.

From earliest childhood" says Prof.
J. H. Gore in the Ladies' Home Journal,
in regard to the coronation of Holland s
Queen. "Wilhelmina has been encouraged
to be economical that she could be gen.
erous, and to save things that had ceased
TO interest her in order to make some one
else happy in the receipt. Her surplus
toys were given to the children's hos
pitals. and on many occasions she has
placed in the hands of a helpless cripple
a plaything, and with cheeks aglow and
eyes sparkling at the pleasure she was
giving, explain its mechanism. Then as
it passed into the hands of the new owner
she echoed the motherly caution she had
often heard: Take good care of it,
Take good care of it!' If you wish to
see how well this injunction is obeyed
just visit Apeldoorn, the nearest town to
Het Loo, and in places of honor in many
houses you will see doll, toy, or per-
haps a flower. A questioning glance will
suffice to bring the answer: That was
given our daughter by Prinsesje.'"
The times., 1898-09-18
THAT DREADFUL DRAWER.
Acts as il IL Were Possessed by
Demons.

DtHlOns
drawer that won't open is one of the
obstacles in the way of our getting TO
heaven. The men who make furniture
says the Chicago Chronicle, have secret
agreement TO always set drawers in very
dry weather so that on the first approach
of damp they refuse to bulge. This is 10
promote bad language and wear tempers
The clothes you must wear are always
in the drawer that won't come open. You
are going out after dinner and you pre-
pare to dress. The mere putting on OF
your gown and shoes Is simple matter,
and you accomplish IL In short order:
then you step gaily up to your dresser 10
get a sash out OF the third drawer. You
pull gently. for heretofore the drawers
have slid as If they were mounted on ball
bearings The drawer does not move,
and you take firmer hold The drawer
still sticks. and you mutter a little as
you brace yourself and give a mighty pun.
Your arms are almost jerked from their
sockets, but you have made no impression
on the drawer, which still remains sta
tionary.
Your temper begins to rise, and as Won
shut your teeth hard you resolve to con-
quer that drawer or die in the effort. You
give series OF little jerks that bring
down the brush, comb and manicure scfs-
sors on the back of your neck. but the
drawer is unmoved
Then bright idea comes TO vou- You
viii take out the upper drawers and So
get at your cherished ribbon You erasD
the handles OF the top drawer with fierce
energy ana IN moment you pick your
self off the floor, for this drawer is Of A
plant disposition and came out as easily
as baby's first tooth. When you have
rubbed the sore spot on the back of your
mead with camphOr, you return with re-
newed spirit to the fray Perhaps the
second drawer win be also an easy vic
tim of your strength. Then it is, that
you discover that every drawer in the
world has different kind of disposition.
although malignity is the foundation OF
all This second drawer moves on the
right side, but the left stays flush with
! the Jamb- After wriggling. twisting and
jerking you push back the protrudineS
edge Of despair. Next you remove its
contents through the hole left by the up-
per drawer They make a pile on the
/ hoor into which you step recklessIy.
1 grinding fresh collars under your heel
( You reach inside the drawer from above
/ and pound on the inside and so finally
/ start it. It now responds TO your efforts
and you lay il on the floor beside its feI-
! low.
You reach down through the Oblong va
/ cancy left by this drawer and fish for
[ your ribbon. You distinctly remember
/ putting it in the Ieft-hand corner, but
I it is not there now. You feel round and
/ churn the things up. The ribbon viii
\ never be found if you don't empty all the
things out OF that wicked drawer so yOu
/ begin pulling them out through the holes
/ When you have brought up the last rem
| nants you sit down on the bed and sort
/ them over looking for the ribbon II
/ isn't there. Then you remember that you
/ left it in your hat box instead of the
I usual place. in the Ieft-hand corner Of
/ the third drawer
The times., 1898-09-18

highly ridged brim, called the Acorn, and
trimmed with hawks quilts, is the sort
of headpiece the close follower of fash
ion wears, when she goes about her ear
" morning business in the street. 1t has
not the smallest relation to the Alpine,
for the top of its rather stiff crown is as
round and level as table and instead of
a crown band ridges of felt, that might
by a stretch of the imagination be called
small tucks, follow the crowns circum-
ference. The brim turns up equally on
all sides and from a steel buckle, plant
ed fiat on the hat, the quilts sprout.
Now this may not be beautiful but it's
very neat and new, and truly we are
weary of the Alpine genus.
AS the sphere of hats widen by the
weeks so also does that of dress, and
we find after a season of fair experiment
The times., 1898-09-18

She then. in a dainty manner. washes
and dries each little piece. When this
is done to her satisfaction she makes an
excuse to leave the room. The guests
then arise in turn and, examine the fine
ness of the ware, its markings, and es-
of dust should have been overlooked.
When sufficient time has elapsed the
hostess returns and the tea-brewing be-
gins. Five minutes are required for the
making of each cup, Its delicious aroma
appears to possess a magical effect on
the tongues of the Chinese; for from be-
ing morose lipsmackers they suddenly
become gay and hilarious
The final ceremony Of the feast is to
throw all the food that is left under the
tale, which the dogs are let in to devour.
China in this instance retains the ancient
The times., 1898-09-18

There are few things more splendid in
life than the nerve with which a house
wife will face her cook, or excuse her
self from an undesirable social engage
ment. But this is not quite the same
Kind OF nerve that is required when you
are scaling rocks covered with thin ice
or ploughing your way through snow
drifts waist-deep. Silence, persistence
steadiness and grim concentration-these
are the powers you require TO summon
up. They can be cultivated by women
as we'll as men: but with both they re-
quire cultivation, and those qualities of
vigor and nerve watch women possess so
far more frequently than men are of
little service in fighting mountain.
The times., 1898-09-18
A CELESTIAL BANQUET.
Dining Is a Tremendously Formal
Ceremony In China.

1t is very seldom that an American
has am opportunity to relate her impress
sions of a Chinese feast for they are
shy of inviting the stranger and for
eigner to partake of their hospitality. A
lady, however, who has recently re-
turned from the East; one that had
friends at court, and enjoyed many un-
usual privileges, gave the following de-
scription of banquet that was held in
her especial honor:
MY invitation to feast, in the re-
ceiving of which I felt myself to be
greatly fattered, came to me in a most
The times., 1898-09-18
THE WOMAN CLIMBER.
She Begins Too Energetfcally and
Soon Fags Out.

Soon Fags Out.
A writer in Women at Home gives bit
of practical experience in the matter of
climbing which Is worth reading by those
women who have aspiration to soar cloud
ward, like the Excelsior boy in the verse.
Here it is:
1 remember many years ago. when sew
eral members of the inferior sex were
forming a party for the ascent of the
Breithorn, a lady whose name / never
learned volunteered to join us. We were
starting from Zermatt, and though the
Breithorn is a perfectly easy mountain
The times., 1898-09-18

custom to which the Bible alludes in:
1.-THE dogs eat of the crumbs that fall
from the masters table"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-11
Important Tax Law Decision.

An important decision has been
made by the supreme court that will
have far reaching effect. A case
came up from Orleans county regard
ing the validity of tax list, because the
listers who made the appraisal Of real
estate did not swear to their returns
before justice of the peace, but be-
fore a notary public. 1t was claimed
to be contrary to statute and that
therefore the whole tax was Illegally
collected. The court says:
'sThe court has repeatedly held that
il part OF the grand list of a person
is invalid, or if part of the tax is as
sessed for an illegal and unauthorized
purpose, such invalidity or illegality
renders the whole tax illegal and in
valid.
Nor does the fact that the illegal
portion can be certainly ascertained,
as it can be in the case at bar avail the
town, which holds the plaintiffs
money, nor the officer who sued for
enforcing its collection. This doc
trine has been adhered to by this court
whenever the precise question has
arisen, so far as we are aware"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-11
DEVELOPING VERMONT.
Big Electric Plant TO Be Established
at Bolton Falls,


Montpelier capitalists connected
with the Consolidated company of
that city have bought the water pow
err at Bolton Falls. They intend to
utilize the power, which is unsnr-
passed by any in the state, and, in the
opinion OF many, in a position, to
prove unequalled, transform it into
electricity and transmit it to points
miles distant, where it will be used to
drive machinery, furnish light or for
any of the many uses to which the
current may be put.
II. w. Allen, engineer of the Amos
keag plant, at Manchester, N. H., has
drawn plans and specifications for the
dam, power house, etc.
1t is understood that there will be
three contracts made-one for build
ing the dam, one for building the pow
er house, and one for equipping the
power house with machinery. After
the work is commenced it is to be
rushed as rapidly as possible and it
will be specified that the entire plant
must be completed and in running Or
der by December l.
During the past month the capacity
Of the falls has been tested. Four
weeks ago sufficient water was going
through the falls to make fourteen
hundred horse power. Recently, the
water has been the lowest known for
the past Is years and the falls by actu-
al test would develop between ii and
IL hundred horse power.
1t is understood that the company
plans to furnish light and power for
those towns adjacent to the falls as
well as Montpelier and Barre, and
may furnish the motive power for the
electric road between Waterbury and
Stowe.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-11

their tents to the street and the air
was black with flying hats and cheers
and yells shattered the ornament.
Some who were ailing and depressed
found stimulant in the good news
OF departure for the front and their
sickness vanished. The news spread
soon, the officers street from end to
end was crowded with noisy and re-
ioicino soldiers
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-11

More than twenty million free samples
OF DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve have been
distribut ed by the manufacturers. What
better proof OF their confidence in its mer-
its do you want i? 1t cures piles, burns,
scalds, sores in the shortest space OF time.
Drew d Leonard, Randolph; Leavitt d
Reed, Bethel; M. j. Sargent & Son, So.
Royalton; A. R.Hood d Son, Chelsea.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-11
Thetford Hill.
David LAHORE is building barn.
ala Sueet In WORKING for Mra Mo,

David LAHORE is building barn.
Leila Sweet is working for Mrs. Morrill,.
Rev. VIM. Slade will preach next Sum-
day.
Miss Emma Porter is visiting Miss MINI
ME Coombs.
Miss Julia Fletcher is at home for
short vacation.
Henry Coombs spent few days last
week with his brother, VIM. Coombs, of
Potter Place, N. ii.
Mr.. McDuffee and family have moved
away and the parsonage Is being repaired.
The new minister is expected next week.
Mrs. Frary, who has been i'll for short
time, died quite suddenly Thursday morn
ing. Her remains were taken tn Bradford
for burial.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-11
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
Cures piies, Scaids. burns.
Vermont Pensions.

Original, special July 25, George N.
Godfrey, Brandon, Sc; increase, Har-
vey A. Rowell, Barre, Sl4 to ST., Roy
al Ordway, Washington, So to IS; re-
issue, Norman w. Durham, Newport
Center, Sl7; original, widows, etc..
Edna l.. Bickford, Cambridge, s., Car
rie G. Smith, Richford, SO.
Original, George II. Wallace, Yer
gennes, So; original, widows, Sophia
NJ. Lovely, Milton, So.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-11

George T.Swasey of Barre; for sheriff
w. h. Buchanan of Barre; for high
bailiff, Watel 5. Pierce of Calais; fol
county commissioner, Arthur l.. Hew.
lit of Berlin. The following named
men were elected county commit,
tee: ii. B. Mayo of East Montpelier,
G. b. Evans of Waterbury, Henry
Premier of Barre, p. III. Ferrin oi
Moretown and Ftp. Carleton of Mont
pelier.
V. X. Nash of Woonsocket, who
has been employed to make the pre-
liminary survey for the proposed elec-
trio railroad between Montpelier and
Warren through the towns of Middle
sex, Moretown and Waitsfield, has
filed his report, which includes an es-
innate of the cost of building the line.
The distance is &c miles, and Mr.. Nash
estimates the cost of building and
equipping the road at Sll 200 a mile,
or about $275,0 for the entire dis
lance. The estimate is for 10 cars. He
reports the route as perfectly feasible,
with light grades, but little blasting
of lodges and comparatively few
bridges to be built. 1t is not probable
that work on this line will be com
menced this season, but parties inter-
ested say the road will surely be built
next year.
A decision just handed down by
Judge Thompson of the Supreme
Court of Vermont in the case of L..
ID. Hazen and l.. X. Quimby, as
signees of the ii. K. Folsom, insolvent
estate, VS.. the Lyndonville National
Bank, orders said bank TO pay back
to the assignees the sum of S5576.49
with interest from Dec. %, 1894, and
also orders the Merchants Bank OF
st. Johnsbury, to pay back Si4, 423.-
81 with interest for the same length
OF time. The decision reverses the
decision of the New Mexico Supreme
Court which decided the case in favor
of the banks. The Lyndonville
National Bank will carry the case TO
United States Supreme Court on the
federal question involved, that the
Vermont Supreme Court cannot re-
verse the decision of the New Mexico
Supreme Court.
The sensation through western Ver-
mont the past week has been the col
lapse of the slate trust, otherwise
known as the Vermont sea green slate
1t was organized for the
purpose of maintaining prices as well
as wages. The collapse of the compa-
ny is regretted. A business Of nearly
81 10000 was annually transacted
the trust. 1t is now asserted
that war of cut prices will be inaug-
urated. Suspension of work or the
reducing OF the working force and
cut in wages are said to be the next
step. One of the largest producers
connected with the trust shut down
Tuesday, throwing 225 men out of
The concern is loaded
up with stock which it must dispose
Of before cold weather comes. Anoth-
sr concern announces that it will shut
Town this week, and yet another has
% men. They say that to
sell their slate they have got to go in
20 the market and compete with
product that is produced at cut wages.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-11

English SPAWN Liniment removes all
hard, soft or calloused Jumps and blem-
ishes from horses, blood spavins, curb
splints, sweeney, ringbone, stiles, sprain
all swollen Threats, coughs, etc. Save $50
by use of one bottle. Warranted the most
wonderful blemish cure ever known. Sold
by Richard G.. Morton, druggist, Main
St., Randolph, Vermont.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-11

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills, Biz
lousness, Indigestion, headache.
Easy to take, easv to operate. 2bc.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-08-05

The prospects Of Emmons county have
never been brighter than they are at
present. A f.ir crop-a crop raised at
little expenses for hired help-will be
harvested; cattle and sheep are increasing
in numbers. and the price is good; salts.
factory figures have been obtained for
the recent clip of wool; the sure coming
of the railroad will give large part of
the county q nearer market; the receipt
of e3l 900 from the railroad company
places the county on cash basis by en-.
abling 1t to redeem warrants and cerliti.
Gates. and by the same payment major.
lily Of the school districts receive q con.
siderable sum. an addition to this, SO far
as this ncighborhood Is concerned, the
placing Of our bonds at rate OF interest
almost half lower than that on warrants
and old bonds saves several hundred dol.
lars to the tax-payers of the district.
Truly there is no cause for pessimistic
feelings when contemplating the prospects
of this county.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-08-05

THERE has never been state ticket
nominated in North Dakota that has been
more unanimously indorsed by the repub.
can press than the one recently named at
Fargo. The situation is peculiar in tha,
some of the opposltion papers have a
kind word for some of the nominees.
The Grand Forks Herald is the only
newspaper claiming to be republican, that
does not support the ticket, and the editor
of that paper, Mr.. Winship, goes about
his opposition IN half-hearted sort Of
way But it has come to be matter
o: common notofiety in this state tha,
Winsbip will always seek to overthrow in
party politics where he cannot control.
The present republican ticket, from stem
to stern. will have the largest majority
ever given In the state.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-08-05

IT looks as though peace between the
United States and Spain were near az
hand. Through the French minister al
Washington, the Spanish government has
submitted proposals for an ending of the
war. II is said that President Mckinley
is ready 10 meet the Spaniards iu con.
ciliatory spirit, but that he will insist on
the freedom Of Cuba and cession of Porto
Rico to the United States Whether he
will demand the Philippines and the Carol
ines and the Ladrones, or simply coal
ing station In each Of those groups, is not
yet settled.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-08-05

LET'S see If we Can't all go through
this coming campaign with minimum
amount of lying. What's the use of
circulating stories about candidates, un.
less you Can prove your stories1 Such
stories alwas act as boomerang and hurt
the circulator most. The Record is gong
to make new departure this year. 1t is
going to give space to each candidate in
which to deny campaign yarns. Any
candidate OF any party will be given brief
space for denials of any yarns that may
be started regarding him; but, at the same
time. brief space for proof by accusers
will also be given, because, if there are
reasons why man should not hold
Office, those reasons should be stated.
Aud we will start the ball by doing
a little denying on our own private
account. 1t is asserted that the writer
has subscribed $40 toward the fund for
removing the county seat. There are
three things that stand in the way of the
truthfuluess of this yarn: First. we
haven't been asked to do so. Second, We
would not have done 1t had we been
asked. Third. we will not do it If we are
asked. The writer is candidate for re-
election TO the position Of clerk of the
district court; but, If it is necessary tt
election that we should 60 back on neigh
bors with whom me have lived for four
teen years, we will accept defeat grace
fully. When. two years ago. George
Lynn asked the writer to sign petition
for changing the county seat, we refused
to do 1t, for the reason above stated. And
We will not do 1t this year. This paper
circulates in the whole county, and de-
pends for filling ito subscription list upor
the people Of the whole county. There,
fore, we shall take no part in the fight
unless it shall appear that under the
cloak of county-seat removal an attempt
is made to run ticket on that basil
alone. Wherever the ,county-seat goe,
the Record will 60; but the editor woult
not deserve or expect the respect Of any
body, north or south, II he attempted te
stand In with the south,enders simply
because they have the most votes. Thil
declaration ought TO sstisfy those who
are circulating the yarn about that ter
i dollars. ~
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-08-05

WrHsHIr talks about chronic Office.
seekers In his criticism OF the Fargo con.
vention. And yet the Grand Forks
mullygrub has held few offices himself.
We haven't list of the members of the
constitutional convention at hand, and
so can't say whether Winship was there.
But he has been member Of the legis-
lature. and an oil inspector. as we'll as a
seeker for the Office Of governor. Ism,
Wtnship himself something Of chronic
off1ce-seeker?
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-08-05

another in sharp campaigns for an office
are now and have been warm personal
friends. And that is correct. Every citizen
in free country has right to aspire to
office, and such ambition is commcndable.
No one should harbor ill.feeliug against
the candidate who opposes him. Life is
too short, any way, for the persistent
bearing of malice against anybody, ex-
cept for repeated injury as a cause. In
political campaign every candidate
should do his level best to succeed; but
he should never for moment allow the
slightest feeling Of ill-will to possess him
as against bis competitor. An Office is
no mans property, and any one who be.
comes candidate should first become a
philosopher. to the end that possible de-.
feat may be accepted in the proper spirit.
There must be at least one defeated can
didate for each Office, and there would be
great amount of unnecessary unhappi.
ness In this world il each unsuccessful
candidate were unduly cast down in spirit,
Besides, it should be remembered that
one defeat does not necessarily end
mans political career. Many Americans
who have af'erward held high positions
in political way started out by being
defeated for some minor oflce,- Looking
backward, 1t occurs to us thagin Emmons
county the candidate who bore defeat
most philosophically was the late e. r.
Herrick. The writer was In the county
building when the return from the last
precinct to report showed him that he
was defeated. "Well,% said Ed, that
seems to settle Mr.. Herfick this timei but
perhaps l can do better next time" Not
an unkind word was Uttered by him. And
We all know what an tnvincible candidate
be afterward becsme.\ A man running for
Office should make his future ssrrsupe.
ments as though he was sure he would
be defeated. and then fight as though
he was sure be would be elected. But
don't abuse the man who is running
against you, or have hard feelings against
him if he defeats you. There Is an elec-
tion every two years. and your star may
be In the ascendant next time
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-08-05
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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-08-05

THk great German. Prince Bismarck, is
dead: His life was tilled with contrasts
between good and evii. Through his a.
most superbuman efforts; the German
states were united and nation built from
number Of principalities. But the man
Of blood and iron had little sympathy
with the aspirations Of his countrymeu
for o pore democratic method Of govern.
mens and the citizens Of this republic
will shed few tears over his demise. i.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-08-05

That great man. the Duke Of Grand
Forks. before whom all common politi-
clans are'sxpected 70 prostrate themselves
in the dust. IL lsboring hard In his paper
to show that large majority Of the dele.
gates At the Fargo convention we're really
10 favor OF his nomination. IL so-aud
Winship was the representative Of prin.
ciple-it seems that tho good editor can.
not hereafter depend upon his saintly fol.
lowing when the fleshpots Of oflice ente,
into the controversy. Il appears thai
WinshiR IL. his ambition for ofics. can.