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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-03-23
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We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to
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tails TO cure your cough or cold. We also
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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-03-23

The pulp company are getting ready to
float their logs.
March, with plenty OF snow and wind
and snow still falling, is tue Pittsfiald
weRt her report for last week.
We regret TO learn that our job printer
and grocer, { o. Spaulding. is about to
leave town, He goes TO Rochester the
LIST OF MAY. lie will sell his goods at
auction Saturday evening at his store.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-03-23

fathers can now refund the debt at still
lower rate Of interest and the town will
save a considera bile sum OF money il this
is done
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-03-23
Kidney and
Liver Troubles,
Dyspepsia ''''

al was always q well man
until e few years ago when l
began to suffer severe pains in
nv stomach. At first l paid
little attention to them, but the
pains gradually grew worse and
/ felt obliged to do something
l had become quite fully con-
WINGED | was suffering from some
form of dyspepsia complicated
with liver and kidney troubles
and | began taking Hoods sar-
saparilla which perfectly cured
me. Since then. whenever l feel
all PLAYED out | take Hoods sar-
sapariila and it makes me strong
and hearty. It never fails to
give me relief aud comfort.
j. b. EMERTON, Auburn, Me-
The evening times., 1899-09-20
InUnton There Il. Strength.

President Diaz. the Governor General OF
Canada, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Sultan of
Sulu, Dictator Jiminez Weed. General Sam
bo Sam. and all the other political and
Standard Oil. sugar, timber. steel. and coal
magnates invited to see our great and
good Chief Magistrate tap the cornerstone
Of the new Chicago postofice with his lit
tie trowel are to be disappointed. But they
will be able, instead, to witness and reflect
upon the influence of organized labor at
the White House, just before the Ohio, and
not great while ahead of the next Presi-
Dental election.
AS President of the United States Mr..
Mckinley would have an unquestioned
right TO oficiate at the function which is
now to be abandoned-that is, if he were
non-union laborer. But, in his higher
capacity as a member OF the Stonecutters'
and Bricklayers' Union, he would not be
allowed to. Should he dare defy the rules
of his organization, he would at once be
denounced as an 'incrustation.'
Out of the abundance of his desire to
please everybody, Mr. Mckinley endeav-
ored TO prevent the trouble which has
been precipitated by his union. Although
but a common, ordinary member, he seems
to have fancied that his prominence in
Mr.. Hannas Administration might have
some weight with his brethren to ho.d
them down In the ways of peace. In or
der to use his good Offices effectuaily, he
sent as special envoy to Chicago that ear
nest workman, Lyman J. Gage, waking 3
delegate of the Shavers' and D:scounters'
Union, to smoothe matters over; but
Brother Gage arrived too late.
IT was his intention to make an oral ar
gument before Mr. Thomas Maginnis
| business agent for the Bricklayers and
| Stonemasons, and urge that gentleman t.
allow Mr.. Mckinley to work half a day
| without prejudice to his standing. But
before this could be done Chief Maginnis
had ordered strike, and his acticn is not
| subject to review, even from a Pres.den-
| tial reviewing stand.
The celebration is definitely off. and the
| potentates who were TO participate in il
will be requested to remain at home
They will also at last understand why peo-
pie in this country so frequently refer te
| the United States of America as ''th'
| Unioni"
The evening times., 1899-09-20
Roth Fighting for Empire.
(From the Philadelphia Record


The British demands for the enfranehise-
ment Of the 0utlanders in the Transvaal
and ether reforms and these of the Kruger
ties for a modification OF the London con-
venticn and for complete independence
are but moves in larger game of politics.
the stake being the whole of South Africa
A unicn CT the two Dutch Republics and OF
the British colonies in that region is re-
ccgnized by all Afrikanders, of whatever
nationality, to be manifest destiny. In
deed, the white population OF South Africa
being a mere handful in sea of blacks,
a confederation will be imperative merely
as a guaranty of the permanent safety OF
the less numerous race and to guard it
from ultimate submergence. This consid-
Grafton alone. to say nothing Of the natural
economic and commercial solidarity Of the
various States, would force them to unite
even If their white inhabitants were more
heterogeneous and mutually unsympathetic
than they are. The South African question
is really whether this union shall be a
confederation Ider British suzerainty like
Canada (where there Is an analogous diver
sity CT race) Or whether 1t shall be an in
dependent Republic under the headshio of
the Transvaal.
Both parties are fighting for empire
The evening times., 1899-09-20
No Compromise with Injustice.

A cherished sensation, which promised to
end in fireworks, gore, and glory, has fiz-
zled out like damp squib, Guerin has
surrendered and gone of to Jail between
two policemen. A brigade in heavy march
ing order, commanded by a general officer,
two hook and ladder companies, and the
whole gendarmerie Of Paris united in one
grand opera bouffe last act ensemble, and
1t was too much for the beleagured garri-
son. The French are unable to see any
thing funny in this Rue Chabrol farce, at
which all the rest Of the world has been
grinning. any more than they can realize
the contempt for their nation with which
the Dreyfus trial has filled all civilized
peoples.
All France seems TO fancy that this sim
lister affair will be forgotten with the de-
parture OF the pardoned officer, and that
the United States, England, and Germany
will be entirely satisfied with the action
OF Loubet in the matter. A few Parisians
perhaps realize that the Dreyfus agitation
is yet In its infancy, and that. now the
former prisoner is free from his persecu-
tors, he and his friends win begin delib
crate movement to force action by the
Court of Cessation. We 90 not doubt that
there is money and influence enough en-
listed in the cause of justice to secure con-
sideration OF the case on its merits
But it is sot only the yindicaticn of
Captain Dreyfus that will concern his
The evening times., 1899-09-20
T,he Points in n Nutshell.
From the Kansas CITY Star,

Thomas Bracket Reed of Maine has expressed
the opinion that freedom is as dear to the Fill
pinos as it is to Americans and hopes that they
win attain it, The Philippine Islands, by the
terms of the treaty not long since made with
Spain, belong to the United States, whose duty it
is to establish in the islands government capable
of maintaining order and securing lawful lib
erty. One tribe out of the fifty or sixty in the
islands is in against the sovereignty of the
United States, and hinders the pacifcaiion of the
country and the establishment OF peace. The
pnied States viii put down this resistance in
spite OF all opposers in the island of Luzon, and
their symra ihzers in this country, and then it
win secure 10 the people the same rights that it
has bestowed other peoples who have at other
times been incorporated into the original popula-
tion of the United States. When the Unied States
has done its whole duty in the matter, when it
has exercised its right and established its SOW.
eregnty, and has given the Filipinos what they
Rave never known--a free and fair government
en- American who opposed the operation and sided
with the enemy, even an American of Mr.. Reeds
magnitude, viii look rather small.
The evening times., 1899-09-20
One Vice Presidents work.
(From the Boston Herald.


The Vice President OF the United States has the
reputation OF being almost always a cipher in
the Government. In looking back over the ca
reers of the men who have held this position it is
difficult to point to anything OF Importance that
many of them have done in it. They have not
always even co-operated with the administrations
OF which they are part. Having nothing to do,
the complaint has been made in administration
quarters that, like other idle personages. they
have justified the proyerbial saying by engaging
in mischief Here may be reason why SO few
OF them were renominated, and we have previous
ly pointed out Others. 1t is fair to Vice President
Hobart to say that no such charge hes at his
door. He appears to have been always on cor.
dial terms with the present Administration, and
in being its agent in making change in the War
Department of the Government, he rendered
service likely TO be remembered in politics, if not
in history
The evening times., 1899-09-20
Amateur TheatrfcaIs.

There has been little discussion among
the amateur dramatic clubs of the land
over the question of melodrama versus
Shakespeare as a vehicle for their talent
A leading actress is said to have advised
melodrama, on the ground that it is less
easy to detect amateurishness in stilted
mock-heroic production than in one of finer
quality, and thus, from an artistic point OF
view, the amateur will do better work than
IL he attempts Hamlet or Romeo.
This is very true, but there are other
things to be considered in this connection.
The amateur dramatic club is without
doubt a good thing, from any point of view
It affords an outlet for the exuberant spir-
its of youth, and a good deal of pleasure
both to the actors and their friends HUI
man nature demands the art of the player
in some form or other, and there are hun
dreds of villages and small. cities in this
country where really artistic plays are sell
dom seen, because there is not money
enough to bring them there. Perhaps there
is one-night performance of some popular
success two or three times during the win
ter. at which the population is seen en-
masse. and for the rest OF the year, SO far
as plays are concerned, the town is desert
waste. 1t is fine thing, then, to have
The evening times., 1899-09-20
An ADMINISTRATION Missionary,
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.) J

1t IS announced with considerable flourish that
Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith is com.
ing to Ohio to go on the stump for the Admins
tration and to confer with Democratic Republic
an editors and tell them what they should do.
Mr.. Smith is himself editor, and pleasing
speaker, who delights more in oratoTy than in the
work of his regular profession What he will be
able to do in Ohio, though. is already discounted
He comes here as an apologist fer the Admins
tration. He comes to utter fulsome praise of
his official household. He will find himself prac-
tically the defender of Hannasm-of a system
of bossing politics against which the Republicans
who have respect for their great mcn are revolt
ing He will find himself received coldy by the
friends of John Sherman, and he must not be sur
prised if he is, pot :ardently received by the
friends of GcverEsr Bushnell. He will find himself
not appealing fer the honorable traditions of the
Republican parti. bat for the boss and bsodle
methods prevailing -upder the direction CT the
man who Stands f,b' the trusts and banking in
slitutions to obtain money to carry the elections.
The evening times., 1899-09-20
The Cornerstone Episode.


The play of Hamlet with Hamlet left out
might prove a rather unsatisfactory representa-
tion, but it is not by any means certain that
cornerstone laying with the cornerstone missing
would be failure. The suggestion that the fall
festival shall proceed without the ceremonies at
the Federal building is by no means unworthy of
consideration. The cornerstone business is, after
all, mere peg upon which TO hang the pro-
gramme Of the festival and another peg could
easily be found. Or the programme could be car
ried out without any peg at all Certainly the
discarding Of the cornerstone feature would con-
duce to peace and amity. 1t would leave the
labor unions no excuse TO boycott the festival,
it would leave the quarrel to the stonecutters
and contractors. where it belongs, and it would
prevent the Hon. William Mckinley from being
scared out OF years growth at the prospect of
with organized labor. The proposition merits
amiabe attention
The evening times., 1899-09-20
among the young -peopie-ae.uaterie Of en-

among the young people a. scaterie of en-
bryo players who can contribute to the
amusement Of their llow-citizens by an
amateur performance now and then. Again,
whether or not there is dearth of amuse-
ment in the town where the dramatic club
exists, the members thereof learn to ap-
preciate the fine points of the actors art
all the better for having tried to do the
same things themselves.
The question is, then. to what kind OF
dramas shall these clever people give their
attention? II the object is to train them
for the stage, undoubtedly the melodrama
would be the best thing for practice. But
most of them will never go on the stage,
and that is a good thing, since they could
probably be much more useful in other lines
OF work. One must have very decided
aptitude for this art, or be born into 1t, 70
attain any particular success. Even from
this point Of view, however, it would seem
that light comedy and farce would be quite
as valuable in the training of young actors
There is generally room for a good COM
edian, and there is also need of men and
women who can fill subordinate parts in
SoSiSey VI pdStOi dl dfsid Will
nifty, and sympathetic realism.
AS to the question of Shakespeare, it
seems as if the amateurs themselves should
be considered in this connection. If the
object OF the club is to add to the culture
and strength of character of its members
and 1t can be made to do a great deal in
this line-then surely 1t would be good that
they should study the greatest OF all dra-
matists. 1t would be far better for them
to store away the speeches of Posalind, or
Miranda, or Portia, than to commit to
memory all the cheap rhetoric of the melo-
drama. OF course, no amateur performance
of Shakespeare could be very satisfactory
from an artistic point of view though col
lege boys and girls have done such things
cleverly, as those who have attended va
rious commencement exercises will testify.
But there are possibilities in Shakespeare
even for the crudest amateur. All things
considered, however, the comedy which has
an undertone of pathos, or the brilliant,
witty society play. or the melange of song
and specially, offers the best opportunities
to the amateur.
The evening times., 1899-09-20
A BISHOP WHO TRAMps.
He Completes His Annual Tour OF
the Virginia Mountains

the Virginia Mountains.
WILMINGTON, Del, Sept 20.-B.shop
Leighton Coleman of the Episcopal do
cese of Delaware, arrived home yesterday
from his ANNUAL tramp among the Virginia
and enjoyed his outing very much. In the
eleven days of his journey the Bishop Gov
cred go miles. averaging about twenty
miles day,
The Bishop has been taking these tIamps
for the last forty years, and has corere ]
probably 5000 miles. He Il raves incosnito
wearing a suit OF dark rough clothes.
heavy shoes, and soft hat, and carrying a
staff. No one seeing him in this attire
would recognize him as one of the digni
taries of the Protestant Episcopal Church
The Bishop did not care to divulge the
places ne visited on this trip, as it might
embarrass him in future travels through
the same section, but the journey was
made in the western part of Virginia
Bishop Coleman left Wilmington on
Tuesday, September s, after he ha1 ma ie
the invocation at the opening session oil
the National Association of Municipal
Electricians. He went by rail to Virginia
and then the journey on foot began. One
day he covered thirty miles. Part of b s
journey was along the Blue Ridge Noun
tains.
For the first time in his years of travel
he, on this journey, met pedestrian who
was tramping for pleasure. One day he
happened across an Austrian, who wa:
travelling on foot and going in an opposite
direction. 1t was the Austrian's first day
out, and the bishop gave him some point
ers.'' He thought, however, that this
chance acquaintance was rather too well
dressed for pedestrian tour. TIE bishop
excited much curiosity in the various
places he visited. Some folks asked him
what he had to sell and others what be
represented He was also mistaken for a
detective after moonshipers.
On this trip he broke the cane that hi
has carried for many years. The cane wa:
first broken several years ago. but wa:
mended and appeared good fer years Of
service. The bishop. however had fal
and the cane was again broken. He viii
keep it as a memento of his travels The
bishop carried silver watch, as a golt
timepiece might arouse suspicion.
His nights were spent in farmhouses
taverns, or hotels, but the accommoda.
tions were inferior At one farmhouse
the man Of the place was willing to take
him in for the night, but the wife OBJ.
jected. three-cornered parley followed
the wife being upstairs, but when she came
down and saw the bishop. she apologizet
for having made objections. The bisho1
saw no daily papers on his journey. Or
Sundays he did not attend services in tn.
churches or walk, but would erect a rude
altar in the woods and there say the ser.
vices of the church. He says that on thi:
trip just ended he had no startling expe.
riences, as on Journeys in the past.
The evening times., 1899-09-20
Spanish YeIpinEs.
(Frem the Boston Journal. J


Certain petty newspapers of Central and South
America are now hurting bad names at the
United States-nuch to the delight, apparently
Of our "anti-imperialst" contemporaries. II may
be worth while to emphasize few points in this
connection-frst, these newspapers are invariably
Spanish in ownership and editorship; second,
their rabid utterances which so tickle the organic
foes of our Government inspired by chagrin
and hatred growing out OF the Cuban war; third,
when they denounce as "'land grabbers' in
the Philippines, they are using the same erithet
which they employed year and a half ago to
stigmatize our declaration Of war against Spain
and with just about as little reason Finally, the
'antiimperialist'' editors who grab up and gloat
over these abusive Spanish screeds are advertising
with unnecessary ioudness to contemptuous
world that selfrespect has small share in their
makeup as love of country
The evening times., 1899-09-20
A BIG LAND SUIT DECIDED.
Half q Million Acres Involved in the
Litigation.

RICHMOND. Va, Sept. 2e.-The case
involving the ownership of over 100000
acres of valuable land in the counties of
Mingo Mcdowell, and Logan. W. Va,
and in Buchanan county. Va, which has
been on trial in the United States court at
Abingdon, was decided yesterday The
site of nearly the entire town Of Wi liam
son, W. Va, was involved in the suit, and
thousands of acres of the land are occupied
by descendants of original settlers o: in
uocent purchasers. small part OF the
land is also across the line over the Ken
lucky border.
The suit was brought by Hon. Henry C.
King, as trustee for heirs OF creditors
of Gen. James Swami, who was a MEM
Der of the House of Burgesses in Vir-
ginia and hero of the War of the Rsvolu-
ton, although his residence before the
breaking out of the revolution wss in
Boston. where he was a rich merchant
Mr. King won the case, which was against
James Grant and others. Should the de-
eision be sustained by the Supreme Court
of the United States. great many families
will be diSDOSSeSSed.
The evening times., 1899-09-20
SHATTUC VS.. ATKINSON.
The Boston Anti-Expnnsionist He
ceives n Singing Letter.

ceives n Singing Letter.
CINCINNATI. Ohio, Sept. 20-Repre-
sentative William B. Shattuc has written
another letter to Edward Atkinson. the
Boston anti-expansionist General Shattue
began the contest by objecting to Atkin-
son sending his disioyal publications to
Shattuc's home Atkinson in return
threatened TO make a personal fight
against General Sf1attuc in the First Ohio
Congressional district Yesterday the lat
ter sent Atkinson the sharpest letter of
the whole lot. f1s
Atkinson's letter and Shattuc's answer
are as follows:
Boston. September 13, 1890.
Hon. W. b. Shattuc, NJ. C., Cincinnati Ohio:
Dear Sir: Yours of the 18th has been received
too late to be included in my special edition of
No 5, addressed TO the voters of the First Ohio
district and others, which viii be in circulation
next week, having taken your advice in making
early beginning in securing change in the
representation from that district. The document
is already going through the press. Yours. very
truly. ". EDWARD ATKINSON.
Cincinnati, Ohio, September Is. 1899.
Edward Atkinson, Esq. President Anti-ImperiaIist
League, Boston, Mass:
Dear Sir: Replying TO your letter of the 1ith
instant, | thought ! could start your rebel press
in hurry. was quite sure you would not want
TO print pen picture OF yourself true to life,
in of your own publications. observe that YOU
are less frky, less denonstTaive, in your last let
ter than you were when you commenced this cor
rospondence. had idea when you sent me
your first egctiStical. patroniZng letter that You
might possibly discover your mistake before you
got through with the correspondence You say in
your letter of the 9Th instant that i should
use bad language Ny language" expresses my
sentiments Any Language that stands for pa
triOtisTn love of country, and loyalty 10 the
is bad language to you Any language" that
breathes The spirit of secretion, sedition and trea
son is approved by you Now let me call your
attention TO the fact that my Language has not
been prohibited bv this Government from passing
through the mails. Your language has been so
prohibited. 1t was prohibited, too. because il
was treasonable, seditious, and disloyal- Au re-
yoir. w b. SHATTUC-
The evening times., 1899-09-20
SECRETARY GAGE In CHICAGO.
Too Late to Prevent the Post0Hce
Building Strike.

Building Strike.
CHICAGO, H.. Sept. 20.-Secretary
OF the Treasury Gage arrived In Chicago
yesterday afternoon from Washington. en-
powered to treat with the labor unions here
to prevent strike on the new postoffice.
He was too late. Before his train rolled
into the Union Station Thomas McGInnis.
business agent of the Bricklayers' and
Stonemasons' International Union, had held
up the forefnger of the right hand and
every union laborer had left work. There
fore on his forthcoming Western trip,
President Mckinley may not stop in Chi
cago.
The trouble was mainly over the founda-
tion laid for the cornerstone OF the Feder-
al building. The lower part of the stone
work which Is to bear the cornerstone, was
built by non-union men. President Nc
Kinley was elected member of the Brick
layers Union recently. He cannot lay the
cornerstone on October without being de-
clared ..scab.''
Mr.. Gage was entertained by friends in
Evanston last night. All work on the post
office building is practically stopped The
cornerstone ceremonies will undoubtedly
be abandoned.
III consequence VI the TOW OCCdoiOHtu Ny
the charges made by Charles Truax, Presi-
dent of the Fall Festival Association, he
having accused President Sullivan, of the
Stonemasons' Union. with having de-
manded $1,000 to stop the squabble. Mr..
Truax yesterday rendered his resignation.
which the executive committee refused to
accept Everything is in muss, for the
labor unions will not permit carpenters TO
build arches, nor the electricians to string
the wires on them. AS about 800, GOO has
been raised for the decoration Of the city
for the festival, the committee in charge
is in quandary as to what to do with it.