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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-05-18
Queer Name. for women.

The wives Of some Of the Tndian
braves have names as odd and often as
droll IS their husbands. They seem
to have cognomens Of their own, too.
and not to take those Of their spouses
only. Some Of the actual names given
in a census Of the families Of the scouts
at n place include Mrs. Short Nose,
who was before her marriage Miss Pip
ing Woman; Mrs. Big Head, formerly
Miss Short Face; Mrs. Nibbs, formerly
Miss Young Bear; Mrs. White Grow.
formerly Miss Crook Pipe; Mrs. Howl
ing Water. formerly Miss Grow Woman;
also Mrs. Sweet Water. Miss Walk High
daughter Of Mr.. White Calf. AMI Miss
daughter Of Mr.. Hard Case.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-05-18
NORTHERN FUR COMPANIES.
hshmen, hut the scotch Are
I'm the Majority Now.

Latterly all the employees Of the Hud-
son Bay company were caught young;
only lads born in the solitudes Of Il e
highlands could habituate themselves
10 the life of loneliness; only constitu-
ticns Of iron, hardened under hered-
itary conditions, could endure so tre-
nendous a strain. IL was essential that
the brain power of the factors should
be unimpaired, and that their energies
should rise superior to the depressing
surroundings-in fact. that the man
rlust be all there when a sudden call
vas made on his mental resources, say
Biackwood's Magazine.
1t may be assumed that the first al
venturers consisted chiefly of English
men, although the Scottish invasion of
England had sen in with the accession
Of King James. But it is certain that
afterward, both with the Hudson Bay
company and its great Canadian rival
the names Of factors. traders and prom
inent partisans, with scarcely an excep-
ton, were Scottish. The story of trade
end discovery in the northwest reads
like a muster roll Of the clans, and main
ly of the northern clans Of the second
order. There are MaeTayishes, Mac
Gillivrays, McKays, McLellans, Me-
Douglas, with Frasers and Stuarts and
the French Frobishers. A Mckenzie,
4 Fraser and q Thompson gave their
names TO as many mighty riyers. That
in the natural curse Of things.
The company found its best recruiting
grounds in the highlands, and enlisted
the martial spirit Of the mountaineers
a country where local feuds were
forgotten.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-05-18

A writer in the Germantown Tele-
graph declares hat our grandmothers
excelled us in dainty t%riies One of the
prettiest ornaments on the dresser was
an egg. At first sight it looked exactly
like an egg from the pantry, for the
shell was implanted; only as one look-
ed at it, she saw that one end was bro
ken. This eggshell was used as a cold
cream Jar. When making cold cream,
our grandmothers would pour it into
an empty shell which had been carefully
prepared After the egg was taken ont
the shell was washed and sweetened
with perfumery, with a few drops left
in the bottom. The cold cream was pour
ed in and left TO harden. The result was
an eggshell full Of lovely white eosmet-
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-05-18
FOR SALE.

A small house and barn, together
with a Stretcher Mill, all situated in
the village of GaysvilIe.
The mill is furnished with water
power and Is in running order, equip
ped with a bench saw, splitting saw
and a Whitney lathe nearly new.
The house Is situated on the main
street and the mill is In the rear, adj
joining. II vas formerly owned by
Geo. T. McLauthlin. For particulars
inquire of Mrs. Minnie e. Wilson,
Gaysville, VI.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-05-18
$780, Slightly Used Pianos. sNO
On Easy Terms until paid for.

We have 80 upright pianos that have
been used from one to six months that,
during the month of April or until they
are gone. will be sold at prices never
heard OF before. They include the Chick
ering, Emerson, Wegman, Briggs, Brown
* Simpson, Jewett, Hallett q Cumston,
Hallett q Davis, Haines, and The New
England Pianos at prices ranging from
FOO to 1915. These pianos are in first
class condition and warranted for ten
years.
IL you ever expect to own a piano, write
before 1t is too late, for catalogues and full
description of styles, prices and terms, to
MCKannOn Bros. & Co.,
IS Church ST., Burlington, VT.
The Largest Music House in
The State !
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-05-18

The duehes Of Northumberland owns
a shawl which formerly belonged to
Charles Y. Of France. and was manu-
featured from the fur Of Persian cats
Many thousands Of cats skins were
utilized, and the weaving occupied
some years. The shawl measured eight
yards square, but is so fine that Il can
be compressed into the space Of a large
coffee cup
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-09-16
THE SAME
OLD STORY.
Told on the Streets of Akron
as Well as Elsewhere.

Some things you cannot tell toe
often.
Repetition gives them strength.
The same old story is pleasant tC
hear.
When it brings happines to home.
Brings joy to the afflicted.
Tells how burdens can be raised.
How the back can be relieved.
All the pains and aches removed,
Proves how easy its done.
Akron people tell the story.
Friends and neighbOrs talk of it.
They tell about their kidney ills.
How they suffered-how the cures
came.
What they think of Doan's Kidoe ey
Pills.
Here is what a citizen says:
Mr.. G. w. Miller of 60S1s Water at.
employed in the Akron Knife works,
says: Il procured Doan's Kidney
Pills at John Lamparter IL Co.'S drug
store and took course of the treat
ment. They did me great good
strengthened my kidneys, corrected
the secretions, removed the pain and
lameness from my back and consid-
erably lessened the headaches.
have no hesitancy in recommending
Doan's Kidney Pills judging from
personal results.'
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by
all dealers. Price 30 cents. Mailed
by Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo. n.
Y. Sole agents for the U. s. Re
member the name DOan's and take
no substitute.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-09-16
.PlLING UP UPTESTIMONY.
Nothing But Praise From All
Sources.
Stands High In the Estimation Of
Those Who Have Tested Its
Merits.

There is no doubt whatever as to
the merits of Morrow's kid-ne-Oids
! Judging from the good results OBJ
! tanned right here in this state.
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are used
daily by many Ohio citizens and
they all testify without any hesitancy
about the great good they have re-
ceived by the use of this great kidney
preparation. Kid-ne-oids will pos
itively cure kidney backache, dizzi-
ness, sleepless, nervousness and all
urinary disorders arising from dis
ordered condition of the kidneys.
Another citizen adds his testimony
as follows:
L. NJ. Brady, 1925 East North ST.,
Canton, Ohio, says: 81 have
suffered for about three years
with severe backache, also
with nervousness. 1 think my
liver was torpid for 1 was bilious and
had spells of dizziness. Morrow's
Kid-ne-oids and Liver-laX being
recommended SO highly for such
troubles decided L would try them.
They greatly relieved me of all my
ailment and l now feel better in all
respects.
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are not pills
but yellow Tablets, and sell at fifty
cents box, at all drug stores and at
John Lamparter & Co.'S drug store.
MOrrow's Liver-,aN are small red
granules and sell ut 25c a box.
Mailed on receipt of price. Manu-
factured by John Morrow & Co.,
Chemists, Springfield, Ohio.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-09-16

I
buttonholes of their coats adorned with
the ribbons of some foreign order. They
frequent the reading and smoking rooms
of hotels as well as picture galleries and
similar places of entertainment during
the day and cafe concerts at night. They
do not disdain the acquaintance Of men,
especially if they happen to be foreign
visitors, AMI are only too ready to pilot
them to haints where they can be robbed
in one fashion or another with impunity.
Yet, as Il general rule, they look to
women as their legitimate prey. In one
manner or another they manage to scrape
an acquaintance with their victims, and
once they have achieved this the rest is
easy, for woe betide the woman who al
lows even scrap of writing, glove, a
handkerchief or card to fall into the
hands of one of these Adventures. 1t is
used at once for purposes of terrorism
and of bla-lima:l, and unless the woman
has the good sense to Immediately appeal
for protection to some male relative there
is no limit TO the depth of the degrada-
tinn to which she will be dragged.
Fortunate indeed is she if she escapes
with her life. for when the "Habit Noir"
has extoued everything that he can from
his victim by means of blackmail and
terrorism he usually winds up by robbery
and sometimes murder.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-09-16
sex worked. Sam watched.

rleX worked. Sam watched.
! For hours at a stretch he just sat still
with his back against rock, and watch
ed. Most OF us wLo live in the rushing,
crushing city think we know what lone
someness is. Some of lis have sat in q
theater and felt lonesome
The young sheep herder in all his life
never saw theater. never saw a street
car. never was in city larger than Al
turas, whittier he went some half dozen
tires with those who carted the wool to
market.
Vie never had a chance to be lonesome
in the polite. kid gloved way. The lone
someness that crushed in upon him was
that of utter. absolute. unthinkable soli-
tude, the solitude that drives men wild
in the icy Businesses of Alaska when they
get blown aside and lost from the beaten
paths of men.
Of course he had been born to it or in
digenous to it and was acclimated by
slow degrees, so that it didn't strike him
entirely as sudden experience when the
full sense of barrenness began to play
upon him.
But the slow. slow creeping OF the
smOthery fog of silence, the narrowing Of
the horizon until it threatened to close in
and swallow him tho bIpr,.;no of tha dull
landscona into a single rafro;n thai beot
unon hi. cya. or.,. md o,o,. ,oo;,, MI
made them acba-tbo, was tho dootbIy
sans.+ion tbat ,,rodu,iIv fool. , y,.;,, nm
on him and drove hin, sbr;.l.inc ipto bis
cabin to stare ar III. duII woJJs for re,;af
One mornipg :, nortv of sbeoro,.s vent
IN IN J,oveIrs aoaLs To mol.o fboir semi
ANNA, borrest of WOO,
Tbe mon n.usad outs;da +bo ooh;, ,nd
locked for tho vo,n,, bordor .to ,nno,r
h,,t severo, moments ,,s,od u.;,bn,,t bis
reyo,I;ng b;msnjf Ono ~ tho ,nnn st,rt-
cd forward +, kpocl, ot H.. c,r,;n door
ua had hardly t.kcn y, s+cn boCoro. tho
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-09-16

II SAT- FACING DEATH ALL NIGHT"
across the plains from Engle, he was in
excellent spirits and little thought the
night would bring him the most dreadful
tortures of his life's experience. The
miner had been isolated for the past 18
years in Chloride, where he controls valu-
able mining properties and cattle enter
prises.
The railroad does not penetrate into
the camp. As consequence while going
on his recent trip to this point Mr..
James was obliged to travel overland on
horseback, and, knowing it would be i'm
possible to reach his destination before
dark, he supplied himself with cowboy
shakedown," which consisted of pair of
blankets and canvas sheet. These were
the means of saving him from n most
horrible and lingering death.
As darkness overlook the horseman ne
spread his blankets on what appeared to
be a convenient and suitable space of
desert ground within an inclosure of
rocks of small elevation. He then al
lowed his animal to Craze in close prox
unity and, being fatigued from his long
journey, turned in and was soon lost in
deep repose. in short space of time,
however, he was awakened by the pecul-
lar stamping and neighing of bis horse.
He arose and proceeded to where the
creature stood, when he was greeted by
the soul stirring rattling and the pres
ence of an unknown number of squirm-
ing, kissing. writhing rattlesnakes encir-
cling his path and environment.
A full moon revealed the reptiles in
great numbers, and the perilous position
and surroundings of the startled man
can be easily imagined.
Being possessed of the instincts of the
trontiersman from long living OH the
plains. the awe stricken miner well knew
that to- disturb the treacherous vipers
would aggravate them into frenzy and
a tendency to strike. which was equiva-
lent to instant death. So he awaited
favorable opportunity, then coolly lay
down. covered his entire body and head
with the blankets and remained in that
awful position until daylight.
The miner actually lay in a den of
snakes. By exercising much presence of
mind he crawled to place of safety and
from near distance stoned and killed u
of his hideous bedfellows. The fortunate
traveller reached Engle the following day,
careworn and considerably aged and per-
picked in mind from his perilous predica-
ment of the night before.
In relating his narrowing adventure
Mr.. James, however, manifested no out
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-09-16
Married In Spite of Flood.

Weddings by telephone. telegraph and
even. phonograph have been performed in
this country. ohieiy in the wild and wool
ly west. and their occurrence has always
startled the reading public. Now comes
from the same land story of another
wedding at long range, but this time by
viva voce. Albert Perry is a cowboy. and
Emma MOycr is the daughter of ranch
man near Perry, o. L. They had arrang-
ed TO be married. 4 heavy storm had
swollen the streams and made it impos-
sible for the minister to reach the ranch
to perform the ceremony. But a little
thing like that could not daunt the young
lovers. They drove to the bank of the
stream that barred the progress of the
minister and he shouted his questions,
and they shrieked their responses across
the boiling waters. The fee must remain
until the waters subside. but Albert and
Emma are man and wife all right.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-09-16
A TauCh nnutam.

a letter in Z Glasgow paper records
phenomenon much too remarkable
to be reserved for Scottish consump-
ton. The writer says: IAN acquaint-
ance of mine, who lives up north. has
among others of the feathered tribe
little bantam cock. A few weeks ago
he noticed that it was looking the
worse for slight difference of opinion
with a canine friend. but did not ex-
anime it closely till his mothers and
sisters vociferations brought him in
hurry. There was the bantam pick
ing away at corn, but the corn was
dropping from rent in the birds
chest just as fast as it was lifted. Not
wanting to kill the bird, my friend got
a needle and some horsehair and
stitched up the tear. with the result
that the bird now is as good as new"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-09-16

Fancy lying fatigued and restless, pos
sessed of your full mental faculties, hut
afraid to close your wearied eyes. and
this on Il wild. barren and open prairie,
with the tranquility OF the melancholy
desert only broken hy the weird. uncanny
sizzing and rattling of an untold number
of venomous rattlesnakes of the most vir-
ulent species surrounding You on all
sides.
Ed James, we'll known popular min
ing and cattle man OF Enslc, \. NJ, I'M
derwent the thrilling ordeal one night
not long ago and yet lit-s TO tell of his
terrifying experience. 1t may be desira-
bic to state, says the San Francisco Ex-
aminer, that Mr.. James is known for his
truthfulness.
When the mining man left Chloride, a
thriving mineral center, some 10 miles
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-09-16
A HARD WON BET.
Carrying Four Bricks Half a Mile ID
Not nn ElsS Task.

SNrfy1nS our 6EtCkS NlA1c AZ
Not nn Eass Task.
1.-THE hardest won bet ever made" "
remarked the travelling man as ne
shook the ashes off his cigar, was to
carry four bricks half mile. That
sounds like simple thing to do,
doesn't it? Well, you try it and you
will find out whether it is or not. OF
course the manner of carrying the
| bricks is important. A man bet me
that couldn't carry two bricks in each
hand from where we were back to the
hotel and put them up on the bar. The
bricks were to be put side by side and
grasped, two in each hand, between
the thumb and fingers, the fingers
pointing down. i was not allowed to
stop and rest, nor TO put the bricks
down.
well, thought I, that's 50 easily
earned, so took the bet and started.
For quarter of the distance it was
easy and already felt those two sill
yer dollars in my pocket. But then my
fingers began to grow tired. The mus
cies between my forefingers and
thumbs were soon aching terribly. My
arms began to pain me and to thrOb
like mad. found myself setting my
teeth together and the cords in my
neck were in high state of tension.
When | came within hundred yards
of the hotel there was scarcely an inch
in my whole body that WAS not aching
as If | had been stuck full of pins.
Il don't know how I managed to go
that last little distance. | could no
longer stand erect. and was trembling
like a leaf. and vet the other fellow
was alongside. laughing as if to split his
sides. And when | got into the bar
room. it was all | could do to raise first
one hand and then the other and put
the bricks on the counter. I know that
| couldn't have gore 90 feet farther.
| got the 81. but the next day could
scarcely move. and | didn't get over
the soreness for week. 1t looks easy.
but just you try it."-Detroit Free
Press.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-09-16

ward uneasiness of manner, but mentally
the man suffered extreme torture at the
thought of his never to be forgotten
nights experience on the barren plain.
AT times | found it difficult to
breathe said Mr.. James. land that
frightfu feeling of crawling reptiles
across ones body is indescribable. When
| was first attracted by the uneasiness OF
my horse and as proceeded to ascertain
the cause, it was dreadful sight that
met my gaze. The moon shone sufficient
ly for me to distinguish the crawling rep
tiles. Seeing my dangerous position, i
stood erect and in an entirely composed
state, not twitching a muscle. | must
have looked like one planted and petri-
fed
Il remained IN that attitude fully 20
minutes, then. as quickly as can tell it.
doubled myself up securely. This l. con-
cluded the wisest move. for if / attempt
ed to run l might 90 into the very nest Of
the rattlers. and knew that if l remain
ed perfectly quiet the creatures would
not molest me.
'How longed for the gray dawn, My
brain was ablaze from mental anguish.
and the time was desperately tedious. At
last the interior of my catacomb dwelling
revealed slender rays of approaching day.
and, carefully securing a knife from my
pocket, | jabbed the blade through the
canvas about a quarter of an inch and
cautiously pesred through the opening.
Fortunately there were no snakes in the
immediate vicinity that l could discern,
though but "a few feet distant / could OBJ
serve several lazily stretched upon the
ground. l concluded to take desperate
chance, as the confinement and torture of
mind were driving me mad. put my
plan into action by desperately throwing
the coverings from me and was on my
feet in second and running at break
neck speed"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-09-16
GANGS OF PARIS.
Hired &ssnssins Are Numerous In the
Gay French CnpifaI.


Frante is today terrorized by seven
bands of assassins and robbers. 1t was
a member of one OF these bands who at
tempted to assassinate NJ. Labori. coun.
sci for Dresfus.
The deputy chief of the secret service
of the French government admits the ex-
lstence of these organizations of crimi-
mails. All the tragedies and alleged sui
cides in connection with the Dreyfus case
are now said TO be traceable Ia these clubs
of criminals some of whose members are
believed to he officials of the government.
So strongly intrencbed with political in
fuence anl money are these leagues Of
outlaws that the weak, corrupt police
dare not tra l." break them Up or even ar
rest their LicInbers, who commit the most
atrocionS crimes The story of this new
reign of terror in France seems more like
Il tale of the French revolution. says the
New York journal, than OF the actual
condition today of the foremost OF Eu-
ropean republics.
One of III. most infamous OF these
gangs is one which hauuts that fashiona-
BILE quarter along the Seine known as
Cour la Refine. Once this band was led
by a woman and made its hunting ground
the fortificaii.ns and the adjacent streets
and grass plots The Notifications are
exceedingly difficult 70 police. for the rea-
son that the moment n person has been
robbed OF murdered his body can be slip
ped down into the dry moat many feet
below without noise.
The hand haunting the Notifications
and led by the woman was one of the
most dreaded in all the French metropo-
lis. She was notorious for the utterly
useless cruelty which characterized most
of the crimes perpetrated hy heI hand
Her band is now reorganized and carry
ing out its old time atrocities.
Her band included the Lassooers, which
inspired a more than ordinary amount of
terror not only to the people. but to the
police, from the fact that it included
among its numbers cowboys from the
western states. of America and guachos
from the plains of the Argentine Repub.
lie, who had become acquainted with the
use of the lasso and of the boa.
BY this means numbers of people were
strangled into insensihiiity before thcy
had time to catch even a glimpse of their
adversaries. The woman herself was
i couple OF years ago and is
now living in the penal colony of New
Caledonia. where she is destined to spend
the remainder of her days.
The Cour la RENE hand proper con-
sists of men well dressed who have none
Of the appearance of the ordinary crimi-
nal. Their hands are gioved, and the cut
of their coats as well as the shape of
their hats is irreproachable as regards |
the dictates of fashion.
Equally elegant in their attire is that |
last and most dangerous of the seven |
bands of criminals known as the Habits |
Noirs," which may be roughly translated |
as the Evening Dress band" 1t is to |
the Habits Noirs" that belonged both |
Pranzini and Prado, each OF whom ulh- |
mately eSpiated his crimes on the scaf-
fold
The men are mostly good looking and |
well dressed. They are likely to have the |
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-09-16
THE DoORBELL.
1t Tells What Manner of Man You
Are by Your Ring.

1t Tells What Manner of Man You
Are by Your Ring.
Doorbells are pretty fair indicators
of character. Probably you have not
been conscious Of it, but every time
you pull a doorbel you register what
manner of man you are. Your ring will
not tell everything about you, from
the color of your eyes to your taste in
flowers, but to those who know the
signs the doorbell is as good as title
page. Any one who has had occasion
difference there is in them. One per
sons method varies little from time to
time, though the difference between
that method and somebody else's,
while slight, will be sufficiently well
marked. 1t is seldom that two rings
are exactly alike.
The housewife recognizes each, the
impatient man. who pulls the bell
twice in quick succession and does not
wait long before trying it again; the
one of mole rhlegmatic temperament,
whose ring is slower and more SUBJ
stantial; the hesitating woman, who
draws the knob out in & succession of
nervous jerks; the seedy individual
with matches to sell. who stretches
the wire carefully to it's full length
and then allows it to relax with q
faint. apologetic tinkle. and the jolly
friend, who knows he is welcome, and
therefore grasps the knob with hear
ty swing that is fairly eloquent with
good nature. and sets the bell to shak-
ing laughter that it positively cannot
stop at once. but subsidies gradually
with merry. irrepressible little titter.
A doorbell his as many voices as WIS.,
itOrs.-Berlin (1Id.) Herald.