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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-27
ENGLAND'S W8R
PREPARATIONS
Prospects of Trouble With Francs
aad Russia Broeched as the
Cause.

New York.. October pa ssdis-
patch to the Tribune from London
s,ys; Everybody is asking Why
an immense body of reinfoFcelnents
is going out, while every bulletin
of victory from Natal proves that
a more moderate force would SUI
fce: Tliatis a mystery as dense
as Londoa's black fog. There Is
glimmer of light from Paris,
where it is rumored that the Rus
Sian troops will not occupy Herat
prematurely with the ameer's cor
sent. Weii'informed men were as
sorting last night thatsthese vast
preparations were not meant as a
grand parade, but were wise
precaution, rendered necessary by
the possibility that Russia would
take advantage of The occasion and
make another advance on western
AfghaBistan, where full control
could be secured over Persia.
With a British aTiny corps on the
ground of South Africa and in rea
diness for service in InG:a Or
Afghanistan, these witnessGs were
ready to testify that Russia weald
not advance on Eerat. The mag
Ritude of the British ornaments
Sbr q campaign against the burgh-
ers ofthe two petty republics is
evidently creating III Earope what
t'arlyle described as an etasosyhe-c
electric witif-susricion.
Those who are behind the scenes
In European diplomacy at present
and we'll aware ofths intriguing
DOW taking place between France
sud Russia, and the inteation, If
a0ssibie, to. take advantage CT
Bugland's difficulties, very much
doubt if the intriczlers are checked
By. British successesin Natal aud
en- the western border Of the
Transvaaf anas the Free State.
The Brisa' government is perfectly
iaformed-of what is passing End
has not hesitated to make very
swift preparations, naval and
The French Mediterranean feet
of six. bastleships aaa several
cruisers left for the Isevant,, where
it has not shown. itself for two
years. This may or not be connect
ed with the schemes above noticed
Nothing would he easter than
for the Russian Black Sea feet to
join it passing through the Dards
aaelles. The British channel
: ,uadron is moving to e-isrsttsss.
aid an ample convoy is being sent
!. It'll the BsitiSh transports. The
authorities at-the varions English
naval ports haVy been wsrned to
be ready to send str6iig squad
rnn to sea, aud several cruisers
IRE now only waiting an order to
" she iaiiitia re-
serve
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-27
TEXAS ITEMS.

s boiler explosEon in a lumber
mill at Orange killed two men ard
injured seven. The boilef was
hurled Is yards, killing a man and
horse on the road. The other man
killed was struck BY falling brick
and died in few holrs.
Austin had electric lights Mon
pight Fer the 6rst lime IN
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-27

THE price of diamonds has risen
Ga account of the South African
war. This is too bad for the
young lover whose best girl will
not accept anything but a diamond,
but If doesn's disturb tae rest OF
the country much.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-27

FoB sALE:-A residence and
business hOnse on Washington
street (both adjoining) For fui'
particulars apply to Mrs. Eller
Gerhard, Los Angeles, California.
or F. Yturria, Brownsville, Texas.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-27

FoUND-At the ferry landing a
fat key, with number 81 on it and
letters. Loser can have same by
calling at this Office and paying for
notice
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-27
TIE OFFICIAL CITY JOURNAL.
Friday. Oct ~. 1889.

WIRELESS telegrapl,Y has inzad=
ed the United States, and has pro-
baby come. to stay. The wire
trust viii not welcome Its coming.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-27

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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03
CONCERNING HEADACHES.

To attempt to Danish all variations
of headache by single ''cure'' shows
a childlike faith in medicine, but very
little common sense. The first step
towards curing a headache is to find
out which kind of one it is, and co
devote ones energies to drive it
away. The headache, which results
from Indigestion, is of frequent oc-
currence. and it implies over eating or
unwise eating, and when a woman
finds herself afflicted with such a
headache, she should proceed to cure
it by fasting and mild cathartic, and
sitting with her feet in hot water be-
fore going to bed.
The nervous headache is the kind
to which American women are most
subjected, as it results from the effort
to make the nerves do more than
they ought to do; the first step in
treating this headache is to drop
work and worry, if possible, and draw
the blood from the head by soaking
the feet in hot water and putting cold
applications to the forehead and the
back of the neck.
A great many mysterious headaches
have their origin in over strained
eyes. This kind is cured only by Civ
ing the eyes a vacation or by the ocu-
list. Or course, care in the use of the
eyes is also help. Reading, writing
or sewing in dim or Pickering light
must be given up. The common
practice of trying to read in jolting
trains must also be discarded. The
eyes must never be used too long at
time, and when there is much eye
work to be done, brief rests and bath
ings in hot water will ward off the
dreaded headache.
The headache which is the result of
exposure to cold or draughts or sud-
den changes, is best treated by hot
applications, hot-water bags and
gentle friction of the place of pain.
If this does not Danish the headache
in day, then a deeper illness is in
dictated.
The best way to treat headaches is
to avoid them. To refuse to over tax
the eyes, the nerves, or the stomach,
and to give attention to exercise and
bathing.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03
EXERCISE VERSUS WORK.

"Work is not exercise says DIR.
it is true. I tell my patient, Il do not
care how much you run about all day
at your business, you must take the
exercise I prescribe quite independ
entity of your work.. There are, per-
haps, no more hard working men in
the world than the Scotch piowmen,
YEARLY plodding all day long behind
their horses, in wet weather or dry;
no sooner, however, has the sun game
west the loch,' and the days work is
done, than, after supper and good
wash, those hardy lads assemble in
the glen, and not only for one, but
often three good hours, keep up the
health giving games for which their
nation is celebrated.
"Any exercise, to be really bene-
fetal, ought to be taken in modera-
ton, and should extend over some
considerable time. Spurts, and that
amount of exercise that borders on
fatigue, should mostly be avoided.
"When the body becomes tired, ex-
ertion, instead of being any longer a
tonic to the body, becomes a positive
depressant, and results in evil, not
only to the muscular but to the nerv-
Gus system as well.
GA course of exercise, say cycling,
should be begun and carried on by
easy stages, for if one does ones ex-
ercise as he would do a penance, de-
pend upon it, it is very far from bene-
fetal. Never, therefore, try to do too
much.
Exercise is tonic, and, therefore,
benefit is not to be expected from a
single dose. It's effects are gradual,
and it must be taken with studied
regularity day after day."
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03

The question Of marriage is the
great question in every human life.
Time was when a woman was suppos-
ed to have only one answer to that
question. Happily Or unhappily that
time is past. Some of us are bewail-
ing the change. Others rejoice in it..
There are writer's and thinkers on
social topics who profess to see, in
the growing tendency of women to
accept independent spInsterhood as
more desirable than an uncertain
prospect of welded bliss, a menace to
the welfare of society. I do not. I
believe that the complete independ-
ence of women in this matter will put
our marriage relations on much bet
ter and happier footing than former
ly. In all the cases I have known
(and they have been many where
marriage was undertaken for any
other reason than 1ove-love, pure
and simple and irresistible-the result
has been unfortunate for tho woman.
Perhaps her true situation does not
come to the knowledge of the world,
but the effect is to bring her unhap
piness and misery, to degrade her,
Denlorest's Magazine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03
Free OfCharge.

Any adult suffering from cold settled on
the breast, bronchitis, throat or lung troub-
les of any nature, who will call at 81. G.
Pierces Drug Store, will be presented with a
sample bottle of Boschee's German Syrup,
free of charge. Only one bottle given to one
person, and none to children without order
from parents.
No throat or lung remedy ever had such a
sale as Boschee's German Syrup in all parts
of the civilized world. Twenty years ago
millions of bottles were given away, and your
druggists will tell you It's success was mar
velous. 1t is really the only Throat and Lung
Remedy generally endorsed by physicians.
One rs cent bottle will cure prove its value
Sold by all druggists in this city.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03
and do not give water in large vessels,

and do not give water in large vessels,
or the young guineas will drown.
Johnnie cake is the best thing for the
first week or ten days, using two
parts of corn meal to one of shorts,
seasoned with salt and pepper. Mix
with milk, if possible, and put in
soda. Bake, and when done crumble
it for the young.
When the young are three months
old they can take care of them selves
and find nearly all their own living.
The tree top will probably be their
selection for a roost, or convent emit
rail fence may attract them. But
during cold weather they ought to be
housed. The cocks are quite quarrel
some, and will probably whip the big
rooster on the first opportunity. 1t
is said that they keep away hawks.
They are of African origin and main
ly from the Guinea coast, as the name
mplies.-EcchGnqe.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03

The White Noun tain travel so call
ed, when the denizens of the city seek
the cooling breezes and pure air of
the superior attitudes of the hills of
New Hampshire has commenced, but
not sufficiently to embarrass the bag
gage and train men of the city. A
little later, when the tide of travel
sets up across Lake Winnepesaukee
The Weirs becomes an attractive,
busy, but exceedingly cool and pleas
ant place. Those who contemplate
passing the summer in a restful man.
ner, and desire diversity of attrac
tions within easy reach, will find an
ideal place in the New Hotel Weirs.
on the Lake Winnepesaukee at Weirs,
N. II.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03
THE USE OF LAND PLASTER.

Land plaster, or gypsum, is used al
most entirely for corn and clover and
but little for other crops. 1t is not a
fertilizer in itself. That is, it con-
tains no plant food, although plants
to which it is applied will undoubted-
ly use some of the calcium of which it
is largely composed, but there is
enough calcium in most soils to sup
ply all that is needed. Land plaster,
says E. @. Powell in National Stock
man, has been used for centuries and
was introduced into this country by
Benjamin Franklin. He put it on a
clover field in such shape as to form
the letters, sThis has been plaster
ed" They could first be read in
white, then in green from the greater
growth, and finally in red from the
blossoms.
The action of land plaster is not yet
fully understood and the results of it's
application are uncertain. They may
be beneficial and they may not, but
they are not injurious. 1t has the
power of absorbing ammonia and of
holding it in the soil. 1t also prevents
the waste of nitrogen during the fer
mentation of sta BILE manure and COM
posts. In some way it aids in nitrif-
cation, Or the process by which the
nitrogen of organic material in the
soil is converted into nitric acid. 1t
also retards the Transportation of
water by the plant, and SO in this way
helps plants in times of drouth.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03
Estate of John Crowley of
ALBANY,

CTATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT OF ORLEANS
Oss. In Probate Court, held az Newport, i'm
said District on the 10th day of June, A. ID,
1895.
Hattie A. Marnock, formerly Hattie A. Crow
ley, Administrative of the estate OF Juo Crow
ley, late of Albany, in said district, deceased.
presents her administration account for
examination and allowance, and makes APP
plication for decree of distribution and
partition of the estate OF said deceased.
Whereupon, il is ordered by said Court,
that said account and said application be
referred to a session thereof, TO be held at
Il. w. Baldwin's Office in said Barton the
14th day of July, A. ID. 1899, at 10 O'Clock i'm
the forenoon for hearing and decision there
on:
And, it is further ordered that notice
hereof be given to all persons inter
ested, by publication of the same three weeks
successfully in the Orleans county Monitor,
q newspaper published at Barton, previous Ia
said time appointed for hearing, that they
may appear at said time and place. and show
cause, III any they may have. why said ac-
count should not be allowed, and such decree
made.
BY the Court-Attest,
1928 f. r. ALFRED, Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03
ABOUT GUINEA FOWLS.

In the Eastern states a great many
guinea fowls are raised, yet very few
ever find their way to the markets.
This seems to be an undeveloped in
dustry, Evidently there is no great
demand for them, owing to the fact
that being very scarce in our markets,
people do not know what they are, or
what they are missing. They should
be put on the market between Janu-
airy and April, when game and nearly
all poultry are scarce. There is no
better eating than young guinea.
BY young we mean from to II
months old. When fat, the flesh, al
though dark, is firm, juicy and sweet
er than turkey meat. They are a
noisy bird and do best on the farm
where they can have free range. The
hens are great layers, and lay from
spring until October. 1t is rather
hard to locate their nests, but when
found the eggs are very fine eating,
although not so large as a hens egg.
The hens do not usually become
0AOOoJ An1O3 oAAQ dS 4ndy anu
June are the best months to hatch the
young in, it will be necessary to set
the eggs under common hens, putting
from eight to twenty eggs under a
fair sized hen. It takes about twenty
six days to incubate the eggs. The
nest box should have lath front, and
Just before Matching this should be
closed, or, when you 60 to see about
the young guineas, you will not find
amy, for they commence to run near
Fly as soon as Matched. Build little
fence around the coop and keep them
confined for few days until they get
used to the hen. The food is about
the same as is given, or should be
given, to young chicks. Feed often,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03
500 Reward, 800.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn
that there is at least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to in all it's stages and
that is Catarrh HALLS Catarrh Cure is the only
positive now known to the medical fraternity
Catarrh being constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces ofthe system, thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work The propretors
have so much faith in its curative powers, that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure Send for testimonials. Address
FL. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03
JUST FOR FUN.

Hotel Clerk-"Yes, sir; we can give
good family room for the night"
Jersyite-"Any mosquitoes in it?'
Hotel Clerk--"Not mosquito"
Jerseyite-Then Maria and must go
elsewhere. (Apologetically) You see
our baby is used to being sung to sleep
by mosquitoes at home, and we don't
propose to walk with him all night.
Sorry, sir. Come on Maria.
A teacher, explaining to class that
the land of the world was not contin-
uous, said to the boy who happened
to be standing nearest to him: 'Now,
could your father walk round the
world?" "No. SIR" was the prompt
reply. "Why not?" Because he's
broken his leg.;'
He-Hypnotism, you see, is only
an act of suggestion. The doctor s
make cures by suggestion" She
"Do you think if you were to suggest
ice cream it would cure my hunger?"
Aunt Broadhead( who has been Wis
iting) When Abbie Stang was mar
ried, over at Keokuk. she tainted
dead away just before the minister
could pronounce 'em man and wife.
Mrs. Longnecker-My landi What
happened? Aunt Broadhead (dryly)-
Oh, she come to before the groom
could git away.
Your grandfather used to saw wood
for my grandfather. Yes, I've heard
him tell how your grandfather beat
him down on the price, and half of
the time didn't pay him.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03
:'It's a great pity" said the woman

:'It's great pity" said the woman
as she looked at the tall grass in the
front yard. "What's the matter?"
asked the man with white canvas
shoes who was sitting on the from
step reading the paper. "They don't
vary the monotony of sport as they
should. They ought to have some
lawn moving contests. If they could
make it customary to decorate the
lawn mower with ribbons, while the
pusher wears little cap and fancy
stockings, believe some men would
cut grass by the hour"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03
OUR FARMERS.
THE POULTRY YARD.

Now that the battle against vermin
in the poultry yard is fairly Ton, we
advise you to do as we have done, iu-
vest in big jug and some emulsions,
the latter to be made by the follow
ing formula, and applied with an old
paint brush to every part of the plat
form and perches where the mites
can possibly be hidden, and where
the fumes arising doom the lice while
their victims are sleeping. 1t will
not be nearly SO tedious as powdering
the chicks, and then the powder does
no harm to mites, anyway.
Formula: One quart crude CARROLL
ic acid, one fourth pound naptha-
lane, three quarts kerosene. Shake
well and let stand for twenty -four
hours before using. Apply every ten
days. If napthalane crystals cannot
be had, use one-quarter pound nap :
thalane moth balls. Crude petroleum
is preferable to kerosene.
When your orders for egg outnum-
Der the eggs themselves, buy wheat
and cracked oyster shells, and 60 on
grinding green bone.
In our experience wheat is pre-
eminently the food for chicks, young
or old. just as soon as the little fell
lows can manage cracked wheat pro-
vide it. 1t is about as cheap as and
far more preferable to millet seed.
The latter we don't like, it don't di-
gest.
We made great mistake last sum-
mer, and as we may profit as much
by our failures as successes, we will
tell it. The brooder chicks were
notably fond of cold boiled potatoe.
Toss two or thrae of the tubers among
them and they would scramble after
them and pick them and roll them
about until not bit was left. Later
they were just as fond of them, and
sowe INDUCED them, meanwhile losing
dozens and dozens, whose main symp-
toms were dumpishness and a crop
full of soured food and wind. We
never saved one. In time we learned
it was all the fault of the potatoe.
If you have never tried pounding
up dishes for your fowles you bet
ter try it. When my better half be-
gins to pound the dishes he is just
overwhelmed, chickens all over him,
some of them in jeopardy. The fly
ing bits are caught ere they reach the
ground and the pullets will scra tch
about the block as long as there is a
sign of dish left.
When one comes to know the needs
of yarded fowls they can but pity the
poor things that they are doled out
few ears of corn and occasionally
some water, and this is all. Too
many people living in towns treat
their birds just this way, and then
wonder they DO not lay.
If you doubt that fowls need grit,
examine ones crop when you are
dressing it for the table. Most likely
you will find bits of gravel or dish
worn smooth and thin. These bits
are to the fowl what our teeth are to
us, we must remember.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03

Mrs. Blimbers-My husband was
awfully angry yesterday. Our girl
got hold of his razor and tried to rip
some carpet with it. She took the
edge off terribly. Mrs. Maund-Does
your husband shave himself? Mrs.
Blimbers-Oh, yes, every morning.
Mrs. Mandolin awfully glad to know
it. Some of the neighbors have sus-
pected that you were responsible for
the horrible condition of his face.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03
Drink Grain-O

after you have concluded that you ought not to
drink coffee It is not medicine but doctors orde.
it, because it is healthful, invigorating and appe
tizing. 1t is made from pure grains and has that
rich seal brown color and tastes like the finest
grades of coffee and costs about d as much. Child
like it and thrive it because it is a genuine
food drink containing nothing but noursshment
Ask your grocer for GRAIN-O, the new food drink
IL and 25c
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03

Hobbs, NJ D, Fort Valley, Ga, says II have
been practicing medicine twenty-five years and
know piles to be of the most difficult of dis
eases to cure, but have known DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve to cure numbers of cases and do not
hesitate to recommend it." Be sure and get "De-
Wits" there injurious counterfeits on sale.
IL Pierce, Barton; r E French, Glover; II S
Webster, Barton Lardng;G w Russell, Iras-
burg.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03
Ninety Per Cent

Ofthe people are afflicted with some form of hu-
NOR, and this causes a variety of diseases. The
why Hoods Sarsaparilla cures when all 9TH
fail is found in the fact that it eectualy expes
the humor. Scrofula, salt rleum, boils and al
eruptions permanently cured by this great med
icine.
Hoods Pills are the best family cathartic and
liver tonic. Gentle, re liable, sure.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03

DeWitt's Little Early Risers expel from the isys
tenn all poisonous accommodations, regulate the
stomach, bowels and liver, and purify the blood
They drive away disease, dissipate melancholy,
and give health and yigor for the daily routine Do
not grippe sicken.
III Pierce, Barton; r French, Glover; 81 S
Webster, ton Landing; 6 w Russell, Iras-
burg
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03

"The scoupdrelly old skinfiint!" he
cried. "He broke my engagement
with his daughter" Opposed your
suit, did he?" "No, he didn't. He
told Ter was model young man, and
of course, she lost interest in me the
moment she found I didn't need the
ennobling influence of woman to lift
me up and spur me on to success"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03

Miss Keene-"Do you know, Mr.
Tubbs, that vawze always reminds
me of your" Mr.. Tubbs-'Of me?
How's that?" Miss Keene-"Oh, it's
SO large and shapely, and Mr.
Tubbs-"Ahem! Yes?' Miss Keene
-"And there's never anything in it,
you know.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03

"That was queer dying request
made by the famous Mr.. Burkins."
''What was it?'' "He said if bronze
statute was ever made of him, he want
ed his tailor to model the trousers"