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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-05-15
War Notes.

The war with Spain is over. but the battle OF
disease with health is still on. 1t RACES hot
test in spring. Disease, bred during the
rigors of winter turks in the system to do its
deadly work You don't feel we'll. You have
no appetite. You are nervous. You have IN
digestion, which you think is heart trouble.
You are dizzy, feel tired and discouraged, and
about ready to give up the battle. Baxter's
Mandrake Bitters is the effective weapon in
this warfare and who is armed with IT, al
WAYS conquers. Sold liquid in bottles and
tablets in boxes. Price % cents for either j
makes folks well. 1t keeps folks we'll.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-05-15
CASTORIA
Bears the signature of CHAs. H. FLETCHER
In use for more than thirty years, and
The Kind You Haze AlzOays Bought

Hon. John D. Long, secretary of the
Navy, is the author of very notable
contribution in the forthcoming (June)
number of Frank LesIie's Popular
Monthly, now giant among. the ten
cent magazines. 1t is entitled "The
Building of the New Navy" and is il
Illustrated with nearly forty elaborate
pictures and official plans, showing
types of all classes Of United States
war vessels. from the torpedo boats
and dcstroyers to the most formidable
battleship, such as the new Maine, the
Kearsarge and the Kentucky. In the
course Of this elaborate and compre-
hensive paper, Secretary. Long re-
views, in most appreciative manner,
the work of his distinguished prede-
cessors in office-Secretarie Hunt,
Chandler, Whitney, Tracy and Her
bert-whose efficient and patriotic
energy in the building OF the new
navy led up to the glorious results
contaminated under the present adj
ministration.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-05-15
TNaypy Wothers
GrofI1ude
[LErrER TO MRS. PINKHAM NO. 26,7ss]

LETTER TO MRS PINKHAM NO. 26,785]
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-I have many,
many thanks to give you for what your
Vegetable Compound has done for me.
After first confinement L was sick for
nine years with prolapsus of the womb,
had pain in left side, in small of back,
a great deal of headache, palpitation
of heart and leucorrhea. I felt so
weak and tired that [ could not do my
work. / became pregnant again and
took your Compound all through, and
now have a sweet baby girl. never
before had such an easy time during
labor, and I feel it was due to Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. L
am now able to do my work and feel
better than I have for years. cannot
thank you enough. = Mrs. ED. Ell
LINGER, DEVINE, Tex.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-05-15

Carriers Monthly Magazine published
in Chicago, and edited by Opie Read,
is making rapid strides in public favor.
Tt is the only ten cent magazine IN
Chicago devoted exclusively to
American literature, and is certainly
supplying the need for e western
magazine. Each month the magazine
presents an interesting table OF con-
tents, consisting of short stories,
sketches of travel, and articles OF
general interest, all profusely illustrate
ed; but in addition to this each num-
Der contains an article of a phillosoph-
jcaI. economic, or scientific nature.
The leading article in the May number
is ssWeItmerism-the New Era in
Healing.n This is a capable review
of the Weltmer Method of Magnetic
Healing, the new science that IS Gre
ating SO much interest IN the United
States and Europe. The article takes
DO the question from a scientific
standpoint, and shows the fundament-
al principles upon which the SCIENCE
is based. The writer visited the Welt
mer Institute, in Nevada, Mo-, for
the purpose of research, ana was as
founded at the marvellous cures effect
ed. Since Professor Weltmer discov-
cred the new science three years ago
and commenced it's practice at Nevada,
over 900 patients have been treat
ed. and the halt, the lame and the
blind have been cured. The article
also describes how the sick may be
cured at distance by system OF
treatment prescribed by Prof. Welt
mer, upon the patients sending TO
him statement of their cases. Inc
cures effected by this method are as
remarkable as when personally treat
ed. The new science has opened up
another avenue of business for young
men and women, and hundreds are
taking the course of instruction: The
| Weltmer Method of Magnetic Heal
| ing is winning the admiration or tne
most noted physicians, for nearly all
cures effected had been given up by
doctors as hopeless. The remarkable
success attending his discoveries has
stamped Prof S. A. Weltmer as one
of the great men of the age.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-05-15

lars, he said, would be fair apprais-
ment of the property, but the good
will is worth at least 81 1000, 900, and
represents nothing but the value of
Barnum's name ten years after his
death.
"Barnum," he said, twas the great
est Snowman ever known, and his
reputation and popularity we're great
er in England than in the United
States. The English people could new
err comprehend his methods. His can
dor mystified them. The people were
accustomed to all kinds of gilded
frauds and fakes, but when he an
nounced that he had humbug to ex-
hibit, everyone laughed and went to
see it and advertised it as genuine. He
1843, and captivated the nation. Every
time he went afterward his popularity
grew. He probably took more money
from England than any other amuse-
ment man that ever lived"
s'Buffalo Bill has probably been seen
by more human beings than any
other professional" continued Mr..
Davis, shut his name attached to a
show is not worth a cent unless he
appears himself. 1t was the same with
Booth, who was the greatest of actors,
| and Patti, who was the greatest of
singers. A theatrical troop travelling
under Booths name or an opera COM
pany under PATHS name, would not
draw any more than Buffalo Bill's COM
pany without Buffalo Bill But the name
! 'Barnum' attached to show is worth
a million dollars. It shows the eccen
tricity of the human nature"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-05-15

Postmaster General Charles Emery
Smith has stopped his work long
enough to prepare for the May. Cos
mlopoIiton a paper on ''Great Problems
in Organization for the series which
The Cosmopolitan is now giving. 1t
would be difficult, to overestimate the
Importance of these articles, which
are making clear in ways never be-
fore attempted the principles which
underlie all organizations, beginning
with that of each mans daily life and
extending up to the greatest lnstitu-
tions of modern times.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-05-15
BEEF INQUIRY.

AS for convincing the mass of peo-
pie. the report of the court of inquiry
on the beef charges is just now prom
inently an illustration of the fact that
in such matter everybody still holds
the same opinion he held before, and,
if anything, s'rather more So" since
the matter has been in dispute SO long
that almost every man has become
committed to the defense of one par
ty or another and feels sort of per-
sonal ambition to see his oft-express-
ed Judgment confirmed. The report
satisfies nobody, and leaves nobody
absolutely convinced, except of the
one fact that the whole business,
from beginning to end, is disgusting
and largely farcial as regards the
court proceedings and findings.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-05-15
THE NAME OF BARNUM.

Charles A. Davis, of Forepaugh's
circus said recently that James A.
Bailey had organized a s., 900, 900 stock
company in London, with Dukes and
Lords and Earls as his directors, to
take over Barnum's circus, of which
there is now but little left but the
name. Three hundred thousand dol
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-05-15
Grain-O Brings Relief

O the coffee drinker. Coffee drinking is a habit
that is universally nduged in and almost as unlyer
salIv ;ninrious. Have you tried Grain-O? 1
is almost like coffee but the effects are just the op
posite. Coffee upsets the stomach, ruins the d.
eestion. affects the heart and disturbs the whole
nervous system. Grain-O tones up the stomach,
aids digestion and strengthens the nerves Ihere
IS nothing bui nourislment in Grain-O. 1t can't be
othe, wise. is and Csc. per package.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-05-15
Wonderfully strengthened.

81 have been taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, Blood
Purifier and Liver Pills and feel won
derfully strengthened. Before using
your remedies I was in a terrible state;
felt like fainting every little while. 1
thought I must surely die. But now,
thanks to your remedies, those feel
ings are all gone. "-MRs. EMILE
SCHNEIDER, 1914 HELEN AVE, DETROIT
MICH.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-05-15

Major General Nelson A. Miles,
commanding the United States Army,
is the leading contributor to Frank
LesIie's Popular Monthly for May.
General Miles writes of "The United
States Army, and It's Commanders"
reviewing the development and or
ganization of our national military
force, and his predecessors in its
chief command. Portraits OF all these
American generals, from Washington
to General Miles himself, all repro
duced directly from the originals in
the War Department, give additional
distinction to this notable magazine
contribution. Admiral Dewey comes
in for special honors in this May Gan
niversary) number of Frank LesIie's
Popular Monthly in two illustrated
articles, namely: ''Dewey at Manila
One Years Retrospect" by Edward
W. Harden, United States Commits
sioner to the Philippines; and "The
Surrender of Manila" by Douglas
White, the wellknown war CORE
spondent. Felipe Agoncillo, the Gull
tured and astute Filipino diplomat,
whom Aguinaldo dispatched as his
envoy plenipotentiary to the United
States, writes a most able and in
structive article, under the ironical
title of care the Filipinos Civilized ?''
which question he answers in an
overwhelming affirmative. Another
article of unique personal interest is
William s. Brackets C Fitzhugh Lee,
Beau Sabreur," giving an entertain
ing account of the now famous gem
erals exploits in Texas when he was
a young lieutenant in the Second Cav
airy of the old regular army.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-05-15
ASTORIA

Bears the signature of CHAs. H. FLETCHER.
In use for more than thirty years, and
The Kind You Haze 4zzOdyS Bought.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-17
Theatrical "Props."

Props comprise all the portable arti-
cles required in a play. Guns and pis-
tols-whioh too often fail to go off at
the critical moment-are props; loaves
of bread, fowls, fruit. all made of a
rough papier mache, are also props. We
may also include those wondrous gilt
goblets, only seen on the stage, which
make such nonmetallic thud when
they fall and bounce upon the boards,
as among the achievements of the prop
erty man.
But it is at pentomime time that that
individual is at his busiest Big masks
and make believe sausages and vegeta-
bles, without which no pantomime
would be complete, are mingled with
fairy wapds, garIands of artificial flow
ers, basket work frames for the accom-
mediation of giants and other articles
too numerous to mention.
How the right things are forthcom-
ing at the right moment is one of those
mysteries only known to property men.
Had one of these useful members of the
theatrical world the ability and inclina-
tion to write book what an entertain
ing volume could he turn out tl--Cham-
harS' .TournaI
Mesa free press., 1899-03-17
Railroad Pronunciation.

81 regret to say, remarks writer
in the Boston Transcript, ''that on the
Providence railroad Wrentham has late
ly become 'Wren-tham' Ga as in Sam)
in the mouths of several brakemen
First we had Wal than, similarly
tweaged in the second syllable and ]
fear that ultimately we have to submit
to Ded-ham in the place of Deddum.
Thus do English names suffer in the
mouths of those who are quite ignorant
of their history. Not merely because it
is English. but because it is logical and
historical, and because the word cham
has it's meaning. Waltham should be
Waltum and Wrentham Wrentun. A
return to the colonial pronunciation
to this extent would, cf course. be too
much to ask, but still for little space
o arbiters of the railway. spare us that
sharp in the THANH .
Mesa free press., 1899-03-17

We want this to reach the eyes of every reader
of this paper. Mr. III. l.. Trundle, Dixie, Ark,
is eighty two years of age. as hale and hearty
man of his age as can be found in the State of
Arkansas; in fact, he looks as young as man
of sixty years. For more than fifteen years
MIR. Trundle was slave to prostate disease.
You men who are afflicted know what It means
the days of unrest, the nights of torture and
uneasiness. the pain, the frequent calls to pass
water and the Inability. to do SO. He could
scarcely get about the house, feeble. trembling
and racked with pain from head to foot.
In this condition he read the startling an
nouncement in his paper that a marvellous new
method for curing prostate disease had been
discovered. He wrote to the address given for
full particulars, and at once obtained the
remedy; in less than ten days more he had the
satisfaction of experiencing relief. His case
was chronic, deep. seated, an1 the chances of
recovery on account of his age were against
him. Yet sixty days of continuous use of the
famous Solvent-Alterans method cured him.
You men who are afflicted can have the same
experience If you do what Mr.. Trundle did; he
used Solvent Alterans, new-method treatment
tits described in two nicely written books which
you can get free of charge, by mail, by sending
your name and address to the Empire Medical
Company, 2l5 M, Smith Building, Boston, Mass.
1t won't cost you a cent to get the information,
and it may be worth hundreds to you. Write
today, and refer to this article.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-17
Former Parliamentary Privileges.


The privilege of freedom from arrest
enjoyed by members of parliament is
confined to civil matters; but, since the
abolition Of imprisonment for debt, this
immunity has been shorn of most Of its
utility. Formerly it was very useful
privilege. Disraeli says of one Of the
characters in his first novel, "Vivian
Grey" that "the only way to keep him
out Of the house of correction was to
get him into the house of commons. !"
Parliament was then a convenient haven
Of refuge for splendid paupers.
In one case an English member named
Mills, who owed e23, 900 and for whose
arrest warrant was in the hands Of
the sheriff, avoided imprisonment by
purchasing seat for one of the old
"rotten boroughs' in 1907 for the sum
Of 81, 900. In another case an Irishman
named Bourke was confined in the
Kings Bench prison about 70 years
ago in execution for considerable debt.
His friends got him elected for an Irish
constituency, but he never entered the
house. On his release after election
he fed to the continent and remained
there.
Again in 1895 the year before Dis
raeli published "Vivian Grey" man
who was in prison for debt was returned
for Bererley, small English borough,
and was forthwith released on war
rant issued by Mr.. Speaker. 1t was
case in real life of from the house of
correction to the house of commons.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-17
rricks of a Pet Crane.


My friend has a pet Florida crane of
which he is very fond. The crane stands
at one side by the hour, just pluming
himself, then picking at shoe buttons
and finger rings. Occasionally he is in
dulged in favorite pastime-that of
taking the hairpins out of his mistress
hair. In nature he is as gentle and
affectionate as kitten, and as he has
never been teased he has no enmity for
anything except dog One night he
was attacked by a strange dog, and
since then his hatred for any canine 9th
er than the home dog is intense.
Dick has always been inordinately
fond of his master, whom he makes ev-
cry effort to please. 1t is at his COM
mand that he will dance. bowling and
twirling in the most graceful manner
then circling with wings distended
around the yard and back again to bow
and courtesy as before.
Another very pleasing recognition Of
his intelligence is the manner in which
he always welcomes his owner. He rec
ognizes his horse and carriage as far as
his eye can reach, and long before the
bird is in view his voice is heard trum-
peting greeting. which, is continued
until the master reaches the gate, when
at the single command. Louder. Dickl''
he throws his head back and gives forth
long gurgling note, indicating joy
and pleasure. To no one else will he
give this welcome. It is unique and pc
culiar-for his owner alone
Mesa free press., 1899-03-17
Soap Mixed In the Dough.

Epicures may be interested to know
that continental bakers are in the habit
of mixing soap with their dough to make
their bread and pastry nice and light
The quantity of soap varies In fancy
articles. like waffles and fritters. it is
much larger than in bread. The soap i.
dissolved in water. oil is adGed and 1T
mixture. after being well whipped j..
added TO the fiofar
Mesa free press., 1899-03-17
TRY ALIENS FOOT-EAsE

A powder to be shaken in the shoes.
At this season of the year your feet feel
you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try
Aliens Foot-Ease. It rests and comforts;
makes walking easy. Cures swollen and
sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. Re-
ieyes corns and bunions of all pain and is
acertain cure for Chilblains, Sweating damp
or frosted feet. Wehave over thirty thous-
and testimonials. Try ittoday Sold by all
package FREE. Address, Allen s. DIM
sted, lie Roy, N. Y.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-17
Some Went to Glory.

once asked a district nurse. says a
writer in The Cornhill Magazine. how
the various sick cases had been going on
during my absence from the parish. At
once the look which I knew SO well
crossed her face. but her natural pro-
fessional pride strove for the mastery
with the due righteousness which she
considered necessary for the occasion.
At last she evolved the following strange
mixture. ''Middling well, sir; some Of
'em's gone straight to glory, but am
glad to say others are nicely on the
mend -
Mesa free press., 1899-03-17
CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is blood
or constitutional disease and in order to cure it
you must take internal remedies. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly
on the blood and mucuous surfaces. Halls
prescribed by one of the best physicians in this
country for years, and is a regular prescrip-
ton: 1t is composed of the best tonics known,
cdmbined with the best blood purifiers, acting
combination of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in curing Ca
tarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o..
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Mesa free press., 1899-03-17
YOUNG AT SIXTY.

Serene comfort and happiness in ad.
vanced years are realized by compare
lively few women.
Their hard lives, their liability to Sc
rious troubles on account Of their pecu-
liar organism and their profound igno-
rance concerning themselves, all com.
bine to shorten the period of usefulness
and fill their later years with suffering.
Mrs. Pinkham has done much to make
women strong. She has given advice
to many that has shown them how to
guard against disease and retain vigor.
GUS health in old age. From every COR
ner of the earth there is constantly COM
ing the most convincing statements
from women, showing the efficacy of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound in overcoming female ills. Here
is letter from Mrs. j. G. Orms, of 220
Horner St., Johnstown, Pa, which is
earnest and straight to the point:
DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-I feel it my
duty to tell all suffering women that /
think your remedies are wonderful. I
had trouble with my head, dizzy spells
and hot flashes. Feet and hands were
cold, was very nervous, could not sleep
well, had kidney trouble, pain in
ovaries and congestion of the womb.
Since taking your remedies I am better
every way My head trouble is all
gone, have no pain in ovaries, and am
cured of womb trouble. lean eat and
sleep well and am gaining in flesh. I
consider vour medicine the best tn he
had for female troubles"
The present Mrs. Pinkham's expert
ence in treating female ills is unparal-
lelled, for years she worked side by
side with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, and
for sometime past has had sole charge
of the correspondence department of
her great business, treating by letter
as many as hundred Thousand ailing
women during a single year.
Mesa free press., 1899-03-17
In Extrenlis.

Late one night clergyman was
called out to minister to an old mana
worker upon the adjacent railway-who
was supposed to be dying. The sum
mons was brought by another old man.
the elder brother of the stricken one
While he was bustling about, making
preparations for departure, the clergy
man forgot momentarily the social
status of his visitor and asked. sis he
in extremist
The old man was not going to be
beaten. ''Aye. he's right I'm, your rev
erence. After pause he added as a
clincher: Clean in, poor chap. Right
up to the neck. sir. ''-Cornhill Maga
zine
Mesa free press., 1899-03-17
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161 ADAMS ST., CHICAGO.


Men requiring unsurpassed treatment should
consult personally or by letter "Free" with
the pioneer and only exclusive mems special
lists in United States. Diseases of men made
the study of q. life time. Unfortunates every
where should Immediately communicate with
DR.. Foote of Chicago Everything confidential.
Remedies sent everywhere in sealed packages
and letters in plain envelopes. Correspondence
solicited. Latest Surgical, Medical and
Electrical methods adopted. Deluging the
stomach with drugs abandoned: Avoid drugs
recommended by the unauthorized and self
styled specialists in western towns; few genuine
specialists locate outside'of New York or Chi
cago In these cities your. private affairs are
Sale: Unequaled treatment for all diseases and
weaknesses Of the Genito-Urinary, Sexual Re
productive and Nervous Systems. lmpedi-
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positively purfies the blood. cures syphilis and
removes all white ulcers in throat or mouth,
copper.colOred spots on body and eruptlons on
skin, also catarrh and rheumatism. "Vigo-
rala,' the only permanent restorer and 1nylg-
orator, gives vigor to vital organs and nerves
prevents and cures grip. 81 per bottle, E for %
Trial bottles, either remedy. half price
Mesa free press., 1899-03-17
Glove Cutters.

The cutters Of the great glove houses
at Brussels and in France earn even
higher wages than the cutters of the
most fashionable tailors in London and
New York
So difficult is this art of cutting
gloves that most of the principal cutters
are known to the trade by name and by
fame, and the peculiar knives which
they use in the business are SO highly
priced that they are handed down from
generation to generation as helrlooms
Mesa free press., 1899-03-17
Thundel In Various Regions.

Java is said to be the region OF the
globe where it thunders oftenest. hav-
ing thunderstorms 81 days in the year.
After it are Sumatra, with SO days;
Hindustan, with Sc; Borneo, with 54; !;
the Gold Coast, with 50, and Rio de
Janeiro, with 81. In Europe, Italy oc-
cupies the first place, with 3S days OF
thunder, while France and southern
Russia have g days. Great Britain and
Switzerland have each z days, and
Norway has A. Thunder is rare at Cairo,
being heard only 3 days in the year.
and extremely rare in northern Tur-
kestan and the polar regions.