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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-10-12

william, are my cherry pies any
thing like your mother's?"
"Not a Bit"
"Oh, Wilhaml"
That's so; mother was too lazy to
stone her cherries, and her pies always
had a soggy undercrust. Chicago
Record.
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only Fair.

First Citizen-I see the idea Of voting
by machine is gaining in popularity.
Do you think the mass Of the voters will
easily learn how to work t.?
Second Citizen hope so. Hereto
fore the machine has always worked
the voter.-Columbus (O) State Jour
nal
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Safe Depths for Divers.

The greatest diving feat eyerachieved
IL Is said, was in moving the cargo Of the
ship Cape Horn, wrecked of the coast
of South America, when diver named
Hooper made seven descents to a depth
Of over 200 feet, remaining at one time
~ minutes under the water. An author
ity states that the greatest depth TO
which man has been known to descend
does not exceed 220 feet-which Is
equivalent 10 pressure of ssH pounds
20 the square inch.-N. Y. World.
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Mi..ed III. onnnrinnItx.

II shall never speak to him again."
she said.
"Why not?"
well, we were alone In the parlor
last night when the gas suddenly went
out"
And what did he do2"
Nothing. Chicago Post.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-10-12

Maud (pettishly)-Oh, how do wish
] were a mani I'd love nothing better
than TO be a soldier and fight for nv
country.
Ethel-No doubt you'd make a good
one. You're well used to powder, you
know.-Black and White.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-10-12

a man stole my pocketbook TO-DAY"
What makes you laugh at that2"
:. All II contained was a newspaper
Of The White Mans Burden -
Chicago Daily Record.
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Reminded Her.

you remind me so much Of my first
husband" said the angry wife. as the
family quarrel grew fierser.
DO ~" sneered the angry husband.
Eyes. You've got so many of his bad
qualities and so few of his good onesi"
Chicago Tribune.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-10-12

While dog with tea-kettle tied to his
tail
Is a sad sight, you'll agree,
It's an evil that everywhere must prevail,
For us bound TO a cur. you see.
Il A w. Bulletin
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-10-12

Mae-Miss 0ldgirl says she has seen
only % winters
Ethel presume she is troubled with
snow-blindness in the winter time
n. y. Journal.
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Properly Treated

You didn't even pay the minister
who married us!" cried Mrs. Peck.
He deserved to be hung upl" shouted
Henry, savagely.-Philadelphia North
American.
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Boy-Pn carry that carpet bag for a
dime.
Uncle Josh-Wall, guess I'm 20 YOU
one better and carry it myself for
nothin'.-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
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No Torture There.

Customer-what is the meaning Of
that sign, Painless Barbers?"
Barber-The BARRIERS in this shop are
not allowed 10 talk while shaying.-N.
Y. Journal.
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II Certainly Isn't.

II isn't very eonsoling 70 know.
As hither and thither we iop.
That while it's overcrowded below
There Is always room at the top
Chicago Daily News
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CENTRAL VERMONT RAILWAY.

Corrected 70 October 1. 1924.
GOING SOUTH
Trains leave Randolph ~ fellows
81 90 a. MI.
Night Express for Boston add I'll Nss
England points. Sleepins cars Tor Be-
ten, via Lowell. also fos Springfield "a
dauy. Sundays included.
10 ~ n. M.
NAL for Worcester. Boston and SevYuA
Wagner pArlor car 10 Boston.
L 80 H. M.
Limited Express for Boston and for Nss
York. Wis Springfield or New Ionin.
Wagner Buffet parlor car TO Boston.
= R3 H. M.
Passenger for Windsor.
GOING NORTH.
q 90 a. M.
Night Exprcxs for Montreal, Ogdensbaf
Richford. Ottawa and the West. SleeyiH
car % Montreal runs daily, Sundays b.
clnded.
% 10 a. MI.
Passenger for ~ Albans and Richierd
connecting At k~sex Junction With 81
pre~ for Troy, Albany and New York-
a IA H. M.
Mail and express train for 0gdsusbs1
and Montreal. Wagner PArlor car
Montreal
o R8 r. MI.
Express toI Montreal Wagner PEflR
Car TO Montreal, and Pullman SleePE
Car TO Chicago.
Z. II. PITzHuoH, Vice President and Cent
Manager.
). ~. CUMMINGS, GenI Passenger All.
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AN UNFAILING SIGN THAT
NATURE is APPEALING help

'-~'' "a warning that can not safely be ignored
To neglect TO purify the blood at this
ne means more than the annoyance OF painful bos and
unsightly pmpes. II these impurities are allowed 10
remain the system succumbs any ordinary illness and 4
unable 20 Withstand the many ailments which ara a.
prevalent during spring and summer
MRS l. GENTLE, 2O0i Second Avenue Seattle Wash
says; II was afflicted for long time with pmpes which
were very annoying they dsgured my face fearfuv
AFTER using many other remedies in vain s. PROMPTLY
ano thoroughly cleansed my blood and rejoice in
good complexion which never had before -
Cant
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Bohs and Pinp|eS
Give Warning.

ATT When Nature Is overtaxed, she has
NJ her own way Of giving notice that assist
ance Is needed. She does not ask CO..
help until it is impossible to get along without
II bolls and pimples are an indication that
the system IS accommodating impurities which
ID Of they are an urgent appeal for assistance
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-10-12

Censorship In Turkey.
Turkish papers were not allowed Il
print the news Of the assassination of
The Austrfsn empress. They simply an.
nounced tia. she had d,cd.
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8. s. 3. FOR THE BLOOD

- u is tie best blood remedy because purely vegsb.
promptly purhes the blood and thoroughly the system mia
strength
sn letter bs sores ETC. by going direct the trouble Ia
Books free to any address by the Swift Specific Co. Atlanta Ga
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-10-12

"When | heard of the wonderful
cures performed by Miles Restorative
Nervine | dropped all other treat.
ment. Nervous prostration and zen.
eral debility had baffled the efforts q
the best physicians in this section
The first bottle Of Neryine brought
relief. continued using it togethu
with Or. Miles Heart Cure until
health was again restored"
Mrs. @. ". olm.ted. klekApoo. osis.
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3. FNvey,-
X X, Chattanooga. Tenn, writes:
Several bois and carbuncles broke ont upon me-
great pam and annoyance. My blood seemed 10 he i
rlotous condition and nothing took seemed 70 do
any good. Six bottles Of s 8 cured me ,orI..,t
and my blood has been perfectly pure ever since.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-17

ditch without crib work. In surveying
the route the ordinary clinometers had
to be discarded, and the common sur
veyor's loving rod" had to be extend
ed to an instrument thirty feet high.
The way was so broken and difficult
and the timber in places so dense that
it often made there, as it has since on
the Grande, a very hard days work
for two men to chain half mile. Along
some of the line the forest is so dense
that no good picture of the works can
be obtained by ordinary solar photog-
raphy, and at places the incline is so
steep that the man with a camera can
find no place to stand while taking his
view.
The altitude is a great difficulty to be
encountered in the prosecution of such
a piece of work. A large number of
men can not do heavy work at that al
titude at all. Any one with heart
trouble is barred to begin with. The
strongest of the men can not do more
than half work at such an elevation.
During the two years and more that
the work was in progress the company
was sending in a constant stream Of
men who were as constantly leaving
with or without notice. A large num-
Der we're physically unable to endure
the work, but even those who did not
get positively sick became homesick.
With good wages, good board, and
short hours Of work they would get to
brooding on their situation, to worry
ing about their families, to fancying
sickness when they did not have it, be-
came sleepless, and rather than wait
for the end of the season and be hauled
down comfortably in the company's
wagons they would fold their blankets
and kits and silently steal away on the
seventy-five mile tramp to civilization
Two devices used for the protection
of the canal deserve notice. One is to
keep it from stopping over. A little
spill on the lower side might speedily
wash gully that would not only empty
the canal, but might soon be so much
of canyon that it would give a new
engineering problem to get across it.
Where the incline is so nearly perpen-
dicular no chance of a break must be
left. Accordingly an automatic spill
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-17
JAPANESE MOTHERS.
They Thoroughly Understand the Ten
der Care OF Children.

NHSJ Ah"HouSniy bnuersthnd the Ten
der Care OF Children.
1t sometimes happens that one sees
a young American mother SO utterly
UNIT for the training of children and
for the duties of motherhood that one
cannot but wonder why it pleased
Providence ever to give her the care of
little ones, says the Pittsburg Dispatch
This happens sometimes in the case
OF really estimable women and l have
heard young mother say sadly that
she never quite knew what to dc with
baby; 1t was such a queer little thing
and she was half afraid to touch it,
Other young things in the shape of
puppies. kittens, or even colts, she
knew all about and was quite at home
with, but her own child remained a
sort of curious and uncanny little
being to her until his baby days were
over and he began to share in his
mothers hobbies in a boyish sort Of
way.
Now, in Japan a mother like this is
an impossibility. She is not interested
in politics or in social reforms, neither
Is she bent on being a social success,
nor devoted to any scientific philan-
thropic work, as are so many of her
western sisters. She is par excellence
mother, and one who cannot be rival
ed any other country. No children are
so well and carefully tended as hers
and she is patient and gentle with
them, never threatening them if they
are unruly with corporal punishment,
nor raising her voice and scolding them
In the unpleasant way one SO often
hears in other countries The Japanese
mother is born Kindergarten and
enters into the lives of her little ones
just as easily as the western kinder
garten teacher who has undergone
long period of study and training. To
her the duties of motherhood come
naturally, for among her nation women
who will make good mothers are
chosen as wives and thus in the course
of nature the quality of motherliness
is intensified as time goes on and the
race of mothers becomes very superior.
Nowhere is motherhood as respected
as in Japan, and nowhere does the
mother receive more attention from
both her husband and her children.
She is regarded as the maker of the
race and her maternal duties are con-
sidered to be exceedingly honorable
and to entitle her to the utmost con-
sideration and affection.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-17

1t is proposed to do, the surveys have
already been made and the work will
probably be undertaken next summer.
What it is planned to do with the wa
ters of the Grande has already been
done with the waters of the Laramie
river, which have been taken across
the watershed of the Medicine Bow
range and turned into Chambers lake,
from which they pass down to the
arabic lands of the Poudre valley. This
enterprise is in the same general dis
trict as the one now proposed, and
serves as a model. The head waters
of that branch of the Laramie which
have been diverted come very near
having their rise in a glacier. They
start in a canyon so deep, so shaded,
and located at such an altitude, that
the SHOWS of one winter are hardly
melted out before those of another
come. From the ridges on both sides
the winds sweep the SHOWS into this
narrow gorge until they lie 200 feet
deep or more. Soliditied by pressure
and partial thawing, the mass of snow
becomes a mass of ice, and the sun has
an all summers work before him to
convert that ice mass into water.
Water from such source is particular
ly valuable because it is what they call
late water" it comes at time OF the
year when many of the lowlands
streams are dry, and yet when water is
still needed to mature the crops. A
flow of one cubic foot per second
through the entire season is worth not
less than $1,000, and as this branch of
the Laramie often runs 250 cubic feet
per second at the time when water is
most in demand, it will be seen that
the flow was well worth capturing. To
abduct the Laramie at this point re-
quired ditch five miles long. circling
about the two sides of the Medicine
Bow range, which it crosses at altitude
of $500 For three-fifths of the dis
lance the side hill along which the
ditch was led was so nearly vertical
that the material eXcavated could not
be held to form the lower bank of the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-17
THE PIANO OF THE FUTURE.
An Idea to Substitute Electric Current
For Lever and Hammer.

An Idea to Substitute Electric Current
For Lever and Hammer.
No more hammers in pianos. The
old-fashioned method of pounding mu-
sic out of wires by the aid of a wonder
fully complicated system of levers and
keys which all the world thought to
be the ultimate perfection for the pro-
ducNon of that sort of tone, has been
branded as a back number. DR.. Rich
ard Eisemann of Berlin, for years a
pupil of Professor Won Helmholtz, has
patented a system which does away
with the levers entirely. He calls this
new appliance the electro-phonic pi-
ano, its distinctive principle consisting
in the fact that the vibrations of the
chords are not produced by hammers,
but by an electric current, and by
means of microphones acting as inter
rupters of currents. All the delicate
and complex mechanism of the old pi-
ano is done away with. The little cleo
trio devices are arranged on the cross
piece extending over the strings. Up
on this electric magnets are placed so
as to be only a hairs breadth from the
strings. Pressing down the key sends
the electric current into the corre-
spending electromagnetic. This attracts
the metallic string below but the mi
crophone interrupts the current and
Herewith the attraction The string
returns to it's former place, and this
continued attraction and interruption
of the current is carried on, the num-
Der of vibrations being regulated by
the pitch of the string. The high
sounds produced by this method have
a decided harp tone. and the lower
and middle registers suggest the cello
or the organ. In reality, the installa-
ton of this new system creates a new
instrument. so different are the quail
ties of sound produced by the new
method and the old.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-17
a FIGHTING QUAKER.
He Was Man of Peace. but He Knew
just When TO Wade In.

He Was n Man of Peace. but He KDaxv
just When TO Wade In.
1t Is possible to trespass too far on
the patience of a Quaker. The Friends
have been holding series of revival
meetings lately in Ida County Iowa.
Crowds of tough youngsters from Ida
Grove and neighboring towns have
taken advantage of the occasion IN
disturb the worshipers by loud talking
profanity and practical Jokes. The
ushers frequently admonished them
but the youths, presuming on the
peaceful character of their hosts ner-
sistently disregarded these warnings.
Friend Sweet, leading member of the
local colony of Quakers. finally took a
hand. Several young men OPENLY an.
nounced their intention of eniovine
themselves as they saw fit when the old
man begged them to discontinue their
playfulness, but they refused Thereat
Friend Sweet hurled three of the men
through the nearest window. defaced
tn features of one or two others who
nnoJ look to rescue their friends. and
sat calmly down to continue his me-
citations.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-17

way is provided, so that when the
water reaches a certain height in the
ditch the rise of the water alone raises
water gate and the surplus goes ca
reening down a channel prepared for it.
The second device referred to is that
whereby a stream crossing the path of
the ditch is led harmlessly over it, but
contributes water in so far as such con-
tribution is needed. The method adopt
ed was to lead the stream over the
ditch. The ditch follows the side of the
ravine until it intersects the water
course. Then fiuming is pushed back
10 bedrock in the streams course, and
1t is made to jump the ditch. Right
over the ditch is placed a grating of
heavy timbers so inclined that rocks
and driftwood do not lodge, but are
washed over without resistance, while
the water flows through the grating
into the ditch. This lands the debris
far down the mountain side, but saves
the precious water, or so much of it as
the canal is able to carry at a given
time
When, after more than two years of
work, the canal was finished in 1894. it
was found to deliver into Chambers
lake a constant flow of water of 1872
cubic feet per second. The value of
this water was so great that the canal
paid for itself the first season after it's
completion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-17
THE FOX HOME.

N. V, few miles from Newark. The
spirit rapping" phenomenon began in
March. 1S4S, in the family of Mr. John
d. Fox, at that place. After a while
the raps occurred only in the presence
of the two sisters. Margaret and Kate.
The family having removed to Roches-
ter. the raps accompanied them, and
new phenomena. including chairvoy-
ance and the movement of ponderous
bodies without appreciable agency were
developed
In November 1S49 the Fox girls APP
peared in a public hall, and the phe-
nomena were freely manifested and
subjected to many tests. In May. 1850
the Fox girls arrived in New York
the alleged spiritual manifestations be-
came the subject of extensive newspa-
per and conversational discussion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-17

taking rank in that bright
galaxy of science, Darwin, Hulk
ley, Spencer, Haeckel, Leidy, Vir-
chow, Kovalevsky and a few others.
who have moulded the scientific
thought of this generation, and who
are fast passing away. Men who have
made an impress upon civilization, that
will only reach realization in the dis
tant future.
such one was Professor E. d. Cope
and withal a kindly, affabIe gentle
man, who, however, like all men of
genius or exceptional attachments, had
distinctive individuality, a marked
popularity Of which was a total abb
sence OF that quality known as policy,
though he himself thought differently.
This not infrequently led him into
needless variance with his fellow sci
entlsts, marring to some extent his
otherwise brilliant career and prevent
ing, in full measure. that general re-
cognition which was his by right Of
superiority. He was devoted to his sci
ence to the exclusion of everything
else, and had the will power to bend
everything else to it, A fluent speaker,
ne was, however. happiest before a
scientific audience. In debate, though
aggressive by nature. he was always
digniied and courteous, no matter
what the bearing of his opponent Easy
Of approach, he was ready and willing
at all times to assist students and was
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-17

the state legislature, and was prosecut-
ing attorney for the second judicial dis
trict for eight years. During his SER
vice In the house of representatives of
his state he introduced a bill, of which
he Is the author, creating four state
normal schools. Personally. he is ac-
credited with having done more to adj
vance education than any man in the
state. Mr.. White is rarely gifted as an
orator, and his first address in the
house few days ago surprised many
of the congressman. He is eloquent,
fluent, logical and forcible In CONVEX
sation there is a graceful flow of wit
and good humor that betrays the dash
of Celtic blood in his veins. He is Gull
tured and refined, and his life stands
out as a bright example to his race.
As a psychological study, the Honora-
BILE George II. White is rare examine
of what may be accomplished by one
who lis determined and persevering de-
spite obstacles. The lives and example
of such men will do more to settle the
race problem than all the fierce debates
af legislators. AS a lawyer. Mr.. White
enjoys lucrative practice, and is re-
spected by every one. AS a friend. he
Is ever ready to extend helping hand.
In his domestic relations his life is
above reproach. Through his uniform
courtesy and urbanity he has already
won the favor of that most exacting
body of critics-the employees of the
house Many might learn valuable les
sons from this unique figure-the only
coiored member of the house.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-17

mas been done. There, along the great
continental divide, all waters on the
western slope naturally find their out
let into the Gulf of California, and
those on the eastern slope reach the
Gulf of Mexico via the South Platte, the
Platte, the Missouri, and the Mississip-
pl. But on the western side there is
an abundance of water and a scarcity
OF arabic land, while on the eastern
side good land is abundant, while the
supply of water is insufficient The
latest project is to turn the upper
waters of the Grande across the water
shed, and along the slopes extending
east. The crest of the continental di-
vide rises into peaks $4,000 feet high
and descends into passes as low as TO-
700 feet. It-thus happens that, while
some OF the tributaries of the Grande
have their rise at the elevation of IL 900
feet or more, the Lulu pass on the con-
tlnental divide is only 10000 feet above
sea level. 1t is thus clear that if the
river can be tapped at any elevation
considerably above the height of the
Lulu pass the waters can be led craft
lily along in sidehill bitches and ulti-
mately across the divide and down the
eastern slope of the range. This is what