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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-07-14

The Omaha exposition commands
the honest admiration of the country,
not on account Of the successful imita-
ton Of the Chicago Midway or the
numerous advertisements which it Of
fers to the mere amusement seekers,
but rather on account Of the exhibition
which 1t makes Of the marvellous ra-
pidity of growth and progress made by
a comparatively new country. No one
can attend this showing without being
amazed at the literalness with which
Nebraska has fulfilled the prophecy
that the desert shall blossom as the
rose. In all that relates to the state
and the inexhaustible riches Of the
west the exposition will rank with any
that has been made in our country.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-07-14
The Dreyfus Affair.

II you have. In the rush OF events.
forgotten the first act Of .he astound-
Tag Dreyfus melodama. IL would be
well 20 recall IL. 50 that you may In
tellieentiy watch the denouement A
comparatively unknown captain Of ar
tillery In the French army was accus-
ell some years ago OF selling military
secrets 10 the German government
That was Dreyfis. He was a jew.
He was accused. arrested and convict
ed by popular anti-Jew clamor and
perjury. In the unreasonins tumult
OF the hour the public did not care to
think aud cried for blood. and Drey-
fus fell victim TO u mob sentiment
But there were three or four men who
were not Influenced by mere noise and
not frightened by merciless preju-
dice. One Of these was lola. They
examined the facts and declared that
a hldeous injustice had been commit
ted. Then they had TO run for their
lives. 1T WIS III VAIN th't 'Nieh'
protested that no secrets had been OBJ
tained from Dreyfus. The clamor OF
the Jew baltlng mob had to expend
itself. Dreyfus went to prison-exiled
and loaded not only with chains, but
with n national approbrium. That
is the first act When the curtain lifts
on the second act, the hero Is In a
cell, but the heroine appears. She Is
the wife, who ascertains that her hus-
band is not only innocent. but Is the
victim Of national dementia and hate.
Then she assumes the stupendous task
of vindicating her husband against the
onslaught Of n rabid populace and a
cowardly court Of justice. This wom-
an and her few friends succeed In
unmasking the real villain In one Es-
terhazy. They bring to view, the most
abominable Iago of our times, prod
uct Of French sentiment. French de-
bauchery and French audacity. Then
1t is found that the discriminating docu-
ments that condemned Dreyfus are
clumsy forgeries. But how turn back
the DEGREES Of justice? How convict
France Of national puslllanimity
This was Mrs. Dreyfus' heroic job.
Now comes the third act. with shame
faced Justice herself In the prisoners
dock and Dreyfus, bent and whitened
by injustice, representing Truth. We
are waiting for the conclusion and
curtain. If there is any poetic justice
in the end. we can afford to spare
France the charge of having played a
very cheap and disreputable melo-
| drama.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-07-14
GUILDHALL,.

The village school closed last Friday,
also the schools in districts No. 9, 3 and
in Maidstone closed last Friday.
Miss Mary Gray and Miss Minnie
Ford went to Jefferson, N. H., Wednes-
day July 5, to work in hotel.
Rufus X. Poole has purchased horse
of Aaron Potter.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-07-14

Nine. Bernhardt, the French actress,
continues to ride on a mans wheel in
England. In other words. she plays
Hamlet to the great delight of the peo-
pie who never knew of what sex Ham
let was. The corporations Of the pro-
vincial towns meet her and escort her
into the city with horns. The mayor
makes speech and everybody feels
that Shakespeare has come to his own.
But the critics continue to wonder how
Shakespeare got along at all with the
drama when there were no women in
the company to interpret the mems
roles.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-07-14
COLEBROOK, N. II.

Mrs. James Stevens is making prepar.
ations to go TO the Sanitarium at Pena-
cook for medical treatment.
We understand that Mrs. Anna Nor.
risson Allen is to spend the summer
in town.
A big explosion of fire crackers on
July 4th caused extensive damage tC
Wesley Wentworth's store.
Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Brownville OF
Irving, Mass, are calling on friends in
TOWN.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-07-14

Every wayfaring man who has given
the slightest attention to The Hague
conference must have seen how small
a part ethics played In the congress
and how large was the part enacted
by material interests. AS to what na-
lions ought to do In their relations to
each other we hear very little, but
what nations ought to prevent other
nations from doing We hear a great
deal. How nations can preserve their
property without sacrificing their pres
tige became the only question at issue.
In other words. while international
morality took back seat and let her
veil down business and politics came
to the front and embraced. There was
a tacit admission that the best way to
accomplish disarmament was to ac-
compllsh it in the twentieth century, to
leave the creation Of q sentiment In ia
vor of peace to coming generations.
Each nation, with the single exception
Of the United States, gave its whole at
tention to the business of finding out
how far It could so In preparing for
destruction without actually destroy
ing anything.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-07-14
GEO. H. FITZGERALD.
COURT OF INSOLVENCY.
~ n y 1-NNN11 Z I1-NN t.
STATE OFVERMONT, DISTRICT OF Ess

STATE UFVbRMUNT, DISTRICT OF ESSEX.
In the matter of Louis Ramsay of canaan,
i'll said District Insolvent-Debtor
Notice is hereby given that the I'd and Sd
Meetings of the Creditors of said Insolvent
Debtor will be held at the Canaan House
in Canaan, in said District, on the 18th
day of July. 1899, at 1 O'Clock D. M, for
the purposes set forth in Sec 70, rs and SO
OF An Act to Establish Courts of Insolvency
in this State" approved Nov. IS, 1876, and
acts in amendment thereof; and further that
Debtor has filed with said Court his account
as Assignee, and asks his discharge which is
referred to said time and place for hearing
July ROBERT CHASE, JUDGR
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-07-14

The man who rode a mile minute
on n bicycle behind locomotive be-
longs in the select group Of unrelated
beings who have undertaken to live
without food for 40 days, who have
climbed the highest glacier Of Mount
Blanc and have tried to prove the i'm
mortality of the soul by jumping from
the Brooklyn bridge. He has proved
once more to what enormous stress the
human frame can be put when there
10 nothing to be gained by the putting
Of It.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-07-14

Hiram 5. Wiley is going to work Tor
IL and =. G. Adams through haying.
Col. Everett C. Benton, wife and
children of waverley, Mass, arrived at
this place last Friday. They are stop
ming at their house on Main street, in
tending TO remain about two weeks.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-07-14

Mr.. William T. Stead, particular
friend Of the car, says that the peace
conference Mt The Hague has counter
signed the confession Of its own impo-
tence, and democracy everywhere will
recognize the imperial imbecility. All
humanity can do Is to wait. There will
one Of these days be peace confer
ence in Europe Of the people them
selves, and when they reason Of right
eousness all these monarchs will trem-
BILE.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-07-14

1t seems to take very small matters to
stir our prejudices and bring out the
smallness that is constantly cropping out
along with the possibilities of greatness
in every soul
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-07-14
DEPORT OF THE CONDITION of The

10 EPORT OF THE OF The
" Island Pond National Bank at Island
Pond. in the State of Vermont, at the close
of business, June 3oth. 1899.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts, $196 464 90
o. S. Bonds to secure circulation, 10 600 90
u. 5. Bonds on hand, 600 90
Premiums on U. S. Bonds, 600 90
Stocks, securities, etc, 600 90
Furniture, and fixtures, 700 90
Due from approved reserve agents, IL 691 6S
Checks and other cash items, 12S ~
Notes of other National banks, go 90
Fractional paper currency, nickels,
and cents, 20 90
Lawful Money Reserve In Bank, viz;
Specie, So $50 80
Legal-tender notes. 735 90 1924 SO
Five per cent. redemption fund, / 500 90
TOTAL, $3.50 352 II
Capital stock paid in. SIS 600 90
Surplus fund, 525 90
Undivided profits, less expenses
and taxes paid, 1850 10
National Bank notes outstanding 30 600 90
Dividends unpaid 500 60
Individual deposits subject
to check, 1872 o7+ So
Demand certificates of deposit 545 90
Certified checks, rs 90
Cashiers checks outstanding, 735 90
Bills payable. 10 600 90
TOTAL, $3.50 352 IT
STATE OF VERMONT, COUNTY OF ESSEX, SIS:
/, l.. A. Cobb, cashier of the above named
statement is true to the best of my knowl-
edge and belief. l.. A. COBB, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
w: ii. BISHOP, Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
CSC: II: FlT1eERALp. Directors.
L. NJ. BARTLETT,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-07-14

7 OFFER FOR JULY INVESTMENT A
limited amount OF
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-21
Nonsense" said Tom; you would

Nonsense" said Tom; ''you would
burn the ship"
CAS- he has often threatened to do"
said Carlton, land may do yet"
A most extraordinary scheme was
proposed by one man-that we should
launch the longboat, throw into her
some bags of bread and gang-casks of
water, unship the compass, double
bank the oars, and shove off for the
coast of South America, after scuttling
The brig and leaving Antonio to his
fate.
We were in a horrible state Of per-
plexity, and I seemed to see constantly
before me the gashed bodies of my
two kind, brave and hospitable friends
Captain Weston and Marc Hislop-
lying in their berths dead and I'M
avenged, with their destroyer beside
them! r-.
We had the capstan-bars, and with
these it was proposed to assail him
when next he came on deck. Then we
had the carpenters tools, among
which a hand-saw, an auger, an adze
and a Ratchet. made very available
weapons, and these, with the old cut
lass and harpoons which figured on
the night we crossed the line, were
speedily appropriated. l was armed
with a heavy claw-hammer, and, VOW
ing firmly to stand by each other, we
resolved to lynch Antonio the mo-
ment he came out Of his den.
While we were thus employed in
devising the means of punishment, The
dark shadows Of night passed away:
the morning sun came up in his trop-
ical splendor, and the blue waves Of
the southern sea rolled around US in
light, but not a sail was visible on
their vast expanse.
The crew seemed pale and excited,
as they might well be. and with buck
cts of water we cleansed the deck
from the blood that stained it.
The morning advanced into loon,
and the vessel was steered her due
course, for the wind was still fair. Ned
Carlton was at the wheel, and the men
were all grouped forward, when sud
denly Antonio appeared on deck with
a knife in his sash and a revolver in
each hand. .
He was so pale that his olive face
seemed almost a pea-green, and a
black crust upon his cruel lips showed
the extent Of his potations in the
cabin. He glanced into the pinnacle.
and perceiving that the brig was still
being steered her old course, he cried,
in a hoarse voice:
"Hombres, allegarse a la cuesta!"
(men, bear toward the land) and
pointing to the direction in which he
knew the vast continent of South Am
erica-from which we were probably
four or five hundred miles distant
must be, he added orders in English to
shape the briggs course due west, and
stamped his right foot on the deck to
give his words additional force.
Ito be continued.)
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-21
Muster Out the War Taxes,

The billion and a half dollars appro-
priated-mostly squandered-by the
last Congress, are every one of them
extorted in a sneak-thief way through
indirect taxation from people who
habitually need more dollars than
they get.
Aggregated wealth, monopolies, and
their enormous annual net profits are
not taxed at all for federal purposes.
Let us muster out the volunteers,
and let US also muster out the war
taxes. To do this we will first have
to muster out the Republican party
from control in Washington, for with
Hannaistic government the stamp act
is a necessity. Mark Hanna himself
has said it.
The Republican bosses are firmly OPP
posed to an income tax, an inheritance
tax, franchise taxes, or any other form
Of direct taxation Of the surplus wealth
of plutocrats. They dare not directly
tax the earnings of the poor, but in
directly they load all of the burdens
of government upon the shoulders least
able to bear them. These politicians
Of the peanut type who are now our
rulers have learned well the lesson
taught by William Pitt, premier Of
England, when he said:
My Lords and Gentlemen-To levy
a direct tax Of Z per cent is a danger
ous experiment in a free country, and
may incite to revolt; but there is a
method by which you car tax the last
rag from the back and the last bite
from the mouth without causing a
murmur against high taxes--and that
is to tax a great many articles Of daily
use and necessity so indirectly that the
people will pay them and not know 1t;
their grumbling then will be Of hard
times, but they will not know that the
hard times are caused by taxation"
The voters possess the power and
will next year exercise the privilege Of
mastering out the official Republican
politicians. and with them mastering
out the war taxes.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-21

citement and bewilderment I nearly
slipped and fell into the pool of blood
which flowed from his death wound.
/ had never touched a corpse before,
and an irrepressible shudder Tan
through all my veins. But, that emo
ton onc over, l could have handled
a dozen with perhaps Indifference; and
there are few who, after touching the
dead, have not experienced this change
of feeling. a.
Ned Carlton, with n sound like a sob
in his honest breast-a sob Of mingled
rage and commiseration-raised the
yet warm body; / took the feet, and
through one Of the quarter-boards.
which was open, we launched it into
the great deep, and as the brig flew
on, rolling before the early morning
wind, there remained no trace Of poor
Will White, but his blood, a dark pool
upon the deck, and the crew stood
staring at 1t and at each other with
blank irresolution, horror and dismay
expressed in all their faces.
Empty-handed and de~fenEeless as
we all were, each was afraid to speak
or act, lest he might be the next vic
tim whom the merciless Cubano would
shoot down.
With a growl OF defiance Antonio
now turned away. and, brandishing
the revolver in token Of the obedience
he meant to exact, he descended slow
" into the cabin, where we soon heard
him smashing open the lockers, and
busy with the case-bottles in the stew
ards locker, or Billy the cabin boys
pantry.
His departure seemed a relief to all,
but In half a minute after he was gone
below little Billy, or boy BILL as
he wal usually termed, whose sleep
ing place was the steerage. rushed up
the cabin stair in his shirt and ran
among Us. sobbing with fear and dis
may.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-21
ME RING.
Ussd IN Two Engagements with Dis'
.strous Matrimonial Effects.

boAAouo
Paterson On. j. Spec. New YORK
Times: Oscar Ritter, % years of age
was a prisoner last night before JUS
tice Keyes. charged with the larceny
of a diamond ring valued at $2O from
Mrs. Eliza Thwaite. According to the
story told TO the justice, Ritter three
years ago was engaged to be married
to Mrs. Thwaite. The engagement
was broken off, but the ring which
Ritter is now charged with stealing
was not returned to him, although ne
had given it as a pledge of the engage
ment.
Recently while Mrs. Thwaite. who
has since married, was on a visit to
Ritter's sister, according to her story,
Ritter borrowed the ring from her.
She thought no more Of the matter
until a few days ago., when she was
introduced to a young woman from
Passaic, to whom Ritter was at that
time engaged to be married. MIS-.
Thwaite says she saw the ring that
had so loEg been hers on this glrls
engagement finger, and she demanded
it. This brought out the story, Inc
the girl promptly sent the ring back
to Ritter, with the information that ne
need not bother getting a substitute,
as she desired nothing more to do with
him. M
Then Mrs. Thwaite brought the
criminal charge against Ritter. lie
claims Mrs. Thwaite agreed to give him
back the ring when he found a girl
he liked better than he did her, and
that when he got the ring back it was
with the understanding that he had
found such a girl. He furnished bail.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-21
A Cooling Spin.

To use the bicycle as an ice cream
freezer is the notion of an east end
confectioner. He fixes his bicycle so
that the wheel viii rotate freely,
mounts the machine and pedals away.
The wheel is connected with the freez-
err by a chain, and the process is much
more rapid and easy than the old way.
to which, by the way, his son still
clings.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-21
MAIL NUISANCE
Threatened to Inundate the Family
of u New Father. u -- Fl

That Threatened to InundAte the Family
of u New Father. s
At an Adelaide street residence the
servant went to the door, met a per-
spring and scowling letter carrier, and
took in a basketful of mail. 1t was
the third such lot of the day, and there
had been q like delivery for a week.
Dump it into the furnace" roared the
young man who is at the head of the
family. I'm going to see the post
master, write the head Of the depart
ment at Washington, and get out an
injunction. I'll see if there is not
some way to abate this nuisance"
But there may be some other mail;
something that We want to read,'" in
terposed a gentler and feebler voice.
II don't care II there is. l don't care
If there's a draft or a postal order in
every other envelope. Chuck the whole
outfit into the furnace and don't lose
any time doing it. Whoever's work
ing this rig on me may think he's
smart good and plenty, It's the con-
foundest, meanest, smallest, most i'm
pertinent thing l eve heard Of" But
it's only a joke, my dear" I'll joke
'em. Do you know that we've received
over a car lot Of catalogues, prospec-
fuses, and all that sort Of thing from
female seminaries in the country?
There were over 200 in the first batch
and that was the smallest one received.
Dump the whole batch into the CUR
mace, l say. Nice thing! l guess not,
sending up those female seminary ad-
vertisements and our little girl not
two weeks old yet. You can bet that
I'll stop the thing or know the reason
why."-Detroit Free Press.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-21
The Coming Panic.

.
The trust organizers in Wall street
are deliberately riding for a fall. In
bringing all manufacturers into the
various trusts these sharks are utter
ly reckless of the real values If plants
and properties, are buying out the old
companies at any ~extravagant price
asked, and are selling stock in these
new trusts at twenty times their value.
They know that they are breeding a
panic; but they are making money cas-
lily now, by selling something for moth
ing, and they (the sharks) will also
make money out of the panic. Know
ing a panic to be inevitable they will
be prepared to shear as many lanisa
during it's continuance is during the
present Wall street boom.
The New York Investor has said
that a panic may come any time, as a
result of the over-capitalization Of
trusts. Two other good Republican
authorities, Attorney General Haines
Of Maine and Attorney General God.
dard Of Kansas. recently expressed the
same opinion in a New York paper.
Attorney Genera! William T. Haines
of Maine said: 81 expect to see the
greatest panic the country ever saw, in
less than five years, as a result of
trusts. All. kinds of properties are be-
ing sold to trusts for twice what they
are worth, upon which stocks and
bonds are being issued, and the cred
ulons public are investing their
$3.50 49, 49,,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-21
An Earar Inquiry.

IT am very much afraid" said the
diplomat, that you are going to lose
your prestige" Am II" answered Ii
Hung Chang, whose possessions are so
varied that he cannot, Of course, re-
member about all of them. I'm sor-
ny to hear that. How much is a pres
tige worth in Chinese money!"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-21
MIS- ELLANY

Great Britain has no fewer than
2,290 magazines, $40 of these being Of
a religious character.
There are about sixteen breweries in
Mexico, of which three are in the
capital. The largest is in Monterey.
At the last state election in Alabama
there were 1,122 democratic, five pop-
ulist and no republican votes cast in
Bullock county.
Sweden is building a new navy. It's
sixth ship of the new type, the Niord,
is just receiving its guns and final
equipment. 1t is a coast defense YES
sci of $500 tons.
According to the Publishers Circu-
lar, COOS new books were published
last year in England-236 fewer than
in 1897. The decrease is almost en-
tirely in the class of novels and iu-
venile works.
A large deposit of salt has been
found on the P~araguayan river, only
six miles from Asuncion. It is esti-
mated that 100 wells could be bored
there to advantage. At the present
time Paraguay is importing salt.
DR.. Samuel Kohn. chief rabbi at
Buda-Pesth for thirty years, has been
made a member Of the Hungarian
House Of Magnates, being the first
rabbi ever appointed to the upper
house of parliament in the Austro-
Hungarian empire.
A Methodist minister in Salem,
Mass, had circulars distributed
broadcast in town inquiring why men
did not attend church. Fully 80 per
cent declared that the church was a
blessing to the community, although
not attending it themselves.
In the island of Minora, one Of the
Philippines, the humming-birds are
p%ugnacious little creatures. Thousands
Of them frequently attack huntsmen
without the slightest provocation, in
ficting sometimes serious wounds on
the face and neck.
Miss Lena Hakes was last week the:
first woman who ever sat in the body
Of the house while congress was in,
session. She is assistant clerk Of the
committee on invalid pensions, and oc-
cupied a desk by Representative Ray
of New York, who is chairman Of the
committee.
Many Roman remains, including a
/ colossal head OF Marcus Aurelius,
have been dug up at Carthage by M.
Gauckler, director. of antiquities in
Tuntsia. He seems to have reached
the Roman Carthage founded by Grac-
chus, but not to have struck the
Phoenician city ais yet.
IA Boston Sunday school teache: not
long ago gave her class rather
graphic description OF how Eve was
created from the RIB OF Adam. Name
ma said the youngest member 81 the
class TINT same evening. pressing his
hand to his side. I'm afraid I'm go-
Ing to have = wife,
Two thousand large trees tho
berlin Thiergarten haye been cut
fsdown. leavinRAmany# acres Of the park
lsbare. The excuse IS thatthcy made
lths ground damp md unhealthy and
serxeds III hiding place tor Criminals,
lint mo kaiser1ssg taste Tor formal land-
fscape gardening and Tor statues = be.,
3dieysd Isl Tie Bsrain people tosbe the
rea1 came of TIE vandallsIn.
Miss Jgne Harlow tells story Of
sthesIate James, Paynes puzzltng hand-
writing. She sent poem t6s him when
The WA editor 81 C0rnhill. and was