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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-09-21
Letter Prom Manila.

Under date OF August I'd, Harry II.
| Brown, Co. G, 2lst United States Iufan-
try, writes from Camp Alva, Manila, an
interesting letter to the HERALD, from
which we quote:-
GAS we are about to leave this camp
and go iurth her to the front,I take pleasure
in writing few lines, letting you know
that am in the best OF health and hope
to continue so,
The boys out here are holding their
own, for all the disagreeable weather that
we hsve had. | do not think that many
OF the people In the states know what
rain is, for many a time we wade knee
deep in ana out OF our camps. The rainy
season is nearly over now, however. and
the insurgents are trying to force their
way through cur lines, so we think il is
high time to bring things to close.
do not blame the boys for not coming
out here with me, but OF course / would
like to see them all once sgain. IL | can
return safe and we'll shall not feel sorry
that ever re. enlisted, but do wish that
was back in the good old state OF Yer
mont. | do not think that this country
was ever made for a white man to live In.
but as long as enjoy good health | shall
always stand by odd Glory no matter
where IL may wave.
send you a copy OF Freedom, a paper
published here for the past two years,
which contains an account OF two en-
gagements in which took part. I wish
to express through the columns of your
paper my good wishes for the boys, and
hope to hear from some OF them soon as
have not had a letter since the 10th OF
May. wish they would ell remember
that still live and that il makes a person
lonesome not to hear from his old
friends
The paper sent gives an account OF
sharp skirmish at Cslamba on Lsguna de |
Bay, when the town OF Calamba was be-
ing bombarded. One detachment OF 10 4
men attacked and drove out party OF 20 1
rebels. Three Americans were killed and 4
luite a number wounded. At Santa Rosa
! small body OF troops were making a re-
when they ran into a large |
body OF insurgents, whom they routed
with severe loss TO the rebels.
An account OF the CHASTITY murder OF an
English MeEtiss known &c be friendly TO
he Americans was given in detail. The
head was decspitsted and placed in a bed
his two sleeping children. Other
Irticles in the paper further prove that
he ways OF the Filipinos are far from be-
NC our ways.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-09-21

Mrs. Mary Granger went to Boston
Monoay TO spend the winter.
Rev. and Mrs. D. E. Putnam of Bakers
neId, who had been guests OF his father
nere, went 10 Boston yesterday for a
snort stay. They will go thence to
bangor, Me-, to spend several weeks.
Friday evening Clarence Cole and wife
! and Charles Briggs, with his wife and
euaughter, were driving in opposite direc-
LIONS through the covered bridge when
tnelr carriage wheels collided and the
ladies' and little girl were thrown out.
ihey were not injured, however, aside
rom severe shaking up, but Coles bug
gy was badly damaged.
states Attorney Hale K. Darling OF
Chelsea was in town Monday. He was
accompanied by his brother, Hon.
Sharles X. Darling OF Boston, who is U.
o marshal FOR the district OF Massachu-
setts and also colonel OF the Sixth Massa-
chusetts Regiment. He saw service as
major In Porto Rico and had with him
mere Porto Riean youth, Pedro A.
morale, whom be brought home and is
educating in the public schools of Massa.
Sylvester S. Wheeler died Monday
morning OF heart trouble at his home on
tne Patrick Wynn place, where he had
ii ivy, LOT tne past two years. He had been /
aiiileted for many years with old fashion |
60 consumption and Of late had been
very feeble. He was rs years old. The |
funeral occurred Tuesday afternoon at |
Two O'Clock, Rev. w. II. Chidley officiat-
ing, and lnterment was in the village
cemetery He had been married three
times and left wife, son, Ed. Wheeler,
VINO lives up Thayer brook, and daugh-
yer, Mrs. Charles I. Burridge, whose home
Is on Fish hill. One sister, Mrs. George
SWaine, who lives in the West, also sur
yves He was born in Waitsfield but had
been resident OF this town for about Is
years. Before moving to the home where
ne died he bad resided with his daugh.
yer, Mrs. Burridge, for several years.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-09-21

Cother locals on next psgel
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-07-31
MAKING LEAD PENCILS.

Once upon time sticks Of lead We're
used for making marks. on paper and
wood, and the name has survived, though
nowadays all the pencils are filled with
graphite or plumbagO, which is simply a
form of pure charcoal. This mineral is
found in only few places in the world
in Cumberland, England; along the
Laurentian ranges in the province of
Quebec and at Ticonderoga, in Vermont.
The graphite is taken in the lump from
the mines and carried to the reducing
mill where it is ground or pulverized in
stamp mills under water. The fine par
ticles of graphite float away with the
water through q number of tanks, col
lecting at the bottom of these reservoirs.
1t is packed in barrels in the form of
Gust and sent to the factory, where tens
Of thousands OF lead pencils are turned
out every day. The pulverized graphite
is so fine that it really is a dust, dingy
in color and smooth and oily to the
touch. 1t is divided into various grades
of fineness by floating it On water from
one tank to another.
In another series Of tanks the German
pipeclaY, which is mixed With graphite
to secure the different grades of pencils
from very soft 10 extra hard. is graded
IN the same way by floating. The finest
clay is mixed with the finest graphite.
being ground together between stones,
ana the hardness of the pencil is secured
by increasing the proportion of CLAW in
the mixture.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-07-31
At THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.

The Neill stock company gave an adj
mirable presentation of Pinero's charm
ing comedy, Sweet Lavender" to a
highly appreciative audience last evening
at the Metropolitan. The play itself has
been endeared to play-goers for many
years and its never-failing popularity
extends over a wide latitude 1t is a sim
pie and unpretentious domestic drama,
teeming with gentle humanity and genial
humor There is an abundance Of ad-
mirably drawn situations and celever
characterization. No one can help enjoy
ing and appreciating the good-hearted.
weak-natured, but withal lovable crea-
ton, Dick Phenyl, or sympathizing with
the trials and joys of the two sets of
young lovers that predominate in the
play Sweet Lavender comes like a
touch of kindly nature to disarm those
that find their highest conception of true
stage art in stern realism.
The Neill stock company is seen to its
best advantage in Sweet Lavender"
The parts have been admirably allotted
and the lines we'll studied The charac-
terizations are best drawn in the varied
repertoire of the organization. Benja-
min Howard, who comes from the Sails
bury stock company, at Minneapolis,
made his debut last evening and created
an excellent impression. The character
of his work indicates that he will be a
strong addition to the company. He was
cast for Horace Bream, the young Amer
lean who drifts into the musty old Tenn
pie chambers, where the scene of the
plot is laid, and with the breezy Incl
dents of his love affair entwines addi-
tional threads of clever comedy into the
tangled meshes of the plot. Mr. Howard
made the most of his opportunity last
evening
Joseph B. Everham, always artistic and
I,ir A.
ter of Richard Phenyl, ne'er-do-well old
bachelor barrister, with a fund of quaint
cheerfulness that is refreshing and en-
jOyable. 1t is in his chambers that Glenn
ent Hale, the adopted son of an aged
banker, Godfrey Wedderburn, is study
ing for the bar Herschel Mayall, as
young Hale, falls desperately in love
with Lavender (Miss Lila Vane), the
daughter of the woman that cares for the
chambers. The result is the intervention
Of the banker who eventually discovers,
when everything is made right, that Law
ender is his own child. A sister and niece
of Mr.. Wedderburn are drawn into the
chain of incident, and the latter leads
Bream, the American, an interesting
chase before she is finally corralled, as
the curtain falls. Miss Lila Vane in the
title role made a charming Lavender, and
Miss Edythe Chapman as Minnie Gill
fillan, the niece, was decidedly clever.
The character of Ruth Rolt, the woman
with "a history" is capably delineated
by Miss Angela Dolores, and Miss Agnes
Maynard made a most acceptable widow
as Mrs. Gilfllan. the sister of the banker
Of course Fred J, Butler and HerscheI
MayaIl, as the banker and his adopted
son, did excellent work, and the minor
roles were capably filled
Sweet Lavender will be presented
three more nights and the Wednesday
matinee
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-07-31
Nbl. CLAUsEN,s SUCCESSOR.

The resignation of A. c. Clausen as
grain inspector, coming so quickly on the
heels of his reappointment, must, of
course, be regarded as controlled by par
tisan political considerations. Mr. Clau-
sen, while he has held the position of
grain inspector for some fifteen years or
so, without any great fault being found
with his personal efficiency, acted during
a great part of that period as an active
Republican politician. His reappointment
could not help but evoke more or less po-
litical feeling, and his incumbency of the
Office whether for a longer or shorter
period, was certain to evoke more or less
political opposition His own solution of
the difficulty attending his appointment
Is the proper one. He chose that course
which any self-respecting man in his po-
sition would have chosen His retention
of the office to which a majority of the
appointing board elected him would, un-
der the circumstances, have proved very
little more acceptable to the bulk of the
farmers of Minnesota than to those ac-
lively concerned in state politics.
What shall be the immediate result Of
Mr.. Clausen's resignation ought to be
determined by the farmers of the state
His successor should virtually be their
appointee. His fitness for the place
from the purely expert standpoint, should
be recognized as quickly as his appoint
ment is announced. He should be abso
luteIy above the influence of politics, and
should be prepared to do justice to the
grain growers Of the state as against all
forms of elevator or milling influence. A
fearless, incorruptible man, who knows
his business thoroughly and will not fail
to give the farmers the full benefit of his
knowledge and his courage, is the man
who should be named as the successor of
Mr. Clausen. No mere Jealous politician
will fill the BILL even though his politics
be as acceptable as those of his prede
cessor were evidently Objectionable.
His judgment of wheat in its various
grades should be the product of his ex-
perience as wheat grower and his ap-
pointment should be the result of his
recognized standing among the farmers
of the state as man of experience.
sound judgment and high personal char
acter
Such an appointment as this will be ac-
ceptable to the grain growers of the state.
and, unless it is in every sense acceptable
to them, it should be acceptable to no
class of citizens whatever.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-07-31
SMART SHORT STORIES.

The old Duke of York, whose effigy
looks down from the top of the columns
In st. James park, was once commander
in-chief and frequently entertained the
officers under his command On one oc-
casion the empty bottles had accumu-
lated inconveniently and the duke called
to a servant: ''Take away these ma
rines!" Now distinguished officer Of
marines was present MAY I ask your
royal highness for an explanation of
that phrase?" said the undaunted repre-
sentative of the sailors and soldiers,
too" The duke was the last man in the
world to take refuge behind his dignity
as royal highness, or even his exalted
rank in the service. ST wear a blue coat
and you know where to find me" he had
written to Col. LennoX, when there was
a quarrel between them, and he had
gone out" with the colonel as if he had
been plain Maj. Dobbin. But on this oc-
casion a readiness of wit, which was not
unusual with him, saved the situation.
They have done their duty" he said,
land are ready to do it again. That's
why 1 call 'em marines!"
At a recent horse race at Perak, in the
Malay peninsula, the sun blazed down on
a field of hot, excited horses and men,
waiting until the eccentricities of the
starter and an even more eccentric horse
should combine to get them in line. The
patience of the former was at last ex-
hausted.
Bring up that horse! Come up on that
beast. You'll get into trouble over this,
I tell you,' and so forth.
81 can't help it, sir,' replied the Aus
tralian lightweight jockey patiently.
This is a cab horse, this orse is He
won't start till the door shUts-and-I
haven't got a door
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-07-31
WON HIS BET.
Chunky Man Said They Were Ballet
Girls, and Proved 1t.

Chunky Man Said They Were Ballet
Girls, and Proved 1t.
Washington Post
Both of the young women in the second
seat of the trolley car, on the return trin
from a suburban resort rather late had
their back hair done up in that peculiar
waterfall style called the '"Tottie tWist''
or the ''back-row roll" Their manner
was glad. A little boy of twenty-five or
thirty was along with them They guyed
him a good deal and talked back and
forth considerably, and hummed little dit
ties. Every once in a while they reached
back and adjusted the wire hair pins in
their tunbling rolls of hair.
'Ill bet you $40 to So said a short.
chunky man three seats behind the young
women, addressing his companion, that
If 1 whistle four bars of The Amazon
March and then clap my hands together
once, both of those girlsll rubberneck
around. Got enough sporting blood to
take me?'
You're on" said his companion. ST
guess you're right, and it's taking a
chance, but I like the Odds You're on"
The short chunky man puckered his
lips and began to whistle 1.-THE Amazon
March" When he had shrilled out three
bars of the tune he gave a sharp clap of
his hands The girls ears could be seen
to prick up at the first notes of the air,
and when the handicap sounded out both
their heads twisted around as if they
were on wires. They looked highly af-
fronted.
'@The shoemakersT' they shifted
''You win," said the short, chunky
mans companion, counting out the $S.
''I didn't spend two months in a the
atricaI boarding house without getting
next to the types" remarked the short,
chunky man
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-07-31
RESTAURANT INCIDENT.
How a Patron Accidentally Made
Himself Universally Unpopular.

How Patron Accidentally Made
Himself Universally Unpopular.
New York Sun.
The course of an extravagant and
erring match in a Broadway restaurant
the other night nearly led to a disaster
and as it was succeeded in spelling the
supper hour for two parties seated at
adjoining tables. They were not ac-
quainted when they sat down, but suc-
ceeding events threw them into verv
close and excited relations for a few mo-
nlehts. At one table were a man and a
woman while at the next sat two
couples. The man with his companion
finished his supper and scratched a match
against the box which the waiter handed
to him with as much importance as If
Il were as valuable as the handbag talk
en- from Mrs. Dodge by the custom house
officials on Saturday. The match was
scratched several times without effect
and an emphatic rub ignited it finally.
The head flew off as it lit and landed
comfortably in the lace crown of an
elaborate hat worn by one of the two
women at the adjoining table, Neither
she nor her companion saw it. So all
were astonished to see an apparently
sane man rise suddenly from his seat and
Knock the hat violently from the
wOman's head. It sailed into the middle
of the floor, while the four people Jump
ed to their feet and one of the two men
in the party made an attempt to get at
the person who had apparently assaulted
one of his companions so inexplicablv.
The woman saw the burning hat first.
1t was not entirely destroyed, although
the feet of the waiter who stepped on
it to extinguish the flame had about
finished its usefulness for the future.
The man who had started the fire in
the hat began to apologize profusely to
the young woman, who was not quite
certain what had happened, as the sud
denness and vigor of the blow had sur
prised her out of the genial humor Gus
tomary in the restaurant at that hour.
The man with her took his apology with
as little grace. The attitude of the
spectators was no more friendly toward
the unfortunate man. They eyed him
disapprovingly and their conversation
was plainly condemnatory. He had done
the best in his power to prevent what
might have been the very serious re-
suits of an accident for which he was
not responsible, but he had disturbed
the enjoyment of the restaurant in a
way they did not approve. So he put
his cigar into his pocket, paid his check,
stared defantly at the tables around
him. and left with his companion. Even
she seemed to feel a certain sympathy
with the sentiment of the restaurant
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-07-31
WHY WATERS
Never Take Glass From Persons
Hand.

Never Take a Glass From a Persons
Hand.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Give me glass of water, please
The request was made TO waiter be-
mind the marble-topped lunch counter of
a well-known restaurant in the central
part of the city.
All right, sir" was the walters reply
1 will just as soon as you put your glass
down."
The man looked first at the empty glass
he held in his hand and then at the
waiter. Then his choler began to rise at
what he considered an unwarranted piece
of 1mpertinence. The waiter evidently
saw the outburst of wrath that was com
ing.
mo offense meant, sir ne hastily ex-
plained. You see, it's just this way.
The first thing waiter learns, and he
learns it by dearly-bought experience, too,
is never to take a glass from another per.
sons hand Why? Because if he does
the chances are about even that the glass
will fall and be smashed in the transfer.
This is particularly true If the top of the
table or counter happens to be of marble,
as this one is You probably understand
that when walter breaks anything in
a hotel or restaurant he has to pay for
it. and you probably now understand why
it was that I would fill your glass as soon
as you put it down so that I could pick
it up myself"
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-07-31
ORIGIN OF EXPRESSIONS.

Many OF the phrases one uses or hears
every day have been handed down to US
from generation to generation for hun
dreds of years, and in many cases they
can be traced to a quaint and curious
origin Done to a turn suggests the
story OF st. Lawrence, who suffered mar
tyrdom by being roasted on a gridiron
Durlng his torture he calmly requested
the attendants to turn him over, as he
was thoroughly roasted on one side.
In one of the battles between the Rus
slams and the Tartars 400 years ago. a
private soldier of the former cried ont.
captain, I've caught Tartar" Bring
him along, then" answered the officer
L can t, for he won't let me-" was the
response Upon investigation it was an
parent that the captive had the captor
py the arm and would not release him
Ihe familiar expression, "Robbine.
Peter to pay Paul." is connected with the
history of Westminster abbey In the
early middle ages it was the custom TO
call. the abbey St Peters cathedral At
one time the funds of St PauPs cathedral
being low, those in authority took suf-
hclent from st. Peters to settle the ac
counts, mich to to, dissa tisfaotion of the
People, who asked why rob St. Peter
TO pay st. Paul?" Some 200 years later
the saying was again used in regard to
the same collegiate churches, at the time
OF the death of the Earl of Chatham. the
city of London declaring that the famous
statesman ought to lie in St PauTs
Parlament, however, insisted that West
Minister abbey was the proper place, and
not to bury him there would be. for the
second time, "Robbing St Peter to pav
st. Paul" '
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-07-31
FAMOUS OLD CLOCK
That for 80 Years Has Regulated,
the City OF Rouen.

Ihnt for 80 Years Has Regulated
the City of Rouen.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Rouen, one of the PRINCIPAL cities of
France, and the great seat of its cotton
manufacture, possesses the Oldest public
clock in the world The great Rouen
clock has held its place in that citv for
80 years, and is the pride of it's citizens.
Placed in 1889, it has been running with
out interruption from that day to this
requiring nothing except cleaning and a
few tr1fling repairs of it's accessory parts
The great clock had so accustomed the
cltlzenS OF Rouen to look upon its exacti-
tude as matter of course. that when. in
l5f2, the breaking of a wire prevented its
sounding o'clock one morning. the DoDu-
latIon was in a state of CONSERVATION
The magistrates summoned the custodian
-Guillaume Petit - and demonstrated
gravely with him. Until 1712 the great
clock had no pendulum For 323 wears if
had no other regulator than a ''foliot." an
apparatus unknown to the majority of
modern clockmakers. The pendulum In
clockwork was introduced in 1859, but so
we'll. satisfied were the people of Rouen
with the timekeeping qualities of their
famous old clock that fifty-three wears
were allowed to pass before a pendulum
was substituted for the ''foliot.
Equipped with this new apparatus 1t has
continued to this day to strike the hours
and chime the quarters
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-07-31
RIOTING In FRANCE
TROOPS NECESSARY TO PRESERVE
ORDER AT A MEETING
AT MENDE
SERIOUS AFFRAY AT RENNEs

Police Compelled to Interfere to
Prevent n Nationalist DemOnstra-
tiOn Aimed at Naitre LabOrI-NO
Case Against Du Patty de Clam
Counsel for Dreyfus VIII Demand
the Presentation of All Evidence.
PARIS, July 30.-Paul DerouIede presi-
dent of the League of Patriots; M. Mar
cel-Habert, revisionist member of the
chamber of deputies, and M. Millvoye.
editor of La Patrie, addressed a patriotic
meeting today at Mende, department of
Lozere, declaring that the parliamentary
republic was responsible for all Of
Frances trouble
The meeting finally ended in a melee
and it was found necessary to call upon
the gendarmes and g battalion Of in
fantry to dispense the crowd
RIOT AT RENNEs.
A telegram from Rennes announces
that an affray occurred there TODAY be-
tween Dreyfusards and the Nationalists
who were prevented by the police from
carrying out the plan of marching to thu
house of Maitre Labori, counsel for
Capt Dreyfus.
DU PATTY DE CLAM CASE
The Matin announces that there is no
case against Col du Patty de Clam, and
this announcement has been confirmed by
NJ. Menorb, Col. du Patty de CLAIMS coun-
sci.
The Steele says that Maitre Demanga
and Maitre Labori, counsel for Capt.
Dreyfus, will demand that NJ Quesnaye
de Beaurepatre, ex-presldent of the Grim
inal chamber of the court Of cessation.
produce the names of the persons from
whom he received the alleged informa-
ton establishing the guilt of Capt Drey-
fus.