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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-04-26
MYSTERY OF MINERAL NINE.
Sacredness TO It-some Curl
Gus Condolences.

Among the maoteians and sooth-
sayers of ancient times both the fig
uTes nine and three had certain
amount Of mystery and sacredness at
tached TO them, and volumes have
been written in explanation of their
meaning in connection with the his
tory Of men and the world. Apropos
of this, a curious coincidence is noted
in the fact that nearly all the great
mining discoveries of recent times
have been made in years ending with
the magic figure nine. Thus the IA
nous gold find in California fell in the
year 1s49. Ten years later, in 1853,
remarkable discoveries of the same
metal were made in British Columbia,
causing great rush of fortune hunt
ers to these points, says LesEe's
Weekly.
In 1869 the famous Comstock lode
find became known to the world: in
1879 the gold-bearing region around
Leadville and Tombstone, A. T., began
10 attract attention, and in 1859 the
diggings at Glover Creek and In lower
California became the objective points
of great multitudes of excited and
anxious seekers after sudden wealth.
And now again, at the end of another
decade, history repeats itself once
more. The remarkable gold finds re-
Gently made at Cape Nome, surprising
in richness and extent anything vet
discovered in the Yukon district, bid
fair to make the year 1899 as notable
q arE- In III. ~ NJ d. II LII. ~. -.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-04-26
NothIng &c Needed.

Mrs. Newcomb-What was the cause
Of your divorce, Norah?
Norah (blandly)-Me marriage, mum.
Explicit.
he done look kinder quserHk uhsn
met him on de road" Mr.. Efastux
Pinkley was explaining. He wouldn't
look me in de face"
You MEANS" said Miss Miami
Brown, dat he looked sheepish."
When you looks sheepish does you
look like you had been stealth sheepg'
Oats de idea"
well, he didn't look sheepish. he
looked ehiekenish, OATS what he
Observation-Disclosures Star.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-04-26

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
to refund the money on a 50-cent bottle of
Greene's Warranted Syrup Of Tar il il
fails to cure your cough or cold. We also
guarantee a 25-eent bottle to prove salts
factory or money refunded.
A. X. Hood d Son, Chelsea.
A. n. King & Son, Tunbridge.
c. A. Wight, North Tunbridge.
S. B. Buell. & Co., South STAFFORD.
l.. l.. Udall & Son, STAFFORD.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-04-26
WilIiamstown.

J.K. Lynde was in Burlington the 18th
Harry Gamble has bought house il
Barre.
Mrs. Althea Colman mas gone to Barre t.
reside.
George Earle spent Sunday at Liberty
| Jefford's.
Irving Wniore is in Barre caring for {
| sick man.
Mrs. Preston Cross returned from Mon
| treal Friday.
Mrs. }. A. King returned to Manchester
/ n. H., the 18th.
WI. Lukett OF Barre spent Sunday al
/ the Gulf House.
A son was born to Dana Wright and
wife last Sunday.
James Murphy has sold his team to Jack
Hall OF East Barre.
Miss Kate Corliss has gone to Philadel-
phia to work in a store.
Leslie Williams returned from Fitch
burg, Mass, last Saturday.
J. Lynde Jr., and Thomas Poland are
painting j. X. Lynde's store.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Bailey spent Sunday
at J. f. Bsiley's on East Hill.
Ezra Seaver, after spending the winter
here, has returned to Chicago.
Carl Benedict and family OF Burlington
spent Sunday at Z. r. BeDedict's.
Rev. ID. II. Strongwill begin his pasto-
rate at the Cong'l church June LIST.
Mrs. Henry Wood began a select school
in the Beckett block last Monday.
Henry Waldo has rented Howard Win
chester's farm and will move there.
Rain and melting snow caused consid-
ara hIn hfu yVafpF in town last week
Rev. r. K. Currier was returned here
from conference to preach another year.
Mrs. Jennie Drury was in Montpelier
Saturday and Sadie Mckee was in Barre
Road Commissioner 0. A. Blanchard is
busy these days fixing the roads in town.
Sherman Winchester will vacate the
Cong'l parsonage soon and move INTO the
Poole house.
The officers OF Summit Lodge, F. q A.
NJ, were installed last night. Refresh
ments were served
The Ladies' Missionary society had
charge Of the morning services at the
Coug'l church last Sunday,
Richard Emanuel left for China last
week Monday. The ship he sails on was
to leave san Francisco the 25th.
Charles A. Webb Of Bradford, a former
teacher in the Quarry grammar school,
visited in town the first OF last week.
Henry JiIlson, former resident OF this
town, but late years living in Barre, was
taken to the Waterbury asylum last Sat
urday.
r. l.. House has purchased OF w. Z.
Pratt the corner lot opposite DR.. Z. b.
WBtson's residence and will build a house
this summer for his own use.
az think DeWitt's Little EARLY Risers
. 70 hn hnat tAilla In hn .nnrIa y aat.a w
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Barnard.


During our last great sorrow, the loss OIL
our dear one, we have had occasion 20
realize even more the true worth OF our
many friends.
We wish to thank all for their true
sympathy and kind aid in rendering the
last loving services to our dear husband
and father, also those who contributed
Mrs. ANNA NJ. ADAMS.
BLANCHE r. ADAMS.
Guy A ADAMS.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-04-26

Mrs. Tabby-Don't coarse expires
Eions jar upon your nerves, Mrs. Gabbf
Mrs. Gabb-You bet they dollar.
lem Life
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-04-26

"Tley say that Jorkus is very
stlngy."
''sIngy? He's so stingy that he
nOistens his postage stamps only at
the corners" chicago Record.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-04-26
RssO"sRs

Doctors recommend them for Bilious
ness Sick Headache, Constipation, all
Liver and Bowel Complaints. They
cleanse the blood OF all impurities.
Mid IN their action. or great benent
10 delicate women. one pill Is a dose.
Thirty pills IN a bottle enclosed In
woods cents; six bottles. sl.OO Sold
everywhere or sent postpaid.
l. S JOHNSON COMPANY, Boston, Mass.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-04-26

W. W. Mayhem, Merton, Wis, says, 81
consider One Minute Cough Cure a most
wonderful medicine, quick and safe" It
is the only harmless remedy that gives
immediate results. II cures coughs, colds,
Group, bronchitis, grippe, whooping
cough, pneumonia and ali throat and
lung diseases. Its early use prevents con-
sumption. Children always like it and
mothers endorse it. W. A. Robbins, E.
Brookfeld; Z. J. Stockwell, Hancock.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-04-26

Rufus Holt was in Bethel last Saturday.
James Wardwell was in Bethel last Fri
day.
L. E. Taylor was in Rutland several
days last week.
DR.. c. W. Brigham visited his son,
George, in Barre last week.
Miss Flora HUT has gone to Bethel to
work in the Bascom House,
Frank Davis is to teach the school at
Stockbridge Common this summer.
MIR. and Mrs. {. l.. Sargent and daugh.
ter, Ruth, were in Rochester last Satur-
day.
The ladies OF the NJ. +. church held
their annual sugar party at r. Hollis hall
last Wednesday evening.
The village school began Monday,
April %, with Mrs. E. ". ioveWell in the
upper room and Miss May Parmenter in
the lower.
Rev. Mr.. Parounagian and wife have re-
turned from conference. Mr.. Parounag-
ian will serve as pastor OF the NJ. E.
church another year.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-04-26

81 think DeWitt's Little Early Risers
are the best pills in the world" says W.
E. Lake, Happy Creek, Va. They remove
all distractions of the liver and bowels
act quickly and never grippe. NJ. j. Sar-
gent a. Son, So Royalton.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-18
a Feminine predica ment.

a certain Mrs. Robroy of the North
Side was much gratiffed TO receive an tn-
vitation to q reception to be given by her
old friend. Mrs. Marssar.
The afternoon arrived and Mrs. Robroy
proceeded to the residence of Mrs Mar
star en- Prairie avenue. She was sur
nrised to find four receptions being held
on one block.
She entered a TalatiaI mansion. ana
after removing wraps and 50 forth was
announced and received by the hostess
she thought her friend had changed
greatly. but as they had not met FOE
some years, she let that pass IN the hur-.l
nv and excitement. She marveled much
to find the house and furnishings so hn-
surious but concluded that Mr. da-zsa1
must be prosperinS.
After partaking OF dafnttiy served RS
freshments. and finding no acquaint-9
ances she decided to wend her ray
homeward. In the dressing-roorn a1oth-
ar guest remarked how Mrs. 5iarstar
had changed, and then exclaimed: nus
Is Mrs. Marstar's, is it rot i!
..Vyhy, yes replied Mrs. Robroy
agee pa-don.'' said the maid Ihs1
Is Mrs. Costly g =
& Mrs sRcbroy and the other guest stood
saglast when they realized they mad been
Snartaking OF the hospitality OF one OF ths
leaders Of Chicago society. they haslily
Z Yonned their wraps fssca made their exit
They found Mrs Marstar' s., u pom. III H.
snuirys and paid their respects. Ever since
Mrs Robroy has been laughing ~ nerss
sleeve over her social dyenture--Chica-s
go Times-Herald- s
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-18

condemned George III. because he re-
fused to pass laws for the accommoda-
ton OF large districts OF people, unless
those people would rehnquish the right
of representation in the Legislature,
right estimaible to them and formidable
to tyrants Only
HE has endeavored to prevent the
population of these States: for That pur-
pose obstrucaing the laws for naturallza-
tion Of foreigners: refusing to pass otirars
to encourage their migration hhther. and
raising the conditions of new appropria-
lions of lands.
"He has obstrGcted The administration
of Justice by refusing his assent to laws
for establishing judiciary powers.
He has made judges dependent on his
will alone for the tenure OF their offices,
and the amount and payment OF their
salaries
The Boer police is on a level with the
despotfsm that controls It. 1t has COM
nfftted numberlesS atrocities, and when
brought to book in court juries have rem
dered farcical verdicts. Our Declaration
of independents dealt with q similar
situation and condemned the king for
protecting his forces in any murders
which they should commit on the in
hab,tants OF these States.
Tor imposing taxes on US without our
consent.
For depldving US in many cases OF the
benefits OF trial by jury.
I'VE hold these truths to be self-evl-
dent, that all men are created equal;
that they are endowed by their Creator
with certain inahienabie rights; that
among these are life, Liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. That to secure
these rights governments are instituted
among men. deriving their Just pcwers
from the consent of the governed. that
whenever any form OF government be-
comes destructive of these ends. It Is the
right of the people to alter or to abolish
1t, and to institute q new government.
laying its foundations on such principles
and organizing its powers In such form
as to them shall seem most likely to ef-
feet their safety and happiness
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-18

The origin of the conference that revised
the treaty in 1854 was a letter from the
Boer Government, asking her Majestys
Government CMr. Chamberlain says these
are the exact words)-"NOt the abolition
Of the suzerainty, but some restriction of
the extent of the suzerainty." a subse-
quent attempt to submit to Lord Derby
4 treaty, in the introduction of which
the Beers claimed to be an independent
State, was refused consideration, and
returned to them.
The Beers have not been altogether
Indifferent to the gold which, though
discovered in 1856 on the Witwatersrand,
was yet known to be in the country by
more or less clear indications wears be-
fore. The Roer finances were in a deS-
perate situation, and in 1886 Mr. Kruger
declared his intention of encouraging the
mining industry. He sent cNDerss to eN-
anime the Rand, and proclaimed ut
gold field in his report. In September OF,
that year he marked off township, ap-
pointed a mining commissioner and held
a sale of building sites, which thought in
E13,C00 sterling. This was The founding
e. johannesburg. In January following
the government held other s;ias. which
realized 10000 sterling. A public pro-
cIarnation was made inviting imntgra ton
Those who responded came, therefore, by
express invitation, derived their itles by
public government sales OF through pur-
chases of a private character Of lands
: from Eoer residents and burs'hers. sane
toned by public law. and in the clearest
manner it is established not only that
equality was promised them, but that
the right to equal terms inheres in the
facts.
Johannesburg had the experience OF
new mining towns-promotions. specua-
ton, fanciful claims, extraordinary eN-
pansion of values. and the inevitable
collapse; but from 1890 onward gold min
ing was taken UP by a different class. II
was prosecuted on scientific lines by capl-
tai conservatively invested. and rights be-
came fixed there as elsewhere in settled
communities The increase of ir1smigra-
ton in this case was not surprise to
the Beers. but was clearly foresean. in
vited and provided for. Then there fol-
lowed the elaborate restrictions upon the
rights of these inhabitants, until in place
OF guaranteed equality of treatment there
has been fabricated the most inequitable
scheme of inequality that is anywhere
known in the world.
Inhabitants not of Boer origin. no matter
how able, intelligent or patriotic. nor
what their fixed interests in the country
may be, could not obtain the franchise
within fourteen years. None can obtain
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-18
THE TRUTH ABOUT
THE TRANSVAAL
Views Of the Hon. John S. Seymour,
Late Of South Africa.
SIDE WITH The BRITISH.
he says They Arc Fighting for Pro-
Cress and Civilization aud
Against Oppression. Cor
1uption and Injustice,
SIDE WITH THE BRITISH.

Hon. John S. Seymour, late United
States Commissioner OF Patents and Lee
gal I,epresentative before the State De-
glartnent Of the Americans IN the Trans
,aaA, contributes In the Home Magazine
an article on the Transvaal war that will
be OF wide interest. proceeding, as II does,
from such an authoritative source.
The article follows:
To state what the Transvaai war Is
about, 1t is necessary 10 clear away
sundry misapprchensions
Mr. T. v. Engslenberg, editor of the
Pretoria To1ksSte:n. in a recent article
Din the North American Review. states
that were 1t not for the gold industry
the Beers would be enjoying the rest
and peace which they have longed for
and deserved; that it was an agitation
in behalf of the native negro population
which drove the Beers beyond the boun-
DIARIES of Cape Colony in 1856; that the
Uitlander question is only mask for "a
tinanciers' plot or a piece OF exchange
robbery; that as st has steadily Kept
pace with the gold output, it was caused
by the gold interest; that he Transraal
is 10 the present gold-scekers and to
most OF the Uiuanders only temporary
land OF exile, which they endure only
for the sake OF gold; that from the
earliest days OF the gold fields they
was an oliCarchy, and that the dynamite
monopoly existed; that the agitation
against them is unfair, and kept up by
men who refuse to listen to the voice OF
righteousness or to be guided by any
noble impulse
Mr. Rourke Cochran. in a letter to
President mckinley. on August %. 1885.
SENS to assert in substance that the
cause OF the unrest IS the claim OF
England TO control at the point OF the
bayonet the ELECTORAL franchise in the
Transraal, country which The calls ad-
n,sttediy independent.
DISTORTED FACTS.
All defences of the Beers that have
come ito my notice suppress facts and
distort the history Of the Transvaal.s
That country is represented as being a
compact, self-governed republic of sturdy
a,eople. who. for the love of liberty. left
ta,e Cape Colony Tor Natal and the
Orange Free State, and when this place
came under the control OF the British.
moved nariher on across the Naal River,
ta,ere TO set UP their own republic be-
,,ond the claims OF British soveregnty::
mat tI,cy despised the rich deposits of:
eold. end would much prefer they had
never been found an their country: that
those who seek 1t are intruders, u not
criminal trespassers. and that they nave
encroached more and more upon the ma
tural rights OF the Boers IN the Trans
y.lai, until they now demand that the
country shall be practically surrendered
10 them by such unwarrantable extern;
Ion or the franchise as would give the.n
practical control Of Il without delay
IN order TO form a $lst opinion At Is
necessaryg TO know the facts. The Beers
we're mot ToppTexsed IN the Caps. Colony
- 1,aro faey dixsat tsdsl nath their
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-18

state. They We're not treated differently
from other whites. They did not leave
in 1885 in order to found republic based
on freedom, but because of the British
abolition of slavery throughout the colo
MES by the act Of August T. 1888, al
though, with the British respect for
vested rights, compensation was made
to slave owners. The Beers were slave
holders in Cape Colony, and resented
this as an invasion of their rights, and
for this reason left Cape Colony and
went north to Natal and the Orange
Free State. and, when British influence
extended thither and broke up the serf-
dom to which they there subjected the
natives, they again moved north TO the
present Transvaal for the same reason.N
But in all these 1ngrations they never
went outside the British domains, which
in those days nominally extended TO the
twenty-fifth parallel OF latitude, within
which the Boer State, as then planted,
was situated. Whenever in contact
with the British they derived recognition
of their neutrality-suspicious. from them, 1T
was always on the condition that slavery
should not be tolerated, either in its
manifest form or in any form OF appren-
tceship, the practical equivalent of
slavery when imposed upon native races
To-day the reason why there is not
negro slavery in the Transvaal is be-
Great Britain, from the Sand River in
1852 to the London convention of 1854,
there was contained 4 direct prohibition
of it The Beers have always oppressed
the natives, have had frequent wars WIN
them, and have inflicted brutal injustice
upon them. Once in the temporary alb
sence of the great Livingstone a band OF
Beers sacked his village and carried the
natives on into slavery.
OPPRESSED THE NATIVES.
John Martineau said: 1.-The native AZ
rican races We're, in their estimation,
Canaanites, and they. as the chosen
people might go forth. the Bible in one
hand and an OK whip in the other, TO
extirpate them or TO employ them as
lewers of wood or drawers of water.
and from that time to this the act, of
emancipation has been looked upon by
a large section of the Dutch population
as wrong done to them for which there
was no justification.
The Boer dulness to the sense OF JUS.
tice is traditional with them. Another
manifestation of it was the selfish. mar
row despotlsm with which Holland mad
treatsu the Cape Dutch. prohibiting
them from trading on their own ac-
count, compelling them to sell their pro-
duce to the Dutch East India Company
at fixed price, and subjecting them
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-18

i have wanted to let them have the zane
political rights, but they would not avail
themselves Of this. Roughly, there are
more than $1,000 aliens who have been
here more than seven years, and who
have registered, thus being eligible to the
franchise yet .of the British subjects
who have ayailed themselves OF II, the
chief part have been the Afr.kandars
and not Enslish-born. This" he says,
''shows that the British in the IransSaai
do not want the franchise.
But the franchise to which the 81 eo1 are
eligible is not the full burshers right TO
vote, but to vote only for members or the
second Raad-a mere talking chamber
cunningIy devised by Mr.. Kruger to give
the unenfranchised the semblance OF their
lust right, while at the same time ne
withholds the reality.
The wrong which strikes hcme is the
existence of fort at johannesburg com
manding not the entrance into the cout-
try hut its p,aces of BUSINESS and Us
largest population. This is armed Win
rapid,fire guns of the best class, and IS
kept absolutely secret from the urenfran-
chised, who are them selves foroiooen -
carry arms in their own defence. IL 70
manned by Boers, commands the eo" ~ =,
and could in half hour sweep tae eti -. :
population out of existence Inns -
was built almost wholly out OF taxes IN
justly levied upon the very inuuass -.
which its guns command. The votes los
IT were taken in body In which the ul Il.
enfranchised had no representaeio9lc ,y,
commands in great part the very ~ ~
that Mr.. Kruger speaks OF as resis.s. 81
and entitled to the suffrage. II the! 9" utt
only take It. There are no Beers 10 s-se am
of in JOHANNESBURG. The CONTRACTS ZOE
Tho erection of this fort were given out
long before the Jameson raid, and us
proposed construction was one OF ehe
causes that led to that event.
Our own Declaration Of Independence
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what Il was Y;

az must confess to great deal Of egae-
ism. said Willie " Ishinst ton. deed ~
responded Miss CAYENNE. Yes tnllk
about myself entirely tos. inae ~ 81;
.sns,,at human tendency TO Hosrg over It's;
fes. vashinst TON 81 tar ;lssssssIss
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-18

Hon. D. M. Key,
Insured the Fart
Life Insurance Co.
Read the following letter.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Feb Fl, 1900
Mr.. c. NJ. Fort Manager Hartford Life ms Co..
Dear Sir,--I beg to acknowledge through you the
receipt of check from the above company for ten tous
and dollars payment of policy for this held by
my late husband Judge D. M Key. The proof of death
left Chattanooga the evening of the 21s and CHECK
received the morning of the 27th of this month
commend your company for proptness and fair dealing
GSigned] LIZZIE L. KEY.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-18

Letters from the Benefciaries of the Late VIM H. Irego
Superintendent of Adams Express, of Baltimore Md.
BALTIMORE, Md, March s, 1900
Col R. B. Parrott Manager, Hartford Lie insurance
Co.. Atlantic Building, Washington, D. G.:
Dear Sir-Allow me to extend my sincere thanks
for the prompt manner which Policy No 1915, upon
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your company, and cannot too highly commend the
Hartford Life to those desiring life insurance.
Respectfully yours
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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-03-02
COUNTY PRIMARY CALL.

TO the Republicans of Washington
County:
In accordance with the above call,
the Republicans of the various town
ships and precincts are hereby notified
that the primaries will be held at the
regular polling places on the above
mentioned date,
SATURDAY, APRIL 7TH,
betwee nthe hours of 2 O'Clock p m.
and o'clock p. M, in the townships
and precincts outside of the City of
Marietta, and between the hours of 5
o'clock p, m. and Z o'clock p. m, with-
in the City of Marietta and Harmar
Precinct STANDARD Time.) The cleo
tion in each township, precinct and
ward shall be conducted by one Judge
and one Secretary to be elected by the
Republican voters present at the open
ing of the primaries.
Each delegation must present TO the
convention proper credentials duly at
tested by the presiding Judge and Sec
retary, together with list of names
OF those voting at the primaries.
1t will be the duty of the Republicans
to elect delegates and alternates ap-
portioned as follows: