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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-11-16
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40 - T. m.
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For Springfield. Mass, at - la.a0 M .-.
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For Boston at : 90 and 15a.rn. r.-.
III - and III 10 y. M. Return at ssa.,
a. m, l 90. -. = 30 and - - r.m
re- Runs daily.
NJ other trains run daily c>c-p, SUNDAY.
Trains leave Grovvton Tor
Lancaster at c 80 o. M. IL 30. 7r-,.
Return at 10, - and II -ia. ur#
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| iNmouth at d 80 "A. m. l. So -u- e.
Return at - - n 30 "a. No.. ami .. ...r.
Concord 1T d % a. m. II 800. -t-.-
Return at and IL - q. IA, gIu.Lr.-.
Manchester at Il 80 q. IN. L.. u..t-. IN
Return at 10 and II ul r.. uI. s1ul---
Nashua Jet. AT q 80 - m. l. Geo. 7,- T..
Return at 10 ~ m, $50 .. m.
Springfield at & 50 q. IA. = - .I.m Re--
at 10 a. m. s. T.. III.
Boston at Il 80 a. m. / = go. : 90 p Co., Z,
turn Tt 80 a. M, s. 10 . ~.
- ally except Saturday.
DANA ]. FLANDERS.
Gen. Pass \ Tickle. Az.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-11-16

Weeds If they are pulled out of a
lawn at Il time when they are full Of
seed will evince degree of care for
the seeds which is almost touching
They will curl their leaves upward as
far as each can go to cover the seeds
and protect them from the sun till the
end, and often one will find weeds that
are quite dead. sun killed. whose leaves
still are wrapped firmly around the
seed pods. No mother could show
more striking devotion in death than
do these despised plants, -Cincinnati
ENQUIRER
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-11-16
Little Lucy's Prayer,

One evening little Lucy knelt to lisp
her evening prayer. Her little heart
was bursting with self satisfaction
the day. 80 Lord" she said. make
me very good. even better than am"
Many an older person thinks this
prayer if he does not dare to put 1t
into wo,ds.--OswegO Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-11-16
Abra hams History,

A schoolboy at prize examination
furnished the following biography Of
he patriarch Abraham: "He was the
'athcr of Lot and had two wives. One
was called Tshmale and the other Ha-
gar. He kept one mt home, and he
turned the other into the desert. where
she became pillar of salt in the day.
time and a pillar Of fire by night
Woman's Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-11-16
A Faithful Likeness.

Artist-Here is the portrait of your
wife which,
Mr.. Richman-Ah! It's very like her.
Artist-She-er- m-she didn't pay
for it. She said you'd do that.
Mr.. Richman-Ah! Still more like
her.-Phila 1elphia Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-11-16
Proved.

He-Do you think your father has
aMy idea that we are in love?
She-Not the remotest. He told me
he didn't mind your coming to see mt
Detroit Free Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-11-16

The Husband (sourly)-You ought to
know better how to use money.
The Wife (sweetly) | could
learn If had little more to practic;,
with.-IVck
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-11-16
Ads, as Bricks.

Fortunes are built on the instalment
plan, and each good advertisement Is
hrick used in the construction.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-11-16
GILl!llAlIgTIEFE7E;M


In effect October 7I-o,
Passenger service at l-.a.HF
East hound leave
Msll aud Passenger 3 % --
"a. IA, expires IL. O.. u. DE-. ......'
a m.
West hound leave
Night express I = 80 e. on. r-......
E'r GO" a. IA. rAprr,- O.. b. r.. .'T7
Auiye from east
y ght express 1 = - o. 3D.. rr....-
100 .. m. '.''t141
Artiyc from west:
N'shi l.Aprrs' = - m. ,sl-,, ls-.
hg Trans designated as .--..r
run daily the uther- daily earr..r >... .'.',
". T.. DAVIS. g. T.. MIA.
CHNs. N. HAg.. g-- 81.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28
The World and

Isaac n. Stevens, who deserted the
Republican party in Colorado to fol-
low Bryan in 1896, and who served as
vice-chairman of the National Silver
Committee, has come back into the
fold, and will not support Bryan At
the same time definite reports are re-
ceiyed of movement, headed by
Henry Watterson. to capture the
Kentucky Democratic delegation and
use it against Bryan. Such news as
this, coming from such strongholds
as Colorado and Kentucky, is apt to
strike Bryan'S tender boom with the
combined effect of a blizzard and a
distillery explosion. Francisco
Chronicle
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28

In two years of the Wilson reform
Tariff S95-'96-Europe bought from
the United States merchandise worth
81 ,301 .0O0. 900. In the two years-1S9S-
'99-of the Dinglev Protective Tariff,
Europe bought from US to the extent
of ST, $40, O0O, 900. There was an in
crease under Protection of S6O9, OOO, 900
in two years sales of our goods to Eu-
rope. The ''Tariff wall'' doesn't seem
to have stopped our goods from get
ting out, and it won't so long as Uncle
Sam holds the key to our gates of
ommerce--America Economist.
The Salina Union has this to say
concerning disciples of the art pre-
sentative. Here is the latest: she is
only printer" Such was the sneer-
ing remark of leader in a circle of
aristocracy-the Goldfish quality. Who
was the earl of Stanhope? He was on
ly printer. What were Prince Ed
ward William and Prince Napoleon?
Proud to call themselves printers.
The present car of Russia and the
duke of Battenburg are printers, and
the emperor of China worked in
private printing office almost every
day. William Caxton, the father of
English literature, was practical
printer. What were G. p. Morris, n.
P. Willis, James Gale, James Parker,
| Horace Greedy, Charles Dickens,
James Buchanan, Simon Cameron,
| Schuyler Colfax and George w.
Childs? Printers, all. and practical
ones. Also Bayard Taylor, the poet,
Mark Twain, Amos Cummings, Bret
Harte, Opie Reid, Henry M. Stanley,
the African explorer and author, are
plain printers, as were Artemus
Ward, Petroleum V. Nasty and SUIT
Lovingwood. Senator Plumb was a
printer, and so is James S. Hogg of
| Texas, and the leader of science and
philosophy, Benjamin Franklin, in
| his days made it his boast that he was
a printer. In fact, thousands of the
most brilliant minds in the country
are to be found toiling in the publish
ing houses of large cities and towns.
1t is not every one that can be a
printer-brains are absolutely neces-
| Sary.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28
Snain.s Greatest Need.

Mr.. r. p. Olivia, of Barcelona,
Spain, spends his winters at Aiken,
S. G. Weak nerves had caused severe
pains in the back of his head. On US
ing Electric Bitters, Americas great
est Blood and Nerve Remedy, all pain
soon left him. He says this grand
medicine is what his country needs.
All America knows that it cures liver
and kidney trouble, purifi the blood,
tones up the stomach, strengthens
the nerves, puts vim, vigor and new
life into every muscle, nerve and or
gan of the body. If weak. tired or
ailing you need it. Ever bottle guar
anteed, only so cents. Sold by Jones
s. Gibson, Druggists. L
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28

Harm Wilson in Capital: A Kansas
paper, in urging citizens of the town
to patroniZe the band concert en-
deavors to impress the idea on the
people that the boys make no money
out of their playing; that it is really
money out of their pockets to keep
up the organization. This is true of
every amatuer band that ever existed.
but the people won't believe it,. They
will remember that the boys were
paid 800 for their services on the last
Fourth of July, to say nothing of the
riches they have picked up here and
there since that time, and il will be
impossible to convince many that the
boys of the local band are not steadily
sailing away wealth as the result of
their wind pumping. A good band is
good thing for any town; but the
place that wants one ought to be will
ing to dig up a little now and then
for funds absolutely necessary to keep
it going in decent shape.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28

The Ellis County News says: .'The
e. "a of the Hays girls are slender
and delicately tinted. Their iii are
like *** and they are without = in
this or any other g. Their frowns
are like fit and their 1234567S9O ex-
cite y. of pleasure and desire to
NJ them. Read this T closely and
do not ? its veracity."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28
The Best in the World.

We believe that Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is the best in the
world. A few weeks ago we suffered
with severe cold and a troublesome
cough, and having read their adver-
tiSementS in our own and other pa
pers we purchased bottle to see if
it would effect us. 1t cured US before
the bottle was more than half used.
1t is the best medicine out for colds
and coughs.-The Herald, Anderson
vile, Ind. For sale by Jones s. Glib
son, Druggists.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28

In almost every neighborhood there
is some one whose life has been saved
by Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, or who has been
cured of chronic .diarrhoea by the use
of that medicine. Such persons make
a point of telling of it whenever op-
portunity offers, hoping that it may
be the means of saving others lives.
For sale by Jones & Gibson, Druggists
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28

The large and increasing circulation
county is matter for congratulation
to the publishers and to good farming
for, of all the papers of its class i'm the
county, it is easily the best and most
helpful. Its special Farmers Insti-
tute editions. issued with the regular
edition the first week in each month,
have been for years the admiration of
all practical farmers. Written wholly
by farmers, they are full of actual ex-
perfence and smell of the soil. We
have been fortunate enough this sea-
son to secure terms for The Indicator
and its Special Farmers Institute
Editions, together with The Poultry
Farmer and The Farmers Mutual In
surance Journal, four of the most val
liable farm publications in the coun-
try, that enable us to offer the four
in connection with our own paper for
SS1.25@
for the entire five, one year. This is
emphatically good thing, and no
farmer in this county should fail to
take advantage of the offer. For a
large line of thoroughly practical
farm reading nothing has ever been
offered before that equals it. A coun-
ty paper, farm paper, poultry pa
per. a farm insurance paper and the
Special Farmers Institute, all for
S1.25. Come in and order them.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28

J. 1. Carson, ProthonOtary, Wash
ington, Pa, says, 81 have found Ko-
dol Dyspepsia Cure an excellent rem
edy in case of stomach trouble, and
have derived great benefit from its
use" 1t dlgests what you eat and
can not fail to cure. Jones s. Gibson,
Druggist.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28

The Mexican Herald pays this trlb-
ute to Yankee prosperity: ''The Unit
ed States wages war. paws for it out
of monthly revenue, and even then
shows a surplus. minneapolis Tri-
bune,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28

The public debt is decreasing at a
rayid rate Notwithstanding extraordi-
nary expenses for the Philippine
trouble During the last Dem 0cratic
administration the public debt in
creased, in time of peace, in just
ABOUT the same ratio that it now de-
ases.-Oregon MOI Sentinel.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28
For Sale by Jones & Gibson.

The South is ringing for expansion.
Protection has started Southern de-
velopment, and business men there
know that we must have foreign mar
kets in which to sell our surplus prod
ucts-Carmi Un.) Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28
A Frightful BIunder

Will often cause a horrible Burn,
Scald, Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Ar
MICA Salve, the best in the world, will
kill the pain and promptly heal it.
Cures old Sores, Fever Sores, Ulcers,
Boils. Felons, Corns, all Skin Erup-
tions. Best Pile cure on earth. Only
25 cents box. Cure guaranteed. Sold
by Jones & Gibson, Druggists.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28

Merely by putting his ear to the
platform which he the other day con-
structed, Mr.. Bryan can hear the
thunder of many kicking hcofs be-
meath. If ever man stood 'twixt
the devil and the deep sea it is the
Boy Orator of the placid Platte. And
November only few months off, too !
philadelphia Inquirer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28
Verbeck'S Prices.
,rn chon sOc ner i'm Jhs

Corn chop, SOC per 100 lbs.
Half corn and half barley, chopped,
75c per 100 lbs.
Barley chop, zoe per 100 lbs.
Corn meal, 81 90 per 100 lbs.
Only 200 bushels of seed barley left.
Plenty of flour always on hand.
Grinding &c per bushel by load.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28

A palmist of some note says that
the fate line in Mr.. Bryan's hand
reads victory" Mr.. Bryan should
be very careful of that line, for all
other signs fail him. = Springfield
Mass \ TTniOD
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28

w. III. ShIpman, Beardsley, Mimi,
under oath says he suffered from dys-
pepsia for twenty-five years. Doctors
and dieting gave but little relief.
Finally he used Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure and now eats what he likes and
as much as he wants. and he feels like
a new man. 1t digests what you eat.
Jones s. Gibson. Druggists.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28
Picked pork at Bakers.
Smoked hams at Bakers.
Good fresh beef at Bakers.

Good fresh beef at Bakers.
Come to us for Job work.
For SALE-A car of seed oats. f.
S. Diebold.
Voss, the boss photographer will be
here May and 5.
Car load of Colorado and Early Ohio
potatoes at Verbeck's.
For SALE-Good heavy horse En-
quire of e. E. Gunckel.
Cottage organs, the best in the
land, for sale by G. ]. Ferris.
Salmon, white fish, dried herring,
mackerel, cod fish at Verbeck's.
For Sale Ten fresh mich cows.
Address p. w. O'Toole, Banner, Kan.
Go to c. J. Ferris for your carpets
and wall paper. New samples just
received.
Millinery was never so cheap as this
spring at Verbeck's. Flowers in
abundance.
n. A. VOss. the Hays photographer,
will be in his gallery in Wa-Keenev,
May 4 and 5.
Do you want a silk waist? Finest
assortment of patterns, just received
this week at Moore's.
OverallS, work shirts, shirt waists.
sun bonnets, straw hats, pillow shoes
till you can't rest at Moore's
For Sale-23 inch lumber wagon and
set of work harness, both good as new
Address p. j. Gubbins. Collyer, Kan
Our spring stock of shirt waists are
here. Now. is the time to make your
selections before they are all gone at
Verbeck'S.
For SALE-A good smooth $50 acres
of land Al miles southeast of Collyer
Cheap. Address Frank j. Spena, Coll
yer, Kansas.
For Sale-Barred Plymouth Rock
eggs for Matching eggs for 25c.
These eggs are from full blooded hens
Call at Drummond's store.
For SALE-One of the best 800 acre
farms in Trego county. For terms APP
ply to- George Baker, Wa-Keeney,
Kan. Can give possession at any time
TAKEN UP-A calf looming yearling)
came to my place six miles southeast
of WaKeeney about the middle of
March. Owner can get same by CIV
ing description to me or Cortright
Bros. John Saleen.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28

If troubled with rheumatism, give
Chamberlain's Pain-Balm a trial 1t
will not cost you a cent if it does you
no good. One application will relieve
the pain. 1t also cures sprains and
by other treatment. Cuts, burns,
frostbites, quinsy, pains in the side
and chest, granular and other SWELL
ings are quickly cured by applying it.
Every bottle warranted. Price, %
and so cts Jones 6 Gibson, Drug
giStS. 81
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28
''Are you a Boer sympathizer?'

''Are you Boer sympathizer?"
asked an orator.
NO." answered the other.
"Filipino sympathizer?"
NO.
"Why not?"
''Mabbe it's lack of time. I've been
reading about the police scandals and
political feuds and about innumera-
BILE poor, benighted people who don't
think as I do, and haven't had time
to go off the continent. I'm simply a
u. S. A. sympathizer.-Wa Washington
Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28
Clubbing Offers.

We herewith present a partial list
of the papers we will club with dur
ing the year:
The World and
Globe Democrat semi-weekly. -.---------1 so
Chicago Inter-Ocean weekly 49,. L 30
Topeka Capital semi-weekly L IS
Kansas City Journal weekly .-------------1 10
Kansas City Star weekly ...--.-..--... 4 Is
Topeka Mail and Breeze weekly ----.-----1 80
Farm Journel monthly Observation-Disclosures 90
Household (rnagaZine) monthly. Boston L p
Live Stock Indicator weekly
Poultry Farmer monthly Ok
Institute edition monthly
Insurance Journal monthly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28

w. w. Mayhem, Merton, Wis, says,
81 consider One Minute Cough Cure
a most wonderful medicine, quick
and safe" 1t is the only harmless
remedy that gives immediate results.
1t cures coughs, colds, Group, bronchi-
tbs, grippe, whooping cough, pneu-
monia and all throat and lung dis
eases Its early use prevents con-
sumption. Children always like it
and mothers endorse it. Jones s.
Gibson, Druggists.
The Republican aud Democratic
parties are both Jewelers., but they
don't work alike. Republican poll
cies lvel business up, ana Democracy
levels business down-Ex
GESa hS1,ri he for the WnRI
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28

Frances" said the little girls ma
ma, who was entertaining callers In
the parlor, ''you came down stairs SO
noisily that YOU could be heard all over
the house. You know how to do it
better than that. Now go back and
come down the stairs like lady
Frances retired, and after thelapse
of few minutes re-entered the par
Tor. did you hear me come down
stairs this time, mama?"
81 am glad you came down quietly.
Now, don't let me ever have to tell
you again not to come down noisily,
for / see that you can come quietly if
you will. Now, tell these ladies how
you managed to come down like lady
the second time, while the first time
you made so much noise"
1.-THE last time 1 slid down the ban
isters," explained Frances Elk.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28
DOES 1T PAY TO BUY CHEAP :?

a cheap remedy for coughs and
colds is all right, but you want some
thing that will relieve ard cure The
more severe and dangerous results of
throat and lung troubles. What
shall you do? Go to a warmer and
more regular climate? Yes, if posi-
BILE; if not possible for you, then in
either case take the ONLY remedy
that has been introduced in all civil
zed countries with success in severe
throat and lung troubles. "Boschee's
German Syrup" 1t not only heals
and stimulates the tissues to destroy
the germ disease, but allays infiam-
nation, causes easy eXpectoration,
gives good nights rest, and cures
the patient. Try ONE bottle. Rec
commended many years by all drug
gists in the world. For sale by Jones
& Gibson.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-04-28

Esubscribe for the WORLD.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-23
An Odd LAW.

To punish man for nonpayment of
a certain tax by forbidding him to en-
ter restaurant is rather singular act
Of government, yet in the canton of
Bern such a law is in effect Every
man in Switzerland must serve in the
Swiss army If he be physically capable,
and If he be not physically capable he
must pay what Is called the military
exemption tax. In the canton Of Bern
rigidly enforced law is in effect which
prohibits a person who has not paid
this tax from entering any Of the vari-
Gus beer gardens and saloons until the
tax is paid.
This law is called the "wirtshausver-
bot" The government says that If a
man has money to spend for coffee,
beer or liquors he must also have
money enough with which to pay his
debt to the state. At intervals one may
read in the local official papers the list
of names of those who must stay away
from the gardens. The law cannot
prohibit a person from obtaining liq-
uor through the intervention or help of
a friend, but the privilege of dropping
into n favorite resort and hobnobbing
with friends-a custom which is dear
to every Swiss-must be foregone.
The law is effective for several rea-
sons. The military exemption tax is
small--it is generally paid-and the or
binary peasant does not like to see his
name publicly printed.-Chicago Rec
ord.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-23
Shattered Diamonds.

"Under certain conditions, which are
very rare and remarkable" said an old
Jeweler, "a diamond may be shattered
to atoms by smart, sudden blow. The
stone seems to dislntegrate and fly
apart, as nearly as l can express 1t,
and when the Kimberley gems first
came into the market the Brazilian
brokers claimed that they were espe-
cially subject to that kind Of accident.
For the time being the story had Its
effect OH trade, but 1t was proved to be
untrue, and the incident Is now forgot
ten. In the course of an experience Of
nearly 40 years have known Of only
two cases of diamonds being broken.
"One occurred many years ago, when
l was working in a shop in the old
Reid House in Chattanooga. lady
customer dropped cluster brooch
from the counter to the tiled floor, a
distance Of about 31a feet 1t struck
squarely on the center stone, which
was broken into number Of small, IT.
regular fragments. The diamond had
weighed about two carats.
"The other instance took place here
in New Orleans about six years ago.
A st. Louis travelling man named
Crawford had a solitaire weighing ~
carats set in ring. He was standing
In the store and while cOnversing about
something made a sudden gesture and
struck the stone against a metal fix
ture. 1t was split into small, jagged
splinters, a number of which we found
on top of the showcase. The drummer
himself was the most astonished man
1 ever saw. He had supposed dia-
monds were indestructible simply be-
cause they were hard. New Orleans
Times Democrat.