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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-07-17
New Use For Aleutian Islands.

As the world gradually becomes filed
up use Is found for the regions which
old geographers were wont to condemn
as sterile, barren and worthless. The
proposition to turn the Aleutian Islands
into a sheep pasture is case in point
Ever since their acquisition from Rus
sia In 1867 these islands have been the
least known territory of the United
States. There are about eighty Of
them, stretching from the southwestern
peninsula of Alaska westward into the
Pacific In a chain 1900 miles long
Their entire area Is less than $500
square miles, and they are inhabited by
about 1900 Aleuts, race resembling
the North American Indians, who, 1t is
said, are fast dying out. Few, if any,
white men live on the islands. The is
lands are mountainous, but contain
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-07-17

1t. You can marry your fugitive from
Justice as soon as you please, but when
he turns from the altar he will find
handouts waiting for him. Not a
pleasant postnuptial possibility, is 1t?
believe you spoke of this Mr.. Horace
White as the only man you ever had
truly loved or ever couldr
81 hung my frightened head In
abasement, but | managed to say au-
dibly, 4 said Il, and | meant it.
"'Yes? Well then, suppose that
will have to stand as a pleasant little
stumbling block to trip our marital
steps, for you do not imagine for a
moment propose TO be set aside like
tiresome boy. You will make your
choice here and now, my love. You
will either name an early date upon
which you will become Mrs. Malcolm
Ross or you will marry Horace White
and take his conviction upon your own
fair shoulders
II named my wedding day-an early
one. 1t was the price of safety to Hor-
ace. l was too bewildered to under
stand all the iniquity that paper
charged him with, but my own lips
had sealed his fate by admitting that
he had been in New York city on the
date charging him with ASCENDING
with money secured on a forged note.
Il was as powerless as bird In the
snare of the fowler. Six weeks after
my return home | left it again as the
wife of Malcolm Ross. | never saw
Horace after the morning visit he paid
me when l told him | was going to
marry another man. l looked into his
face for some sign of the guilt with
which he was charged. To have told
him of my sacrifice would have been to
nullify It, l gloried in my silly girls
heart to think | was enduring martyr
dom for his sake
II tried to be good wife to NAL
colin, but he made it very hard. He
had thought l was to be my aunt's
heiress, she being childless. When at
her death all the property reverted to
her husbands side of the house he
hhASN ohk hio last ioNS VI
respect Perhaps was not entitled to
either.
I'VE were miserably poor, and had
been reared in ignorance of every use
full requirement. He settled down to a
gamblers profession and to the lot Of
neglected wife. He Is dead now, and
thank God there are no children to In
herit his vices or my weakness. Do
thank God? My life is utterly desolate.
utterly without ties. At one time
thought of taking up the old home ties.
But father Is dead, and the old place
has been cut up and sold for the bene-
fit Of the children who were minors
when l was married. | would not dis
turb them in their occupancy. They
do not even remember me. should
only be dark blot on any ones
hearthstone
II have told my story. shall coin
1t for bread-bWad which shall sea-
son with the bitterest tears l have
shed for many weary year."
Yes, she had told her story "suc-
cinctly, clearly and effectively" She
took it down to the Office Of the Peo-
ple's Pride herself. She gave 1t into the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-07-17
any unnecessary delay.

any unnecessary delay.
Their readers" were 10 pass upon
her broken life! All, well. that was
what she had put II into black and
white for. II only they would pass IA
vorably! That was her one concern
now.
IL seemed an eternity before an en-
velope stamped with the office address
or the Peoples Pride came TO her
hands. She tore open the envelope In
nuttering haste. No check dropped out.
Instead a typewriter note. curt and
businesslike:
Madam-Your story. entitled MY Story"
has sufficient dramatic interest to make
II acceptable with a few emendations
Will you kindly call on the editor In chief
OF the Peoples Pride to receive some sug-
gestions along that line?
OF course she would call. A CLEAN of
hope warmed her chilled heart.
She was promptly passed from hand
10 hand until she stood in the awesome
presence Of the chief. The great man
was sitting at big cylinder desk i'm
posingly Uttered with papers. She rec
ognized her own story even as she
reached his chair and before he had
risen slowly to accost her gravely.
1t WAS a crucial moment to her; her
first experience Of the majesty of the
sanctum. Her eyes rested on the litter
OF papers; his rested on her. With no
change OF attitude he took up her man
uscript and held it toward her with an
unsteady hand.
Helen. is this the way 1t all happen.
ed?
Time had wrought some subtle
changes in his appearance. His voice
was as unforgotten music to her ears.
With low cry Of wonder and of long
ing, she made step forward, then
reeled dizzily.
Her first coherent words were, 81
thought you were thousands of miles
away on ranch"
For a little while, yes. | stayed out
there long enough to conclude that a
| man who allows a woman's tickleness
to Stay all purposes in his life does not
deserve to be called man. But 1t was
not fickleness II this Is true"
She stretched pleading hands toward
him. mo, oh, no! was so young, so
frightened, SO silly! did not know
what to do, what to believe"
you should never have believed that
Of me. Unfortunately the name | bear
has been duplicated many times even
within my own knowledge. read
about that case Of forgery with some
interest because a Horace White had
done 1t, but never credited that story
with the wreck Of all my hopes"
And nowT
She stood up before him, trembling
He put out his hand to detain her.
You are free" he said, land | love
you" He smiled on her with solemn
tenderness. You will have to add a
sequel to your story, dearest, and call
1t Our Story"
"No," she said. And into her smile
crept the old time archness. "My liter
AIRY life is at an end. 1t is not fame that
feeds woman's hungry heart, my
own; it is love. Oh, Horace, hunger
and thirst for yoursn'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-07-17
HER
STORY
By JEAN NETTE
II. WALW ORTIZ
Copyright, isos. bB J. n. Walporh

TIME advertisement read: Have
you story in your own life?
And do you need money? Then
write your story succinctly,
clearly and effectively. Send it to the
! Peoples Pride and receive iibersiT cos@k
pensation for it. We want stories Of
real life"
Perhaps thousands scanned that ad-
vertisement with idle curiosity, hun
dreds with passing wish that they
might dare, units with the determine
ton TO dare.
One woman fingered over 1t, read 1t
second time, third, folded the paper
containing it into neat square and
laid 1t on the table by which she was
working.
Had she story? Yes. Did she need
money? A bitter substitute for laugh
escaped her lips. She folded her deli
cate ringless hands over the coarse gar
ment she was sewing on and sent her
sad eyes on deliberate survey of the
room, which gave evidence of having
gradually been denuded of every super
fluffy.
The woman and the room had moth
ing in common between them. One was
pathetic in her suggestions of elegant
requirements; the other was bare to
the point of uginess. Suddenly she
leaned across the table and drew writ
ing material within reach.
What If the story she was half mind
ed to write-her story, hers and his
should fall under his eyes? What a
triumph for him! What added abase-
ment for her! Could she voluntarily
add this final drop of bitterness to her
already full cup?
The last she had heard of him he was
operating big cattle ranch in Colora-
do. 1t was not likely that ranchman
would find much time for fiction read
ing. To every eye but his it would be
pure fiction and nothing else. A look
of resolute determination hardened her
worn face. She would do it! Not
pleasant task, but if the bitter mem
cries that strange advertisement had
stirred into venomous activity were
marketable she was going to market
them. After the first plunge the story
seemed to write itself.
Her pen moved rapidly.
"Of course it must be in the first
person." she said boldly, writing the
caption "My Story" Then:
II was only seventeen, not yet come
into that panoply of caution and sus-
picion which is necessary to woman
kind when entering the arena of fash
ionable life, as necessary as was the
old time warriors coat of mail. AS |
have said, l was only seventeen when
my aunt, a rich society woman of New
York, offered to take me off my ia
theirs hands and introduce me into So
ciety. My father was a planter, a
bookworm and widower-not the best
guide for restless girl Of seventeen.
He had, suppose, written to this es-
tranged sister about his growing per-
plexities, and l was handed over at her
demand.
81 cannot say that was anxious to
go. l was happy enough as l was.
The birds of the air were no freer than
l. had all the comforts l cared for;
had my flowers and my ponies and my
numerous pets, in addition to all Of
which l had my lover. l was engaged
to be married to Horace White could
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-07-17

fertile valleys, wherein grows wild
grass peculiarly delightful to cattle. In
the summer Of 1901 Washington
sheep company landed 1000 sheep on
one of the Aleutian islands as an eX-
pertinent. 1t was found in the spring
that the flock had not increased, owing
to the depreda tons of wolves, but that
otherwise it had thriven. The company,
satisfied with the experiment, proposes
to land 5000 cattle and $4,000 sheep on
the archipelago this summer and to
take up permanent pasture land.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-07-17

not recolect when had not been en-
gagged to him, but it had never occurred
to us to name day.
perhaps this idyllic state of affairs
was what had aroused my dreaming
father to sense of parental obligation,
At any rate was sent on to my New
York aunt.
II was engaged to Horace White
when l left home; l was engaged to
Malcolm Ross when l went back. 1t
was without any sense of triviality or
wickedness that | transferred my al
legiance, not even recognizing the IN
convenience Of being on with the new
love before being off with the old. ss,s
Il think it all came of my being SO
suddenly transplanted from the dull
monotony of my life with father on the
old plantation to the bewilderlng gay
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-07-17

OF course Count Cassini. the Russian
ambassador, is indignant over the &C.
ton of the United States in regard to
the Kishineff outrages. The count is a
diplomat, and Indignation is frequently
diplomatic, whether it is real or as
sumed,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-07-17

1t is hoped that there is no founda-
ton in fact for the rumor that Alfred
Austin is at work upon poem on the
late Servian horror. The affair is bad
enough as 1t is.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-07-17

Lieutenant Peary reiterates his opin-
ion that 1t would be comparatively
easy to locate the north pole for $780,
600. The lieutenant will probably have
little trouble in obtaining that sum
when he has the pole securely located.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-07-17

Matters must be pretty dull in New
England when citizen admits that he
set fire to half dozen buildings be-
cause he wanted to enjoy the excite
ment.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-07-17

While we have the assurance that
there will be no coal strike this sum-
mer, the prices continue to advance,
Just to show that there is no c0mbina.
Hon
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-07-17

A New Jersey legislator suggests
law providing for third man in each
locomotive cab to act as a pilot. Sup
pose some one resurrect the idea of ty-
Ing director on the front Of the en-
CINE.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-07-17
VOL. XXI
Essay District Probate Court.

..sious OF said Court will be held at
f.-7.l,tIu the second Tuesday Of October and
r''--i canaan the second Tuesday of No.
Nl,i,,r and May. West Concord the second
ras,day Of peeem6er ana June nj u ImlH
90, .,iaI sessions will be held at any place in
,,uIstiict by agreement.
tue ROBERT CHASE. Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-07-17

A multimilionaire can safely enjoy
almost every diversion that society at.
fords except that of writing love let
ters .
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-07-17

salary or commission; no experience nee
eSSary money advanced for expenses; out
ut FREE. Solicit orders for our Guaranteed
Nursery Stock Write us at once for terms
ana secure the best territory.
The R. G. CHASE CO., MAIDEN. MASS.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-27
Clearing Sale of Notions
 and Small Wares.

Darning Cotton, per spool I-2c| Crochet Cotton per spool 4c, box 39c Embroidery Silk, rope, flo and twisted from
 4c, 2c Spool Silk black only 4c Spool Silk, warranted full 100 yards 5 I-2c Our a5c Spools Embroidery Silk 15c Linen Thread SC Finishing Braid, from and roc, SC Scissors all sizes Ioc Mourning Pins Ic Frilled Garter Elastic, all colors oc India rubber Fine Combs from SC, 2c India rubber Dressing Combs, from roc, SC Silketine, spool 4c, box 38c Gilt and Silver trimmed Ceuoid Combs,
 from Ioc LOG Pound packages of Writing Paper, from
 I5c SC Tape, all widths, white or black. from SC, Ic Corset Steels 4c Wire Hair Pins, 6 papers for SC Velvet Grip Hose Supporters, ladies,
 misses and child's, LOG Safety Pins from SC 2tI-2c
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-27
Toilet Articles

Pine Vaseline, from SC I-2e Pure Castile Soap, per cake 2I-2c Scented Toilet Soap, from SC, Ie Violet and Buttermilk Soap, from 2oc box Ioe Italian imported Castle Soap, value 2oc
 pound, Ioe Toilet Paper, from roc, $ Portsmouth Smelling Salts, from 25c, $ Extra large size can Ta1cum Powder, from
 I5c, 8t Violet Ta1cuna Powder, highly perfumed,
 from Ioc, Iot Mennen's Talcum Powder, from 25c I4t Raven Bright Shoe Dressing, 9 Raven Gloss 25c bottle Shoe Dressing 17t Shef6elds Dentrifce I2 I-2t Dr Lyons Tooth Powder I7t Large bottle Bay Rum, special Q Tooth Brushes, from Ioc 5 25c Tooth Brushes, all one price 12 Y-2, Bath Brushes with separate handles 25 Triple Extract Perfume, from soc 25 Perfume, from 25c, Io Large bottles Violet Water Io Our soc bottles Violet Water or Bay R=.n 25 Nail Brushes 3
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-27
Ten
 Furnishings

Mems Celluloid Collars, two styles Sc Mems four ply Linen Collars, from I2 I-2c oc Mems Cuffs, I5c pair, pair for 25c
 MEMS sUsPENDERs. Mems Police Suspenders, from 25c TIC Mems soc silk embroidered web Suspend CTS a5c President style Suspenders 25c
 MEMS CLOVES
 Mems Muleskin Working Gloves 25c Mems Working Gloves soc Mems Kid Gloves, special SAC Mems $I Kid Gloves 75c Mems $I.25 and ST. 50 Kid Gloves o8c
 MEMS HANDKERCHIEFS. M Mems hemmed Handkerchiefs, from oc SC Mems hemsttched Handkerchiefs, from 1oc 5c
 MEMS SHIRTS STIFF BOSOM. Mems stiff bosom colored body Shirts, from 5oc 42c Mems white stiff bosom Shirts 45c Mems white New York mills muslin Shirts, ST goods 75c
 MEMS. .NEGLIGEE SHIRTS. Mems colored Neglgee Shirts 25c Mems colored Negligee Shirts, all colors, rom SOC ,3OS Mems white and colored Negfgee Shirts, 75c value SOC Mems SI Negligee Shirts, white or colored 75c
 MEMS WORKING SHIRTS. Mems and boys black and white stripe Shirts ZIG Boys outing flannel Shirts a5c Mems double breasted black and white stripe Shirts 35s Mems blue flannel Shirts, extra heavy gauge, double breasted from ST 6oc Mems blue flannel Shirts, extra heavy, from ST S,
 MEMS OVERALLS.
 Mems black and blue and white stripe Over as, from soc 3oe
 MEMS NECKWEAR Mems Shield Bows, all silk $ Mems Shield Tecks, from 25c I8c Mems soc Neckwear, all styles 25
 MEMS FULL DRESS SHIELDS. Mems Full Dress Shields, quilted back, otto- man silk front, $I value 50.
 SWEATERS
 Boys Sweaters, from soc, sizes A to 34 35t Boys heavy all wool dollar Sweaters, plain and stripes, sizes "A to 34 5oc Child's all wool Sweaters in pretty stripes from 75c 5ot Children's white, red or blue Sweaters with
 contrasting collars and cuffs, from $I.25 75 Mems wool Sweaters, from $I z5 Mems all wool $I.5o Sweaters, some striped ones $I.It All our finer ones at just half.
 8 s
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-27
Umbrellas

2A-inch Umbrellas, steel rod, solid frame,
 from soc B 2a and 26-incl1 fine satine Umbrellas, steel
 rod, solid frame, pretty handles. 75c value 5e Fine satlne Umbrellas, steel rod paragon
 frame, fine twilled cover, pretty handles
 tasse1 and case complete, ST value 7s Fine English gloria Umbrellas sterling trim
 med handles, case and tassel complete, I.5o goods, 9o Ladies fine sterling and pearl mounted Un-
 brellas, steel rod, paragon frame, silk and
 English gloria covers, tassel and case
 complete, from $3, I.5 Mems in the above, a8-inch in large assort-
 ment of handles now here, all our $3, $4,
 and $5 goods, now $I.9
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-27
Hamburg Enbroideries

At I. I-ac--Several designs, formerly 3, 4, and 5I-2c.
 At 8 I-2c-Our entire line of 5, s, 7, and Sc
 Ernbroideries, now one price .4c At oc-Our entire line of Hamburg Edges,
 Insertions and Readings, all one price oS
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-27
w rist Bags

Pretty Wrist Bags, to close 25 Very fine Wa1rus, seal and grain Wrist
 Bags, from 75c 50 Finer ones, formerly ST and $I.5o, now 75
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-27
Dress Makers Supplies

Ever Ready Dress Stays, from I5c Ioc
 Stockinet Dress Shields, from Ioc 5c Featherweight silk Dress Shields, from 25c Ioc I IA inch Velvet Binding, from I5c, roc I,I-2-inch Velvet Binding, from 200, 12 I-2c Hooks with the hump, from oc, SC Soutache Braid, from 25c bunch 1zc Angora Braid, from Ioc, Sc Genuine Feder's Brush Braid 3c Cord Edge, from 7c 1c yd
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-27
Ladies Sweaters

Ladies all wool Sweaters in white and red,
 from $2.5o, $I.25 .Corsets Ladies knit Corset Covers, Ladies knit Corset Covers, from 25c xSc
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-27

Plain and sterling trimmed Pocketbooks,
 from 25c and soc LOG Handsome line of Pocketbooks, formerly
 soc, .# 25c Our 75c line of Pocketbooks, includes seal,
 Walrus, alligator, calf grain, etc, now soc Our $I and $I.25 Pockethooks, all one price z5c
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-27
Ribbons

Baby Ribbon, TO yard spools 1-2c
 No 2 Baby Ribbon, all colors, one prics 1c No Taffeta or Satin Ribbons 4c No 40 fancy Ribbons, all colors oc No 40 all silk Taffeta Ribbons roc No 40 tri-color Ribbons, from 3oc PIC No 40 Liberty Satin, all colors, from 25c I7c
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-27
Ladies' Collars
Chiffon Boas
Y arms

Saxony Yarn, all colors, Shetland Floss, all colors German Knitting Yarn
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-27
Hosiery.

This department is noted for its excellent val ues at all times. Your dollar will be enhanced with nearly double the purchasing power during this sale.
 INFANTS HOSE. Infants fine ribbed Cotton Hose, formerly I2 I-2c Sc Infants fine wool Hose with blue and pink silkaline toes, Ioc value I2 I-2e Infants all wool Hose ir, black and white and colors, from 25c ZIG
 cHILDREN's AND BOYS HOSE. Childrer's ribbed Hose all sizes, from roc 4e Children's and boys heavy ribbed Hose double sole and heel, from I2 I-2c, now & Boys extra heavy athletic Hose, double sole and heel, reinforced knee, from loc 12 I-2e Children's all wool Hose, elastic ribbed, sizes 6 to g. from 25c I7c
 LADIES' HOSE. Ladies seamless fast black Hose 4c Ladies' fine full fashioned Hose, seamless and fast black, from I2 I-2c & Ladies heavy feeced lined Hose, full fash- toned, from Ioc, clearing sale price 12 1-ac Ladies' fine fancy hose, formerly 50 z5c and ST, Iot Ladies fine gauge Hose, extra fine finish, good value at soc clearing sale price 25t Ladies cashmere Hose seamless fast black strictly all wool elastic top from 3oc 23t
 MEMS HOSE
 Mems brown and summer gray mixed Hose all sizes 5 Men's fast color brown and Black Hose, from I2 I-2c & Mems all wool Hose in black natural and camels hair, from I5c Io Mems extra quality fast black hose double sole and heel, from Ioc 1912 Mems strictly all wool Hose double sole and heel, the 25c kind I7
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-27

Pretty Beaded Chatelaines, from soc 3oc Fine all leather Chatelaines, from soc 3oc
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-27
Winter Underwear.
FLANNELETTE
 GOODS

Outing flannel Short Skirts, from 25c rye Pretty outing flannel Skirts with founce 25c Daisy cloth Underskrts, from soc 35c Full length outing flannel Skirts, from soc 3oc Our ST daisy cloth Skirts, lace insertion and
 trimmed, now ooc Our soc outing flannel gowns good heavy
 weight, braid trimmed 42c Our 8oc daisy cloth Gowns, now 6oc Our ST and $I.5o daisy cloth Gowns, lace
 and insertion trimmed, now 75c
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-27

Ladies ribbed fleece lined Underwear, from
 25c To Ladies extra weight feeced lined Vests,
 from soc 2s Ladies full fashioned Underwear, all sizes,
 from soc az Ladies wool mixed Underwear, from ST, 6c Ladies fine all wool Underwear in white,
 natural, cameps hair and gray, from $I.25 Sc Mems Fleecy Underwear, 3oc value 23 Mems soc camel's hair Underwear < Mems $I all wool camel's hair Underwear,
 single and double breasted, 6e Mems all wool Underwear in scarlet, nat
 ural and camel's hair, single and double
 breasted, from $I.25 So
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1903-07-25
Work for 0OOd People.

In this issue we tell the sad story
Of a mother abandoning hei
child at Plaquemine, aud her great
sorrow for the act. We are glad
that the Plaqnemine authorities
have decided not to prosecute.
Poor girl she has suffered SUI
ficiently, aud should have The
sympathy and the attention OF our
good people. Here is whereChrist-
ianity and charity should step III,
take this girl by the hand, aud go
with her to her parents and help
to ameliorate her sorrow and
theirs. She loved the man who
proved false to his promise. The
man should be driven out of the
il he does not come for
ward aud marry this girl whose
life he has helped to wreck
ToWN Talk.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1903-07-25

Gov. Bailey, of Kansas is threat
ened with prosecution by the labor
commissioner Of the State, because
Of his deliberate aud repeated vio-
lation of the eigh-hour law. The
lalor commissioner wants the Gov
ernor to set a good example to the
people by strict compliance with
the statue which prohibits any per-
from working more than eight
hours during the course of the
twenty four, but the Governor
declares that he has taken
solemn oath to perform all the
duties Of .he governornship and
must respect this obligation, even
il he is compelled 20 labor half
way into the night and all day
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1903-07-25
Or. Hurfer'S
Iron Tonic

"The trouble with father,' said
the rilded youth, lis that he has
no idea Of The value Of money. !"
"You don't mean to imply that
he is spendthrifti''
"Not at all. But he puts bio
money away and doesn't appear to
have any appreciation Of eli the
things he might buy with It. -"
Washington Star.