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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-08-20
Death Of {. o. Thurston.

+ o. Thurston Of Mortified, only son
OF Charles IhursJOn Of Randalph. died at
$40 o'clock Friday morning, the 18th
inst, Of brain fever after few days i'll
ness. He had been in far from robust
health for some little time and was about
to take a vacation when the disease came
upon him the Saturday before his death
and, developing with fatal rapidity, cut
him of in the very prime OF life.
Mr.. Ihurston, who was "a years of age,
went TO Mortified from Randolph when
quite young man and for seventeen years
conducted iewelry store there. After
wards he was employed by the Central
Vermont railway in the freight depart
ment and for the last ten years had been a
popular and most efficient clerk in the
clothing store Of James M. Clough. He
had been a member Of the Mortified Cor
net band for twenty years and was a
prominent worker in the Universaiist
church. He had served as town clerk for
four years, bad been a member of the
Republican town committee and had held
various offices OF trust. He was a warm
hearted, generous-spirited man, to whom
poverty and distress never appealed in
vain, and he valued money chiefly for the
good It would do.
He left a wife, a daughter. Nina, a ia
ther and a sister, Mrs. j b. Adams OF Ran
dOlph Center, and a host Of friends who
will long miss his genial presence and
kindly helpfulness.
The funeral was held in Mortified at
the home Of his father-in-law, S. H.Curtis,
where he lived, Sunday afternoon at
O'Clock, Rev. Walter Dole OF the Universe
list church officiating, and the assembly
of his fellow townspeople was so great
that very many of them were unable to
enter the house. The interment was
made in Elmwood cemetery at Northfield.
Mr.. Charles Thurston, MIR. and Mrs. j. b.
Adams, Miss Clara Dame and Miss Mar
celia ke ndall, the latter a cousin Of Mrs.
were present at the funeral.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-08-20
Randolph.
GEORGIA WHITE, Local Editor.
Old Home Week Som


Ny country home, tor thee I'm vearnins
Ear, far sWayf
BACK % tue hills my heart Is turning.
BACK where Che 90 folks stav.
All Ap and down the whole creation
sadly / roam,
Sui longing iYr weeks vacafia0
spent GO the Old folks home.
Tor Old Home Week Ifm looking.
DAYS o. rest 80 sweet;
exc me some Of mOTheFf4 cooking
Win nothing g DO but eat.
Far,Treachlug Whins 81 salt pork frying,
len Nas young,
Mo4lu send Y0uugster h0mewaFd living
Win Wat,rlne mouth and tongue;
fotatues IN the oven baking
MIX gravy. too
Ne by the nose the doors taking
Quite Is u used 70 do.
o for Old Home Week I'm looking,
Days Of rest 50 sweet;
. give me some Of mothers cooking
With nothing % do but eat.
All up and down the farm l wandered
After the cows;
Ne love upon Il then ] sqnandered,
Father In grief allows.
Forever was ] sadly whining,
Day after day,
Prom an the Joys for which I'm pining
Anxious % get away,
Nov for Old Home Week I'm looking,
Days u rest 80 sweet,
give me some Of mothers cooking
With nothing 70 do but eat
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-08-20

No such thing as summer complaint
where Or. Fowler's Extract Of Wild
Straw berry is kept handy, Nature 3
remedy for every looseness Of the bowels.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-08-20

Ladies hair work. MRS. II. II. BEAN,
los Upham ST., Melrose, Mass.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-09-11

Berlin, Sept. 10.-The Prussian cabi-
net has decided to again propose to the
landtag the construction of a great
| eross-country canal to connect the
Rhine, Weser and Elbe. thus complet-
ing the emperor's proposed system of
internal waterways.
Congressman Burton, chairman of
the rivers and harbors committee of
| the house, who has returned here from
his inquiry into the river and harbor
improvements in the eastern and
southeastern part of Europe. SAYS:
This is the only serious problem con-
sldered in Europe that compares in ex-
| pense to the proposed Erie canal i'm
provements. The Rhine-Elbe canal
was estimated to cost $50 900 900.
though it is now thought it will cost
considerably more
Mr.. Burton. who is accompanied by
Maj. j. F. Mahan, United States en-
gineer corps. retired, and his secre-
tary, Mr.. Floyd, was received most
courteously in the countries through
| which he passed. Russia provided gov
eminent steamers for his transporta-
| ton and Prof. Timonoff and other en-
gineers went with Mr. Burton and his
party on the Volga from Tyer to Tsar-
itzin, 1867 miles. Mr.. Burton spent II
days on the Nolga and then visited the
| Black sea harbors, the Danube and the
upper Elbe
Speaking of his Investigations, which
were begun early in June, he said
We found illustrations throwing light
upon almost every proposition In the
| river and harbor works of the United
States. Everywhere in Europe there is
disposition to make increased use of
| the inland waterways, whether rivers
| or canals. The value of this means of
transportation is coming to be realized
more and more In France and Ger
many and portions OF Russia, the guam
tity of freight carried by water is in
| creasing more than that carried by
rail. There is a strong movement for
| the improvement of the inland water
ways, and there is a growing opinion
also, though not as potent or univer-
| sal, In favor Of tolls on the waterways
which are improved. 1t would seem
| that Europe affords better opportuni-
ties than America to study the proper
| relation between railway and water
way transportation, because, frequent
| ly, state which is improving its riv
ers and building canals also owns the
| railways. But for various reasons, the
| field is not much better In some
countries the policies adopted towards
| the two methods of transportation are
widely different. In others, the rail-
ways and waterways are managed by
differest government departments,
| each trying to make a good showing,
| and the competition which arises is al
most as keen as in the United States"
Mr.. Burton will visit the lower Elbe,
| neL Hamburg, and the canals of
northern France before going home
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-09-11
ROBBERY MYSTERY SOLVED.
Wealthy Residents OF Hyde Park
and other Parts of Chicago
May Recover Property.

Chicago, Sept. 10-The mystery of
half dozen robberies in the house OF
wealthy residents of Hyde Park and
other parts of the city has leen solved
apparently. and plumber amounting to
S25, 900 may be recovered.
Henry Moe, ieweler, ard Charles
F. Stout, railroad ticket broker. have
been arrested and charged with receiv-
ing the stolen property
The man charged with committing
all the robberies is Samuel Smith. a
negro He was arrested and con-
fessed that attired as an electrician
or janitor, he had gained admittance to
the houses OF families in their absence
and robbed the places at his leisure.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-09-11
ADMISSION OF CALIFORNIA.
Fifty-Third Anniversary of the Adj
mission of California Into the
Union Celebrated.

San Francisco, Sept. 1o.-The fifty
third anniversary of The admission Of
California into the Union IS being OBJ
served. Several cities of tae state a.
celebrating the event On "a large scale
but by far the largest gathering is ut
San Jose, where the Native Sons of lie
Golden West are holding their annual
celebration. The order ic com"cA d
o. 160 parlors. with membership ex-
ceeding $4,000, and with il are allied
the Native Daughters of the Colder.
West, with a membership of 1000. The
first parlor of Native Daughters sprang
into existence in 1883. with 33 names
on the charter. Bob bodies have
grown tremendously and wierd great
strength, especially politically.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-09-11
HUNTING FOR A BURGLAR.
He Shot and Seriously Wounded Col.
Nordecai Williams At Wis Home
Near Ashland. ky.

Ashland, Ky, Sept. 1C.-Sheriff
Hene. with a posse, is hunting a bur
glar who shot and seriously wounded
Col. Mordecai Williams in his country
home before daylight Tuesday. Col.
Williams, on discovering the burglar
ransacking his house, fought him with
a saber until the burglar shot him and
escaped. Mrs. Williams and their lit
tie granddaughter were the only other
occupants of the Normal homestead,
midway between Ashland and Catletts-
burg, and they called the neighbors,
who summoned physicians Col Will
Jams has regained consciousness and is
resting well, but the feeling in the
community is intense
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-09-11
SAW THE SIGHTS OF DENVER
Washington Newspaper Corresponds
ents, En- Route TO Ogden, Utah,
spend a Day in Denver.

Denver, Col. Sept. 10.-The party OF
Washington newspaper correspondents
en- route to Ogden, where they will at
tend che national irrigation congress,
next week, arrived in this city Wednes-
day morning. A programme had been
arranged which gave them busy day
here. AS guests of the Denver Real
Estate Exchange the visitors, after
breakfast at the Denver Athletic club,
were taken on an automobile trip
through the city. During the after
noon they were entertained by various
clubs. banquet was given by the
Real Estate exchange in honor of its
guests at the Brown Palace hotel in the
evening, and at midnight the corre-
spondents departed for Cripple Creek.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-09-11
THE LATEST REPORTS.
They Indicate That Turkey May he
swept Into War with nuIgarfa.

London. Sept. 10-The official and
press reports from the near east to-day
emphasize the seriousness of the situa-
ton there and confirm the belief of the
authorities here that the sultan may
be swept by the uncomfortable senti-
ments of his subjects into a war with
Bulgaria, despite the unwilIingness of
the porte 10 precipitate such a con-
flict There is no question in official
circles here that the porte will take en-
ergetic measures to suppress any trou-
BILE at Beirut. France may order war
ships TO that point to protect her in
terests but Germany has asserted that
she will not do So
high diplomatic authority asserts
that when Russia submits to the porte
her proposals for the pacification of
Macedonia she may dispatch her Black
Sea fleet to Turkish waters and il NAV
make much longer stay there than
did the Russian squadron at Iniada
bay.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-09-11
A DESPICABLE SWINDLER.
He Made n business of Dcfraudiur
Old Soldiers In the ,.uise of
Pension Official.

Galesburg. H., Sept 10.-An i'm
portant capture just made in Chicago
was that of B. F. Bachelor, now in the
county jail here for defrauding an old
soldier out of $40 by impersonating a
pension examiner Bachelor was
traced TO Bangor. Me, but escaped and
then was caught in Chicago. In Bach
elors satchel was found 15o notes
signed by old soldiers all over the
country. whom he had similarly Ge-
irauded. and fifty of these Bachelor
had cashed. He also had many trade
dollars and $1,000 in cash. 1t was
learned that he has $4,000 worth of
property in Massachusetts.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-09-11
A FIGHT FOR A FORTUNE.
Friends of Mrs. Florence Maybrick
Are Getting Busy.
Will Begin Proceedings For an Ac-
counting Against Executors of
HoIbr0ok Estrte.

New York, Sept. 10.-Figh,ing to Sc
cure fortune for Mrs Florence Eliza
beth Maybrick whose release from an
English prison is expected next July.
counsel will at once begin proceedings
to recover more than $4,000. That is
all that If left of the immense fortune
of Darius Blake Holbrook, grandfather
of the American woman
Attorneys for Mrs. Maybrick will ap-
pear before referee and ask an &C
counting from Hamilton B. Bradshaw
and William II. Gardiner. OF New
York. They were executors of the will
of Mr.. Holbrook, who left his vast es-
tate to his daughter now the Baroness
Won Roques and a resident of Rouen,
France. with a reversionary interest to
her daughter. Mrs. Maybriek
Tens of thousands Of that fortune
went to save Mrs. Maybrick from the
gallows, when she was sentenced tc
death, in 1889, for poisoning her hus-
band
Darius Holbrook also owned $500
acres of coal and ron lands in Vir-
ginia and West Virginia, and suits to
recover them have been instituted.
Should they be successful Mrs. May
brick may become one of the wealth.
est women in the United States.
Mr.. Holbrook was capitalist of Mo-
bile, Ala. He was associated with
Cyrus Field in the laying of the first
transatlantic cable; he founded the
town of Cairo, ILL.,, and was one OF the
promoters of the Illinois Central rail-
road. When he died, in 1868, he was
considered one of the wealthiest men
in the south.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-09-11
The Life Plant"

There is creeping moss found in ia
maica, in Barbados. and other islands
of the West Indies. which is called the
life tree" or more properly the life
plant" Its powers Of vitality are said
to be beyond those of any other plant.
1t is absolutely indestructible by any
means except immersion in boiling
water or application of a red-hot iron.
1t may be cut up and divided in any man
ner, and the smallest shreds will throw
out roots, grow. and form buds. The
leaves of this extraordinary plant have
been placed in a closed air-tight. dark
box. without moisture Of any sort, and
still they grew.-Tit-B Bits.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-09-11
SENT TO CHARLESTON, S. C.
Lieut.-COI. II. ID. POtts Sent to Take
Command of the Artillery Dis
trict of CharIeKtun.

San Francisco, Sept. 10.-Lieut. Col.
B. D. Potts has been relieved as in
spector-general. department of Cali
fornia, and goes to Charleston, S. c.,
to take command of the artillery dis
trict at Charleston. Upon his return
from the Philippine islands he was
promoted to a lieutenant-colonelcy
which took him out of the inspector
generals department.
Maj. Ira McNutt, ordnance depart
ment, has arrived from Governors Is
land, N. u, and reported for duty as
ordnance officer for the department of
California He will take command OF
the Benecia arsenal
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-09-11

Topeka, Kas., Sept 1o.-Gen. Nelson
A. Miles and Corporal James Tanner
nave promised to address The Kansas
u A. X. reunion at Lawrence this
month.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-09-11

An Ofticiaf Opiniou

Omaha, Neb.. Sept. 10.-St Louis may
become the national Headquarters OF
the rearranged department of the Mis-
souri,, is the opinion OF the army Off
GERS at present connected with the
headquarters of that department.
which are now located in Omaha
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-09-11

St Paul, Sept. 10.-Judse Charles E.
flandrau, prominent pioneer citizen
OF Minnesota and a candidate on the
democratic ticket for governor in 1867.
died, Wednesday, after long illness,
aged rs years.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-09-11
THE GREAT CROSS
country Canal
The Prussian Cabinet Decides to
Favor the Emperor's Internal
Waterways Scheme.
CONGRESSMAN BURTON, OF OHIO,
has Been STUDYING The PLAN.

Europe. He Finds, is Rapidly ReaIiz-
Ing the Importance of Improve
ment of Inland Waterways as an
Aid to the Ever Increasing De-
mands of Commerce.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
KENTUCKY MOUNTAINEER.
Continued from First Page.)

(continued from First Page.)
 schools from sixty to 100 days. Never theless this work is practically failure because it is conducted by officers who have not the rudiments of an education themselves and hence do not know its value. Every month at Berea we send out teachers through this mountain district equipped with stereopticon views and a baby organ. The influence of these travelling teachers and lectur- CTS can hardly be overestimated. They will discontinue court to listen to them And not only are they taught in this manner improved methods of agricult- ure but they are told how by the use of simple disinfectants the ravages of typhoid fever and other scourges can be abated. As to their capacity for learning We have found that in the matter of history and kindred subjects involving general information they are rather below the average but in such branches as mathematics and sciences their powers of appreciation and reasoning prove to be equal to those of students from the benighted districts.
 Tt is true that their first response to the efforts made in their behalf was slow and disheartening. This was be- cause from the very nature of their bringing up they were unable to un- derstand the objects We had in view. They could hardly understand the lan- guage we spoke and in certain districts 1t has become necessary to acquire the dialect in order that our words shall make any impression on them. After this tsep the mountaineers began to come to Berea in steadily increasing numbers until now we are unable to accommodate more than a small fraction os the applications received.
 "One of our greatest needs in carry ing on our educational work is money. Words can hardly give an idea of the depth of poverty into which this people have sunk. Even greater than the need of money, however, is the need of intel 1igent leaders. It is the lack of leader ship which makes the mountain region of Kentucky different from every other section of the country suffering under similar conditions of poverty and ignor- ance. It is our task at Berea to supply them with efficient leaders from their
 
 own region.
 F'The problem of the south to-day is not the problem of the negro. It is the problem of the uneducated white. It is a middle class that the south now needs and these men from the Kentucky mountains who own land, but who nev- CT owned slaves, seem pointed out by the finger of God to form this very class needed
 In conclusion the speaker showed how Abraham Lincoln came from this same race of Kentucky mountaineers, and how by aiding in the educational work of Berea college the people of the north will be the means of giving to the country hundreds of men endowed with the same high qualities which cast a halo around the name of our great martyr president.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
woMEN's BOARD OF MISSIONS

The April meeting of the New Haven branch of the Women's Board of Mis- sions will be held tomorrow afternoon at o'clock at the Center church chapel.
 Miss Kyle of Boston, one Of the sec- retaries of the Women's board, will speak at this meeting.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
1,7sS, ,6o5. 51 ssss, ,44s.ss s1,s57, ,so2. 82

Increase clearings week of 1903, $751; 30319.
 Balances week 1902. $372,9S5.21
 Difference balances, $40,50S45. Clearings week 1901 (six days), s1, ,603,- 590S6 Clearings week 1900 Give days), $1,- 297, ,125.02. Dividends soon due are: American Chicle. 1 per cent, payable April 10; books closed April {,
 American Locomotive preferred, 1% per cent, April 21; books closed April 3.
 American Telephone and Telegraph, 115 per cent, payable April 15; books closed March 21.
 American Type preferred, 1% per cent, payable April 15; books closed April 10.
 American Wool preferred, 1A per cent, payable April Is; books closed April 2. C., C., c. and St. Louis preferred, 1A per cent, payable April 20; books closed April 10.
 Delaware and Hudson. 1% per cent. payable June 15; books close May 27. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, 1% per cent, payable April 20; books closed April 2.
 General Electric, per cent, payable April 15; books closed March 15.
 International Street Pump preferred, 1A per cent, payable May 1.
 Metropolitan Street Railway, 1% per cent, payable April 15; books closed March A.
 National Biscuit, per cent, payable April 15; books closed March 27.
 New York Air Brake, 2 per cent, pay able April 15; books closed March g.
 New York Central. 1A per cent, pay able April 15 books closed March 2S.
 New York and New Jersey Telephone, 11a per cent, payable April 15; books closed April 4.
 North American, per cent, payable June 1; books close May 20.
 St. Paul railroad, 31a per cent. pay able April 21; books closed March 25.
 United Fruit, 11s per cent, payable April 15; books closed March S1.
 United Gas Improvement, per cent, payable April 15; books closed March 31.
 Southern New England Telephone, 11a per cent. payable April 15; books closed March 31.
 Western Union, 1A per cent, payable April 15; books closed March 20.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
CUR1osITIEs OF SOUND.

Every Noise Has Its Corresponding Note on the Musical Scale.
 In very high or mountainous regions sounds become diminished in loudness so that a conversation cannot be car
 ried on in an ordinary tone of voice. In mines or in diving bell the reverse of this is the case. Speech becomes so startling that it must be carried on in a whisper to be at all endurable to the ear. Sounds of all kinds become musi- cal if the vibrations of air are uniform and rapid enough. It is said that the puffs of an engine would make tre- mendous organ peal of music if they could be made to attain the rapidity of fifty or sixty 8 second. Everything in nature has it's keynote, as it were, and attuned to one particular sound. This fact can be very easily verified in everyday life. Stand near an open pi- ano and speak in an ordinary tone. While speaking you will suddenly hear a string within reverberate to your voice. The tick of watch, the sound of every human voice, the bark of a dog, the meW of a cat, the noise of a wagon, the roll of thunder, the fall of rain, the running of water-in fact, ev- erything about US can easily be placed by an attentive ear on it's proper mus ical note, one of the sounds of the scale. This is most interesting experiment and easily verified.
 It is said that the ear can distinguish eleven octaves of sound; but, as a rule, those made by quick, short vibrations are more easily conveyed. For in- stance, the whir of locust makes a more distinct impression than the sigh ing of the wind through the trees. A WhirlWind in it's approach is noiseless. It is only when it strikes some obstacle that the volume of sound becomes ter rife to us. Then we receive the sec ondary shorter waves from the destruc- tion of this obstacle. Tyndall says all friction is rhythmic. Flames are noto- rlously sensitive to sound. They will
 bend and flicker and even respond with leap of quiyering light to a high, shrill sound This is another interesting ex-
 pertinent. If we use a glass tube with
 small jet of gas, by lowering or rais-
 ing it to certain points we can cause it
 to shriek out shrilly or to answer sym
 pathetically to its oHr keynote when
 sung or spoken by +! voice.
 If we could only hear the roll of the
 vast oceans in harmony all around us
 in our everyday life, we could say with
 truth. indeed, what the poet only im- agined:
 There is not the smallest orb which
 thou beholdest but in it's orbit like an
 angel sings, still quiring to the young eyed cherubm. "-Baltimore American.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
TAKEN ILL ON THE STREET.

Mrs. Agnes Healy Of Mill River street was taken suddenly ill about 8 o'clock lost evening at Elm and George streets. She was carried into the City Mission building on Orange street and later taken to her home.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13
EtnatrriaL
The Union Trust Company
NEW HAVEN.

CHARTERED Iy lAs SLals of Ccaueett. cut vita EGLhVriIy io aeL as ExeeuIOT, Ad. mInisIEaIOr. Guardian, RsceIEeE or TFustee under will OF deed
 ls a legal depository of money paid luta Court and ali Public Trust Funds. Acts ss Trustee for Municipalities, C0rpOrailoas and lRdIg:aaals, and sdaIinIsters trusts of ar kinds. Empowered to act as registrar of stoeks, bonds, Or other evidence Of indebf. edpess, manage sinking funds, ard do Su business such as is usually d0ns by Irusf Companies.
 It also does a general Banking busIuess- collecting checks, notes, coupons, and re. ceiyes deposits, The principal of each TraIt Is invested by itself and Kept separate aud apart from the general assets ot the Con.
 This Company is by law regularly exam lned by the Bank Exaniper of the State Of Connecticut.
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