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The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
why we Are Thir.ty.

The sensation Of thirst Is caused by
lack Of fluids in the system. In a
state Of health, it indicates that the
body wants moisture. We should dis
tinguish natural thirst from that caused
by stimulating food and beverages,
which produce a fever in the organs Of
digestion. Thirst is caused by a fail
ure Of the salvary and other glands to
secrete a proper amount of fluid for
use In the stomach. 1t is possible to
quench thirst not only by the ordinary
means. but through the blood vessels
and the skin. Much Of the water drunk
passes out through the skin by means
Of the blood vessels and is known as
unconscious perspiration. 1t Is a well
known fact that the loss of blood Is al
ways followed by intense thirst. This
thirst is n of the most narrowing
features of a battlefield, as every old
soldier knows. The reason for it is
that, the blood vessels being. drained Of
their moisture, the skin becomes parch-
ed and every pore is changed into a
thirsty mouth. Thirst accompanies fe-
vers, but it's are local, being due
to dryness in the throat and mouth,
the result of Il high temperature.
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
Cynical Swift.

Swift's sardonic saying that a man
who marries ''thrusts his hand into a
sackful Of snakes on the chance of find
ing an eel' is often quoted as the Ara
bian proverb and sometimes attributed
to a later misogynist, but hardly ever
assigned to its real author. Every one,
however, recognizes as Swiftian the
following sayings expressive of the IN
happiness Of marriage and Of the cause
Of this unhappiness: "Venus, a beauti-
full, good natured lady, was the god
dess Of love; Juno, a terrible shrew,
the goddess Of marriage-and they
were always mortal enemies" 1.-The
reason why so few marriages are hap
Ply is because young ladies spend theil
time in making nets, not in making
cages."-T. P.'s London Weekly.
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
A Personal Application.

When one of the large benefactors Of
Harvard college library was a business
man in Lawrence u customer of his
firm contracted a debt which ran along
for a year or more without any signs
of settlement. Several letters, says
the Boston Herald, failed to bring
hbout liquidation.
One day, while glancing over the re-
ligious notices in a local paper, Har-
Yards benefactor saw something which
gave him an inspiration, and he went
to his desk and wrote the following
note to the debtor:
Mr.. -:
My Dear Sir-I see in the local press
that you are to deliver an address on
Friday evening before the Y. M. c. A. on
1.-THE Sinners Balanced Account" I in
close yours. as yet unbalanced, and trust
that I may nave the pleasure of attend
ing your lecture. Yours truly, -.
A check came by the next mail.
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
Look Tor ARDnincSS.

Some one has said that we find what
we are looking for in this world. If
that is true, and it is true in a GER
tain measure, how very much better
and more wholesome to be looking for
Kindness rather than Sights, for hap
piness rather than misery, for the
flowers Of life]rathers than it's thorns,
says Woman's Life. Even when these
things seem impossible you may think
them SO, and by the power Of your IL
lusiols make them come true. Illusion
and disillusion are to the mind what
rose colored and blue s%pectacles are to
the eyes-illusion the rose, disillusion
the blue. 1t may seem a sort Of child's
play to hold SO fast to that which may
be mythical, but anything Is worth
while which makes for happiness and
peace.
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
How Paul Jones countered.

When the English government de-
nounced John Paul Jones as a pirate
the American naval hero neatly coun-
tered. He replied that he had looked
in the dictionary and found a pirate
defined as IAN enemy of mankind"
and, 'as England was then at war with
the whole of America, the greater part
Of Europe and much Of Asia, not to
speak Of a bit of Africa, she in point
of fact came as near being the enemy
of mankind as could we'll be conceived
and that England was therefore the
pirate and not Paul Jones'" .
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
An Easy Way to Test Flour

Every housewife knows that some
flour will make good bread, while 9th
er flour will not. If you want to find
out for yourself whether it is a good
bread -four, test it in the following
way: In the first place. see that it is
white with a faint yellow tinge. Then
take some of it up in your hand and
press it; it will fall apart loosely, not
in Jumps. Rub some Of it between
your fingers; it will not feel entirely
smooth and powdery, but you will be
able family to distinguish the different
particles. Put a little of it between
your teeth and chew; it will crunch a
little, and the taste will be sweet and
nutty without any acidity-that is, if it
is a good bread -four it will do all these
things.
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
Black Coal Smoke.

There Is, it seems, a great deal more
than carbon in black coal smoke. Pro.
fessor E. Knecht analysed the SCOT
from Manchester coal smoke, and at a
lecture in London he exhibited the re-
suits of his analysis. Among them
were snow white samples of ammo
mum chloride, ammonium sulphate,
calcium sulphate and a beautifully
crystallized parafin hydrocarbon sim
liar in properties and composition to a
substance present in beeswax. The
SCOT also contained 13 per cent of heavy
h~ydrocarbon oils. From some of the
products Professor Knecht prepared a
brown dyestuff which produced abso-
lutely fast shades on cotton.
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
LATE %TELEGRAPnlC NEWS.

RUSSIA AND P MAY
AGREE ON TERMS. PRES
IDENT MAKING LAST EFF.
FORT. SATURDAY LAST
DAY OF A
While there are many rumors
as to what Russia and Japan will
and will not do, there is nothing
to discred.t the prediction of.
Walter Wellman, telegraphed to
his paper, the Record Herald, on
Aug. ~, which is as follows:
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. o.
Peace is now assured. The sign
ing of the treaty of Portsmouth is
only a question of a few days. l
make these statements upon posi-
tive knowledge of conditions.
1t is true the agreement which
is to lead to peace has not as yet
been formally reached by the
plenipotentiaries of Russia and
Japan. Until it shall be reached
it must be remembered that new
and unforeseen complications may
arise. But, fortunately, the dan
ger of failure is now almost negli
gible. With only this small reser-
vat on-the allowance for the
intrusion of the unexpected
confidently assert that peace is at
hand.
Only the most incredible folly
or criminal pride can nov prevent
a successful termination of the
labors of the ENJOYS and of the
American President, who came in
at the eleventh hour and turned
defeat into triumph. There will
be no such foolish display of pride,
no such crime against civilization.
1t is to be peace.
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
FOUL MURDER NEAR
LINTON.

Bismarck, Aug. "a: One of the
most foul crimes ever committed
in Emmons county is reported to
have occurred on the afternoon of
the 2Ist, when a Russian named
Kunz deliberately shot w. L.
Steele, manager Of the Boetcher
ranch, sixteen miles east of Lin
ton.
Some days ago the Russian
went to the Boetcher ranch and
complained that Steele had dam
aged the formers grain by driving
along the edge of the field with a
header. Steele offered to pay the
damages but Kunz would not
accept pay He said he would
fix Steele.
Monday he met Steele and
without any warning shot the
latter with a rifle, the ball enter
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
Napoleon a. a Bosy Nan.

Thackeray once saw Napoleon IN the
island of st. Helena. The novelist-he
was born in Calcutta In 1811-was on
his way to England as a child. "Our
ship touched at an island where my
black servant took me for q long walk
oye rocks and hills until we saw a
man walking In a garden. That is he.'
said the black man; that is Bonaparte.
He eats three sheep every day and all
the little children he can lay hands
on" That black serving man was not
the only person of the time to believe
the story which he told.
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
OF UNION
AGREED TO.

Christiania, Aug. %. The
Storthing today adopted the pro-
posals of the government for the
formal opening of negotiations
with Sweden for the dissolution
of the union government. 1t is
proposed to communicate the re-
suit of the recent referendum to
the Swedish government and to
ask it to accept the abrogation act
of the union.
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
: BUTTE E KILLED
NINE.

Butte, Aug. 21,-Nine persons
were killed, one fatally injured
and about IS more or less injured
in a collision between a street
car filled with returning merry
makers from the Columbia Gar.
dcns and a freight train on the
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific rail
way last night.
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
Bids Wanted.

Bid will be received at this ONCE up to noon
Of Saturday, Sept. End, for furnishing Stark
county with 100 tons. more or less, Of beet
house In Dickinson in quantities subject to the
storing capacity of the court house coal shed .
Address bids to the Undersigned and mark
same ''Coal Bids" The county commissioners
reserve the usual rights to reject any and all
J.s. WHITE,
8-28-2t County Auditor.
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
Fractional Relatives.

FTaCt1Ohal HGIUt1PEb.
"And have you any brothers and sis
tiers, my little mann" asked the kind
old lady.
"Yes'm," replied the little a Il
rot one sister and n and a half
brothers,"
"WhatT'
Eyes, sir; two half sisters and three
half brothers. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
An Impression Of TOT

An Impression OF Toll.
why don't you go to wofk?" asked
the man who is philanthropIf. but prac-
teal.
Mister" answered Flooding Pete,
II have to answer dat question so
much dat it's gittin' to be jes' de same
% .work."-Washington Star.
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
Not So Attentive now

NOV so U0Vv.
rs Tim SINNERS still paying atten-
ton to Mandy Tompkins?" asked the
nan who had been away from home
for some time.
mo-" answered Farmer Corntossel.
''They don't neither of 'em pay any
'tention to the other. They're mar
ried."-Washington Star.
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
h Truth OF 1t.

EYES," said old Skinner proudly.
''luck and pluck made me, but mostly
pluck
"Yes," interrupted the man who
knew him, "luck in finding people to
pluck."-Exchange. |,
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
Robert Neil,
BARBER
Fine Hair Cutting a Specially.
In Willard House.
Bids Wanted.

Proposals for laying cement side walk on the
east side of the: court house square will be re-
seived mp to noon of Saturday, Sept. End, 1905.
Plans and specifications now on hle in the Office
OF the cenntys auditor. The commissioner
reserve the right to reject any or all bids. Ad-
dress bids to the county auditor and mark same
Side Walk Proposals."
J. S. WHITE,
County Auditor.
80 S-26-2t
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
ing the face and causing instant

ing the face and causing instant
death.
Kunz and his wife came to
town and he was Immediately
arrested.
Steele was recently married, his
wife only arriving at Linton three
days previous.
1t is thought that Kunz came
to town to get out of the country
before the officers could be mott
fed as he was much surprised that
he should be arrested.
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
HOCH GETS STAY OF Exc
CUTION.

Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 24.--On
an order from Judge Magruder
of Chicago, the clerk of the SUI
preme court today issued a writ
of supercedeas in the case of
Johann Hoch, convicted of muir
dering his wife and sentenced to
hang at Chicago tomorrow.
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
BASES OF A TO WHICH
ENJOYS HAVE TAClTLY
AGREED.

Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 23.
Russia is to make a money pay
ment to Japan, not far from
S35o,ooo,ooo, which is not to be
an indemnity but for the keep of
Russian prisoners of war and other
things.
Dispute is to be settled by d
division Of the island of Sakhalin,
Russia retaining the northern part
and Japan the southern, the status
prior to 1875.
Japan withdraws her demand
for the limitation of the cars
navy in the Orient.
Japan reccdcs from the demand
that the Russian ships which found
safety in neutral ports should be
given over to her.
Portsmouth, Aug. 25.-The en-
VOWS will meet on Saturday for
the last time. There is hope of
peace.
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
The Ideal

Il don't like. the way every man wei
meet stares at you, Ethel"
WELL, you don't expect them to-
stare at you. surely. ma"
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26

Money can be lost in more ways
than won.-Philadelphia Record.
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
$40 REWARD.

For return of black gliding, weight
100 lbs, brnded c c on left shoulder.
F.S. Mischief.
7-1s-2mo p Richardton,N N. D.
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
Poor Thing:

Poor Thing!
what a discontinued, dissatisfied
look Mrs. Fullerton has!'
well, what could you expect? She
has a husband who gets her everything
she wants"
The Dickinson press., 1905-08-26
american aGullibuitx.

American "Gullibility."
Americans in spite Of their reputed
shrewdness are the most easily gulled
Of any people on earth by those who
know how to get at them.-London
Truth.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-03-09

The board OF trustees at their meeting
Monday evening left the matter OF ar
ranging the fire districts to the chairman
OF the board, II. w. Mcintyre, and the
chief engineer OF the fire company, n. g.
Buck, who have divided the village as fol-
lows First, north OF the covered bridget
second. north OF the railroad and west Of
Main street; third. north OF the railroad
and east of Main street; fourth, south Of
the railroad and west of South Main
street, and fifth, south OF the railroad and
east OF South Main street. The fire alarm
apparatus will be completed in day or
two, and the system viii then be In con-
nection with the Randolph Telephone eX-
change, any telephone being available at
any time for the purpose of sending in an
alarm. Care should be taken, however, in
sending the alarm TO give either the num-
her OF the district or the location OF the
fire so that all unnecessary confusion may
be avoided. The central Office OF the eX-
change, the hose house and the T.. F. EN-
erson mill, where the alarm is TO be
sounded. will be IN constant communica-
ton during fire to answer any questions
the firemen need to ask. The fire alarm
line will be Independent OF all others and
Is TO be used for fire business only. The
chief engineer will arrange the signals for
the different districts later and there will
also be a general signal, regardless of fire,
for assembling firemen and citizens, when
ever it may be desirable to call them to-
gether in the Square.
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Church Notes.

Christian Science chapel: - Services, Sun
day II a. m. Subject, "Matter." Mednes-
day 80 p. m.
The Ladies' Aid OF the Christian church
will meet with Mrs. James Carrigan next
Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
Methodist Episcopal church Preach
ing by the pastor at 1880 a. m. Sunday
school at u o'clock. Epworth League at
6:40 p. m.
The Christian Endeavor society of the
Christian church will have a social in the
vestry Friday evening to which every
one is invited.
Rev. G.. +. Ladd will preach the closing
sermon OF his pastOrate at the Cong I
church next Sunday morning. A welcome
for all at the service.
The Ladies' society OF the Baptist
church is TO have a social with Mrs.
Thomas Fitch, at Mrs. Ellen Blanchard's,
Thursday, the 10th inst.
An offering will be made at the Cong1
church on Sunday morning In behalf 81
the Vermont Domestic Missionary socletN
All money not in the envelopes will "
used for this object.
Baptist church services at 1890 a. m and
6:39 p. m. The pastor will preach in the
morning and the male quartet will sing
Bible school II o'clock. The young peo-
pies meeting Will be led by Mrs. +. f..
Flint.
The union service ON Sunday evening
will hereafter be held only once a month,
instead of every week, and ordinarily il
will be held in the evening of the last sun
day of the month, the next one occurring
Mar. 26, at the Methodist church.
Next Sunday is the first Sunday in Lent.
There will be special services during Lent
at st. Johns church, of which notice
Will be given later. Next Sunday, on
account OF the rector's absence at Ran
dolph Center, there will be no morning
service, but there will be evening service
at 1880 o'clock. All are cordially well
come.
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Death Of s. c. Webster.

Simon G. Webster, who would have
been % years OF age in April, died at !
O'Clock Friday morning of heart disease.
which began TO prey upon his health five
years ago. For the last year he had been
unable to attend to any work and since
October had failed steadily.
He was born in Roxbury and in 1861
married Miss Rebecca Jones, who survives
him with little charge, Gladys Rebecca
Gould. whose mother was their foster
daag hter.
He served his country in the Civil war,
enlIsting in the 18th Vermont and particle
pating in the battle of Gettysburg. His
enlistment was for nine months but he
remained with the army year and then
was mustered out
For sixteen years he was engineer on
the Central Vermont railroad, running
one engine nine years, and left the road
about thirty years ago to enter the grocery
business with his brother-in-law. L. 4.
Lowell, in Bellows Falls. During the last
Of his illness, his mind reverted to his
railroad experience and he seemed to be
living over again this part of his life.
continually imagining himself on the
drivers seat with his hand on the throttle
of the old locomotive.
After five years in the grocery business.
he removed from Bellows Falls to Ran
dolph and bought the house on Weston
street N winch ne dAed. FOR eleven years
this place had been his home with the
exception Of a brief sojourn of two wears
in Rockingham for the benefit OF his
health, from which he returned just year
ago.
Besides his wife and foster granddaugb-
ter, Mr.. Webster left sister, Mrs. G.. f,
Jones Of Randolph; a brother, Moses
Webster of Tunbridge; two half sisters
Mrs. Alice Bruce Of Randolph and Mrs
Edward Green Of South Royalton, and
half brother, Carl McAuister, Pullman
car conductor on the Central Vermont.
The funeral service was held at . O'Clock
Sunday afternoon in the Christian church.
Rev. Fraser Metzger officiating. The Odd
Fellows acted as escort and the service
was IN charge OF U. 5. Grant Post. g. a.
r The WOman's Relief Corps, to which
Mrs. Webster belongs, attended in body.
and there were great many very beauti-
ful floral tributes presented by organizs-
lions and friends. All OF the brothers and
sisters were present at the service with me
exception Of Moses Webster OF Tunbridge
who conld not attend. Burial was IN
Southyiew cemetery.
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Mrs. T.. 4. Bixby and Miss Inez NJ.
Litchfeld visited in Montpelier and Barre
over Sunday.
Mrs. John Morrill, and two children OF
Tunbridge are with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fabien Dupuis.
~. +. Edson's grocery and feed store
have been connected with the Randolph
Telephone exchange.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. d. Rhodes were in
Pomfret Saturday to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Rhodes brother, Philander C..
Spaulding.
Mrs. Frank W. Gould OF Mortified has
been the recent Laest OF her sister, Mrs.
John Tewksbury, arriving Saturday and
leaving Tuesday.
Mrs. John Tewksbury, who viii go to
market next Monday, is to have parlor
millinery this coming season at her home
on Prospect avenue.
Sherman Moulton, Esq, Of Burlington
was here for a few days last week and on
bis return Saturday was accompanied by
his brother, Horace.
Sixteen young people were invited to p
]. Blanchards Friday evening hv Miss
Edith Blanchard and Miss Lula Flint and
very happily entertained with games.
Mrs. r. d. segar has been in Burlington
since Saturday with Mr.. Segar, whose new
position with the Porter Screen company
Of Winooski brings his headquarters in
the Queen City.
John Hatch Is to leave the farm Of Mrs
Ida Mann. which he has been carrying on
for three yeBrs, to take the farm Of his
brother, q. c. Hatch. He viii make the
change in about two weeks.
The Chautauqua circle is invited to meet
with Mrs. ;. 5. Bass Monday evening, the
18th, when 1t is expected that Rev. Fraser
Metzger will address the circle on the sub
iect OF Russia. The meeting is called for
o'clock.
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A Card.

wish to express my profound gratitude
to those neighbors and friends whose
kindness, sympathy and aid have been eX-
tended to me in my sorrow and bereave-
ment, and especially are my thanks due TO
Mrs Charles Steele and w. A. Mcintosh
for their invaluable services in the care Of
my hush band during his last illness.
Mrs. S. c. WEBSTER.
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Randolph.
GEORGIA WHITE, Local Editor.
Town Meeting Day.

Town Meeting Day.
on that first momentous Tuesday
In the windy month uf March
Come the voters al though blowing
From some tempest shaken lnrch,
And they scurry on the breezes
To the busy village squares,
For the nonce the seething cauldrons
OF political affairs.
Every hitching posts pre-empted.
All the horse sheds filled complete,
And the th0roughfares blockaded
BY the crowd upon the street;
There are whisperings on the corners.
Buttonh0linEs everywhere
That would raise In CONSERVATION
Fen Tammany tigers hair
Rival candidates for office
Proud position Of hog reeve
Very early in the morhing
Farms and other business leave;
mot 20 work, " as they will tell you
With much innocence Of face,
But TO talk around little
Bout their chances for the placer
And the talking roundr that's doing
rwlXt the Office seekers friends,
To encourage or discourage
Each ambi ious fayorite's ends,
Beats a sewing circles conference
on the ministers estate
when bis wife by good luck happens
4 the meeting 70 be late.
All day long his civic duty
Does the patriot pursue,
While the towns and his best interests
Seem united 10 his view.
Only resting from his lahnrs
To refresh the inner man
Al public dinner furnished
on the old New England plan.
Butas soon as votes are counted.
Then he-merrily elate
Or depressed and very gloomy
At the towns impending fate
Gets his team ana luggeth humcWard.
For he's due az milking time;
stu he knows. in spite Of errors,
That town meeting Is sublime.