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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-02-20

house. Last January she went to Island
Pond to live with her daughter, but soon
began to fail in health. From there she
was taken to her daughter at Lyndon Ctr,
and shortly to Manchester. The remains
were brought to her former home. The
funeral was held Wednesday, Rev. c. c.
Whidden officiating, interment at Burke
The news & observer., 1905-10-19

HEART BEATS TOO FAST
Muscle Was Wearing Itself Out
Drank Dozen Cups Day.

Excessive coffee drinking, City Hos
pital physicians say, is the cause
OF little Johnrrfe Murphy's heart dis
ease. Although only eight years old,
he has one of the worst cases of heart
Iesion that mas ever come to the n-
situation.
When he entered the hospital the
cEiuS heart WAS beating l6U TO the
minute, Just tWlce the normal rate
Tor Il child of his age. l'Cr one montn
he has had no cuIIee and MS hedrl
action has been reduced 10 100 beats
Il minute.
For two years the child has been
drinking from nlne 10 IWelve cups Of
strong coffee every day. He began to
Complain OF pains as III needles We're
sticking in his heart, and for a year
has slept scarcely three hours night,
and then only when sitting propped
up in a char beside an open window.
Johnnie did not care for tAings to
eat; coffee was all the food he craVed,
and except when cake or candy was
given him, he took no other nourish-
ment. AS he was sick and not expect
ed to recover, he was given all the
coffee he desired until q physician
saw him and advised that he be sent
to City Hospital.
Heart Was OvePWOrked.
Every beat of the child's heart could
be plainly seen. To one ineXperienc-
ed in medicine it would seem that the
heart extended over tWo-thirds of the
chest region, and the pulsation is Of
a heavy, prolonged character, quite
different from the sharp, quick beat
of the normal heart.
The boy is small for his age, and
efforts of physicians have been 10
build up his strength. His treatment
has been largely tonics and heart reg
ulating medicines. such as strophan-
tus or digitalis.
AS the heart, like other muscles
can stand only a given amount of
work. hospital internes estimate that
the 90 beats n minute he is now being
The news & observer., 1905-10-19

saved by his abstinence from coffee
vii prolong his life 10 TO 2 years.
1iIe heart Of a man who dies at
10 years has beaten 2U0 million times,
ana il the normal beat is II, little
Johnny Murphy was living twice as
fast as any normal person. When he
first entered the hospital physicians
prophesied that he could only rive a
lew weeks. Under the treatment and
total abstinence from coffee he has
so improved that his chances for q
long life are considered good if the
heart lesion and degeneration already
set UP can he healed
He is a son of John Murphy of 11G
South Fourteenth street. MIS- Muir
ply told the physicians that none of
her other children mad showed signs
of heart disease nor had they Il marx
ed fondness for coffee.-St. Louis
Post Dispatch.
Literally thousands of people suffer
more or less from heart weakness
caused By coffee, ana with some, even
one cup day will bring ON heart
trouble.
The heart that has been only slight
ly attacked by coffee vii. protest an1
make its weak condition known under
slight eXertion. and it is plainly q
dangerous condition to get into. 1t
is curious fact that coffee does not
Always attack Lne heart Dut goes aftef
the stomach, liver and bowels of some
and leaves the heart alone
IT is plainly classed as an active ton
ic and its work shows somewhere on
most users. 1t is easy to rid ones
self of the habit by using wel!brewcd
Postum Coffee. The change in symp-
toms is shown in day or two as Il
rule, and that change shows the user
TO certainty that coffee was the
destroyer.
1t is useless to warn some people,
even whom it is easy 10 quit ana b.
Well again SO they peg along, sick
and miserable, charging their ails
to food least Wi1d,' "heredity,"
and whatnot until some day the stroke
comes when abused nature reaches
the limit It's easy to be we'll if one
cares for the joy of health. One of
the plain sure, well-built, and well
kept highways, with sign boards ON
each side. IS the Postum routs.
There's a reason.
The news & observer., 1905-10-19
FOR STATE PRIDE.
President Winston Asks
That it be Larger.
Before the Literary and Historical
Association He Points Out That
We Have Been Careless OF
Our Noble History.

In his annual address before the
North Carolina Literary and Historical
Association. President Robert Wason
Winston selected as his theme "a Plea
For a Larger State Pride, speaking
as follows:
l wish that / may say word this
evening that will stimulate Il more
Intelligent State pride. for States as
we'll as men are held at what they
hold themselves. The work done in
North Carolina will compare favor
ably with that done elsewhere, but we
have been at little pains to recognize
it or even to preserve a memorial
thereof. We forget that at both writ
ing and fighting we should be equal
ly siSilful. and that America bears the
name of one who first wrote about her
rather than of him who discovered
her. Shall we not. therefore, gather
material for the future historian
showing how North Carolinians honor
the home. welcome the stranger
cherish generous emotions, love liber-
ty and place patriotism and independ-
ence at a high value. These things
We must not fail to do for out of them
will groW song and story to enrich and
make steady the lives of our children.
We have much need of the man with
ltlt -DOoK Will pdSIe anu SCISSOFS
and with Den and ink withal. We
have had quite enough of the spoken
word which abideth not The mate
rial is at hand, nothing but the artist
is needed. Nor will he come until he
needs must come in response TO the
call of his people and his kind.
y. c. Careless of Her History.
/ have recently had occasion to
make use of paroles granted in 1865
To Confederate soldiers; but they could
nowhere be found. These interesting
memorials of the greatest of modern
wars made but little impression upon
the men who wore the grey. Indeed
your Tar Heel can create the bloody
angle at Spottsylvania, he may sit
with tears in his eyes cryng as Col
onel Henderson says that he did be-
cause his brigade is not ordered into
action at second Manassas but the
routine work of putting away and
preserving his parole, he just can not
do He laughs when you ask him
why he did not preserve it, and in his
own good-natured way calls the pre-
seFvation of relics a sissy business,
and says that everybody knows that
the war is over without having to
prove il by a parole. Gov. Graham,
being Secretary of the Navy in the
Fillmore Cabinet, inaugurated the Per-
~ expedition to Japan. / have re-
Gently seen the correspondence which
demonstrates this fact. Yet, when a
metropolitan magazine q few weeks
ago undertook to give a detailed ana
illustrated account of this movement
The news & observer., 1905-10-19
SEALED BIDS.

In order to carry out the duly ex-
pressed wishes of the officers Of the
North Carolina National Guard for
a permanent place of encampment,
sealed bids will be received until No
vember 1st next from corporations or
individuals. Offering donations Of land
or money or both, to secure the es-
Enlistment Of a permanent camp site.
r. T.. GLENN,
Governor and Commander-in-Ch
THOMAS r. ROBERTSON,
Adjutant General.
9-24-1aw-4W.
The news & observer., 1905-10-19

first court to declare an act of the
Legislature unconstitutional"
And SO your minds will fill out the
sketch of which | have
made-until under your sympathetic
guiding the people of our brave State
shall not only come to know. but to
know how and why we are what VIC
are. the Good Old North State-plus
the tar when necessary.
The news & observer., 1905-10-19

Don't wait until your blood
is impoverished and you are
sick and ailing, but take
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea. 1t will positively drive
out all impurities. 35 cents,
Tea or Tablets. king Drug
Company.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-25
Why Oyama Is Commander

4 understand" said an American
friend Of mine, the other day, "that
the brain of Oyama's camp is General
Kodama and the commanders Of the
different army cops. Why was
Oyama placed at the head of them
all?" Field Marshal Oyama is placed
at the head of the Manchurian army
OF Nippon because-( ID there is no
one who could more fittingly repre-
sent the supreme commander Of the
Nippon army and navy, His Majesty
the Emperor, than does Marquis Oya-
maj (2) because he is the Abraham,
the patriarch, among the soldiers of
Nippon, and because he is the heroic
tradition of the Satsuma samurai in
genial and living personality: (3) be-
cause to him all the chief commanders
under him are as children of his own
rearing; because to him are known
all the strength and foibles of all his
men; because among the living men
fl to take the field there is none who
can act as the master-prompter with
quite as much grace, great good-hu-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-25
Grand Army Is DwindIing

The recent disbanding Of post of
the Grand Army of the Republic at
Gloucester, N. j., because of the dwind-
ling away of its membership, has
served as a vivid reminder to many
an old veteran of the civil war that
the time is not far distant when the
great order must pass away.
Unlike most organizations of its
kind, the Grand Army of the Republic
can not be recruited from the de-
scendants of its original members or
from any source save one which is
constantly shrinking. None but SOL
diers, sailors and marines who fought
in the civil war are eligible, and when
all of this dwindling host, survivors of
a conflict which ended forty years ago,
shall have answered the last roll call
no others can take their places.
The Grand Army Of the Republic
was started in 1866. the first post be-
ing organized at Decatur, ILL.,, in April
Of that year by Major B. r. Stephen
son and Capt. John S Philips, but its
growth was not at first rapid. 1t was
not until more than ten years later
that Gen. Grant became a member,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-25
TAKE PAGES IN DIRECTORIES.
Some Of the Most Popular of European
Names.

Some Of the Most Popular Of European
Names.
Numerous as are the members Of
the Smith family, they do not occupy
as prominent place In European di-
rectories as they do in those of Eng
land or at home, though they take
up much room in the Berlin direc-
tory, five thousand Schmidts being
registered. They have to give room.
however, to the Schultzes and Null
lers. In Brussels the Jansen family
is the most numerously represented.
while the greater space in the Paris
directory is given over to the Marti-
nets.
Morelli and Vitelli are the names
most numerous in Naples, and here
the Smiths sink into Significance, but,
like the word hello" the name Of
Smith is heard around the world and
is represented in practically every d.
rectory published, more than may be
said of any other surname, whatever
its nationality.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-25
Real Lovers Of Idleness

Idleness is the most natural state"
is the dictum of Jefferson De Angels,
the comedian, at present starring in
"Fantana.'" Your ordinary, everyday
man will tolerate nearly everything in
preference to hard work. Want me
to give you an instance?
Three years ago was one of a
little party that went into the Adiron-
dacks on a hunting and fishing expedi-
tion. There were only four of us, so
we did not consider it worth while to
employ cook, agreeing that each in
turn should have charge of the culin-
ary department. When it came to al
lotting terms of service. someone sug-
gested that the first chef should do
the work until complaint was made
about his cooking, when the maker of
the complaint should succeed him.
The next kicker was to take the place
of the second, and so on. A young
fellow named Jones was assigned to
create the part and began his duties
the day that camp was pitched.
Jones was nice young chap and a
willing worker at first, but as time
passed and no aspirant appeared to
relieve him he grew weary of the task
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-25
Experience in Diving Bell

How it feels to 60 down into the sea
in diving bell is described as follows
by one who made the descent: put
ting on pair of stockings, leggings
and heavy boots, | jumped on to the
seat when the huge bell-it weighed
forty tons and was as large as a good
sized room-was swung by the power
full crane over the staging, and gradu-
ally we were lowered into the sea.
The sensation at first was very
strange. AS we entered the water,
which was driven out of the bell by
compressed air, there was a distinct
buzzing round the ears and head.
was told to hold my nose and blow
through it and / did so. Slowly we de-
scended and at last reached the bot
tom, some fifty feet below the surface.
The bell in question was seventeen
feet long and ten feet wide. There
were six of us in it. It was lighted by
electricity and almost as bright as
day We first landed on a bed which
the divers had previously leyeled. The
moment the bell touched the ground
there was, perhaps, about two feet of
water in it. This was quickly driven
out by the compressed air, when we
walked on comparatively dry ground
with the sea all around us.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-25
WHALES DEFEND THEIR YOUNG.
Strong Affection Exists Among LevIa-
thans of the Sea.

Strong Affection Exists Among Levla-
thans of the Sea.
Whales-like so many other ami
mals-are brave in defense of their lit
tie ones. A young whale was once
harpooned; its mother, in great dis
tress, came, and seizing hold of It.
diyed with 1t to a considerable depth;
then she rose to the surface and dart
ed this way and that, as IL vainly seek
ing for some other means of escape.
Though closely followed by the boats
she made TO effort to get away her
self; her sole thought was for her
child. At last she was harpooned. but
even then she clung to her little one
until, in the course OF an hour, both
We're dead. Whales are affectionate
companions. Two whales were once
swimming together, and one of them
was harpooned. The wounded ami
NAL, assisted by her friend, made a
terrible resistance, and sent a boat
with five men in it to the bottom. At
length the injured one died of her
wounds, when her companion, rather
than survive her, stretched his head
over her dead body and allowed him
self to be killed.-"Little Folks"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-25

by sending signals up to the man
in charge Of the great crane to which
the bell is attached, the apparatus can
be moved as its occupants wish.
After inspecting the smooth bed on
which the bottom blocks are laid, we
vent out to sea, and, landing on the
bottom again, obtained some idea of
the difficulties of digging a foundation
on the floor of the ocean. 1t was
ragged and rocky. Four men WORK in
a bell under a pressure of 27 pounds
to the square inch for three hours at
a time, digging up the ground until It
Is perfectly smooth and level. The
material is thrown into a large wood
en- box, swung in the center Of the
bell
Climbing to our seats again, the
man gave the necessary signals and
away we went, all under water, Of
course, until we landed once more
upon the stones just placed in posi-
ton. The electric lights in the bell
are placed closed to the thick little
glass windows When we stayed on
the bottom quietly for a little while
the fish darted at the light, but at the
noise of shovel they quickly disap-
ueared y
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-25

His friends we're having the time of
their lives, while he was unable to get
far away from pots and pans and
smoky wood fires. Again and again
he made deliberate attempts at spoil
ing the dinner, hoping that someone
would complain, but the boys were
quite satisfied to pay the penalty of
eating bad food in return for exemp-
tion from preparing it,
"At last, determined to be free,
Jones mixed biscuits one afternoon
and when they were ready to bake
poured a pound of salt into the dough.
The fellows got back to camp in due
season and as they squatted around
the fire one Of them took a biscuit
and bit large piece out of it. The
salt in it nearly choked him. He
gagged and turned red in the face. AS
soon as he had regained mis- breath,
he exclaimed: Gee whiz. that biscuit
is saltyl' Then, remembering that this
statement. identified as a complaint,
would make him the cook of the par
ty, he added, hastily: But it's good!
It's good! It's goodl' He ate every
scrap Of the food and we other two
martyrs followed suit
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-25
In YEARLY FESTIVAL
BELGIAN TOWN CELEBRATES
ON MARDl oRAs.
Picturesque Scene When the Dancing
GILES Of Rlnche Parade - Whole
Community Joins in the Merry
Making Of the Day.

The persistent manner in which
Belgians cling to their medieval fes-
tivals and traditions is characteris-
tic national trait well known to those
familiar with the Flemish and Wal
loon provinces. The survival of such
popular fetes as that of the carnival
procession Of the dancing GILES at
Binche attests the innate love Of Bel
gians for these picturesque vestiges
of their forefathers civilization.
The festival OF the dancing GILES
of Binche is In many respects the
quaintest Of these popular customs.
This festival takes place on Mardi
Gras at the Binche, town Of Hahn
ault. Without the Giles 1t would not
be substantially different from that
of Rome, Nice and other towns.
These Giles, or dancing men, who
form the glory Of the Binche carni-
val, are characterized by their head
dresses and humps. The headdress
Is most elaborate and striking. In
shape 1t resembles the oldtime top
hat Of our great-grandfathers The
hat is surmounted with magnificent
ostrich feathers from three to four
feet in length, which give to the wear
ers the appearance Of giants.
From each hat besides, flow several
wide. variegated ribbons. while the
GILES trousers are bedecked with
trimmings Of real lace and ribbons
to match those Of the hat Every
Gille wears a mask and a silk belt,
from which hang small bells.
The entire Giles outfit costs from
$40 to $50, large sum for the peasant
youth. generally selected by the car
nival committee to fiji the part of act
ors IN the Mardi Gras festivities. The
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-25

Nor and intimate knowledge as does
Oyama; because with the field mar
shal at the head Of the Manchurian
army the sad picture of the house d.
vided against itself is an impossible
spectacle; (4) because of the COM
mander of the Nippon army in this
war is expected a great thing moth
ing less than the salvation of Nippon
and the ultimate and permanent peace
Of the far East-and 1t was necessary
that he be a man of broad horizon,
man who understands nice distinctions
in the proportion Of things, man
with gift of modifying the sugges-
tions Of his officers to advantage with
out rejecting them outright; (5) be-
cause the field marshal is a singular
man in that his calmness and temper
seems to increase with the increase Of
difficulties and the sunshine of his
good humor to brighten as the storm
of reverses frowns more darkly all
about him.-From "Oyama, the Victor
OF Mukden," by Adachi Kinnosuke, in
the American Monthly Review Of Re-
views.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-25
IntoxIeatlon for sparrows.

In an old game book published in
England in 1920 appeared the follow
ing formula for the lessening of the
sparrow pest; Take some lees of
wine and hemlock juice, temper
them together, and steep a quantity
of wheat therein for the space Of one
night. Then place the same in a spot
where the birds resort to feed, and
when they have eaten thereof they
will drop down dead drunk. Too
much hemlock should not be used, or
there will be danger of poisoning
the birds and rendering them un-
wholesome food
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-25
"Dlshinq the BiII.v

About eighteen years ago the Hon.
Cyrus Sulloway, congressman from
New Hampshire, was member of the
state Legislature from Manchester.
AT that time the Legislature used to
meet in midsummer, and one day Sui
loway, wishing to speak in opposition
TO a bill that was before the House,
rose and addressed the chair while in
his shirt sleeves, having removed his
Prince Albert coat owing to the great
heat
Immediately Sam" Page Of Haver-
hill rose to a point of order, that the
gentleman was EN- deshabille'"
Sulloway slowly unfolded himself
and said; "Nr. Speaker. that is just
why took the floor-to dish bill"
The House laughed, the speaker
ruled the point not well taken, and the
Tall Pine of the Merrimac' contin-
ued in his effort to defeat the meas
ure.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-25

being mustered into George G. Meade
post, No. l, of Philadelphia, by Post
Commander George w. Divinny. The
maximum membership was reached IN
1890, when it was 409. 9.4S9. For the
last fifteen years it has been steadily
decreasing; not only this, but the rate
of decrease has steadily grown.
The annual death rate among mem-
bers of the order in 1886 was ninety
three in every 10000. To-day, having
gone up steadily through the interven-
ing years. it is 352 in every 10000. In
1894 the membership Of the national
body had fallen to 369,OS3, a loss since
the period of maximum membership
of about 10000 a year. In 1894. ac-
ccrding to the last annual report made
at the encampment in Boston last
year, the membership was 246,261.
showing loss since 1894 OF more than
10000 year. The separate posts now
number 6,149. Employed in the vari-
Gus government departments in Wash
ington at the time of the last annual
report were 2,175 members of the
order, of whom 226 are over 70 years
of age, 7S7 between 65 and 70 years
and 1888 between So and 65 years.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-25

honor OF being a Gille is so great.
however, and carries such prestige
with the local damsels, that the young
men chosen are only too pleased to
make the financial sacrifice demanded
of them.
In the afternoon OF Mardi Gras the
GILES. In full uniform, 200 strong. pre-
ceded by the local brass baSl and
musical clubs, appear in procession
and march toward the Grande place
The GILES proceed by dancing to the
tune Of the band.
AT every few steps they stop bend
and unhend, to heighten the effect of
the ringing from the bells worn at
their belts. Their streamers float to
and fro, and envelop them in a rain
bow of ribbon. At the same time the
simultaneous ringing of bells and
humping Of wooden sabots on the
cobblestones sound like the echo of
a cavalry charge.
The GILES each have a straw bas-
ket hanging to one side from the belt,
and tilled with oranges. Witt these
they lombard the spectators as they
dance along. AS soon as emptied, the
baskets are filed again by men from
behind, appointed for this duty A
general battle OF oranges then takes
place between the GILES and the car
,,fyat ,,oarrvnnakpre
Finally the procession reaches the
town hall, in front Of which, seated
on a platform, is the mayor, surround
ed by the municipal officials The
GILES then terminate the days festiv-
ities by a general war dance. giving
a prolonged exhibition of their capa.
bilities.
The public likewise joins in the fun,
and soon Nome 5000 persons-men,
women and children--may be seen
gayly Waiting around the Grande
place. The sight Of an entire popula.
tion, dressed in carnival costume, and
masked, dancing in the open air to
the music of the GILES brass band, is
one not easily forgotten.
The dancing continues until the late
evening, when the sport is brought to
an end by the mayor, who formally
awards gold medal to the Gille who
has proved himself the most expert
dancer.--New York Tribune.