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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-11-09
SAD Ending to Pleasure Trip

Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Sturtevant Of st. Al
bans took advantage of the excursion on
the New England States limited Sunday 10
come to Randolph for few hours visit
with their daughter, Floy, who clerks IN
Bell Brothers store. They had been here
but a very short time when telegram ar
rived announcing the sudden Geath OF
Mrs. sturteyant's mother, Mrs. Shaw, who
made her home with them. They returned
10 81. Adams by the first train, the 5-ls p.
M. express, as they had previously an
tended. aud Miss Floy went with them.
liz seems that Mrs. Shaw, as soon as she
was left alone by the departure OF Mr. and
Mrs. sturtevant about IL o'clock in the
forenoon, went into the woodshed and
with a long roller towel made a moose
around one of the rungs and the side OF a
ladder hanging up high on nails driven
into the side OF the wall This moose she
nnt around her neck while standing on a
small box and then. kicking the box from
her. slowly died of straDgulation. When
the body was discovered the knees OF the
victim touched the floor. 1t is quite prob
able that she almost escaped her tragic
end. as one of the nails supporting the
ladder had bent under the weight and was
gradually letting the ladder down.
The body was discovered by Miss Rear
don, near neighbor, with whom Mrs.
Sturteyant had made arrangements TO look
after Mrs Shaw during the day and who,
being unable TO gain admission at her first
attempt. finally went around 40 the shed
door and, opening 1t, was confronted by
the swaying body.
Mrs. Shaw's set is believed to have been
caused by depression due to enfeebled
health. two shocks. which she suffered
during the summer, having greatly weak
ened her.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-11-09
Parlor Pride Stove Polish

LIQUID-READY FOR INSTANT USE. A
few drops of Parlor Pride stove pOiish
gives the stove a brilliant lustre shine,
making the stove fit for the parlor. No
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ready. Requires no water or mixing
water used in paste polish rusts the
et0Ee). No dried-up paste remains after
using awhile. Parlor Pride good to the
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to paw. Give name of your dealer and ad-
dress PARLOR PRIDE MFG. CO.. Bos-
ton, Mass. tyr
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-11-09
BETHEL olympus.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Baker OF Stock
bridge visited at 5. A. Bowen's sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Briggs of Water
bury are visiting his father, w. NJ. Briggs
The Bethel branch of the international
Sunshine society will hold its next regular
meeting at the home OF Edgar and ben
Deering, Thursday, Nov. 18th. Dinner
will be served. Members please bring
cake, pie or doughnuts.
Sharp County record., 1905-01-06
WILL AMEND PISTOL LAW.

Senator Hinkle will introduce
a bill in the next legislature to
make pistol toting punishable by
fine and Imprisonment. The
senator believes that the certain
punishment in the way Of being
confined in Jail will have a good
effect on the boys who are in
clined to violate the present law.
If strikes US that If the PEN
atty OF imprisonment was made
certain so that when a young man
is convicted of pistol toting he
would be compelled to 60 behind
the bars, it would be a good
amendment to the law and we
trust that Senator Hinkle will be
able to get this measure through.
-Batesville Bee.
Sharp County record., 1905-01-06

peace and American development,
Candor compes the admission that Napoleon stimulated
BY motives patriotism desire promote American expansion
and greatness in parting with Louisiana
He was by motives of expedency supendued largely
anagonsm England and English ntagonism him. 10 quote
his he wished give England maritime rival that would
sooner later humble her pride
The Louisiana 1903, which the United States thus acquired
through the desire extraordinary warrior get even with
and "head off, hated foe good land bountuy endowed
with the richest gifts Providence awaiting only the touch OF man
to make pn the fullest development What is to-day Amer
lean and progress have made it. Nature was KIND
but nature supplemented with enlightened methods OF dey
opmen and we may Of living to-day in Gods coun-
try"
When took this country it vast territory little
known and with no boundaries with millions OF acres
upon which no Caucasian foot had rod and countless
mountain streams valleys had esounded to the exuant
shou of the American pioneer.
At the time of our acquisition had Caucasian population all
told Of less than 10000
To-day this domain embracing in whole part IA states and
territories is peoped by over 100000 souls.
Within produced everything that can be cultivated
In temperate ubtropca cline The music OF n phues anu
factory wheels is inceant mines producing gold and silver
coal IRON zinc SALT sulphur and lead by the hundreds thousands
Of tons Its oil yield millions of barrels OF crude petroleum and
e oil YEARLY Its vast to be beyond ac
crate computation fields OF waving and wheat OF cotton and
gar cane and rice comprise as WERE the Du"aN
of American agricultural supremacy Its orchards producing ne
ous varieties fruits item of neasuable importance III c
material development of the nation
The country progress indeed marked by paths OF develop
eot that constitute an eloquent tribute American genius Inc
,anp of the stars and stripes New Orleans in December 1893
s something more ransference OF sovereignty Vas
the birth OF a epoch OF civilization
Sharp County record., 1905-01-06
STATE LUNkTIC ASYLUM.
Facts and Recommendation From the
Superintendent Of That
Institution.

Following are some OF the IN
teresting portions of the biennial
report of Superintendent H. c.
Stinson Of the Arkansas state
lunatic asylum:
At the present time there are
672 patients being treated in this
hospital. OF this number, 29O
are white males, 273 white fe-
males, 80 colored males and 20
colored females. There were ad-
mitted during the fiscal year
1908, 70 white males, 81 white
females, 3 colored males and II
colored females, making a total
of 146. The whole number
treated was 256 white males, 321
white females, Al colored males
and 81 colored females, making
the total 100. There were dis
charged during the year 1875.
Among this number were: Re-
coveries A, improved 33, unim.
proved 2, by death Al. The per-
centage of recoveries to admis-
sions was 30.l per cent, The
mortality was SO per cent.
During the fiscal year 1904
there were admitted Al white
males, 3S white females and ii
colored females, making a total
of 90. The whole number treated
was 333 white males, 800 white
females, Al colored males and
so colored females, making the
total 763. There were discharged
during the year 91. Among thi:
number there were: Recoveries
81; improved, 2l; unimproved, 8
eloped, 2; by death, SO. The
percentage of recoveries to ad'
mission was 80 per cent. The
mortality was Al per cent.
Gas has been recommended ir
previous biennial reports, | wonld
recommend that the name of thi:
institution BE- changed from the
Arkansas State I.unatic Asylum
to Hospital for Nervous Diseases
The sense of modesty pervading
all classes OF society deter them
Sharp County record., 1905-01-06
Before ]. W. Parse.
Wiley, l. T.

Judge J. W. Smith and N. P.
Wiles of Sidney were arrested
Tuesday on the charge OF inter-
ferring with homestead right.
Judge Smith lives at Evening
Shade but was at Hardy holding
a term of court when he was in
formed by phone that deputy U.
S. Marshal Huddleston was
wanting to see him. The Judge
at once notified the Marshal that
he would be in Batesville Tues
day night, so when the local
pulled in from Newport the judge
was one of the fret to get off.
Mr.. Wiles came down Tuesday
evening from Sidney, whore he
lives.
The case was taken up by
Commissioner Parse Wesnesday
morning and after hearing the
evidence promptly dismissed the
parties.
N. p. Wiles is a well.to do
merchant of Sidney and there is
no better and highly respected
citizen in that county than he is.
J. w. Smith is the present county
Judge of Sharp county and also
does considerable law practice in
that county.
1t appears that Mr.. Wiles took
a mortgage on a crop which was
growing Oh a homestead. The
party executing the mortgage
abandoned the crop and Mr..
Wiles, in order to collect his debt,
took charge of it, Judge Smith
acting as his counsel. Because he
did this some parties were dis
pleased with it and sought to
give him trouble. But when all
the facts were known it was clear
TO the court that no offense
had been committed. .-Batesville
Bee.
Sharp County record., 1905-01-06

from subrmtting their friends and
relatives to the care of an insane
asylum until they become un-
manageable at home, and their
abnormali'y in many instances
fixed bey ond the hope of relief,
They believe ian opinion to which
we must all subscri5e) that the
stigma of a residence in an insane
asylum is perhaps never entirely
removed, although the subject be
restored to normal condition, a
reflection that could be removed
by change of name without alter
ing the intention of the institu-
ton.
Sharp County record., 1905-01-06

Come to the Record office for
legal blanks. 70
Sharp County record., 1905-01-06

Pope county farmers have or
gaaized a union.
Sharp County record., 1905-01-06
CURED CONSUMPTION.

Mrs. B. w. Evans, Clearwater,
Kans., writes: "My husband lay
sick for three months. The doctors
said that he had quick consumption.
We procured bottle of Ballard :
lIorehound Syrup and it cured him.
That was six years ago. Since then
We have always kept bottle in the
house. We cannot do without it..
For coughs ard colds 1t has no
equal. 25c, soc and 81. For sale
bv W. A. Edwards.
Sharp County record., 1905-01-06
Home talent presented the
play, "The Chaperon," at
Rogers recently.
NEURALGIA PAINS.

Rheumatlsal, lumbago and scia,lc
pans yield to the penetrating inhu'
euce OF Ballard Snow Llnlment. 1t
penetrates to the nerves and bone
and being absorbed into the blood
its healing properties are conveyed
to every part of the body, and et'
feet some woNdrrful cures. 25c
500 aud 81. Sold by W. A. Ed
war0s.
Sharp County record., 1905-01-06

Valentine Baure of Pocahontas
will build a new hotel in Black
Rock.
Sharp County record., 1905-01-06

The Baptist church at Augusta
has called Rev. j. B. Wise OF
Osceo,a as pastor.
Sharp County record., 1905-01-06
A COSTLY MISTAKE.

Blunder- are sometimes very ex-
pepslye. Occasionally life itself is
the price of a mistake, bu: YOU
never be wrong If you take DR..
Kings New Lite Pills for dyspepsia,
dizziness, headache, liver or bowel
troubles. They are gentle, yet
thorough. csc at Shows drug store.
Sharp County record., 1905-01-06
BEST LINIMENT ON EARTH,

Henry ID. BALDWIN, Supt. City
Water Works, Shullsbnrg, Wis.
writes, "l have tried many kinds OF
linlment, but have never received
much benefit until | used Ballard's
Snow Lininent for rheumatism and
pains. think 1t the best lniment
on earth " Csc, soc and 81. For
sale by W. A. Edwards,
Sharp County record., 1905-01-06
FROM INDIAN TERRITORY.

Editor Record:-If you will
give me space in your paper, as
some are wanting a description
of this country, | will write a few
lines on that subject.
The land here is all right, and
is as fertile as any sandy soil |
ever saw. As to the lay of the
land, it is not as level as Texas,
but everything grows as well here
as in Texas. The country is
about equally divided in timber
and prairie, with clear, running
streams throughout, all running
south and east. These streams
furnish plenty of fish for the
Indians to have their summer
fish fries, and then all the
streams Of any size have more or
less game in the bottoms, such as
squirrels, deer, turkeys, wolves,
wildcat, beaver, otter, mink,
raccoon, foxes and catamount,
and in the mountains there is one
continual drove Of turkeys and
wolves, a good many bear and a
few wild ponies.
AS to the farmers, | can't see
much difference between here and
in Texas, except the renter can
plant to suit himself here and to
suit his own convenience. This
is country Of hog and hominy.
We have all kinds of machinery
here except cotton mills, and the
day is not for distant when we
will have them. We have fine
cattle and fine horses and mules
end registered hogs OF all kinds.
The farmers are pretty we'll out
of debt and are sociable. We are
here from the four corners OF the
world, and all try to see what we
can do for ourselves and neigh
bors. believe it is better here
than in the States.
We have as good preaching
and as good Sunday schools as
anywhere. As for good looking
people, | think we have the pref
tiest women in the world and they
all seem to be we'll satisfied, OF
the majority of them, but | can Y
say anything for the looks of tht
men, for there are some here tha
are SO ugly the clock stonsh every
imc they come in the house, ane
they can't carry a watch at all.
But nevertheless it does no
matter how they look, or how
humble their cabins look, if yor
chance to have to take a meal
with them, you generally get &
square meal and plenty.
HENRY WILLIAMS.
Wiley, |, T.
Sharp County record., 1905-01-06
Children Marry.

Clarksville, Tenn, Jan. 2-One
of the most remarkable marriages
that ever occurred in this section
took place at the home of John
Taylor, in Stewart county. The
principals were Miss Grace Nor
ris of Dorsey, KY, and Richard
Parker. The bride is only 13
years Of age and the groom IA.
The boy met the girl only one
week before the marriage and
had been to sec her but three
times,
Sharp County record., 1905-01-06
HEAD ABOUT TO BURST FROM Sc
WERE BILIOUS ATTACK.

"I had a severe bilious attack and
felt Ike my head was about to
burst when got hold of a free
sample of Chamberlain Stomach
and Liver Tablets. ltuok dose OF
them after supper and the next day
felt like a new man and have been
feeling happy ever ',nce," says Mr.
J. w. Smith of Julff, Texas. For
blliousncss, stomach troubles and
constipation these Tablets have No
equal. Price 90 cents. For sale by
all druggists.
Sharp County record., 1905-01-06
REVOLUTION IMMINENT.

A sure sign of approaching revolt
and serious trouble IN your system
is nervousness, sleep!essness or
stomach upsets, Electric Bltters
will quickly dlslnember the trouble
some causes. 1t never fails to tone
the stomach, regulate the kidneys
and bowels, stimulate the liver and
clarity the blood, Run down sys.
TENS benefit particularly and all the
usual attending aches vanish under
lts searching and thorough effects
iveness. Electric Bitters Is only
5uc, and that is returned If it don't
give perfect satisfaction. Guaran.
tepd tv Stow. the druggist.
Sharp County record., 1905-01-06
The Rapth Deuflupnteltt nj tfe
EnmtHtana purrhase
BY GOV. BLANCHARD
of Louisiana.
BY GOV. BLANCHARD
of Louisiana.

HE conditions which brought about the purchase OF Louis
lana from Napoleon familiar to every intelligent Amer
lean That successful negotiation born OF American
necessity The benevolent and peaceful assimilation Of
the inhabitants of Louisiana and the consequent control OF
the Mississippi river indispensable as the unhcaton
OF the IL American commonweaths east OF the Mississippi
Thomas Jefferson, governing country just recovering
from the ravages OF long bitter and devastating war saw
in foreign ownership of Louisiana serious menace to
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-17
The Colonel's Waterloo.

Colonel John NJ. Fuller, of Honey
Grove, Texas, nearly met his Waterloo.
from Liver and Kidney trouble. In
a recent letter. he says: Il was near
" dead, of these complaints. and, al
though I tried my family doctor. he
did me no good; so I got a SOC bottle
of your great Electric Bitters, which
cured me. I consider them the best
medicine on earth. ard thank God
who gave you the knowledge to make
Them" Sold, and guaranteed to cure,
Dyspepsia. Biliousness and Kidney
Disease, by r. r. Bellamy, druggist,
.at zoe a bottle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-17
CAPTURE OF SAM STANLEY.
Who Shot and Killed Walter Austin
Six Weeks Ago.

Winston-Salem. n. c., March Ia
Samuel Stanley, ex-section master OF
the Norfolk & Western railroad Who
shot and killed Walter Austin, a young
a at Wadesboro six weeks ago,
was captured last night at his homo
in Ferrum. Va. He was found in the
garnet, where he is supposed to have
been since the murder. He had a
trap doc in the ceiling. The arrest
was made by Chain Custer, agent for
the Norfolk & Western at Rocky
Mount, and a man named Greer. who
it is said will receive a reward of $500
offered by the county and state for the
capture of the murderer.
Mr.. Custer, upon entering the house
said:
''Sam Stanley. we know you are up
there. Come down or we will teal of
the gable end of the house."
Stanley replied by saying:
81 will come down rather than have
my house torn up" He was escorted
to Rocky Mount and committed to
jafl.-Special to News and Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-17
BIG RAILROAD DAY.
programme Arranged for the Meeting
Indications Point to a Great Meet
ing.

ihis city es thoroughly aroused
and enthusiastic over the building OF
the Wsnston-Salem Southbound Rail-
rosd ana the approaching meeting
Wednesday next at which a tremen-
cous crowd of visitors are expected,
And tbs enthusiasm and confident ex-
pectatioa of SO large a number of Wis
itcrs, IS based upon the overwhelming
endorsement and approval of the lead
i1- Citizens of h Twin-city and the
highiy encouraging reports from every
secCon south through which the road
man run, including the city of Charles
ton, h southern terminus.
Already communities are yieing with
M another in holding meetings and
formulating propositions which will he
submitted at the meeting Wednesday,
with the hope that this road will come
their way.
And this city is thoroughly active in
Xxi preparations fer the reception
and entertainment of those who are
to come.-Winston Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-17
NORTH CAROLINA GIANT DEAD
Emmett Roberts Dies i'm q Birmins-
ham Hospital

E1mmet Roberts died yesterday
morning at st. Vincent's hospital here
after an illness of three weeks of
Bright's disease, having been in the
hospital since January 26. Young Rob-
erts was but. twenty years of age bit
was well known all owe the district
for his immense height, being Z feet 2k
inches in his stocking feet, and large
in proportion. He was born near Muir
~freesboro, North Carolina, in 1885, ana
was the son of A. B. Roberts, former
~ of Syracuse, New York. The young
mans family are all very large people,
his father being Z feet tall, and two
brothers, both younger than Emmett,
give promise of being as large, if not
larger than the brother who has just
died, both of the brothers being under
eighteen years of age, and although
not grown, far over six feet in height.
Birmingham Ala.) Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-17
w THE QUEER.
How a Noted C~ounterfeiter Broke Up
a Thriving Business.

The arrest in North Carolina a few
days ago of iWflliam Henry Hartsfield.
formerly of Raleigh, ON the charge OF
killing a woman in Georgia, again calls
attention to a wild. unruly, but ever
interesting character.
Hartsfield is yet a young a but
for nan years he has led a life con
Sisting of hide and seek with Unfted
States officers wanting him for either
the manufacture or h passage o.
bogus or 'fhaised" coin Oh currency. He
has served more than one term in
Jail or prison, but apparently never
lost his enthusiasm or confidence in
the saving grace of showing the
queer"
About a year ago. Hartsfieid, al
though he was being eagerly sought
by Government detectives, elected TO
return 4 Raleigh and remained here
for some months, in a state of semi
~obScuTity, but seer not only by mis-
old friends, but by many of the citi-
zens of the town as well. 1t was only
when the officers had an linking OF
his whereabouts and the scent be-
came warm that he departed his ma
tive heath-wfth the wife Of a neigh
bor. It was this woman whom he is
charged with numbering the act for
which he was taken Upon requ1Sftion
by the officers some time g
HartSfield'S career as a cOunterfeftef
seemed TO have been born in him. He
started while a boy, making bad nick
les, quarters, halls N dollars out of
lead, i'm ill-fitting plaster of paris
mouldS. 1t was these clumsy counter
feits which first got him into trouble,
but he learned rapidly. When he was
free again, he Scorned the baser metals
and took to raising the denominations
of easily procured and genuine small
hills to figures which made for a larger
purchasing power. These bills he is
said to have passed in nearly every
town in the state with varying success.
There is a story of Hartsfield and his
raising in the town of Douisburg, which
will bear re-telling. He had taken a
ten and made of it a fifty and he saun-
tered into a small store and bought with
prodigal extravaganza, everything from
tobacco to ~suspenders. In payment he
iashe h raised bill and the shop
keeper dug for the money With which
TO change it. He ransacked his drawer,
called on his safe and raised a loan
from a neighboring merchant. And
the next morning when he went to bank
his takings for the day and was inform
ed of the oss THAT he suffered, he shut
up shop in disgust. A three months
receipts squandered on a young man
with q lean face and a poverty strick-
en- brown mustache a too much for
trade in the Louisburg of that day
ITO stand with any measure of equani-
unity.
But Shove the queer as he might
Hartsffeld has bulled the game a notch
too far when me INDUCES, as he is
charged with having done, in the kill
ing of his neighbours life.
Every nan Should stick to his trade.
News and Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-17
WILL IT PURCHASE PEACE.
Speculation as to Result of the Rus,
sian Defeat at Mutden.

The question which the whole civil
lied world is now asking is: Will all
this terrible slaughter purchase the
peace sc eagerly desired? Doubtless,
AS us already rumored i'm Berlin, his
additional disaster will make the ruling
class and the military autocrats revive
their foolish talk of mo peace until a
victory of some kind has crowned the
Russian banners. The clique in control
of the government will naturally fear
"a surrender lest it result in the fall Of
1.-THE autocracy. But the prospect of a
victory is now obviously so far in the
future as to be beyond calculation, the
reported return of the Rojestvensky
armada adds even a touch of the comic
to the Russian collapse. 1t will be
well-nigh a crime of the car does
not now admit that h Eastern David
has laid the Russian Goliath low and
seeks to waste still further lives in
what has been aus cruel a slaughter as
the modern world has witnessed. 1t is
a combat between the highest efficien-
cy and absolute inefficiency n cor
ruption. Therefore, victory can only
inclfne TO the former, whatever the
odds on the other. Should Russia in
sist on continuing h struggle, the
powers might we'll proffer good offices,
pointing out that a failure to make
peace would ~endanger a topping
chrome far more than a prompt surren-
der. Unfortunately for THE cause OF
reace, the slaughter is so far away as
to leave the world practically indiffer-
ent to the horrors Of this frightful war.
sc r~eprehensible, so needless, so un
Christian-the 'sum of all barbarftics.'
New York Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-17

am disposed TO concur. II has been
my opinion for some years. Whether RS
mentality was quite equal TO one or
TWO VINO sat on the bench I do
care to discuss. In the larger fIeld ~
craftsmanship one or two men NAV
-ase exerted on this generation q
greater immediate influence. But for
powers af imagination, services to his
people In q time OF severe trial and for
the soundness n sympathy of his m
iiyidua.lsm. the purity and nobility of
his lie. Davis stands ahead OF them
all. more like Washington or Lee than
AIRY Of them.
Washington. d. C.