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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
THE WORD NONE"
Is u Singular. or May IL Be Used In
the Plursl7

II i not from disregard Of deri-
walton THAI the speech Is in any seri-
nas danger. Much more harmful l.
ihc Difference mistakenly paid TO il.
From this reailts not unfrequcnily
a pedaniic and even painful mode
Of expression in opposition TO the
best usage, and that, too, without
the slightest counterbalancing adj
vantage. 4 remarkable illustration
of tins can be seen in the case of
none a. the subject of a plural
verb. When and where the outbreak
OF hostility To hi, usage first mani
Tested itself Il may not be easy 10
determine. Apparently II was not
until of late that any one ever
thought seriously Of questioning the
prOpricty Of the construction. But
the fact seems suddenly 10 have
dawned upon the mind Of some ,iU-
dent of speech that none was a
contraction of no one. The proc
cs>cs of logic we're at once set IN
motion. No one l. exclusively con
fined IN IL construction to the sln-
guiar. 1t cannot Ice used with Il
verb in the plural. In that all would
agree. Tie conclusion was at once
drawn that the word derived from
il must he exactly in the same situa-
ton. Ii wa, therefore highly i'm
proper to Use none as the subject
of a plural verb.
1t j. needless to say Ia any person
who Ina, made himself familiar with
the best USAGE. either written or
spoken. that none has been and
J. employed indiiTcrcntlv as singu-
lar and a plural. if ANYTHING. more
Frequently in the latter number
than IN lne. former. The study Of
our best writers settles that point
dcclsivc.y. 1t Is in the power of any
one to decide the question for him.
self, and ii viii make little differ
encc what Is The work he take, up.
At Mllrlu, Paal tells his followers
OF tie bond, and Affections which
await lm al Jerusalem. But none
Of these things move me- he con-
t.nuc>. according to the authorized
version which adopts here the trans
lstlon of the passage as found IN
some Of the earlier sixteenth century
versions. None deny there is a
God" said Bacon in his essay ou
atheism" "but those for whom it
makcth that there were no Cod
"None are for me-" Shakespeare
puts in the mouth of Richard ILL.,.
that look into me with coD-.l Ter
ate ewes. None are seen to 10 1t
but the people wrote Milton in his
"Tcnurc of Kings and Magistrates"
\ magazine cannot be turned into
u dictionary Of quotations. otherwise
II would be cay to fill page after
page with examples of the use Of
none a. the subject of a plural
verb. taken from the BEST writers of
the language of every period. and
indeed from writers of every grade
of distinction, from the highest to
the iowc>t.-ThomaS Il. Loan>bury
in Harper, Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
Caiamitous.

One day Il Dutchman, in his shirt
sleeves, was shaving himself before
the glass. His hand trembled so
that he cut off the tip OF his nose.
The pain caused him to drop his
razor, which fell on his .oot and
cut off a portion Of his big toe, He
promptly picked up the Two irag-
ments, applied them, still warm. 10
the open sores and bound them mp.
y fortnight later on removing tie
bandages he discovered, to his hor-
ror, that he had made a mistake.
lie had put the toe in the place of
his nose, and vice versa. Now when
he wants to scratch his nose he is
obliged to take oil his boot.-From
the German.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
Artificial Birds Nests,

Agar and d half ago the munich
pallty Of Orbe, in the canton of
Naud, placed artificial nests in the
trees throughout the district in or
der to protect and preserve insect
eating birds in the locality. The
branches of the trees were studded
with sharp nails 10 prevent access
to the nests by the birds enemies.
Blackbird> and thrushcs were the
first TO show their appreciation of
the facilities provided, and their cx-
ample was soon followed by other
members of the feathercd tribe. The
artificial nests are closely inflated
from the originals, and il Swiss nat
uralist conducts the new industry
which is in the hands of women.-
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
The Harm OF Il.

Here" shouted the depot Off
cial. what do YOU mean by throwing
those trunks around like that 2"
The baggayeman gasped in astoni>h-
nent. and several travellers pinched
themselves to make sure that ii was
real. Then the official spoke again
TO the bagga"cman. Don't you see
hat you're making big dents in this
oncrete platform w-Kansas City
Independent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
A Line CT LIGHT For 1874 Miles.

Splendid as the illumination of
Eangun was, nothing in all the
Prince Of Wales tour approached
the magnificent conception which
was carried ont by the railway au-
tAoritics. Both sides Of the line to
A.anda!ay were decorated with a
string OF lamps barring in trans
parent petaI-like cups of tinted pa
rer, Between every other pair a
native stood with great double
torch, auI1his Illumination was con-
tinucd along the line without inter
mission until daylight shose upon
the royal train. The distance thus
covered by the double line was 1874
miles. and il may be added, to show
the enormous preparation involved.
that each Burman stood twenty
yards only from his neighbour
London Mail.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
He Knew,

"Now, children" said the teacher
after she had finished explaining
measurement. inches, feet and so
forth, "can any of you tell me what
there is that can be bought by the
foot?"
The inevitable Johnny described
a few planetary orbits in the air
with his hand and, given an oppor-
tunlty to distinguish himself by be-
ing the first to answer. he jumped
out of his seat and grinned:
stockings"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
A Thoughtful Wife.

John. dear" said the invalid
wife, IN have to run away from
you for an hour or so today. | have
TO get the material for new dress
that the dressmaker"-
But" complained the sick man.
do you think it is right to be think
ing of dress while | am so i'll ~
why. John, it will be all right
no matter what happens; it's black
dress"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23
PECULIAR PURiAlS.
Old Funeral Customs Of the Eskirnot
Of Labrador,

l.abradors dreary waste is peo-
pied, generally speaking, by . few
scattered tribes of Montagnais In
llan>, while its sesboard in the
north is occupied by about 5000
Eskilnos. Each race has its peculiar
burial ca>toms, interesting if awe.
some. When Il member of a com
immunity dies the ESkimos carry the
body TO the top of Il hill near their
settlement and there lay il, d Il
sitting posture, OIL the surface OF the
hard. llinly ground. Heavy stones
are piled about it in the form OF Il
EARN, completely covering it so that
The wolves and bears may be unable
to disturb the body. The male is
buried with his weapons Of the chase
and the female with her domestic
implements. After wears, when the
action of summer suns and winter
SHOWS has broken down the mound
OF stones. 1t Is not uncommon for
other natives TO hel p themselves to
the stone lamps, flint and ivory ar
row and lance heads and other arti-
clc> Of value TO them which are
found living beside the bodies. But
IN every case some Substitute. even
if less valuable, is placed there in
stead of what has been removed.
1t is the idea of the pagan Eski-
mos that. though the spirit of the
dead person has reached the other
world and no longer needs the arti-
cles, the ghosts who attended on
him in life have to be propitiated bv
keeping up the number of articles
originally placed in the grave, even
if the material of these is departed
from. The Morayian missionaries
humor the natives whom they have
chrstIanlzed by practicing this hab-
1t Of substitution, and> Il favorable
article TO place in the graves is
rusty razor, Many years ago some
adlnlrcr of the mission, sent out an
enormous quantity of razors in the
belief that they were III general use.
Bat the last thing one would con-
template doing on this coast in win,
ter would be to use razor. As no
other use could be found for the IA
zorS. they have been devoted to this
peculiar purpose. and so it is COM
mon to sea in every Eskimo grave
that has been opened an appliance
which no old time Eskimo ever
heard Of.
These curious customs are trans
mltted from people to people. The
Montagnais Indians have some
what similar practice. They bury
their dead in box or coffin made
out of bark. and in this are placed
a loaded gan, a horn of powder, a
bag Of shot. Il pouch of tobacco, a
flint and steel for striking fire, an
AK and pair of snowshoes. The
burial place is likewise hilltop, as
it is impossible to dig underground
in Labrador for eight months of the
year, and stones are also used to |
cover the coffin. But they are so
arranged that some can be removed |
after ten days. when the relatives re-
turn and take out these valuable |
articles. 1t is held that by tina,
time the dead one has reached the |
happy hunting grounds and has no |
further use for them. But even they. |
too, substitute wooden sticks for the |
gun, AK and snowShoes and skins for |
other articleS.--Chicago News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-23

Several Hs.-
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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-02-15
STORY No. 3 WILL BE 1.-THE
MISSOURI LAND LEAGUERS."
WHY HE QUIT THE CHURCH
When He Paid He Was Brother"
When He Didn't He Was
"Dat Ole Niggah."

Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, al
ways cleanly shaven and unusually fas-
tidious in his choice of a barber, used
to tell this story of the colored gentle
man who was accustomed to remove
the surplus hair from his face when he
visited Boston. The knight of the
razor was named Dickson. One morn
ing the senator opened a conversation
by saying: Il believe you are mem
ber of the African church in -
street," mo, sab; not at all, sab, -
was the reply, made with much digni-
ty. "Ah, thought you were when l
was here last" But not dis yeah,
sab" "Ah. have you resigned" wal,
sab, it WIZ dis way: l jined dat chuch
en- good faith de fust yeah | give $40
to ds de stated gospel, en- all de chuch
people calls me 'Brudder Dickson De
second year ma bizness fell off, en-
give five dollahs; en- all he chuch peo-
pie dey call me Mister Dickson Do
dis razzer huht yo', sah?" Not at
all; it is very easy" Thank yo.' sab;
well, de third yeah feel so polly dat
| don give nuthin' t all fur preachin',
en- den all de ehuch people dey pass me
by en- say dat ole niggah Dickson
After dat | quit EN-"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-02-15

deed was drawn in favor of Sarah
Laws" they had visited the office of
another lawyer, and asked him to draw
a deed to tine same land, Sarah A.
Laws" being the name given as the
grantor, and Bertha l.. Bothamley as
the name of the grantee. In the of
flee of this lawyer, Bothamley intro
duced the woman as Sarah A. Laws.
This was the deed that was afterward
sent by tie woman from Skeleton
ranch to the clerk OF Harvey county
for record, tbs character of Sarah A.
Laws" having heen purely fictitious.
This was tEe most convincing cir
cumstantial evidence developed, going
to show that the flight to Texas had
been planned weeks, and possibly
months prior to the start, and that
Bothamley had fallen so completely
under the spell of the woman that he
had been induced by her to convey
his ranch to her the roundabout meth
Cd described being used for the pur.
pose of forestalling the comment a
direct conveyance undoubtedly would
have caused.
With the facts as here related in
my possession | conferred with Col.
Hallowell, and we took an inventory
of the evidence in our possession. Of
it's circumstantial character there
was, of course no doubt. The cut
line of the facts | have related was
strengthened by a search of the per-
sOnal effects belonging to Bothamley
at the time of his death, and of the
contents of the car in which he died.
In a box in the car, besides a large
quantity of jewelry which had be-
! longed to the woman with whom
Bothamley had come to America, was
found a bottle of morphine. | tried
to establish the identity Of the pur-
chaser of the drug, but was unsuc-
cessful, for after locating the drug
gist who sold it, l found him unable
to recollect the person who had bought
it. The facilities for the exhumation
and examination of bodies on the
frontier were not such as to make
an analysis of the Bothamley stom.
ach feasible, and the part played by
the drug in the death of the English
! man. if any, was left in doubt.
When we had finished taking stock
of our evidence Col. Hallowell, known
throughout Kansas as Prince Hal"
and | decided that we could go into
court with a crcumstantial case of
great strength. Personally l was
| confident of being able to present
such evidence as would convince any
unprejudiced juror of the guilt Of
Nellie Bailey or Reise.
The physical circumstances sur
rounding the death of Bothamley, had
the accused been a man, would have
gone far of themselves toward convict
ing. These circumstances, consid-
cred in connection with the history of
! Nellie Bailey from the time OF her
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-02-15

tachment between the two became a
matter of general knowledge and com
ment, and the parents of the young
man evinced the bitterest opposition to
it, hut without avail.
Young Reise announced that he was
going to stage a play in which the
fair Nellie was to assume the star role.
After leaving Dakota Mrs. Bailey had
travelled under her right name, de-
claring in both Elgin and Waukesha
that her husband was alive. Her in
fatuatiOn for young Reise, however,
seemed to be as sincere an affair as it
was in her nature to harbor, enough
SO, at least, to prompt her to take the
initiative and entice her lover into
marriage. Reise, who was much the
weaker character of the two, feebly
protested against being made the in
strument through which the crime of
bigamy, as he supposed, was TO be
committed by his inamorata, but his
protests were silenced by her vehe-
ment and oft-repeated assurances that
Shannon would never appear to both
er lnem." On this point she was very
positive.
1t is not nkely that Reise had any
conception of the full significance of
these words. Mrs Bailey insisted on
the marriage being kept secret until
legal separation" from Baney could
be brought about. Reise finally agreed
and the marriage took place without
further delay. AT Waukesha, as at
Elgin, Mrs. Bailey exhibited the watch
formerly worn by her husband, Keise,
among others, having seen it.
The marriage at Waukesha had
placed the woman in this position: If
Bailey were alive she was a bigamist,
and if he were dead she was undoubt-
edly his murderesj. Her vigorous
assurances to Reise that there was no
danger of Bailey ever bothering them
had for me, of course, grewsome
meaning. Strange as it may seem to
those uninitiated in the ways of sucn
as Nellie Bailey, | finally believed her
to be a woman who would commit
the greater crime of murder rather
than place herself in her husband s
OF bigamy. At any rate, her positive
statements TO Reise that Bailey would
never bother them was in my opinion
an important link IN long chain OF
circumstantial evidence.
Almost Immediately after her mar
| riage-real or mock-to Reise, Mrs.
| Bailey said she had TO make a trip to
Kansas to sell farm she owned there
and would then come back to Reise
with $4,000; and in connection win
this pretense, | succeeded in estab-
fishing a fact of the utmost impor-
tance-that she had been receiving let
| ters from Clement l.. Bothamley dur
ing her stay in Wisconsin. 1t was not
my good fortune to secure any of these
! letters. but the fact that such a CORE
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-02-15

spondence had been carried on wss
we'll established. Her statement to
Reise that she was going tC Kansas
to sell iarm was clearly IL subter-
fuge to escape unsuspected from the
man whom she professed to love so
deeply to go to another admirer.
She left Waut sha still protesting
the liyeliest affection for Reise aad
went to Newton, Kan, sending to her
Wisconsin lover from several points
en- route messages of undying love.
Bothamley had evidently been advised
as to the exact time of her arrival,
for he met her at the train and later
took her to his ranch under the name
of Bertha Bothamley, his sister.
From her journeyings of thousands
of miles subsequent to her marriage
with Shannon Bailey there seemed to
be nothing more obtainable in the form
of evidence against Nellie Bailey. or
Nellie Reise, than l have related. ANY
additional evidence must be obtained
in Kansas near the scene of the
Bothamley crime. The sending by her
from Skeleton ranch of the Sarah
A. Laws" deeu to the Bothamley ranch
should prove valuable bit of in
formation if the mystery of the identi-
ty of Sarah Laws" could be solved.
Inc key to this puzzle finally was
found in Wichita.
Two days before Bothamley and the
woman had started to Texas they
appeared at the Office of a LAWYER
in that city and solicited his services
in the drawing of a deed to the GAO
acres of land in question. To this
lawyer the woman was introduced by
Bothamley as his wife, Bertha L. Both
amley, and they desired to convey the
ranch property TO one Sarah A. Laws"
The instrument was drawn, the fee
paid, and the couple departed, leaving
no suspicion that either was other
than as represented. In the transac-
tion the grantee did not put in an ap-
pearance, but there was nothing in this
circumstance to arouse suspicion.
knowledge of this visit to the law
yer enabled me to see what the plan
might have been. Further investiga-
tion revealed the lat that within an
hour from the time Bothamley and the
woman had left the office where the
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-02-15
Shipped q Skipper.

IT'S mighty easy to make mistake
in a person. renarked John A. Mccall
a few days agD 20 a friend. TITS like
the case of a sea captain once knew.
He got married late in life and pro-
gressed little further than the honey
moon when his wife packed up her
duds and ran of with a handsomer
man.
Well remarked tho captain rue
fully, as he contemplated the deserted
home, seems ike | got things wrong.
| thought | had got a mate. but IL
seems got a skipper instead. IN Y
Times.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-02-15
BABY COVERED WITH SORES.
Would Scratch and Tear the Flesh I'm
less Hands Were Tied-"Would
Have Died But for Cuticura :"

NV little son, when about year and
a half old, began to have sores come out
on his face. had physician treat him,
but the sores grew worse. Then they be
gan to come on his arms. then on other
parts Of his body, and then one came on
his chest, worse than the others. Then
[ called another physician. Still he
grew worse. At the end of about a year
and half of suffering he grew so bad
1 had to tie his hands in cloths at night
to keep him from scratching the sores
and tearing the flesh. lie got to be a
mere skeleton, and waa hardly able to
walk. My Aunt advised me to try Cut-
cura Soap and Ointment. | sent to the
drug store and got cake of the Soap and
a box of the Ointment, and at the end of
about two months the sores were all we'll
lie has never had any sores of any kind
since. He is now strong and healthy,
and | can sincerely say that only for your
most wonderful remedies my precious child
would have died from those terrible sores
Mrs Egbert Sheldon, r. f. ID. No. l,
Woodville, Conn, April %, 1905"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-02-15

Bailey had really gone to Elgin; and,
o keep alive in De Smet the belief that
her husband was living. Therefore
went to Elgin.
No difficulty was experienced in find
ing that Mrs. Bailey had stopped with
one aunt for two days, leaving to go
to another aunt, with whom she had
spent six weeks. 1t required some eau
tious inquiry, however, to develop the
fact that Nellie Bailey had brought
with her to Elgin her husbands jew
elry, among it the watch formerly car
ried by him and bearing his name.
| reasoned that il Shannon Bailey had
been alive it was altogether improb-
able that his wife would be in posses
sion of the watch, especially as she had
a reliable timepiece of her own. Her
possession of other trinkets formerly
used by her husband gave additional
color to the theory that Bailey was
dead
Then this fact was learned: The
aunt with whom she was visiting had
d bdllCy d6SI
and one day the two had gone fish
ing. When Mrs. Bailey left the house
she took a package from the bosom of
her dress and gave it to her aunt with
strict instructions to take good care
of it. Curiosity on the part of the
aunt prompted her to examined the
packet, which contained several thou
sand dollars in bills of large denomina-
ton. In Elgin Mrs. Bailey said her
husband was in California, and | could
find no trace of his having been in FL
gin, as his wife claimed in her letter
to her friend in De Smet.
In the course of Mrs. Bailey's visit
to Elgin there were many minor
events, all pointing in the same direc
ton, but With which l shall not encum-
Der this narrative. Ever restless, the
woman went from Elgin to Waukesha,
Wis, where she at once became ac-
quainted with Robert Reise, the 2S-
year-old son of the proprietor of the
leading hotel of that place. The young
man apparently fell prey to the wom-
ans wiles without even a pretense of
resistance, and in few days was Sc
curely chained to the wheel of her
chariot The sudden and ardent at
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-02-15
Robbed in Church

just think what an outrage it is to be
robbed of all the benefits of the services
by continuous coughing throughout the
congregation, when Anti-Gripinc is guar
anteed to cure Sold everywhere. 25 cts.
+. w. Diemer, NJ. d., Manufacturer,
Springfield, Mo.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-02-15

One-half the world doesn't know how
the other half lives because fully one-haIt
mind their own business.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-02-15

"It's a curious fact" said Uncle Eben.
"dat de man who allus seems to be doin'
de mos hurryin' is de man dat's allus
benin time" Washington Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-02-15

Sore Throat, Group and Tonsilitis will
promptly yield to an application of DIR
Bayer's Penetrating OIL on a cloth arounc
the neck. 25c "A bottle.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-02-15

The trouble with taking day off is
that you can't put it back.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-02-15

No man so nearly approaches nom.
entity as a prominent woman's huS-
band
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-02-15
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles.
Druggists are authorized to refund money II
PAZo OINTMENT fails to cure in 6 to 14days. soc
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-02-15

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an nfalli.
Bile medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w.
Samuel, Ocean Grove. n. j.. Feb. u, 1900.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-02-15

There is good deal of fun in keeping
other people from having any.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-02-15

When the crispy mornings come, you viii
be delighted if you have Mrs. Austin
Pancakes for breakfast.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-02-15

You may kin time, but it will come back
back to haunt you.