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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26

Michael Davitt, the Irish patriot,
died in Dublin of blood poisoning. fol-
lowing two operations for necrosis of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26

mony of his parents, face downward in
che clover in a secluded corner of the
orchard, then to think of leprechaun
whom he might seize and squeeze out
the price of a whole row of the best re-
served seats! What pots of gold jim
my discovered at raintowS' ends; what
plumber Of robber bands ia secret caves ;
what wishes he wished in series of
threes, Well, we all have wished and
imagined the same things, l suppose.
only we get over such nonsense as we
grow older. Jimmy never did.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26

Success never goes out of its way
to chase man.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
FEDERATION OF THE CHURCHES.
By Rey. ]. W. Hegemar

1t is plain why the churches can no longer
succeed without federation. Instead of remain
ing ignorant of the facts and ignoring other fac
tors, each church must comprehend all the facts
and cooperate with all other factors. The CO.
incidence Of these two obligations determines
the form of the cooperation. Each church
must cooperate with other religious factors to
Lascertain ali the facts The foundation of all
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26

Charity begins at home and gen
orally stays there.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26

successful federation Is the cooperative parish plan Sew
eral methods have been found successful village Of
1000 inhabitants the pastor Of the church had house
TO house made its results recorded d.
recto the territory divided into eighteen districts with
secretary each whose duty report changes
and thus able to leave to his photograph
of religious conditions brought up date Several church
do the by each taking section, mutually
reporting they may employ visitor to
the whole In the of ALL
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26

Senator Joseph Ralph Burton, in
whose case the United States Supreme
Court rendered decision upholding
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26

Commander. Fred ". Gran Of Shebovcan !:
Senior Vice Commander, T. A. Kremer of
Madison; Junior Vice Commander H. b.
Simcox Of Marinette; Division Council J.
f. Smith Of Boomer, Wilbur Perkins OF
Jefferson, Z. 3. Nation Of Sheboygan Dele
gates, f. A. Kremer of Madison. J. g. 10
CART Of Milwaukee, Aiternates, II. S. Seq
whitehall
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26
Origin of Italics.

Italic letters were first used about he
year 1900 by Aldus, Manutius, a Vene-
tan printer. He observed the many
inconvenience resulting from the vast
number of authorizations which were
then so frequent among the printers
that a book was difficult to understand.
A treatise was actually written on the
art of reading a printed book and thus
addressed to the learned. By introduce
ing the italic letter he contrived an ex-
pedient by which these authorizations
might be entirely got rid of and yet
books suffer little increase in bulk. He
dedicated his invention to the Italian
states; hence the name. 1t has also
been distinguished by the name of the
inventor and called the Afdine. The
first book printed in italics was an edi-
ton of Virgil" printed at Venice by
Aldus in 1901.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26
AN AFRICAN E
Peculiar Effects Produced by Wind,
Sunlight and

An explorer describes a central AZ
RIGA forest: Ten miles west of the
lake begins the only piece of real vir-
gin forest met with. 1t is throughout
a dense virgin forest and almost i'm
p~enetrable. 1t consists of very large
trees of many varieties. The upper
parts are feStooned with a light gray
ish green moss hanging i n long stream
ers and giving to the forest a very fan
tastic appearance. When these long
streamers are agitated by a storm they
make the whole forest, seen from n
OF the hills near, look like a rough sea.
Again, when the sun is vertical the
whole forest appears dark, but when
the sun IS low the general effect on
the sunny side is ~curiously light.
All the trees are bound together
with innumerable lianas and creeping
plants. Between the stems is a dense
tangled mass of lesser vegetation. The
forest stands to a great extent in the
water and mud of the swamp. A
singular feature of it is the abruptness
with which it begins and ceases on the
PA"1 AAC sassy swamp vi OpCh
country reaches to the mighty wall Of
trees, which continue in the same den
sity from one side to the other. There
is no smaller wood or scrub outside
forming a transition from the open
plain to the forest.
Inside, the silence and gloom are
accentuated by the apparent absence
of animal or bird life. There are some
herds of buffaloes that make it a head
quarters, elephants visit it occasional
~, monkeys and parrots are sometimes
seen, and a harnessed antelope now and
then appears at the edge, but the gen
eral impression left is one of lifeless-
ness"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26
TIE HORNBILL.
A Bird That ImprisOns His Mate Dur
ing.tIle Brooding Season.

a Bird That InlprisOns His Mate Dur
ing,tAe Brooding Season.
A remarkable mode Of incarceration
is practiced by the hornbills, birds
with immense bills and horny crests,
which inhabit southern Asia, the Ma
layan islands and central and southern
Africa. In most if not all species the
brooding female is walled up in a hol-
low tree and fed by her mate.
She remains confined in her prison
until the eggs are Matched, and in some
species until the young birds are able to
fly. Meanwhile the mother has become
temporarily incapable of fight, as she
has molted, or at least shed all her wing
feathers, during her captivity. But the
male is indefatigable in providing for
his family and is said to work so hard
at the end of the brooding season.
According to the theory of many ma
tives, the female is imprisoned to pre-
vent her neglecting her duty Of brood
ing, and if she has been unfaithful or
negligent her mate closes the little
window of her. cell and abandons her
| to a painful death by suffocation. The
true story, perhaps, is this: The. female
walls herself in so that she cannot fall
from the nest after losing her feathers
and also to protect herself from enc
mics. The building material is her own
excrement. This version is less poet
zeal than the other, but it is probably
nearer the truth. 1t is supported by
the statement that the female liberates
herself as o as the young birds are
well grown. so that her prison is less
formidable than it appears.-Scientiic
American.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26

restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
so good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had no money, and
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were stepped on the stove,
gradually filing a gross OF. bottles.
Then came the question of selling
it, for always before they had given
it away freely. They hired a job
printer TO run off some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the medi-
cine, now called Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons in
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties of
the medicine were, to a great extent,
self-advertising, for whoever used it
recommended it to others, and the de-
mand gradually Increased.
In 1877, by combined. efforts the fam
lily had saved enough money to COM
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growthfand success of
the enterprise were assured, until to-
day Lydia EsPinkham and her Vege-
table Compound have become house.
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu-
ally in its manufacture.
Lydia E. Pinkham herself did not
live to see the great success of this
work. She passed to her reward wears
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively as she could have done it
herself.
During her long and eventful expe-
rience she was ver methodicalin her
work and she was always careful to pre-
serve a record of eyerycase that came to
her attention. The case of every sick
woman who applied tosher for advice
and there were ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
careful study. and the details, lnclud-
ing symptoms, treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds of thousands made since, are
available to sick women the world
over, and represent a vast collabora-
ton of information regarding the
treatment of woman's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in any library in the
world.
With Lydia E. Pinkham worked her
daughter : in law, the present Mrs.
Pinkham. She wasearefully instructed
in all her hard-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her in her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction of the work when its origina-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
five years she has continued it, and
nothing in the work shows when the
first Lydia E. Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham,
now the mother of large family, took
it up. With women assistants, some as
capable as herself, the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this greatwo and
probably from the Office of no other
person have so many women been ad-
vised how to regain health. Sick wo-
men, this advice is Yours for Health
freely given if you only write to ask
for it.
Such is the history of Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs the one
great medicine for women ailments,
and the fitting monument to the noble
| woman whose name 1T bears.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26

and Investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed of a wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1913 she married Isaac Pinkham,
a builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and a
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days it
was common for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
n herbs, natures own remedies
calling in a physician only in specially
urgent cases. By tradition and ex-
perience many of them gained a won
derful knowledge Of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest
in the study of roots and. herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature so
bountifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods of
all kinds; so, if we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
of the field there are remedies ex-
pressly designed to cure the various
ills and weaknesses of the body, and
it was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief of these was a rare combina-
ton of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu-
liar to the female sex, and Lydia E. Pink
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
them.
All this so far was done freely, with
out money and without price, as a
labor of love.
But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. It's length and severity were too
much for the large real estate interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
fearful depression, so when the Centen-
NAL year dawned it found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter.
with their mother, combined forces to
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26
The Traitors, Gate.

One Of the most famous entrances in
the world is doubtless the ancient
Traitors gate, in the Tower of London.
1t was through this portal for several
centuries that traitors were conducted
from the shores of the river Thames
into the tower. To Americans probably
the most familiar of these un%fortunates
was Sir Walter Raleigh. Today a path
way passes directly in front of the
gate, completely cutting it off, and from
this pathway the famous wicket gate
is gazed upon by many thousands of
visitors.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26
FREE TO FARMERS

To any Farmer who will write us
mentioning this paper, we will send
free. postpaid, several formulas for
making a frst-class fertilizer at home,
together with the cost of the ingred-
tents, directions for mixing, etc.
The Vermont Experiment Station
in its bulletin Nc. 116 has the follow
ing to say with Reference to the value
of home mixed fertilizers as COM
pared with the ordinary commercial
brands: "On every account, how
ever, financial, educational, agricul-
tural, it is better to buy the crude
stock and home mix If one uses a ton
or more"
Every up-to-date farmer should be
Interested in the subject of home
mixed fertilizers and we are in pos
ton to help them. Address,
CARROLL S. PAGE, Hyde Park, VT.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26
For Immediate Use.

Little Girl want to get a mitten,
please an charge it to me mother.
~Shopkeeper-A mitten? You mean a
pair of mittens, sissy. Little Girl-No;
jest. only one; one that's suitable for a
boy. that's goin' to propose an be re-
jected.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26
THE BANANA PLANT.
Each Tree Produces Only One Bunch
of the Fruit.

OF the FRUIT.
The banana plant is not properly a
tree at all. 1t has no woody fiber. 1t is
a large, green, fleshy plant, with big
leaves six OF eight feet long and some
times two feet broad. 1t grows to a
height of ten to fourteen feet or even
more. according to the variety of
plant and the soil and climate. Each
tyee produces one bunch of fruit only,
which is really the terminal bud of the
plant, just like an ear of wheat or
barley. 1t has 10 branches. and when
the fruit is ready, which is twelve or
fifteen months from the date of plant
ing. the tree is cut down and done
with.
But while it is growing ND and ma
turing its fruit it is at the same time
sending up from its roots other young
plants or suckers perhaps eight or
nine of them. Each of these will pro-
duce its own bunch in turn. some of
them in a couple of months after the
parent plant. and there will thus be a
regular succession of fruit. Many Of
these suckers have to be dug up and
planted elsewhere, or they would be
too thick IN the ground.
And there is this popularity about
the banana: You can plant it at any
season. and the fruit ripens all the
year round. When once a banana field
has been planted out, all that is neces-
sary to be done is to keep it clear of
r-oo1e on5 I-oor 4b;DDipn ont +ba youI4i
plying suckers.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26
The Result.

"Women are naturally more artistic
than men,"
"Yes," answered the matter of fact
person; that's why so many of us
look funny when we wear our Christ
mas neckties and smoking jackets.
Our wives want us to look artistic
Washington Star.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26
Els InteIgectuai Size.

CholIy Nitwit-D'ye know, Miss Cut
ter, though I've only just met you,
there seems to be a-er-sort of intel
lectual sympathy between us. You
know just how to appeal to my tastes,
you know. Are you a literary woman?
Dolly Cutter-No, I'm a kindergarten
teacher.-Cleyeland Leader.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKHAM
And a True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had It's Birth and How the "Panic of '73" Caused
it to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores.

This remarkable woman, whose
maiden name was Estes, was born in
Lynn. Mass, February 9th, 1919, com
ing from a good old Quaker family.
For some years she taught school, and
became known as a oma of an alert
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26
repared

Johnny-Come in. Sisters expectin'
you. Mr.. Stoplate-How do you know?
Johnny-She's been sleepin' all day.
Exchange.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26
COUNTY.
WEST BURKE.

Guy Aldrich OF Barton was in tc wn
Friday.
Sixteen degrees below zero Saturday
morning.
Mrs. Addie TruIl Cushman of Newport
was In town recently.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26
WORK

Will clean AID lay carpets,
cleau stove-pipes and stoves,
and do all kinds of spare work
at reasonable prices.
j. w. MILLER, Barton, VI.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26

Beauty is part Of the finished lam
guage which goodness speaks.-Eliot.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26
WESTMORE.

CARD.-We wish to thanko u friends
and n~elghoors for h helpsand sympa,
Of our beloved wife and mother.
G. III. McFARLIN AND FAMILY.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26

ers of Irssburg and A..P. Sweet OF Lowell,
we're in town Friday. .m
Mrs. o. G. Miller and Pearl Mn,e- %
this week to New York and points sontb
for rest a1d recreation.
:. C. Williams is working at the Ameri-
can Express Office during the absence Of
Mr.. Goddard, who has the measles.
f T.. Huntington is recovering from his
recent serious illness and will soon be shIe
to resume his duties as yard master.
Union services we're held at the gsptist
church sunday evening. Rev. re. Flspp.
prezident OF the Mems Sunday Evening
Club. addressed the meeting.
Mrs. John Young wss in Troy all last
week. during the sickness and death of
her father, John Young. Mr.. Young was
about 90 years old and had bean III some
time.
Miss Esther Bullock entertained her
friends with a party Wednesday evening.
uusie was furnished for promenadipg re-
-treshments served and the remainder Of
the evening spent in playing games.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26
SUTTON.

Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Chesley and
daughter of Sheffield spent several days
with friends in this section recently.
Mrs. A. Fl. Fogg went to Barton Land
ing to attend the funeral of Miss Mary
Durkee. Miss Darkee was a former resi-
dent of this town and had lived for several
years at Mr.. Fogg's.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26

Engineer Milo Shattuck has moved TO
Endonville.
A. q. Mansur of Burlington visited in
Iwn last week.
Remember the village meeting on Fri
v evening, March 30.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hannant of Iras-
arg we're in town Wednesday.
r. ]. Prouty has returned. He will soon
abIe to resume his labors.
The pupils Of the graded school are en-
wing a vacation of two weeks.
Several from this village attended the
neral OF Mrs. Fl. B. Pafkhurst at North
roy Monday.
Il. G. Cleveland OF Coventry, Il. II. SOM
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-22
HoOsEsoAT A JAPANESE IDEA.
For Centuries Such Craft Have Been
In Use On Their Rivers.

1t seems probable that the house
boat originated in Japan. Whatever
is the case. it is certain that for CEN
turtles the Japanese have had boats
arranged for pleasure trips, wherein
they might live at anchor or slowly
float up and down the rivers. Such
boats may be chartered by the hour
or by the day, and q more alluring
way Of seeing Japanese country in
cherry blossom season would be hard
to find, says the Craftsman.
These pleasure boats are 80 or 40
feet long and 8 feet wide. They have
strongly built roof and sides Of pa
per screens, or shoji, with amadO, or
heavy wooden shutters, that may be
put up in time Of rain. A party of
q dozen or twenty can be very happy
in one of these crafts when of on
days pleasure, drifting up a mar
row river with cherry petals blown
in soft winds. There are no seats in
the cabin, which occupies the greater
part Of the boat, but the floor is COW
cred with dainty St wv mats upon
which to sit. If you tire Of the cabin
and wish more extended view, eti-
quette will permit you to sit on the
roof, where red blankets have been
spread, and from this point of van
tage the scenery may be enjoyed and
the air
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-22

than once In four years; and, except
for the latter class Of aspirants, we
could usually have about three years
OF rest and quiet without worrying
about politics Of any kind. The real
fact lie, by the way, that the primary
once every four years is q big thing In
Mississippi. Mistakes made under its
provisions will be with ne for the four
years to follow, and it is well that ev.
cry one interested In the states vel.
fare, in the welfare of his county and
his district, should carefully ana well
consider the material offered him as
candidates for place. The primary sJs.
tenn Is most excellent law, because 10
affords the humble citizen the right to
say who he believes will best serve in.
a public capacity, and one mans vote
is just 90 big as another's. As the can.
didates begin calling upon US, let one
and all acquaint themselves with the
fitness as we'll as the honor Of the ap.
plicants; and by the time next Aug.
ust arrives we will all be in better pos
sition TO act intelligently than we
would be now if jumped up all Of .
sudden.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-22
OLD JAkEYs SHOT.
Amusing Story Of Gen. Nelson Dur.
ing the Siege at Cornith-His
Lucky Shot.

One day during the siege of Corinth
Gen. Nelson came to the front to look
after things and especially to see
how a favorite battery of artillery
was getting along A party Of confed-
crate sharpshooters had taken refuge
in one old house about half a mile to
the front of our force, and the artil-
lerymen were directing their guns
upon it. He grew very impatient be-
cause the house had not yet been
struck and rode hastily up to the
guns.
"They will pick you off there, gen
eral,' said our sergeant in a warning
voice.
The general snapped out: Go to
the devil, sir; no, darn it, l mean to
thank you, sir"
Just then came long tom with a
zip" The general, hearing the well
known sound, jumped off his horse in
rage, caught one of the guns, ran it
forward by main strength and aimed
it himself, remarking that he would
show them how to shoot at him
AS he was aiming our captain said:
"a little too high general" but was
met with the ever ready reply: Go
to the devil" and ordered to pull the
string
The ball went crashing through the
tree tops not a hundred yards ahead
If us, more in the direction Of the
sky, than the house, says the American
Tribune; but it happened that, at the
same instant one of our other guns
was fired, and the ball struck the
chimney Of the house.
The general, seeing the chimney
fall, shouted: "By God, sir knew it.
it takes me to knock things about
them" and rode away. calling back:
captain, will call around in the
morning and give you practice; | can
hit EN- every time.
He did not hear the laugh that fol-
lowed, but old Jakey's shot was never
forgotten.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-22

Nov that congressional matters are
generally shapedsup in the state, and
local matters attended to enArally, or
will be within = few days, The people
may expect that the state political
pot, pnt on the fire for next years PR
mary electi'n-at which officials are
to be selected from United S ates sen-
ator to dlstrict road supervisor will
begin 70 simmer Already hosts 81
candidates have been fleing around
with their faces bathrd in smiles, and
their words houeyed right, Ia addition
to the many who have been candi-
dates all the time for something since
they can remember. Mississippi is in
luck that ithas no election oftener