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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-05-20
CALEDONIA COUNTY
WEST BURKE.

The remains OF Mrs. Phoebe Clark, who
died last winter, were brought here We'd
nesday, and taken to the cemetery on the
North Ridge in Sutton for burial.
One day last week while s. D. Bugbee
was driving near the depot his horses were
frightened and ran, throwing him out of
his wagon and cutting bad cash on his
head.
w. e. Hall has bought house and %
acres of land near Barton village and will
move as soon as his mother, Mrs. Eliza
Hall, is able to be moved to her daughters
at East Burke.
A large number of people attended the
supper at the church last Wednesday, and
remained to the reception given to Rev.
and Mrs. @. Fl. Wright in the evening. e.
d. Nichols was present with one of his
monographs and entertained the company
in fine style.
SHEFFIELD.
Mrs. John Blake is i'll. Appendicitis is
feared.
Ina Paige from Barton visited in town
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Ash were In st.
Johnsbury last week.
| Charles Bickiord, who has been very
sick, Is better and able to be out.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wilson from New
port have been visiting at BENZ. Wilson's.
Quite large crowd attended the sleight
of hand performance at the town hall last
| Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
School in District No. 8 began last Mon
day with Flossie Chesley as teacher. Miss
Chesley will board with Mrs. Charles Esst
man.
Mr.. McHarg, who has worked at the
Parker & Young mill as sawyer, has fin
ished and will move his family from Mr..
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STATE NEW =
CONTINUED FROM PAGE TWO.

such well-known capitalists as Jay
Gould and Russell Sage. He accu-
mulated a large fortune ia buying
gold and railroad stocks but it all dis
appeared on "Black Friday" in 1878.
He then returned to Waterford and
has spent the rest of his life selling
produce and notwithstanding upon his
ten years in Wall street. He was a
man Of eccentri3 habits, unc0uth in
his dress and driving a carriage of
uncertain age, yet possessed of a
kindly nature aud philosophical
mind.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-22

Tennessee is seriously considering the
establishment of fire insurance by the
state. A special legislative committed
is now at work on the general question
of insurance reform. 1t addressed an
inquiry to Insurance Commissioner
Folk as to whether state system of
fire insurance is practicable. He re-
piled that he so considered it and
points out Australia and New Zealand
as countries where it has worked sue
cessfully The committee has asked
legal opinion as to the powers of the
Legislature to confer upon the insur-
ance department the authority to carry
the risks of citizens. 1t is thought
the committee will favor the new pro
ject and it is more than likely that
Tennessee will be the first state in the
Union to sell fire insurance on public
account.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-22
DOING THEIR OWN SHARE FIRST

The effort that is being made by the
alumni of Whitman college to increase
the endowment fund of the institution
by $4,000 is highly commendable,
especially in view Of the fact that be-
fore asking for gift they propose to
show what they can do by raising half
the amount themselves. II the old say
ing is true that "Heaven helps those
who help themselves. it should be no
less true that man will be more inclin-
ed to lend helping hand when earnest
self effort is apparent.
1t is hoped that the expectation of
receiving $50. 900 from DIR. j. K. Pear
son of Chicago will be realized.
Whitman college has proved itself
worthy Of the most liberal encourage
ment and assistance. 1t is an educa-
tional institution of which the state is
justly proud. Its students get all the
advantages of those in many colleges
that have wider fame and it is attract
ing to its halls not only pupils from
| the Inland Empire bnt members from
outside points.
In DR.. Pearson it has friend who
has in the past shown his interest in
its welfare and who, it is believed,
will not turn from the appeal which
it is proposed to make to him. Ere
quentIy donations for education OIL
other good purposes are made on condi
tion that certain amount be raised
from other sources by the beneficiaries
In this instance the alumni will try t.
reverse the usual procedure by them
selves creating a fund in advance O
their request for donation. Theil
plan is Ipraiseworthys and should NEE
with success. Spokesman Review.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-22

ineficiency, and possibly collusion the
government has permitted much of the
good timber of the county to pass into
the hands of private individuals and
then make sheep pasture of the rest
of it. Take the last Withdrawals lying
along the north side of the John Day.
All last fall and winter this tim ber
was oruised and entered and just as
soon as the good timber was taken,
then the reserve was extended TO take
ia All the grazing lands so that the
foreign sheep would have better pick
ing As the reserve now stands il is
nothing more than governmental pre-
rogative issued in the interest of for
eign stock"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-22
ATHENA. ORE. MARCH "a. 1907

the arguments, ay- tbe Nes5
Trad asa5 mast excessively oy those
who taYo parcels POST s that it is op-
posed hy tee Express companies which
think that the parcels post would de-
prive them of a large amount Of bust
ness. This may or may not be true.
Granted that it is SO what has that
to do with the real merits of the ques-
ton? We cannot see that it makes any
difference. What we should find out
is how it would affect the farmers and
the small dealers. The result of the
passage of such law would be that
farmers and other people would send
away for articles which have a profit
attached to them. while they would
call on their local merchants for those
thugs oD which there is no profit.
We ean easily see how that will affect
tie country merchant With him
eliofnated, agiuetbat the farmer
would fad matters changed for the
worse He would learn when it was
too late that bis local market for farm
produce had disappeared. that many
conveniences he once had had van
ished.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-22
Wall Streets Easy Game.

New York dispatches as sert that
Hartman added to his personal for
tune $12,0O0.OOO or $4,000, 900 as a
result of the recent panic in Wall
street. Many a successful business
man, farmer, miner or manufactures,
unfamiliar with the rules of the Wall
street game. will wonder how it is pos
sible that Hartman or others could
profit personally by sharp slump of
the market price of their own stocks.
Nevertheless there are methods by
which this is done says an exchange.
One having reason to know that a
certain stock will sell at some future
date at price far or considera bly, be-
low it's present market quotation, car
contract on Wall street to deliver al
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-22

that future date certain number of
shares at figure above the price
will bring on that date. The other
party to the contract will be person
who thinks that the stock will sell on
the future date at price higher than
that anticipated by the man who is
uni loading.
Take, fol- example, Mr.. Harriman's
Union Pacific stock. 1t sold February
IA, 1907, at $175 share. and it sold
March IA. 1907. one month later, at
$l24 share, slump of $51 share.
Mr.. Hartman, or any one else having
reason to anticipate the sharp slump in
that stock. could readily have found
speculaiors willing to contract to take
the stock on March IA, 1907, at a
price substantially $50 a. share higher
than it really brought on that day.
If he had contracted to sell 100000
shares in that way his profits on that
one deal would have been $4,000, 900.
Having hammered the stock down
in that way at profit of $5,000,000,
the willy manipulation, whoever he
might be, could make another hand
some turn by buying in the depreciat-
ed stock in anticipation of the sharp
recovery which followed. All of these
deals would be made through confiden-
tial brokers. and the hand of the man.
ipulator would not appear.
One would require pretty deep conti-
dence iu Hartman, Morgan, Hill and
other big stock manipulators who were
busy for several weeks before the re-
+ cent panic predicting that panic was
imminent not to suspect that they gave
out all that panic talk with some de-
liberate purpose.
But the amazing phase of all this
manipulation is the fact that the very
men who do up Wall street and New
York investors periodically by rig
ging'' the stock market, manage in
some way to retain the child-like con-
fidence of the New York investing
public. Men who were hard hit III
the Northern Pacific squeeze" III
Wall street few years ago, and the
men who have been hard hit in the re.
cent crash in prices, will go on shout
ing for Morgan. Hartman and Others
who ale known to profit immensely by
these Wall street disturbances. Their
conduct would be beautiful if OILY i
were Christian in character, instead Of
in appearance. Smitten on one cheek
| by these willy manipulators, they
cheerfully turn the other cheek.
Sho1n of their wool by these distin'
guished shearers, they shiver while
in the chill blast, only to bleat enthu
siastically few months later for q
repetition of the shearng process.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-22
Rising From the Grave.

A prominent manufacturer, W. A.
Fertwell, of Lucama, n. O., relates a
most remarkable experience. He
says: After taking less than three
bottles of Electric Bitters, feel like
one rising from the grave. My trouble
is Bright's disease, in the Diabetes
stage. fully believe Electric Bitters
will cure me permanently, for it has
already stopped the liver and bladder
complications which have troubled me
for years" Guaranteed at VIM. Nc
Brides druggist, Price only SOC.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-22

This is the way the Prairie City
y ae- look, II if: "Ihe government
taie ~ officials have appropriated
Graut county for sheep pasture.
They left little strip of land along
the john Day river but the rest of the
county has been condscated for the use
and benefit of sheep that come into
Grant county during the summer from
the neigbboriue counties. Through
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-03-22
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The Jewish outlook., 1907-05-03

Judaism, Max Heller; Freedom of the
Pulpit, Stephen S. Wise; Newer Devel-
opments in Theology Emil Hirsch; Our
Attitude Towards Liberal, Independent
and Other Modern Religious Move
ments, S. Schulman; Building up Ser
mon, Jonah B. Wise; The Most Elective
Sermons, Moses j. Greis Utilization Of
Midrashim for Homiletical Purposes, A.
M. Radin; Trial Sermons, Louis Witt;
The Most Suggestive Book of the Year,
Abram Simon; How to Conduct
Teachers Meeting, A. Guttmacher; The
Marriage Ceremony, R. Grossmann;
Services at Funerals and the House of
Mourning, S. Hecht; Rabbis Pastoral
Work, Fred Cohn; The Rabbi and Pub
lie Activities, w. S. Friedman; The
Rabbi and Jewish Fraternal Organza-
tions, M. Newfeld: The Rabbi and
His Library, J. Krauskopf; The
Rabbits Problem in Smaller Com
nunities, w. Fineshreiber; Arranging
Musical Programs for the Sabbath and
Holidays, A. Kaiser; The Institutional
Synagogue, j. Rappaport.,
The Jewish outlook., 1907-05-03

channel. eff two sounds would pass
through one channel it would destroy
the world" (B. B. 16a).
The belief in the Bath-Kol, or the echo
warning (Meg. 32a) is adduced from the
passage: And thine ears hear word
behind thee" Isaiah xxx. Ply. Why
not use the term 'Bath-Kol' for the
telephone? In connection with the meg
.,phone it may be the "Great Trumpet"
which shall be blown and be heard all
over the world by all nations signalling
Israel's return from captivity. "And
they shall come which were ready to
perish in the land of Assyria and the
outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall
worship the Lord in the holy mount of
Jerusalem (Ib XXvnI 13).
The greatest triumph in electricity
was accomplished by William Marconi,
who, on November 20, 1902, succeeded in
sending a wireless message across the
ocean. We cannot help quoting job
again: ''Canst thou send lightning that
they may go and say unto Thee: Here
we area - Indeed, if Job were alive to-
day he could easily answer, "Yes!" -
Mr.. A. S. Freidus, Of the New York
Public Library, has called my attention
to the Response Shebuth Yaakeb, Vol.
ILL.,, No. 81 led. Metz, 1789 p. 14b). In
the course Of a Shaala by David Open
helm, Rabbi of Prague, dated Is Shebat.
1722, reference is made to "a mechan-
ical instrument for the purpose of trans
hitting the voice and speech at dis
tance of many miles, He remarked:
"There appears to be no reason for pro-
hibiting such conversation on Sabbath
even at distance of over days jour
ney," which is the Sabbath limit for
walking.
In view that the Encyclopedia Brit
tannica dates the history of the telephone
from 1881, and thel only as a toy, the
practical use begins not before 1877, it
is puzzling how Rabbi Oppenheim
speaks of an accomplished speaking in
strument at distance of many miles
already in 1922!
The Jewish outlook., 1907-05-03
Electricity in Jewish Literature
BY J. D. Eisenstein.

Electricity is yet in it's infancy. The
electrical discoveries made in recent
years are but the result Of accidental ex-
periments. The phenomena remains
mystery. Although magnetism, the par
ent of electricity, was already known in
the most ancient times, Thales, of Mile
tus 600 B. O. is said to have described
the remarkable attracting property of
amber Pliny 60 c. E.) speaks also of
other minerals possessing similar
power.
Amber or electrum is the translation
of Hashmal in Hebrew, wildly described
by Ezekiel in Chapter l. f. In Talumud
the magnetic amber is called Eben
Shoovos, the attracting stone The
crown of the king Of Rabbah, captured
by David (II. Samuel XII. 3O) was said
to weigh talent of gold How the King
could have carried such heavy weight
on his head is explained that the pre-
cious stone, mentioned in connection
with it, was no other than a powerful
magnet which kept the crown suspended
over his head (Ab Zara 44a) The two
calves of gold made by Jeroboam e.
Kings XII. 28) were said to have been
suspended between heaven and earth by
means of magnetism (Sotah Ala, Sanh
197b).
Pliny informs us that the torpedo
(cramp-fish or electric ray) coming in
touch with spear, paralyzes the mus
cles and arrests the feet. Aristotle adds
that it possesses the power Of benumbing
men as well as the fishes which serve for
it's prey. This is corroborated in Talmud
where R. Johanan relates his naval ex-
perience. Once upon time he sailed
on the ocean and came across sparkling
The Jewish outlook., 1907-05-03

gems. "A sailor Owed TO 1etcn Jnem
when the fishes that lowered around the
gems attempted to pull off his leg, and
was only saved by throwing vinegar at
the fishes to drive them away (B. B. 74).
Another story is told of r. Eliezer and
Il. Joshua, who were in a sailing vessel
ElieZer was awakened from his sleep by
Joshua, who was trembling with fear
when he passed great light in the sea-
''Perhaps, thought Eliezer, thou hast
seen the eyes of Leviathan Of whom it
is said his eyes are like the eyelids (earli-
est ray) of the morning dob XVI. 1S).
Thus the Leviathan may be identified
with the torpedo
The lightning rod was invented by
Benjamin Franklin in 1852 to arrest the
electricity of the thunder. When the in
formation of the discovery reached
Rabbi Saul Acknowledgment, of Wilma,
he said that the theory was not new, be-
cause it was already known in Talmudic
times, and he showed passage in the
Tosefta (third century, where it says
that "on Sabbath it is permitted to place
an iron near the hennery to safeguard
the fowls from thunder and lightning
strikes. - The Talmud vouches that
"there is nothing superstitiOus about
this belief" (Tosef Shabb., Chapter W.
end).
The system of telegraphy, in crude
manner, is curiously described by Judah
b. Jacob Chayat in his commentary to
"The System of Theology" chapter.
''The Gate of the Chariot (see page
218b. ed. Ferrara 1859. Chayat is per-
haps the first Hebrew author who trans
literates the term magnet and he eX-
plains the physical phenomena as fol-
lows: eff you break the magnet into
two parts and separate them at any dis
tance, even a thousand miles apart, any
movement caused by a joining wire to
one part will be repeated by the other
part" QUOTED also in Shelah, page GOA,
ed. Amsterdam 17O8).
Hardly twenty-five years have passed
since the invention of the telephone and
phonograph, and yet the theory that the
sound Of the voice can be transmitted
from one end to the other end Of the
world is revealed in the Talmud. The
rabbis claim that the only thing that pre-
vents the voice to be heard everywhere
is the rubbing of the circle around the
sun, which grinds like carpenter saw
ing wood and produces the rays Of the
sun that resembles sawdust. Then again,
the noise of the creatures on earth is
responsible for disturbing the sound of
the sun-circle turning on it's axis The
proof is that at night the sound Of the
voice is clearer than at daytime (Yoma
The Jewish outlook., 1907-05-03
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-16
. THE HOME DOCTOR.

To cure nose bleeding, tie string
very tightly around the small part of
the thumb below the knuckle.
HaH q teaspoonful Of table salt dis
solved in q half glassful Of cold water
will give instant relief In case OF heart
burn. sssSs .83SS
/ People with poor digestion should
drink no water with meals, but take a
glassful half an hour before and drink
beautifully an hour or SO after each
meal. Il
To inhale steam from a bowl OF boil
ing water is very good for sore
throat. The sufferer should lean over
the steam, drawing 1t in both throat
and nostrils.
Many cases Of indigestion, headache,
neuralgia, cold hands and feet can be
quickly cured by drinking slowly one
or two pints Of water so hot that it
almost burns the throat.
Warts may be entirely removed by
washing the hands two or three times
a day with the water in which pota-
toes have been boiled or by bathing
the wart several times with potato
water
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-16
LONG HAIRED MEN.
The Way Massachusetts, Protested
Against Them In 164o.

The Way Massachusetts Protested
Against Them In 164o.
{ The following protest signed by 10.
Endicott, governor; Thos. Dudley, dep.
futy governor; Richard BeliinghaIa,
Richard saltonstall, Increase Newell,
William Hibbins, Thos; Flint Rob.
Bridges and Simon Bradstreet was
published liz Massachusetts, In 1919:
Protest. against wearing long hair.
Of the governor. etc, Of Massachu-
sets:
'Forasmuch as the wearing Of long
hair, after the manner 81 Russians and
barbarous. Indians, has begun to- In
wade New England, contrary to- the
rule of Gods word, which says It is d
shame for man to wear long hair. On
also the commendable custom gener.
ally Of all the godly Of all our nation.
until within these few years:
1--WE, the magistrates, who have Sign
ed this paper. for the shelving Of our
own innocency in this behalf. do de
clare and manifest our dislike and de
hesitation against the wearing Of such
long hair, as against thing unciyil
and unmanly, whereby men doe de-
forme themselves and offend sober and
modest men and doe corrupt good man
ners. We doe therefore earnestly In
treat all the elders Of this jurisdiction,
as often as they shall see cause. to
manifest their zeal against 1t in their
public administrations. and to taxa
care that the members Of their respec-
tive churches be not defiled herewith;
that so. such as prove obstinate, and
will not reforme themselves, may have
God and man to witness against them.
The third month 10th day. 1649."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-16
TAKING Ms chances. /

= Glasgow steamer was laboring n
q heavy sea. the waves sometimes.
sweeping her decks, but the officers
had assured the passengers that there
was no danger, and all seemed reason.
ably calm with the exception OF one
3nneek.appearing little man, who every
few minutes would approach an officer
and anxiously inquire II he thought the
ship would founder.
U.s. No, I tell Won Z one Of them finally
exclaimed ID impotence, What 10 the
matter with you? Look at those 9TH:
er pebplesI-they are not scared to.
death. 4
sOh. Tin not scared" the man re-.
piled; but II the ship was going 70
founder, I wanted to know q little
ahead of time" "a
Oh, wanted to- bid Won friends good.
~, and all thai? n
III well; not exactly, the man said.
hesitatingly;; the fact "a, my mother
in.law II along With me. ana if the ship
was sure to sink ! wanted to say 9 few
things to her. :
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-16
ANCIENT ATHENS.
3anqusting In the Grseian City In the
Time or Plato.

3anqueting Ii the Grseian City In the
( Time Of Plato.
In Professor T. G.. fuckers Life In
Ancient Athens" the author gives this
as q picture Of a typical banquet In
that city In the time OF Plato: when
all are In place the servants come
round with vessel. from which they
pour water over the hands OF the
guests. There, are brought In small
tables, light and ornamental. one Of
which is set down before each couch
for two persons, and. on these, are
placed the several dishes as they come
In order. The tables are lower than
the couches. 80 that the right hand
can reach down easily to them. Knives
and forks there are none. The food Is
taken up with the fingers. It Is true
that tn dealing with, very soft foods
or gravies or in extracting things
from shells spoons were not unknown,
but usually the fingers were assisted
by pieces Of bread followed out for
the purpose. 1t Is clear that there was
plenty OF room for neatness and dainti-
ness In handling food, and it was no
small advantage to have fingers not
too sensitive.
Ss. There were no napkins. Portions
Of soft bread, often especially prepared
for the purpose, were used for wiping
the fingers and were afterward thrown
to the dogs which might be present to
catch them; but, apart from the dogs,
It may be something OF shock to
learn that the floor, which was, Of
course, without carpet was the re-
ceptacle for shells, bones, Feelings and
other fragments, which were. however,
swept out at a given stage of the
proceedings. Conversation meanwhile
must be general. The first half Of din
ner consists Of substantials, particu-
larry fish and birds, eels Cf they could
be got), comparatively little meat '(such
as beef, lamb and porb and vegetables
dressed to a degree Of which we should
hardly approve with oil, vinegar, honey
and sauces.
During this part Of the meal wine
is not drunk The Athenians kept their
drinking as separate as possible from
their eating. Water is then brought
round again. hands are washed. the
tables are carried ont, the floor is
swept, chant is sung to the accom-
paniment of the flutes, libation Of
wine is poured out to the words to the
good genius or TO good health, and
the second part of the banquet begins.
The tables are brought in again, and
what we call dessert was for this rea-
son called by the Athenians the sec
ond table. On these are placed fruits,
fresh and dried; sailed almonds, sweet.
meats, cheese and salt" =